[Megand08819]

Hi Friend, This sounds almost identical to what happened with my car this Monday, I have a 2017 Ford Escape. I was driving it and came to a stop at a red light when suddenly it alerted me "Transmission Not in Park" and died. Was unable to crank/start afterwards. My car is still at the dealership being investigated but I am also trying to troubleshoot as best as I can from afar. I tried for several hours to start it up again myself while waiting for my tow and was never able to start it, but apparently the tech who was looking into it yesterday had no problem starting it??? When you attempted to restart your car after it failed, did all of your lights and electrical components except your AC and Radio come on? I was also unable to shift it into neutral to get me out of the street, was this also the case for you? I had to manually press on the switch the move out of park.

 

[Megand08819]

There is a recall for your car! Recalls are free!
Call a Ford Dealer and give them your Vin

I had the recalled part replaced on March 18th of this year and this happened to my car last Monday, May 8th.

 

[Megand08819]

Finally getting my Escape back today! After 2.5wks, it finally did the same thing for the dealership that it did for me. Died while out driving, no crank no start.

The technician found out that there was a hairline crack in a plate near my battery function box. The service manager said this happens occasionally in newer model fords because everything is so compact under the hood. It could be caused by so much as placing a battery down too hard (not the case for me, still got my original battery knock on wood). He also said this crack can cause cars to not start up at all at normal start up or can cause the car to die while driving and then not start up again like it did to me (and ultimately the tech that was driving it this week).

The tech could literally press on the plate to make the car start again, but when he removed his hand it would not start again.

Posting my update here so it can hopefully someday help someone else if they ever find themselves in the same boat 😊

 

[Megand08819]

Thanks for the update.



Are you able to post a picture of the part they were pressing on? It will help identify which part was cracked for future readers.

Unfortunately I do not have pictures of the actual parts, however the parts that they invoiced me for were the AV6Z*14A068*B Box Assembly- Fuse and CV6Z*14526*CA Circuit Breaker Assembly.

From what I can tell in the catalog pictures I believe MOONRNR’s video is exactly what happened in my case 😊

@dilbertescape replacing my battery is the next thing on my to do list as soon as I pay off this dealership payment. Thank you for the advice and concern! 😊