Ford Escape Recall

Ford Escape is still best selling in spite the fact that the Ford Company is recalling 130,000 Ford Escape Utility Vehicles due to defect that can cause the driver and front seat passenger seat belts to fail to latch. Last year, at December, Ford recalled 132,243 Ford Escape SUVs also because of seat belt defect. On 2000, Ford recalled its 2001 Escape small SUV in the month of August, this time because of improper manufacturing of the nut holding steering wheel which might crack.

 

The cruise control mechanism on V6 models may jam or corrode that will allow the throttle to stick open. September of the same year, 23,500 were also recalled. At October, a hundred thousand of 1999 F-series light duty pickups that could have fuel leaks; 709,245 F-series trucks, model 1997 for improper installing of mounting brackets that might create a hole in front of the front fuel line; 800 SUV for possible defective speed control cables. On November 27,516 Escapes were recalled. In the year 2004 Ford Motor Co. is recalling 363,440 Escape compact sports utility vehicles of the 2001 to 2003 models because of the possibility that the engine might stall at certain speeds. There are Escapes with 3.0-liter V6 engine to experience an intermittent stall when decelerating at speeds below 40 mph.