2018 Ford Ecosport

I was driving down the interstate in the fast lane. The ecosport I was driving flashed a low oil pressure warning and cut off. I had no choice but to get over in the fast lane shoulder. Very dangerous situation. The Tennessee HWY response team showed up and was able to get my car to the right side shoulder. My car only has 38,000 miles. After researching the problem, It appears to be wide-spread with class action lawsuits being put into place. Ford released a bulletin on the problem. This is a very dangerous situation and Ford should be held accountable for their faulty engine design.

I was driving my vehicle and all of a sudden I got low engine fuel oil pressure message on my dashboard. The oil lamp and engine lamp sensors came on. This is the first time it happened. I also heard a rattling noise coming from the inside of the car. I had it checked by my mechanic and he said it could be the the High pressure fuel pump drive unit that needs to be replaced. I have not taken it to the manufacture to get it looked at. This happened to me when I was serving on the interstate with my mother and son and the car left us stranded on the road.

While driving my 2018 ecosport, i got a warning of "low oil pressure". my car became slow and would not accelerate correctly. I took it to my local mechanic who told me a belt inside of my oil pump shredded and i needed a completely new engine. I am only about 6000 miles over the standard ford warranty of 60,000 miles (i have just under 67000 on my car). we decided to tow my undrivable car to my local ford dealership to have a second opinion and they confirmed the same problem. we contacted ford customer service to bring the problem to their attention and they told us there was nothing they could do. upon further investigation we have found this is chronic problem with the 1.0 turbo ecoboost engines and found a class action lawsuit (from CSK&D-FORD ECOSPORT ECOBOOST DEFECT – CLASS ACTION INVESTIGATION) started against ford for this specific issue, and they still will not help us cover the costs. We cannot afford to replace the engine and still owe too much on the car to try to trade it in. it has caused a major hardship on my fiancé and I, trying to juggle both our jobs without this car and find the funds to repair the ecosport all while prices of parts and gas are skyrocketing. I have only had this car for a little over year, it has just under 67000 miles, and it is completely undrivable due to the faulty and carless engineering.

I was reading through some of the complaints for this vehicle and it is crazy to me because the same thing happened to me with my ford. Back in the beginning of July 2021 I was driving to work and my car suddenly just gave out it did not give no warning signs whatsoever. I had to quickly pull to the side and waited a bit and it just would not even turn on at all. I’ve always kept up with taking my car to get oil changes, new tires and make sure it was good. I had to call a tow truck to tow me home. I called ford and had to get it towed into the shop. After 2 weeks they finally looked at it and said it was the engine. They were going to contact extended warranty to see if they could cover it. They said they would only cover it but needed proof it had oil changes done which we took to them. They approved it finally and the dealership said it was because there was metal shavings in the engine which made no sense. They never gave us a loaner car and still took 3 months to get our car back. Paid $800+ to get it back. Not even a week later had to take it back because a code started showing up and again was at the dealership for a month paid another $300+. It’s to the point that now it won’t turn on at times. I tried contacting customer service but they are no help. This car needs to be investigated.

I was traveling down highway 64 in Raleigh, NC at about 75 or 80 miles per hour, and the "low oil pressure" sign came on and suddenly I had zero acceleration. As cars were all around me travelling at high speeds, I had to get off the road. Suddenly losing acceleration at high speeds on a highway is unsafe for obvious reasons. It took a lot of skill to get over lanes of traffic and get off the highway to the emergency lane. I was almost hit by several cars. Ford has my car right now and tell me the engine must be replaced. As I have an extended warranty on the vehicle, I am hoping it will be covered. No warning was given prior to this occurrence on the highway. My car was driving normally until it stalled on the highway.

Was driving out of town when the red check oil pressure light came on. Immediately checked oil level which was slightly high and called the nearest Ford Dealership and asked if I needed to get it towed or it would be fine to drive to them. They said it should be fine so I started driving towards them.I then noticed a significant decrease in power and as I turned left on to a busy road the engine ceased and died but was able to safely get it onto the side of the road. Towed it to the dealership and they said i most likely needed a new engine which was going to be $8000 but if I wanted them to check it would be an additional $2000 so I got it towed back to my house and ended up taking it to my mechanic who said that the oil pump gave out and took out the timing belt with it.

The contact owns a 2018 Ford Ecosport. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the "Low Engine Oil Pressure" message was displayed on the instrument panel. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to file a complaint with the NHTSA. The failure mileage was approximately 29,000.