The car suddenly stalls while driving for many times. The kings ford dealer couldn't fix the problem. It is a very dangerous problem.
2013 Ford Escape engine complaints
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My 2013 ford escape is stalling while driving. It has done it numerous times. It will start back once put in park and restarted the engine. It has stalled in on coming traffic. I have taken it to mechanic and they can't find out what is wrong because it's not throwing in codes.
A small coolant return line on backside of motor was mis-crimped causing it to separate and coolant to leak onto motor while driving. There was no indicator light telling me coolant was low. Car shut down due to extreme temperature, and motor started smoking from coolant leaking on hot motor. Luckily I was on a city street and was able to pull to side of road safely. I called ford and they said it was my responsibility to fix because my vehicle wasn't affected by previous recalls for same problem and were very rude about it. This is clearly a manufactured defect and luckily the car didn't catch fire due to this defect. Again there was never an indication of low coolant, just a shutting down due to extreme temperature right before car shut down.
While driving down the highway the car would lose power, stall out and die! After coasting over to the emergency lane and wanting a few minutes, I would then turning the car off then back on. It would start but I never know when its going to happen again. The car had sufficient fuel and oil, battery connection are tight and clean.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford escape. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the "service engine" indicator illuminated. The contact drove the vehicle to an independent mechanic who determined that there was no coolant in the radiator. The following day, the same message was displayed. The vehicle was taken back to the mechanic who stated that the engine was leaking coolant, but the origin of the leak could not be determined. Gurley leep ford (320 e ireland rd, south bend, in 46614) was informed of the failures via phone. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 138,402.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford escape. While driving various speeds, the anti-freeze and check engine warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle shook and lost power. When the contact turned the vehicle off and back on, it resumed normal operation after a few minutes. The vehicle was taken to ford lincoln of huntington (147 w 11th st, huntington station, ny 11746, (631) 923-2145) where it was diagnosed that the fuel injector, pressure sensor, and wastegate solenoid failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign number: 12v431000 (engine and engine cooling). The failure mileage was approximately 88,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford escape. The contact stated that the coolant warning indicator illuminated intermittently; however, no leak was found when the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. Over time, the mechanic discovered a coolant leak. The contact discovered the federal safety agency campaign number: 12v431000 (engine and engine cooling); however, the vehicle was not included in the recall. The contact took the vehicle to tindol ford (1901 e franklin blvd, gastonia, nc 28054, (704) 867-8341) and coolant was purchased; however, the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to the federal safety agency. The failure mileage was 65,000.
The past month the car has stalled out while driving. Sometimes 15 to 30 seconds after starting, in stationary position other times while in traffic. My daughter was almost in an accident, when the vehicle shut off while turning in a busy intersection on a city street. It has also happened while on the highway.
Engine coolant sensor is bad, causing coolant to leak and car to overheat.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford escape. After the vehicle was started, it overheated. The contact added antifreeze and noticed that the check engine and tire pressure warning indicators were illuminated. In addition, the pull over safely message was displayed. The vehicle was taken to joe machens ford (1911 w worley st, columbia, mo 65203) where it was diagnosed that the engine block was cracked. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and did not assist. The failure mileage was 70,000.
Car loses power while driving, the engine stalls then loses power. This happens 2-3 times every two weeks or so...
The car stalls out from a standing stop randomly and without warning, yet no check engine light ever comes on. It is dangerous because it has stalled just as I'm pulling out into traffic. It has randomly been happening in the past two weeks.
The car stalls when starting and there have been many complaints about the same issue and ford does not acknowledge there is a problem with escapes.
Vehicle repeatedly stalls after starting the vehicle and taking off. The vehicle will start and then I begin driving and it will shutter, lose acceleration ability, and stall out. Then I have to put the vehicle in park in the middle of the road or parking lot and restart. Sometimes it starts after a little delay just fine, and other times I had happened back to back two to three times. No warning lights remain. I also had coolant leak occur. Just got engine hoses, sensors, a new fuel pump in hopes of fixing the coolant leak and the stalling. Too soon to tell if the coolant problem is gone, but stalling is still occurring! Feels extremely unsafe in a vehicle that randomly stalls out while driving.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford escape. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the temperature gauge increased and white smoke emerged from the engine compartment. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and added coolant. The vehicle returned to normal for a few minutes, but then began smoking again. Also, the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who replaced a line between the radiator and the engine; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to northside ford (12300 san pedro ave, san antonio, tx 78216) where it was determined that there was an engine coolant leak. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.
