Car Stall problems of the 2006 Ford Escape

Vehicle stalls while running and shakes while stopped/idles.

My 2005 Ford Escape just suddenly started surging and stalling while in motion and when stopped. The wrench/ security light flashes than problem occurs. This is totally unsafe can and will cause accident or death if it has not already. I read about other Escapes having the same problem, is there any answer from Ford as to fix such problem. Thanks joe and mary gulick.

I was sitting at a drive through and vehicle started sputtering. Had to keep foot on gas to keep the vehicle running. When I went to pull out on the street, the vehicle stalled out. After 4 or 5 attempts at restarting, it started about 20 min later.

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Escape. While driving approximately 50 mph, a warning indicator to shut the vehicle down illuminated and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was able to restart. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was diagnosed that the vehicle needed to be reprogrammed. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.

Tl - the contact owns 2006 Ford Escape hybrid. While driving approximately 70 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle however, the vehicle continuously stalled within five miles of travel. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 125,000. Kmj.

The vehicle stalled out and restarted about 4 different times at 4 different red lights, after driving it home, it never started again, towed it to mechanic who said rods were bent and timing chain off, towed to another mechanic who said the same thing, finally towed to Ford montrose who found out same thing, they were to fix it for $1,800, 5 weeks later they found out entire engine was blown, now need a remanned engine put in it for over $5,000, the vehicle only has 42,300 miles on it, great shape, took great care of it, just paid it off in August 2012 for this to happen, I did have my one year old child with me at the time and if anything bad would have happened I would be suing someone, I have contacted Ford motor company about 5 times who said they could not help me, I tried calling an area action I-team news to help, no luck, still no vehicle 9 weeks later and I have to find a way to get myself to work, my daughter to daycare and try to do everything else people who have a vehicle do, please help!.

This mostly happens in cooler weather, I had started experiencing my accelerator pedal sticking with the throttle closed. It was mainly a nuisance at first but it started to get to the point where I could put my entire weight on the pedal without it budging. At my soonest convenience and mostly because I had a warranty on the vehicle since it was still relatively new to me, I drove to the dealer I purchased it from and they told me it was the throttle body and that it had to do with the differing metals of the throttle body and the ambient temperature, so they ended up replacing it. . . It only cost me $100 at the time due to the warranty. Here I am about three years later and I am experiencing the exact same problem. I don't have a warranty so I investigated the issue myself and discovered the throttle body is mostly plastic with an aluminum butterfly. . . I also discovered a tar-like residue on the edges of the butterfly. I proceeded to clean the assembly, then reinstalled it and there was a major improvement. . . My accelerator feels very different, in a very good way. I'm tired of large companies hiding issues like this. It gets old and causes good products to continue to get cheaper. My money could be put to better use than replacing a part that obviously needed more engineering attention before becoming production.

The contact owned a 2006 Ford Escape XLT. While driving approximately 40 mph approaching a stop sign the vehicle would stall. She heard a noise when she restated the vehicle. She drove the vehicle to her residence and noticed that the vehicle had no motor oil. She continued to hear the noise after she added oil to the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to an authorized Ford dealer. The dealer installed a new crank shaft and engine. The dealer then installed a used engine at the owners expense. The contact stated that she was not the original owner of the vehicle. The approximate failure mileage was 42,175. The current mileage was 43,000.