2001 Ford Escape Engine Problems

While driving at 60 mph, your Escape suddenly lost all engine power with no warning lights showing, and it wouldn't restart. The dealer replaced the catalytic converter, but the problem happened again. You suspect the alternator may be the cause, though it wasn't repaired. The fix will likely involve diagnosing whether the alternator or another electrical component is failing to keep the engine running.

Your Escape has trouble shifting into 1st and 2nd gear—the engine runs hard and makes a ticking noise until you get past 3rd gear, when it runs normally. The transmission also shifts harshly with clunking sounds. More seriously, your car won't stay in Park and rolls even when parked, forcing you to use a brick to keep it stationary. You received a recall letter about this issue but lost it, and the transmission and parking brake system need professional inspection and repair.

While driving at 60 mph on the highway, your car began shaking severely and making loud noise. You discovered the ignition coil had come loose and a spark plug was missing from the engine. After a mechanic installed a new spark plug, the car ran fine for 5 weeks, then the same problem occurred again — the spark plug blew out of the engine a second time. Now the spark plug won't reinstall properly, and the engine smells like gasoline and makes noise like the muffler is loose. The repair will likely require replacing the spark plug and investigating why it keeps ejecting from the cylinder head, possibly involving cylinder head thread repair or replacement.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNOCCUPIED AND WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN:07V156000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) AND :12V005000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 12V005000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC), 12V353000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING), AND 14V165000 (STRUCTURE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE CONTACT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY RECALL NOTIFICATIONS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A RESIDENTAL PARKING SPACE, A SECURITY GUARD NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. AFTER MAKING A SECOND ROUND, THE GUARD INFORMED THE VEHICLE OWNER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS CONSUMED BY FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE CONTACT TOOK PICTURES. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER OR MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD FOLLOW-UP IN WRITING, BUT DID NOT PROVIDE A TIME FRAME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE EXPRESS WAY THE CAR ENGINE WAS STUCK ACCELERATING UNTIL IT THREW A ROD AND THE ENGINE QUIT AFTER THAT. WAS DRIVING 60 UNTIL THE CAR STARTED ACCELERATING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING UP AN INCLINE AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED WITH FORCE, HOWEVER, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE ENGINE POWER. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED ON ONE OCCASION TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

IN 2001 FORD ESCAPES A MISFIRE OCCURS AND CAUSE THE FUEL MILEAGE TO DECREASE. IT ALSO CAUSES THE CAR TO SHUTTER AT IDLE WHEN IT IS COLD. AFTER CHECKING MESSAGE BOARDS IT APPEARS THAT MORE THAN A HANDFUL ARE HAVING THE SAME EXACT ISSUE AND DESPITE CHANGING ANY PARTS ACCEPT THE CONNECTORS AND PCM THE ISSUE STILL OCCURS. THE NUMBER OF CARS EFFECTED BY THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A COINCIDENCE AND SHOULD BE LISTED AS A FACTORY DEFECT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE AND BLACK SMOKE STARTED TO EMIT FROM THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

STUTTERING AND STALLING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 06/24/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65MPH, A LOW POP WAS HEARD. BLACK SMOKE ROLLED INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. UPDATED 06/25/2014 *JS

AFTER DRIVING FOR APPX 19 MILES, STOPPED AT MY DESTINATION AND PUT CAR IN PARK. ENGINE STARTED RACING TO APPX 3000-4000 RPM. TAPPED GAS PEDAL TO SEE IF I COULD MAKE IT STOP, WHICH I COULDN'T (IT CONTINUED TO RACE FOR A FEW MOMENTS). AT THIS POINT I JUST TURNED IGNITION OFF. STARTED CAR BACK UP AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL AGAIN. *TR

THE CAR WAS PARKED AT A SHOPPING MALL, THE ENGINE STARTED SMOKING AND IT WENT INTO FLAMES BURNED ENTIRE ENGINE, INSIDE FRON T,CAR , DASHBOARD, TIRES ETC.HOOD... *TR

AFTER STOPPING TO POSSIBLY TAKE A LEFT TURN, I REALIZED I NEEDED TO GO ONE MORE BLOCK SO I PRESSED THE GAS TO CONTINUE FORWARD. HOWEVER RIGHT AS I DID THAT THE LIGHT TURNED YELLOW SO I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND PRESSED ON THE BRAKE INSTEAD. THE CAR SHOT FORWARD AT FULL THROTTLE AND THE CAR WENT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND THE RED LIGHT. THE STREET WAS CLEAR IN FRONT OF US AND I HAD A FULL LONG BLOCK TO TRY TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE'S ACCELERATION. I CALMLY SHIFTED THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. I STARTED WORRYING AS THE CAR CONTINUED TO SPEED UP. I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND PARK (WHICH NORMALLY ISN'T POSSIBLE). ALL THE WHILE THE VEHICLE SPED UP. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE FOR ALMOST THE WHOLE BLOCK AND WASN'T SLOWING THE VEHICLE AT ALL. I DECIDED THAT SINCE THE TRANSMISSION AND BRAKES WERE NOT RESPONDING, THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE MY FOOT TO GET UNDER THE GAS PEDAL AND LIFT IT UP (BECAUSE IT FELT FROM THE FULL ACCELERATION LIKE IT WAS STUCK ON THE FLOOR). HOWEVER, THE PEDAL EASILY CAME OFF THE FLOOR BUT WOULD FLOP BACK DOWN AS SOON AS I MOVED MY FOOT OUT FROM UNDER IT. IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT STUCK BY A FOREIGN OBJECT OR FLOOR MAT THOUGH. HAD TO AVOID A PEDESTRIAN THAT WAS CROSSING THE STREET AND THE ROAD AHEAD WAS OBSCURED BECAUSE IT WENT DOWN A STEEP HILL SO I CHOSE TO TURN RIGHT. THE CAR ENDED UP HITTING THE CURB, HITTING 2 SMALL TREES. AND FLIPPING UPSIDE DOWN BEFORE ALSO HITTING A PARKED CAR. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO "REV" AT HIGH SPEEDS, EVEN UPSIDE DOWN, FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE IT FINALLY CUT OFF. MY WIFE AND I WERE VERY LUCKY TO SURVIVE THIS INCIDENT AND TO NOT HAVE INJURED ANY OTHERS IN THE AREA. POSSIBLY PART OF : NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 00V210001 FOR STUCK THROTTLE PROBLEMS. *TR

2001 FORD ESCAPE. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE FOR NO APPARENT REASON *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HER DAUGHTER OWNED THE VEHICLE AND WAS DRIVING IT THE NIGHT, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. HER DAUGHTER BURNED HER HAND, AS SHE WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED BY THE FIRE. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A OWNS A 2001 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 02/15/12*LJ

IGNITION COILS DEFECT- CAUSING ENGINE TO STALL AND GAS PEDAL SOMETIMES GETS HARD TO ACCELERATE CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO MOVE. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ACCELERATES. *TR

MY 2001 FORD ESCAPE 3.0L V6, HAS AN ENGINE STALLING PROBLEM, AND AN REALLY BAD EMISIONS SYSTEM FAILURE. THE EXHAUST FUMES HAVE BEEN BACKING UP INTO THE VEHICLE FOR A LONG TIME NOW. MY HAIR FELL OUT, AND NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE. I CONTACTED A FORD DEALERSHIP, BECAUSE I RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT UNDER THE STATE AND FEDERAL EMISSIONS WARRANTY, SOME COMPONENTS NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. HOWEVER THE DEALER WON'T HONOR IT, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS OVER 80,000 MILES. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AT 60,000 MILES. I AM NOT SURE IF THE ENGINE STALLING HAS CAUSED THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM TO FAIL OR THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM FAILURE HAS CAUSED THE ENGINE STALLING.THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY VEHICLE 3 TIMES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 5MPH , THE CONTACT WAS COMING TO A STOP WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND IT OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO REPAIRED THE AIR THROTTLE AND THE PCM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 135000.

I HAVE A 2001 FOCUS ZX3 - 5SP THAT TENDS TO STALL WHEN THE AC IS ON. BUT IT MAY NOT STALL DURING THE "INITIAL" USE PERIOD. WITHOUT WARNING, IT WILL STALL AFTER THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND THEN RESTARTED. MY SERVICE SHOP CHECKED THE COMPUTER CODES FOR A PROBLEM AND NOTHING CAME UP. YESTERDAY, IT WAS DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 30MINS WITH THE AC ON (OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE AROUND 80+ DEGREES). THE VEHICLE RAN FINE WITH THE RPMS NORMAL WHEN STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF FOR ABOUT 90 MINS. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RESTART IT WOULD STALL. TO GET STARTED I NEEDED TO KEEP FOOT ON GAS PEDAL (TO MAINTAIN A HIGH ENOUGH RPM TO PREVENT THE STALL). IF I DID NOT KEEP THE RPMS UP, VEHICLE WOULD STALL. WHILE DRIVING AND STOPPING, I NEEDED TO KEEP MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL TO MAINTAIN THE RPMS. (THIS CAN BE CHALLENGING WITH A 5-SPD.) THE VEHICLE WAS THEN PARKED FOR OVER FOUR HOURS. IT THEN STARTED WITHOUT PROBLEM AND RAN NORMALLY. DURING THIS PERIOD I DID NOT HAVE THE AC ON. I SEE THAT THIS MAY BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FOCUS. HOWEVER, NEITHER FORD MOTOR'S CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE NOR THE LOCAL FORD DEALER ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALERSHIP (ECHELON FORD) ON 6/8/10 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC OF THE PROBLEM AND THEY COULD NOT RECREATE IT. I WAS CHARGED $108 FOR THE SHOP TIME AND STILL HAVE NO TECHNICAL ANSWER TO THIS CRITICAL AND POTENTIALLY FATAL PROBLEM... *TR

WHILE TRAVELING UPHILL GOING APPROX 45 MPH THE ENGINE ON MY 2001 FORD ESCAPE SHUT DOWN. COMPLETE POWER TO MY CAR WAS LOST. THE ODOMETER EVEN LOST THE MILES DRIVEN AND WAS REPLACED BY DASHES MOMENTARILY. WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN I STEERED THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS INDICATION THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE. AFTER I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I PUT CAR IN PARK AND TURNED KEY OFF. I WAITED APPROX 5 MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE CAR WITH NO PROBLEMS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS OFF AND CAR STARTED SMOOTHLY AS USUAL. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ONLINE, I DON'T SEEM TO BE THE ONLY PERSON HAVING THIS ISSUE. *TR

HAVE AT DIFFERENT TIMES THE MOTOR REEVES. SOMETIMES WHEN THE CRUISE IS SET, AND SOMETIMES WHEN IT'S IN PARK. NEVER KNOW WHAT MAKES IT HAPPEN OR WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. DO HAVE WITNESSES AT THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED. HAPPENED TO BE AT THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT, PULLED UP AND STOPPED, ONLY TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN. WHICH THE PARAMEDICS HAPPENED TO HEAR IT AND GOT VERY CONCERNED. ALTHOUGH IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE SEVERAL TIMES, THE EMT'S STRONGLY URGED US TO REPORT THIS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD ESCAPE WHICH WAS PURCHASED IN 2001. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN HIS DRIVEWAY HE WAS NOTIFIED THAT IT WAS ON FIRE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, HE SAW BLACK SMOKE UNDER THE DASHBOARD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE; HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 120,000. UPDATED 06/02/10. *LJ ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE FIRE ORIGINATED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. UPDATED 09/28/10

2001 FORD ESCAPE - SPARK PLAG EJECTION BLOWOUT. *TR

MY 2001 FORD ESCAPE SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE IN MY DRIVEWAY THIS EVENING. IT HAD BEEN DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES, PARKED AND THEN CAUGHT FIRE. A PASSERBY SAW FLAMES COMING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR AND CALLED DISPATCH. THE VEHICLE IS BEYOND REPAIR. I AM AWARE OF SOME RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR REPAIRS/REPLACEMENTS WHEN A RECALL WAS ISSUED. I AM UNSURE, AT THIS TIME, AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE BUT FELT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT. HAS THERE BEEN A RECALL CONCERNING THIS VEHICLE AND ENGINE FIRE? *TR

MAR 27 HAD 2001 FORD ESCAPE IN DEALERSHIP FOR OIL LEAK AND ENGINE HESITATION. LEAK NOT FIXED ON 1ST TIME TAKEN TO DEALER. #3 COIL, INTAKE GASKETS REPLACED & TUNEUP DONE FOR HESITATION. MAR 31 VEHICLE TAKEN BACK FOR SAME PROBLEMS, #4 COIL WAS REPLACED AND WAS TOLD NO OIL LEAK, ALSO TOLD ENGINE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE WASHED AND WATER BLEW OUT #4 COIL. ON THE WAY HOME, STILL SMELLED BURNING OIL & ENGINE HESITATION STILL FELT. CALLED DEALERSHIP, WAS TOLD TO LET THE CAR SIT FOR A DAY. CAR SAT FOR 2 DAYS. CAR STILL DROVE THE SAME, OIL LEAK & HESITATION STILL THERE. TOOK VEHICLE STRAIGHT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, ON THE WAY THERE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER AND WOULD NOT GO FASTER THAN 15MPH. THEN THE EGR VALVE BLEW. AND I LIVE 2 MILES FROM THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP HAD THE VEHICLE FROM APR 1 TO APR 15. NOW I WAS TOLD THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ON THE MANIFOLDS ARE PLUGGED UP AND THIS IS CAUSING THE HESITATION AND THE OIL LEAK WAS FROM THE TIMING CHAIN COVER. DEALERSHIP HAD TO REMOVE THE ENGINE TO REPLACE THE GASKET. WAS TOLD THEY DON'T KNOW HOW THEY MISSED THIS LEAK THE OTHER 2 TIMES I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR THIS LEAK. ONLY THING THE WARRANTY COVERED IS THE OIL LEAK. FEDERAL MANDATED EMISSION LAW IS 8YRS OR 80,000 MILES. VEHICLE IS IN THE 8 YEARS AND @ 75,500 MILES. FORD REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE CONVERTERS. TOOK ESCAPE TO LOCAL MECHANIC APR 17. EXHAUST INSPECTION SHOWED ONLY THE REAR CATALYTIC CONVERTER PLUGGED (REPLACED NOW). #4 & #6 COILS NOT FIRING. COILS WORK CONNECTED IN OTHER SPARKPLUG LOCATIONS. WIRING FOR COILS NOT WORKING. THESE COIL LOCATIONS WORKED PRIOR TO GOING BACK TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC SAID I SHOULD SUE THE DEALERSHIP FOR MISDIAGNOSIS AND BREAKING ADDITIONAL ITEMS WHEN ENGINE WAS REMOVED. MECHANIC ALSO RAN DIAGNOSTIC, NO CODES COMING UP, DEALERSHIP RESET PCM TO OLD PROGRAMMING, SO VEHICLE NOW HESITATES & DIES. WIFE STILL WANTS TO KEEP VEHICLE. TOLD HER NO. ALREADY SHOPPING FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN FORD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE DRASTICALLY ACCELERATED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE BRAKE PEDAL REQUIRED GREATER FORCE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND THE STOPPING DISTANCE INCREASED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THEY STATED THAT THE THROTTLE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 00V210001 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) DUE TO MODIFICATIONS. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 114,000.

