2005 Ford Escape: shudder or vibration when accelerating

Filed Mar 14, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 152,000 miles · GA

Bought my 05 xlt escape last may 2015 and all of a sudden it started to shudder stall while idling and just completely die when I was driving on the highway! Got the codes read and it said I had a misfire on cylinder 2, so I put new coils and spark plugs in it but it's still not working! Still doing a misfire and it's running bad when it decides to crank up! Now it's not even drivable.

Filed Jan 6, 2016 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 127,144 miles · KY

Was driving my car to work - at first if didn't want to start but cranked fine. Let it sit idle and headed to work - 1/2 to work stopped at a light where it started to shudder like it was going to stall (never had any issues before and still no warning lights). Got thru the intersection and loss all power on the busiest street in bowling green. I didn't even have enough power for my emergency blinkers. Stuck where I was was a hazard of me being hit - had it towed to mechanic thinking it was the alternator. Alternator and starter both good - once put on the diagnostic machine - the car started smoking and sparking. End result - I have at least 3 coils, potential fried wire harness and PCM failure (a logged complaint but never a recall). The potential fix with no guarantee that this wouldn't happen again is 5-8k. My family could have been severely hurt if someone would have plowed into us. This is not a safe vehicle at all!

Filed Jul 26, 2015 · Suspension · 120,200 miles · NJ

While driving last week I heard a "rattling" I had not heard previously.I pulled over and inspected my wheels and discovered that the rear passenger wheel well above the top of the tire had rusted out.closer inspection revealed that the strut mount had completely separated from the vehicle and the strut had "speared" thru the interior plastic sidewall, thus rendering the vehicle inoperable.I shudder to think what might have happened had I had my child in the car and we were travelling on the highway.upon researching on you tube how to repair this problem,I was astounded to find out that the most common problem related to 2005-06 ford escapes,was very specific in stating that the rear-passenger wheel well was rusting and corroding on these particular vehicles,sometimes resulting in the strut to become disengaged.this sounds like a very serious safety issue,but ford customer relations told me "sorry,but there is no recall for this and that there was nothing they can do for me.as a single dad,military veteran,and low-income earner,I am looking for help for myself and fellow ford escape owners because this sounds like shoddy car construction from the ford motor company.please help me because I can't work at the moment until this vehicle is repaired,and I can't afford the repair bill until I get back to work,I am disheartened and upset about this whole ordeal.please look into this.

Filed Jan 7, 2014 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 100,000 miles · GA

I have experienced several cases over the years with the 2005 ford escape seeming to idle very-very low and when attempting to accelerate (for instance from a stop sign) the acceleration is very very slow and then ramps up after a few seconds.this occurs intermittently but regularly and despite taking it to several repair shops, none have managed to provide a reasonable explanation but have all recognized it. Recently I have noticed issues, especially at highways speeds, of the vehicle "shuddering" as if the brakes are having trouble slowing the vehicle which im concerned may be from the throttle not disengaging properly when released (almost like its stuck or frozen). We have recently in my region of the country been experiencing a few cold snaps and that brings me to the most recent issue. When attempting to use the vehicle today, I noticed that the accelerator seemed "stuck" or frozen. I depressed it a few times, no luck as it seemed "frozen". I took it to mean that the cold (it got down below 15* f. In georgia) and let it run for a bit to warm. I pushed accelerator and it seemed unstuck. I put in reverse and attempted to accelerate backwards. I found the pedal would not come off the floorboard. I stopped the vehicle and after looking at the pedal, I was able to move it freely and looking at the connection I thought it had broken or became disconnected. I came back from work after getting ride from wife and went to inspect it. The pedal this time acted as expected although I could hear squeaking and it thumped when I hit the brakes. It seems that the cod had frozen something or exacerbated whatever was causing issues in general. I called ford and they mentioned something had been done in 06 and then I read article about 17 year old who died after her escape throttle became stuck in a similar way after having a recent repair.

Filed Feb 25, 2010 · Transmission · 87,000 miles · MD

I have a 2005 ford escape v6 with just over 87,000 miles on it. The vehicle began giving me trouble back at christmas, but I was able to drive until a couple weeks ago when the whole thing shuddered to a stop on the highway on the way to work. I was doing 55 and the car dropped to almost 0. I have been told it is the PCM which was fried because the spark plugs caused rf interference that fried the ground on it and ruined the PCM. This is a $2300 or more repair to an otherwise perfect vehicle. If I hadn't been in the righthand lane at the time of the power drop I could have been in a real mess. I have researched this online and there are literally hundreds of other complaints of the same thing going on all over the world. There is one complaint from ghana. The tsb that came out says the original sparkplugs cause the problem and ruin all the coil packs and the PCM. I think this would make it ford's responsibility to fix the problem on all these vehicles since it was their original configuration that ruined the system. If this had happened when my wife was taking our son somewhere and she wasn't able to get off the road I am quite sure there would have been a crash.

Filed Jun 8, 2009 · Transmission · 81,034 miles · FL

Recently took vehicle in for service. Mentioned transmission shudder at 55mph or when over drive took over. They flushed the transmission and updated the PCM and said it was fixed. A week later the ford escape is shifting hard and shuddering into over drive gear at 45mph. Now they want to replace the transmission for $3800. I see where many owners are having problems with this transmission.