2001 FORD ESCAPE Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

MY OBSERVATION OF WHEN IT OCCURS IS USUALLY WHEN GOING 50 MPH FOR A NUMBER OF MILES, MAKE A TURN THEN GO DOWNHILL WITH THE HEATER ON FULL-SPEED. ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE HILL THE IGNITION NOCKS OUT AND I MUST PULL OVER AND RESTART THE ENGINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ABOUT 5 OR 6 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT MY 2001 ESCAPE IN APRIL 2001. I'VE NEVER TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP.*AK

VERY DANGEROUS STALLING AT HIGH SPEED. LOSS OF CONTROL, FORD UNABLE TO FIX. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DOING 30MPH ON A DOWNHILL GRADE. WILL BRING IT IN FOR SERVICE. MANY SIMILAR STALL EVENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY ESCAPE OWNERS ON INTERNET SITES SUCH AS HTTP://WWW.ESCAPE-CENTRAL.COM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE ORDER A RECALL TO FIX THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM.*AK

I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE NEW OOON 08/18/01 AS A DEMO W/ 5600 MILES. ON 10/22/01 MY VEHICLE STALLED FOR NO REASON ON MY WAY TO WORK. I WAS GOING SLIGHTLY DOWNHILL (NOT THAT STEEP OF A HILL) AT APPROX 35MPH. I LOST POWER & MY CHECK ENGINE, OIL & BATTERY LIGHTS CAME ON. LUCKILY I COULD PULL OVER QUICKLY. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF & WAITED ABOUT 30 SEC. IT STARTED NO PROBLEM. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THAT MORNING & WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT BUT TO CALL BACK SHOULD IT HAPPEN AGAIN. ON 10/24/01 THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN AT THE SAME POINT IN MY COMMUTE UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES. ONCE AGAIN I WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE WITH NO PROBLEMS AFTER PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN & TOOK IT IN. OF COURSE THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG...

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH VEHICLE STALLED/LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY. CONSUMER USED PARK BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE. ALSO, ON DECEMBER 7, 2001 AT 30 MPH VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, CONSUMER UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE DUE TO NO BRAKING ABILITY AND REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. NO INJURIES.*AK *SLC

ENGINE STALLED LOSING ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD. THIS HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN WORKED ON BY DEALER TO ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM ALL 4 TIMES. CAR MUST BE PULLED OFF OF ROAD (IF POSSIBLE) AND RESTARTED. THE LAST TIME THIS OCCURRED THE CAR COULD NOT BE PULLED OFF OF ROAD AND COMPLETELY STOPPED ON ROAD. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE HURT OR KILLED IF FORD CANNOT CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *AK

CAR STALLED, HAS DONE SO TWICE SINCE. *AK

TWICE, THE STALL ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DUE TO LOSS OF POWER BRAKES, WE ALMST REARENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF US THE FIRST TIME, AND THE SECOND TIME WE NEARLY WENT OFF THE ROAD INTO SOMEONES YEAR -- ACROSS DOUBLE YELLOW LINE ON A BACKROAD -- BECAUSE OF LOSS OF POWER STEERING. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THIS IS 4TH TIME VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS ALREADY BEEN IN FOR REPAIR 3 TIMES WITHOUT ANY SUCCESSFUL FIX. TRAVELLING ~30MPH, NO A/C, STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. LOST ALL POWER AND BRAKING. FORD (VIA CUSTOMER RESPONSE CENTER - CRC) HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF PREVIOUS INCIDENTS AND HAS CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. OWNER IS CURRENTLY AWAITING CALL-BACK FROM DEALERSHIP CUSTOMER RELATIONS MANAGER PER CRC FOR RESOLUTION. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING WHILE TRAVELING 30 OR MORE MPH. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, DEALER TESTED FOR POSSIBLE FUEL CONCERN AND REPLACED POWER RELAY BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK AUX POWER POINT INOPERABLE DUE TO BLOWN FUSE.

