3 years old, 60,000 miles - transmission has completely blown. Its in the shop currently. The oil pan is leaking. The rack and pinion steering is leaking fluid.
2002 Ford Escape engine complaints
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While driving under 40 MPH vehicle stalled. Consumer was concerned that the vehicle will be rear ended.
After driving the escape for a few hours...running errands and what not...we park the car for a short time...then the car won't start. It will turn over, but if the gas isn't kept on it stalls. Have had the car into the dealer 4 times now and they can't replicate the situation. Usually after letting the car sit for several hours, it will start up and run fine. This has been going on for two months now.
Vehicle stalls when put into reverse regularly and occasionally when driving and put into drive. Until recently was able to restart almost immediately. Upon last stall was not able to restart and vehicle was towed to dealer. This is still occurring after the safety recall 04s13, and a flight recorder with 4 recordings of reverse stalls LED to replacement of iac valve, mass air sensor, throttle body assembly, eec relay, dpfe sensor, and a reset of keep alive memory. The most recent stall the vehicle would not restart and remains at the dealer until they can figure out what is wrong or make another guess. This has been occurring and seems to be progressing since shortly after vehicle purchase.
Complaint regarding 2002 ford escape.*mr the vehicle would hesitate, skip and cut off while driving 40 MPH. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they replaced a part which the manufacturer indicated was the latest fix for the problem. The part did not repair the problem and the vehicle continued to hesitate e, skip and stall.
While driving 45 MPH check engine light appeared on the dashboard and remained on. Consumer was able to restart vehicle, and took it to the dealer for inspection. Mechanic determined that the engine needed to be replaced.
Intermintant screeching noise from engine compartment. Dealer replaced drive belt, stating drive belt had glaze; fixed 12/2003 problem has reoccured 08/2004.
(1) ce light on again (2) vehicle not idling normally (3) vehicle not advancing from stop (4) smell burning oil from engine when shut off, no visible oil leak found on driveway (5) rattling from lf of the vehicle; speed of rattling directly related to speed of vehicle; starts around 25 MPH. (6) driver's seat lurches forward on seat track when braking; only occurs with lighter weight drivers. Took vehicle to dealer for the 30k mile check & to have them address the issues. Dealer did the following - issues 1-4: engine covered in oil upon inspection (second oil leak); leak coming from the front cover & oil pan; dealer replaced the front cover gasket, oil pan gasket, valve cover gaskets, upper intake gaskets, & oil filter; dealer replaced the catalytic converter monitor sensor again (third time). Issue 5: dealer did not hear noise coming from lf of vehicle; heard a noise from rear of vehicle; rear lift door latch loose; adjusted/oiled it. Issue 6: dealer compared problem with other escapes; found to be a normal condition of power driver's seat to have some play in it (this is very unsafe; seat lurches forward 1-2in when braking; I'm a short female who struggles to sit a min of 10in from the sw for the ab; moving me forward another 1-2in in a crash is not safe). Dealer found front brake pads/rotors below specs; stated that this is normal for 30k miles; seems too soon. Several complaints filed to the federal safety agency regarding excessive brake/rotor wear. Vehicle was in the shop 7/16-7/23. Dealer paid for a rental car (third time). Picked up vehicle & drove it off lot; heard rattling from the lf of vehicle. Took it back & a mechanic went on test drive with me, heard noise. Took it back & inspected vehicle together. I noticed the weather stripping on the left side of the windshield was cracked & detaching from vehicle. Had been slapping outside of apillar when driving, making noise. Dealer stated they would order new part & I'd have to bring vehicle back again to have it installed.
The check engine light was on again! Aving problems with the engine while driving; it will surge and buck. T idle, vehicle would not advance forward once foot was removed from brake. Ook vehicle into the dealer; dealer replaced the catalytic converter monitor sensor again!
Check engine light came on; took vehicle into dealer; found a faulty catalytic converter monitor sensor; ordered part (10/02/03) took vehicle in again about a week later to have new sensor installed, and an engine oil leak was found; rack and pinion unit was leaking; unit was replaced, and was still found to be leaking so a third unit was installed (10/14/03).
The vehicle still stalls after automatic transmission recall, 04v176000, repair was performed. The dealership was contacted and indicated that did all they can do.
When accelerating or decelerating vehicle hesitated and or stalled. Recall 94v165000 was issued. However, vehicle's mileage prevented vehicle to be included in the recall.
Consumer took vehicle to dealer' 4-5 times for the same problem. When she turned on heat or air conditioner there was a mildew smell. Each time that consumer took vehicle dealer she was told to come back if the light came on. Dealer could not reproduce the foul smell. Also, while driving a wind came into vehicle even though the doors were closed. In addition, consumer complained about the steering wheel making noise. Dealer will not look at vehicle again. However, consume complained vehicle was falling apart, and the dealers will not help.
Idiot lite for radiator lit - low on radiator fluid - vehicle had been serviced just 1 month prior with a "check and top off all fluids" oil change - why was the low fluid not detected at that time?
While driving air bag light illuminated. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. *ak the illumination of air bag light happened in an intermittent basis. Consumer was also involved in an accident where his air bags failed to deploy. In addition, consumer experienced noise in steering wheel and rattling noise in exhaust.
Intermittent stalling problem occurs with my 2002 ford escape (v-6 engine) at speeds between 30-35 MPH and always when I am going down hill and in a decelerating situation. I have a 9 mile commute on a hilly, curvy 2 lane road and during the stall I lose all power steering and braking. I have had some very close calls on curves where I could easily have lost control and gone over an embankment or hit an oncoming car. I have actually learned to become a defensive driver mechanically by keeping my eye on the RPM gauge when I decelerate because I've noticed that the RPM's sometimes drop erratically when the car is about to stall and by giving it a little gas I can avoid the stall. The car has been back to the dealer 3 or 4 times and all tsb fixes have been performed, yet the car has stalled at least 3 more times since the last fix. The dealer wanted to put a flight recorder on to help diagnose the problem, but wanted me to put a $500 deposit on the device!! Why isn't ford taking this problem more seriously? From the numerous complaints I have read on this site, it's obvious that a very serious problem still exists with this car.
