I have a 2003 Ford Escape, AWD, auto, with 104K on it. On three occasions it has failed start correctly. All three times I had driven the car for about 30 minutes, parked (by pure coincidence the same parking lot every time!), returned to the vehicle to find it wouldn’t start. The engine would turn …

2003 Ford Escape with mystery intermittent start problem

james1980 October 27, 2010, 8:25pm 3

Thanks Tardis. The 03 does have an IAC. Is there any reason why a bunch of Ford certified mechanics wouldn’t suspect this could be the problem? It’s a cheap fix and easy to replace, right?