2001 FORD HAS AN OIL LEAK ON THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. CONSUMER STATES THAT FORD FEEL THAT THE LEAK IS NORMAL AND THAT THERE IS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE OIL LEAK WAS CAUSED BY METAL CHIP DEBRIS OR DAMAGE TO THE SEALING SURFACE THAT OCCURRED DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM, THE ENGINE MUST BE PULLED OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *JB UPDATED 03/01/10

CATALYTIC CONVERTERS (ALL3) HAVE GONE BAD, VEHICLE HAS ONLY 90,000 MILES ON IT, VEHICLE BEGAN MISS FIRING SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE A YEAR AGO. HOWEVER, DEALERSHIP MECHANICS COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. AT TIMES EXHAUST IS CIRCULATED BACK INTO VEHICLE. *TR

VEHICLE'S # - 2001 FORD ESCAPE .EVERY MORNING I START THE CAR IT HESITATES TO STAY STARTED,(IDEALING) SOMETIMES THE CAR DOES SHUT OFF AND I HAVE TO RESTART THE CAR. I START OUT AND WHEN I GO TO BRAKE THE CAR HESITATES AND WANT TO SHUT OFF AT THE SAME TIME I LOSE MY BRAKES (THEY LOCK UP AND WILL NOT STOP...) THE CAR ALSO SOMETIMES SMELL HOT AFTER DRIVING. ONCE THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR A WHILE THE BRAKES SEEM TO WORK FINE BUT THERE IS STILL A HOT SMELL WHEN WE SHUT THE CAR OFF. I HAVE HAD THIS IN FOR SERVICE MORE THEN ONCE AND THEY HAD ME DO CERTAIN SERVICES ON THE CAR AND THIS STILL HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM, I TOOK BACK IN AFTER SPENDING ENOUGH MONEY AND DOING THE SERVICE THEY SUGGESTED THE MECHANICS KEPT IT FOR A FEW DAYS AND THOUGHT THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM,BUT HERE WE ARE AGAIN(1 YR LATER) AND I'M BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED. I HAVE ALL THE PAPERWORK TO WHAT WAS DONE WITH THE CAR FOR THIS PROBLEM.. SERVICE WAS PERFORMED AS FOLLOWS A. REPLACE INTAKE GASKETS,SPARK PLUGS,DPFE SENSOR. B. FUEL FILTER. C. PERFORM BG PROFESSIONAL FUEL INJECTION CLEANING SERVICE. THE SECOND TIME IN FOR SERVICE- A. 100 DIAG MASS AIR FLOW METER=REC. TUNE UP = FILTERS ADVISE ON PENDG. CODES 0171-0174=POSS. INTAKE LEEK =REPLACE MAF SENSOR=CLEAR CODES. THIS WAS EVERYTHING THEY SUGGESTED WE DO AND NOW AS ITS COLD I'M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS I DID LAST FEBRUARY. ($2000.00 LATER) I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THE SITUATION FIXED BEFORE I CAN'T STOP THE NEXT TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME... MRS. LESLIE A. WEARY *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 30 -35 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER DUE TO FAILURE OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT THE REPAIR SHOULD BE FREE, BUT THE MANUFACTURER DISAGREED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,700.

I HAVE HAD BRAKE LIQUID LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE CONTAINER SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR AROUND 2001. I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP AND THE FIRST TIME THEY SAID THE CAP MALFUNCTIONED AND THEY REPLACED THE CAP, THE SECOND TIME THEY SAID I OVERFILLED THE CONTAINER BUT IT NEVER STOPPED AND TO THIS DAY THE CONTAINER LEAKS. I ALSO HAVE HAD THE CAR STALL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I THOUGHT THIS TO BE JUST A FREAK ACCIDENT UNTIL I READ THESE POSTINGS AND IT APPEARS THE PROBLEM IS WIDE SPREAD. ONE TIME IT STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 81 AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO WRECK BUT MANAGED TO PULL OVER WITH OUT AN ACCIDENT. NOW MY CAR HAS A HARD TIME STARTING FOR NO REASON. AT FIRST I HAD THE BATTERY REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM JUST GOT WORSE. NOW I SOMETIMES SPEND 20 MIN TRYING TO START THE CAR, WHEN IT FINALLY STARTS, IT STALLS AND WHEN ITS FINISHED STALLING, IT ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN AND STAYS THAT WAY FOR SEVERAL MIN. UNTIL NOW I JUST THOUGHT THESE WERE RARE OCCURRENCES BUT NOW I DON'T THINK THEY ARE. I BELIEVE THEY ARE ALL SAFETY PROBLEMS AND NOT ONCE WAS I NOTIFIED OF ANY RECALL TO FIX. MY COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON OVER 8 MONTHS AGO AND IS STILL ON DESPITE HAVING IT CHECKED AND NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND.*CN

UPPER INTAKE GASKET MANIFOLD. *TR

EMISSIONS LIGHT WENT ON AND OFF AND THE CAR SEEMED TO MISFIRE. DID NOT DRIVE SMOOTH. I WAS GLAD I WAS CLOSE TO HOME. I FELT THE CAR WOULD CONK OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING. *TR

OIL COOLER FAILED, OIL WAS BURNT OFF WITH NO CHECK OIL LIGHT OR ENGINE NOTICE AND ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRED. ENGINE THREW A ROD AND THE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, BUT IT FAILED TO START. SHE MADE ONE MORE ATTEMPT AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND THE VEHICLE STARTED. WHEN SHE APPROACHED A STOP SIGN AT 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 48,250.

2001 FORD ESCAPE GETTING AN KNOCKING NOISE IN FRONT OF THE CAR. SOUNDS LIKE A PROPELLER NOISE THAT INCREASE THE FASTER I TRAVEL. *TR

2001 ESCAPE HAS HAD THREE REPAIRS IN A 6 MONTH TIME FRAME DO TO PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION COIL ASSEMBLIES. *TS THE SPARKS PLUG SHOT OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD SUDDENLY THREE TIMES. *NM

I SEE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS OF REPLACING THE EGR VALVE ON THEIR 2001 FORD ESCAPE. I REPLACED MINE TWICE AND THE DPFE SENSOR TWICE AND JUST HAD THE COMPUTER REPLACED AT JUST UNDER 42000 MILES. THERE IS TOO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL YEAR AND THE WARRANTY IS UP.. THEY (FORD) MAKE SO THESE CHEAP PARTS LAST UNTIL WARRANTY EXPIRES, SO THE CONSUMER HAS TO PAY I BOUGHT FORDS ALL MY LIFE BUT I'M HAVING SECOND THOUGHT AFTER THIS BUY. *NM

THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED ON 05/01/06 AFTER DRIVING AT LEAST 30 MIN TO 45 MIN. AT A SPEED OF AROUND 50 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED A LOOSE GAS CAP. ON 5/22/06 AFTER DRIVING AGAIN AT LEAST 30 MIN TO 45 MIN. AFTER RETURNING HOME AND BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY MY ESCAPE STALLED AND WOULD NOT START, AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR IT STARTED AGAIN DID NOT TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. THE THIRD INCIDENT HAPPENED MAY 30 AFTER DRIVING 30 MIN TO 45 MIN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE VAPOR MANAGEMENT VALVE WHICH IS STILL NOT CORRECTING THE PROBLEM, SO THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT REPLACING THE FUEL TANK. THE DEALER HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL, BUT AFTER FIVE YEARS I WOULD THINK I WOULD NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. *JB

I RECEIVED A WARNING LIGHT ON THE CONTROL PANEL OF THE CAR. SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE FEEDBACK EGR (DPFE) SENSOR HAD FAILED. I SEE THAT MANY OF THE 2001 & 2002 FORD ESCAPES HAVE THIS FAILURE. SOMETHING WAS CHANGED TO RESOLVE THIS AS 2003 MODEL DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE PROBLEM (SOURCE AUTOS.MSN.COM). WHY SHOULD I PAY $450 TO CORRECT A MANUFACTURER FAULT. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 9 HOURS AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FIRE MARSHAL STATED THE DAMAGE WAS TOO EXTENSIVE TO DETERMINE WHERE THE FIRE STARTED. MOST OF THE FIRE DAMAGE WAS UNDER THE HOOD ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DEEMED THE VEHICLE TOTALED. *NM

VEHICLE STALES DURING DECELARTION

2001 ESCAPE STALLS REPEATEDLY WHEN STARTING AND WHEN IDLING AT STOP LIGHTS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT SO FORD DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX. USUALLY ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE ENGINE IS HOT. HAS NOT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT YET. THIS IS A 4 CYLINDER MANUAL TRANSMISSION SO IT DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE PREVIOUS RECALL.*AK

(1) THERE WERE NO EVENTS TO LEAD TO FAILURE; (2) THE ENGINE CAM SHAFT SENSOR CONTINUES TO FAIL. THIS WILL BE OUR 5TH TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME SENSOR. EACH TIME, WITHIN 24 HOURS OF IT BEING FIXED THE ENGINE LIGHT IS BACK ON AGAIN. WE HAVE SPENT OVER $350 ON THE SAME SENSOR. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THE SENSOR CONTINUES TO FAIL. *AK

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE. I PULLED OVER AT A GAS STATION AND MY HUSBAND CHECKED TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. WE COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS WRONG AND DROVE HOME. AGAIN THE CAR WAS SHAKING THEN IT STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THEN WE HEARD SOMETHING SNAP AND THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED IT TURNED OUT THAT WE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE VALVE SHEERED FROM THE VALVE STEM AND THE VALVE SHATTERED THE PISTON AND ENDED DENTING THE OIL PAN AND WAS FOUND IN THE OIL PAN. THIS ENDED UP COSTING US $5000. WE CALLED THE DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED THE CAR IN APRIL OF 2004 AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS WILLING TO HELP US, BUT DECIDED NOT TO STATING IT WOULD BE "BAD BUSINESS" TO REPLACE TO CAR EVEN THOUGH WE HAD PURCHASED IT 8 MONTHS PREVIOUS TO THE INCIDENT. WE THEN HAD IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE A NEW ENGINE WAS PLACED IN THE 2001 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE SPEAKING TO A FORD MECHANIC HE STATED THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE TO THE ESCAPE. THE DEALER THAT FINALLY ENDED UP WORKING ON THE ESCAPE CALLED FORD AND TOLD THEM THE PROBLEM BUT FORD STATED THAT THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS BUT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH COMPLAINTS TO WARRANT A RECALL BECAUSE OF THE DEFECT. THE CAR WAS OUT OF COMMISSION FOR 10 DAYS DUE TO THE DEALER MAKING PROMISES AND THEN TAKING THEM BACK. *JB

FORD ESCAPE 2001, EGR SENSOR FAILURE. *BF THE CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW IF THE SERVICE BULLETIN APPLIED TO HIM, BECAUSE HE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN MEXICO, BUT T WAS MANUFACTURED IN KANSAS CITY MO. *JB

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO IDLE. THE BRAKES AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL FELT SLUGGISH. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE, WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE MECHANIC CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM. RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V165000 REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED IN MAY FOR THE ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING. *AK *SC

THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER, AND THE ENGINE COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

FORD FAILURE TO PERFORM RECALL #04V-165 FORD #04S13 ON MY 01 ESCAPE. CONTACTED FORD, PROVIDED VIN, FORD CLAIMED NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. HOWEVER MT 01 ESCAPE WAS PRODUCED IN 10/2000 WHICH WAS DURING THE RECALL PERIOD. HAS NEVER BEEN DONE. VEHICLE NOW STALLS AND HARD STARTS (LONG CRANKS) SOMETIMES TAKES 2 OR 3 TRIES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WAS MENTIONED IN RECALL 04V165000. CONTACTED THE DEALER. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK VEHICLE ACCELERATING BY ITSELF. *TC

