2008 Ford Escape Hybrid: engine stalls while driving

Filed Aug 5, 2022 · Driver assistance, Engine · 154,000 miles · SC

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated while driving approximately 50 MPH, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled, but restarted after 45 minutes. The vehicle stability assists system warning light was illuminated. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and referred the contact to the federal safety agency for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 154,000.

Filed May 31, 2019 · Engine · 122,000 miles · WI

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford escape hybrid. While driving approximately 75 MPH, the contact noticed a rattling noise emerging from the engine compartment and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to metro ford (5422 wayne terr, madison, wi 53718) where it was determined that the engine failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 122,000.

Filed Dec 8, 2017 · Fuel system · FL

The car comes to a stall on the interstate I-75 lost traction shutdow the combustion engine and a warning comes up (stop safely now) . The same happen 8 times in a month localy in weston. All the times I turned off the key and restard. It seems the same problem as per recal 14v‑526 or 14v526000, local dealer does not recognize any problem or recal (sawgrass ford)

Filed Jul 28, 2017 · Electrical, Engine · 294,000 miles · LA

I was driving on the interstate with my 2 year old and 4 year old in the car. I had been driving for about 45 min at interstate speeds, then slowed down to about 5-10 miles per hour due to traffic. All of a sudden, while slowly moving in traffic, a tone sounded, a red triangle appeared on the dash and the message center showed 'stop safely now'. The engine turned off, so the car stalled and stopped itself for me with no time to react. I was stuck in the middle lane of a 3 lane interstate and the car would not restart. It just kept the same message 'stop safely now', with the red triangle displayed. Eventually a road ranger assisted me to the side of the road by pushing my dead car while in neutral. I let the car sit and cool off over night and then was able to restart it in the morning with no issues at all. After reading online, the failure sounds identical to other ford escape hybrid problems with the failure of the motor electronics coolant (mec) pump. There was a recall that covered my vehicle model production year model and location of production, the federal safety agency recall no. : 14v‑526 manufacturer recall no. : 14s19. However, after inquiries with nhsta and ford, both have told me that my VIN is not covered under the recall. There is no explanation that either entity will provide as to why my specific vehicle, with the same production date, location, and model as this recall, does not fall under this recall. I was never notified of any recalls when the recall was initiated either, if this had occurred less than a minute earlier, it would have caused a major accident and only by chance it occurred when traffic was moving slower, leaving time for other drivers to react to my stalled vehicle in the middle of the interstate.

Filed Jun 8, 2017 · Engine · 109,927 miles · CT

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford escape hybrid. While driving 70 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to gary yeomans ford (1420 n. Tomoka farms road, daytona beach, fl 32124, (386) 274-6700) to be diagnosed and repaired. The contact was informed that the coolant pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v526000 (hydro propulsion system). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 109,927.

Filed Jun 5, 2017 · Transmission · 110,000 miles · IA

Dealer says electronic throttle body must be replaced, powertrain control module refreshed. Escape stalled multiple times while driving in city, loss of power and fuel, emergency light, had to be restarted. Known issue. "customer satisfaction program" for electronic throttle body 2009 - 2013 escape of warranty extension 10 years, 150k, is not extended to 2008. My escape is 9 years, 110k. Should be recalled for all years. Incredibly dangerous and scary.

Filed Apr 10, 2017 · Engine · 140,000 miles · FL

At just over 100,000 miles, warning light comes on to pull over safely, and engine will stall. This happens while driving at highway speeds, as well as commuter traffic. Yesterday I had to be pushed off the road by police while at an intersection. After turning car off for 10 minutes, car started back up and I was able to get home. Ford has run a diagnostic on my car and says there is nothing wrong.

Filed Dec 8, 2016 · Engine · 210,000 miles · MS

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford escape hybrid. While driving 40 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the stop-safety warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was able to be restarted after ten minutes. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed; however, the technician was unable to duplicate the failure or produce a fault code. The contact was informed that the failure could be related to the throttle body needing to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 210,000.

Filed Aug 17, 2016 · Engine, Transmission · 161,000 miles · CA

The vehicle stalled and lost all power to the engine with a "pull over safely" sign while on the freeway back in september 2013 wherein I was told to have the cooling part for the hybrid battery replaced. I was told the part was faulty. The replaced part had to be replaced again that same week by another dealership with ford. Fast forward to today, and the same red triangle warning lights appeared and the part needs to be replaced again. The warranty for the part is only for 2 years, but after 3 years with the part, the dealership is telling me it needs to be replaced again. I find this aggregious in nature and a racket that ford is taking advantage of their customers. The make and model were a part of a recall specific to this very issue, but my specific VIN number was not included in this recall, so I'm out of options for ford to address this issue themselves, telling me that it is out of warranty and they will not assist me with the replacement/costs and now I'm expected to come out of pocket again for the same issue. The original situation occurred while traveling 70mph on the i5 southbound near lake elsinore, ca in the hov lane on the freeway, and two days ago it was stationary and could not be started after driving it that morning after sitting for one hour.

Filed Jul 10, 2016 · Driver assistance, Steering · 116,742 miles · CA

The safety recall notices 14s05 / the federal safety agency recall 14v‑286 and 14s09 / the federal safety agency 14v526000 were performed on my 2008 ford escape hybrid. However, the problems did not go away. Since the recalls, the car has had issues with reduced steering range, key/ignition not turning, power surge while driving, locking steering wheel, and the worst: a complete shut down of the powertrain while driving, resulting in a stall-like condition, putting our lives at risk. On june 11, 2016 the car was serviced and steering housing replaced. We asked for service to check the entire car-- everything!!!!-- as the car had been acting strangely with power surges and locking steering wheel while driving. Today, july 10 2016, while driving south on interstate-5 in ca, heading from home (danville, ca) to college (san diego, ca) the car's system completely failed while driving up the grapevine, a section of freeway that is extremely crowded and full of large 18 wheelers. My poor daughter (who now owns the car) called me, screaming hysterically, full of terror and fearing for her life. She had no power, was unable to steer, did her best the dodge the 18 wheelers and "limp mode" over to the side of the freeway. She's now on the way with tow truck driver to drop the car off at ford of valencia ca. I told her do not ever drive that car again. It is a seriously dangerous vehicle.

Filed Jun 8, 2016 · Engine · 85,000 miles · IA

When the engine was warm, the engine would surge then stall at highway speeds (55+). A red hazard light then came on, and a stop safely message came on. Pulling the vehicle over, and restarting the vehicle allowed further driving for another 20-30 miles before the issue would happen again.

Filed Feb 25, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 90,000 miles · AZ

After approx. 10 minutes of stop and go driving at <5mph a tone sounded, a red triangle lit, and the LED indicated "stop safely now." the engine did not stall, shut down, or give any other indication of a fault, therefore I continued driving at <15mph to the nearest parking lot and turned off the engine. After I returned several hours later the engine started normally with no fault indication, and I was able to drive home without any further fault indication. I read on the web that this had occurred with other 2008 escape hybrids and was due to a faulty hybrid system electronics cooling pump. One complainant indicated that the 2008 escape hybrids had been recalled for this issue, but the recall does not show on your, or on ford's, database for this vehicle. Has this been reported previously, and was there a recall?