Honda CRV vs Ford Escape

[johndoe23]

My cousin bought an Escape last 2003 and when they were in the expressway, it suddenly died down on them. Ford said that it has a factory defect and it was replaced.

My brother in the states strongly urged my cousin not to buy the Escape because there had been several recalls of the said mini SUV back then.

[niky]

Actually, though the design isn't cutting edge, it's a little better than the "super-Civic" looks of the current CRV, and definitely not as "Ssangyong" as the up-coming CRV that they have in the US now.

The Escape is not the most practical of CUVs, but it rides and handles much better than the CRV. Recalls? At least they didn't have Escapes catching fire like a certain Honda used to do...

[charriolkid]

may sumabog na ford expedition sa friend ko. pero pinalitan din nman.
grabe, ulitin ko lang, SUMABOG lols

but my choice still goes to escape. mas masarap sumakay. at hindi masyadong kalat sa kalsada. :-)

[niky]

I was referring to the fact that a number of 2.4 liter CRVs in the US caught on fire because of faulty oil filter designs.

Or, we could talk about delaminating windshields on old Civics (US) that would suddenly crack... or... maybe about local Civics with faulty gas tank straps that could give way (thankfully, they issued a recall for this)...

Expedition? Hehe... it really is a piece of ****. I have four uncles who own them... ghastly difficult vehicles to maintain... but nice and comfortable... a car you could only own if you didn't care about spending $$$ on maintenance. The Escape is Mazda based, so, though it's not problem-free (what Mazda is?), it's not as bad as Ford's US-designed products.

Not that the Escape is perfect... the "melting tail-light" issue is a really bad one... and the tip-over issue is a relevant one... but that's on US-spec tires... our local tires might not be grippy enough to cause that. Tip-over on the CRV? Hehe... the local CRV's tires are so slippery that you'll end up off the road way before it starts to tip over...

[Zeus]

Escape gave me a very comfortable ride to Baguio last easter

[Autobeat]

Some crash tests results for your reference:

Ford Escape:
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/ratingsbyseries.aspx?id=322

Honda CRV:
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/ratingsbyseries.aspx?id=307

Vehicle rating's legend:
G = Good
A = Acceptable
M = Marginal
P = Poor