2001–2003 Ford Escape recall: powertrain & transmission
⚠️ What's wrong
On certain sport utility vehicles equipped with 3.0L V6 engines, during deceleration, the engine CAN stall.
💥 The risk
Should the engine stall, a vehicle crash could occur.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will reprogram the power control module (PCM) with the appropriate calibration. Owner notification began on april 21, 2004. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ford at 1-800-392-3673.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 04V165000
- Manufacturer recall #
- 04S13
- Manufacturer
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
- Vehicles affected
- 321,903
- Component
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
- Owner phone
- 1-800-392-3673
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Apr 21, 2004
- Built
- Jan 31, 2000 – Sep 11, 2002
- Recall started by
- ODI
- Notes
- Ford recall no. 04S13.also, customers CAN contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).