Q: Oil leak?

asked by on February 21, 2017

I opened the hood of my escape and there is oil all over the inside of the hood and all over the what I think is the serpentine belt. I have no idea what it could be. I do have a warranty but I dont trust JD Byrider to fix the problem, just want to know what you think the issue is.

My car has 129000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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