RECALL 04V165000 CONCERNING ENGINE STALLING. CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT EXPERIENCING ANY PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING UNTIL RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE ON APRIL 24, 2004. DEALER WAS CONTACTED.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2001 FORD ESCAPE, WENT OUT I HAD 58,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. HAD TO PUT IN A NEW TRANSMISSION. NOW 4 MONTHS LATER, THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. THE ENGINE COOLANT WARNING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON EVEN THOUGH IT IS FULL. ALL OF THE LIGHTERS/SUN ROOF HAVE NO POWER TO THEM THEY ALL QUIT. I HAVE REPLACED ALL FUSES, WITH NO LUCK. NOW THE ALL LIGHTS ON THE RADIO ARE GONE, BUT THE RADIO STILL WORKS. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 FORD ESCAPE. I WAS INFORMED ABOUT THE STALLING RECALL; SO I HAD IT SERVICED (REPROGRAMMED COMPUTER). AFTER IT WAS WORKED ON, ABOUT ONE WEEK LATER IT BEGAN TO STALL WHEN STARTING. IT WOULDN'T IDLE. NOW IT JUST DIES WHILE DRIVING. IT HAPPENED TO US ABOUT 30 TIMES TODAY. I REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER HOPING THAT WAS IT; IT DIDN'T HELP. IT ONLY HAS 39,000 MILES ON IT. THE THING IS, I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT UNTIL WE TOOK IT IN FOR THE RECALL. *JB

WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER ON VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, BUT DEALERSHIP DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

PETITION FOR ADEQUACY OF A RECALL REMEDY INVOLVING FORD SAFETY RECALL 04S13 RE A PROBLEM WITH STALLING IN THE 2001 FORD ESCAPE. *MR THE STALLING CONTINUED. *SC *JB

THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS (3) ALL FAILED ON MY VEHICLE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND 3 WEEKS LATER THE PARTS ARIVED OR WERE REMANUFACTURED. *AK

RECALL O4V-165 INTERMITTENT STOP AND RESTART DUE TO CALIBRATION ERRORS. *MR THE VEHICLE WOULD DIE OUT AND THE CONSUMER WOULD SMELL SMOKE. *SC

RECALL 04V-165 VEHICLE DIES WHEN SLOWING DOWN. *MR THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER RESTARTED VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCEING ALOT OF STALLING WITH MY 2001 FORD ESCAPE. IT USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN ON A DOWNGRADE OR SLOWING TO STOP. THE IDLE DROPS VERY LOW AND THE CAR STALLS. IT OFTEN STALLS WHEN SITTING AT AN IDLE ALSO. I HAVE HAD IT STALL MANY TIMES WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN. WHEN THE ESCAPE STALLS, YOU LOSE STEERING. I AM AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I FIRST STARTING STALLING IN MARCH OF 2003 AND HAVE HAD HUNDREDS OF STALLS. YESTERDAY(3/31/04) THE ESCAPE STALLED 5 TIMES IN A 2 MILE STRETCH. I AM VERY WORRIED THAT ONE DAY IT WILL STALL TURNING AT A BUSY INTERSECTION AND I WON'T BE ABLE TO RESTART FAST ENOUGH TO STOP FROM GETTING HIT OR HITTING SOMEONE OR SOMETHING ELSE. BECAUSE I AM OUT OF WARRENTY FORD WILL DO NOTHING. I KNOW THERE IS A TSB ON THIS PROBLEM, BUT I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE IT DONE, AND I FEEL THIS IS SOMETHING FORD SHOULD DO WHETHER YOU'RE UNDER WARRENTY OR NOT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH OIL LIGHT AND THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, THEN, VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

ENGINE STALLS AT 40 MPH.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE GOING DOWNHILL AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES AN HOUR WITH FOOT OFF GAS. THIS IS THE THIRD OR FORTH TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. BECAUSE OF THE STALLING CONDITION, USE OF BRAKE AND STEERING IS DIFFICULT.*AK

THE RADIATOR FILL BOTTLE LOCATED TO THE RIGHT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, HAS A SENSOR THAT DETECTED WHEN THE LEVEL IS LOW IN IT. THERE IS A LIGHT THAT COMES ON ,WHEN IT IS LOW ACTIVATED IN THE DASH NEXT TO THE TACHOMETER. IT HAS TURNED ON FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND WILL NOT TURN OFF, EVEN WHEN THE REFILL BOTTLE IS FILLED. THE DEALER SAYS YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE BOTTLE AND IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE ESCAPES. HE SUGGESTED I BUY A REPLACEMENT BOTTLE AT A COST OF ABOUT $62.00. THIS UNIT SHOULD NOT GO OUT AFTER ONLY ABOUT 50,000 MILES AND MISLEAD YOU TO THINK YOU ARE OUT OF FLUID. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THE BOTTLE TO HAVE THE DEALER FIX IT AT NO COST, SINCE IT HAS OCCURRED AT VIC BAILEY FORD A LOT OF TIMES ON THE NEW ESCAPES. *JB

FORD ESCAPE 2001.. VEHICLE STALLED SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. NO WARNING.. FORD TELLS ME THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS WITH FORD WINDSTAR, ESCAPES,TRIBUTE.. FORD WILL NOT COVER REPAIRS AFTER 36000 MILES, EVEN WITH THE BEST EXTENDED WARRANTY FORD HAS TO OFFER.*JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ENGINE UNEXPECTEDLY SHUT DOWN. *AK

ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. A FOUL SMELL SEEPED THROUGH THE VENTILATION. AS A RESULT CONSUMER VOMITED, AND FELT LIGHT HEADED. *AK

THE VEHICLE STALLED SIX TIMES WITHIN THE LAST 45,000 MILES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PFE SENSOR, COOLANT, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE FRONT CRANK SEAL AND THE DPFE SENSOR. AFTER ALL THE REPAIRS THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

AUTO STALLED WHILE GOING 30 MPH ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. AUTO LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND ELECTRICAL. IT WAS LUCKY THAT NO ONE WAS AROUND (EARLY MORNING). WE HAD TO COAST TO SIDE, AND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE POWER STEERING I HIT THE CURB PRETTY HARD. ON THE WAY HOME IT DID THE SAME THING AT ABOUT 40 MPH. WILL TAKE THIS TO MARKEL FORD IN OMAHA, NE FOR FIX. WE HAVE 44,000 MILES, AND IF FORD CANNOT GET THIS FIXED IT WILL BE TIME TO SELL. THIS WILL BE MY FIRST AND LAST FORD, IF I HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS FIX. NOW I KNOW WHY MY FATHER TOLD ME TO BUY A TOYOTA. *LA

CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE STALLING FOUR TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. *PH THE VEHICLE WOULD START BACK UP, BUT WAS DANGEROUS. FORD REPLACED A COUPLE PARTS THAT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT IT DIDN'T. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN BUT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *SC *JB

2001 FORD ESCAPE STALLED AT ABOUT 30 MPH. CAR RESTARTED AND CONTINUED. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THE CAR STALLED. *CB

2 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT MY CAR BRAND NEW I WENT OUT TO START IT, IT WOULD NOT START AND THE EMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR SOUNDS LIKE IT IS TRYING TO START, THE ONLY WAY I COULD GET THE CAR TO START IS HOLD THE IGNITION. I SMELLED GAS AFTER THE CAR STARTED. I INFORMED FORD ABOUT THE PROBLEM, THEY FOUND NOTHING BUT REPLACED MY STARTER EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR ALMOST 3YRS MY WARRANTY IS READY TO EXPIRE AND FORD STILL CANNOT FIX/FIND THE PROBLEM. THIS CAR HAS LEFT ME STRANDED MORE THEN ONCE, I EVEN HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER WORKING HRS. I WAS TOLD BY THEIR SERVICE MANAGER THE CAR STARTED, WE FOUND NOTHING WRONG. I EVEN TOLD THE DEALERSHIP THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP OVER 3X'S IT IS A LEMON AND I WANT A NEW CAR OR MY MONEY BACK. I WAS INFORMED ACCORDING TO FORD WE CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM THEREFORE, THE LEMON LAW DOES NOT EXIST AND FORD WILL NOT JUST TAKE THE CAR BACK. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR TO 2 FORD DEALERSHIPS, THE SAD PART THE ORGINAL PLACE I BOUGHT IT FROM TREATED MY VERY NASTY SINCE I WOULD TAKE MY CAR FOR SERVICE AT A CLOSER ONE AND HAVE THEM LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM. FORD IS FORD DOESN'T MATTER WHAT DEALER I USE DOES IT? I AM VERY DISSATISFIED AND WILL NEVER EVER BUY ANOTHER FORD AGAIN!! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!!

WHILE DRIVING 2001 FORD ESCAPE AT AVERAGE 50-60 MPH SPEED OK. UPON DECELERATION, CAR DIES. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP NEXT DAY (DIED 3 MORE TIMES). DEALER IS SAYING 2 CYLINDER HEADS NEED TO BE REPLACED; 2 CAMSHAFTS AND BASICALLY NEED NEW ENGINE INSTALLED AT MY EXPENSE. DEALER HAS REQUESTED MAINTENANCE RECEIPTS (I HAVE SUPPLIED ALL). NOW WAITING TO SEE IF FORD WILL ASSIST IN REPAIRS. HAVE CALLED FORD 6 TIMES TO FILE COMPLAINT STATING SINCE PURCHASING VEHICLE NEW IN DEC 2000, HAVE HAD NEW TRANSMISSION INSTALLED (WARRANTY COVERED); NEW FUEL PUMP (WARRANTY COVERED); AND NEW MASTER CYLINDER (PAID OUT OF POCKET). ESCAPE IS NOT SAFE AND NOT RELIABLE.*AK

2001 FORD ESCAPE XLT 4WD STALLED WHILE DRIVING. HAS DONE THIS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. ALSO, OCCASIONALLY WILL NOT START. USUALLY WHEN VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED OUTSIDE FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN RAIN. REQUIRES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START.*AK

ENGINE STALLING, INTERMITTENT, UNPREDICTABLE. DURING VARIOUS TIMES, DAYS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. SINCE 09/25/01 TILL LAST TIME WAS 12/01/03.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE WENT TO THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND FOUND SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE. *AK *NM

2001 FORD ESCAPE 3.0 L CAR ENGINE STALLED WHEN IN TRAFFIC SLOWING DOWN WHILE PROCEEDING STRAIGHT. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING TO WORK TODAY, MY 2001 FORD ESCAPE STALLED FOUR TIMES WHILE DRIVING. EACH TIME, I WAS GOING BETWEEN 20-35 MPH AND THE CAR JUST COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS I HAVE A YOUNG SON WHO WAS RIDING WITH ME AT THE TIME. THE DEALER STATED THEY HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CARS DO THIS. *LA

2001 FORD ESCAPE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AFTER THE VEHICLE KEPT STALLING OUT! *LA

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN DRIVING ON A DOWNHILL SLOPE.U*AK

ENGINE UNEXPECTEDLY STALLED AND ENGINE LOST ALL POWERWHILE PULING INTO A DRIVEWAY. THIS WAS THE SECOND INCIDENT IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS INVOLVING THE FORD ESCAPE THAT IS MY COMPANY CAR. I BARELY MISSED BEING HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. THE FIRST TIME WAS ON THE FREEWAY AT 60 M.P.H. I CONSIDER MYSELF LUCK I WAS NOT KILLED OR INJURED.*AK

2000 FORD F-550 WAS BEING TOWED AND EXPERIENCED UNDER HOOD FIRE.*MR THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING A FORD F550 AND WAS TOWING A 2001 FORD ESCAPE. THE OWNER OF THE ESCAPE STARTED THE VEHICLE BEFORE THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ARRIVED. HE INFORMED HER TO SHUT IT OFF. WHILE HE WAS TOWING THE VEHICLE, HE HEARD A BOOFF SOUND AND NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. HE THEN PULLED OVER, UNHOOKED THE VEHICLE AND MOVED A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY. *PH

WHILE DRIVING, AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN OCCURRING FOR OVER 3 YEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES BUT MECHANIC WOULD REPLACE DIFFERENT PARTS TO THE ENGINE AND ALSO HAD THE GASOLINE CHANGED. THE PROBLEM OF STALLING IS STILL NOT RESOLVED. *JB

ENGINE TURNED OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN HILL (35-40) MILES. I LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO TURN INTO THE PARKING LOT AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE BY HITTING THE CURVE. IT HAD HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE ABOUT A YEAR AGO BUT I IGNORED THAT INCIDENT. *LA

WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED IT WOULD STALL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE WOULD STALL, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER ON NINE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM IS STILL RECURRING.*AK

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DETENTION PULLEY COMING OUT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH. ALSO, STEERING LOCKED UP. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT THEY WILL PAY FOR THE REPAIRS ON THE VEHICLE. *AK

MY 2001 FORD ESCAPE XLT STALLS FREQUENTLY AND ALSO HAS AN EXHAUST SMELL COMING FROM THE AIR VENTS. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN OVER 10 TIMES AND THEY TELL ME IT'S FIXED WHEN IT ISN'T.

