Quote Originally Posted by Williamsmith View Post
Hold onto your hat CL.....I have owned no less than six Escapes. I find them to be average as far as reliability but I had a good friend that was the garage manager at the local ford dealer and he took care of every problem I had. My pet peeve is rattles and I can be very OCD when it comes to car noises. I have been know to trade a car in because of an unresolved rattle. Yeah. Nuts.
My uncle bought a big fancy Lincoln Continental in the 70's (police auction) and he couldn't stand a rattle that was coming from the dashboard. Dad took apart the airvents and dash and found a little chain. Started pulling the chain out and on the end was a bag of dope!