My car constantly stalls. It stalled periodically but I thought well maybe it's was because of how hot it was outside. But that it's the case. I can be at a light stopped, driving down the street/expressway and it'll start to lose stutter and stall out with only the battery light and oil lamp light coming on. Sometimes itll start right back up others it has it sit and cool down. Even tho my engine isn't reading hot or anything along those lines. Everything reads fine. I've taken to multiple shops and finally just 5 days ago to a ford dealer who had my car for almost 3 days and all he could say is it looks like I could possibly have a cracked water pump! They need to do something for us with the 1.6 it seems to be the same exact thing going on with the 2.0. Today when my car stalled my oil dipstick was smoking
The vehicle randomly stalls, with engine completely shutting off, while the vehicle is moving. The stalling occurs while the vehicle is braking, or slowing down while driving on city streets, and I have to completely stop the vehicle, put it in park, and then restart the vehicle. It has occurred several times with other vehicles behind me, causing them to have to hit their brakes and stop as well. I took the car into the ford dealership where it took them a day and a half to diagnose that it was an evaporative purge valve that was sticking open. The repair cost came to $629.97, plus $68.86 for a rental car. The vehicle ran for about 1.5 months with no problems, but is now stalling again with the exact same symptoms as before.
While driving down the highway ( us 82 in texas), there were flames seen coming from underneath the vehicle. A separate vehicle pulled up beside our 2013 ford escape, and yelled that the car was on fire. My son quickly pulled over, and he and his mother quickly got out of the vehicle and backed away from it. A fire truck came and put out the fire, but the car is a total loss. My wife was also treated for smoke inhalation on site, and later had to go to the hospital because she was still having problems breathing. I have checked the VIN on our vehicle, but there was no recall on our VIN. After research, I see that there has been other fire issues with other vins. I believe our situation needs to be looked at, because the recall may need to be expanded. We are currently upside down on our car note, and will loose about $4,000 out of pocket. I believe our issue could be related to issues others have had within the recalled VIN's. This happened on friday november 15th near sherman, texas.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford escape. While driving 30 MPH, the low engine coolant warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that the engine needed to be replaced. The local dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was contacted and did not assist. The failure mileage was 85,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford escape. The contact mentioned that the water pump began to fail and was replaced by an independent mechanic. The water pump continued to fail and the contact discovered the federal safety agency campaign number: 17v209000 (engine and engine cooling); however, the VIN was not included in the recall. The contact also stated that anti-freeze slowly leaked from the engine, which then leaked into the cylinder crack. The contact took the vehicle to gary smith ford (1 beal pkwy nw, fort walton beach, fl 32548, (888) 814-7437) where they replaced the long block (engine). The manufacturer was notified of the failures and a complaint was filed. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 70,000.
Vehicle was taken to a ford dealership in fayetteville, nc to have several recalls fixed including the "13s12 risk of localized overheating of the engine cylinder head that may lead to oil leak fires" in january 2018. In november 2018 the vehicle was taken to another ford dealership in southern pines, nc due to the engine overheating while the vehicle had driven about 10 feet out of my driveway. I was told it was only low on coolant and when I explained the previous issues they claimed they were fixed. Again in november 2019 the same issue occurred while driving a short distance down the road and the vehicle was towed to repair shop on fort bragg. While looking at the vehicle the repair shop noted two safety recalls for the vehicle, one pertaining to the engine overheating. When I called the previous dealerships about this they claimed there were no recalls on the vehicle relating to the engine. When I asked about options for them to fix an issue they claimed to have already fixed, they told me it was over a year since it was done so they were not responsible. The issue has happened twice since they claimed to have fixed it with the recall work. There is also an issue with systems not communicating the same information for recalls. The issue was obviously not resolved and now I will have to pay to fix a manufacturing problem that the dealership will not acknowledge. If they claim to have fixed the safety recall issue and it still persists, do they not have to fix it?
