Components: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
July 03, 2012
TBD
Condition
Starts
Damage
Mechanical
Title
Non-Repairable
| Dynamic Head Restraints | Not Available |
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| Head Restraint | Not Available |
| Advanced Belt Feature | Not Available |
| Adjustable Upper Belt Anchorage | Not Available |
| Seat Belt Reminder System | Not Available |
| Frontal Air Bag | Driver, Front Passenger |
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| Head/Torso | Driver, Front Passenger |
| Head/Torso | Driver, Front Passenger |
| Knee | Not Available |
| Additional Air Bags | Not Available |
| Meets Side Air Bag Out-of-Position Requirements | Not Available |
| LATCH Locations | Not Available |
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| Safety Power Windows (Anti-Pinch) | Not Available |
| Safety Power Windows (Anti-Pinch) locations | Not Available |
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10467135 |
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| Consumer Location: | Unknown |
| VIN: | 1FMCU04161K**** |
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 65 MPH WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILED TO RELEASE AND THE VEHICLE INCREASED ACCELERATION UNTIL A POP NOISE EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 236,995.
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10255844 |
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| Consumer Location: | STACYVILLE, IA |
| VIN: | 1FMCU04161K**** |
ON OCCASION THE DRIVERS DOOR AND BACK PASSENGER DOOR LATCHES WILL NOT RELEASE TO ALLOW DOOR TO OPEN WHEN PULLING HANDLE TO OPEN. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE DOOR OPEN. NOW, FRONT PASSENGER LATCH WILL NOT RELEASE AT ALL, CAUSING THE DOOR TO NOT BE USABLE. I SPOKE WITH FORD AT 18003923673 AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO HELP FIX THE PROBLEM. I AM CONCERNED THAT MY YOUNG CHILDREN, WHO RIDE IN THE BACK, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. IF WE WERE EVER IN AN ACCIDENT EMERGENCY HELP MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REACH THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER AND THE CHILDREN MAY BECOME TRAPPED. IN THE EVENT THAT THE FRONT DOOR WOULD NOT LONGER OPEN THE PASSENGER , MYSELF, HAD TO CLIMB OVER THE SEATS TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *TR
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10189112 |
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| Consumer Location: | NEW WOODSTOCK, NY |
| VIN: | 1FMCU04161K**** |
I RECENTLY TOOK MY 2001 FORD ESCAPE IN FOR SERVICE FOR RECALL #07S51. WHILE A PARTIAL REPAIR HAS BEEN COMPLETED THE PARTS TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR TOTALLY WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL AUGUST. WHILE FORD STATES THE VEHICLE IS OK TO DRIVE THEY INFORMED ME NOT TO PARK NEAR STRUCTURES OR INSIDE GARAGES UNTIL THE REPAIR IS COMPLETED IN AUGUST, THEY CANNOT BE HELD LIABLE IF I DO SO. THAT STATEMENT MAKES ME BELIEVE THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY FAMILY IN, YET FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO REMEDY THE SITUATION OR EXPEDITE THE REPAIR OR OFFER ME A SAFE VEHICLE ON LOAN UNTIL MINE CAN BE 100% REPAIRED. I HAVE MADE NUMEROUS CALLS AND EMAILS TO FORD TO GET ACTION ON THIS REPAIR AND HAVE BEEN TREATED RUDELY AND DISMISSED TELLING ME THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE FOR ME. *JB
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10182437 |
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| Consumer Location: | MONROE, MI |
| VIN: | 1FMCU04161K**** |
TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING THE 2001 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING AT 35 MPH. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR. THE SUN BLINDED THE CONTACT, AND SHE REAR ENDED THE OTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS BADLY DAMAGED. THE FRAME WAS BENT. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ON IMPACT. THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AFTER THE CONTACT'S HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD. THE DRIVER WAS BELTED. THE SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER'S HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84000. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. *AK
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10178206 |
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| Consumer Location: | YONKERS, NY |
| VIN: | 1FMCU04161K**** |
