While driving down an engrade vehicle's engine shut off. Power steering and brakes became hard. The dealership states that the problem is with the computer. Please give details?
2002 Ford Escape engine complaints
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While traveling on the highway and without prior warning. The vehicle will stall and will not restart at all. The dealership is aware of the problem. Nlm
Consumer states that the vehicle has stalled on two separate occasions within 35-40 MPH. Dealer made some ajustments and repairs on two separate occasion and the problem is still reoccurring. Feel free to provide any further information.
On 7/11/02 car shut off while driving. Lost steering and brakes. Coasted to side of the road and was able to restart. This happened while driving approx. 40mph. This was the 2nd time this happened. Brought to dealer, they did some testing and replaced some valves. On approx 8/3/02 the car shut off again, brought it back to the dealer again. They did more testing replaced some sensors and also called the ford hot line. On 9/19/02 same thing car shut off while driving this time through an intersection. Brought in to dealer again. Driving speeds all 4 times were 35-45.
Vehicle stalls intermittently while driving. Vehicle is currently being checked by dealer.
Consumer states that while driving at 35mph on flat surface and no warning the vehicle will shut off and the consumer is force to pull over and it becomes hard for the consumer to control the vehicle. Dealer notified
Vehicle intermittently stalls while driving.*ak consuemr was travelling 35 MPH down hill with foot on the brake. When attempting to accelerate, the stall resulted. The problem has not been duplicated. Ford replaced suspected parts per technical service bulletin.
Engine suddely quit while driving. Shifted to neutral while coasting, turned ignition off then on again. Vehicle immediately restarted.
While driving motor would stall without any warning. Vehicle was taken to dealership numerous times for stalling, but the mechanic wasn't able to duplicate and repair failure. Please describe details.
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Consumer noticed that the power steering was not working as she turned around a bend, and her brakes were not either.(vehicle had turned off without knowledge) consumer feels that this could be very dangerous if vehicle turns off and she is not able to restart it in time to use the brakes. *scc manufacturer notified.
Vehicle will shut off at any speed without any notice. Everything will go out like power steering and brakes and accelerator, etc. Contacted dealer, and the dealer was not willing to do anything.
While traveling on highway and without prior warning vehicle will shut down and willnot restart. Dealership is aware of the problem.
While driving brakes and steering locked up and engine shut off without any warning .driver lost control of vehicle, resulting in an accident.*ak the consumer stated that the manufacturer had issued two technical service bulletins on defects of the vehicle, and the problems occuring were the result of one of those defects.
Consumer says that engine had shut down without warning and with foot off of the accelerator while descending a shallow hill at 30 MPH. Consumer is concerned about the safety implications of losing power steering and power brakes without warning if heavy traffic.
While driving vehicle will just stall out without any warning. Contacted dealer, cannot fix problem.
On three separate occasions while driving between 35-40 MPH the car stalled in traffic. The engine light came on, the oil light came on and I lost power steering and power brakes. Each incident occured after the car had not been driven for a long period. The first time was after I had been at work all day and was going home. The second and third times were first thing in the morning after the car had been running approximately 10 minutes. The dealer and manufacturer have been notified.
While traveling on highway and without prior warning vehicle will shut down, and willnot restart. Dealership is aware of problem.
Vehicle stalled at 25 MPH, dealer replaced wiring harness, vehicle has been at dealership for 3 weeks.*ak consumer states that several weeks prior the vehicle would not start.
2002 ford escape has stalled repeatedly at speed on hilly terrain at low speeds. Car has been taken to dealership four times, but has been able to replicate or correct problem. Dealership has reportedly contacted ford motor co. Hotline.
Engine will quit and vehicle will stall out while driving.contacted dealer.
Vehicle stalled while bringing home from dealer going down the driveway. No control over the vehicle. Week later while travelling on expressway at 60mph, vehicle stalled again. Was able to steer over side of road, barely, and vehicle restarted.
I purchased a 2002 ford escape. It currently has 10k miles on it. While going down a hill, the engine stopped, power steering went out and the power brakes didn't work. Luckly I managed to pull over, put the car in park and restart the engine. The same problem, same situation occur a couple of days later. Both times occurred while I was going down a hill at about 30-35 MPH. I noticed that the RPM reading when the accellerator isn't depressed is very low. It sometimes dips close to zero. Normal RPM for sitting in idle is around 1. It's currently at the dealership.
This is my 2nd incident in 2 months.
On march 30, 2002, I purchased a brand new ford escape xlt at hayward ford in hayward, ca. I had taken the vehicle previously to the ford service department for a loud knocking noise that the vehicle had been making and ford was unable to verify my complaint. On july 20, 2002, I attempted to drive the vehicle to los angeles for a family reunion with four small children in the car which included my two daughters, my neice and my nephew. Going at a speed of about 65 miles per hour, the engine caught on fire and all aspects of the vehicle shut down including the power steering and the brakes. I had to struggle to get the vehicle to the side of the road. The car is now sitting at magic ford in valencia, ca where I had it towed. Ford has refused to pay for the rental car that I am forced to drive. Ford has not bothered to contact me. Out of concern for the saftey of my family and others, the ford escape needs to be recalled before someone is killed or seriously injured.
When the engine stalls, I lose all steering capabilities. I have no brakes or gas. This hapens without reson or advance notice. Very dangerous situation. Someone is going to be killed.
Engine stalled while decelerating from 40 MPH to 10 MPH.
Driving at approx. 35 MPH, engine stalled, losing control of steering, brakes, and acceleration. Happened on 2 seperate occasions, within about 1 month. Car has been taken to dealership to investigate problem, dealer could not find anything wrong.
I have owned a 2001 and 2002 escape both have engines with the same problem - the engine shutting down on a hill going 40 MPH, losing brakes and steering leading to a life threatening situation!!
The first incidence (may-2002), while driving approximately 40 MPH the engine shut-off and the steering lock. Luckily the vehicle came to a stop at the side of the road with no injuries. The vehicle eventually restarted and was returned to the dealership. They reprogrammed the PCM and said the problem was fixed. The same thing happened about 6-weeks later along the same stretch of road, and luckily again nobody was hurt. The vehicle was again returned to the dealer. This time they said that they can't find anything wrong and gave it back to us without a fix. I am afraid that next time it happens it will be in traffic and someone will be injured or killed. This vehicle should not be on the road.
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