NHTSA Complaint #11343234 — 2014 FORD ESCAPE

AS I WAS TRAVELING ON A CITY STREET AT 30MPH EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. WHILE STOPPED I SUDDENLY HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND NEAR THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I STARTED TO GO. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. PRIOR, THERE HAD BEEN NO CHECK ENGINE OR WARNING LIGHTS ON. THE VEHICLE WAS UP TO DATE ON ALL REQUIRED MAINTENANCE SERVICES. IT WOULD NOT RESTART. VEHICLES BEHIND ME SOUNDED THEIR HORNS IMMEDIATELY. I PUT MY 4WAY EMERGENCY FLASHERS ON. CALLED A TOW TRUCK. TOW ARRIVED 30 MINUTES LATER. MY VEHICLE AND ME WERE IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR 30 MINUTES, AS CARS AND TRUCKS HAD TO NEGOTIATE AROUND US AT A VERY BUSY CITY INTERSECTION. I WAS NEARLY STRUCK BY ANGRY MOTORISTS WHO WERE BURDENED BY MY BREAKDOWN. I WAS TOLD BY TWO REPAIR SHOPS THAT THERE WAS A CATASTOPHIC INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. THE EASIEST AND MOST COST EFFECTIVE PLAN WOULD BE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. I HAD THE ENGINE REPLACED AT A COST OF $ 4164. THERE WAS 72649 MILES ON THE FAILED ENGINE.