NHTSA Complaint #764646 — 2001 FORD ESCAPE

I WAS DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WITH THE RADIO ON AND AIR ONLY ON. I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS AND GOING NO WHERE. THEN I REALIZED THE CAR JUST DIED. I WAS IN THE FAST LANE. THERE WAS NO WHERE TO GO SO I HAD TO TAKE A LEFT TURN AND COASTED ACROSS 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC. I WAS IN PANIC AS I WAS JUST COASTING AND HAD NO POWER TO MOVE. ALL THE POWER STEERING AND BREAKES DID NOT WORK BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS NOT ENGAGED. IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. AFTER I REACHED THE SIDE STREET, I PUT ON MY FLASHERS. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN NUTERAL. IT STARTED AND I WENT HOME. I AM VERY NERVOUS TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE, BECAUSE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, I COULD BE IN A SITUATION WHERE I COULD GET KILLED, HAVING NO POWER TO STOP, ADVANCE OR TURN.*AK