general problems of the 2017 Ford Escape

1. Hands free tailgate/trunk will automatically shut when objects or a persons body is present. Faub/ keys are not being pushed by accident, nor is there any movement under number that would sensor door to close. When it does do this, it takes quite a while for the sensor to realize there is an object there and takes some time to open again. 2. When vehicle slips on ice patces or large puddles of water--- when the traction light comes on my dash board, it seems to trigger my entire vehicle to shut completely down. Vehicle engine shuts off, steering wheel locks up, brakes stop working and no electrical from that point on. I have had this happen 3 times now, with the need to have to call a tow. For both complaints, Ford service says they cannot find anything wrong and cannot get either complaint to duplicate. Nothing has been done at this point by Ford to fix or compensate for any of this.

After stopping at a stop sign the auto restart kicked in. Normally it start fine after I let go of the brake, but this time it stalled completly and lost all power. I could not turn on the blinkers. I was trying to move it out of the way but I could not even change gear to neutral and it had o power steering. We call roadside assistance but when I open the hood to check for the battery all of a sudden the power came back. I don't think it was a battery problem because I just replace my battery 2 weeks ago. The whole process took about 30 minutes before the power came back. This is the second time it does that first time it just stalled but did not lose any power. This is pretty scary stuff if it happens in the middle of the highway with no power steering especially with a family.

The car will turn off when stopped (ex. At a light) and a message comes up saying "auto startstop shift to p restart engine". I do this and it restarts without issue. This has only happened a few times and at various times. Ex. Once in morning cold weather, once in afternoon in mild/warm weather. I bought car new and this has only started happening now (3 years after car was bought).

When I am at a stop light. The car will turn off, it is very dangerous. I have to restart the car. I almost have been in many accidents. I don't understand why there hasn't been a recall for this car. I see online that everyone is having this prroblem.

Fault lights come on and do not clear out consistently after an ignition cycle. Cruise control, blind spot warning, speedometer become non operational. Dealer has replace abs module, battery and negative battery cable with no improvement. At times during initial startup, power steering is lost. Also vehicle would not start on 3 occasions. Issue occurs while car is in motion both during city and highway driving.

Starting in December when my car was at a stop light or stop sign, the auto stop/start told me to put my car in park and re-start the car. It has done this a few times after this. This could cause an accident like being rear-ended.

Unstable tire and wheel,and steering, loose front end suspension.