Good Morning
I am new to the forum and am in desperate need of some help. My daughter just purchased her first car, a Ford Escape. I own a 2008 so it is our second for us. It is a 2009 SPE and she has been having issues with it since about 14 days in from date of purchase. The key is really hard to turn and when it does turn there is an intermittent starting issue that is getting progressively worse. I took it back to where I bought it and the first time they adjusted the tumbler to make it easier to turn over. That helped for a little bit or so it seemed. Then after about a week it started again, every 5-10 starts, you would turn the key and nothing. I thought maybe there was a dead spot in the started however last week (Wednesday) the mechanic said it was the ignition switch and it was was replaced; it seemed to solve the problem.
Last night my daughter went to start it and the same problem yet again only this time it took almost 10 minutes to start it and now I have to call the place I purchased it yet again. I am not sure they will cover anything now because it has been over 30 days since it was purchased. The key can be very difficult to turn unless you push the key right in super tight and when you turn it over, you hear absolutely nothing.
Has anyone else had this issue or can someone make a suggestion on what it could be?
Any help would be appreciated before this gets too costly.
Thanks
I am new to the forum and am in desperate need of some help. My daughter just purchased her first car, a Ford Escape. I own a 2008 so it is our second for us. It is a 2009 SPE and she has been having issues with it since about 14 days in from date of purchase. The key is really hard to turn and when it does turn there is an intermittent starting issue that is getting progressively worse. I took it back to where I bought it and the first time they adjusted the tumbler to make it easier to turn over. That helped for a little bit or so it seemed. Then after about a week it started again, every 5-10 starts, you would turn the key and nothing. I thought maybe there was a dead spot in the started however last week (Wednesday) the mechanic said it was the ignition switch and it was was replaced; it seemed to solve the problem.
Last night my daughter went to start it and the same problem yet again only this time it took almost 10 minutes to start it and now I have to call the place I purchased it yet again. I am not sure they will cover anything now because it has been over 30 days since it was purchased. The key can be very difficult to turn unless you push the key right in super tight and when you turn it over, you hear absolutely nothing.
Has anyone else had this issue or can someone make a suggestion on what it could be?
Any help would be appreciated before this gets too costly.
Thanks