VEHICLE STALLED WIHTOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING @~30MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL OTHER TIMES ON THE ROAD. DEALER HAS PERFORMED REPAIRS 3 OTHER TIMES AS FOLLOWS: VISIT 1 - CHANGED FUEL PUMP RELAY, VISIT 2 - CHANGED ECM MODULE RELAY, VISIT 3 - REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND SENDER. DEALER SERVICE HAS INDICATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND EXACT CAUSE OF STALLING, SO THEY ARE REPLACING COMPONENTS IN HOPES OF CATCHING THE PROBLEM. AFTER VEHICLE STALLED, POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WERE NON-FUNCTIONAL AND I ONCE AGAIN NEEDED TO PULL OFF THE ROAD EVASIVELY TO AVOID REAR-ENDING THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME. CLARIFICATION: THIS MOST RECENT STALLING INCIDENT OCCURED TODAY, EVEN AFTER THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED.*AK

MY FORD ESCAPE HAS STALLED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 7 MONTHS. I AM TO THE POINT WHERE I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, POWER STEERING AND BRAKES LOST POWER, SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED WITHIN A FEW MONTHS. VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE A BAD ACCIDENT. TAKING TO DEALER SOON ALTHOUGH THEY CLAIM TO NEVER HAVE HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT HAPPENING TO OTHERS. I HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF IT BEING A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR MANY PEOPLE, NEEDS TO BE FIXED ASAP. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE SHUTS ITSELF OFF WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING THE STEERING COLUMN TO LOCK UP, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE, DEALER REPAIRED THE AIR VALVE, AFTER LEAVING REPAIR SHOP VEHICLE SHUTS OFF AGAIN, AND THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATED, CONSUMER REQUESTS THAT FORD REPLACE VEHICLE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. *TT

THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON DUE TO UNKONOWN ENGINE PROBLEM, AND THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN AT DEALER FOUR TIMES. *YH

THE ENGINE ON MY FORD ESCAPE STALLED WHILE ACCELERATING ON THE ON-RAMP TO ENTER A HIGHWAY, GOING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. I HAVE NOW DISCOVERED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD ESCAPES, AND HOPE THE MANUFACTURER WILL TAKE STEPS TO CORRECT IT. IT CAN BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *AK

ENGINE STALLED WHILE GOING DOWNHILL, POWER BRAKES AND STEERING WENT OUT SO VERY HARD TO CONTROL ON AN INCLINE. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE EXACT SAME SITUATIONS WITH THIS VEHICLE.

WHILE TRAVELING AT 25MPH CONSUMER SLOWED DOWN, AND WHEN TRYING TO SPEED UP, VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH. DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK *TT

ON FOUR OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH OR LOWER SPEED. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER SHOP, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

MY VEHICLE STALLS AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH GOING DOWNHILL. IT STARTS RIGHT UP AND THE ON-BOARD COMPUTER DOESN'T STORE ANY INFORMATION. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER FOR REPAIRS 6 TIMES WITH THIS PROBLEM, BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. LAST TIME IT HAPPENED TO ME ABOUT A MONTH AGO. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT OTHER PEOPLE BRING THEIR ESCAPES BACK WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE COMPLETELY DIES. LOST ALL STEERING AND POWER TO THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES NOW AND HAS BEEN SEEN AT THE DEALER TWICE. THE DEALER IS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING AT ALL WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE!!! ALL FOUR TIMES IT HAPPENED HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS AND THE CAR GAVE NO WARNING AT ALL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON A DOWNHILL SLOPE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING, THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE,THE DEALER REPLACED A VALVE WHICH CONTROLLED AIR FLOW, THE NEXT DAY THIS PROBLEM OCCURED AGAIN WHEN GOING UP A SEMI-STEEP INCLINE, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THE VEHICLE ALSO HAS A METALLIC RATTLE UNDER THE HOOD WHEN ACCELERATING ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. NLM

DRIVING AROUND 40MPH, AND CAR HAS STALLED THREE TIMES ON ME NOW WITH LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES, MOST RECENTLY ON 10/11/2001. FORD SAYS THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG.*AK

