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2009 Ford Escape electronic stability control (esc) problems

22 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electronic stability control (esc) on the 2009 Ford Escape1% of all complaints for this model year.

22
Electronic Stability Control (esc) complaints
1%
share of all complaints
109,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • My wife and I were driving home from work when just before I got on the freeway at a stop light my steering wheel began to vibrate and then I lost all power assist with the vehicle thankfully we hadnt entered the traffic. The power assist is now off and on

    filed Dec 3, 2019

  • While driving on the interstate in july of 2017, the car suddenly lost power steering and lost speed. We were barely able to get off on the shoulder and cut the car off. When we started up the car again, everything was back to normal. However, this happened 2 or 3 times in the next couple of days…

    filed Nov 11, 2019

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

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.