2006 Ford Escape Hybrid electrical system problems

36 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid — 16% of all complaints for this model year.

Electrical System complaints

16%

share of all complaints

118,500 mi

median reported incident mileage

0 / 0

crash / fire reports

What owners report

“Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford escape hybrid. While driving at an unknown speed, an unknown warning icon displayed on the instrument panel. When the contact powered off the engine and restarted the vehicle, the warning indicator no longer appeared. The vehicle was taken to wilson ford lincoln…”
filed Apr 26, 2019
“As my seventeen years old daughter was pulling out of the driveway for school she noticed the steering was hard to turn. She took my car to school. I went to try and move the car back up the driveway and could barely turn the wheel myself. Luckily she was at home and not on the road. There is no…”
filed Jan 30, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Some 2005-2012 Escape Hybrid and 2006-2011 Mariner Hybrid vehicles may set DTCs P0A81 (battery pack cooling fan 1 control circuit) and/or P0A96 (battery pack cooling fan 2 control circuit) in the traction battery…
TSB 16-0118 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Sep 8, 2016
Ford/mercury: some vehicles may set diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs) p0a81 (battery pack cooling fan 1 control circuit) and/or p0a96 (battery pack cooling fan 2 control circuit) in the traction battery control module…
TSB-09-15-3 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Dec 1, 2009