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My wife loved the Escape when it came out - I'm sure glad we didn't get one. When I did a little research on edmunds.com, I found several people report issues with the transmissions. When you see that many comments like that - you know it isn't people just whining about something far and few between.
Then we checked the Highlander's reviews and the only real complaint people had on that car was the wind buffeting from having the rear door windows open.. they were right, but it's better than having a tranny take a dump.
I hope Ford spend more time improving what's inside the vehicle rather than making it look like a shrunken Explorer.