2008 Ford Escape Hybrid Engine cooling Problems

“Recently while driving, my dashboard suddenly displays a red triangle with an exclamation point in it and advises me to stop safely now. Regardless of whether I can stop safely or not, I lose power suddenly. This has happened many times, and I have been informed that this is a generic warning that covers numerous car problems. Unfortunately, I do many miles on the highway at higher speeds. …”

“While driving I noticed a lack of power and got the message stop safely now . As the manual stated I pulled over, waited a few minutes. The car started up again but the event kept happening all the way home. I brought the car to a dealer who made a repair costing 642 dollars. The car ran fine for a month but when on a major highway I had the same experience except it was more difficult to deal with the loss of power in busy traffic. …”

“I was traveling on the expressway in the left hand lane doing about 70 MPH when the engine shutdown and a stop now safely message appeared on dashboard. I was able to pull over turned off the vehicle was able to restart and continue to my destination. This again happened on the way home the same day there was no problem found at the times I pulled over and both times was able to continue. I had no ability to accelerate and fortunately was able to pull over, this was a scary.”

“While driving at highway speeds (~75 MPH) my combustion engine shut off and a red warning light was displayed on the dash with a message of please pull over safely . My vehicle has approx 53000 miles on it and is 3.5 years old. Luckily I was in the right lane and not in any danger of causing an accident. This is truly a major safety issue. Had I been passing another vehicle or had someone tailgating me, it could easily have been a major or even fatal accident. …”

“While driving 65 miles per hour an alarm sounded and the odometer read stop safely now. I lost all power to the vehicle and was able to pull over safely. I was able to restart the vehicle with no problem and continued on my way. When I reached 60 miles per hour the same thing happened. This continued to happen 6 times and then the odometer read high engine temp and the vehicle then died and made a whirling sound. I had the vehicle towed to the dealership and when I got there they told me I was able to start it right up. The dealership found it to be TSB 8-24-5. …”