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2011 Ford Escape Lighting problems

Owners have filed 3 complaints about the 2011 Ford Escape's lights with NHTSA - 0% of all its complaints, most recently on September 22, 2020. Headlights, tail lights, brake lights, turn signals and interior lighting failures.

Complaints
3
Recalls
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
0

Lighting complaints

SteeringElectrical systemLights

All off these events I am describing happened all while driving and still occur while in park. All of these also slowly progressed into one big issue over a month and a half period. It started off as my headlights were dimming and flickering, then it progressed to my dash lights doing the same, flickering and dimming on and off. Then it started affecting my ac and heat, it would get locked to stay on and I would have it turned off but if my gauges were in a certain position sometimes it would just turn on by...

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itself. Then my battery light would turn on and off, and then my power steering was making like a click sound and it would go in and out. One time my locks were going on and off by themselves as well. I replaced the battery thinking it was dying, that didn't help. I took it to get the battery and alternator tested and it was giving a 100%. I'm at a loss and do not know what else to do as the power steering is an issue.

Filed Incident Steering · Electrical system · Exterior lightingNHTSA 11360553
Lights

The lights, interior and exterior, went out while we were driving. It has happened four more times since then. It is happening more frequently in recent months. We took it to the dealer and they couldn't find a problem. *Tr

Filed Incident Exterior lightingNHTSA 10668158
Transmission & drivetrainLightsAcceleration & cruise control

I was driving on the highway when all of a sudden I could not gas my car. Traffic was heavy and I nearly caused two accidents trying to maneuver to the emergency lane. I an not able to drive my car far from home nor on a highway as it chooses to repay this at random. *Tr

Filed Incident Power train · Exterior lighting · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 10537092

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