11 problems related to engine stall have been reported for the 2005 Ford Escape. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Ford Escape based on all problems reported for the 2005 Escape.
Engine starts up fine and idles with no problems. While driving, vehicle in motion, the engine will stall and start over and over or will stall out completely. This has only happened at speeds of 35mph+ and has happened at interstate speeds causing a very potentially dangerous and life threatening condition.
Engine stalls while driving; almost $4,000 in repairs have failed to correct the problem and it keeps happening. The car is not safe to drive.
Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving 65 mph, the engine of the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer to be repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 168,000. Ad.
Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving at varies speed, the engine stalled. The vehicle was taken to a dealer mechanic, who diagnosed that the pcm needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 123,000. Lb.
Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving at 45 mph, the engine stalled as all the warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the ignition coils and the electric control module (ecm) needed to be replaced. The failure was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 165,000. Djr.
Traveling on the highway at 55 miles per hour and the entire engine stalled and cut off. I had the car towed to a local shop where they told me that 3 out of the 6 coils basically were not working and the pcm/computer was completely shot, they wanted over $1600 at dealership to fix this. Ford had apparently distributed a bulletin about this problem to the dealerships but not their customers - who this problem affects the most. I was lucky that I was able to pull over to the side of the road and not hit anyone or get killed. I can't imagine how many people this has affected because it is all over the internet. The repair ended up costing well over $1000 because of the spark plugs that Ford knew were faulty years ago. A simple changing of the spark plugs instead of six coils. I see no difference in gm having to recall vehicles that shut off on the highway and Ford having to recall these vehicles for basically the same reason and reimburse their customers, our cars are shutting off too.
I just purchased the vehicle used from ogden Lincoln in westmont illinois. On the way home from the dealer, the engine stalled twice while approaching a stop. No warnings, the engine just stopped. On both occurrences, I was able to restart the vehicle right away. I've owned this vehicle less then 6 hours now and I'm afraid to drive it.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. The contact was driving 50 mph when the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic for a diagnostic test. The mechanic stated that the spark plugs were installed incorrectly and affected the electronic control module. The manufacturer was not notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 127,000.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. While driving approximately 25 mph, the engine stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. Whenever the failure recurred, the gear was shifted into neutral or park in order to restart the engine. The failure recurred thirty times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and they were unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Escape. While driving approximately 55 mph, the check engine warning indicator illuminated and the engine completely stalled. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where one of the six coil packs was replaced in the engine. The failure continued after the repair. The vehicle was taken to the dealer three times. A total of eight engine coil packs had been replaced on the vehicle. Also, the main computer and one spark plug was replaced by the dealer. The contact had concern of the safety risk involved. The failure mileage was 85,000.
I was driving on the interstate and my engine stalled. I took it to the local Ford dealer and they indicate a loose battery cable was the cause. A few weeks later, the same thing happened on the interstate. The dealership is looking again and have called Ford's engineering for advice, since they have yet to find the cause. This is a serious safety issue, especially if I cannot get to the emergency lane on the interstate. It does start again once I pull over.