Model: 2002 ford excape xlt.engine stall without warning around 40 miles per hour. Power steering and brake failed to fundtion.the latest one happened on 3/31/2004. The last one was in late 2002.*ak I purchased this vehicle from michigan (village ford at dearborn), and use it in texas currently.
My vehicle has suddenly and without warning stalled while driving. Loss ofpower steering, brakes, etc. I nearly hit another vehicle as I could not control the car. This happend at speeds arount 30 MPH as early as 6000 miles on the car. It has happened a few times at slow speeds or while backing out of the driveway but was not as scary as the ones that happened while travelling on a busy road at 30 MPH. First time I brought the car to the dealer they updated the PCM and reset the relay switch. This was supposed to fix the problem. The stalling happened a few more times but then again at high speeds at 37000 miles. Brought car to dealer again and they updated the PCM(again) and now say I need a new iac valve. They are not even sure this will correct the sudden engine stalling. I read through the hundreds of complaints on the federal safety agency website and discovered this is a very common problem. There is something very wrong with the computer and needs to be replaced/recalled immediately.
Engine stalled coming out of driveway. I could not steer or use brakes. All the engine lights came on. I put the truck in park and it started back up with no problems. I am taking the truck to the dealership tomarrow. I wish I knew about the stalling complaints before I put my two children in the back seat.
The driver applied the brakes and the pedal went to floor, the vehicle stalled and the consumer was able to restart the vehicle. The consumer will take the vehicle to the dealer for analysis . When the problem happens again.
While driving at any speed, the engine was rumbling. The dealer could not duplicate or correct the problem. *ak there was uncontrollable jumping and or kicking. The dealer replaced one defective part and was told that the rumbling noise would need to be investigated by ford engineers. Ford did not know what was causing the noise, but say it was not dangerous. The vehicle would shake at certain speeds and cd's would get stuck in the cd player. *sc the rotors were replaced because they were out of round, the stabilizer end links were replaced
2002 ford escape only 2 years old and ford will not honor warranty because rear wipers not working and engine makes and jerk at 3k RPM, not part of warranty.
Vehicle was being driven at approximately 35 MPH when it stalled and the wheels locked up. Please provide any additional information.
While driving at 35 MPH, the engine died without warning. This resulted in brake failure. The consumer had to coast the vehicle to a stop. The dealership replaced the idle error control valve, mass air flow sensor, throttle body, eec relay, dpfe sensor and the evap valve. The manufacturer has a new letter ref#02-23-1 on this issue. *ph *jb
I own a 2002 ford escape and only one month of having it all of the lights lighted up on the dash board and the engine stop while going down an interstate ramp. The second time it happened I was in traffic going at about 10 MPH when it shut off causing to rear-end the car in front of me. It's a problem that has not been fixed, I brought it to the dealer they claim that nothing is wrong with it. The dealer checked it and said it has happened to other cars, but that the problems had been fixed that it was only on the ones from 2001. The dealer also said that they couldn't award the warranty that the engine shutting off wouldn't happen again, but since april 2002 it has happen at least 5 times with 1 accident .
Vehicle stalled without warning. When this occurred the engine was still running, but the power steering and brakes were lost. Also, vehicle failed to accelerate.
My wife was coasting (traveling downhill) in our 2002 ford escape xlt (2 wheel drive) when the engine suddenly stopped. The effect was as if the key had been turned off. She lost all power (steering, brakes, etc) and coasted into a sidewalk. It could have been much worse. Taking the proper precautions, she had the car towed to the nearest dealership (hayward ford - very helpful, performed the tsb work right away), where they told her of a tsb that described the appropriate steps for the mechanics to take. The supposed tsb included replacement of the following items: throttle body assembly, air charge body, mass air flow sensor, air charge sensor gasket, power relay for PCM, egr sensor, and the purge regulation valve for vapor system. I searched the federal safety agency tsb site for the bulletin and couldn't find it. The number we were given was tsb 02-23-01. I noticed that an investigation into the cause of this problem by the federal safety agency was closed and reopened in sep 2002. From what I have read here at the federal safety agency site, I think it's time for ford to warn their escape owners of this problem before someone is injured.
While commuting to work at very busy intersection, traveling at 20 MPH, vehicle completely stalled losing all power utilities engine completely shut down. A number of passing motorists attempted to assist in moving vehicle out of intersection but could not get vehicle out of park key would not turn as well. After a number of attempts vehicle was restarted, and driven to local ford dealership. They stated they were not aware of difficulty--after reviewing the number of complaints on this web site that is very hard to believe--dealer worked on vehicle for 1.70 hrs replacing over 13 parts,such as eec relay,dpfe,airbypassvalve,throtle body,maf,vmv,throttle body gasket per: tsb-02-11-6. Recheck ok. According to this web site this situation has occured at least 50 times. This is potentially a very dangerous situation. Owners of escapes should be informed as this can& has happened to others at higher rates of speeds with potentially fatal outcomes if the vehicle cannot be coasted to a shoulder...
The 2002 for ecape that I have owned for 16 months has a defect in the engine that has made it unoporable and the computer system that is supposed to warn you of engine trouble never worked.
2002 ford escape stalls while being driven. This happened twice in the past week, speed 30 MPH. Loss of all power steering & brakes.
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