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2007 Ford Escape Engine problems

Owners have filed 70 complaints about the 2007 Ford Escape's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 18% of all its complaints, most recently on September 8, 2023. They describe 0 crashes, 1 fire and 0 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
70
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Engine complaints

Transmission & drivetrainElectrical systemEngine & cooling

When accelerating on the vehicle it would run fine till about a couple minutes driving then it would jerk and the rpm gauge would go to 0 and then back up the the right rpm

Filed Incident Power train · Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 11543504
Acceleration & cruise controlEngine & cooling

Loss of major engine power and loss of acceleration when pushing the gas pedal to the floor. Has no acceleration power anymore like it did a year ago to now. Replace all spark plugs and ignition coils with now new acceleration power at all.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · EngineNHTSA 11353876
Engine & cooling

When it's hot engine shuts off very dangerous when driving on highway

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11348690
Engine & cooling

2007 Ford escape. Consumer writes in regards to engine failure, overheated then blew out. *As *js *tr

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11131293
Engine & cooling

I was driving on a mountain highway just south of granby colorado when engine lights came on and engine stopped. I was able to pull over. Tried to restart engine to no avail. Then steam started coming out from under the hood. When I opened the hood, there were yellow spots all over and the coolant container had started to melt and deform from the heat. I called my aaa road service and was towed into granby to mountain valley auto and truck repair. He took pictures of the readings from the computer and has...

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those. He said he had never seen an engine get so hot before and no warning. My son has a mechanic friend who called someone at ford and was told they were aware that the ford escape had an issue with overheating just as my vehicle did with no warning while in mountain driving. After the event, my son called the ford dealer where we bought the car and they told him they weren't aware of any problems. We had to sell the car for junk. You can obtain computer readings from mountain valley auto & truck repair, granby colorado.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11132012
Transmission & drivetrainEngine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford escape. While driving 50 mph, the overdrive indicator illuminated, the transmission seized, and the vehicle stalled. The local dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the issue, but did not offer assistance. The failure mileage was 171,000.

Filed Incident Power train · EngineNHTSA 11030838
Electrical systemDriver assistanceEngine & cooling

Car stalled while in motion on city street. Lost all power and would not restart without jump.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Electronic stability control (ESC) · EngineNHTSA 11003520
Engine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford escape hybrid. While driving, the engine failed and the emission cooling system warning indicator illuminated. The failure was experienced several times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing, but the mechanic was unable to locate a failure code. The dealer also test drove the vehicle, but was unable to duplicate the failure. The dealer replaced the battery filter several times; however, the failure was not corrected. The manufacturer stated that the vehicle was not included in nhtsa campaign number: 14v526000 (hybrid propulsion system). The vin was not available. The failure mileage was 87,000.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10983113
Engine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford escape hybrid. While driving 35-45 mph, there was an audible warning sound which notified the driver of an issue with the vehicle. The contact stated that the engine temperature gauge showed that the engine was overheating. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed, but the failure could not be duplicated and a fault code could not be produced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure was intermittent. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10884998
Transmission & drivetrainEngine & cooling

My son was driving home from work. Put the car in park to stop and clean the windows and when he put it back into gear it would not go, engine just revved. My ex drove it back to my house in 1st gear and my son tried taking it to school the next day. No power. Stalled twice on him in a mile. Ex towed it back to my house. From everything I've read and heard, this seems to be a common occurrence with the ford escapes. I had to borrow $3400 from my boss to have the transmission fixed so my kids have a car to...

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get to school. I would like to join any class action lawsuit again ford. They are aware of the problems with the transmissions, yet they do nothing to fix the problem or cover the cost of repairing them. *Tr

Filed Incident Power train · EngineNHTSA 10713153
Engine & coolingFuel system

Tl*the contact owns 2007 ford escape hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at 65 mph, the vehicle jerked and stalled. In addition, the contact stated that pull over was displayed across the message board. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician was unable to diagnose or repair the vehicle. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vin was included in nhtsa campaign number: 14v526000 (hybrid propulsion system) however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. The contact stated...

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that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown but the current mileage was 71,000.

Filed Incident Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 10693005
BrakesEngine & cooling

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 ford escape. The contact stated that while driving at 60 mph, the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle but the vehicle did not drive. The check engine warning light and brake warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 153,000.

Filed Incident Service brakes · EngineNHTSA 10691817
Engine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford escape hybrid. While driving at 65 mph, the electronic coolant system warning indicator was illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vin was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 77,000.

