I AM THE OWNER OF A 2008 FORD ESCAPE HYBRID WITH APPROX. 50K MILES. AS WITH MANY COMPLAINTS RELATED TO ESCAPE HYBRID, I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE IN PERFECT WEATHER CONDITIONS AT APPROX. 70MPH WHEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND THE MASTER VEHICLE ELECTRICAL HAZARD WARNING LAMP LIT UP. STEERING AND BRAKING WERE NORMAL BUT I HAD TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER ACROSS SEVERAL LANES OF BUSY HIGHWAY TRAFFIC TO STOP. IT WAS TERRIFYING. I GATHERED MYSELF AND MY THREE TERRIFIED CHILDREN AND STARTED THE CAR AGAIN WITH NO PROBLEM. THE SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED THREE MORE TIMES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO MY DESTINATION, BUT I WAS ANTICIPATING THE ISSUE AND STAYED IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE. THIS ISSUE IS BEING REPORTED TIME AND AGAIN YET NO ACTION IS BEING TAKEN TO ADDRESS THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT. WHAT IS FORD AND NHTSA WAITING FOR? THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ISSUE! PLEASE, BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR DIES. *TR
2010
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AT ABOUT 6:30 PM THIS EVENING, A FRIEND AND I WENT TO THE CAR TO GO TO STORE. WE OPENED THE BACK HATCH AND PUT IN A COUPLE ITEMS WE WERE PLANNING ON RETURNING IN THE BACK. MY FRIEND SHUT THE BACK HATCH AND THE BACK WINDOW SHATTERED VIOLENTLY SENDING GLASS IN ALL DIRECTIONS. BOTH OF US WERE HIT BY FLYING GLASS PIECES. THE GLASS SHATTERED IN SO MANY SMALL PIECES THAT IT WAS THROUGHOUT THE INSIDE OF THE CAR AND COVERED A RADIUS ON HER DRIVEWAY AND LAWN OF ABOUT TEN FEET. THERE IS NO LOGICAL REASON WHY THE GLASS SHOULD HAVE SHATTERED - THERE WAS NO OBSTRUCTION OR ANY NOTICEABLE ISSUE WITH HATCH BEFORE IT HAPPENED. *TR