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Ford on certain sport utility vehicles equipped with 3.0L V6 engines, during deceleration, the engine can stall.

NHTSA campaign 04V-165 · Reported June 4, 2004 · thousands of vehicles affected

AFFECTED MODELS
Ford Escape
VEHICLES AFFECTED
thousands of
REMEDY
DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE POWER CONTROL MODULE (PCM) WITH THE APPROPRIATE CALIBRATION.
COST
Free

The short version

FORD MOTOR COMPANY reported a problem with the automatic transmission control module (tcm/pcm/tecm). Here is what owners need to know.

WHAT

ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.0L V6 ENGINES, DURING DECELERATION, THE ENGINE CAN STALL.

WHY IT MATTERS

SHOULD THE ENGINE STALL, A VEHICLE CRASH COULD OCCUR.

WHAT TO DO

DEALERS WILL REPROGRAM THE POWER CONTROL MODULE (PCM) WITH THE APPROPRIATE CALIBRATION, free of charge.

Affected vehicles

These model years are included in NHTSA campaign 04V-165.

YEAR RANGEMODEL
2001–2003Ford Escape

What changed

Newest first. The record shows both when the recall began and what has changed since.

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA. LATEST

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