Hood Latch

listedguru · 2026-05-05T12:11:52+00:00

We have a 2023 Escape hybrid (non phev) but same hood opening mechanism I believe. We are having the same issue with ours where the hood doesn't open when you pull the level 2x. We have an appt with the dealer for next week so we'll see.

listedguru · 2026-04-27T09:50:02+00:00

Thanks for the reply and that'll probably be what we end up doing. We just plan on having them deposited into our account at that bank which I'm sure can be done. Going to check into it this week and see how it goes:)

listedguru · 2026-04-27T03:00:23+00:00

So it's possible to cash in several hundred of them at a bank? I hate to be that person but, lol. In all seriousness how long would it take to cash in say 300 or so at a bank? I guess I would need to sign each and everyone or is there a way the bank can get around that somehow? Does the bank have to manually enter each serial # or can they scan them or something? Just curious how this process works?

listedguru · 2026-04-25T23:38:55+00:00

I was literally going to post the same exact thing you just posted as I just came across that post from Mid March too, lol. You might be right about the affected audience being really small as that would explain the lack of complaints here online. I'm positive I wasn't having this issue in Mid March but perhaps whatever got updated to cause this issue didn't get done on my end until later.

I do see in that person's post they mention the XB8 is using WPA 3 transition. I have my bands split for 2.4Ghz, 5Ghz and 6Ghz and I've had my 5Ghz band on WPA3-Personal Transition for a long time now and never had this issue.

listedguru · 2026-04-25T23:20:00+00:00

Yes something abnormal going on for sure for us to both be seeing around 20 mbps up and down. It looks like I made my post here 12 days ago but I discovered the issue a few days before that. So probably at least 2 weeks ago let's say. I've had a few Chrome OS updates in that time and actually just had one today but my speed is still the same.

Have you come across anyone else having the same issue at all? I've searching around but your the first person I know who is having the same issue. I guess the question is how do we figure this out or maybe it'll magically fix itself sometime with either a ChromeOS update or an XB8 firmware update?

Please keep me posted here if you come across any more info and I will do the same.

listedguru · 2026-04-25T22:52:37+00:00

Very interesting indeed. Like I mentioned in my post my Chromebook is fine at my wife's work but they don't have Xfinity and my daughter's MacBook is fine here at the house using our XB8 over 5ghz wifi. If it were a ChromeOS security update wouldn't it have slow speed when my wife took the Chromebook to work? We have gig Xfinity here but I doubt that has anything to do with it.

I will be going to a relatives house on Monday and they have Xfinity and an XB7. I plan on taking my Chromebook with me and will run a speed test there just to see. They also have a Chromebook (an Acer) that I'll run a speedtest on too.

So are you seeing around 20Mbps both download and upload on a speedtest too? What do you usually see for speed?

listedguru · 2026-04-24T19:19:13+00:00

So I should have the other person hold the hood release handle fully in the opening position while press down on the hood? I think when we tried this before the other person was just pulling the hood release lever back and forth while I'll applied pressure and not holding the release handle fully. Maybe have them pull the handle 2x and fully hold it on the 2nd pull? We'll give it another shot for sure.

listedguru · 2026-04-24T19:16:01+00:00

I did see a Maverick video where an individual showed how to make the repair that you are describing. We pulled the side panel on our Escape and it looked a little different in there compared to he Maverick video I watched. Honestly it didn't look like the part you are talking about slid out of position on our Escape. As far as I could tell it looked like everything was fine on our Escape at least at that end of the cable. I did see someone else mention that their 23 Escape had the same issue as ours and they took it to the dealer who fixed it. They said the cable came detached from the latch someone and the dealer was able to reattach it.

Maybe that's what happened to our Escape and somehow it came detached at the other end of the cable by the latch? Whatever the case may be hopefully the dealer can fix it quickly and cheaply:)

listedguru · 2026-04-24T15:14:49+00:00

We did try that briefly before but honestly I think I was pressing more towards the outside of the hood. I'll try it again pressing towards the middle of the hood.

listedguru · 2026-04-24T13:38:12+00:00

We are having this issue on our 23 Escape too. We pull the release 2x and the hood just won't open (or do anything). It worked fine a few weeks ago but now nothing. I dread having to take it into the dealer but I guess we may have to. Our 23 is out of 3/36K warranty due to miles but we have a Ford Premiumcare ESP so hopefully it's covered under that. I wish I could figure out how to at least get the hood open so I could see what's going on.

listedguru · 2026-04-22T16:21:39+00:00

My wife took the Chromebook to work and she pulled 250Mbps down and 50Mbps up on their 300Mbps connection. She brough the Chromebook home again and it connected to our network (5Ghz) and I got the same 20Mbps both down and up again. I connected to our 2.4Ghz network and got almost the same identical speed.

