NHTSA Complaint #10038971 — 2002 FORD ESCAPE

THE ENGINE ON MY 2002 FORD ESCAPE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY. IT STALLS WHILE SHIFTING GEARS AT A STANDSTILL AND WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THIS LAST CONDITION ESPECIALLY IS QUITE DANGEROUS AS THERE IS A LOSS OF BRAKING AND POWER STEERING. SOMETIMES IT WILL STALL UP TO 5 TIMES BEFORE GETTING IT OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. IT STALLS WHEN THE ENGINE IS BOTH COLD AND HOT. I HAVE HAD IT TO MY FORD DEALER, WHO HAS EVEN HAD IT STALL WHILE HOOKED UP TO THEIR COMPUTER. AND STILL THEY HAVE NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD IT IN ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS SINCE JULY 2003. IT ONCE STALLED WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT AROUND A HAIRPIN TURN. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. IT HAS BEEN STALLING SINCE BEFORE JULY 11, WHEN IT WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO THE DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM. *JB