1994 Ford Probe: engine stalls while driving

15 of the 166 complaints about the 1994 Ford Probe describe engine stalls while driving.

owner complaints: 15
of this car's complaints: 9%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 18 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine stalls while driving by model year

1997
4
1996
4
1995
6
1994
15
1993
19
1992
3
1991
2
1990
3

What owners say

Filed Aug 2, 2004 · Engine · MI

Intermittently while driving at any speed vehicle stalled. As result, vehicle lost steering, and brake power. Consumer pulled vehicle of the of the road. Three minutes later, vehicle restarted again. Dealership has been notified.

Filed Jun 10, 2002 · Engine · CT

Vehicle stalls at any speed, taken to dealer 5-6 times. Dealer cannot find cause.

Filed Feb 9, 2002 · Brakes · OH

Parking brake: parking brake is useless. Both calipers replaced because parking brake frozen. Brake pads replaced and then pads and rotors had to be replaced again. Emergency brake worked for a few days and now does not work again. After reading all of the complaints, I assume that I have the same problem that everyone else is having. I am sure it will not be long and I will be replacing my brake pads again, unless of course there is a fire due to this caliper problem it seems the 1994 probe has. I also noticed that there were others that had their spark plug wells fill up with oil. That happened to my probe also with no explanation as to why. These problems occurred with less than 50000 miles driven on the vehicle. Now, I am experiencing my probe stalling out for no reason while it is on the road? This just started happening and I notice that the recall for the ford ignition modules do not include the probe, but I wonder if this is related. I am also now having antifreeze leaks and I am deeply concerned that it is the head gasket. From what I have read, there are gasket problems with 93-95 fords and the oil filling up in the spark plug wells might be an indicator. All of my problems are listed many many times on this site and other, especially the brake problem.

Filed Oct 31, 2001 · Electrical · PA

My vehicle has been at a garage since aug. Because the car would run for a while and then just shut off. After a period of time the car could be started again, and would run for a while a shut off. The mechanic said he had narrowed the problem down to the distributor assembly. A week later I say an article in the newspaper about a ford settlement involving faulty ignitions and/or distributor that causes engine stalls. As far as my brakes go, I was having problems with the calipers not releasing. I paid to have them fixed, and they failed again. I paid to have them fixed, and they failed again. Finally I had them completely replaced, in total costing nearly 1500 dollars.

Filed Sep 11, 2001 · Electrical · FL

At 75000 miles the 2.5l v6 engine had stalled intermittently, dealer notified. *ak consumer found on the internet where 1993 and 1994 2.5l engines experienced the same problem due to transistor degrades because of heat, causing the distributor module to fail, consumer replaced the part and 8000 miles later failed again.

Filed Sep 6, 2001 · Electrical · NY

Vehicle stalled while driving, after a short time consumer was able to restart the engine, and eventually got vehicle to the nearest dealer, consumer was then informed that the problem was a failing part within the distributor.

Filed May 29, 2001 · Engine, Fuel system · NJ

Vehicle has a used wire harness in fuel pump that will cause engine to stall*ak.

Filed May 8, 2001 · Fuel system · CA

Intermittently vehicle stalled out and died without warning. A recall has been issued on vehicle's make and model; however, this vehicle was not included in recall due to VIN.

Filed Sep 19, 2000 · Engine · WA

While driving on freeway 60mph+, RPM dropped to zero, then vehicle died. In the middle of the freeway. This happened 6 times starting in early feb. 2000. Dealer found a tsb (trade service bulletin), after 3 trips to their shop, showing that the distributor stator had failed in other ford probes. Potentially very dangerous when a vehicle stalls in the middle of the freeway - especially in a metro area like seattle.

Filed Jun 7, 1999 · Engine · CA

Vehicle experiencing sudden stalling while ascending small/medium grades at highway speeds. Nlm

Filed Oct 23, 1998 · Engine, Fuel system · NY

Engine stalling, wouldn't idle. Oil pan rusted, leaking oil

Filed Jun 2, 1998 · Electrical · PA

Engine stalls at highway speed and won't restart for several minutes afterwards. See ford tsb#97-13-7. Owner believes the tsb should be a safety recall.