Three problems related to check engine light on have been reported for the 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid based on all problems reported for the 2008 Escape Hybrid.
Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at 70 mph, the steering wheel started to shake very badly, and was out of control. The check engine warning light illuminated. The contact coasted to the side of the road powered off the engine. The vehicle was restarted and was able to drive normal. The vehicle was slowly driving to matthews currie Ford dealer, located at 130 n tamiami trail nokomis, FL 34275, (800) 248-2378, where it was diagnosed that the steering column assembly needed to replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that there was no recall associated with the VIN and did not provided further assistance and referred the contact to NHTSA. The approximate failure mileage was 133,588. Aw.
Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at 60 mph, the engine stalled with the check engine light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle assembly failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000. Ec.
This week the news had stories about general motors recalling several cars because the ignition can suddenly turn off causing the car to lose power while driving. There were even deaths due to bad accidents as a result of the ignition failure and car losing power. This reminded me of an incident that happened to me which was similar. I was driving my 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid last December, on I-280 in san francisco during rush hour at 65 mph, when suddenly the dash beeped at me, flashed the check engine light, displayed a message to pull over safely, and the engine had no power! I suddenly found myself in heavy traffic, middle lane of the freeway and no power to safely pull over. I was losing speed and slowed to where I cut between other cars and over to the shoulder. I'm sure I cut someone off in the process. Luckily there was not a horrible accident. There could have easily been an accident. The same thing happened three more times in the next few days before I took the car to the dealer to be fixed. They indicated that this is a common problem of which they are aware. The Ford dealer diagnosed it with code p1a0d, which was a bad coolant pump for the electric generator. I did some research and found that many other Ford escape owners have experienced the same situation as I did where the vehicle lost power while at high speed and put them into a dangerous situation. A simple google search on this finds several blog reports of people with similar situations. Ford has yet to issue a recall on this, but I have found that there is a class action lawsuit against Ford: macdonald v. Ford, case no. 3:13-cv-02988, in the us district court for the northern district of California.