Ford Escape 2013–2019 · Maintenance schedule & cost to maintain

Ford lists rotating the tires and measuring tread depth at every oil change, and every 5,000 miles on dusty or unpaved roads. On AWD cars, keep all four tires the same size. Ford's manual warns that a major size difference between the front and rear axles can make the AWD system stop working and fall back to front-wheel drive.

Ford has the pads, rotors, hoses and parking brake inspected at every oil change and publishes no replacement mileage for pads. Replace them when the inspection says so. The cost below is one axle of pads.

None of the six 2013-2019 Escape manuals checked prints a brake-fluid replacement interval, on the normal or the severe schedule. Ford specifies DOT 4 LV fluid meeting WSS-M6C65-A2. With no book number to follow, have the fluid checked when the brakes are inspected and replaced when it tests bad.

Ford's normal schedule changes this fluid at 150,000 miles. Ford's own severe tables cut that to every 30,000 miles for towing or a car-top carrier, long idling or low-speed driving, and dusty roads. Ford puts you on those tables if you drive primarily in any one of those conditions, so check your own week against that list. The 150,000-mile number is for a confirmed light-duty driver. Use Mercon LV only.

Of the books checked, only the 2016 book schedules this. Its towing, long-idling and dusty-road tables list a PTU and rear axle fluid change for AWD cars in the every-30,000-mile row, and its normal table lists it at 150,000 miles. The severe rows point to an Exceptions note, and the normal row points to Special Operating Conditions (page 350). The note says the PTU and rear axle need no normal scheduled maintenance unless the car has seen extended extreme or severe duty, or the unit has been under water. The 2017 book keeps that note and drops the table rows. The 2014, 2018 and 2019 books do not schedule it, and the 2013 book files rear axles and power take-off units with synthetic fluid under lubricated for life. On a 2016 AWD car driven primarily in those conditions, treat 30,000 miles as the severe default. We have no sourced cost for this job, so none is shown.

Ford replaces it every 30,000 miles. The severe tables for long idling and dusty roads print no number, only an instruction to inspect often, so no shorter factory interval exists. Buy by engine: the EcoBoost engines take Motorcraft FA-1908 and the 2.5L takes FA-1910, each with its own Ford part number.

Ford's normal interval is 100,000 miles. Every manual checked drops plugs to 60,000 miles for long idling or low-speed driving, and the 2016 to 2019 manuals add towing to that list. Plugs differ by engine: Motorcraft SP-530 for the 2.5L, SP-537 for the 2.0L, SP-539 for the 1.5L. The 1.6L takes its own plug, so buy by engine.

Ford's first coolant change is at six years or 100,000 miles, whichever comes first, then every three years or 50,000 miles. None of Ford's severe tables lists coolant, so there is no shorter factory number. Refill with Motorcraft Orange (WSS-M97B44-D2). Capacity changes by engine and by manual year, so the shop should fill to the reservoir mark.

Ford's first belt inspection is at 100,000 miles, then at every other oil change until the belt is replaced. Ford replaces it at 150,000 miles if it has not been replaced in the previous 100,000. No severe table shortens this.

Ford replaces the timing belt at 150,000 miles and names only the 1.6L (in the 2013, 2014 and 2016 manuals) and the 1.5L (2017 to 2019 manuals). The 2.0L EcoBoost and the 2.5L use a timing chain with no scheduled service. A belt quote on a 2.0L or 2.5L car is for a part that engine does not have.

Plan on three to five years of life regardless of mileage, and test it before replacing on a guess. The battery changes with the car. The 2.5L and the 2013-2016 EcoBoosts take a group 96R (Motorcraft BXT-96R-590). 2017 EcoBoosts with auto start-stop take a group 48, Motorcraft BAGM-48H6-760, and the 2018 and 2019 manuals list only that battery for the 1.5L and 2.0L.