![]() ![]() If I was to reside not on the steep hills that I needed to climb daily to come back home - I promise you my city mileage would have been much higher, without any special coasting hipermileage efforts.Īfter 6,000 mi driving on top of the acquired 50,700 mi I can report exceeding the EPA reported mileage of 31 mpg, respectively I did 35 mpg on Hwy and higher for city driving. I reached on regular basis - 36/34 mpg (city/hwy). My city/hwy mileage was all the time better than the original test-estimates listed for a new car (34/32 mpg). It speaks by itself, right, I paid out of the picket of $137 for this 60,000 major service, plus all other gas-consumption savings and having Partially-Zero emmissions, contributing to cleaner air. And notice, all that is after Escape hybrid SUV reached a major milestone, that udually requires for other behicle - major expensive service. Once per 10,000 mi intervals you need only a change of gasoline engine oil/filter and the filter of the HV-hybrid system. My own experience confirms this Ford dealers "secret" - my 2009 Escape hybrid Limited simply doesn't require any service going further. Ford also can't match the unprecedented built-in quality of 2009-2012 Escape hybrid vehicles yet. I have changed for this period only a single burned left-turn signal … bulb, and volontirely decide with some advance to replace the original set of tires with new Michelins, that's all ss out of wear-n-tear kind of ownership cost.Īfter the 60,000 mi service one of the Ford serviceman revealed that Ford delearships sort of do not care much about this SUV hybrid, since servicing this vehicle is not profitable for them - due to lack of any problems compared with the non-hybrid Escape, even compared with the newer one. I can report that after the first 10,000 mi I put on this used hybrid SUV I did not experienced any problem, any maintenance problem following with 10,000 mi recommended regular-scheduled manufacturing service. However, I still love my 2009 Ford Escape as it took great care of me for 10 years, and will take care of my daughter for many more.2017 Update - after 10,000 miles and one year later of 2nd ownership since purchased as used (50,700 mi). Unfortunately Ford ruined the latest Escapes as they are now "cross-overs" whatever the xxxx that means so my new vehicle is a Jeep Wrangler. Since I am an engineer, and I own my business, I kept detailed accounts of the maintenance costs and they have averaged $0.04/mile to date which I think is outstanding. I have an estimate to fix the rust, but it's going to cost about $1,000/well to do a proper job of it. I understand from my mechanic that the wheel well rusting is common due to the design (I live in Indiana and we have lots of salt on the roads in the winter). ![]() I eventually put in front seat covers, but would put them on all seats from the beginning if I had to do it over again. The cloth seats stain extremely easy, even with a water spill. My ONLY real complaints are the cloth seats, and the fact that this model tends to rust at the rear wheel wells. Hardly ever needed break service, but most of my mileage was highway. The Escape is especially gentle on tires as I had one all-season set on for 100,000 miles. At the end I was running about 25 MPG Hwy, and 20 MPG City. I never missed a service visit, and it never failed me on the road. My 2009 Ford Escape was my work vehicle from July 2009 until August 2019 (I still have it but my 16 year old daughter drives it now). ![]()
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