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2011 Ford Escape shifting problems reports

10 NHTSA complaints describe hard shifts, slipping gears, jerky transmission on the 2011 Ford Escape — roughly 1% of all complaints for this model year.

10
Shifting problems reports
1%
share of complaints
57,006 mi
median reported incident mileage (all complaints)

Shifting problems in other Escape years

2021 Escape6
2020 Escape12
Escape shifting problems by year →

Symptom counts come from keyword analysis of complaint narratives. One complaint can describe several symptoms, and classification is approximate — read the underlying reports on the full 2011 Ford Escape report before drawing conclusions.