ENGINE STALLS WHILE TRAVELING. OCCURRED ONCE EACH IN JUNE, JULY, SEPT AND OCT. PRESUMED ELECTRICAL SHORT. COAST TO ROADSIDE, COME TO COMPLETE STOP, PUT IN PARK, TURN KEY AND TAKE OFF AGAIN. LAST INCIDENT WAS SHORTLY AFTER EXITING INTERSTATE HIGHWAY - I CAN NO LONGER OPERATE THIS VEHICLE WITH ANY CONFIDENCE. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS/ BUCKS WHILE DRIVING. *AK

OVER A PERIOD OF FOUR MONTHS MY FORD ESCAPE HAS LOST ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING IN THE AM TO WORK. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO HANDLE THE CAR WHEN IT LOST ALL POWER BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE HAPPENED FIVE DAYS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR. FORD REPLACED THE IDLE SENSOR AND SAID IT WAS FIXED. FOUR MONTHS LATER THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED IN. FORD CLAIMS THAT THEY "CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM" AND THEIR ENGINEERS DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT BUT ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM IN THE ESCAPES. I WAS OFFERED A TRADE IN AT THE LOSS OF $6,700.00 OR TO CALL THE 800 FORD NUMBER AND REPORT THE PROBLEM TO THEM. THE 800 NUMBER TOLD ME TO PUT EVERYTHING IN WRITING AND WAIT FOR A RESPONSE (2-3 WEEKS). I AM NOW IN THAT STAGE OF MY...

ENGINE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH. WOULD HAVE NO WARNING OF ANY PROBLEMS. HAD LOST POWER BRAKES AND STEERING. HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. HAD HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP.*AKCONSUMER STATED THE DELAER REPLACED THE EGR VALVE, HOWEVER THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM.*SLC

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THEN, VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER,AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE HAS STALLED TWICE; ONCE AT 30 MPH, AND SECOND TIME AT 45 MPH. DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM FIRST TIME, SECOND TIME DEALER REPROGRAMMED COMPUTER.*AK

1) ON TWO OCCASIONS THE CAR'S ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE IN TRAFFIC. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AFTER BOTH INCIDENCES. THE DEALER WAS NICE ENOUGH TO LOOK AT THE CAR RIGHT AWAY ON BOTH OCCASIONS. THE FIRST TIME THE TOLD ME THAT FORD WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND IS WORKING ON A FIX TO THE ONBOARD COMPUTER. AFTER THE SECOND INCIDENT I WAS TOLD THAT THE COMPUTER WAS UPGRADED AND I SHOULD NOT EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM AGAIN. NONTHELESS I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THIS TO YOUR AGENCY DUE TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE DEFECT AND THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH A FAILUR ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS FORTUNATE THESE PAST TWO OCCURENCES BUT OTHER OWNERS MAY NOT BE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THEI MATTER FOR THE GOOD OF ALL THE OTHER FORD ESCAPE USERS AND UNSUSPECTING TRAVELLERS WHO MAY BE FOLLOWING A FORD ESCAPE. 2) I WOULD...

WHILE ACCELERATING TO 65 MPH, VEHICLE WILL STALL UNEXPECTEDLY IN TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN IN POSSESSION OF VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS, DEALER PERFORMED EXTENSIVE ROAD TESTING AND WAS ONLY ABLE TO VERIFY STALLING CONCERN ONCE, STILL UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM, DEALER OFFERED TRADE-IN, BUT CONSUMER REFUSED OFFER.*AK *TT

WHILE COASTING DOWN SLIGHT GRADE AT 35 MPH, ENGINE SHUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING, STOPPED ON SIDE OF ROAD (REQUIRED GREAT EFFORT TO STEER AND BRAKE), WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED BY FOLLOWING VEHICLES. PUT CAR IN "PARK" AND RESTARTED W/O ANY PROBLEM (NO ENGINE STUMBLE), DROVE 7 MILES HOME WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM, HOWEVER I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT FOR FEAR OF RECURRENCE. I WILL HAVE TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER TOMORROW AND HOPE IT BEHAVES LONG ENOUGH TO GET THERE.*AK