WE OWN A 2001 FORD ESCAPE WITH LESS THAN 42000 MILES ON IT. WE HAVE GOTTEN ALL OF THE REQUIRED OIL CHANGES AND SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE DONE ON IT. WE WENT THROUGH THE DEALER FOR ALL SERVICE WORK AND ALL BUT ONE OIL CHANGE. RECENTLY IT BEGAN SHAKING EVEN WHEN THE CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION. WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AGAIN AND THEY INFORMED US THAT THE ENGINE WAS BAD AND NEEDED REPLACED (COSTING $4000). THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN HAD ORIGINALLY TOLD US THAT THE ENGINE HAD GONE BAD BECAUSE WE HAD NOT CHANGED THE OIL OR HAD PUT THE WRONG OIL IN IT. THIS IS UNTRUE, WE HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS SET OUT BY FORD AND HAD PROOF. THEN, HE SAID THAT WE MUST HAVE GONE THROUGH HIGH WATER IN THE CAR BECAUSE THE AIR FILTER WAS YELLOWED. WE HAVE NEVER TAKEN THE CAR THROUGH HIGH WATER. WE WERE TOLD BY A DIFFERENT FORD MECHANIC THAT DUST AND POLLEN IN THE AIR CAN CAUSE THE YELLOWING. THEN THEY TOLD US THAT THE ENGINE COULD HAVE BECOME RUINED BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAIN. THE DEALER THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH IS: RUSTY ECK FORD 7310 EAST KELLOGG WICHITA KS 67207 PHONE: 316.685.9211 FAX: 316.685.2890 THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THE ENGINE AND WE FEEL THAT FORD SHOULD REPLACE THE ENGINE. WE HAVE OWNED MORE THAN A DOZEN CARS (ONE HAVING OVER 180,000 ON IT) AND HAVE NEVER HAD AN ENGINE GO BAD ON US. WE HAVE OWNED 7 DIFFERENT FORD VEHICLES. WE HAVE DONE OUR PART IN TAKING CARE OF THE FORD ESCAPE, AND WE FEEL THAT IT IS RIDICULOUS TO HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS KIND OF REPAIR SO EARLY IN ITS LIFE. THE EXCUSES THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN FOR THE ENGINE FAILURE ARE LUDICROUS. CERTAINLY, VEHICLES MUST BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND RAIN SHOWERS.

LEAKING FRONT OIL SEAL AND OIL PAN GASKET WITH ONLY 60,000 MILES. *JB

CAR SHUT OFF WHILE MOVING AT 35-40 MPH WITH NO WARNING. LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. WINNER FORD SAID I NEEDED NEW COMPUTER - TOOK 2 WEEKS TO REPAIR. FOUND OUT LATER THEY ONLY REPROGRAMMED COMPUTER. CAR HAD ALSO SHUT ITSELF OFF OCTOBER OF 2002, IN FOR REPAIRS, ONE WEEK LATER, SHUT ITSELF OFF AGAIN, ANOTHER PROBLEM. ESCAPE IS NOT RELIABLE. SEE CHAT GROUPS AND EDMONDS.COM FOR OTHER PEOPLES COMPLAINTS.

ENGINE COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS NOT GONE OFF. A SERVICE TECHNICIAN SAID THE SENSOR HAS GONE BAD, AND THAT A LOT OF ESCAPES HAVE THIS PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE STALLED. THE CONSUMER PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO FAILED. IT WOULDN'T SHIFT PROPERLY FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING MECHANIC CANNOT LOCATE PROBLEM WITH DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE CUTS OFF WITHOUT WARNING. DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VEHICLE AND DID A COMPUTER UPDATE, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *PH

FORD ESCAPE 2001EEPS STALLING AT 35-40MPH WHILST COASTING DOWN INCLINES.ECURRENT PROBLEM. NOW HAPPENING 3-4 TIMES A WEEK. DEALER HAD THE VEHICLE IN LAST YEAR BUT COULD NOT FIND CAUSE.*AK

MY 2001 FORD ESCAPE STALLED WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY, ABOUT 35 MPH. ENGINE AND OIL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, STEERING LOCKED. PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED. I'VE DISCOVERED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AMONG ESCAPE OWNERS, AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL THEN SHUT OFF. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

MY 2001 FORD ESCAPE'S ENGINE HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE PAST 3 MONTHS.THE ENGINE WILL STALL WHEN PUT IN TO DRIVE, REVERSE, WHILE IDLING OR WHEN STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR. THIS PROBLEM STARTED WHEN THE CAR WAS UNDER 2 YEARS OLD. THE FORD DEALERSHIP I BROUGHT IT TO HAS TRIED 4 TIMES TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WITH NO SUCCESS. THEY HAVE REPLACED VARIOUS PARTS; SENSORS, VALVES, ETC. THEY ALSO EXPRESSED TO ME THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE 11 MORE MONTHS ON MY LEASE AND HAVE REQUESTED A REPLACEMENT CAR UNDER THE LEMON LAW, WHICH THEY TOLD ME I DO NOT QUAILIFY FOR BECAUSE I HAVE OVER 18,000 MILES ON THE CAR. OBVIOUSLY, THE CAR IS DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE IS NOT GIVING ENOUGH POWER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON COUNTY ROAD. STALL BECAME NOTICEABLE BECAUSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WERE AFFECTED, CHECK ENGINE AND OIL LIGHTS CAME ON. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN 2 YEARS THIS HAS OCCURRED.*AK

I OWN A 2001 FORD ESCAPE XLT WITH APPROXIMATELY 22,500 MILES. ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE ENGINE HAS STALLED WHILE I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST POWER ASSIST AND BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND TAKEN TO A DEALER THE NEXT DAY WHERE THEY A COMPONENT WAS REPLACED. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RE-OCCURRED. *TT *CB *NLM

DRIVING CAR WHEN IT STOPPED RUNNING WITHOUT ANY NOTICE. ENGINE JUST STOPPED. *NLM

THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE SHUTTING DOWN WHILE IN TRAFFIC. THE IDLE GAUGE KEPT DROPPING AND GOING UP UNTIL IT EVENTUALLY DROPPED BELOW 1, THEN IT CUT OUT IMMEDIATELY . THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BUT WERE UNABLE TO VERIFY. THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS WATER CONTAMINATION IN THE GAS TANK, AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT A RAT HAD BITTEN THROUGH THE WIRES. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK IN FOR THE STALLING PROBLEMS AND GAS FUMES WERE COMING THROUGH THE A/C VENTS. LATER ON THAT DAY THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A REFUND AND OR EXCHANGE FOR A NEW VEHICLE. *MR *TS *SCC *JB

MY 2001 FORD ESCAPE HAS STALLED FOUR TIMES. COASTING DOWN HILL JUST CUTS RIGHT OUT. NO RHYME OR REASON TO THE PROBLEM. *JB

GASOLINE FUMES ENTERED THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. *NLM

THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. *JB

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE. *JB

MY ESCAPE HAS STALLED (3 TIMES) WHILE DRIVING DOWN A SLIGHT DOWNHILL GRADE IN THE ROAD GOING ABOUT 40 MPH. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE. FIRST TIME THEY TOLD ME THAT THE IDLE CONTROL VALUE WAS CORRODED AND REPLACED IT. THE SECOND TIME THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE TO HAVE YOUR CAR QUIT ON YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SINCE IT IS HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE. *JB

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT 40/65 MPH THE ENGINE CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING OR CAUSE. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED 5 TIMES. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING WHEN DECELERATING TO A STOP. *JB

THE ENGINE STALLED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HAVE NO BRAKES AND STEERING. *JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *JB

2001 ESCAPE STALLING - I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE ESCAPE JUST STOPS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC OR WHEN I AM TURNING. THIS IS VERY SCARY AND I HAVE BEEN LUCKY SINCE IT HAPPENED ONCE ON THE INTERSTATE IN 4 FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC. I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT FORD ABOUT IT TO SEE IF THEY HAD A RECALL OR SERVICE BULLETIN AND THEY LEFT A VOICE MAIL WITH NO TELEPHONE NUMBER. NOW THEY HAVE UNANSWERED 3 ADDITIONAL EMAILS. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL DEALER AND HE SAYS HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT ESCAPE STALLING EVEN THOUGH IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET WHERE THEY SAY THE DEALERS CAN NOT FIX IT. MY DEALER IS JUST MAKING GUESSES. THIS IS WHY I WANTED AT LEAST A SERVICE BULLETIN SO I DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH A GUESSING GAME WITH MY DEALER. I AM VERY SCARED OF MY ESCAPE NOW ESPECIALLY IN INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. *JB

I PURCHASED 2001 USED VEHICLE FROM HERTZ CAR SALES WITH 27,000+ MILES. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED SECOND WEEK WE HAD VEHICLE. ALSO REALIZED THAT AC/HEATING SYSTEM HAD "WHISTLE" WHICH COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF. MAJOR PROBLEM HAS VEHICLE STALLING WHILE DRIVING, LOSING ALL POWER, BRAKES, ETC. FORTUNATE NOT TO HAVE BEEN REAR-ENDED. FORD DEALER HAS WORKED ON PROBLEM, REPLACING TRANSMISSION, FIXING AC/HEAT SYSTEM AND ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE "STALLING" PROBLEM. THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN REPAIRED, HOWEVER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY. CAR AT FORD DEALER ONCE AGAIN. IT IS STRANGE TO ME THAT THEY DO NOT COMMENT THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED NOT ONCE BUT MANY HUNDRED TIMES! I DEFINITELY FEEL THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE ESCAPE STALLING AND BEING UNABLE TO CONTROL. AS WE DRIVE ON MOUNTAIN ROADS, THIS COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. FORD HAS CERTAINLY LOST MY FUTURE BUSINESS BY NOT FACING THIS VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. MUST THERE BE FATALITIES BEFORE THEY ACT? *JB

THIRD TIME IN 2 YEARS SUV HAS LOST POWER DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES NEARLY CAUSED MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS OF I-95. CALLED DEALER, WAS TOLD OTHER COMPLAINTS EXIST, FORD IS AWARE OF COMPLAINT, BUT UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *JB

MY 2001 FORD ESCAPE HAS STALLED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH AND A HALF WHEN DECELERATING TO A STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT. ENGINE CUTS OUT AND POWER STEERING IS LOST.*JB

THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING.*JB

CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING. HAS HAPPENED SIX TIMES.*JB

I HAVE A 2001 FORD ESCAPE XLT WITH APPROX. 54,000 MILES. NEAR THE END OF MY 45 MINUTE MORNING COMMUTE, AS I WAS SLOWING TO GO THROUGH A TRAFFIC LIGHT, MY VEHICLE STALLED AND I LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITIES. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION AND THEN RESTARTED THE CAR AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THIS WAS THE 2ND TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED - THE FIRST WAS SHORTLY AFTER I FIRST PURCHASED THE CAR (IN EARLY 2002). I TOOK IT TO MY DEALER AND EXPLAINED THE ISSUE. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS RELATED, BUT I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS 'FALSE' WARNING LIGHTS THAT THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REPRODUCE.

THE VEHICLE STALLED, WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER TO ABRUPTLY PULL OVER.*JB

IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS - GOING DOWNHILL AT 35MPH VEHICLE STALLED, LOSS OF PS/PB, HEADLIGHTS/RADIO REMAINED ON, ENGINE/OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED - VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO REPLICATE PROBLEM, INDICATED THAT VEHICLE "STARTED RIGHT UP" - 1 WK LATER, VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, SAME AS BEFORE, THIS TIME SHUT OFF VEHICLE COMPLETELY AND VEHICLE STARTED UP AGAIN - TODAY SEATBELT LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND BELLS WERE RINGING THOUGH DRIVER WAS SEATBELTED. VEHICLE DID NOT STALL DURING THIS EPISODE. AFTER READING OTHER COMPLAINTS, I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND WILL PUT VEHICLE UP FOR SALE.

NAR 1/29/2003. THE CONSUMER HAD A HITCH ADDED TO THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER, WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE WHICH HAS STALLED 3 TIMES. *JB

ENGINE STALLS AT 40 MPH FOR NO REASON DANGEROUS. RELAY HAS BEEN RECALIBRATED WITHOUT SUCCESS 2 TIMES FROM CHEROKEE FORD DEALERSHIP. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION THAT IS HAPPENING TO FORD ESCAPE OWNERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY BASED ON MY RESEARCH FROM THE YAHOO FORD ESCAPE GROUP BOARDS ON HTTP://WWW.YAHOO.COM. DT

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENLY STALL WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY WITH DEALER WHO IS UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE. RELATED INVESTIGATION EA 02-027/ENGINE STALLING. TS

I PURCHASED THIS FORD ESCAPE IN MARCH 2001 AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT SINCE. ON MARCH 26 2001, TWO DAYS AFTER I RECEIVED MY NEW VEHICLE, IT WOULDN'T START. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED THREE MORE TIMES IN A PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS BEFORE I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER ON APRIL 9 2001. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BATTERY WHICH WAS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS WITH MY FORD ESCAPE. I REPORTED THAT THE THROTTLE WAS STICKING (5/17/02) AND IT WAS REPLACED, BUT IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. I ALSO REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A VIBRATION AND HESITATION WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AROUND 45 MPH (5/17/02). NOTHING WAS DONE AT THAT TIME TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. I LATER (8/29/02) REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM TO THE DEALER, BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK FOR SERVICE ON 9/27/02 AT WHICH TIME THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED. THERE IS STILL A HESITATION AND LOSS OF POWER AS I DRIVE THE VEHICLE. ALSO ON 5/11/02, THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON. THE FUEL EMISSIONS VALVE WAS REPLACED ON 5/17/02. ON 10/28/02, I REPORTED TO THE DEALER THAT MY VEHICLE ALMOST STALLED AT AN INTERSECTION ON 10/26/02 AND LATER THAT DAY IT WOULD NOT START. I ALSO TOLD THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT THERE CONTINUED TO BE A "LOSS OF POWER" AS I DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I BROUGHT THE ESCAPE BACK TO THE DEALER ON 10/30/02 AND THE TECHNICIAN FOUND "NOTHING WRONG" WITH THE VEHICLE FROM THE TESTS HE PERFORMED. I AM NOT SATISFIED WITH THESE RESULTS THERE IS SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE! DT

