After re-fueling car electrical system flickers on and off, stalls and sputters.
2013 Ford Escape fuel system complaints
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Rear passenger door latch failure (recall); front driver wheel bearing failure wheel locked up while driving (2x) reverse camera image, sputtering, stalling, electrical failure after re-fueling ecoboost engine
Strong smell of gas outside and inside car...brought to local repair facility the fuel pipe had to be replaced at a cost of $170.00 I there was a previous recall for 2013 ford escape but this vehicle was not included in recall this warrants further investigation
I have had many issues with my 2013 ford escape and it seems everything that keeps happening is a recall but for some reason never applies to my vehicle. My ford stalled for the first time a few months ago. I was at an event that I made it to with no issues. It sat in the parking lot for about 45 minutes. When I tried to leave, it wouldn't turn on. I sat in the vehicle for about 10 minutes until it finally started and was able to drive away. Ever since this, it has been stalling every once in a while. Sometimes it will start and I can drive a few yards away before it stalls and I am forced to turn the key off and try again. It would do this a few times then I would be able to drive again. Another issue I've had is sometimes while I am driving, everything will shut off but the vehicle will keep driving. Everything meaning: air conditioning, all lights, radio, touch screen.. Anything that is on while I'm driving will shut off for around five minutes or so. I keep going without touching any of these things, then they will all turn back on, on their own. This happens very rarely. I have taken my ford in to get these issues looked at. They told me these were recalls, printed the recall paperwork out, and told me to go to a dealership to get it fixed. When I took it in, I was told these issues were indeed recalls for 2013 ford escapes but "did not apply to my vehicle" and was sent away. Now, my ford randomly started leaking gas last week after only just turning it on while sitting in my home driveway (didn't drive anywhere). I looked up "gas leaks in 2013 ford escape" and its a recall for 1.6-liter engine, which is what I have but when I put the VIN in the recall website it says "0 unrepaired recalls". Why do I keep having the same exact problems that are described in recall details for 2013 ford escape but keep getting told its not for my 2013 ford escape?
I have taken my vehicle in approximately 7 times for the same gas issue and ford cannot seem to figure out what the issue is. Currently, my car is getting 13 mpg. It has been losing gas like no tomorrow. I'm tired of paying money for every new issue they seem to find with it when I bring it in, but it is never fixed. The original ford service advisor I had practically laughed in my face when I stated that my car was losing gas as fast as it was. The best part about it, the same guy calls me back when I tell him to just check and says there's an issue. Well nowhere and I mean nowhere in my service records is there an indication that they replaced something to do with the gas that certain time. Last time I went in for the issue that same man has been fired. This has occurred for the past 3 years and I am so tired of paying a ridiculous amount of money for gas when I barely drive anywhere.
Vehicle stalls immediately after filling gasoline tank. Requires 3-4 attempts to start, intermittently depressing the gas pedal.
I purchased my car used in dec. 2016 with 79,000 miles, and have had consistent problems ever since. In aug. 2017 (94,888 mileage), I had take the car to the dealership service center because the engine would stall and stop due to high engine temperature - I was consistently adding coolant, probably every few days. The service department found the coolant leak came from the water pump, so they replaced the leaking water pump, as well as the cabin air filter and spark plugs. Then in june 2018, I had a flat tire and couldn't put the spare on because the lug nuts were swollen/warped - took it to the dealership and they had to replace all sets. In sept. 2018 (113,516 mileage), I was driving home, the engine stopped accelerating, and I knew it was the transmission. I had the car towed to the ford dealership. They had to "replace the torque converter and completely replace the transmission". They also found the half shaft was leaking, so they "replaced the left hand bushing/seal/half shaft because the shaft was scored". In jan. 2019, I had taken the car to get serviced because within 1 days time, I had 5 light bulbs blow out and needed replacing. Later in the summer 2019, I was having coolant issues again, and took it to the dealership where they told me the coolant sensor was malfunctioning. I did not have that replaced because I said I would keep an eye on the coolant levels. Now, april 2020, my coolant level's are getting low again, and there is a consistent smell of coolant surrounding the vehicle when engine is on. After driving for 20+ minutes, and coming to an idle stop, the car smells like exhaust and coolant mixed, and there is occasional smoke billows from the exhaust pipes. I have looked under the engine and found oil leaks (pics attached), and believe my car matches the federal safety agency campaign id number: 12v551000 even though recalls never show up for my VIN
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford escape. The contact stated that while driving at 65 to 70 MPH, the vehicle shuddered without stalling. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact pulled over and restarted the vehicle. Additionally, after refueling, several attempts would be needed to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to maus nissan located at (937 s suncoast blvd, homosassa, fl 34448, (352) 628-4300) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the water pump needed to be replaced along with a drive belt. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.