ON 2 OCCASIONS ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE COASTING AT 35MPH. *AK

6 MOS OLD VEH; 4700 MILES; ENGINE HAS STALLED ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS (MID-JUN, MID-JUL, EARLY SEP) WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH; ORIGINAL DEALER COULD PROVIDE NO SOLUTION; CURRENTLY BEING EVALUATED AT 2ND LOCAL DEALER; SEEKING GUARANTEED RESOLUTION; REPLACEMENT VEHICLE OR REFUND. *AK

ENGINE HAS STALLED FOUR TIMES IN BUSY TRAFFIC IN THE PAST TEN MONTHS. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK

THE SUV WAS PURCHASED NEW IN MID-DECEMBER 2000. ON 9/7/07, I WAS SLOWING DOWN, ON A DOWNHILL SLOPE, TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN WHEN THE SUV SHUT ITSELF OFF AND THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP. IT HAD 1/3 TANK OF GAS. I SHIFTED THE AUTOMATIC INTO PARK, TURNED THE KEY, THE CAR STARTED AND I EXTRICATED MY 7 YEAR OLD SON AND MYSELF FROM THE BUSY INTERSECTION AND FROM THE MOUTH OF ON-COMING TRAFFIC (WE LANDED IN THE LEFT TURN LANE, MUCH TO A JEEP'S DISMAY). I DROVE SLOWLY TO MY SON'S SCHOOL (3 BLOCKS DOWN), THEN TO WORK WHERE I NOTIFIED FORD VIA IT'S 800 NUMBER. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THAT AFTERNOON WITH THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE CAR FIXED. I LEFT THE CAR WITH THE DEALERSHIP. ON 9/8/01, I CALLED AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE CAR WAS READY. I ASKED THE SERVICE MANAGER TO REVIEW THE REPAIRS...

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE STALLED, WHICH WAS THEN TOWED TO DEALERSHP, CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.*YD

STALLED WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH TWO SEPARATE TIMES. CAN'T FIND PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE STALLED AND OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CONSUMER CHECKED OIL LEVEL AND IT WAS AT THE NORMAL LEVEL. *SLC

STALLED WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH TWO SEPARATE TIMES. CAN'T FIND PROBLEM. *AK

OVER A PERIOD OF 2 MONTHS, THE CAR LOST ALL POWER DURING THE AM DRIVE TO WORK. THIS OCCURRED ON THREE SEPARATE OCASSIONS, ALMOST EXACTLY 7 MILES FROM MY HOME. GOING 20-30 MILES PER HOUR DURING EACH OCCURRENCE. CAR JUST LOSES ALL POWER, AS WELL AS BRAKES, STEERING, ETC. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED CAR OFF, CAR STARTS UP, AND DOES NOT RECUR FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. HAS BEEN BACK TO DEALER THREE TIMES- THEY CANNOT REPLICATE, CANNOT FIX. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION-- I AM MINUTES FROM THE INTERSTATE AND COULD BECOME A MAJOR PROBLEM. DEALER IS WELL AWARE THAT THIS IS THE LAST TIME. WE WILL EXPLORE GETTING A SWAP FROM FORD OR LEMON LAW IF WE HAVE TO. *AK

DRIVE DOWN A HILL AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH - ENGINE AND OIL LIGHT WENT ON. LOSS OF POWER AND CAR DID NOT APPEAR TO BE GETTING ANY GAS. CAR KEPT RUNNING. *AK

