Car Stall problems of the 2014 Ford Escape - part 2

The car is bucking and almost stalling when I accelerate. I've taken it to two different dealers and they can't find anything. One dealer told me that this was normal, even though I found similar complaints online.

In March 2015 car kept stalling while driving and while stopped. Brought to dealer who diagnosed as a problem with fuel pump. After a month I got the car back with replaced fuel pump. After the fix, car would often hesitate, sputter and shake like it was about to stall. In September car kept stalling on start up. Brought to dealer who said car was "fine" and operating as designed. They couldn't duplicate problem. Car continues to hesitate, sputter and shake. Again yesterday car stalled out 3 times at start up. Don't feel safe driving it.

"engine fault service now light" came on twice with "hill start assist not available" both times. After stopping at traffic light and stepping on gas pedal, car would not move and gave no indication it had stalled. All normal lights were on. I put car in "park" and restarted. This has happened twice on hills and has died on me four times.

Most recent and troubling incident was travelling downhill around 30 mph, not pressing gas pedal, and engine rpms rose to over 4000 and stayed with the engine making a distinct noise that even a 12 year old noticed was not right. After applying brake and reaching bottom of hill, the rpms eventually reduced. So far this extreme case was a one time occurence, but seems related to other behavior. During regular in-town travelling the engine just does not seem to change gears correctly or smoothly. Rpms will remain between 2000-3000 regardless if you are going 10 mph or 55 mph, but problem is not consistent. Multiple times when pulling out into traffic and also going into reverse, the car almost stalls and does not accelerate as quickly as it should given the pressure on the gas pedal. It seems as if all of these types of issues are related to the same core problem with the engine/transmission and I see other complaints here similiar to this. I've had the car for 8 months and it seems to be more frequent as time passes. These issues are much more noticable with daily driving, but my husband has noticed during the few times he drives the car. He says it is just a "clunky" driving car, but car feels very unreliable when driven on a daily basis especially for the price.

We leased a 2014 Escape in March of 2014. From the start it has a problem on acceleration, it will hesitate and almost stall when pulling ouit into traffic. The hesitation is spuratic as at times it is ok. We notice at low speeds around 20 30 mph when accelerating it bucks, will not take gas. At times it has become so frustrating I will stop the car and re start if traffic permits. This could be a very unsafe condition as we never know when it will do it. It does it usually when it is cold however it has done it after driving for hours, stop for 15 minutes and it does it then too. We have taken it to the dealership but it never happens then. This is constant and annoying robert d. Poe.

I was driving along with cruise control on at 73 mph, when I could no longer accelerate, my Escape just died with no warning lights, stall out or anything. Just as if someone turned it off. I had to coast to the side of the road. I waited a few minutes and tried to start it again with no luck. When I turned the key over, it seemed like it wanted to start but was not getting the gas to. I tried 3 more time and finally called Ford roadside assistance and had it towed to the nearest Ford dealership. I am waiting on a reply (with no loaner etc) the reason I buy new is for peace of mind. Not even , 10,000 miles on the car and it brakes? what gives. I have already taken it back to the dealer once (the day after I bought it) because it tries to stall when switching from reverse to drive, but the dealer made some excuse and said to watch and see if it continues. I am just glad that I was within cell phone signal range because I had just not been a few minutes before (scary).

The contact owns a 2014 Ford Escape. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced a loss engine power while being operated at any speed. The check engine and service engine soon warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the vehicle needed a terminal kit and ground wiring installed. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer approximately 6-8 times. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign number: 14v495000 (electrical system), but the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was approximately 8,764.

Saturday, July 12 around 3:00 pm driving 70 mph on us 23 n, just south of north territorial road near ann arbor. The car suddenly lost power and the engine stopped. Drifted to the shoulder in very heavy traffic and tried to restart. Started and ran for 5 seconds and then stalled again. Repeated several times with same result. Called roadside assistance number and they said they would send a tow within 30 minutes. Police stopped and asked if we needed help. Left after we said tow was coming. A following car took all but one passenger to a gas station at north territorial because heavy 75 mph traffic passing inches from the driver¿s door was frightening and dangerous. Tow truck took car to varsity Ford in ann arbor and we continued to traverse city in the following car.