2010 Ford Escape complaints

ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITHIN THE SPAN OF A DAY, THE CAR, WHILE MOVING, STUTTERED AND STALLED. I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AGAIN, BUT IT WOULD STALL SOON THEREAFTER. IT ALMOST FELT LIKE THE CAR WAS "CHOKING" AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT FULLY TURN OFF. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED IT WAS A DEFECTIVE "THROTTLE BODY" AND THAT FORD HAD BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THIS PART. IT WAS NOT IN RECALL YET. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT. THEY PAID FOR THE THROTTLE BODY PART, HOWEVER, I WAS CHARGED OVER $300.00 TO REPLACE THE PART. I AM ONLY 5,000- 6,000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY ON THE CAR. *TR

AS I WAS TURNING ONTO A BUSY STREET (TURNING RIGHT ON RED) MY CAR WITHOUT ANY INDICATION SUDDENLY LOST POWER. I MANAGED TO COAST INTO A PARKING LOT AND PUT THE CAR INTO PARK AND TURN IT OFF. I NOTICED A WRENCH SYMBOL APPEAR IN THE LEFT PANEL, AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY STARTED AGAIN. I HAD JUST HAD MY CAR SERVICED THE DAY BEFORE (JAN 19, 2013). THIS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 3-4 TIMES MORE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM, AND TOOK IT IN. THEY SAID THEY COULD FIN NO PROBLEM WITH MY CAR THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN. A WEEK OR SO LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I CALLED BY TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND DESCRIBED THAT THE SAME THING WAS STILL HAPPENING. THEY EXPLAINED THAT THEY COULD SEE NOTHING ON THE MACHINE THAT INDICATED A PROBLEM. I CALLED FORD AND ASK ABOUT ANY RECALLS AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NONE FOR MY VEHICLE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED THAT I WAIT UNTIL THE PROBLEM MANIFESTED AND CALL BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. MONTHS( LATE JUNE) THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE. ON A TRIP TO CHARLOTTE NC GOING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE, MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER (SCARY!!!) I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER WITHOUT INCIDENT. MY CAR DID THIS APPROXIMATELY EIGHT TIMES BETWEEN CONCORD NC AND GOLDSBORO NC (WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE CAR). UPON RETURN, I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND TOOK IT IN AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY IDENTIFIED THE THROTTLE BOD

ESCAPE SPUTTERED & STALLED. RESTARTED & WAS SERVICED BY FORD TO 'CLEAN' THE THROTTLE BODY. WITHIN A FEW DAYS, IT EXHIBITED THE SAME BEHAVIOR BUT MUCH MORE FREQUENT RENDERING THE CAR UNRELIABLE. REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE DEALER FOR ANOTHER 3-4 WEEKS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED EXCESSIVELY AS THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,000. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR SLOWED AND BECAME SLUGGISH. TOOK THE CAR RIGHT TO THE FORD DEALER. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. I HAD JUST HAD A 30,000 MILE CHECKUP 2 MONTHS BEFORE AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS SERVICED AND NOW 3,000 MILES LATER I NEED TO HAVE IT REPLACED... IF I HAD BEEN ON THE THRUWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT BEING AT HIGH SPEED THEN LOSING POWER. I WAS LUCKY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT 50MPH AND NEXT THING I KNOW IS MY WHOLE CAR WAS SHAKING IT WAS A 2010 FORD ESCAPE AND I CHECKED THE DASH AND THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT IS ON. I TRIED TO STEP ON THE GAS PEDAL SO I CAN FIND A PLACE TO PULL OVER BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY POWER ON MY GAS PEDAL IT JUST WONT ACCELERATE. *TR

PROBLEM OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES AND APPEARS TO BE MORE FREQUENT. THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED I WAS DRIVING 55 MILES PER HOUR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE GAS PEDAL DID NOTHING, THE CAR DID NOT ACCELERATE. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR BECK UP IT HESITATED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED OFF, AND WORKED FINE. THE SAME THING HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS LATER. NOW I NOTICED THAT THE RPM GAUGE FLUCTUATES QUITE A BIT WHEN I START THE CAR AND THEN AGAIN WHEN I AM STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. TODAY, I WAS DRIVING WITH NO PROBLEM AND STOPPED BECAUSE THE CAR IN FRONT ME WAS STOPPED TO MAKE A TURN. WHEN I TRIED TO CONTINUE DRIVING, MY CAR STALLED AND I HAD TO TURN IT OFF AND THEN BACK ON. THERE WERE A LINE OF CARS BEHIND ME AND I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN I LOST POWER TO ACCELERATE. THE WRENCH CAME ON AND THEN THE RED LOCK ICON CAME ON. IT SEEMED THAT MY CAR WENT DEAD. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF MY CAR. I HAD TO GET TO WORK SO I STARTED IT BACK UP AND DROVE IN THE SLOW LANE. I WAS VERY SCARED AS I WAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. *TR

THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED AS I WAS LEAVING WORK. I'D JUST PULLED OUT OF OUR PARKING LOT ONTO THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR FAILED TO ACCELERATE. A WRENCH SYMBOL LIGHT CAME ON AND I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, TURNED IT OFF, LET IT SIT FOR A MOMENT AND THEN RESTARTED MY CAR. I MADE IT ABOUT 7 MILES WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND USED MY PHONE TO GOOGLE THE SYMPTOMS ON A FORD FORUM. IT STATED THAT THERE WERE IN FACT SEVERAL INCIDENTS STATING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS. AND THAT AFTER RESTARTING THEIR VEHICLES, IT RESETS ITSELF. SO I CONTINUED HOME. IT HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES BEFORE I MADE IT HOME ONLY NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AS WELL. I CALLED FORD AND THEY STATED THERE WAS IN FACT AN ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY AFFECTING SEVERAL FORD VEHICLES. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO FORD WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THAT IT WAS IN FACT THE THROTTLE BODY. HOWEVER, THIS PART IS NOW ON A NATIONAL BACKORDER. I AM THE 13TH PERSON AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP NEEDING THIS PART IN ORDER TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE. I HAVE CHILDREN AND I REFUSE TO PUT THEIR LIVES AT RISK IN THIS VEHICLE. THEY CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY AND SAID THIS WAS A BAND AID FIX UNTIL THE PART CAME IN WHICH BY THE WAY HAS NO ETA.THIS BAND AID REPAIR LASTED LESS THAN 24 HOURS. I HAVE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND IT WILL COVER THIS REPAIR BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PAY $100 DEDUCTIBLE FOR IT TO BE FIXED. WHY AM I HAVING TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR A PROBLEM THAT IS NOT SPECIFIC TO MY VEHICLE? THEY HAVE POSTED BULLETINS BUT

DRIVING ON I-95 NORTH....AT 60 MPH....WHEN THE ENGINE ALMOST COMPLETELY STALLED OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CAR SPEED DROPPED DOWN TO 5-7MPH...AND THE CAR STARTED SHAKING AND THE ENGINE BEGAN ROUGH SURGING. I BARELY MISSED BEING HIT BY A LARGE SEMI TRUCK AS I INCHED THE CAR OVER TO THE CURB. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR OFF THE EXPRESSWAY (GOING ABOUT 5 MPH) AT THE NEXT EXIT AND THEN TURNED THE CAR OFF. THE WRENCH LIGHT ALSO APPEARED. I TURNED THE CAR OFF .I CALLED MY HUSBAND, WHO TOLD ME TO SEE IF I COULD RESTART THE CAR AFTER 15 MINUTES. IT STARTED BACK UP AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. THE CAR WORKED OKAY FOR 3 MORE WEEKS AND THEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME AGAIN .....AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME, I HAVE PARKED THE CAR AND WILL NO LONGER USE IT. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH WHEN MY CAR STALLED, BUT NOT SHUTTING OFF AND THE RPM FLUTTERING BETWEEN 1000-2000 RPM. MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO PRESS IT TO INCREASE RPM OR MPH. NEXT MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ONE AND THE WRENCH SYMBOL AS WELL. I CALL MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP/SERVICE AND HE EXPLAINED IT TO BE THE ACCELERATOR THROTTLE BODY AND THERE IS A NATIONAL BACK ORDER FOR THIS PART. IF THIS IS THE CASE THERE SHOULD BE A NATIONAL RECALL FROM THE GOVERNMENT OR FORD ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *TR

ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, MY CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING. AGAIN, 2 WEEKS LATER WHILE LEAVING WORK IT STOPPED ACCELERATING IN TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT (THANKFULLY THE PERSON BEHIND ME SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES). I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND IT IMMEDIATELY DID THE SAME THING AGAIN. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY FOUND THAT IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE. I ALREADY HAD AN IDEA OF THIS ISSUE FROM MY OWN RESEARCH. APPARENTLY A LOT OF ESCAPE OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE PART IS ALSO ON BACK ORDER FOR 15 DAYS WHICH LEAVES ME WITHOUT A VEHICLE UNTIL IT IS FIXED. I ASSUME THAT SINCE THE THROTTLE BODY IS ON BACK ORDER THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS PART. *TR

TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ENGINE SUDDENLY DROPS IN RPM TO ABOUT 600 - 900 RPM AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. PULLED CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD, SHUT IT OFF AND RESTARTED. ENGINE RAN FINE AND WAS LATER INSPECTED. OBD INDICATES THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT. *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING SLOWLY FROM A STOP, THE CAR WENT ABOUT 30 FEET AND THEN STALLED. AFTER PULLING OVER, AND RESTARTING THE CAR, I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION WITHOUT INCIDENT, ABOUT 8 MILES. 2 DAYS LATER, THE SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT. THE NORTH CAROLINA CONSUMERS COUNCIL INVESTIGATION IS THE SAME INCIDENT AS MY VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND ABOUT TO ENTER THE BELTWAY AND I STOPPED BECAUSE IT WAS A RED LIGHT. I PRESSED THE GAS AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND MY CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO CUT OFF. THIS WRENCH SYMBOL SHOWED UP ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THEN MY CAR STARTED ACTING FUNNY. I HAD TO CUT MY CAR OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY CARS ENTERING THE BELTWAY. I WAS DEATHLY AFRAID. I HAVE 2 SMALL GRANDCHILDREN AND I WILL NOT PUT THEM IN HARMS WAY. UNFORTUNATELY MY CAR HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE PAST MONTH. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR. I HAVE TAKEN IT IN FOR REPAIR AND THE PART I NEED TO FIX IT IS ON BACK ORDER. I HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR A RENTAL OUT OF POCKET. *TR

THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT FROM A STOP OR JUST AFTER I PULLED OUT FROM A STOP. I TOOK IT TO MY DEALER TO HAVE IT SERVICED AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS COST ME A TOTAL OF 384.08. I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALER THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER 2010 ESCAPES AT THAT DEALERSHIPS. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH LEAD ME TO SEE THAT IT HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHERS AS WELL. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS I STALLED IN INTERSECTIONS ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. IF THERE IS A RECALL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE I AM REIMBURSED FOR THE EXPENSE I HAVE PAID TO FIX THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND LOST ACCELERATION POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE OFF THE ROADWAY HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHERE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WAS PERFORMED, WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH WHEN THE WRENCH DASHBOARD INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON. AT THE SAME TIME MY GAS PEDAL CEASES TO WORK AND CAR SPEED DECREASES. I HAVE TO COAST ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THANKFULLY BRAKES WORK. CAR IS STILL RUNNING. I TURN CAR OFF AND WAIT A MINUTE. TURN BACK ON. IT STARTS. LIGHT IS GONE AND CAR FEELS SHUDDERY BUT CONTINUES RUNNING. *TR

I WAS DRIVING 55MPH AND THE ESCAPE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, DECELERATING AND COMING TO A STOP. THE POWERTRAIN LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME TURNING OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE NOTHING WAS FOUND. THE INCIDENT THEN OCCURRED AGAIN A WEEK LATER AT THE SAME SPEED. THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL. THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY START IN NEUTRAL AND THEN IT WAS TAKEN TO THE STOP. THIS TIME IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

WHILE ENGINE IS UNDERLOAD REPRODUCED BY PRESSING BOTH GAS AND BRAKES SIMULTANEOUSLY; AT ACCELERATION AND BETWEEN 30-40 MPH THE ENGINE MAKES AN AUDIBLE THUMPING NOISE. FORD HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AND CALLS IT NORMAL. THEY INDICATED I SHOULD DRIVE MORE AGGRESSIVELY (FASTER AND FORCING THE ENGINE TO SHIFT GEARS) IN ORDER TO AVOID THIS CONDITION. THIS IS DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE ADVICE THAT MAY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. THE CONDITION MAY LEAD TO ENGINE FAILURE. *TR

THE FORD DIED ON THE INTERSTATE THE SECOND DAY(2/11/13) I OWNED IT. IT TOTALLY LOST POWER AND I HAD TO COAST ONTO THE SHOULDER AND WAIT. I RETURNED IT TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY KEPT IT FOR A DAY AND FOUND NOTHING. IT OCCURRED THREE TIMES THE NEXT WEEK AND I RETURNED TO THE DEALER. THEY CLEANED SOMETHING AND THE CAR WORKED WITHOUT INCIDENT FOR A COUPLE WEEKS. THE CAR HAS INTERMITTENTLY QUIT OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS. IT GOT REAL BAD THIS WEEK (7/10/13) AND WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE COMPUTER FINALLY REGISTERED A THROTTLE PROBLEM. THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER AND SHOULD TAKE A MONTH TO GET. *TR

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 50MPH AND CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. WAS ABLE TO GET TO REPAIR SHOP AND TOLD IT WAS THROTTLE BODY. WAS NOT ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME, D/T UNEXPECTED ACCELERATIONS AND SLOW DOWNS. *TR

