2003 Ford Escape electrical problems

Filed Sep 4, 2024 · Electrical · IL · crash

Never received a recall letter or notice

Filed Jun 29, 2023 · Brakes, Electrical · 130,000 miles · PA

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Escape. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle, and while driving at unknown speeds, the vehicle was smoking. There were no warning lights illuminated. The owner disconnected the battery. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who informed the owner that the ABS module and wiring harness needed to be replaced. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.

Filed Jul 14, 2020 · Electrical, Transmission · KS

Sense we bought this 2003 ford escape we have replaced 5 altenators transmission problems .3 neutral safety switches. And still having problems the transmission problems are the same reason for the recall but my car is just a month newer go figure

Filed Oct 26, 2019 · Electrical, Fuel system · TN

After driving car, parking and starting again, it will start but will not keep running. Usually can wait a few minutes with hood up and will be ok. Today (10/26/2019) it would not keep running. Had it towed. Purchased new 06/2003 and has always happened. Ford mechanics other mechanics do not know why.

Filed Oct 8, 2019 · Electrical · 176,000 miles · PA

While in motion,on two of my vehicles a 2003 and a 2004 ford escape one cylinder blew out the spark plug and coil pack (#5)on both vehicles I'm trying to find out if there's a recall on ? Same type of vehicles model one year apart.

Filed Aug 20, 2019 · Electrical · 175,000 miles · PA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford escape. The contact stated that while his vehicle was not running and sitting in his driveway, the vehicle caught on fire without warning. The contact was able to extinguish the fire on his own, no injuries occurred and no fire report was taken. Upon investigation the contact associated the federal safety agency campaign number: 07v156000 (electrical system) with his failure. The contact spoke with a dealer (apple ford 3250 cape horn rd, red lion, pa 17356 717‑429‑0726) and was able to drive the vehicle to the dealer to determine the cause of the failure/fire. The dealer informed the contact that the fire was related to the recall associated with the vehicle. When the contact informed the manufacturer of the failure, they informed him that his vehicle was not included in the recall. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 175,000.

Filed Mar 13, 2019 · Acceleration, Electrical · 238,000 miles · MS

My escape started to miss, first it wasn't bad then started jerking and it started idling rough when I stopped at red light. When I started moving again it acted as if it would die and would go. If I get to 40 MPH it is really bad. But this happened on main highway with other vehicles all around me and had 18 wheeler behind me and all of sudden my speed decreased and me and my children almost was in accident because of decrease in speed. It scared me and my two children. When I got it looked at the codes said it was missing on one cylinder then at one point all cylinders.

Filed Aug 13, 2017 · Electrical · 90,000 miles · VA · fire

The car was parked in a shopping center parking lot no one was in it. It some how caught on fire, when we got the fire out and towed to the shop, it was the alternator that caused the fire and did several $1000.00 damage. There were no issues with the car no warning lights.

Filed May 19, 2017 · Electrical · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford escape. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start several times without warning when the key was turned in the ignition. In addition, the vehicle stalled without warning more than once. The rpms raced and, at times, the instrument panel would become dim upon experiencing an electrical short or internal failure. The dealer was notified of the failures and stated that the vehicle needed to be diagnosed. The manufacturer was not notified. The contact was uncertain if the vehicle would be repaired because the dealer stated that there was a manufacturer recall for these failures; however, the VIN was excluded. The recall details and failure mileage were not available. *tt

Filed Apr 22, 2017 · Electrical · 150,000 miles · TX

I have a 2003 escape that has a interesting problem with the rear hatch. When it is hot out side or the sun is shinning on the rear hatch the lock will not unlock,all the other doors do. When it gets dark or the door cool down the nit will unlock with the rest of the doors. Our rear hatch. Intermittently working and then not working at all. After looking in the search engine on this forum, under "rear hatch won't open" I found a posting listing the part # for the solenoid only, from an aftermarket source. (ford makes you buy the whole handle and actuator assy. For $200 or so). The solenoid was $10 plus shipping. Installation was straight forward except the rod that connects the solenoid to the mechanism needs to be modified and the wires spliced instead of the modular plug on the stock one. If your not that mechanical, you may want the dealership to do it , but if you have some skills, you can save a lot of money! (if ford had put a freaking key hole on the rear hatch it wouldn't be such a big deal) search the threads and you will find the post for the part. Hope this helps.