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High voltage battery warning occurs and gives possibility of shutting the car down
The contactā€™s daughter owned a 2021 ford escape. The contact stated that while her daughter was driving at an unknown speed, the coolant warning light illuminated. As the contact's daughter began to pull over, she began to lose control of the vehicle as a black smoke started coming from the engine. The vehicle caught on fire once the contact's daughter had exited the vehicle. The fire department arrived at the scene and was able to extinguish the fire. A fire report was filed. There was no injury reported. Due to the failure, the vehicle was initially towed to a tow yard however, the current location of the vehicle was unknown. The contact's daughter notified the dealer of the failure and a week later and she was informed that an investigation would be started. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was destroyed. The failure mileage was unknown.
Vehicle was being driven down the road.vehicle stalled.check engine light came on.attempted to restart vehicle but vehicle stalled again.smelled fuel.heard a boom then fire ignited.fire came from the underside of vehicle and flames were rising on driver side of vehicle with black smoke.attempted to exit vehicle from driver side door but was unable to do so due to flames.crawled over to passenger side of vehicle and exited the vehicle.fire department extinguished the fire with water.fire reignited and fire department extinguished fire again.insurance company inspected the vehicle but was unable to determine root cause of fire.
The transmission automatically went into park in the middle of an intersection and was inoperable from that time and had to be towed from the intersection.
High voltage battery warning occurs and gives possibility of shutting the car down
2021 ford escape phev power liftgate.first three weeks (320 miles) of ownership the power liftgate opened or closed spontaneously 5-6. On each occasion the engine/electric was off, the car was in park and the parking brake on. While still in the cabin the liftgate opened spontaneously opened. On three occasions the liftgate closed spontaneously. My foot was not near the foot-activated mechanism. On the last occasion, i was unloading 50# bags from the cargo area and the gate came down, no injury. On one occasion the liftgate opened and hit the control arm of my garage door creasing the sheet metal and causing $900.00 of damage.the car has been examined by the dealer, the problem did not duplicate due to its random nature. No repair and no advice. Ford notified and case number started.
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