Just bought one an really like it but just noticed the battery an theft light stays on sometimes can anybody give advise thanks
tatts2,
Apr 18, 8:08am
Advise is to get rid of it. Not the best of cars
craig04,
Apr 18, 8:10am
Someone stole your battery.
mugenb20b,
Apr 18, 8:12am
*facepalm*
elect70,
Apr 19, 2:56am
Escape while you can .
franc123,
Apr 19, 7:27am
IIRC some of those had problems with brushes sticking inside the alternators, consult an auto sparky and prepare for a reasonable sized bill, theres a bit of labour involved in getting the alternator off and on again.Congrats on getting an Escape, contrary to the above comments they're not a bad vehicle, not much goes wrong with them overall.Much more fun to drive and loads more grunt than the likes of a CRV or RAV4, enjoy.
mugenb20b,
Apr 19, 8:17am
Have you ever done head gaskets on a V6 or a transmission!
mugenb20b,
Apr 19, 8:18am
Debatable.
franc123,
Apr 19, 9:17am
Whats debatable! They urinate all over those two in terms of performance. They are not any harder to work on than anything else with an east west V6 in it.
mugenb20b,
Apr 19, 9:27am
They go OK (but so do 2.4 litre CRVs and RAVs), however the V6 is pretty sluggish for a . V6 (although, facelift models were much better). They are OK to work on when it comes to servicing, but they have two sets of timing chains, and is very time consuming to take the front end and heads off. Something that needs to come off happens to be attached to something else and so on. I needed a 4 metre X 1 metre bench to lay out all the parts that had to come off, just to remove the heads. But, that was just one job anyway.
Sorry, you may like them, but I don't.
watson79,
Apr 20, 8:47am
We thought battery light was on in ours but it was actually the radiator light ( looks very similar) had faulty thermostat
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