NHTSA Complaint #760887 — 2002 FORD ESCAPE

ON 4/15/02 AFTER DRIVING FOR APPROXIMATELY A 1/2 HOUR ON A CLEAR DAY AT ABOUT 35-40 MPH ON SLIGHT DOWNGRADE WITHOUT ANY INDICATION CAR STALLED. LOST ALL POWER INCLUDING THE STEERING AND BRAKES AND ALMOST WRAPPED MYSELF AROUND A TREE. BROUGHT CAR TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE PCM. TWO DAYS LATER MY FIANCE WAS DOING 60 MPH ON LI EXPRESSWAY WHEN AGAIN WITHOUT ANY INDICATION THE CAR STALLED ALMOST CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT. CALLED MCDANIEL FORD AND WAS TOLD TO CALL AAA TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO DEALER BUT THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE A LONER BECAUSE IT WASN'T FIGURED INTO THE COST OF THE CAR AND THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANY SUCH PROBLEMS WITH THE ESCAPE. CALLED AAA THREE TIMES THE FIRST CALL AT 2 PM ON 04/18/02 AND THEY COULD NOT GET A TOW UNTIL 04/19/02. CONTACTED FORD ON 04/18/02 AND REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT THERE WERE NO SIMILIAR COMPLAINTS AND NO RECALLS BUT TO CONTACT THE DEALER.*AK