Vehicle stalls randomly while driving or stationary. After stalling it needs to sit in order to be restarted or else it will start up and stall within a minute. There is no pattern to when it does this, sometimes it goes months and sometimes it happens more than once in a week. The most recent occurrence was on march 24th, 2020 but it has happened many times (over 25 times) over the 2-3 years owning the car.
After starting the car will start to stutter even when pressing the gas and will stall. Sometimes it will start and run fine for a few mins and then when depressing the brake to stop at a light or turn, it will die again after stuttering. It will stutter and die multiple times in the span of a few minutes this is extremely dangerous especially since my area doesn't have public transportation and a car is the only way around. It has been occurring for weeks now with no check engine light and a few days ago, the check engine light came on and when the car was about to die the low oil light would come on. A diagnostic was run and it showed a p0087 error but when the ford dealership tested it, the issue was a defective fuel rail sensor.
Engine randomly shuts off while in motion. Ford surprisingly 'can't' reproduce the problem. It's very dangerous and most of the time leaves us stranded in the middle of the road. A couple times it has left us in the middle of busy intersections. Only 87k miles.
Ford did a diagnostic on it which 2 codes showed but they tested and could not find the issue. So I then took it to the approved service shop. The first time they replaced the pcv valve but when I picked it up the next day, the engine light came back on and was now flashing. The shuddering was now happening while driving 70mph. I took it directly back to the shop where they worked on it for about 3 hours. As it was a saturday, they asked me to bring it back in on tuesday when the sr. Tech was there. On that day it was there for another 6 hours. They consulted with their head tech who has been there over 30 years and also with several ford lead technicians. They replaced the egr valve and asked me to let them know how it was. The next morning I had the same issue. They asked me to bring it back in and they were told by ford to replace a sensor. Once replaced that did not fix the issue. At that point they decided with ford to take it to ford to do another diagnosis. The code shows what they've already fixed. At this point there is not much else they can do. I have a vehicle that can't be fixed and I don't feel safe driving.
Car cuts off/looses power also have to constantly put engine coolant in and change transmission fluid engine will run hot, electrical system issues doors unlock, can not drive over 35mph, fuel system putting gas in car will not start automatically have to pump gas pedal causing unsafe travel
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford escape. The contact stated that while driving at 55 MPH, the vehicle stalled as the check engine light illuminated. The contact had coasted the vehicle off the highway and pulled into a gas station. The contact was able to drive the vehicle in limp mode back to the residence. The vehicle was taken to don wood ford lincoln inc. Located at 2065 e state st, athens, oh 45701, where the vehicle was diagnosed. The contact was informed that the turbo assembly was defective. The vehicle previously repaired under warranty. The vehicle was also informed that the fuel vacuum pump and fuel pressure sensor was defective. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The approximate failure mileage was 56,000.
The car won't start immediately after fueling. When it does eventually start it idles very rough. The problem also causes the car to periodically stall while driving. This is a common issue with this and other ford cars. Just search youtube or do an internet search. It is apparently a problem with the evap purge valve.
For the past year my 2013 ford escape will lose power while driving and stall. I never know when it will happen. It has done this while driving at 5 MPH and 70 MPH, driving in all weather conditions, the fuel is full, 3/4, 1/2 or almost empty. My car loses all power to the gas pedal and stalls. Most times it will not start right away and sometimes when I shut the car off and wait 30 seconds it will start. Very scary to drive especially with 2 children in the car. Again I never know when it will happen but it happens at least 2 times a day.
