this just worked for us with our 2008 escape hybrid. Thank you!!

left it sitting there for a month after we got our EV. Was giving the ‘pull over safely’ error and wouldn’t start (even though the 12v battery was powering on lights, radio, display etc.

last time this happened, we had it towed 40 mins to ford who charged us an arm and a leg to fix it. This time, jumper cables and hitting the secret button 4 times at 8 minute intervals finally brought it back to life. Confident Ford knew exactly how they were fleecing us last time round…

thanks for posting.