Door locks are not unlocking properly. Contacted ford about problem and they informed moe to put grease on it this did not work. Ford escape tries to quite while running. Replaced hoses and plugs and problems still going on. Ford escape does not want to stop properly with new brakes or brakes that are only 10 to 20 percent worn. Also leaks brake fluid have been unable to locate leak on escape.
2001 Ford Escape engine complaints
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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 the federal safety agency 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.
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.
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
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford escape. The contact stated that the rotors were defective and caused the brake line to become faulty. He noticed that there were new brake lines on the defective rotors and would not allow his child to drive the vehicle. He also stated that there was a defective ball joint on the front passenger side of the vehicle. In addition, the engine malfunctioned after three hundred miles. The used car dealer, from where the vehicle was purchased, stated that they would purchase a new motor under the warranty to replace the non-working engine. The dealer and manufacturer have not been notified. The current and failure mileages were approximately 123,800.
While parked in our driveway after sitting for about 3 hours a passerby started banging on our front door and said we had a fire in our driveway. Sure enough our 2001 ford escape was shooting flames from the engine. We had no idea something like this could happen. After going to this site and reading similar accounts of the car just going on fire while parked we can only assume something was defective in the vehicle. The ABS light had been going off and on recently.
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.
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.
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.
(2007) while driving my vehicle, the engine-cooling system-low coolant warning indicator lamp illuminates and after checking the coolant resevoir which was at proper levels. Delaer notified me that the coolant sensor as bad and needed to be replaced costing $300. (2007) while driving or parked, after turning the steering wheel left or right, there would be a loud squeak or screehing sound coming from the tire area. Dealer notified me that the axle rod needed to be replaced costing over $300. (2006) last year there was a check engine light on which was caused by a malfunctioning engine coil #5 which burned out my spark plug. That cost was over $700. There were several other problems with theis vehicle but too many to name.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dt: 2001 ford escape. The consumer found a recall on line, this recall did not pertain to this vehicle due to VIN. When driving, the vehicle died, power steering malfunctioned, and the vehicle was hard to control. The vehicle will not keep a idling. . The vehicle is currently at the dealership, and they have not yet contacted the consumer. The problem started two weeks ago, on august 30, 2005. The consumer stated it happened approximately ten times.
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.
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.
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.
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
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