The car does not want to start while stationary after putting gas. It takes a while to get it to start and then I have to push on the gas for a couple of minutes while it sputters until the idle finally settles. It shuts off while stationary and idling in park as well.
There's is a strong smell of raw gas whenever I start the vehicle and aslo when I'm driving the vehicle
Sometimes my 2013 ford escape stalls when I'm driving, I let it sit for a while then restart it, it starts but although I'm depressing the accelerator it doesn't respond. At other times when I start it from a stationary position it moves then sputters and shuts off.
A smell of gas as driving and parked, turned out to be a fuel leak from a pipe in the engine bay, a steady heavy drip when parked with the engine off, awaiting repair
Car was stalling multiple times had repaired multiple times kept stalling and misfiring the vehicle had 120k miles on it latest test indicated cracked engine block which makes the car useless. Quoted new engine by ford for 6k to 8k to fix. Car has had issues for the last 3 years and was recalled 15 times. The latest issue occured in oct 2019 and had fuel sensor replaced two months later stalled on highway and asked dealer to fix that occured on dec20 and the first date to fix was listed as jan 07 due to the fact that the dealer was fixing so many recalls
Stalls after starting ... The car will start just fine but a few seconds or minutes later will stall once I am already on the road. Also if sitting with out running for a while car will stall and turn off. In traffic this is also an issue, freeway closed one time and had to sit in standing traffic in hwy and car just turned off. Several times when pulling out of driveway or the scariest part a shooing strip parking lot onto a busy feeder road the car will stall and turn off.
Car starts fine. After driving slowly a short distance, and applying brakes, when you pull into traffic or start moving forward the car stalls with check your engine/service your engine lights flashing. The car will restart and drive fine. It happens intermittently. It has happened on city streets pulling into traffic and in parking lots. I am concerned it will cause an accident. Base on other complaints, this is a known issue and has not been addressed by ford. It has happened several times over the last few years but recently more frequently.
While driving the car stalled out or died. The interior lights and radio were not affected. The car was still on but the rpms were at 0 and I could not accelerate properly. I had to shut the car off and restart it.
The car will run for about a minute and then want to stall. Also when you start it it will drive for about 20 yards and then start idling very weird and stall. It doesn't do this all the time. It's dangerous.
The vehicle hesitates then stalls even when in drive. This has happened in the city streets when approaching a stop sign and when pulling forward at a green light at an intersection. Pressing the gas pedal but does not re-engage and stalls. I have replaced all sparks plugs and cleaned the injectors and fuel lines. This is happening more and more - the dealership is at a loss.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford escape. The contact stated that the engine coolant low and check engine warning indicators illuminated. The contact stated that there was a possible reservoir leak. The contact smelled a burning oil odor coming from the engine and the vehicle stalled and shut off. The contact took the vehicle to montrose ford-lincoln (located at 2480 w state st, alliance, oh 44601, 330‑823‑1128) where it was determined that the coolant bypass valve needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The contact took the vehicle back to the dealer where the water pump assembly was replaced, but the failure recurred. The contact returned the vehicle to the dealer and they could not determine the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 12v431000 (engine and engine cooling). The manufacturer provided case numbers: 17515194 and 25220147. The contact was informed that she would be hearing from someone at ford; however, she had not received a call back. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.
P00c6 , p0234 & p26b7 are my problems . My car cranks but won't start
Have had car fixed multiple times including replacing entire turbo system however car continues to stall when driving. The entire car will shut off and will not accelerate.
2013 ford escape has been stalling out when at low rpms, for example, pulling out of a parking stall in reverse and then switching to drive, car will stall out. It sputters, then dies out. I switched out the high pressure fuel filter and also the low pressure sensor with oem parts and still happens. It doesn't happen often but I noticed that when I'm doing errands and having to turn on/off the vehicle several times in the day it will eventually start doing this. After switching those parts mentioned above now I have a problem with low mileage. The 'miles to empty' gauge says like 400+ miles when it only actually gave me 190 for the whole tank! That's crazy! I have noticed that fuel gets consumed a lot ! Can ford figure this out? I checked my VIN but my car is not the ones affected but I know it is. Im worried about my safety and the safety of others on the road when driving this vehicle.
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