I have a 2002 ford escape. Recently the car is having problems shifting, when I hit the gas the RPM's goes up really fast and goes down fast as well. Also, I just noticed a humming noise while ac

SOURCE: 2002 Ford Escape whooshing noise when accelerating

Sounds like the fan clutchis driving the fan all the time, and therefore at a higher speed than it used to.

SOURCE: after starting the 2002 Ford Escape a whistling

sounds like a pulley or bearing is noisy first remove drive belt and run engine if noise is gone problem is a bearing attatched to by hand spin and feel for rough or gritty feel chech all pulleys most common is adjuster or idler cant tell by feel goto parts store but a stethescope hearing tool run motor CAREFULLY listen to each area a pulley drives on try that first