2001 FORD ESCAPE Complaints

PETITION FOR ADEQUACY OF A RECALL REMEDY INVOLVING FORD SAFETY RECALL 04S13 RE A PROBLEM WITH STALLING IN THE 2001 FORD ESCAPE. *MR THE STALLING CONTINUED. *SC *JB

THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS (3) ALL FAILED ON MY VEHICLE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND 3 WEEKS LATER THE PARTS ARIVED OR WERE REMANUFACTURED. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 FORD ESCAPE AND IT WAS RECENTLY RECALLED FOR FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. THE DAY BEFORE I TOOK IT IN FOR THE RECALL, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT WAS ROUGH IDLING. THE FORD DEALER REPLACED IGNITION COIL AND SAID THAT WAS PROBLEM FOR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ROUGH IDLE AND SAID THEY DID THE RECALL. LESS THAN A MONTH LATER MY CAR WOULD NOT RESTART AFTER STOPPING FOR A FEW BRIEF MINUTES. A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED BY FORD'S ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND WHEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ARRIVED AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER THE CAR STARTED. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID IT MAY HAVE JUST BEEN A FLUKE. I DROVE THE CAR HOME WITHOUT IT BEING TOWED. 2 WEEKS WENT BY WITH NOTHING HAPPENING AND THEN ONE DAY AFTER ANOTHER BRIEF STOP THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN. THIS TIME THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED AND IT WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALER AND WAS KEPT BY THEM FOR 2 DAYS TO NO AVAIL. THEY STILL COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. THEY RETURNED THE CAR TO ME AND 2 DAYS LATER THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART AGAIN. MY HUSBAND PUSHED ON THE CAR BACKWARDS A FEW FEET WHILE THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL AND TO MUCH SURPRISE, THE CAR STARTED AGAIN WHEN PUT TRIED AGAIN. THIS WAS VERY GOOD NEWS AS IT WAS LATE EVENING ON A SAT AND THE FORD DEALER WAS NOT OPEN. TODAY, 3 DAYS LATER, MY HUSBAND STOPPED FOR GAS AND AFTER PAYING FOR THE GAS THE CAR WILL NOT RESTART. THE TRUCK IS ONCE AGAIN BEING TOWED TO THE FORD DEALER THIS TIME FOR GOOD UNTIL IT IS FIXED PROPERLY. LUCKILY THESE ALL HAPPENED CLOSE TO HOME, WHAT IF WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON A TRIP OR SOMETHING ? IF THEY CANNOT FIX THIS PROBLEM I WOULD LIKE TO BE GIVEN A NEW/COMPARABLE VEHICLE. I AM ALMOST SCARED TO DRIVE IT FROM FEAR OF IT FAILING ME AGAIN.*AK

STALLS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP REPEATEDLY. PROBLEM CAN NOT BE FOUND, TAKE CAR HOME STILL STALLS! *AK

FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR SEALS CRACKED , CAUSING WATER TO LEAK INTO THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

RECALL 04V-165 VEHICLE DIES WHEN SLOWING DOWN. *MR THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SC

RECALL O4V-165 INTERMITTENT STOP AND RESTART DUE TO CALIBRATION ERRORS. *MR THE VEHICLE WOULD DIE OUT AND THE CONSUMER WOULD SMELL SMOKE. *SC

BOTH FRONT DOOR LOCKS FAILED WITHIN 1 MONTH OF EACH OTHER. DOORS COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE. SAME SMALL PART BROKEN ON EACH SIDE. HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE POWER LOCK ASSEMBLY ON EACH SIDE. *LA

THE VEHICLE IS STALLING MORE SINCE THE DEALERSHIP REPROGRAMMED THE POWER CONTROL MODULE AS STATED IN THE ENGINE STALLING RECALL 04V165000. DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VEHICLE 3 MORE TIMES, BUT IT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK

NO CRASH - NO INJURIES YET! THINK THERE MAY BE A POSSIBLE PRODUCT LIABITY SAFETY ISSUE: FORD ESCAPE, 2001, W/ POWER DOOR LOCKS, SERIAL# [XXX]. *AK REAR DOORS ON BOTH SIDES DO NOT LATCH, PROPERLY. THEY DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. ONCE OPENED THEY WILL NOT CLOSE AND LATCH SECURELY. ONE DOOR FAILED WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE OTHERS FAILURE. FOUND OUT THE PARTS ARE ON NATIONAL BACKORDER AND HAVE BEEN REVISED 3 TIMES BY MANUFACTUROR. IN 50 YEARS I HAVE NEVER SEEN AN AUTOMOBILE WITH THIS TYPE OF FAILURE. I'VE SOLD HUNDREDS OF CARS IN MY LIFE TIME AND HAVE OWNED PLENTY. MY QUESTION IS IS THERE ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS SIMIILAR TYPE ON THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE? ANY INJUIES? IS IT SOMETHING THE NHTSA CAN LOOK INTO FOR CONSUMERS. *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)