2006 Ford Escape Hybrid: engine stalls while driving

Filed Jun 2, 2023 · Fuel system · 150,000 miles · LA

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who informed the contact that the brushless Motor Electronics Coolant (MEC) pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 14V526000 (Hybrid Propulsion System). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.

Filed Feb 13, 2023 · Fuel system · 157,000 miles · VT

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated that on multiple occasions while attempting to start the vehicle, the engine turned over for two seconds and stalled. The contact stated that an unknown service warning light was illuminated, indicating to pull the vehicle over. The contact notified an independent mechanic and he was advised to contact the federal safety agency Hotline to confirm any recalls; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 157,000. The VIN was invalid.

Filed Jul 15, 2019 · Fuel system · 100,000 miles · IA

The hybrid electronics system overheated, the dashboard lights went on and the alert system said to "stop car slowly" and then "check emissions system". The car slowed down and lost almost all power. After turning it on again, the car had no power and could not accelerate. It was like this for several minutes (this has happened before but the car seemed normal after the initial stall). The car was towed to a nearby mechanic's garage and they told us the problem was with the mecs pump which was causing the hybrid system to overheat. This seems remarkably similar to recall #14s19 and I don't understand how my car is not covered under it. I also chatted with a rep from ford who couldn't tell me why my car wasn't covered. While I understand that recalls are VIN specific I believe there is an error on ford's end. The rep told me my vehicle was built on july 29, 2005 and the recall includes vehicles manufactured from 2005 to june 20, 2008. She said she couldn't find an exact date for the start of the "build date" range, but she thought it included all of 2005. So I said "shouldn't mine be covered?" similarly, the 14s19 recall notice states: "model year 2005-2008 ford escape hybrid electric vehicles manufactured october 13, 2003, to june 20, 2008". I bought the car in late 2015, after the initial recall date was issued and the dealer stated that there were no outstanding recall matters with the vehicle. However, the car only had 60,000 miles on it and was lightly used so I wonder if the previous owner was even aware of the mecs issues. Thank you for your time. I am currently facing $1,300 in repair costs and this looks exactly like the recall problems mentioned in 14s19. I hope someone at the federal safety agency can help because I think ford should reimburse me for the damages. Thanks again. Please contact me at [xxx] if you have any questions. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Jun 12, 2019 · Engine, Fuel system · 140,000 miles · NY

2006 ford escape hybrid with approx. 140,000 miles. Initially, had problems with vehicle's gas engine stalling out while in motion and at various speeds from 35 to 55 MPH. Message in dash said to pull over safely. This happened 5 times in one day and each time the vehicle would restart and run for only a few minutes. Next day it ran for about 15 minutes before occurring once again. Eventually the hybrid battery had no more juice and I have to be towed. Garage, not dealer dx sticking throttle linkage assembly. They cleaned it, recharged the hybrid battery and reprogrammed the computer. Vehicle worked well for 6 weeks and then problem returned. Only difference was that after initially stalling out when the engine was warm, on 2 occasions occurred when engine was cold. Returned it to garage where it stalled when cold one of those times. After that is didn't stall for them again. Garage looked on line and saw a number of possible causes for the problem, but no conclusive diagnosis or fix. They suggested that changing the throttle linkage assembly might fix the problem, but they were not confident of this. Vehicle not repaired.

Filed May 2, 2019 · Engine · 187,621 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford escape hybrid. While driving 55 MPH, the engine stalled and failed to accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. In addition, the "stop safely now" warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the cooling pump needed to be replaced. The contact called day ford (located at 2124, 3696 william penn hwy, monroeville, pa 15146, (412) 856-0600) and was informed that the vehicle needed diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 187,621.

Filed Jul 3, 2018 · Engine · 173,300 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford escape hybrid. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated that the "stop for safety/high motor - cooling" warning indicator illuminated. The contact stated that the failure occurred on more than one occasion. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the coolant pump was faulty. A dealer and the manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 173,300.

Filed Jan 12, 2018 · Acceleration, Engine · 124,000 miles · OR

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford escape hybrid. While driving various speeds, the throttle body malfunctioned. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled intermittently on more than one occasion. Landmark ford in tigard, oregon was made aware of the failure and stated that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was 124,000. *tt the consumer stated the vehicle was repaired.

Filed Dec 28, 2016 · Engine · 148,810 miles · MD

While driving, a warning light came on stating " safely pull over and stop now", the vehicle stalled out, no power at all. I pulled over and after a few minutes restart it. Everything sounded fine. I talk to a ford dealer whom seem not to know what caused it. I have an engine code p1a0c (etb), from my actron@ device. I started to have it fixed but I went online and found I'm not the only person with issue and the solutions giving by the dealer's service have been all different I'm not sure if any of them fixed the issue. Some have stated that their vehicle stalled out while on the highway. I'm not sure if it is safe to drive on the highway.

Filed Aug 26, 2016 · Brakes, Engine · 75,000 miles · AZ

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford escape hybrid. While driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled and several warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. Also, when the brakes were applied, the brake pedal would be very stiff, and the vehicle would skid. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the fan was changed in the hybrid system; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000.

Filed Aug 16, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 114,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford escape hybrid. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the high motor temperature and stop vehicle safely warning lights displayed as the vehicle suddenly lost power and stalled. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the motor electronics coolant pump was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 114,000.

Filed Jun 15, 2016 · Brakes · 160,000 miles · FL

Nearly impossible to brake, major safety issue with the hydrolic regenerative breaking system and ABS. While driving the vehicle on city streets, speeds between 0-40mph the brake pedal will become very hard and impossible to press with loss of braking. When this happens I am forced to rapidly release the brake pedal and brake again (pumping) the brakes in order to stop. On several occasions this pumping of the brakes has cause the break pedal to go from hard/impossible to push to completely soft hitting the floor with no braking capabilities. On these occasions I am forced to pull of the road quickly, downshift to low gear and even use the emergency brake to avoid causing an accident. Only about 60% of the time when this event occurred does the ABS light, brake light and service brake system warning indicators illuminate or display. When this occurres I am usually forced to turn the engin off, remove the key, let the system purge (makes noise) after the vehicle sits for a couple minutes and then restart the vehicle in order to keep driving and fix the issue. Sometimes it fixes to issue for the rest of the driving time while others only work temporarily and the issue returns almost immediately. I feel that this braking issue is a huge safety concern for my family and I and our piece of mind in the safety of this vehicle is not good. As an additional note this brake issue only became evident after we had another recall issue fixed on this vehicle for stalling. Before that fix we never had any braking issues.

Filed Feb 11, 2016 · Fuel system · 85,000 miles · WA

Vehicle stalled during acceleratation. Then went idle and went into safety mode in traffic. Problem is the throttle body consumer satisfaction alert # 13no3 codes p2135,p2110,p2111