2005 Ford Escape: hesitation when accelerating

Filed Jan 2, 2018 · Engine · 93,000 miles · KY

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford escape. While driving approximately 55 MPH, the vehicle started to hesitate and then stalled. The SRS warning indicator illuminated and then dimmed. The contact managed to start the vehicle and drove to an independent mechanic that determined that coil number five had misfired. The dealer was not contacted. The contact also stated that the vehicle was repaired by the same independent mechanic for the same failure approximately two months ago. The dealer was also not contacted at that time. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 93,000.

Filed May 19, 2016 · Fuel system · 115,000 miles · MS

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford escape. While driving at various speeds, the vehicle would sputter, hesitate, and shut off. The check engine light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the fuel system was faulty. The fuel pump and fuel flow indicator and sensors were all replaced, but the failure continued. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 115,000.

Filed Jan 22, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 114,000 miles · PA

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford escape. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the instrument panel lights illuminated and the vehicle would hesitate to accelerate. In addition, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that the computer and the ignition coils needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The VIN was unavailable the approximate failure mileage was 114,000.

Filed Dec 27, 2014 · Electrical, Transmission · 166,000 miles · GA

Started off from a light and the car hesitated concerned gave it gas and it stuttered,I rolled to a stop and had it towed to a repair shop.evidently the powertrain computer module is bad several complaints that ford put the wrong spark plugs in this escape which after time ruins the PCM.seriously why hasn't a recall been issued for this problem? Had I been traveling faster would have been an accident as I was in morning traffic.now looking at a $1000 in repair bills.ford needs to fix this problem.

Filed Sep 30, 2014 · Acceleration · 120,000 miles · IL

Gas pedal gets stuck and the vehicle will not move forward or it hesitates and moves very slow.

Filed Sep 9, 2014 · Acceleration · 45,000 miles · MI

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford escape. While reversing out of the driveway, the vehicle hesitated when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The accelerator pedal had to be depressed multiple times in order for the vehicle to resume normal operation. There were no warning indicators illuminated and the failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 45,000.

Filed Aug 27, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 107,000 miles · TX

I've always been a staunch defender of the ford brand...until now. The more research I did on the link between faulty factory-installed spark plugs and PCM failure, and fords knowledge of this link from the get-go, the angrier I become. There is a tsb out on this "known" issue however the warranty period only extends up to 80,000 miles. Pretty convenient since the average failure marker is 98k miles. Also convenient that ford waited until 99.99% of all affected drivers would be outside of their "warranty" period before graciously extending said "warranty". Hogwash. I consider myself fortunate that my failure did not cause an accident (because you know, loss of all electrical control at 70 MPH is not high on my bucket list). I brought it into my mechanic . Diagnostics was the # 3 coils was bad. It was replaced and retested. It showed that it was good but the next coil was bad and the engine light was still on. We took the car to ford and was told that the PCM was bad and needs to be replaced 2,100 later still having issues. On the way home from the shop I noticed it was still hesitating slightly, but nothing like it was .no, it will not last forever but known issues such as these really chap my hide!!! This has soured me off ford forever at this point. Disappointing, dangerous and downright deceptive. Why won't ford do a recall on this? Safety is an issue....

Filed Dec 14, 2013 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 141,565 miles · TX

Backing out of garage car died. Trying to accelerate at stop lights tries to die hesitates jerks theft light cones on. Upon trying to accelerate to enter freeway same thing and when trying to pass a car. Came upon s hill and it almost died n would not go over 50 MPH almost causing wrecks very scary day. Earlier in week died a couple times while idling but this accelerating problem is hazardous. If it is throttle body which it probably is from what I'm reading on the internet. Please do a recall and fix this!!!!!!!!

Filed Jul 31, 2013 · Driver assistance, Engine · 153,200 miles · CA

9/10/12, while driving on the freeway my check engine light came on and my car started running very hard and started shaking and I could feel the car loosing power. I turned the steering wheel towards the right to pull over and as I pressed the gas pedal I could feel the car had shut off. I was able to pull off to the side of the highway and my car smell like something was burning. After sitting for about 15mins the car started and I was able to start the car and drove it at about 40 MPH until getting off the exit to go home which was about 10 more miles. I had to continuously press the gas making the car accelerate between 30 to 40mph because the car started to repeat the same thing as I stated earlier. I took the car to the shop 9/13/12 (my car had 153224 miles) and was told there was misfire on #2 coil, so I paid to have the coil changed. 2/15/13 my check engine light came back on and the car was repeatedly hesitating, I took it the shop 2/19/13 (my car had 163071 miles) and had the same misfire code, so I paid to have all three rear coils changed, the owner showed me the old coils & the #2 coil look burned and burst open from the top. After changing the coils the check engine light came back on with the same misfire code for #2 coil and I paid to have it changed again 6/18/13 (my car had 171459 miles). The engine light came back on with the same code and I paid to changed it again 7/12/13 (my car had 173095 miles) after I drove the car about 50 miles the light came back on. I had the code read again on 7/30/13 (my car had 173920 miles) and it gave the same code for a misfire on coil #2. The owner of the shop advised me to take the car to the dealer and explain the problem and check if there has been a recall on the 2005 model. I called the ford dealership and was told I would have to pay for them to do another diagnostic quoted at $140.

Filed Jan 30, 2013 · Engine · 131,000 miles · IN

Tl* the contact owns 2005 ford escape. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle hesitated then stalled. The contact mentioned that the check engine lamp illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the coils and computer were defective. As a result, the coils, computer, and the catalytic converter needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 131,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Jan 22, 2013 · Acceleration · 52,000 miles · MN

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford escape. The contact stated that during cold weather and when trying to accelerate, the vehicle would hesitate for approximately 5 seconds. The failure recurred on an intermittent basis. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where they advised him that the throttle body failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 52,000. The current mileage was approximately 128,000.

Filed Nov 18, 2012 · Electrical, Engine · 75,000 miles · CA

Prior to the incident in question the car had a few days of abnormal behavior including hesitation and rough idle. The incident occurred on christmas eve while I was driving down a two lane highway. While traveling 50 MPH the car lost power and although I was terribly scared, I managed to get off the highway safely. I was told that the computer failed (PCM) which is very expensive to fix hence the reason it has been almost a year. I am a retired widow raising my 12 year old granddaughter feeling stuck between a rock and a hard place; not able to afford the repairs and unable to do things without a car. I see that many many others have had this same issue, please help ford face their neglect with regard to this issue. Thank you