(2007) WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE, THE ENGINE-COOLING SYSTEM-LOW COOLANT WARNING INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATES AND AFTER CHECKING THE COOLANT RESEVOIR WHICH WAS AT PROPER LEVELS. DELAER NOTIFIED ME THAT THE COOLANT SENSOR AS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED COSTING $300. (2007) WHILE DRIVING OR PARKED, AFTER TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT, THERE WOULD BE A LOUD SQUEAK OR SCREEHING SOUND COMING FROM THE TIRE AREA. DEALER NOTIFIED ME THAT THE AXLE ROD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED COSTING OVER $300. (2006) LAST YEAR THERE WAS A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTIONING ENGINE COIL #5 WHICH BURNED OUT MY SPARK PLUG. THAT COST WAS OVER $700. THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THEIS VEHICLE BUT TOO MANY TO NAME. *NM
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10110316 |
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| Consumer Location: | NORTHFIELD, MA |
| VIN: | 1FMCU04161K**** |
I WAS DRIVING HOME AND THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE. I PULLED OVER AT A GAS STATION AND MY HUSBAND CHECKED TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. WE COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS WRONG AND DROVE HOME. AGAIN THE CAR WAS SHAKING THEN IT STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THEN WE HEARD SOMETHING SNAP AND THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED IT TURNED OUT THAT WE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE VALVE SHEERED FROM THE VALVE STEM AND THE VALVE SHATTERED THE PISTON AND ENDED DENTING THE OIL PAN AND WAS FOUND IN THE OIL PAN. THIS ENDED UP COSTING US $5000. WE CALLED THE DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED THE CAR IN APRIL OF 2004 AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS WILLING TO HELP US, BUT DECIDED NOT TO STATING IT WOULD BE "BAD BUSINESS" TO REPLACE TO CAR EVEN THOUGH WE HAD PURCHASED IT 8 MONTHS PREVIOUS TO THE INCIDENT. WE THEN HAD IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE A NEW ENGINE WAS PLACED IN THE 2001 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE SPEAKING TO A FORD MECHANIC HE STATED THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE TO THE ESCAPE. THE DEALER THAT FINALLY ENDED UP WORKING ON THE ESCAPE CALLED FORD AND TOLD THEM THE PROBLEM BUT FORD STATED THAT THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS BUT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH COMPLAINTS TO WARRANT A RECALL BECAUSE OF THE DEFECT. THE CAR WAS OUT OF COMMISSION FOR 10 DAYS DUE TO THE DEALER MAKING PROMISES AND THEN TAKING THEM BACK. *JB
| NHTSA ID Number: | 10003239 |
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| Consumer Location: | PORT WASHINGTON, NY |
| VIN: | 1FMCU04161K**** |
VEHICLE ENGINE REVS/SEARCHES/HUNTS, WHILE DRIVING STEADY AND MAINTAINING A CONSTANT SPEED ON A LEVEL ROAD, GOING DOWN OR UP A HILL AND THE ACCELERATOR IS NOT BEING PLAYED WITH. INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE HANDLING SEEMS TO LOSE THE POWER ASSIST - TURNING ALL OF THE SUDDEN REQUIRES MORE MUSCLE EFFORT - AND HANDLING GETS VERY STIFF. SUV HAS STALLED 5 TIMES ALREADY AND DEALER STILL UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. EVERY TIME - I LOST THE STEERING, THE BRAKES, THE ACCELERATOR AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS. ESCAPE IS A VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS SUV - UNABLE TO PREDICT WHEN IT WILL STALL OR WHEN IT WILL SUDDENLY ACCELERATE (I DON'T DARE USE THE CRUISE CONTROL).
| NHTSA ID Number: | 764321 |
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| Consumer Location: | WATSONVILLE, CA |
| VIN: | 1FMCU04161K**** |
6/10/02 ENGINE STALLED WHILE OFF THROTTLE AT APPROX 30MPH WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO TURN INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS. LOST ALL POWER TO STEERING AND BRAKES AND NARROWLY MISSED HITTING ANOTHER CAR. HAPPENED 4 TIMES ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER ON THE SAME DATE.ABLE TO RESTART AFTER PUTTING IN PARK.DEALER HAD CAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND REPACED PCM. ON 6/22 ENGINE STALLED WHILE GOING 40MPH AND EXITING HWY 1 S ON A VERY CURVY EXIT RAMP. LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKES AND HAD TO MANHANDLE IT OFF TO THE SIDE.RESTARTED BY PUTTING IN PARK BUT HAD TO WAIT TILL MONDAY TO TALK TO SERVICE DEPT AT DEALER. ON MONDAY 6/24 DEALER WOULD NOT TAKE VEHICLE-TOO BUSY, AND HAD TO WAIT TILL 6/25 TO DELIVER TO DEALER. SERVICE PERSON SAID IT WAS OK TO DRIVE BUT I DID NOT DUE TO DANGEROUS NATURE OF THE PROBLEM. DEALER RECEIVED CAR ON 6/25, HAD IT FOR 4 DAYS AND REPLACED IAC. THE VERY NEXT DAY AFTER PICKING IT UP IT STALLED 2 TIMES AT 30MPH OFF THROTTLE. RENDERED UNUSABLE FOR THE WEEKEND. RETURNED CAR TO DEALER FOR THIRD TIME ON 7/1 AND THEY HAVE HAD IT EVER SINCE. TODAY IS 7/16 AND THEY SAY THEY HAVE A TEMPORART FIX THAT SHOULD WORK TILL FORD ISSUES A PERMANENT FIX. I AM NOT RISKING MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS WHO ARE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE DRIVING NEAR ME WHEN IT STALLS SO I AM REFUSING VEHICLE AND SEEKING A NEW IDENTICAL REPLACEMENT. CURRENTLY THE DEALER IS COMMUNICATING THIS TO FORD. DEALER STALFF HAS BEEN POLITE, HELPFUL, CONCERNED, APPOLOGETIC AND WILLING TO BACK ME UP AGAINST FORD. THEY HAVE SUPPLIED ME WITH AN ACCEPTABLE LOANER VEHICLE THE ENTIRE TIME MY CAR HAS BEEN DOWN. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT FORD HAS TO FESS UP TO BEFORE MORE PEOPLE GET INJURED OR EVEN KILLED. IT'S INTOLLERABLE AND A CORPORATE LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. PLEASE RECOMMEND A RECALL.*AK
