2009 Ford Escape driver assistance problems

Filed Aug 4, 2024 · Brakes, Driver assistance · CA

Just backed out of a parking space at a shopping plaza and proceeded forward. Applied the breaks to allow another car to enter the parking lot when my breaks failed. The ABS was flashing on the dash and I coasted slowly and finally put it in park. The other driver was upset that I didn't stop. I restarted the car, as it stalled and proceded slowly to my home where I parked it.

Filed Nov 16, 2020 · Driver assistance, Steering · 122,000 miles · KS

When driving power steering goes out. Power assist light comes on. Called ford and they state this VIN is not affected and its only on a select # of VIN's. Find this hard to believe when there are 591 complaints with the same issue. Mileage is at 122,000 for this issue. Vehicle has not been repaired yet at this time.

Filed Dec 3, 2019 · Driver assistance, Steering · 115,000 miles · AZ

My wife and I were driving home from work when just before I got on the freeway at a stop light my steering wheel began to vibrate and then I lost all power assist with the vehicle thankfully we hadnt entered the traffic. The power assist is now off and on

Filed Nov 11, 2019 · Driver assistance, Steering · 59,130 miles · FL

While driving on the interstate in july of 2017, the car suddenly lost power steering and lost speed. We were barely able to get off on the shoulder and cut the car off. When we started up the car again, everything was back to normal. However, this happened 2 or 3 times in the next couple of days. I called ford motor co. To report the problem, and they opened case #cas-12676591. I found a recall notice on this problem dated 09/03/2010, recall #10e043000 and another recall notice #14s05/the federal safety agency recall 14v‑284 dated july 2014. However, ford motor co. Refused to repair the problem telling me it was a different manufacturer. My complaint is that the problem was identical to the recall regardless of the manufacturer. It cost us $1,868.04 to repair the vehicle. Then it happened again in july of 2019, and cost us another $776.60 to repair. I would have filed this complaint sooner but just found out how to register a complaint with the federal safety agency.

Filed Jul 29, 2019 · Driver assistance, Electrical · NY

Vehicle shut down while in motion.

Filed Mar 22, 2019 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 179,000 miles · TX

Power steering went out while driving with no warning so there was a recall on some but not all escapes on a city street while I was turning at an intersection

Filed Feb 12, 2019 · Driver assistance, Steering · 172,000 miles · MI

Power steering assist fault. And also tire pressure sensor fault escape 4wd v6 w/ ~172,xxx. Dash notification appeared on 02/09/19 but quickly went away. Power steering was fine, not one issue ever. Then on 02/11/19 on the way home, the dash alert showed "power steering assist fault" and it wouldn't go away and beeped multiple times. I parked it at home in driveway and went to move it into the street a little bit later and the power steering was nonexistent. Took full body weight to just get it to in front of the house. Lucky that I wasn't driving or delivering for my job like I usually am during the week. But to my luck, my VIN isn't under the recall even though my escape was built in may 2009, well within the recall time period. I think highly of ford and am very disappointed at their attempts to silence and curb customer issues... And this is a dangerous manufacturing issue! Any ford executive or higher up would have this done asap if something bad happened to their own family. We need to all stand up and file a class action lawsuit. They don't care about our safety or our financial wellbeing. Most can't afford these $1-2k fixes.

Filed Jan 3, 2019 · Driver assistance, Steering · 5 miles · GA

I was on my to work one morning entering the interstate on ramp and I lost power steering which almost caused me to have an accident. Making it extremely hard to steer the vehicle. Upon taking it to my local ford dealership they told me my power steering torque control module was failing. This was a recall on escapes from 2008 / 2011, but they said my particular VIN was not part of the recall??? Upon further investigation myself I'm seeing where numerous ford owners were having the same issue and like myself had to pay for this repair out of pocket...not cheap I may add. It seems that someone will have to loose their life as a result of this defect before a recall is issued for (all) models in this time frame... What a horrible thing for ford to put their consumers and their families in jepordy due to these defective parts. I would like to see full recall on all models between this time frame. Also vehicles to be fixed at fords expense before someone looses a loved one. And reimburse those of us who have had it fixed at our expense....

Filed Nov 27, 2018 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 140,000 miles · MI

On a snowy morning the brakes were applied normally and the slippery conditions caused anti-lock brakes to activate. They seemed to work normally, but after that activation the brake pedal felt very soft and would not engage the brakes until the very end of the pedal travel. The vehicle would still stop, but the brakes were unpredictable and unsafe. The problem was diagnosed as a bad hydraulic control unit (hcu) and was replaced with the ABS module as a unit ($1700). The new unit required reprogramming and bleeding at the dealership ($200). Because this is a safety component within a reasonable mileage (140,000 vehicle mileage), this should be addressed by the oem with at least a tsb.

Filed Oct 23, 2018 · Driver assistance, Steering · 158,530 miles · KY

While driving with my whole family. 2 little girls 12 and 6 and thankfully my husband driving and not me, we were returning a rental car when my car flashed out of no where going about 45mph power steering assist fault upon my research; there has been certain vehicles recalled. Come on ford! Whatever the default is, can you at least give us owners insight on this stuff to get it fixed? Is this some kind of money maker for you all? To set up certain timers for this stuff to happen? I'm just so thanmf that I wasn't driving. I would have not had the power my husband does to overtake the wheel. Please please please do something!