Maisy (@korn.maize), a Phoenix-area TikToker, says the 2017 Ford Escape she inherited from her stepmother has cycled through repairs all summer: An A/C compressor, a road-trip battery replacement, a headlight, and now a parasitic electrical draw her Firestone couldn’t isolate before sending her to the dealership.
What happened with this Ford?
The Ford Escape came to her by default. Her stepmom, already a Ford owner, wanted a new hybrid Escape and passed the 2017 down.
“I know I want a Toyota or a Honda,” Maisy says. “But it was time.”
For two years the car asked little of her—a battery, tires, oil changes. In June, the A/C gave out. “I live in f—- the Phoenix, Arizona area,” she says. “We don’t f—- mess around with A/C.”…