Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / ESCAPE / 2003

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004309451 Incident Date: Oct, 25 2004
Consumer's City: NOBLESVILLE Consumer's State: IN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: ESCAPE Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FMYU03163K Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 17 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 17 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 1. vehicle had recall 04s13 performed for posible loss of power when decelerating. vehicle is a 2003 ford escape. vehicle was 19 months old with 3600 miles and had not had any prior problems.*aki 2. 2 weeks after recall was performed the vehicle was in an accident due to the exact conditions that the recall was to prevent. the vehicle was returned to service dept. and they supposedly repaired problem. vehicle now unexpectedly accelerates usually when braking. this has happened 5 times and continues to get worse every time. the last incident the vehicle was idling and about half way into a parking space and it accelerated own its own, the front wheels jumped a 6 inch verticle curb, and left 5 foot skid marks in the grass while trying to stop. 3. the dealer has driven the vehicle but the problem did not occur. dealer installed flight recorder for two weeks. the problem did not occur. they removed flight recorder and a technician rode in vehicle the problem occured and technician had vehicle taken back to shop. they could not find anything and returned vehicle. acceleration occured again they reinstalled flight recorder and said they needed three recording to diagnois problem. this has not occured yet and dealer is calkling to get flight recorder back.