Check Engine Light On problems of the 2005 Ford Escape

2005 Ford Escape. Purchased with a car loan in 2012. @ 40,000 miles. $$ kept all regular maintenance up. $$replaced battery & had $$all brakes done front & back in 2014. $$paid off loan in 2015, & 2016 rolled over to 95,000 miles. . $$had to replace alternator & battery & $$redo the brakes in 2016. $$in 2018 had to replace alternator again. . (note: during all these years the check engine light was constantly coming on & showing �check emissions system�. . Bringing up all sorts of fuel & emissions codes. $$replaced 4 different fuel related parts as well). In 2019 all brakes failed! & had a near crash! $$having to replace the brake lines. Then in April 2019 driving an alaska mountain pass in a spring winter storm! major breakdown!! lost all power with no control of steering or braking. . Panel was lighting up on & off like a christmas tree! engine chugging & sputtering like getting no fuel but also not getting the power to keep running. . $$left stranded 500 miles from home. $$had to get towed back home! to have a pcm burn up! $$new/remanufactured pcm, $$new alternator, $$new battery, $$new coils!! still did not run right! check engine light still coming on only showing check emissions system, but all parts replaced! engine sputtering but no code on diagnostic machine to give right correct problem or how to fix!$$$!! 6 months later, replacing alternator yet again!! $$4 alternators one in 3 years!! $$3 coils replaced. & engine is still not running right!! seems once this pcm goes out. . It's all over for this vehicle!! nothing is keeping it going anymore, $$just a moneypit of endless fixing & breaking down on the road! not to mention how it stalls out in mid driving at high speeds! leaving you with no steering or brakes or power to stop! and then crash!?! I'm feeling left in the dust by Ford company with no compensation on over $20,000 spent on a Ford Escape that can't run!.

Tl the contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving at 10 mph, the engine stalled as the check engine warning light illuminated. The brake pedal was depressed but failed to respond. The contact stated that the power steering and braking ability seized. The vehicle was able to restart after numerous attempts. The vehicle was taken to (beach Ford 2717 virginia beach blvd, virginia beach, va 23452 (757) 486-2717) but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 127,000.

My 2005 Ford Escape ltd with 122k miles with no warning stalls when I come to a stop, or when I'm going less than 5 mph. The vehicle has done then same thing when I was driving 65 on my way to lax, had to pull over to the shoulder and was almost side swiped and rear ended by cars. No check engine lights illuminate, nor can the mechanic find anything wrong. After doing research I've come to learn this is a very common problem among this year and model, yet Ford will not address the issue with a recall. This is dangerous, I'm scared to drive my vehicle. There are thousands of complaints on the internet about this vehicle with the same issue. Something needs to be done. Ford is in the know. I'd like to see some action being done.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving at 25 mph, the vehicle stalled. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle. In addition, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. An independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the engine coils and the spark plugs needed to be replaced, inspected the vehicle. The vehicle was repaired. However, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 152,000.

While driving vehicle shuts off without warning, usually restarts but have had it towed. Car has been back to dealer 11 times in 12 months for same problem. No rhyme or reason can be city or highway. It is usually preceded by interior light and or door adjar light coming on , after stall happens check engine light comes on. Dealer has replaced countless fuel and emmision parts including ecm and coils, fuel pump etc. This has been an ongoing problem since day of purchase, this car is unsafe and appears Ford doesn't know how to fix it. Vehicle last left us sit in florida, after 2 weeks and $3200 in repairs on 12/21/2015 the check engine light and interior light came back on 2/2/2016.

I had purchased a used Escape, in very good condition, in Aug 2014. I bought from the original owner, a family member, with only 55k mileage over their 10 years of ownership (they were upgrading). I drove the car an additional 1,500 miles here (to 56k, total) over my first two months of ownership, and the car had passed all its regular annual inspections. Suddenly one night on the road the car's engine began chugging when I attempted to travel beyond 45mph, and a blinking yellow check engine light appeared. Upon restarting that indicator did not come back on, but the engine was still sluggish and so I attempted to coast home at managed speeds (as I was only a mile away) to have a mechanic check it out during business hours. I didn't even make it home. The engine light went on full and I soon lost power completely, with barely enough notice to pull off the 6 lane highway. The sudden power loss seemed very unsafe as I had to steer manually with no power steering nor acceleration. After the car stalled out it would not even restart for a long period of time. I towed it to a mechanic the next day and they read me a long list of error codes that had been identified, all of which went back to the power control module (pcm) failure, apparently, as described in TSB 10-18-10. I have been told by two different mechanics, including my local Ford dealership, that it would cost at least $2,000 to service the pcm and replace all affected spark plugs, coils and cylinders. Despite the very low mileage below the 80k pcm warranty, the vehicle reacted rather sporadically and unpredictably and it created an unsafe condition. I would have liked to have been informed sooner of this known issue. There should have been a recall notice since the pcm is known to cause a hazard. I now see that there are 113 complaints logged at carcomplaints. Com, citing similar pcm and/or engine problems.