ENGINE STALLED TWICE WHILE DEACCELERATING AT ABOUT 30-40 MPH. DATES: 10/3/02 AND 11/14/02 SO FAR. TOOK TO DEALER 10/16/02 BUT THEY FOUND NOTHING. HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT 11/21/02. DT

STALLS OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC AT 30 TO 35 MPH ON DECLINE WHILE BRAKING; ENGINE STALLED RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. MANAGED TO TURN STEERING WHEEL WITH DIFFICULTY TO COAST OFF TWO LANE HIGHWAY TO SHOULDER. TURNED OFF IGNITION AND WAITED 2-3 MINUTES. RESTARTED VEHICLE WITHOUT PROBLEM AND RETURNED TO DEALER FOR SERVICING. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE VEHICLE SINCE THERE IS NO WARNING OF STALL WHICH HAS OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC WHERE REAR-ENDING BY FOLLOWING VEHICLE COULD HAVE OCCURRED. BELIEVE COMPUTER IS DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE REPLACED ON 2001 AND 2002 ESCAPES. DT

THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AND ALL POWER WAS LOST, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE NECESSARY REPAIRS WERE MADE. MR *JB

ENGINE STALLED. DT

SINCE THE FIRST WEEKS OF PURCHASE OF VEHICLE IT HAS HAD NUMEROUS SENSOR PROBLEMS, ALL OF WHICH THE NATIONAL CITY FORD HAS ADDRESSED. THEY HAVE CHANGED MULTIPLE PARTS IN THE VEHICLE, INCLUDING A FAILED SYSTEM. THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE WAS MADE FROM BOB BAKER FORD IN MISSION VALLEY, (SAN DIEGO) BUT THE VEHICLE IT'S SELF HAS BEEN SERVICED AT THE NATIONAL CITY DEALER. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE VEHICLE PROBLEMS WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER, ADVISING THEM OF ALL THE DIFFERENT DEFECTS WE HAVE. THE DEFECT THAT MOST WORRIES US IS THE ENGINE FAILURE, THE ENGINE TENDS TO LOSE ALL POWER WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHUTS OFF LOOSING POWER STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY. THIS HAS HAPPEND TO US AT NIGHT, AND NOT EVEN THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS FLICKER, OR THE HEAD LIGHTS. WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE ISSUE, THEY HAVE INSTALLED EQUIPMENT TO TRY AND FIGURE THE PROBLEM WITH NO SUCCESS. THEY SAY WE CAN HOPE IT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. FORTUNATLY IT HAS NOT HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY, AS THOSE FORD FOCUS PROBLEMS. THE LATEST PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TRANSMISSION RELATED, IT IS AS OF 10/29/02 BEING LOOKED AT THE FULLER FORD DEALERSHIP FOR THIS PROBLEM. WE HAVE ALSO ASKED THAT THEY LOOK AT THE ENGINE PROBLEM, AND THEY WILL ADVISE. DT

NO SUMMARY. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE STALLS OUT WHEN THE CONSUMER TAKES HER FOOT OF THE ACCELERATOR. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. MR

CONSUMER STATES ON GOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER AND THE PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 50 MPH, AND THE CONSUMER LOST POWER OF THE STEERING AND BRAKES. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. *MR

ENGINE STALLED 3 TIMES. MR

ENGINE STALLED 3 TIMES. MR

THE ENGINE HAS STALLED THREE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST MONTH. THE STALLING OCCURS AT LOW SPEED AND OFTEN WHEN TURNING INTO A DRIVE WAY OR PARKING LOT. *JG

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND ENGINE DIED. CONSUMER STATES SHE IS TERRIFIED TO DRIVE THIS CAR, FAMILY WAS PRESENT AND COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THERE WAS NO TIME TO GET OFF THE ROAD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

VEHICLE WOULD CUT OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE 25-30 MPH WITHOUT ANY WARNING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

DRIVING HOME ON A SUNDAY NIGHT GOING DOWNHILL, AROUND A CURVE AT ABOUT 30 MPH... ALL THE ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON, STEERING AND BRAKES FAILED... COULDN'T STOP CAR... HAD TO SLOWLY PULL ON EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THANKFULLY THE ROAD STARTED TO INCLINE... VEHICLE STOPPED... I HAD TO PUT IT IN PARK AND THE VEHICLE RESTARTED... I DROVE THE 1 MILE LEFT TO MY HOUSE... I WILL CALL THE DEALERSHIP IN THE MORNING BUT I DO NOT HAVE HOPE AFTER READING THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I COULD FIND ON THE INTERNET... THIS IS ANOTHER OF A LONG LINE OF ISSUES I HAVE HAD WITH THIS TRUCK.

DRIVING HOME ON A SUNDAY NIGHT GOING DOWNHILL, AROUND A CURVE AT ABOUT 30 MPH... ALL THE ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON, STEERING AND BRAKES FAILED... COULDN'T STOP CAR... HAD TO SLOWLY PULL ON EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THANKFULLY THE ROAD STARTED TO INCLINE... VEHICLE STOPPED... I HAD TO PUT IT IN PARK AND THE VEHICLE RESTARTED... I DROVE THE 1 MILE LEFT TO MY HOUSE... I WILL CALL THE DEALERSHIP IN THE MORNING BUT I DO NOT HAVE HOPE AFTER READING THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I COULD FIND ON THE INTERNET... THIS IS ANOTHER OF A LONG LINE OF ISSUES I HAVE HAD WITH THIS TRUCK.

PULLEY DROPPED WHILE DRIVING. REPAIRS WERE MADE. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE ENGINE HAS STALLED THREE TIMES OVER THE LAST MONTH. ALL AT LOW SPEEDS, USUALLY TURNING INTO A DRIVEWAY OR PARKING LOT. I SEE THAT YOU HAVE OPENED A CASE ON THIS (PE01-043). JUST WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PROBLEM SO THAT WHEN I TAKE IT TO THE DEALOR, I CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND GET IT FIXED. I AM JUST AFRAID THAT I AM GOING TO WALK INTO THE DEALOR AND THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK AT ME LIKE I HAVE 4 HEADS WHEN I TELL THEM OF THE PROBLEM. READING ON THE INTERNET, I SEE THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE FORD HAS ANY IDEA WHAT IS CAUSING IT. I AM GETTING WORRIED THAT THIS IS GOING TO START HAPPENING AT HIGHER SPEEDS OR IN INSTANCES WHERE IT WOULD BE MORE DANGEROUS. IT ALSO SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING BACK A 2ND AND 3RD TIME BECUASE THEY ARE NOT GETTING THE PROBLEM FIXED THE FIRST TIME. I AM WORRIED THAT I WILL TAKE IT IN A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEN THE PROBLEM REOCCURS AFTER MY WARRANY HAS ENDED. WHAT IS MY RECOURSE THEN? ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANKS. *AK 10-25-02:CONSUMER CALLED BACK IN TO ADVISED HAD VEHICLE SERVICED AT A FORD DLRSHIP IN REFERENCE TO TSB 2-11-06. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. 2 WEEKS LATER VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN.

VEHICLE HAS ON 2 OCCASIONS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. WITHOUT WARNING, THE ENGINE, BATTERY, AND OIL LIGHTS COME ON AT THE SAME TIME AND VEHICLE IMMEDIATELTY SHUTS ITSELF OFF. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER BOTH OCCURRENCES. THE IAC, DPFE, AND FUEL PUMP RELAY WERE ALL REPLACED AND MY VEHICLE'S PCM WAS REPROGRAMMED. NONE OF THESE "FIXES" HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH THE TECHNICIAN WORKING ON THE VEHICLE AND THE SHOP FOREMAN HAVE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO ASSIST ME WITH THE PROBLEM, THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE, BUT CANNOT EXPLAIN WHAT IS WRONG OR HOW TO REPAIR IT. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY ESCAPE KNOWING THAT IT COULD SHUT ITSELF OFF AT ANY TIME WITHOUT WARNING IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD.*AK

VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHEN DRIVING 3 TIMES - DEALER APPEARS UNABLE TO RESOLVE PROBLEM. DEALER WAS UNAWARE OF NTSA DEFECT INVESTIGATION FOR THIS VEHICLE.*AK

ENGINE HAS STALLED TWICE WHILE DRIVING 40-50MPH. SUNROOF MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. COOLANT RECORVERY JUG HAD TO BE REPLACED. SENSOR ASY-EGR WAS REPLACED AFTER 1ST TIME ENGINE STALLED. HAS SINCE STALLED AGAIN.

DRIVING DOWN SLIGHT DOWNHILL AT CONSTANT SPEED. ~1/2 HALF TANK GAS. WITHOUT WARNING OR OTHER INDICATION, ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT BOTH LIT. NO OTHER LIGHTS NOTICED. PULLED OFF ROAD, HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BREAK TO STOP. PUT IN PARK AND TRIED TO START ENGINE. STARTED WITHOUT PROBLEM.

VEHICLE HAD STALLED ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH . VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK THE POWER RELAY WAS CONSIDERED THE CAUSE FOR THE VEHICLE?S STALLING AND WAS REPLACED. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, THE DEALER REPLACED THE PFF SENSOR FIRST AND POWER TRAIN CONTROL NEXT AND LASTLY DID PCM PROGRAMMING, BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL. *YH

AUTO STALLED WHILE GOING DOWN EXTENDED INCLINE AT SPEED 35-40 MPH. I WAS IN A LONG LINE OF CARS AND WAS VERY LUCKY TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. I QUICKLY SLIPPED THE GEAR INTO NEUTRAL AS IT SLOWED AND CAR IMMEDIATELY RESTARTED. I AM PUTTING THIS INCIDENT INTO YOUR SITE, EVEN THOUGH IT HASN'T HAPPENED AGAIN SINCE DEC., BECAUSE I KNOW OTHER DRIVERS HAVE HAD THIS REOCCUR INTERMITTENTLY, EVEN AFTER FORD SUPPOSEDLY FIXED VEHICLE.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I WAS DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WITH THE RADIO ON AND AIR ONLY ON. I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS AND GOING NO WHERE. THEN I REALIZED THE CAR JUST DIED. I WAS IN THE FAST LANE. THERE WAS NO WHERE TO GO SO I HAD TO TAKE A LEFT TURN AND COASTED ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC. I WAS IN PANIC AS I WAS JUST COASTING AND HAD NO POWER TO MOVE. ALL THE POWER STEERING AND BREAKES DID NOT WORK BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS NOT ENGAGED. IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AFTER I REACHED THE SIDE STREET, I PUT ON MY FLASHERS. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN NUTERAL. IT STARTED AND I WENT HOME. I AM VERY NERVOUS TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE, BECAUSE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, I COULD BE IN A SITUATION WHERE I COULD GET KILLED, HAVING NO POWER TO STOP, ADVANCE OR TURN.*AK

I WAS DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WITH THE RADIO ON AND AIR ONLY ON. I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS AND GOING NO WHERE. THEN I REALIZED THE CAR JUST DIED. I WAS IN THE FAST LANE. THERE WAS NO WHERE TO GO SO I HAD TO TAKE A LEFT TURN AND COASTED ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC. I WAS IN PANIC AS I WAS JUST COASTING AND HAD NO POWER TO MOVE. ALL THE POWER STEERING AND BREAKES DID NOT WORK BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS NOT ENGAGED. IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AFTER I REACHED THE SIDE STREET, I PUT ON MY FLASHERS. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN NUTERAL. IT STARTED AND I WENT HOME. I AM VERY NERVOUS TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE, BECAUSE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, I COULD BE IN A SITUATION WHERE I COULD GET KILLED, HAVING NO POWER TO STOP, ADVANCE OR TURN.*AK

REPEATED PROBLEM. THERE HAVE BEEN 5 OCCURRENCES. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES. ON EACH OF THESE OCCURRENCES, THE ENGINE HAS STALLED FOR NO APPARENT REASON CAUSING LOSS OF POWER BRAKING AND POWER STEERING. MOST INSTANCES OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING DOWN A SLIGHT DECLINE AT APPROXIMATELY 40-45MPH. ON ALL THREE DEALER ASSESSMENTS (TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS), THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED. THE FIRST TIME THE BASE IDLE WAS ADJUSTED. THE SECOND TIME A RELAY WAS REPLACED. THE THIRD TIME FORD CORPORATE DIRECTED THE DEALERSHIP TO INSTALL AN IDLE AIR CONTROL. I EXPRESSED SAFETLY CONCERNS ABOUT LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES TO THE DEALERSHIP. BUT, SINCE THEY WERE NEVER ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM, THEY DON'T CONSIDER IT A CONCERN. THERE IS STILL A GREAT SAFETY CONCERN HERE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON A LEVEL ROADWAY, THE ENGINE UNEXPECTEDLY STOPPED. TRAFFIC WAS RELATIVELY HEAVY AND STOPPING THE VEHICLE AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT WITHOUT HITTING THE STOPPED VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME WAS DIFFICULT. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE PLACED IN PARK BEFORE THE ENGINE WOULD RESTART (AS EXPECTED) -- WHICH IT DID WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS PRESENT. TIME OF DAY WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 5 PM CDT. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 85 DEGREES. I HAD JUST EXITED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 8 MILES WITHOUT STOPPING BEFORE THE FAILURE. THE AIR CONDITIONING AND RADIO WERE ON DURING THE FAILURE.*AK

