These are unrelated failures.
The transmission has a fail safe system in that a electrical or electronic failure will still allow the car to move both forward and back.
So the transmission failure is a mechanical one inside the transmission and unrelated to the alternator problem
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The generator motor works as the starter motor AND the alternator.
You can tell if synchronizers are broken in the transmission on a 2001 ford escape by checking the sychronizers.
Nothing changed her mind. She did escape.
The 2003 Ford Escape has a 5-speed manual.
The 2005 Ford Escape has a 5-speed manual.
The 2004 Ford Escape has a 5-speed manual.
The 2008 Ford Escape has a 5-speed manual.
The 2011 Ford Escape has a 5-speed manual.
The 2007 Ford Escape has a 5-speed manual.