I just bought this car and my check engine light came on. I took it to the mechanics and they fixed one of the coils. It still did the same thing after I got it back[ sputtering]. I went to wal-mart and coming back it cut off on me. Luckily I was at a stop, but ifi had of been going at full speed it would have hurt me and my seven year old because since it has power steering, when it cut off the steering wheel goes stiff. From what I have seeon the internet this is a common problem and the Ford place will not do anything about it. Please investigate it. I think that this would help other people.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while traveling 35 mph, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was merged to the side of the road and turned off. The contact attempted to restart the vehicle on several occasions but it failed to start. The check engine light illuminated on the instrument panel and the steering became difficult to maneuver. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the pcm and the electric spark coils needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was contacted and did not offer a remedy. The failure and current mileage was 113,000. The VIN was not available.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving an unknown speed, the vehicle started to sputter and the engine would stall. The contact mentioned that the check engine light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The vehicle was repaired. The failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 105,000.

Ford customer care case #cac-4150994-b2g8c6 & #4151017-n07b9 this was the 2nd major incident; the first occurred in 1/2009. The second major occurrence was 2/2014, when the check engine light came on and the vehicle very quickly lost all power and engine shut off, the power steering and power brakes also did not respond. The vehicle would not restart and had to be towed a Ford dealership. The dealer stated the pcm had failed causing the coils and spark plugs to also fail. The vehicle was at the dealership for 2 weeks waiting for a replacement pcm; dealer stated there was a shortage of pcm availability due to an extremely high nationwide demand for the part. Dealer replaced the pcm, as well as all coils and spark plugs in mid March 2014; the total cost of was, $2,875. 70. The pcm, coils and plugs had also been replaced in 1/2009 for the same failures. Coils and plugs were also replaced an additional 2 more times between 2009-2014. When the pcm fails, the vehicle immediately looses all power, steering and brakes, and stops dead in its tracks and cannot be restarted causing a potentially catastrophic situation. Had this failure occurred in traffic, a major collision would have been eminent and a fatality probable. When I contacted Ford on 3/19/2014, they stated they are aware of the issue and assigned 2 customer care case numbers; but they refused any reimbursement or compensation of any kind. The multiple incidents of defective pcm failures should be investigated as a potentially deadly safety issue.

The engine began misfiring and the check engine light was illuminated. Upon inspection at the Ford dealer they determined that all 6 coils and the powertrain control module had failed. The cost to repair was $2750. 00. Ford is aware that many of these vehicles are having this problem but will not assist the owners in any way.

Within 1/4 mile of starting and driving from home, the engine began to run very rough, misfiring, idling rough, etc. Pulled over, opened hood, engine was idling very rough. No check engine light. Brought it back home. Total trip was less than 1 mile. Next day, started it up again, ran smoother, but had no power; very difficult to get above 20-30mph. Brought it to repair shop. They determined that all three catalytic converters were clogged up from broken/melted catalytic converter internal parts. Replaced all three catalytic converters, but repair shop could not determine the cause of the initial misfiring and catalytic converter damage. Check engine light never came on at any time. Total repair cost $2350. 00. Car had been in the same shop earlier that week for state inspection and lube-oil-filter. No issues found at that time. Battery had failed two days before the problem, and was replaced the morning of the problem. The issue appeared upon first driving the car after the battery was changed.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. The contact stated that the vehicle would idle roughly and during inclement weather, the vehicle would shake with the illumination of the check engine warning light. In addition, the vehicle stalled while driving 55 mph. The contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic, who stated that the engine coil was defective, causing the computer to fail. As a result, the engine coil was replaced. A second coil was found to be defective after the repair. The mechanic stated that all of the engine coils needed to be replaced. The contact did not replace the engine coils. The failure mileage was 85,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. The contact stated that the check engine light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis. The mechanic stated that the spark plugs and coils would have to be replaced. After the repair, the failure continued. The vehicle was taken back to the mechanic who stated the computer would have to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 95,000. Updated 12/30/cn.