VEHICLE IS STALLING AT LOW SPEED. HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER 4 TIMES. POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE/ WIRING ASSEMBLY AND PCM RELAY WERE REPLACED. DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, THE MOST RECENT REPAIRS MADE BY THE DEALER WAS THE REPLACEMENT OF THE IAC AND AIR INTAKE, CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROBLEM HAPPENING AGAIN. THE INDICATOR LIGHTS FOR ENGINE COOLANT AND BATTERY ILLUMINATED, THE DEALER REPLACED A PART ON THE COOLANT REC TANK, HOWEVER THE COOLANT LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT WARNING.*AK *TT

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH DOWNHILL DURING RUSH HOUR WHEN I LOST POWER. I WAS ON A STRETCH OF INTERSTATE THAT HAD NO SHOULDER SO I COASTED 1/4 MILE TO THE SHOULDER. I WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED MY ALTERNATOR. SIX WEEKS LATER, I GO TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULDN'T START.*AK

VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AT ANY SPEED, THERE IS NO PRIOR WARNING, AND EVERYTHING WILL SHUT DOWN.*AK

VEHICLE HAS STALLED 4 TIMES AT 30-40 MPH. DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE. *AK

I CONTINUE TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE STALLING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. IT HAPPENED TWICE IN OCTOBER 2001. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ESCAPE. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO PROBLEM & THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE BUT CALL IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. MY VEHICLE STALLED THE NEXT DAY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE STALL. THEY CONTACTED THEIR REPAIR HOTLINE FOR SUGGESTIONS. THERE WAS APPARENTLY NO REAL ANSWER BUT IT WAS SUGGESTED TO REPLACE A VARIETY OF PARTS. MY VEHICLE HAD NO PROBLEMS UNTIL 06/25/02 WHEN IT STALLED AGAIN FOR NO REASON. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. IN EACH INSTANCE I WAS TRAVELLING AT APPROXIMATELY 45MPH ON A DOWNHILL (WITH PLENTY OF GAS IN THE TANK) AND THE VEHICLE STALLED W/OUT ANY WARNING. MY RADIO & LIGHTS CONTINUED TO WORK JUST FINE. NEEDLESS TO SAY I LOST MY POWER STEERING AND BRAKES ON EACH OCCASION. THE FIRST 2 OCCASIONS I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO MUSCLE MY CAR ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD W/OUT INCIDENT. I PUT IT IN PARK & IT STARTED RIGHT UP. THE LAST TIME I HAD TO SHIFT IT INTO NEUTRAL ON THE FLY & RESTART THE ENGINE. LUCKILY FOR ME IT RESTARTED AS I HAD NOWHERE TO PULL OVER AS I WAS HEADED TOWARDS A TWO LANE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER WITH NO SHOULDER TO PULL ONTO. I HAVE BEEN VERY LUCKY IN THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN INJURED NOR HAVE I INJURE ANYONE ELSE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS DEFECT AND A POTENTIALLY DEADLY ONE. I KNOW FROM DOING SOME RESEARCH THAT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM ON BOTH THE 2001 & 2002 MODELS. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED QUICKLY BEFORE THERE IS A FATALITY. A BRAND NEW CAR SHOULD NOT STALL AT RANDOM TIMES WITH NO WARNING WHILE TRAVELLING AT A PRETTY GOOD SPEED.*AK

AT 50MPH WHEN FOOT WAS LET UP FROM ACCELERATOR, THERE WOULD BE A DELAY IN DECELERATION, ALSO STEERING COLUMN WOULD SHAKE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. THE VEHICLE DID NOT ALWAYS ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE CORRECTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE PCM COMPUTER SYSTEM THREE TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO EXIST. *YH

VEHICLE STALLED FOR THE 2ND TIME -- SAME LOCATION -- ABOUT 7 MILES FROM MY HOUSE, GOING ABOUT 30-35 MILES AN HOUR UP A SLIGHT INCLINE. NO STEERING, NO BRAKES, HAVE TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE -- CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVEN'T BEEN REAR-ENDED OR WORSE -- THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS OUT INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 35 AND 50 MPH WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. *AK THE CONSUMER ALSO NOTICED THAT THE INDICATOR LIGHTS FOR THE ENGINE COOLANT AND THE BATTERY INDICATOR WOULD COME ON, AND WOULD STAY ON FOR SEVERAL MILES. *SCC

VEHICLE HAS STALLED 3 TIMES AT 35-40 MPH DOWN AN INCLINE. DEALER HAS RECALIBRATED COMPUTER.*AK DEALER PUT ON NEW EEC AND NEW IDLE AIR CONTROL. A/C FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. *YH

TRUCK WILL STALL WHILE BEING DRIVEN AT ANY SPEEDS. ONCE STALLED, DIRECTION CONTROL IS DIFFICULT. DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO DETECT CAUSE OF FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT ANY WARNING. CONTACTED DEALER. CANNOT FIX PROBLEM.*AKJG

WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY DEALER. HOWEVER, PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.AK

VEHICLE HAD STALLED TWICE AT 35-40 MPH. VEHICLE HAS NOT STALLED SINCE DEALER REPLACED VARIOUS PARTS. PLEASE LIST PARTS REPLACED BY DEALER. *AK

THE ESCAPE STALLED WHILE DRIVE 35MPH ON A BUSY STREET, PULLED TO THE SIDE AND RESTARTED WITH NO PROBLEM. *AK

CAR STALLED, SHUT DOWN AS IF THE KEY WAS TURNED OFF. THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT OF THIS HAPPENING. I WAS ON A BUSY HIGHWAY IN THE CENTER LANE GOING 45 MILES AN HOUR. I WAS ABLE, WITHOUT POWER STEERING OR BRAKES, TO PUT ON HAZARD LIGHTS, BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. ONCE PUT IN NEUTRAL, IT STARTED AGAIN. I WENT DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID, WELL IT IS ONLY HAPPENING EVERY 5,000 MILES, WHAT ARE YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT. THEY DID TAKE THE CAR IN AN WORK THE THE PCM. I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS HAS FIXED THIS REOCCURING PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35/45MPH VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT, LOSING ALL POWER. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP, THEY COULDN'T FIX PROBLEM .THEY REPLACED VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 35/45MPH VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT, LOSING ALL POWER .*AK

VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND DIED WITH OUT WARRING ON FOUR OCCASIONS. DEALER INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE; HOWEVER , ROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE WILL STALL AND SHUTDOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *YH CONSUMER STATES THE DEALER IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING VARIOUS PARTS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *YH

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY, VEHICLE WILL SHUTDOWN. *AK VEHICLE HESITATES ON A COLD START, WHEN ACCELERATING YOU GET APPROX. 30 PERCENT ACCELERATION POWER AND THEN IT SURGES TO FULL ACCELERATION. AFTER THE ENGINE WARMS UP IT RUNS WELL. *JG

MY ENGINE HAS STALLED AT LOW SPEEDS SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. THIS OCCURS MOST OFTEN WHEN I'M DECELERATING OR BRAKING TO PREPARE FOR STOP. IT HAPPENED TWICE AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN I WAS NOT DECELERATING/BRAKING. ENGINE STARTS UP IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING STALLS.*AK

ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING DOWNHILL. BRAKES AND STEERING WOULD NOT RESPOND. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. MANAGED TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY USING HAND BRAKES AND LATER PULLED TO THE SIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT WHILE THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ALL THE LIGHTS AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SHUT OFF ALSO. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. NLM

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. LOSS ALL POWER CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. DRIVER INJURED VEHICLE TOTALED. NLM

WHEN DEACCELERATING VEHICLE WILL STALL. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. WILL CONTACT DEALER.*AK *YD

VEHICLE(ENGINE)SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE ENGINE STALLED OUT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

ENGINE QUIT WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 65 MPH. NO PRIOR WARNING. LOST POWER ASSIST IN STEERING AND BRAKES. WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD. WAS ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE AND PROCEED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING TO DEALERSHIP FOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. THIS IS ONLY ONE MORE OF NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE.*AK

THE ABOVE MENTIONED IS AN ATTORNEY WRITING ON BEHALF OF MS. MEREDITH DULEY. WHILE DRIVING MS. DULEYS VEHICLE SHUTS OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON LOSING ALL POWER. THIS IS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *TT

CAR CONTINUES TO STALL WHEN GOING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. ALL SYSTEMS FAIL. CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM. AIR INTAKE VALVE AND RELAY HAVE BEEN REPLACED. DEALERSHIP TAKING CAR AGAIN TOMORROW FOR REPAIR. *AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS GOING 35-45MPH UNDER SLIGHT DECELERATION ENGINE STALLS OUT WITH NO WARNING OR HESTITATION OF ANY KIND. VEHICLE IMMDEDIATELY RESTARTS, BUT PROBLEM IS SPORADIC. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE ADD MORE INFORMATION.*AK

ONGOING PROBLEM AT 12,000 MILES WITH ENGINE 3.0 V6 STALLING, WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM REOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING AND ALL INTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT BEGIN TO FLASH, THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED BUT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NLM

ESCAPE WAS IN 4 TIMES FOR GAS SMELL-COULD NOT DUPLICATE. FINALLY REPAIRED BUT SMELL IS COMING BACK. TRUCK HAS NOT STARTED REPEATEDLY-BEEN IN TO DEALER-CAN NOT REPLICATE PROBLEM. ENGINE STALLED.*AK

CAR WOULD NOT START IN OCTOBER 2001. ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 50 MPH. LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITIES.*AK

ISSUE OF ENGINE STALLING HAS HAPPENED FOR THE FOURTH TIME. INDICATIONS ARE LOSS OF POWER STEERING, GAS, AND BREAKS. NO SOUNDS TO INDICATE FAILER. CHECK ENGINE, OIL, AND BATTERY LIGHTS COME ON. WHEN VEHICLE HOOD IS LIFTED ONE CAN HEAR AN AUDIBLE SOUND OF ELECTRIC CURRENT. WHEN THE KEY IS TURNED OFF AND ON AGAIN VEHICLE STARTS PROMPTLY. SITUATION OCCURS WHEN DRIVING DOWN A HILL AT APPROXIMATLY 35 - 45 MPH. FOR ME THEY HAVE ALL BEEN DAMP OR RAINY DAYS.*AK

ENGINE STALLED ON JULY3, 2001 WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH WITHOUT WARNING AND VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. VEHICLE HAS STALLED AT LEAST 10 TIMES UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS. RETURNED VEHICLE 6 TIMES FOR SERVICE BUT NO FIX IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. MOST RECENT ENGINE FAILURE ON 2/27/02. CONTACTED FORD MOTER COMPANY AND FILED A GRIEVANCE. TRYING TO GET MONEY BACK BUT THE PROCESS IS LONG AND DIFICULT. FORD NOT BEING VERY COOPERATIVE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING ACCELERATOR, IT DID NOT GET GAS AND VEHICLE STALLED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO REPLACED RELAY SWITCH AND IAC MOTOR. *AK THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN AFTER THE RELAY SWITCH WAS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER WAS REQUESTING TO RECEIVE A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE OR MONEY BACK EQUIVALENT TO THE PURCHASE PRICE. *YH

AUTOMOBILE STALLS, AND ALL POWER IS LOST, CONSUMER HAS TO PUT AUTOMOBILE IN PARK AND RESTART IT BEFORE IT GOES. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER TWICE AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED.*JB

WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE STALLS GOING ABOUT 35 MPH. ALL STEERING AND BRAKING BECAME IMPOSSIBLE. AFTER CAR WAS PULLED TO SIDE OF THE ROAD, AN ATTEMPT TO START WAS MADE AND IT SEEMED NORMAL. THIS HAPPENED AT ABOUT 450 MILES AFTER PURCHASE. CAR TAKEN TO DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM AND HAD NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THE SECOND OCCURRENCE HAS JUST HAPPENED AT ABOUT 11500 MILES (ABOUT 11 MONTHS OLD). THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE THE SAME - 35MPH, ALL STERRING AND BRAKING IMPOSSIBLE. THE CAR WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AGAIN AND SERVICE IS SCHEDULED. BOTH OCCURRENCES HAVE NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO THE ENGINE STALL. THE SITUATION IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *AK

ON WED. EVENING JAN. 30, 2002 AT 6:30 PM I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 FORD ESCAPE HOME FROM THE HICKSVILLE RAILROAD STATION. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH ON ROUTE 106 THE VEHICLE TURNED ITSELF OFF WITH NO WARNING OF ANY KIND. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND COAST TO A STOP. THIS WAS TREMENDOUSLY DIFFICULT TO DO SINCE THERE WERE NO BRAKES AND NO POWER STEERING. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANY KIND THE ENGINE JUST TURNED ITSELF OFF. AFTER COMING TO A STOP I TURNED THE KEY BACK TO THE OFF POSITION, PUT THE CAR IN PARK, AND TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR. IT STARTED RIGHT UP JUST LIKE NOTHING HAD OCCURRED. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE BEEN HURT OR KILLED. IF THERE HAD BEEN A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP SIGN I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP. ALSO, IF THE ROAD HAPPENED TO BE A CURVE OR TURN WHEN THE STALL OCCURRED I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THE FORD DEALER SALES AND SERVICE PEOPLE TELL ME THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. *AK

SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF VEHICLE STALLING WHILE DRIVING: 1ST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN ROUNDING A BEND AND GOING DOWN A SLIGHT GRADE, WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF ROAD AND RESTART VEHICLE; 2ND OCCURRENCE WHEN DRIVING DOWN SLIGHT GRADE, WAS NOT ABLE TO PULL OFF ROAD AND HAD TO SLIP CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND RESTART ENGINE WHILE STILL CONTROLLING VEHICLE ON ROAD, 3RD OCCURRENCE HAPPENED TWICE ON TRIP HOME FROM WORK, BOTH INSTANCES GOING DOWN A SLIGHT GRADE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO PULL OFF ROAD HAVING TO SLIP CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND RESTART ENGINE WHILE STILL DRIVING. AFTER FIRST INCIDENT ON DEC. 2, 2001 TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE POWER RELAY. STATED IT WAS REPAIRED. THE 2ND INCIDENT ON DECEMBER 6, 2001 THE DEALER CONTACTED THE FORD HOTLINE AND A VALVE WAS REPLACED. THE 3RD INCIDENT OCCURRED ON JANUARY 29, 2002 AND THE VEHICLE IS NOW AT THE DEALER FOR 3 DAYS. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH GRAVE CONSEQUENCES AWAITING FORD MOTOR CO. I CAN'T BELIEVE AFTER THE PROBLEMS WITH THE FORD EXPLORER/FIRESTONE THAT THEY WON'T TAKE THIS MORE SERIOUSLY WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS I'VE ALREADY SEEN ON THIS WEBSITE ALONE. *AK

STALLING OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING. HAS OCCURRED ON A BRIDGE. I MUST COAST ACROSS BRIDGE, PULL OVER, AND RESTART THE CAR. *AK

ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 40 MPH ON 27-NOV-2001 AND 27-JAN-2002. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE FOR FIRST INCIDENT, AND WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED FOR SECOND INCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, BUT IS UNABLE TO LOCATE SOURCE OF PROBLEM. *AK.*MJ

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES INTERMITTENT ENGINE QUIT CONDITION (STALLS) WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE RESTARTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER EACH INCIDENT. FOUR SUCH INSTANCES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED 7 MONTHS AGO. VEHICLE TAKEN TO FORD AFTER EACH OCCURRENCE. FORD STILL UNABLE TO FIX. PROBLEM APPEARS WIDESPREAD AS FORD HAS INTERNALLY ISSUED A MESSAGE ON ITS INTERNAL SITE DESCRIBING THE PROBLEM AND RECOMMENDING A SOLUTION TO SERVICE DEPARTMENTS. THIS SITE (OASIS) IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. QUOTE FROM SITE AS FOLLOWS: "SOME 2001/2002 3.0L ESCAPES MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT ENGINE QUIT CONDITION. THIS WILL BE TYPICALLY A 1 TIME EVENT, USUALLY DURING A DECEL, WITH NO DTC'S AND NO MIL. THE ENGINE WILL RESTART IMMEDIATELY." THE SITE THEN RECOMMENDS HOW TO FIX. THE FIX WAS TRIED TO NO AVAIL BY LITHIA FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT. IN SUMMARY, FORD IS AWARE THAT A SIGNIFICANT LIFE THREATENING DEFECT EXISTS. THEY ALSO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT, YET THEY KEEP RELEASING THE VEHICLES BACK TO OWNERS SAYING THEY ARE OK TO DRIVE.

AFTER GETTING INTO VEHICLE THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD CLANKING SOUND, AND THEN A PART OF ENGINE FELL OUT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER NOTED THAT IDLE PULLY FELL OFF. *AK

THE ENGINE STALLED AGAIN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2001. I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH WHEN IT STALLED AND HAD TO PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WENT SIDEWAYS AND THE VEHICLE BEHIND BARELY AVOIDED HITTING ME. THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. I THEN CONTACTED FORDS CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS OF THIS NATURE REPORTED AND THAT IF THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT I WAS NOT HIT EITHER TIME. *AK

MY OBSERVATION OF WHEN IT OCCURS IS USUALLY WHEN GOING 50 MPH FOR A NUMBER OF MILES, MAKE A TURN THEN GO DOWNHILL WITH THE HEATER ON FULL-SPEED. ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE HILL THE IGNITION NOCKS OUT AND I MUST PULL OVER AND RESTART THE ENGINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ABOUT 5 OR 6 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT MY 2001 ESCAPE IN APRIL 2001. I'VE NEVER TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP.*AK

VERY DANGEROUS STALLING AT HIGH SPEED. LOSS OF CONTROL, FORD UNABLE TO FIX. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DOING 30MPH ON A DOWNHILL GRADE. WILL BRING IT IN FOR SERVICE. MANY SIMILAR STALL EVENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY ESCAPE OWNERS ON INTERNET SITES SUCH AS HTTP://WWW.ESCAPE-CENTRAL.COM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE ORDER A RECALL TO FIX THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM.*AK

I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE NEW OOON 08/18/01 AS A DEMO W/ 5600 MILES. ON 10/22/01 MY VEHICLE STALLED FOR NO REASON ON MY WAY TO WORK. I WAS GOING SLIGHTLY DOWNHILL (NOT THAT STEEP OF A HILL) AT APPROX 35MPH. I LOST POWER & MY CHECK ENGINE, OIL & BATTERY LIGHTS CAME ON. LUCKILY I COULD PULL OVER QUICKLY. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF & WAITED ABOUT 30 SEC. IT STARTED NO PROBLEM. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THAT MORNING & WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT BUT TO CALL BACK SHOULD IT HAPPEN AGAIN. ON 10/24/01 THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN AT THE SAME POINT IN MY COMMUTE UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES. ONCE AGAIN I WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE WITH NO PROBLEMS AFTER PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN & TOOK IT IN. OF COURSE THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG W/ IT & THE CALLED THE FORD HOTLINE FOR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS. I BROUGHT IT BACK THE FOLLOWING WEEK SO THEY COULD REPLACE THE IDLE MOTOR & A FEW OTHER THINGS. THE DEALERSHIP STATES THERE IS NO RECALL & IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY DON'T EVEN REALLY KNOW WHAT IT IS OR HOW TO FIX IT, THE HOTLINE JUST RECOMMENDED SOME THINGS TO DO HOPING IT WOULD FIX IT. SHORTLY AFTER THAT I NOTICED MY VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FLUID (11/15/01) ABOUT A WEEK AFTER AN OIL CHANGE. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE OIL CHANGE PLACE & THEY SAID IT WASN'T OIL BUT I HAD A PRETTY BIG LEAK OF WHAT LOOKED LIKE TRANSMISSION FLUID. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. IT ENDED UP BEING DIFFERENTIAL FLUID & THEY REPLACED THE POWER TRANSFER CASE. SO FAR MY VEHICLE HASN'T STALLED OR LEAKED ANY OTHER FLUIDS. MY BIGGEST CONCERN HOWEVER, IS THE STALLING PROBLEM WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY BE VERY DANGEROUS. I WAS LUCKY IN THAT I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY & IT WAS VERY EARLY & I HAD A PLACE TO PULL OVER SO I DIDN'T GET HIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. *AK

ENGINE STALLED LOSING ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD. THIS HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN WORKED ON BY DEALER TO ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM ALL 4 TIMES. CAR MUST BE PULLED OFF OF ROAD (IF POSSIBLE) AND RESTARTED. THE LAST TIME THIS OCCURRED THE CAR COULD NOT BE PULLED OFF OF ROAD AND COMPLETELY STOPPED ON ROAD. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE HURT OR KILLED IF FORD CANNOT CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *AK

CAR STALLED, HAS DONE SO TWICE SINCE. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING WHILE TRAVELING 30 OR MORE MPH. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, DEALER TESTED FOR POSSIBLE FUEL CONCERN AND REPLACED POWER RELAY BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK AUX POWER POINT INOPERABLE DUE TO BLOWN FUSE.

VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THIS IS 4TH TIME VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS ALREADY BEEN IN FOR REPAIR 3 TIMES WITHOUT ANY SUCCESSFUL FIX. TRAVELLING ~30MPH, NO A/C, STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. LOST ALL POWER AND BRAKING. FORD (VIA CUSTOMER RESPONSE CENTER - CRC) HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF PREVIOUS INCIDENTS AND HAS CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. OWNER IS CURRENTLY AWAITING CALL-BACK FROM DEALERSHIP CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGER PER CRC FOR RESOLUTION. *AK

MY FORD ESCAPE HAS STALLED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 7 MONTHS. I AM TO THE POINT WHERE I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED WIHTOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING @~30MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL OTHER TIMES ON THE ROAD. DEALER HAS PERFORMED REPAIRS 3 OTHER TIMES AS FOLLOWS: VISIT 1 - CHANGED FUEL PUMP RELAY, VISIT 2 - CHANGED ECM MODULE RELAY, VISIT 3 - REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND SENDER. DEALER SERVICE HAS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND EXACT CAUSE OF STALLING, SO THEY ARE REPLACING COMPONENTS IN HOPES OF CATCHING THE PROBLEM. AFTER VEHICLE STALLED, POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WERE NON-FUNCTIONAL AND I ONCE AGAIN NEEDED TO PULL OFF THE ROAD EVASIVELY TO AVOID REAR-ENDING THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME. CLARIFICATION: THIS MOST RECENT STALLING INCIDENT OCCURED TODAY, EVEN AFTER THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED.*AK

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, POWER STEERING AND BRAKES LOST POWER, SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED WITHIN A FEW MONTHS. VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE A BAD ACCIDENT. TAKING TO DEALER SOON ALTHOUGH THEY CLAIM TO NEVER HAVE HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT HAPPENING TO OTHERS. I HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF IT BEING A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR MANY PEOPLE, NEEDS TO BE FIXED ASAP. *AK

THE ENGINE ON MY FORD ESCAPE STALLED WHILE ACCELERATING ON THE ON-RAMP TO ENTER A HIGHWAY, GOING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. I HAVE NOW DISCOVERED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD ESCAPES, AND HOPE THE MANUFACTURER WILL TAKE STEPS TO CORRECT IT. IT CAN BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 25MPH CONSUMER SLOWED DOWN, AND WHEN TRYING TO SPEED UP, VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK *TT

ON FOUR OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH OR LOWER SPEED. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT INDICATED THAT THAT EGR SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER REPLACED THIS SENSOR AND THE EGR PRESSURE VALVE. THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT FORD KNEW THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM AFTER PRODUCTION, SO THEY PRODUCED A NEW SENSOR. AT THE MINIMUM, A TSB SHOULD HAVE BEEN ISSUED.*AK

THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON DUE TO UNKONOWN ENGINE PROBLEM, AND THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN AT DEALER FOUR TIMES. *YH

THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON DUE TO UNKONOWN ENGINE PROBLEM, AND THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN AT DEALER FOUR TIMES. *YH

ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AROUND 35-40MPH, AVOIDING REAR-ENDING CARS IN FRONT BY EVASIVELY PULLING OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD. VEHICLE HAS STALLED BEFORE AND WAS TAKEN INTO DEALER. DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND ECM MODULE RELAYS AT THAT TIME (2-3 MONTHS AGO). HOWEVER, VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN TONIGHT.

MY VEHICLE STALLS AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH GOING DOWNHILL. IT STARTS RIGHT UP AND THE ON-BOARD COMPUTER DOESN'T STORE ANY INFORMATION. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER FOR REPAIRS 6 TIMES WITH THIS PROBLEM, BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. LAST TIME IT HAPPENED TO ME ABOUT A MONTH AGO. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT OTHER PEOPLE BRING THEIR ESCAPES BACK WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE COMPLETELY DIES. LOST ALL STEERING AND POWER TO THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES NOW AND HAS BEEN SEEN AT THE DEALER TWICE. THE DEALER IS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING AT ALL WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE!!! ALL FOUR TIMES IT HAPPENED HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS AND THE CAR GAVE NO WARNING AT ALL. *AK

WHEN DRIVING OR IDLING, MY 2001 FORD ESCAPE HAS STALLED 7 TIMES IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS. THE AUTO HAS ONLY 8600 MILES. I FIRST TOOK IT TO THE FORD SERVICE SHOP, WHO REPLACED THE AIR FLOW VALVE AND THE IDLE REGULATOR, BUT THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAR STALLED AGAIN TWO DAYS LATER. I RETURNED THE CAR TO THE SHOP WITHOUT ANY HELP FROM THE DEALER BECAUSE THE SHOP COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I EXPLAINED TO THE SHOP MANAGER THAT I HAD READ ON THE INTERNET THAT A PCM RELAY COULD BE THE CULPRIT. THE FROD DELAER SHOP VERY HESITANTLY REPLACED THE PART TODAY. I FEEL THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM BECAUSE I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT TWICE WHEN THE ENGINE HAS STALLED. I LOSE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES, THUS LOSING CONTROL OF THE CAR. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE SHUTS ITSELF OFF WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING THE STEERING COLUMN TO LOCK UP, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE, DEALER REPAIRED THE AIR VALVE, AFTER LEAVING REPAIR SHOP VEHICLE SHUTS OFF AGAIN, AND THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED, CONSUMER REQUESTS THAT FORD REPLACE VEHICLE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TT

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE SHUTS ITSELF OFF WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING THE STEERING COLUMN TO LOCK UP, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE, DEALER REPAIRED THE AIR VALVE, AFTER LEAVING REPAIR SHOP VEHICLE SHUTS OFF AGAIN, AND THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED, CONSUMER REQUESTS THAT FORD REPLACE VEHICLE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TT

ENGINE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH. WOULD HAVE NO WARNING OF ANY PROBLEMS. HAD LOST POWER BRAKES AND STEERING. HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. HAD HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP.*AKCONSUMER STATED THE DELAER REPLACED THE EGR VALVE, HOWEVER THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM.*SLC

