Ford Escape & other options

I towed my 2011 Escape over 2,000 miles with no problems. Then on my way home from a Thanksgiving trip I noticed smoke coming from my car. I pulled over immediately, could not determine the problem and had the car towed to the nearest Ford dealer and went on home (about 60 miles). The dealer called me the next day and told me that my transmission was "shot" and would need to be replaced. After some questioning he evidently determined that I had followed the manual and would order a new transmission under warranty (the car had about 32,000 miles on it). After many promises of ship dates I finally got my car back in mid April (four and a half months). I drove it around town for a week and headed to Disney with the car in tow. I had traveled about 80 miles when this transmission burned up. I again had the car towed to the nearest Ford dealership, and went on down to Disney without my car. I spent many hours on the phone during my vacation because the current dealership read a code that the transmission overheated so they refused to honor the warranty stating that I had towed improperly. I had contacted an attorney during the first repair when it became obvious that I would be without my car for almost five months. Since I now have an attorney no one at Ford will even talk to me. I have had good relations with all dealership personnel but above that I have been treated terribly. I had one senior level customer service regional exec tell me when I asked why it should take so long to get a transmission, that Ford was in the business of building new cars not parts for older cars. I (and my attorney) would like to hear from anyone who has had a Ford Escape Transmission fail while flat towing. Apparently there are many.