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10691490
Engine & cooling

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 ford escape hybrid. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the vehicle was not included in a manufacturer's recall. The failure mileage was 35,000.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10679736
Engine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford escape. During cold weather temperatures, the accelerator pedal would become stuck. The contact would have to depress the brake and the accelerator pedals simultaneously in order to resume normal operation. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10673064
Engine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford escape. The contact noticed a leak coming from the front of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 134,567. The vin was not available.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10663554
Engine & coolingFuel system

On a trip from cincinnati oh to bloomington in, roughly 140 miles, the check engine light came on several times with no apparent driveability issues. The return trip a few hours later, however, on a busy highway at 75 mph the vehicle suddenly lost power showing the message "pull over safely immediately". It was difficult to navigate to the shoulder without power, and very frightening. After a few minutes I was able to start and run the vehicle again for about 10 minutes before experiencing the power loss again. ...

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After a tow and oil change I was sent on my way only to have the same issue again several times before getting another tow all the way home. This has happened several times since, only at highway speeds, always dangerous and scary. The dealer is replacing the merc pump and a couple other items for a cost of over 1200.00. This should be a recall issue--so many complaints already lodged and such a dangerous situation. *Tr

Filed Incident Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 10627427
Electrical systemEngine & cooling

After driving approximately 10 minutes on the freeway, a "stop safely now" message came up (without any other warning) and our car started to lose power and speed immediately. I was in the carpool lane and the flow of traffic on the 210 freeway was around 70 mph. I had to cut across 4 lanes of traffic and was barely able to make it before my car lost power completely. This is the third time this has happened to my husband or I in the past year. (Each situation was similar to this one?And equally dangerous...

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especially because there is zero warning). The car started up again immediately and I was able to exit the freeway before it happened again a few minutes later on side streets. I believe this is related to the hybrid coolant pump defect that I have seen others writing about online?All of the descriptions of the engine failure are similar. This needs to be recalled before someone is killed. Ford needs to step up and take responsibility! *Tr

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10621052
Engine & cooling

First sign of trouble was an alert on the dash reading ?Stop safely now!? And the vehicle power (engine) cut out. *Tr

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10616357
Electrical systemEngine & cooling

I was driving along a fairly busy highway in pennsylvania. The engine all of sudden stopped and this is very dangerous in busy traffic. Luckily we were able to pull over and waited for the car to cool. It restarted and then again did the same thing several miles down the road. This happened again on 19 july 2014 along small town road not far from home. The car was barely warm. We had replaced the battery pack air filter on 17 july 2014, thinking that this may have caused the problem. There is 'stop safely now 'message that appears just before it suddenly stops. This is a very dangerous situation, I can't believe that someone has not done a recall on this. *Tr

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10614763
Fuel systemTransmission & drivetrainEngine & cooling

O/d light came on suddenly. Was driving at 40mph. I could feel it dropping out of gear, being slow to accelerate and it would rev periodically. I called ford corporate, they took down the complaint but other than that; nothing. We did a simple google search 'ford escape 2007 o/d light' and immediately saw at least sixty comments that all detailed the exact same problem (which is catastrophic failure. The rep from ford had never heard of this before, which is odd considering the number of people who all have ford escape's & all are 07. Something is very wrong & a recall should've issued. *Tr

Filed Incident Fuel system, gasoline · Power train · EngineNHTSA 10611089
Engine & cooling

While driving down the freeway, the car abruptly lost power and a stop safely now light came on. The car was coasting on the freeway in the middle of traffic. It was as if it was suddenly in neutral. I restarted the vehicle when I reached the edge of the road and had acceleration again. I was stranded with my children so I attempted to go at a very safe speed in the slow lane. The problem occurred another 3 times before reaching home. Upon research, this is a very common occurrence with escape hybrids. I called...

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ford cust. Service and after reporting my issue, the representative said he had no knowledge of such problems and was actually rude to me. I called the local dealer and he said the common issue would not be covered under warranty. Now, I have an extremely unsafe car with a very common problem and appear to be getting no assistance. *Tr

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10604974
Engine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford escape hybrid. The contact stated while driving 70 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated that the "pull over safely" warning message illuminated after the failure occurred. The contact was able to move onto the emergency lane. The vehicle was taken to the local mechanic, who performed an inspection and located the failure in the electric water pump motor. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 115,000. Updated 7/14/14*cn

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 10587371
Engine & cooling

Ford escape hybrid 2007, about 75,000 miles. On three separate days over the past few months car has stalled while driving. Usually happens after driving for longer periods on freeways. On each of the three days after stalling once it stalled again several times, going about 40mph. Dealer and mechanic could not find anything wrong. After reading complaints pretty sure its a mechs cooling pump problem. *Tr

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10586318
SteeringEngine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford escape. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning on multiple occasions while traveling at any speed. Additionally, the power steering assist would fail without warning and exhibit a loud noise as the contact attempted a turn. The vehicle was taken to a repair shop where the fuel pump, filter and the sensor were replaced. The stalling failure recurred without warning. The mechanic was unable to further diagnose or duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100000. The vin was not available.

Filed Incident Steering · EngineNHTSA 10585213

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