Tommytwo

I took it in to a much bigger dealer than the one I bought it from they have a lot more experience working with hybrid vehicles.I told them that I wanted a mechanic or technicians as they are now called to take it for a test drive with him driving and me in it.As soon as we got it on the road and he accelerated he said yes that’s the sound of a Atkinson cycle engine which has a distinctive sound to it.They also did some diagnostic checks on it for my peace of mind and it was ok. He also said that Ford has been doing what he called a lot of decontenting lately one of the main ones being the acoustic glass on the windshield and the passenger and drivers side it helped keep some of the noise out and entering the passenger cabin, the turn signals on the side mirrors are gone too and probably other things he has not found out yet.I have learned not to do any hard accelerating when taking off this helps to keep the noise down considerably also it keeps it in battery mode a lot longer. I’m loving the fuel economy which makes up for the noise.I get around 14 kms combined per litre of gas at $1.80 pre litre here in Ontario I’m saving a lot of money and my wife and I agree it’s a fun car to drive.Let me know what you think when you get yours.

My Escape 2022 hybrid does have the hood insulator installed so they must have removed something else for this model year.Hard to believe I’m the only one who has the noise problem with this car.

Because the noise is not as loud as last years model I''m wondering if Ford has cut down on the hood or engine compartment insulation for 2022? or changed something that allows more noise to enter the passenger compartment.As a retired Ford employee I have seen them cut corners to try and save a dollar.sometimes it came back to bite them.

Finally Ford tech service got in touch with the service manager and told him to check the engine and transmission mounts and if they are ok then the noise is normal for the hybrid escape.So the dealer let me drive a used 2021 Escape for a few hours to see if it made a similar noise.Well it did but not as loud as mine.He told me as they build more of the 2022 and other people complain there might be a fix for it.So we will wait In the meantime I am going to try and get in touch with Fords myself and tell them what is going on.

Thanks I will.

The noise that it makes is like an exhaust leak. It is constant when the gas engine takes over.It only stops when running in the battery mode.Thanks for your reply.

Thank you for your input.This Escape does not have noise canceling technology.It has now been in the service garage for 4 days now and they cannot find the source of the noise.They are currently waiting for a answer from Ford engineers.

When the escape is running with the gas engine it is making a putt putt noise almost like a exhaust leak. It doesn't make this sound when idling or driving in battery mode.It has less than 500kms on it and has been back to the dealer twice.So far they don't know what is causing it.There is nothing loose underneath.Seems to be coming from the front. Does anyone know what the possible cause might be?It was ordered from the factory for me so I didn't get a chance to test drive it before buying it

After waiting 4months for my new 2022 escape hybrid I drove it for 15 minutes before it was back at the dealer and in the service garage.It has a loud thumping noise almost like a flat tire sound coming from the front only when the gas engine kicks in it is quiet when running on the battery.The mechanic couldn’t find what was causing it told me to drive it for a while and it might go away.Well it hasn’t it’s going back to them next week.Has anyone out there experienced anything like this? There is less than 500kms on it.