2001 Ford Escape Engine

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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.