While make a moving left hand turn... Engine stopped running. As I came out of the turn & started to try to accelerate I quickly realized I had no engine power... Drifted for about 50 yards & pulled over to the side of the street. Tried turning engine on... Vehicle started right up. Went on my way. The next day I took the escape straight down to our ford dealership. Ford ran a bunch of tests but could not find anything wrong. I am afraid to let my wife drive the vehicle now (her vehicle) because of this situation. I have been driving since I was 11 years old. I am now nearly 40. I have never experienced anything like this situation. I looked all around the steering wheel/etc. Trying to figure out if there was some way I could have turned off the engine (besides the keys)... I cannot see any other possibility... The vehicle was still in "drive" & the fuel tank was more than half full. The vehicle key in the ignition was still turned on when this happened. I cannot say for sure that the power steering was absent when the engine initially turned off... Did I still have a very small amount of engine power?... I do not know... But I could not accelerate. Please contact me guys if you can help me with this... Thank you.
2010 Ford Escape engine complaints
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At stop or idle, engine surges, hesitates, stalls, smell gas, check engine light comes on. Took escape to dealer. Dealer says its the purge valve and evap canister. Purge valve failed and raw gas filled evap canister. Dealer says its out of warranty, there's nothing they can do. This has been a know problem since 2006, tsb bulletin 11-3-22, part # 9u5z-9c915h-purge valve, part # 9r3z-9c985-b evap canister. Ford has done nothing to correct the issue. They replaced the damaged parts with the same parts with no fix for the spillage of raw fuel, on the ground, in the air, on the vehicle. This raw fuel situation could cause a fire or explosion at any time. Yet ford says its not an emission issue and the vehicle is out of warranty. The ford forums on the internet are full of complaints for the same raw fuel spillage. Does someone have to die before ford admits they have a design problem and fixes it??? This same issue is also related to the 2010-12 fusion.
Was stopped in traffic - traffic began to move, I pressed on accelerator and proceeded. Hit about 5 MPH and engine lost power completely and steering wheel locked up - radio and A/C remained on. Battery and oil warning lamps on dash illuminated. Was able to put vehicle in neutral and move to side of road. Turned ignition off and was able to re-start vehicle as normal. Proceeded to my destination as normal.
Driving off road up a steep incline (40-45 degrees), the vehicle came to a halt. There wasn't any power going to the tires even though I had the accelerator pedal to the floor. The engine RPM would only rev up to about 1200 RPM. It felt as if there was a disconnect between the transmission and the engine as there was no power being delivered to the tires. The tires did not loose traction or spin either. What was especially unsafe about this is that it was extremely hazardous backing down the steep hill I had tried to ascend. I was trying to back down slowly by using the brake, but many times the brakes would lock up causing the vehicle to shift and slide sometimes sideways which could have caused the vehicle to roll. I tried to go up the hill again to no avail. This vehicle is used by the us forest service in which many times the vehicle is required to go of road on forest service roads. There is a section in the owner's manual about off road driving, but it makes no mention that the vehicle should not be driven up steep inclines.
S10 direct reply-letter to the administrator from congressman stearns on behalf of constituent re her ordeal while driving her 2010 ford escape *tgw chemicals were discharged throughout the interior of the vehicle. Due to the inhalation of the chemicals the consumer was hospitalized for an extended period of time. The doctors informed the consumer that her condition had formed into pneumonia as a result of inhaling the chemicals. The dealership where the consumer purchased the vehicle stated the discharge was associated with the evaporator tube and it was common. They also stated it was a factory defect and it could happen again.
2010 ford escape. Consumer states vehicle has a fast idle speed, ignition key lock problem and a soft brake problem. *tgw the consumer requested to have the idle speed lowered to 500 RPM. The dealer stated that could not be done because the idle was set at the factory. The consumer stated the vehicle would roll forward and backwards due to the fast idle speed. He almost hit the back of a building because the vehicle rolled back when he started the vehicle in reverse. The key was difficult to turn in the ignition which made it difficult to start the vehicle.
Purchased a 2010 ford escape new, 4 months after the air conditioning stopped working. Took it to the dealership to have it fixed and they claimed it could not be fixed because it was damaged by an object most likely from the road. Damages are not covered under warranty. The service tech went on to say that the grill does not provide adequate protection for the AC condenser therefore even if I paid to have it fixed and didn't replace the grill, it could happen again. It has been over 3 months and ford still refuses to pay for the repair. It is now on average 102 degrees outside and I cannot drive my vehicle due to the heat and inability to use the AC.
Engine racing and jumping while driving. Reverse making loud noise. Reported to dealer and was told couldn't do anything until it happened again. Jolted at a stop after removing foot from brake forcing driver to turn into curb. Had to file claim with insurance company to get car fixed. Dealer claims no issues with transmission. Did testing w/o insurance engineer present as agreed to.
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