Engine Stall problems of the 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid

At just over 100,000 miles, warning light comes on to pull over safely, and engine will stall. This happens while driving at highway speeds, as well as commuter traffic. Yesterday I had to be pushed off the road by police while at an intersection. After turning car off for 10 minutes, car started back up and I was able to get home. Ford has run a diagnostic on my car and says there is nothing wrong.

When the engine was warm, the engine would surge then stall at highway speeds (55+). A red hazard light then came on, and a stop safely message came on. Pulling the vehicle over, and restarting the vehicle allowed further driving for another 20-30 miles before the issue would happen again.

After approx. 10 minutes of stop and go driving at <5mph a tone sounded, a red triangle lit, and the led indicated "stop safely now. " the engine did not stall, shut down, or give any other indication of a fault, therefore I continued driving at <15mph to the nearest parking lot and turned off the engine. After I returned several hours later the engine started normally with no fault indication, and I was able to drive home without any further fault indication. I read on the web that this had occurred with other 2008 Escape Hybrids and was due to a faulty hybrid system electronics cooling pump. One complainant indicated that the 2008 Escape Hybrids had been recalled for this issue, but the recall does not show on your, or on Ford's, database for this vehicle. Has this been reported previously, and was there a recall?.

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. While driving 65 mph, the engine stalled and was able to restart. The vehicle was towed to a dealer who diagnosed that the electronic coolant pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 127,405. . . Updated 10/30/14.