Any Ford experts here?

[plumbstupid]

My wife was on her way back from Oklahoma city and stopped at a rest stop. When she came out her 2007 Escape started fine but when she puts it in gear it dies.

Any ideas?

 

[TWX]

Just a guess in general for automatics, but stuck torque converter lockup?

How long was she driving at highway speeds before it started doing this?

A couple of things to try... First, get the vehicle to where it's safe, nothing in front of it to hit. Then, start the engine in neutral, not park, then rev the engine a little, then shift from neutral to drive. Revving the engine is to keep it spinning. It should launch like popping a clutch if it's a torque converter lockup sticking.

I had this happen on my '78 Cordoba, first year they introduced the lockup. It was entirely hydraulic, and as it ablated, the material stuck in the control valve and made it stick engaged, which of course made it ablate more, leaving me with one helluva problem.

I'm not a Ford expert, so your mileage may vary.

 

[plumbstupid]

Thanks TWX,

She had driven the car for about 3 hours. Some friends not far from the town where the car acted up managed to get it backed out of her parking spot. She just made it home and the car died when she pulled in. As long as the car is moving and your foot is on the gas everything is fine. The car died at a stop light and she was able to rev it up and get it in DRIVE. I think it may be a vaccum line somewhere or atleast I hope thats what it is.

 

[jhelrey]

I bet Ford will replace the accelerator... Not a guarantee but I have ran into that issue before and all it was, was that.

 

[joeydawrench]

sounds like an idle air control valve

 

[mustanginky]

sounds like an idle air control valve

my guess too

 

[jethro29]

+ 3 on the I.A.C.

 

[plumbstupid]

Would it throw a fault code with the idle control valve?

 

[TWX]

That's why I'm thinking something mechanical, rather than electrical.

But, I'm certainly no expert. If you would tell us once it's fixed it'd be nice to know.

 

[dave67fd]

Yes, it should. IAC or possibly sticking throttle plate or bad throttle body assy.
Could also be ETC (FLY-BY WIRE) problem.

 

[Ford12508]

Wouldn't idle rough in park if it was the IAC?

 

[cowboyjosh]

Huh, wife has a 2008 Toyota Sequoia (50,000 miles) doing almost the same thing, except for when we can get the truck to run and drive there is so little power you cant get more the 30 mph out of it. Getting towed to the dealer in the a.m.

 

[macdabs]

I would check for codes, if you have a DPFE sensor code 9 times out of ten the rear catalytic manifold assembly is bad if it is a 3.0 DOHC engine. Another thing you can do is pull the hose from the DPFE sensor going to the back manifold and check to see if it is pushing extreme exhaust pressure.

I have had several escapes in for melted and plugged rear cat mainifolds. The sad part is you end up replacing both rear cat and downstream cat from all the junk when it melts.

Good Luck,
Mac

 

[marc@kentucky]

We had a few of those year model Escapes in our company fleet and there was a recall due to a problem with the accelerator cable. There was an issue with the cable binding and becoming frayed.

Like someone mentioned above, it could be resulting from this problem.