Thinking of this for my next vehicle. There are a lot of them around with 20k miles or so at local dealers, as 2 year lease turn ins.
They seem to have good ratings and the only common problem I have been able to find is timing chain issues on the very early ones around 2010-2011 that is supposed to be fixed with a new gear design. It's an older platform vehicle and I kind of like that idea since they have had 10 years or so to work out bugs.
I have looked at a few other vehicles all the way up to brand new but the start stop system on many newer vehicles is a big turnoff for me.pun intendeed!
My other thought is a brand new Escape to replace my 2004 Escape but all the tech on these things including start /stop is a big worry since I keep my vehicles at least 10 years.
They seem to have good ratings and the only common problem I have been able to find is timing chain issues on the very early ones around 2010-2011 that is supposed to be fixed with a new gear design. It's an older platform vehicle and I kind of like that idea since they have had 10 years or so to work out bugs.
I have looked at a few other vehicles all the way up to brand new but the start stop system on many newer vehicles is a big turnoff for me.pun intendeed!
My other thought is a brand new Escape to replace my 2004 Escape but all the tech on these things including start /stop is a big worry since I keep my vehicles at least 10 years.