This ford should be a recall for sure, I have worked on cars, build racing cars, have 2 years schooling in auto mechanic. But now i am a IT Tec, trouble shooter, working with computers, i have a strong understanding with hardware and software related problems, here it is the bottom line i have uncovered. There is a computer conspiracy. I can fix many problems in the hardware and software area, some tricks i will never reveal, because this is the foothold i have against the conspiracy. I have at this time not figured out nor fixed the problem with this 2003 3L ford escape. I know the problem excites in the PCM, mainly the the RAM one small part in the memory is corrupt.You need very expensive tools to fix this sh*t not the same tools i have for the home PC network. some of my tools/scanners do work but one needs to read the BIOS of these PCMs and that is $2000 just to get into the ring.I am not made of money and the truck is not worth the fight, but the conspiracy is.I can do more damage here from my home then i can on the road. It toke me years to come to this conclusion, but i know now how the conspiracy works a EMP eletro magnetic pulse, it can damage Ram or wipe memory clean no data or packet loss. The Sun can do this to satellites in space, but not strong enough to effect much on the ground, so were is the EMP coming from? thats the conspiracy.