9/10/12, while driving on the freeway my check engine light came on and my car started running very hard and started shaking and I could feel the car loosing power. I turned the steering wheel towards the right to pull over and as I pressed the gas pedal I could feel the car had shut off. I was able to pull off to the side of the highway and my car smell like something was burning. After sitting for about 15mins the car started and I was able to start the car and drove it at about 40 mph until getting off the exit to go home which was about 10 more miles. I had to continiously press the gas making the car excelerate between 30 to 40mph because the car started to repeat the same thing as I stated earlier. I took the car to the shop 9/13/12 (my car had 153224 miles) and was told there was misfire on #2 coil, so I paid to have the coil changed. 2/15/13 my check engine light came back on and the car was repeatly hesitating, I took it the shop 2/19/13 (my car had 163071 miles) and had the same misfire code, so I paid to hve all three rear coils changed, the owner showed me the old coils & the #2 coil look burned and burst open from the top. After changing the coils the check engine light came back on with the same misfire code for #2 coil and I paid to have it changed again 6/18/13 (my car had 171459 miles). The engine light came back on with the same code and I paid to changed it again 7/12/13 (my car had 173095 miles) after I drove the car about 50 miles the light came back on. I had the code read again on 7/30/13 (my car had 173920 miles) and it gave the same code for a misfire on coil #2. The owner of the shop advised me to take the car to the dealer and explain the problem and check if there has been a recall on the 2005 model. I called the Ford dealership and was told I would have to pay for them to do another diagnostic quoted at $140.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. The contact stated that the check engine light would illuminate sporadically. The dealer diagnosed that the spark plugs and pcm module failed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but denied any assistance with repair to the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 82,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled while driving 65 mph. The vehicle vibrated and the check engine light illuminated while the failure occurred. The contact also noticed smoke rising from under the hood. The vehicle was then towed to an authorized dealer. The dealer stated that metal particles penetrated the engine and the engine would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure and the current mileages were. 80,000.

In my 2005 Ford Escape XLT v6 3. 0l on 11/16/11, I was driving east bound on i55 towards chicago at approximately 55 mph when the engine started bad misfiring and the completely died (no power or engine). With no power steering and no brakes, I attempted to steered toward the shoulder. I waited about 10 minutes and tried to restart and was unable. I had the vehicle towed to roesch Ford 333 w grand Ave bensenville, IL 60106. I was advised by the service manager that the engine was misfiring on 4 of the 6 cylinders and that they would need to replace the pcm, 6 coils, 6 plugs and calibrate, total $2,114. 21. I decided to do some research online and found numerous people experiencing the same problem. There are multiple TSB: TSB 05-11-1,TSB 09-02-06 TSB 09-02-06 and TSB 10-18-10. The problem is: the wrong spark plugs were installed at the factory. This combo of wrong plugs causes the coils to send emi/rfi back to the pcm (powertrain control module) burning out the pcm. Emi/rfi is emitted from sparking device,in this case a set of bad spark plugs. This causes the vehicle to miss-fire, lose power, or in many cases, have total engine failure. Wrong spark plugs/bad cop's/un-shielded pcm box/poorly engineered & un-tested, multi-changed, rare pcm and it's the $12. 50 radio frequency interference device. . Read more...

Driving along interstate engine suddenly lost power, would not go above 20mph, no check engine light. Took to repair shop and first catalytic converter completely clogged, number 2 converter partially clogged. Vehicle only has 84,000 miles. Warranty expired at 80,000 miles for exhaust. Repair shop this happens a lot for these vehicles.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. While driving approximately 30 mph up a hill the check engine light began illuminating before the vehicle stalled. Within a few minutes the contact was able to restart the vehicle but the vehicle would accelerate with minimal speed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where three ignition coils were replaced. The vehicle continued to drive with minimal speed and the contact was then told that the engine computer needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 117,000. The VIN was unavailable.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. The contact was driving 35-40 mph when the vehicle stalled. The check engine light illuminated prior to the failure. The vehicle restarted after the failure and was taken to the dealer. The dealer advised the contact that the number four spark plug failed to fire. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 140,000 and the current mileage was 170,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. While driving approximately 55 mph, the check engine light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to a local repair shop but the failure could not be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure occurred again and the vehicle jerked when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer but the failure could not be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. A few months later, the failure occurred again and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken back to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that an engine coil failed and the pcm needed to be replaced. The vehicle was being repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000 and the current mileage was approximately 105,000. The VIN was unavailable.

While driving 70mph on freeway on way to hospital, getting off freeway, the vehicle shut off by itself. Luckily I was able to pull off road to avoid getting hit. If still on freeway, would have been killed. Engine light came on and unable to restart. Had to have towed to dealership due to computer shutdown affecting spark plugs and coils. Cost to me from dealership is $2200.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving 65 mph, the engine stalled and none of the warning lights illuminated. The contact was able to drive the vehicle to the side of the road. The vehicle would not restart; however, the check engine light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and the ignition coil was replaced. The failure recurred three more times and each time the coils were replaced. The pcm module was also replaced twice. The failure mileage was 26,000 and the current mileage was 106,000.