Engine Shut Off Without Warning problems of the 2017 Ford Escape

The contact owns a 2017 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 mph, white smoke began to come out the rear end of the vehicle. There were no warning lights. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road and proceeded to drive at a low-speed. The contact stated that approximately 25 minutes later the vehicle shutoff. The contact had the vehicle towed to a certified mechanic who diagnosed that there was an excess amount of oil in the cylinders of the vehicle. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The contact took the vehicle to mike naughton Ford, inc. (150 s havana st, aurora, CO 80012; (720) 712-0678) who had completed a previous recall on the vehicle. The contact stated that shortly after the recall repair, a warning light indicating a misfire had illuminated. The contact changed the spark plugs on the vehicle causing the warning light to no longer be illuminated. The contact stated that approximately 3-4 days later while starting the vehicle from a cold start, she noticed the vehicle emitting white smoke again. The contact returned the vehicle to the dealer who informed the contact that oil had gotten into the coolant and in cylinder number 1 and number 2. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that the repair would not be covered under warranty. The approximate failure mileage was 82,000.

Vehicle is stalling while engine shutoff is engaged intermittently at red lights! this happen to me twice while christmas shopping today and once last week!! I had to put the vehicle into park and restart it. Very dangerous drivers behind me were very impatient !!.

Auto stop start feature. When stopped engine shuts off but doesn't restart after releasing the brake. Message appears "put car in park to restart. " first time it happened leaving a parking lot. 2nd time it happened in traffic on highway at a signal.

My car is equipped with auto/start stop system. It has been malfunctioning during auto stop at red lights & in traffic while driving. When it shuts down at a traffic red light or in stopped traffic, a message displays to driver when stopped to shift to park and restart engine. This requires taking your foot off the brake and then stepping back on the brake to start the car running again to be able to go. Other drivers will honk at you to go when you cannot continue to drive until you get the vehicle back running after doing what the message states.

Happened twice. Repaired first time with a new turbo cooler. 2000 miles later same thing happened again. While driving, the engine light came on and said to pull over now. The engine shutdown totally and I managed to coast into a parking lot. Car was on a county street going 40 miles/hr. It was repaired with a totally new engine.

While stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, the automatic start stop feature shut off the engine, however, when the brake was released the engine did not restart. A message flashed giving directions to put the vehicle in park and restart the engine manually. That worked but a few days later the engine shut off while cruising on a city street and displayed the same message. After putting the vehicle in park and restarting, the start/stop feature did not work at all. Turning the car off and restarting it did not reset the automatic feature. The on off switch did not restart the feature and the system information display stated that all systems were functioning normally. It took a visit to a Ford dealership who ran a diagnostic to then reset the system. The dealership did not offer any information on why this happened or if it could happen again. Doing a bit of research, I found TSB #ssm 47043 addressing this issue.