POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM)
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP AND THE SYSTEM TO SHUT DOWN, AFTER THE VEHICLE SAT FOR 30 MIN THE VEHICLE COULD BE RESTARTED, THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM WAS THE PCM. NLM
2003
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V353000 (ENGINE, SPEED CONTROL) HOWEVER, THE SPEED ACCELERATION FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.