ENGINE HAS SHUT OFF 3 TIMES WHILE DRIVING, SINCE CAR BOUGHT 6 WEEKS AGO. ALWAYS ON HILLY, CURVEY ROADS, DOING 35-40 MPH, COASTING AND BRAKING LIGHTLY. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. POWER STEERING AND BRAKES GO. HAVE TO MUSCLE CAR TO ROADSIDE. TURNING OFF KEY AND RESTARTING SEEMS TO WORK. HAVE ALSO PUT IN NEUTRAL, TURNED KEY OFF AND RESTARTED, SHIFTING BACK INTO DRIVE. BEEN TO DEALER ONCE LAST WEEK FOR PROBLEM. THEY COULD NOT DETECT OR RECREATE. DEALER CONTACTED FORD HOT-LINE, WHO MADE SUGGESTIONS, TO NO AVAIL. DEALER SAYS THEY NOR FORD HAVE HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. HARD TO BELIEVE THIS. HAVE SPOKEN WITH FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TWICE, SYMPATHETIC REACTION BUT WITH NO ADVICE OR SOLUTION. HAPPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY. CAR BACK TO DEALER NOW FOR WEEK WHILE ON VACATION. VERY AFRAID I'M GOING TO KILL MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE IN ACCIDENT. EXPRESSED CONCERNS TO DEALER AND FORD. THERE ARE...

PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS #746806. VEHICLE CONTINUES TO STALL OR ALMOST STALL AT STOP SIGNS OR IN SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC. HAS BEEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TWICE NOW TO NO AVAIL. IS CURRENTLY AT DEALER FOR THE THIRD TIME. (TIRE CLICKING REPORTED UNDER #746806 WAS FIXED....STONE CAUGHT DEEP INSIDE TIRE RIM.) *AK

ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HILL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES.PULLED OVER AND SHUT CAR OFF.WHEN I RESTARTED IT IT SEEMED TO WORK OK.TOOK IT TO THE GARAGE AND THEY SAID IT WAS RUNNING VERY HOT.CALLED FORD AND THEY MADE SUGGESTIONS ON A FIX.THEY ENDED UP REPLACING THE ERG VALVE.I HAVE DRIVEN IT FOR TWO DAYS AND IT HASN'T HAPPENED AGAIN.......YET.VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITH NO STEERING OR BRAKES.SOMEONE IS GOING TO END UP HURT BADLY OR KILLED.*AK

OUR CAR SPORADICALLY STALLS WHEN COASTING TO A STOP, CHANGING GEARS FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE, AND WHEN GOING OVER ANY SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. WE'VE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR BUT THEY CLAIM THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. IT'S BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE NOW AND THE STALLING HAS OCCURRED MORE THAN 15 TIMES IN A SPAN OF A MONTH. THE STALLING CAUSES ALL POWERED SYSTEMS TO FAIL (IE. BRAKES, STEERING).*AK

DRIVING 45-50 MPH WHEN ENGINE JUST SHUT DOWN. HAD ALL LOSS OF POWER INCLUDING STEERING AND BRAKES. COASTED TO EDGE OF ROAD, PLACED GEAR IN PARK AND SAT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND TRIED TO RESTART. WAS SUCCESSFUL AT RESTARTING WITH NO PROBLEM. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO INCIDENTS WITHIN A PERIOD OF 5 DAYS. THE SECOND HAPPENED AT 60 MPH. TO AFRAID TO ATTEMPT DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AND AM ON PINS AND NEEDLES EVEN ON RURAL ROADS. MADE APPT WITH DEALER THE FIRST BUSINESS DAY AFTER IT HAPPENED AND THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT ALSO. JIM SNEAD FORD IS REPLACING THE IGNITION STARTER SWITCH HOPING THIS SOLVES THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 35-40 MPH ON LEVEL ROAD, ENGINE SHUTDOWN; POWER STEERING LOST, POWER ASSIST BRAKING LOST; 3 OCCURRENCES SAME SIITUATION, SAME ROAD & APPROXIATE LOCATION AND TIME OF DAY; THIS IS THE SECOND VEHICLE TO WHICH THIS HAS HAPPENED; DEALER HAS VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN HILL VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER NOT WILLING TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE.*AK CONSUMER STATES ANOTHER DEALER REPAIRED VEHICLE BY REPLACING THE RELAY. *SLC