Posts: 5,278
Threads: 833
Joined: Feb 2004
Reputation:
1
Ford Recalls More Than 500,000 Escapes for Engine-Fire Risk
4-13-2007
Source: Inside Line
DEARBORN, Michigan ââ¬â The Ford Motor Company is recalling more than 500,000 Escape SUVs from the 2001-2004 model years after getting reports of engine fires linked to corrosion on antilock brake connectors. The recall does not affect the Escape Hybrid.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had been investigating the problem, according to its Web site. There have been no reports of accidents or injuries connected with the recall. However, there have been about 50 reported engine fires connected to the problem.
Ford said the engine-fire risk is linked to missing or improperly installed seals on connectors for the antilock brake system's wiring harness. Dealers will replace faulty connectors and the ABS module if necessary. Ford expects most vehicles will not have any corrosion concern.
What this means to you: If you own an Escape from the 2001-2004 model years, have it checked out at your dealership
I was the only member on this board with a Yellow Focus Sedan, and a 2002+ Euro Facelift on a sedan.
Posts: 2,186
Threads: 163
Joined: Apr 2003
Reputation:
0
yep, saw that in the other forum. I guess mine is one of those :(
nice everytime i get a car, new or used it gets recalled.
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success."
--Henry Ford
00 Focus ZX3 Silver- Sold
01 Focus ZX3 Green- Sold
01 Focus ZTS Red- Sold
03 Focus ZTW Green Sold
04 Escape LTD Silver- Sold
05 Freestyle LTD Black-Sold
02 Honda CRV EX-L-Sold
02 VW Jetta GLS TDI Silver-Sold
11 VW Jetta TDI 6spd Mine 
10 VW Golf Highline DSG- wrote off 
Posts: 2,398
Threads: 401
Joined: Aug 2006
Reputation:
1
mo_focus,Apr 13 2007, 09:36 AM Wrote:yep, saw that in the other forum. I guess mine is one of those :(
nice everytime i get a car, new or used it gets recalled.
[right][snapback]234573[/snapback][/right]
Stop buying Fords. Hold on, I think we all, or most of us have a Ford. I think we have to realize that all vehicles will have a recall or two or 13, if you have a 2000 Focus. Or, buy a really old car and just replace the stuff that breaksdown or falls off..................................
Proud member of the CDan nation.
2000 White ZTS: retired
2012 Frosted Glass SEL: active
K&N Filter.....
Posts: 5,278
Threads: 833
Joined: Feb 2004
Reputation:
1
04-14-2007, 07:18 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-14-2007, 07:18 AM by Frost__2001.)
oldeguy,Apr 13 2007, 12:43 PM Wrote:mo_focus,Apr 13 2007, 09:36 AM Wrote:yep, saw that in the other forum. I guess mine is one of those :(
nice everytime i get a car, new or used it gets recalled.
[right][snapback]234573[/snapback][/right]
Stop buying Fords. Hold on, I think we all, or most of us have a Ford. I think we have to realize that all vehicles will have a recall or two or 13, if you have a 2000 Focus. Or, buy a really old car and just replace the stuff that breaksdown or falls off..................................
[right][snapback]234607[/snapback][/right]
no kidding but really one could complain about the Current Honda Civic as being worse then a Current ford Product at the moment as the current 2006-7 Civic has 7 outstanding recalls now?
I was the only member on this board with a Yellow Focus Sedan, and a 2002+ Euro Facelift on a sedan.
Posts: 2,398
Threads: 401
Joined: Aug 2006
Reputation:
1
I've been telling people to buy Ford, especially the Focus, because by now, the platform is so old, that all the wrinkles have been ironed out. If you went to Japan, Honda is the third best selling car
Proud member of the CDan nation.
2000 White ZTS: retired
2012 Frosted Glass SEL: active
K&N Filter.....
Posts: 2,014
Threads: 193
Joined: Sep 2003
Reputation:
0
Stock for Stock, and price for price, the Mustangs Trump anything made in Japan for the same price too...
Oh yeah, in the UK, the Focus is #1 still in segment, Fiesta and KA are #1 in theirs, and the Mondeo is STILL #1 as well...
Since Ford bought it's premiere brands (Volvo, Aston Martin, Land Rover, etc), all of those brands have had better QA, and the best sales they have ever had too.
So, to me, Ford is doing stuff right...just not often/fast enough...lol
Bleeding Ford Blue again...
Posts: 2,398
Threads: 401
Joined: Aug 2006
Reputation:
1
Drivesthebeast,Apr 14 2007, 12:30 PM Wrote:Stock for Stock, and price for price, the Mustangs Trump anything made in Japan for the same price too...
Oh yeah, in the UK, the Focus is #1 still in segment, Fiesta and KA are #1 in theirs, and the Mondeo is STILL #1 as well...
Since Ford bought it's premiere brands (Volvo, Aston Martin, Land Rover, etc), all of those brands have had better QA, and the best sales they have ever had too.
So, to me, Ford is doing stuff right...just not often/fast enough...lol
[right][snapback]234687[/snapback][/right]
Patience is a virtue
Proud member of the CDan nation.
2000 White ZTS: retired
2012 Frosted Glass SEL: active
K&N Filter.....
Posts: 9,588
Threads: 529
Joined: Mar 2004
Reputation:
1
BBQ at whoever owns an Escape's place! :lol:
Kev? :ph34r:
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
Posts: 1,068
Threads: 35
Joined: Apr 2007
Reputation:
0
so if you got one in 2001 or 2002, they'd wait 5 or 6 years to get it checked?
:blink:
Little bit of show, little bit of go.
Posts: 9,104
Threads: 411
Joined: May 2003
Reputation:
2
some foci's burnt to the ground to :ph34r:
Posts: 2,014
Threads: 193
Joined: Sep 2003
Reputation:
0
No stangs have burned yet that I've heard of....they just sometimes flood in the front passenger footwell (there is some seal in the firewall they forgot to install on a lot of them in the 05's and a few 06's...no, mine doesn't flood), and the V6's have driveshafts that explode into peices if you have a lot of power adders on them...
Other than that, life is good...
Bleeding Ford Blue again...
|
Hi, Guest
![[Image: ncclogo.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/Flofocus/ncclogo.jpg)