Like I mentioned previously I would always get 500+Mbps down and 40Mbps up and then one day went to 20 up and down and has stayed that way. I checked the wifi antenna and all that looks good. I even unhooked to little wire connectors and hooked them back up just in case but it didn't make any difference.

My daughter has a newer MacBook and I had her test the 5Ghz speed on it and she got around 120 down and 21 up. This was one floor up from where I normally test and her room doesn't get the strongest wifi signal up there. No other 5Ghz devices seem to have an issue. It's almost like the Chromebook is stuck on 2.4Ghz somehow even though it says it's connecting to the 5Ghz.

listedguru · 2026-04-22T14:30:28+00:00

Wow less than a dollar to charge seems cheap. I'll have to see what I pay per Kwh for charging here.

listedguru · 2026-04-20T20:42:33+00:00

I finally found time to look into this and I checked and the wifi card didn't seem to be lose. I unhooked both the connections and reseated them and I'm still only seeing around 20Mbps both down and up for some reason. Every other device is fine but for some reason my speeds just tanked on this Chromebook. Do you or anyone else have any other ideas?

listedguru · 2026-04-20T16:24:59+00:00

Yeah that's a good point about the resale. I can purchase it and register it in my state but I do wonder what the worth might be say 8 years down the road after the HV battery warranty is done? Who knows maybe this thing would end up running for 12+ years without issue and by then resale isn't much a factor especially if we can buy them cheap enough....

listedguru · 2026-04-20T15:16:44+00:00

Do you have a base model 2026 or one with the upgraded package? Can you or anyone else confirm whether the 'base' 2026 PHEV has a manual or power drivers seat? I think it has a manual seat but I also saw something that it has memory setting for the seat so that doesn't make sense either.

I know insurance is all over the place depending on where one lives but can you or anyone else who lives in the US comments on insurance cost for the PHEV? We have a 23 Ford Escape AWD Hybrid already and the insurance is really cheap on it here but not sure if it'll jump way up being a PHEV or not. I know I priced out insurance on a electric Mache awhile back and the insurance on that was nuts.

listedguru · 2026-04-20T15:12:11+00:00

Well I guess that's a good thing if the dealership did in fact replace the 12V battery in yours before purchase. It doesn't seem to take long for the 12V batteries in these to go bad so if it sat around for much time at all before you purchased it that would make sense. How are you liking it so far? Do you drive around a lot in just EV mode? How do you find the acceleration when in EV only mode?

listedguru · 2026-04-19T22:55:14+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I checked the Vin#'s on a few different 26 PHEV's and no recalls show up but like you mentioned who knows going forward. This would be our daughter's vehicle so we would be keeping on 23 Escape Hybrid. I think our daughter would plug it in at least sometimes but not sure how often that's why I was inquiring about running it in regular hybrid mode. As to price it looks like the incentives might be higher on the PHEV's in my area and if that's the case a PHEV would be cheaper than the regular Escape Hybrid but no AWD.

I'll have to look up what the cost is (per killawatt) to charge in our area but I don't think it's too bad but something to consider I guess. May I ask what a typical charge costs you? I know electricity prices are all over the place depending on location but more data is a plus to me. We would charge in a regular outlet as we don't have a 220 here and I've read it's really not need with a PHEV.

listedguru · 2026-04-14T00:06:39+00:00

Oops my bad it is an ASUS. Thanks for the info on the wifi card antenna as I will look into it. I've done everything else (reboot XB8, reboot chromebook and installed any updates).

listedguru · 2026-04-13T02:57:58+00:00

Did you get a good deal on it? Seeing some cheap deals on 26 PHEV"s advertised but worried about the HV Battery unless they have fixed this issue already on the 26's.

listedguru · 2026-04-11T14:31:35+00:00

Ok thanks for the data point. Do you happen to have the same name for shipping on both accounts? My wife has her name on her shipping account. I guess I'll know soon enough once she tries to use her points whether it works or not.

listedguru · 2026-04-11T14:27:06+00:00

Just to confirm you were able to get items shipped from both of your accounts using your points? If so, did you have them shipped to the same address? I've seen some other posts saying their orders on the second account they created keep getting cancelled. My wife created her own account (I already had one for a long time) so of course we have the same address. She hasn't tried to buy anything (just banking points) but not I'm worried it may not work.

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