ENGINE STALLS WHILE TRAVELING. OCCURRED ONCE EACH IN JUNE, JULY, SEPT AND OCT. PRESUMED ELECTRICAL SHORT. COAST TO ROADSIDE, COME TO COMPLETE STOP, PUT IN PARK, TURN KEY AND TAKE OFF AGAIN. LAST INCIDENT WAS SHORTLY AFTER EXITING INTERSTATE HIGHWAY - I CAN NO LONGER OPERATE THIS VEHICLE WITH ANY CONFIDENCE. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS/ BUCKS WHILE DRIVING. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THEN, VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER,AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE; ONCE AT 30 MPH, AND SECOND TIME AT 45 MPH. DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM FIRST TIME, SECOND TIME DEALER REPROGRAMMED COMPUTER.*AK

WHILE ACCELERATING TO 65 MPH, VEHICLE WILL STALL UNEXPECTEDLY IN TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN IN POSSESSION OF VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS, DEALER PERFORMED EXTENSIVE ROAD TESTING AND WAS ONLY ABLE TO VERIFY STALLING CONCERN ONCE, STILL UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM, DEALER OFFERED TRADE-IN, BUT CONSUMER REFUSED OFFER.*AK *TT

OVER A PERIOD OF FOUR MONTHS MY FORD ESCAPE HAS LOST ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING IN THE AM TO WORK. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO HANDLE THE CAR WHEN IT LOST ALL POWER BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE HAPPENED FIVE DAYS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR. FORD REPLACED THE IDLE SENSOR AND SAID IT WAS FIXED. FOUR MONTHS LATER THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED IN. FORD CLAIMS THAT THEY "CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM" AND THEIR ENGINEERS DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT BUT ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM IN THE ESCAPES. I WAS OFFERED A TRADE IN AT THE LOSS OF $6,700.00 OR TO CALL THE 800 FORD NUMBER AND REPORT THE PROBLEM TO THEM. THE 800 NUMBER TOLD ME TO PUT EVERYTHING IN WRITING AND WAIT FOR A RESPONSE (2-3 WEEKS). I AM NOW IN THAT STAGE OF MY COMPLAINT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFTEY HAZARD BECAUSE I LIVE IN A CITY WHERE THERE IS HEAVY TRAFFIC AND INTERSTATES ARE CLOSE BY.

1) ON TWO OCCASIONS THE CAR'S ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE IN TRAFFIC. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AFTER BOTH INCIDENCES. THE DEALER WAS NICE ENOUGH TO LOOK AT THE CAR RIGHT AWAY ON BOTH OCCASIONS. THE FIRST TIME THE TOLD ME THAT FORD WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND IS WORKING ON A FIX TO THE ONBOARD COMPUTER. AFTER THE SECOND INCIDENT I WAS TOLD THAT THE COMPUTER WAS UPGRADED AND I SHOULD NOT EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM AGAIN. NONTHELESS I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THIS TO YOUR AGENCY DUE TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE DEFECT AND THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH A FAILUR ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS FORTUNATE THESE PAST TWO OCCURENCES BUT OTHER OWNERS MAY NOT BE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THEI MATTER FOR THE GOOD OF ALL THE OTHER FORD ESCAPE USERS AND UNSUSPECTING TRAVELLERS WHO MAY BE FOLLOWING A FORD ESCAPE. 2) I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REPORT ANOTHER UNRELATED PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. SEVERAL OWNERS SHARED THIS CONCERN ON AN INTERNET USER GROUP. I AM GETTING 12 MPG ON THE HIGHWAY WITH THIS CAR WHILE THE POSTED HIGHWAY MILEAGE IS 28 MPG. THIS IS EVEN LESS THAN THE POSTEN CITY MILEAGE OF 18 MPG. THE DEALER TESTED THE CITY MILEAGE BY HOOKING UP A CUMPUTER AND VERIFIED THE CITH MILEAGE TO BE AROUN 18 MPG. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE CITY MILEAGE I AM GETTING. THE HIGHWAY MILEAGE IS WAY OFF AND THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. IT DOES NOT MEET THE GOVERNMENT STANDARDS AND DOES NOT MEET THE STATED SPCIFICATIONS.*AK

WHILE COASTING DOWN SLIGHT GRADE AT 35 MPH, ENGINE SHUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING, STOPPED ON SIDE OF ROAD (REQUIRED GREAT EFFORT TO STEER AND BRAKE), WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED BY FOLLOWING VEHICLES. PUT CAR IN "PARK" AND RESTARTED W/O ANY PROBLEM (NO ENGINE STUMBLE), DROVE 7 MILES HOME WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM, HOWEVER I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT FOR FEAR OF RECURRENCE. I WILL HAVE TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER TOMORROW AND HOPE IT BEHAVES LONG ENOUGH TO GET THERE.*AK

ON 2 OCCASIONS ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE COASTING AT 35MPH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON A DOWNHILL SLOPE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING, THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE,THE DEALER REPLACED A VALVE WHICH CONTROLLED AIR FLOW, THE NEXT DAY THIS PROBLEM OCCURED AGAIN WHEN GOING UP A SEMI-STEEP INCLINE, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THE VEHICLE ALSO HAS A METALLIC RATTLE UNDER THE HOOD WHEN ACCELERATING ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. NLM

THE VENT HOSE HAD FALLEN OFF OR WAS IMPROPERLY CONNECTED ALLOWING GAS FUMES TO ENTER THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. NLM

WHILE DRIVING ON A DOWNHILL SLOPE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING, THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE,THE DEALER REPLACED A VALVE WHICH CONTROLLED AIR FLOW, THE NEXT DAY THIS PROBLEM OCCURED AGAIN WHEN GOING UP A SEMI-STEEP INCLINE, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THE VEHICLE ALSO HAS A METALLIC RATTLE UNDER THE HOOD WHEN ACCELERATING ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. NLM

ENGINE HAS STALLED FOUR TIMES IN BUSY TRAFFIC IN THE PAST TEN MONTHS. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK

6 MOS OLD VEH; 4700 MILES; ENGINE HAS STALLED ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS (MID-JUN, MID-JUL, EARLY SEP) WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH; ORIGINAL DEALER COULD PROVIDE NO SOLUTION; CURRENTLY BEING EVALUATED AT 2ND LOCAL DEALER; SEEKING GUARANTEED RESOLUTION; REPLACEMENT VEHICLE OR REFUND. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE STALLED AND OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CONSUMER CHECKED OIL LEVEL AND IT WAS AT THE NORMAL LEVEL. *SLC

THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED THREE TIMES WHILE DRIVING, ON ALL THREE OCCASIONS THE DRIVER WAS ON A SLIGHT DOWN-GRADE, CAOSTING AND APPLYING THE BRAKE TO HANDLE A CURVE, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *YH

STALLED WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH TWO SEPARATE TIMES. CAN'T FIND PROBLEM. *AK

STALLED WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH TWO SEPARATE TIMES. CAN'T FIND PROBLEM. *AK

OVER A PERIOD OF 2 MONTHS, THE CAR LOST ALL POWER DURING THE AM DRIVE TO WORK. THIS OCCURRED ON THREE SEPARATE OCASSIONS, ALMOST EXACTLY 7 MILES FROM MY HOME. GOING 20-30 MILES PER HOUR DURING EACH OCCURRENCE. CAR JUST LOSES ALL POWER, AS WELL AS BRAKES, STEERING, ETC. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED CAR OFF, CAR STARTS UP, AND DOES NOT RECUR FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. HAS BEEN BACK TO DEALER THREE TIMES- THEY CANNOT REPLICATE, CANNOT FIX. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION-- I AM MINUTES FROM THE INTERSTATE AND COULD BECOME A MAJOR PROBLEM. DEALER IS WELL AWARE THAT THIS IS THE LAST TIME. WE WILL EXPLORE GETTING A SWAP FROM FORD OR LEMON LAW IF WE HAVE TO. *AK

DRIVE DOWN A HILL AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH - ENGINE AND OIL LIGHT WENT ON. LOSS OF POWER AND CAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE GETTING ANY GAS. CAR KEPT RUNNING. *AK

PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS #746806. VEHICLE CONTINUES TO STALL OR ALMOST STALL AT STOP SIGNS OR IN SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC. HAS BEEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TWICE NOW TO NO AVAIL. IS CURRENTLY AT DEALER FOR THE THIRD TIME. (TIRE CLICKING REPORTED UNDER #746806 WAS FIXED....STONE CAUGHT DEEP INSIDE TIRE RIM.) *AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE STALLED, WHICH WAS THEN TOWED TO DEALERSHP, CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.*YD

OUR CAR SPORADICALLY STALLS WHEN COASTING TO A STOP, CHANGING GEARS FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE, AND WHEN GOING OVER ANY SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. WE'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR BUT THEY CLAIM THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. IT'S BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE NOW AND THE STALLING HAS OCCURRED MORE THAN 15 TIMES IN A SPAN OF A MONTH. THE STALLING CAUSES ALL POWERED SYSTEMS TO FAIL (IE. BRAKES, STEERING).*AK

ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES.PULLED OVER AND SHUT CAR OFF.WHEN I RESTARTED IT IT SEEMED TO WORK OK.TOOK IT TO THE GARAGE AND THEY SAID IT WAS RUNNING VERY HOT.CALLED FORD AND THEY MADE SUGGESTIONS ON A FIX.THEY ENDED UP REPLACING THE ERG VALVE.I HAVE DRIVEN IT FOR TWO DAYS AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED AGAIN.......YET.VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITH NO STEERING OR BRAKES.SOMEONE IS GOING TO END UP HURT BADLY OR KILLED.*AK

DRIVING 45-50 MPH WHEN ENGINE JUST SHUT DOWN. HAD ALL LOSS OF POWER INCLUDING STEERING AND BRAKES. COASTED TO EDGE OF ROAD, PLACED GEAR IN PARK AND SAT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND TRIED TO RESTART. WAS SUCCESSFUL AT RESTARTING WITH NO PROBLEM. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO INCIDENTS WITHIN A PERIOD OF 5 DAYS. THE SECOND HAPPENED AT 60 MPH. TO AFRAID TO ATTEMPT DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AND AM ON PINS AND NEEDLES EVEN ON RURAL ROADS. MADE APPT WITH DEALER THE FIRST BUSINESS DAY AFTER IT HAPPENED AND THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT ALSO. JIM SNEAD FORD IS REPLACING THE IGNITION STARTER SWITCH HOPING THIS SOLVES THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN HILL VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER NOT WILLING TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE.*AK CONSUMER STATES ANOTHER DEALER REPAIRED VEHICLE BY REPLACING THE RELAY. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH ON LEVEL ROAD, ENGINE SHUTDOWN; POWER STEERING LOST, POWER ASSIST BRAKING LOST; 3 OCCURRENCES SAME SIITUATION, SAME ROAD & APPROXIATE LOCATION AND TIME OF DAY; THIS IS THE SECOND VEHICLE TO WHICH THIS HAS HAPPENED; DEALER HAS VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING , CAUSING LOSS OF POWER BRAKES AND STEERING CONTROL, NEARLY CAUSING A COLLISION. DEALER REPLACED ENGINE WHICH HAS NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 35-40 MPH, THE ENGINE JUST QUITS. ONCE I COME TO A ROLLING STOP, I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED.*AK

TOTAL AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AND ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHILE CAR IS BEING OPERATED ON BUSY ROADS

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER SMELLS FUEL COMING INSIDE OF VENTS . DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH SUDDENLY VEHICLE STALLED OUT FOR NO REASON IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THIS WAS SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED. WAS AT A STOP SIGN WHEN STALLING FIRST TIME.*AK *JB

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND STAYS ON. DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX DEFECT 5 TIMES, BUT CANNOT FIX DEFECT EVEN AFTER REPLACING COMPUTER AND WITHIN EMMISSION CONTROL DEVICE SPARTS.

DRIVING DOWN A BUSY STREET, DOWN A SLIGHT GRADE ABOUT 45 MPH, THE CAR SUDDENTLY DIED. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND IT RESTARTED. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM PRIOR TO THIS.*AK

WHILE MAKING A STOP OR RESTARTING VEHICLE GAS SMELL ENTER IN SIDE . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

GAS FUMES IN CABIN FIRST TRIP FOR REPAIR INTAKE GASKET REPLACED, BACK IN SHOP SAME PROBLEM AROSE TWO DAYS LATER, CAR HAS BEEN THERE TWO DAYS WITH NO RESOLUTION, DEALERSHIP IS IN CONTACT WITH FORD TRYING TO RESOLVE PROBLEM NO RESULTS AT THIS TIME, VEHICLE STILL IN SHOP, WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A 2000 FORD TAURUS WHICH WAS IN THE SHOP FIVE TIMES WITH NO CURE, CAR WAS BOUGHT BACK BY FORD AFTER ARBITRATION. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED, BREATHING THE GAS FUMES CAN LEAD TO SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS. *AK

RAW FUEL SMELL IN CABIN WITH HEATER ON AND AT STOP LIGHT/IDELING. INTAKE GASKETS, FUEL RAIL AND INJECTORS REPLEACED. PARTS RETURNED TO FACTORY. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER SMELLS GAS FUMES INSIDE VEHICLE, MOST OFTEN IN MORNING, IF FAN IS ON OR DURING SHORT TRIPS WHEN TURNING VEHICLE ON/OFF. DEALER CHECKED IT A MONTH AGO AND FOUND NOTHING. PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURS AND THEY SEEM NOT TO CARE. *AK THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE FOR THE FUME INSIDE THE VEHICLE. *YH