I have a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. I just returned from vacation for a month and the " Pull Over Safely" light has come on and naturally the car will not start. This is the 2nd time this has happened.

Is a " shoreline plug" the same as a trickle charger fir the low voltage 12 volt battery in the rear? If so where do I purchase this beast how how much is this going to " bite me"? Thanks alot!

a ford dealer can recharge the FEH hybrid battery?

I looked in the owners manual about jump starting the car and discovered something that I didn't know. The Escape Hybrid will not start when the high-voltage hybrid battery is depleted (which happened to me when we went on a long vacation). It's a surprisingly simple fix: 1. Make sure your under-hood 12 volt battery is fully charged. If it isn't, either put a battery charger on it and fully charge it or you can put on jumper cables from another car if you in a hurry. 2. Pop out the plastic triangle panel on the drivers side dashboard (you can see it when you open the driver's door). Underneath is a button with a battery logo on it. 3. With the ignition off and key out of the ignition, press this button until the yellow LED light glows. 4. Wait 8 minutes. I set a timer on my phone for this. What is happening at this time is the hybrid battery is pulling juice from the under-hood battery to give it a little bit of power - that is why the under-hood battery needs to be fully charged or jumped if low. 5. After the 8 minute wait, the yellow LED will begin to flash - don't do anything until it starts flashing. Within 2 minutes, try and start the engine. If all goes well it should start. 6. Drive or run the car for awhile to allow the engine to charge up the hybrid battery. If the vehicle doesn't start, you can follow these steps one more time to give it another boost.

RICK !!!! I USED YOUR BUTTON TRICK AND IT WORKED PERFECTLY!!! THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR POST. I BOUGHT USED AND HAD NO USER MANUAL. JUST PRESS THE BUTTON ONCE.......DONT HOLD IT DOWN WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO COME ON. THANKS AGAIN RICK!!! GREG L.

Rick, Your advice also worked for me for my 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid. I had two different scenarios occur after long overseas business trips: - first time my car would not start. A neighbor and I jumped it like any vehicle and it started up like normal. I had the 12V battery checked and found it to be bad. I replaced it with an Optima. - 2nd time, jumping did not work. I don’t have any diagnostics checking apparatus so I assume the Hybrid battery must have been below 300V. I did the Hybrid Button trick and all went as Rick described above. I then drove around to charge up the Hybrid battery which didn’t take long base on when it started using all electric mode. (I assume the vehicle wouldn’t go into all electric mode if the battery is not sufficiently charged). Any advice going forward? I did find that there are people selling refurbished batteries with 2 and 3 year warranties ($2000, $3000) depending on the batteries used. Now I am concerned that this may be an indication that my Hybrid battery may be on its last leg

RICK!!! You just saved me $15k, or even better, I didn’t have to scrap the car! The button worked, and I had two different dealerships in MA look at it and tell me my hybrid battery was dead.

Does anyone have advice for the 2009 Escape? From everything I’m reading they removed the button for model year 2009, but for the life of me I can’t see what the alternative fix is (suffering the same problem as described in above posts).

Have you ever received a answer. I also have a 2009 Escape Hybrid without the charge button. I have now taken the car to 4 shops now trying to get it started. The first place could not figure what was wrong so they sent it to a Ford dealership and they said it was the electric motor ($14,000 to replace). Then I took it to a Hybrid specialist and they said it the Hybrid HV battery. Then I took it to another Ford dealership and they also said it was the HV battery. I would like to find a way to charge the battery without paying $10 - $15,000.

Dang. wish i had seen this sooner. I just got charged $268 to "charge" the high voltage battery and replace an air filter. Thanks for next time guys!

Gentlemen you need to remove your battery and attach a trickle/grid charger

It worked, Rick! Thank you!

I’m in the same boat as a couple of the commenters who are unlucky enough to have a 2009 FEH where they removed the magic button that uses the 12V to jump the 300V hybrid battery pack, does anyone know what the part number is for that magic button (or simply what it is?) on the 2008? I’d like to install one on mine since for was so inconsiderate in removing a very beneficial part. It seems to me that it could be a jump starter pack that uses supercapacitors, just my guess though.

I believe the button was moved to behind a trim panel on the left end of the dash.

Do you know exactly where on the 2019 it is located? I’m desperate

OMG... RICK YOUR ANSWER WAS A ROCKSTAR RESPONSE! Seriously, after a week of messing around with this and trying to get it to work, I stumbled across your post and VIOLA... it worked like a charm the first go round. Thank you thank you thank you. (2007 Ford Escape Hybrid)

I have a 2008 Ford Escape hybrid looking for the battery button to recharge the hv battery but looks like some took off that button would anyone know what it’s call or where to get one or a part number to get it from ford or after market one

That is not good. I don’t have a part number, but I tried to get a better image to help you find one.

Here is one more.

Oop sorry same pic.

Here!

Do you happen to know where to get a replacement button

All I have is this I believe I just need the button to proceed with the recharge

I would try a dealer or maybe a junkyard. Sorry I can’t be of more help. I feel your pain. My 2008 Mercury Mariner started having issues when I was doing a lot of long international trips. I tried to get my wife to start the car , but she always forgot. That little button was a savior! Now that I have been staying home and routinely driving the last couple of years the problem hasn’t reoccurred.

One more picture. Looks like the cable with the orange sleeve connects to the button.

Anyone know where to get a replacement Called the dealership and the dealership said this part has been discontinued

Part number (8M6Z10B776AA)

Does anyone know off any ford escape 2008 hybrid battery specialist or shop which can help with battery recharge and replacement. here in Calgary.. thanks

Anyone else dealing with same issue. Tried to boost with the side button. Light is blinking yellow (not sold). That means 12 volt battery is weak. I have charged it (shows 13.8 now). But still no sold yellow light on the booster button.

I am in the same boat, I have a 2009 FEH and it starting not starting. Took it to my mechanic and he said his scanner showed a code that the Hybrid battery was low. He deleted all the codes and got the car to start, I drove it to town twice (about 20 mi) and it was working fine, the check engine light did not reappear. Then I had taken it to a dealer to trade it in, they ran the code and showed that was deleted 3 times and the check engine light came back on, but they drive and parked it. I said I would pick it up after the Labor Day weekend. When I arrived it wouldn't start. I those them they had to delete the codes again. Luckily I was at a dealer where I just bought a new car and they wanted to get me on the road. Many mechanics don't know about this issue. The guy cleared ALL the codes again and it started. I drove it home. Saw a video where a mechanic got it working and test drive it hard accelerate, hard break, over and over while showing his scanner display, https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=r02WyoFeaCo&t=74s - I tried that and the battery started doing electric only driving. I also believe that these batteries can be trickle charged, but I'm not sure about the exact proceedures.