# 2001 FORD ESCAPE — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
> NHTSA complaint `558260` · 2005-10-12 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 3
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FORD
- **Model:** ESCAPE
- **Year:** 2001
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- **Miles at failure:** 132,000
## Narrative
DT:  AFTER THE CONTACT WAS PULLING OUT FROM A HIGHWAY ON OCTOBER 11, 2005 THE VEHICLE ACTED LIKE IT WAS LOSING POWER.  IT WOULD SLOW DOWN,  AND THEN IT WOULD ONLY GO LESS THAN  10 MPH.  WHEN THIS OCCURRED THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED FLASHED.  THREE OF THE CHILDREN  IN THE CAR  SUSTAINED  MINOR INJURIES.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT SEVEN MONTHS  BEFORE SHE HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED.  THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS AT THAT TIME.  THE CONTACT TOOK VEHICLE  TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY SAID THAT THE COMPUTER SHOWED THE CODE P0733,  THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE  REPLACED.  THE CONTACT  FOUND THAT THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR TRANSMISSION  PROBLEM.  *AK.
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