Ford Escape hesitates to start every great once in a while, any guesses what it might be?
Every great once in a while — like once every couple of months or so, my ’02 Ford Escape doesn’t want to turn over. When it happens I have to hold the key on and let it crank for 30 seconds or so and then it will turn over. One of my guesses is, it might be doing this after sitting in direct sun for several hours, but I’m not sure. Is there anything that Escape’s are notorious for, that might be causing this? Any speculations what it might be? I know I should take it to a garage — but since it happens so sporadically I forget about it — and more than likely the garage won’t be able to duplicate the problem. A: Try this… Turn the key to the “ON” position….wait 30 seconds…then fire it up…. Fuel injection is a high fuel pressure system. Somehow after the vehicle sits a while the fuel system will lose pressure causing the motor to crank longer to build up the necessary pressure to deliver adequate fuel to the motor. Turning on the key also turns on the electric fuel pump in your
