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5 days from my Escape's first anniversary, 16K miles, and aside from several minor recalls (rearview camera, A-pillar trim, PCM update), the car's been perfect. Some owners have had severe problems (stop safely now) which (I think) were addressed by the PCM update. I never saw them. No SYNC issues, and my NAV update installed flawlessly. My only complaints revolve around the block heater. The factory installed the heater, but failed to install the harness. Dealer got it right on their third try, after I pointed out to my service writer how block heaters on their diesels were installed. It now sticks out of the bottom grill. I'm controlling it with a networked switch, and finally realized I should use the scheduling feature - Ford recommends a 3 hr. run - so it runs long enough. My memory always reminds me too late; no point in a 30 min. run. Of course, the C-Max performance was similar... the bomb had a 100K mile fuse. Stay well, Frank