Vehicle stalls randomly while driving or stationary. After stalling it needs to sit in order to be restarted or else it will start up and stall within a minute. There is no pattern to when it does this, sometimes it goes months and sometimes it happens more than once in a week. The most recent occurrence was on March 24th, 2020 but it has happened many times (over 25 times) over the 2-3 years owning the car.

- Worcester, MA, USA

After starting the car will start to stutter even when pressing the gas and will stall. Sometimes it will start and run fine for a few mins and then when depressing the brake to stop at a light or turn, it will die again after stuttering. It will stutter and die multiple times in the span of a few minutes this is extremely dangerous especially since my area doesn't have public transportation and a car is the only way around. It has been occurring for weeks now with no check engine light and a few days ago, the check engine light came on and when the car was about to die the low oil light would come on. A diagnostic was run and it showed a P0087 error but when the Ford dealership tested it, the issue was a defective fuel rail sensor.

- Pasadena, TX, USA

Engine randomly shuts off while in motion. Ford surprisingly 'can't' reproduce the problem. It's very dangerous and most of the time leaves us stranded in the middle of the road. A couple times it has left us in the middle of busy intersections. Only 87K miles.

- Mobile, AL, USA

Ford did a diagnostic on it which 2 codes showed but they tested and could not find the issue. So I then took it to the approved service shop. The first time they replaced the PCV valve but when I picked it up the next day, the engine light came back on and was now flashing. The shuddering was now happening while driving 70mph. I took it directly back to the shop where they worked on it for about 3 hours. As it was a Saturday, they asked me to bring it back in on Tuesday when the sr. Tech was there. On that day it was there for another 6 hours. They consulted with their head tech who has been there over 30 years and also with several Ford lead technicians. They replaced the egr valve and asked me to let them know how it was. The next morning I had the same issue. They asked me to bring it back in and they were told by Ford to replace a sensor. Once replaced that did not fix the issue. At that point they decided with Ford to take it to Ford to do another diagnosis. The code shows what they've already fixed. At this point there is not much else they can do. I have a vehicle that can't be fixed and I don't feel safe driving.

- Winston Salem, NC, USA

Car cuts off/looses power also have to constantly put engine coolant in and change transmission fluid engine will run hot, electrical system issues doors unlock, can not drive over 35mph, fuel system putting gas in car will not start automatically have to pump gas pedal causing unsafe travel

- San Bernardino, CA, USA

The car won't start immediately after fueling. When it does eventually start it idles very rough. The problem also causes the car to periodically stall while driving. This is a common issue with this and other Ford cars. Just search youtube or do an internet search. It is apparently a problem with the evap purge valve.

- Marietta, GA, USA

For the past year my 2013 Ford Escape will lose power while driving and stall. I never know when it will happen. It has done this while driving at 5 mph and 70 mph, driving in all weather conditions, the fuel is full, 3/4, 1/2 or almost empty. My car loses all power to the gas pedal and stalls. Most times it will not start right away and sometimes when I shut the car off and wait 30 seconds it will start. Very scary to drive especially with 2 children in the car. Again I never know when it will happen but it happens at least 2 times a day.

- Roseville, MI, USA

The car does not want to start while stationary after putting gas. It takes a while to get it to start and then I have to push on the gas for a couple of minutes while it sputters until the idle finally settles. It shuts off while stationary and idling in park as well.

- Pasadena, TX, USA

There's is a strong smell of raw gas whenever I start the vehicle and aslo when I'm driving the vehicle

- Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Sometimes my 2013 Ford Escape stalls when I'm driving, I let it sit for a while then restart it, it starts but although I'm depressing the accelerator it doesn't respond. At other times when I start it from a stationary position it moves then sputters and shuts off.

- Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

A smell of gas as driving and parked, turned out to be a fuel leak from a pipe in the engine bay, a steady heavy drip when parked with the engine off, awaiting repair

- Riverhead, NY, USA

Car was stalling multiple times had repaired multiple times kept stalling and misfiring the vehicle had 120K miles on it latest test indicated cracked engine block which makes the car useless. Quoted new engine by Ford for 6K to 8K to fix. Car has had issues for the last 3 years and was recalled 15 times. The latest issue occured in Oct 2019 and had fuel sensor replaced two months later stalled on highway and asked dealer to fix that occured on dec20 and the first date to fix was listed as Jan 07 due to the fact that the dealer was fixing so many recalls

- West Boylston, MA, USA

Stalls after starting... the car will start just fine but a few seconds or minutes later will stall once I am already on the road. Also if sitting with out running for a while car will stall and turn off. In traffic this is also an issue, freeway closed one time and had to sit in standing traffic in hwy and car just turned off. Several times when pulling out of driveway or the scariest part a shooing strip parking lot onto a busy feeder road the car will stall and turn off.

- Houston, TX, USA

Car starts fine. After driving slowly a short distance, and applying brakes, when you pull into traffic or start moving forward the car stalls with check your engine/service your engine lights flashing. The car will restart and drive fine. It happens intermittently. It has happened on city streets pulling into traffic and in parking lots. I am concerned it will cause an accident. Base on other complaints, this is a known issue and has not been addressed by Ford. It has happened several times over the last few years but recently more frequently.

- Worcester, MA, USA

While driving the car stalled out or died. The interior lights and radio were not affected. The car was still on but the rpms were at 0 and I could not accelerate properly. I had to shut the car off and restart it.

- Cape Coral, FL, USA

The car will run for about a minute and then want to stall. Also when you start it it will drive for about 20 yards and then start idling very weird and stall. It doesn't do this all the time. It's dangerous.

- Gainesville, TX, USA

The vehicle hesitates then stalls even when in drive. This has happened in the city streets when approaching a stop sign and when pulling forward at a green light at an intersection. Pressing the gas pedal but does not re-engage and stalls. I have replaced all sparks plugs and cleaned the injectors and fuel lines. This is happening more and more - the dealership is at a loss.

- Crandall, IN, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Ford Escape. The contact stated that the engine coolant low and check engine warning indicators illuminated. The contact stated that there was a possible reservoir leak. The contact smelled a burning oil odor coming from the engine and the vehicle stalled and shut off. The contact took the vehicle to montrose Ford-Lincoln (located at 2480 w state St, alliance, oh 44601, 330-823-1128) where it was determined that the coolant bypass valve needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The contact took the vehicle back to the dealer where the water pump assembly was replaced, but the failure recurred. The contact returned the vehicle to the dealer and they could not determine the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 12V431000 (engine and engine cooling). The manufacturer provided case numbers: 17515194 and 25220147. The contact was informed that she would be hearing from someone at Ford; however, she had not received a call back. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.

- Akron, OH, USA

P00C6, P0234 & P26B7 are my problems. My car cranks but won't start

- Easthartford, CT, USA

Have had car fixed multiple times including replacing entire turbo system however car continues to stall when driving. The entire car will shut off and will not accelerate.

- Derby, KS, USA