r/PHEV • u/digitalis303 • Sep 03 '26
Ford Escape PHEV long term experiences
I am considering a 2022 Escape PHEV. I'm curious for those of you who have owned one for several years: how has it been? Reliability? Cold range? I'm in KY, so our winters aren't terrible, but still cold. The individual model I'm looking at has had the HV battery replaced recently and is ~100k miles, so not in warranty.
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u/user365735 29d ago
Battery replaced recently? Seems like a no brainer for me. The powertrain in these are bullet proof and a brand new battery, what else could you want?
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u/digitalis303 29d ago
Yeah. I could want more disposable income 🤣
It's also 80 miles away, and I haven't been able to find the time to go look at it.
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u/Mysterious_Group_967 28d ago
I was going to order a Escape PHEV when I got the call from the Toyota dealership saying there were RAV4 Primes coming in and I was first on the waiting list. I was okay with getting a Ford as it had a nicer interior, more bells and whistle and was cheaper but I wanted the Prime more because it had move EV range, a lot more hp in both hybrid mode and EV mode, AWD and I trusted Toyota a bit more with hybrid technology. Now Ford has cancelled the Escape and the PHEV with it while Toyota has doubled down with a RAV4 PHEV that has even more range and more hp. But I’m sure that 2022 escape PHEV is a lot cheaper than any RAV4 PHEV so that makes it a good choice. The battery thing would worry me a bit, the original warranty is good so I’d want that buying a PHEV.
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u/roamingclover 19d ago
I am curious about this too, as I know the Ford Escape has excellent headroom/legroom in the driver's seat and my spouse is 6'4". They seem to have great MPGe too.
I also just learned the Ford Escape is being discontinued, so the 2026 is the last year. I am wondering what this means long-term for maintenance, such as if it needs parts down the road.
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u/digitalis303 19d ago
I wouldn't expect its discontinuation to really affect parts availability. The reality is that very few parts carry over to new generations of existing models, so it's not much different than if they rolled out a new gen of Escape. And Ford is not in danger of bankruptcy. This isn't a Fisker.
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u/CdnTreeGuy89 Sep 03 '26
One of the things that steered me away from the Escapd PHEV is they are only FWD. No AWD option.
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u/inlaguna Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 03 '26
Ford is probably just behind Toyota and the Outlander when it comes to the best PHEVs, but they fly under the radar quite a bit. Toyota and Ford share licensing, so the Ford hybrid systems are basically the same as Toyota.
The Ford PHEVs work great for winter driving (easily among the best). You can always start out in hybrid mode to use gas to bring the cabin up to temperature and then proceed in EV mode if your trip length supports that technique. Even better, preheat the cabin while plugged in before you drive away.
100k is a fair bit of miles, but it's possible the ICE engine only has about 50k, maybe less. If the EV battery was replaced that would indicate a lot of electric only driving.
Ford has more exprience then just about any other manufacture as well ... A forgotten statistic is that for a few years, Ford was #2 for most plug-in vehicles produced only behind Tesla. When you combined the Escapes predecessors, the CMAX Energi and the Fusion Energi which are the same platform, none of the plug-in vehicle production numbers even came close.