Ford Escape with A Ford Cooling pump
We have a 2011 Ford Escape, 2WD Automatic. After being told by our dealer, and reading the owners manual, that we could flat-tow it, we have cooked the Transmission twice. We have been without our car...
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The electric pump Ford installs to make the Escape a reliable 4-down tow is a standard Remco setup that's been adapted for the Escape and other Ford models with the same transmission. Remco pumps have an excellent history of reliability. The pump in my current Toyota RAV4 has been running for about 40,000 towing miles so far, in two vehicles without a single hiccup.
