Car Stall problems of the 2016 Ford Escape

Tl the contact owns a 2016 Ford Escape. The contact stated that after refueling, the vehicle would not immediately restart. After restarting the vehicle, while driving at undisclosed speeds, the vehicle hesitated and stalled without warning. The cause of the failures were not determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 107,000.

I have a 2016 Ford Escape 4wd. It is consistently stalling when driving. I've been told that the transmission needs to be replaced. I paid $22,000 for the car and it is only a few years old. The internet has several complaints from others reporting the same or similar problem with their 2016 Ford Escape. It is extremely dangerous to drive the car as it stalls in intersections with on coming traffic. Ford company is stating if it's not under warranty and their is no recall for this problem they will not do anything accept an engine or transmission replacement at my cost which is upwards of $6000. I can't do anything with the car and it's too expensive to do what they are saying is the repair. They know this problem is common and a huge safety issue. I guess they have weighed the cost of the recall and decided people should die first before they will be forced to do the right thing by acknowledging and fixing the problem.

This complaint is a follow-up to one filed earlier (11181564). The problem is now solved this wire issue is not the one in the TSB and not currently in a recall. This vehicle at approximately 43,000 miles produced the same symptoms as the TSB 13-12-12. Motor suddenly stalling, backfire sometimes, rough running, loss of power, etc. The wire harness had worn through the wrap and eventually one of the wires in the bundle atop the motor made intermittent contact with a part of the motor. This caused the pcm to throw numerous codes and disable critical safety systems. Random, erratic and unpredictable. Wire bundle aligned with the fuel rail begins at the driver side of the motor. At the point where it begins up come to the motor there is a post (aluminum, top, front, drivers� side of motor). This wire bundle was not sufficiently protected from chaffing. The remainder of the wire is well secured and insulated but this point is literally and accident waiting to happen. This was very difficult to find as the problem as it was so intermittent. Not covered under 5/60 warranty and my dealer charged me $318. 00. In total I've spent over $600 the getting this figured out and resolved. This last breakdown placed my family in great danger as there was no safe place to get off the road (70 mph interstate with little shoulder and merging state highway). This was the third time having to tow this vehicle for this. I am certain others will experience this failure and I hope no one gets hurt. In my case it also disabled the restraint systems and airbags when it occurred.

Electronic throttle body - the car stalled out on the freeway. Prior to stalling, the car was shaking and then stalled.

Car stalls while driving. Starts back up.

Electronic throttle body - the car stalled out on the freeway. Prior to stalling, the car was shaking and then stalled.

Just turned over 9,000 miles on my 2016 Ford Escape when all of a sudden the engine "stalls" and starts to shudder with the engine fault light coming on. No control over accelerator. Or steering. Thank goodness I was not turning on a busy street or trying to get on a major highway. I was barely able to pull off of the street since the car would hardly go. I shut off the car, started it again and it seemed fine. I pulled back on the street and it did it again. Pulled over and did the same thing, got back on the street and it stalled for the 3rd time. I pulled over and immediately called my local Ford dealer. The car had to be towed to the Ford dealer, it was unsafe and unable to drive. I was told told today it was the throttle body that needed replaced. This is very dangerous to be sitting dead in the water like that on a busy street, I could have been rear ended or even killed if I had been on an interstate or busy 4 lane. My local Ford dealership was wonderful to work with and immediately came to rescue me!.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Escape. While accelerating to approximately 5 mph from a stop sign, the vehicle stalled. The "engine fault service now" warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was turned off and restarted. While driving, the engine lost power and the transmission shook severely. The contact stopped again and waited approximately one minute then the vehicle started normally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the failure could not be duplicated. The failure recurred three times in one week. The vehicle was repaired under warranty by the dealer the first time the failure occurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 45,121.