| NHTSA ID Number: | 8006766 |
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| Consumer Location: | Unknown |
| VIN: | 1FMCU04161K**** |
ONGOING PROBLEM AT 12,000 MILES WITH ENGINE 3.0 V6 STALLING, WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM REOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
| NHTSA ID Number: | 757545 |
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| Consumer Location: | BRENTWOOD, CA |
| VIN: | 1FMCU04161K**** |
VEHICLE EXPERIENCES INTERMITTENT ENGINE QUIT CONDITION (STALLS) WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE RESTARTS IMMEDIATELY AFTER EACH INCIDENT. FOUR SUCH INSTANCES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED 7 MONTHS AGO. VEHICLE TAKEN TO FORD AFTER EACH OCCURRENCE. FORD STILL UNABLE TO FIX. PROBLEM APPEARS WIDESPREAD AS FORD HAS INTERNALLY ISSUED A MESSAGE ON ITS INTERNAL SITE DESCRIBING THE PROBLEM AND RECOMMENDING A SOLUTION TO SERVICE DEPARTMENTS. THIS SITE (OASIS) IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. QUOTE FROM SITE AS FOLLOWS: "SOME 2001/2002 3.0L ESCAPES MAY EXHIBIT AN INTERMITTENT ENGINE QUIT CONDITION. THIS WILL BE TYPICALLY A 1 TIME EVENT, USUALLY DURING A DECEL, WITH NO DTC'S AND NO MIL. THE ENGINE WILL RESTART IMMEDIATELY." THE SITE THEN RECOMMENDS HOW TO FIX. THE FIX WAS TRIED TO NO AVAIL BY LITHIA FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT. IN SUMMARY, FORD IS AWARE THAT A SIGNIFICANT LIFE THREATENING DEFECT EXISTS. THEY ALSO DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT, YET THEY KEEP RELEASING THE VEHICLES BACK TO OWNERS SAYING THEY ARE OK TO DRIVE.
| NHTSA ID Number: | 755205 |
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| Consumer Location: | PICKENS, SC |
| VIN: | 1FMCU04161K**** |
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
| NHTSA ID Number: | 754884 |
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| Consumer Location: | EUREKA, MO |
| VIN: | 1FMCU04161K**** |
I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 30MPH WHEN SUDDENLY I COULD NOT STEER THE CAR. I NOTICED THE OIL LIGHT ON FIRST AND MANAGED TO PULL OVER. ALL THE DASH LIGHTS WERE THEN ON, THE CAR HAD DIED WHILE I WAS MOVING. I WAS ABLE TO START IT BACK UP. IN REVIEWING EDMUNDS AUTO SITE I THEN DISCOVERED THAT OTHERS HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE ESCAPE AND TRIBUTE. I PRINTED OFF SOME OF THE RESPONSES, TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO LONG FORD IN EUREKA, MO ON 9-11-01. THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND ANY PROBLEM AND ALSO TALKED WITH THE FORD ENGINEERS. THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE ANY PARTS STATING THAT FORD WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE IT UNLESS THEY KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I THEN CONTACTED FORD DIRECTLY SO THERE WOULD BE A RECORD, BUT WAS NOT ADVISED OF ANY "FIX" FOR THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING THE NUMBER OF MILES I DRIVE EACH DAY ON VERY BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS. I AM NERVOUS EVEN MOVING OUT OF THE RIGHT LANE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO BE CLOSE TO THE SHOULDER IN THE EVENT THIS OCCURS AGAIN. I HAVE BEEN TOLD YOU CAN SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND RESTART AND HOPEFULLY IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN I WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT BEFORE THE VEHICLE SLOWS AND I HAVE AN ACCIDENT. I AM ESPECIALLY CONCERNED WHEN MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS AS WELL. SURELY WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS HAVE COMPLAINED, THEY MUST HAVE SOME IDEA OF WHAT IS WRONG AND HOW TO FIX IT. *AK
| NHTSA ID Number: | 753134 |
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| Consumer Location: | NORRISTOWN, PA |
| VIN: | 1FMCU04161K**** |
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
| NHTSA ID Number: | 753077 |
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| Consumer Location: | GREER, SC |
| VIN: | 1FMCU04161K**** |
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
| NHTSA ID Number: | 752210 |
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| Consumer Location: | GREER, SC |
| VIN: | 1FMCU04161K**** |
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
