2007 Ford Escape Hybrid

ON 7/10/18, WHILE WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT TO ENTER A HIGHWAY, CAR STALLED/LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. TWO MONTHS EARLIER IN MAY 2018, THE CAR ISSUED A "STOP SAFELY NOW" WARNING WHILE MOVING AT 65MPH. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN TIME BEFORE LOSING POWER. BOTH INSTANCES RESULTED IN RESTARTING THE CAR WITH NO ISSUES AFTER A PERIOD OF REST. MECHANIC ON BOTH OCCASIONS COULD NOT FIND AN ISSUE WITH BATTERY OR ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS. WATER PUMP (RECALL) WAS ALREADY REPAIRED SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN 2012 AND HAD NO ISSUES WITH STALLING UNTIL 2018.

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE MY WIFE AND TWO SMALL KIDS WERE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THE "STOP SAFELY NOW" STATEMENT POPPED UP ON THE DISPLAY. SHE MANAGED TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AFTER 10MIN. SHE WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE HOME. AT HOME VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STARTED AT ALL STILL WITH THE "STOP SAFELY NOW" WARNING ON. TOWED IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND GOT THE RECOMMENDATION OF A TECHNICIAN TO REPLACE THE DC DC CONVERTER. I APPROVED THE REPLACEMENT BUT VEHICLE STILL DOES NOT WANT TO START. A SUDDEN ENGINE STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD IS INACCEPTABLE WITH TWO SMALL KIDS AND A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I'D EXPECT FORD TO COVER ALL REPAIRS TO FIX THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HYBRID BATTERY PACK CONTROL CIRCUIT FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE SAME FAILURE IN 2015. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.

A B S BRAKES QUIT WORKING AFTER A HARD STOP IN A PARKING LOT TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE, AFTER THE FORD DEALERSHIP HAD THE ESCAPE FOR4 MONTHS AND IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTOR WITH A RESULT OF REPLACING THEMASTER CYLINDER, TRAVEL SENSORAND NUMEROUS CONTAINERS OF BRAKE FLUID THEY WERE STILL UNABLE TO GET ANY BRAKES. AT THIS POINT THE MANUFACTOR DECIDED IT NEEDED A A B S MODULE, TOTAL PARTS ONLY WERE TOTALLING OVER $6000.00. IT IS A 2007 YEAR MODEL WITH ONLY 115000 MILES RAN AND LOOK GREAT. AFTER RESERCH ON LINE I SAW I WAS NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. I THINK FORD SHOULD HAVE A RECALL BECAUSE THIS IS A SAFTEY ISSUE.

PICKED UP MY CAR FROM DEALERSHIP, (RECALLED) ELECTRONIC COOLANT PUMP REPLACED. HAVING DEALT WITH THE "STALL-LIKE CONDITION" DESCRIBED IN THE SAFETY RECALL NOTICE 14S19 / NHTSA RECALL 14V-526, I WAS EXPECTING THE NEWLY INSTALLED WATER PUMP TO AFFECT MY CAR'S RECENT PERFORMANCE. FIFTEEN MINUTES FROM THE DEALERSHIP, GOING 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, THE PULL OVER SAFELY NOW MESSAGE FLASHED. AND THEN MY CAR STALLED. MAKES ME WONDER IF THE SAFETY RECALL LISTED THE WRONG REPLACEMENT PART. *TR

AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES ON THE FREEWAY, A "STOP SAFELY NOW" MESSAGE CAME UP (WITHOUT ANY OTHER WARNING) AND OUR CAR STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND SPEED IMMEDIATELY. I WAS IN THE CARPOOL LANE AND THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON THE 210 FREEWAY WAS AROUND 70 MPH. I HAD TO CUT ACROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND WAS BARELY ABLE TO MAKE IT BEFORE MY CAR LOST POWER COMPLETELY. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY HUSBAND OR I IN THE PAST YEAR. (EACH SITUATION WAS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE?AND EQUALLY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE IS ZERO WARNING). THE CAR STARTED UP AGAIN IMMEDIATELY AND I WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE FREEWAY BEFORE IT HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW MINUTES LATER ON SIDE STREETS. I BELIEVE THIS IS RELATED TO THE HYBRID COOLANT PUMP DEFECT THAT I HAVE SEEN OTHERS WRITING ABOUT ONLINE?ALL OF THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ENGINE FAILURE ARE SIMILAR. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY! *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG A FAIRLY BUSY HIGHWAY IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE ENGINE ALL OF SUDDEN STOPPED AND THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IN BUSY TRAFFIC. LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER AND WAITED FOR THE CAR TO COOL. IT RESTARTED AND THEN AGAIN DID THE SAME THING SEVERAL MILES DOWN THE ROAD. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ON 19 JULY 2014 ALONG SMALL TOWN ROAD NOT FAR FROM HOME. THE CAR WAS BARELY WARM. WE HAD REPLACED THE BATTERY PACK AIR FILTER ON 17 JULY 2014, THINKING THAT THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED THE PROBLEM. THERE IS 'STOP SAFELY NOW 'MESSAGE THAT APPEARS JUST BEFORE IT SUDDENLY STOPS. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE HAS NOT DONE A RECALL ON THIS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY FROM THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA TO THE CITY OF SANTEE ON INTERSTATE 5 GOING NORTH AT 65 MPH WHEN THE FORD ESCAPE HYBRID 2007 SUDDENLY SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY. A MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD SAYING, "SAFELY PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD". FORTUNATELY TRAFFIC WAS NOT HEAVY AND I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE EMERGENCY LANE UNTIL HELP COULD ARRIVE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN THE DASHBOARD LIGHT THAT LOOKS LIKE A WRENCH CAME ON AS WELL AS THE DISPLAY SERVICE ENGINE SOON. I MADE IT HOME SAFELY AND THE NEXT TIME I DROVE THE CAR NO LIGHT AND SO FAR SEEMS OK. A SIMILAR OCCURRENCE HAPPENED ABOUT A MONTH AGO AT THAT TIME I LOST ALL POWER. FORTUNATELY I HAD JUST PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT WAS FINE UNTIL THIS WEEK. IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY AND SENSOR AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR