2002 Ford Escape Electrical System

WHILE DRIVING AT 40/45MPH , PUT TURN SIGNAL ON , RADIO CAME OFF. A FEW SECONDS LATER VEHICLE STALLED OUT. CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER REPLACED ALTINATOR, BUT VEHICLE STALLED OUT AGAIN.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON A RURAL ROAD, SPEED 45 MPH, CAR STALLED, LOST BRAKES AND STEERING. PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF KEY AND RESTARTED CAR. CAR RAN FINE ALL THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP TESTED "EEC" SYSTEM AND TESTED "OK". RAN MESSAGES AND FOUND TECH SERVICE BULLETIN DATED 2/11/02. REPROGRAMMED PCM AND DID COMPLETE TSB. CAR NOW RUNS OK. I ASKED THEM IF MY COMPANY SHOULD NOTIFY EMPLOYEES WHO OWN THIS VEHICLE AND/OR IF FORD SHOULD BE NOTIFYING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THEY SAID NO. PROBLEM INTERMITTENT AND NO WAY TO FIND THE PROBLEM UNLESS IT HAPPENS. NOT PLEASED WITH THIS ANSWER. WHAT IF I HAD BEEN ON A HIGHWAY?*AK

FIRST INCIDENT OCURRED MAY 10,2002 DRIVING FROM WORK TO MY HOME. IN A STOP LIGHT, WHEN APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, SUDDENLY AT THE POWER SYSTEM SHOT OFF AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT RE-START FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER AND NO MAJOR CAUSE WAS FOUND. ONCE AGAIN ON AUGUST 2, 2002 THE SAME THING HAPPENED, DRIVING FROM WORK TO HOME, SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE SHOT OFF ALL, THE SYSTEMS DOWN AND VEHICLE DID NOT RESTART FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. VEHICLE IS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND APPARENTLY THE IS NO MAJOR PROBLEM FOUND. AFTER THAT THERE IS A COMPLAINT WITH THE DEALER CLAIMING FOR A VEHICLE REPLACEMENT. THEY DO NOT FIND THE CONDITION OR PROBLEM.*AK

AT 30MPH VEHICLE SHUTS OFF. THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

IVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM AND THEY ALL SAID THEY SAME THING THAT THE REPROGRAMMING THE COMPUTER IN THE CAR DONT WORK AND THATS HOW THEY TRIED TO FIX MINE I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE WARNED ME MORE BEFORE BUYING THIS VEHICLE IVE FOUND TOO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME SITUATION. *AK

VECHICLE STALLS FOR UNKNOWN REASON WHILE DRIVING.*AK

MY ESCAPE HAS STALLED WHILE GOING DOWN THE STREET AT 40 MPH. THIS IS MY SECOND ESCAPE TO DO THIS (MY REPLACEMENT FOR MY FIRST ESCAPE) I NEED HELP BEFORE WE GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. *AK

CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING. HAPPENED DURING DECELERATION ON AN INTERSTATE OFF-RAMP.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND IT WAS HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH,GOING DOWN A HILL.VEHCILE STALLED OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING, LOSSING ALL STEERING POWER.HAD PULL ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKES,TO STOP VEHICLE. THIS HAPPEN TWICE. NLM

CAR STALLED DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC. MANY IRATE DRIVERS. NO WARNING PRIOR TO STALL. THIS HAS BEEN THE 4TH TIME.*AK

THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER; STEERING, BRAKES, AND ELECTRICAL WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. MY EMPLOYEE'S FORD ESCAPE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AT ABOUT THE SAME MILEAGE. PLEASE NOTE THAT MY VIN NUMBER IS 18 DIGITS AND COULD NOT BE COMPLETELY ENTERED. ([XXX]) INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE VEHICLE HAS A TENDENCY TO STALL WHILE IT IS BEING DRIVEN, CREATING AN UNSAFE SITUATION. ON THREE OCCASIONS I HAVE TAKEN MY ESCAPE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM ADDRESSED, AS PER THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY. EACH TIME I AM TOLD THAT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED AND THAT IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN. TO DATE, OVER THE SPAN OF MY OWNERSHIP, THE VEHICLE HAS DEMONSTRATED THIS PROBLEM SIX TIMES. EACH TIME IT HAS CREATED AN UNSAFE CONDITION FOR MY FAMILY AND ME. THIS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE WHICH THE SERVICE STAFF CANNOT SEEM TO FIX. THE STALLING DOES NOT OCCUR WITH ANY PARTICULAR FREQUENCY. IT HAS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING HOME, WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, AND WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL APPROACHING A BEND IN THE ROAD. SINCE I AM NOT ABLE TO USE THIS VEHICLE SAFELY AS INTENDED WHEN I PURCHASED IT, DUE TO A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT, I AM SEEKING A REMEDY OTHER THAN SERVICE DEPT APPOINTMENTS. FORD HAS LEFT ME WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO REQUEST A REMEDY, AS PER SECTION 59.1-207.13 OF THE VIRGINIA LEMON LAW.*AK

VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE AT 55 MPH. DEALER REPLACED CIRCUIT BREAKE AFTER VEHICLE STALLED SECOND TIME.*AK

NOT ABLE TO REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. *AK