NHTSA Complaint #10456107 — 2009 FORD ESCAPE

THE DAY AFTER PURCHASING MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE ON 2/16/2012, THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I WAS SLOWING DOWN TO TURN INTO A DRIVEWAY, AND THE DASH BOARD LIT UP (ENGINE, OIL AND OTHER LIGHTS). I PUT THE CAR AND PARK AND RESTARTED IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS A RANDOM EVENT. A WEEK LATER IT STALLED AGAIN WHILE TRAVELING APPROX 60 MILES PER HOUR ON A HIGHWAY. I HAD SLOWED BECAUSE THE SPEED LIMIT HAD DECREASED IN THAT AREA. THE DASH LIT UP AGAIN AND THE CAR STALLED. I AGAIN, PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTARTED THE TRUCK. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE APPROVED MECHANIC FOR THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND OUT WHY THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE MECH STATED A CODE INDICATED PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS CAP BUT NO REASON FOR THE STALLING. THE FUEL ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE CAR HAS STALLED APPROX THREE TIMES SINCE THEN. TODAY, 4/23/12, I WAS TRAVELING APPROX 40 MPH AND IT STALLED WHILE IN TRAFFIC. I WAS GLAD THE PERSON BEHIND ME STOPPED WITHOUT REAR ENDING ME. APPROX 5 MINUTES LATER, AS I WAS TURNING INTO MY PARKING SPACE AT WORK, IT STALLED AGAIN. I REPEATED THE USUAL ...SHIFT TO PARK AND RESTART. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS!!! *TR