NHTSA Complaint #11141222 — 2014 FORD ESCAPE

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH, AT APPROXIMATELY 52K MILES, MY 2014 FORD ESCAPE SUDDENLY OVERHEATED AND PRESENTED A WARNING TO PULL OVER AND STOP THE CAR. MY COOLANT LEVEL HAD DROPPED BELOW THE MINIMUM AND MY CAR OVERHEATED. I ADDED WATER FOR THE SYSTEM AND HAD MY CAR TAKEN TO A LOCAL SHOP WHO REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT AS WELL AS COOLANT OVERFLOW SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER OVERHEATING. ONCE "FIXED" AND LESS THAN 5000 MILES LATER (APPROXIMATELY 56K), MY CAR OVERHEATED AGAIN. THE COOLANT LEVELS WERE LOW, WITH NO WARNING OF LOW COOLANT SYSTEM EVER DISPLAYED UNTIL I RECEIVED THE WARNING (AGAIN GOING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH) TO PULL OVER AND SHUT DOWN OVERHEATED ENGINE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND I BROUGHT THE CAR TO SHOP AGAIN. DIAGNOSTIC OF CODE READ POTENTIALLY FAULTY THERMOSTAT (WHICH I HAD REPLACED LESS THAN 5000 MILES BEFORE) OR LOW COOLANT (AGAIN JUST FILLED). I DECIDED NOT TO ACTION (EXCEPT STANDARD OIL CHANGE DUE) AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF ON ITS OWN. NOW AT 56,800 MY CAR HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT RE-ILLUMINATED AND NOW IS BLINKING THAT I HAVE LOW OIL PRESSURE (LESS THAN 2000 MILES SINCE OIL CHANGE). TAKING TO SERVICE THIS AFTERNOON FOR DIAGNOSTIC. VERY SIMILAR TO ISSUES DOCUMENTED IN OTHER 2014 ESCAPES UNDER RECALL 17S09- HOWEVER, MY PARTICULAR VIN IS NOT CONSIDERED INCLUDED, DESPITE BUILD AT LOUIVILLE, KY IN APRIL 2014. THEREFORE, NO RECALL SERVICE OF COOLANT SENSOR CAN BE PROVIDED.