2007 Ford Escape: sudden loss of power

Filed May 9, 2023 · Steering, Transmission · 152,000 miles · RI

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle experienced a loss of power steering assist. The transmission warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the power steering module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to file a complaint with the federal safety agency Hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 152,000.

Filed Dec 19, 2021 · Brakes, Fuel system · MI

On 12/10/21 the accelerator stuck. I had to pull off the road, because I was losing power. But what if it got stuck at a high rate of speed? How would I stop, other than the hand brake and pray that it works. It had happened another time that week, but I thought it was a fluke as the car only has 85000 miles on it. I bought it in Sept 2021. It happened again on the 11th. Had my family member look at it and they lubricated the accelerator and a cable in the engine compartment. It has not done it since. Here is the VIN # [XXX]. 12/18/21 Drove to church. No problem with anything. No lights on.... the dash. Family member left to go home for the afternoon and stated that they almost hit a herd of deer, because the brakes went straight to the floor. They drove back for the evening program, with the same problem. I drove home about 35 miles an hour, and the brake pedal goes straight to the floor. No noise of any kind, no warning, no puddles where the car was parked at church or at home. The brake light is on now. What in the world. This could be fatal... both of these issues. FORD just told me there are no recalls, and then sent me to a survey. They need to look into these issues....Poor customer service in my opinion and could be a fatal situation. Last week was unable to get in for an appointment within a 50 mile radius to get that problem looked at. NOT able to be seen till after the new year.... INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Filed Aug 8, 2021 · CA

Vehicle lost power unexpectedly in traffic several times. Once stopped it started after a pause and ran fine for a considerable time until if failed again. When researching online noticed that this year and model had a recall but that is not reflected when I ran the VIN of my 2007 Ford Escape Hybrid. My concern is the diagnosis at the dealer will not detect this and could result in needless expense which I am not prepared for. the federal safety agency has this issue documented and I feel should qualify me to have the coolant pump replaced on a recall before a serious accident.

Filed Sep 13, 2019 · Steering · 1 miles · CA

Two years ago our escape suddenly lost power steering due to faulty sensors. I took my vehicle to frontier ford in santa clara, california, and they charged me $1200 to get it fixed. In the last 5 days, the power steering went out on me 3 different times -- all while driving -- causing me to have to turn-off the vehicle and then re-start it. It's my wife's escape -- she weighs 106 lbs -- thankfully, I was driving the vehicle each time this has occured (I'm 220 lbs, and I cannot drive the vehicle w/o pwr steering. The first two times the pwr steering went out, I was backing the car out of the garage. Today it went out on me while I was stopped at a light, in heavy rush hour traffic. The warning light and bells came on saying "problem with steering" -- I turned the vehicle off, and then it would not re-start. It took several attempts to try and re-start -- it finally did re-start -- but only after infuriating a great number of people who were stuck in back of me during their morning commute.

Filed Jul 6, 2017 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 124,230 miles · OH

Car stalled while in motion on city street. Lost all power and would not restart without jump.

Filed May 19, 2016 · Transmission · 129,000 miles · TN · fire · 2 injuries

Tl* the contact owned a 2007 ford escape. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced a loss of power without warning. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission was defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was towed back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the failure was due to the replacement transmission. The vehicle was repaired. A few days after the repair, while driving 45 MPH, the contact and driver heard an abnormal noise and odor. Smoke and flames were visible behind the vehicle. The vehicle was able to be pulled over to the side of the road and evacuated. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was towed to a salvage yard where it was deemed destroyed. There were two injuries, one that required medical attention. The driver suffered from smoke inhalation and nerve damage. The passenger suffered from rib pain and smoke inhalation. The VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was approximately 129,000.