Engine fire on 9/21/19 while car was parked on side street it appears after being parked for near 2 hours 2013 ford escape purchased on 4/30/13 engine: 2.0l i4 gtdi ecoboost eng miles: 49400 all work done at dealer including all recalls listed on the federal safety agency four of which were related to fire. Engine fire vehicle totaled (pictures available) while parked on side street it appears near 2 hours after the car was driven for about 15 minutes start stop back streets average speed estimated 25 miles/hour. No known issues before fire. No other damage no injuries.
There is a recall on engines over heating, however I have checked mine with 2 different ford dealerships and they both say that they cant figure out the issue and that my escape is not part of the recall. I don't believe this to be correct because it over heats, its not leaking, no one can figure out the issue. Ive taken it to 2 different ford dealerships. Tipton ford in nacogdoches, tx and al myer ford in lufkin, tx. Both companies have had my SUV for 1 week at a time and still cant tell me what the problem is. Is it possible that this recall has to do with my SUV?
Me and my dad had brought this 2013 ford escape with warranty on august 20, 2018 at don davis nissan it had 70,093 miles on the truck the sales man name mr. Freeman was the one who had sold us this truck he had this truck was at don davis nissan for a week the salesman mr. Freeman told me and my dad that the reason the truck had took long because they were doing work to it to make sure that everything on it would be ok before they brought it too me and my dad. So we had the truck for about two weeks and everything on their was good until september 5 2018 the check engine light had came on I told my dad what happen he told me to take it back up their to don davis nissan I took back up to them they tested and they came back and told me that the turbo charge needs fixing and it was going to be $500 dollars so when I told my dad he told the people at don davis nissan that why should we have to pay for something out of his pockets when we have warranty on this truck and we just gotten this truck so my dad was pissed because we just gave don davis $500 and I looked on the internet and I seen were they a had a recall on this truck so I went out their to don davis nissan and told them this and they come telling me that my truck doesn't have a recall and I told them like how do you know what I have and I seen on the internet that the same thing that the other customers who had a recall on their truck and as I look at the comments and I seen the same thing happening to my truck like for example the electrical system engine to wear my truck overheats to wear I hardly drive it sometimes I do because I go to school and to my doctor and run errands for my mother or father. And I been telling don davis nissan since last and now and they acted like they don't want to help me but always be lying to me and my dad I have been telling don davis nissan this and they straight ignore me. *tr
My engine coolant light came on. As I was entering an on ramp to the highway my car slowed down and would not let me accelerate. Thankfully I was able get to a safe place before the car stopped. I called a friend who brought coolant and put it in my vehicle and after it cooled down I was able to continue. This has happened several times. I check fluid levels often. I am also aware that other blocks of this same vehicle have been recalled for this problem. I suspect this vihicle is having the same problem
While driving down highway 82, a fire started in the engine compartment, there was no notice of a fire within the cab. No smell and no visible smoke. After being flagged down about it, we managed to get out of the car and save just a few things out of the car, before the front half of the vehicle became engulfed in flames.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford escape. The contact stated that the check engine warning indicator illuminated while driving 35 MPH. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who determined that the eco booster failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 105,037.
Earlier in the week I reported the engine stalling issue. I wish to report the coolant leak issue as well. I've had the water pump replaced but coolant is still leaking and has to be topped off regularly. This is on the 1.6l engine. It sounds like many other owners are experiencing the coolant and engine stalling issues; looking forward to recalls being issued for both problems.
I have a 2012 ford escape bought brand new only have 68000.miles on it and now it has started stalling. I have driving doing errands around my home town. Luckily it restarted but not easily.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford escape. The contact stated that coolant was leaking from the vehicle and additional coolant had to be added. Also, the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who provided a pressure test, but the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was towed to hall ford newport news (12896 jefferson ave, newport news, va 23608, (877) 398-2216) where it was diagnosed that a pressure test and engine were needed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and provided case number: cas24815719, but no assistance was provided. The contact stated that the failure was similar to the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 12v431000 and 12v551000 (engine and engine cooling). The failure mileage was 120,000.
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