2007 Ford Escape: check engine light

Filed Feb 28, 2022 · Acceleration, Transmission · 195,000 miles · MO

The contact's mother owns a 2007 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while his brother was driving at 60 MPH, the vehicle inadvertently downshifted and decelerated to 40-45 MPH. The check engine warning light illuminated. The contact's brother depressed the accelerator pedal however, the pedal felt soft and remained on the floorboard. The contact's brother veered to the side of the road. The contact stated that upon turning off and restarting the vehicle, he was able to continue to drive; however, the failure reoccurred while exiting the highway. The contact stated that the vehicle would fail to go into gear while attempting to shift into drive and depressing the accelerator pedal. The contact stated that the vehicle would start but would not move. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 195,000.

Filed Sep 27, 2018 · Engine · 104,000 miles · CO

I was driving on a mountain highway just south of granby colorado when engine lights came on and engine stopped. I was able to pull over. Tried to restart engine to no avail. Then steam started coming out from under the hood. When I opened the hood, there were yellow spots all over and the coolant container had started to melt and deform from the heat. I called my aaa road service and was towed into granby to mountain valley auto and truck repair. He took pictures of the readings from the computer and has those. He said he had never seen an engine get so hot before and no warning. My son has a mechanic friend who called someone at ford and was told they were aware that the ford escape had an issue with overheating just as my vehicle did with no warning while in mountain driving. After the event, my son called the ford dealer where we bought the car and they told him they weren't aware of any problems. We had to sell the car for junk. You can obtain computer readings from mountain valley auto & truck repair, granby colorado.

Filed Jul 11, 2016 · Driver assistance · 128,764 miles · TX

No warning for hybrid battery malfunction. On 07082016 the ford dealership informed me that the hybrid battery in my ford escape has a malfunction code p0a81 and the battery pack cooling fan was not working. There are no warning messages or icon lights to inform me (the owner) that the battery is malfunctioning. Documentation: #1 autozone myzone health report powered by innova perform on 07052016 and #2 johnson brothers ford-lincoln invoice 192231, 07072016. Incident - 07032016, the warning message appeared "service the emission" and the engine light appeared. The ford escape was still drive-able and otherwise was operating normal with the message and engine light on. The hybrid battery was working as expected. 07052016, the ford escape was taken to autozone to get a reading for the message which was p0128. Ford dealership estimated $600 to repair the timer. 07062016, at about 7:00 a.m. I took the escape in for the timer repair. The representative said that they will verify/validate the issue and will contact me before repairs are performed. 07072016, at about 4 p.m. Ford dealership representative contacted me to pick up the escape and that they had verified/validated that it was the timer and has repaired the timer. At about 5:40 p.m. I paid $554.30 for the timer repair and picked up my vehicle. Because it was close to the dealership closing time no one reviewed the charges with me. While driving home the vehicle didn't pick up speed and the gas pedal was stiff. The hybrid battery did not kick in as expected. 07082016: at about 7:15 a.m. I returned to the ford dealership complaining that the escape had no power. Also, now the hybrid battery wasn't working. At about 9:00 a.m. Ford dealership returned the vehicle to me. Also, that the dealership was waiting for ford corporate to respond on the hybrid not working issue.

Filed Mar 3, 2015 · Brakes, Engine · 153,000 miles · GA

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 ford escape. The contact stated that while driving at 60 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle but the vehicle did not drive. The check engine warning light and brake warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 153,000.

Filed Nov 11, 2012 · Transmission · 62,250 miles · KY

Could not get speed no faster than 35 to 45 miles, sounded as if it was stalling in neutral, sounded as if I was gunning the gas to make it go, but I wasn't. Riding real rough at times with a rattling noise when slowing down getting ready to stop, sounded as if the axle or something was going to drop in the middle of the street. When turning either way or while riding straight forward, sounded as if the tires were rubbing against something, it also let out a gassy smell of fumes that was very dangerous to inhale. The fumes smell like the gas fumes you smell in your house, like the car was going to blow up anytime.....and they want you to patronize american made cars well I'm fed up, they need a recall on this malfunction (p t u) power transfer unit is what they diagnosed it to be, I had to pay quite a bit of money to get this fix, this could be unsafe, if this car was all together stop or the axle falls out in the middle of the highway. Plus the stop engine light didn't even detect this, and it should have, I'm really fired up about this I tried to put my VIN # at the top and it wouldn't let me.

Filed Mar 21, 2011 · Engine · 64,000 miles · IL

On 3/19/2011 I was driving my 2007 ford escape, pulled into a parking space, and it died. No dash board indicators (check engine or oil light) went on prior to this problem. I tried to start it, but it wouldn't turn over. It was towed to a local dealer wherein they indicated the engine had to be replaced, a $6,400.00 cost to me if my extended warranty wouldn't cover it. They want my oil change receipts, I only have a handful, I don't keep the receipts. If I don't give them 10-12 oil change receipts, the extended warranty won't cover a thing. Before even looking at the engine, the dealer and ford company customer service blamed me for the problem. I've had two other cars in the last 20 years, both kept about 10 years each and never had an engine problem. Thing of it is that I never had a problem with my car until I brought it in to the dealer approximately january 29, 2011, when they removed my whole front end to replace a ring toner flush my brakes and replace brake pads. I know my dash board indicators were working then because the ABS light went on and I brought it in the following day. Not sure if dismantling my front end had anything to do with the engine problem or not. If so, wouldn't the dealer be responsible?