AS I ACCELERATE FROM A STOP POSITION SUCH AS A STOP SIGN, TRAFFIC LIGHT OR ACCELERATE TRYING TO GO UP AN INCLINE OR BRIDGE THE CAR LOSES ALL POWER. THE ENGINE STILL RUNS AND THE POWER STEERING STILL WORKS BUT AS YOU TRY AND PRESS DOWN ON THE PEDAL TO ACCELERATE NOTHING HAPPENS. EVENTUALLY THE CAR STOPS AND BEGINS TO SPUTTER. I TURN OFF THE CAR AND THEN START IT UP. THE CAR WORKS FINE FOR A FEW MILES BUT THE SITUATION HAPPENS AGAIN. *TR

FIRST IT STARTED WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. I HAD THE CODES READ AT A LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE AND THEY SAW IT WAS AN "EVAP CENSOR" AND STATED THIS IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH A GAS CAP LEAKING. WELL, THE ESCAPE WE HAVE DOESN'T HAVE A GAS CAP!!! IT'S ONE OF THOSE "QUICK FUEL, NASCAR TYPE SYSTEMS", WHERE THERE IS JUST A PLUG THAT RETRACTS WHEN YOU INSERT THE GAS NOZZLE AND RETRACTS WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED? SECONDLY, THE SURGING STARTED HAPPENING WHILE STOPPED AT RED LIGHTS. I WOULD SLIDE THE GEAR INTO NEUTRAL, WHICH WOULD KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM LUNGING, BUT YOU COULD STILL SEE THE RPM'S REVVING UP AND DOWN. THIS ISSUE WENT ON FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS. THIRDLY, IT IS NOW STALLING WHILE DRIVING 50 - 60 MPH DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY RHYME OR REASON AS TO WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT JUST TOTALLY SHUTS DOWN THE ENGINE!!! VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. FROM NOV 2012 UNTIL JULY 2013 MY FORD ESCAPE HAS BEEN BUCKING AND SURGING AT LOW SPEEDS WITH NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. OCCASIONALLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD DIE COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. ON JULY 11, 2013, MY WIFE TOOK OUR 2010 FORD ESCAPE TO ERNEST MCCARTY FORD IN ALABASTER, AL. THEY TOLD US THAT THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS ISSUE IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD FORD SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET ON 06/12/13 AT APPROX 35MPH AND THE ACCELERATION/GAS PEDAL LOST ALL POWER. I PUSHED ON THE GAS PEDAL AND HAD NO POWER. MY VEH WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP (WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED) AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT A COMMON OCCURRENCE AND THEY WOULD ORDER THE PART FOR THE REPAIR. A VEH WAS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND I HAD TO RENT A VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD TO KEEP THE RENTAL FOR AT LEAST TWO DAYS. I HAD THE RENTAL VEHICLE FOR A WEEK AND THE PART WAS STILL NOT AVAILABLE. WE WERE THEN ABLE TO BORROW A VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER AND THEY DID NOT KNOW WHEN IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE. MY HUSBAND STARTED CALLING OTHER LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIPS ON 06/25/13 AND WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE PART FOR THE VEH. WE RECEIVED A CALL ON 06/26/13 THAT OUR VEH WAS REPAIRED. WE WERE NOT CHARGED FOR THE REPAIR BUT WE ARE OUT OF $400 FOR A RENTAL VEHICLE. THIS WILL BE MY LAST FORD PURCHASE. *TR

MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER HAS HAD TWO OCCURRENCES OF THE VEHICLE LOSING ALL POWER WITHIN THE LAST TWO DAYS (7/10/2013 AND 7/11/2013). ONCE SHE WAS STARTING FROM A RED LIGHT AND THE OTHER SHE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. BOTH TIMES SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND START THE CAR AND CONTINUE TRAVEL. *TR

PULLED INTO TRAFFIC ON A BUSY 4 LANE FREEWAY AND AS I REACHED 50 MPH AND ALL THROTTLE CONTROL DISAPPEARED AND CAR WAS ONLY STEERABLE BUT NO ACCELERATION AS I TRIED TO WORK THE CAR OFF TO THE SIDE CREATING A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING ROUGHLY BUT WITH NO GAS PETAL RESPONSE. I TURNED OFF THE CAR, RE-TRIED STARTING AND THEN NO SIGNS OF PROBLEMS, TOOK TO DEALER AND FOUND FAULTY THROTTLE BODY, A NATIONAL BACK ORDER FROM FORD INDICATING THAT THIS IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND WILL NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY, FAR SHORT OF WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED OF A THROTTLE BODY, AND CREATING A DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

PLEASE BE ADVISED WHILE DRIVING ON I-285 IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC MY 2010 FORD ESCAPE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND SLOWED DOWN ON ITS OWN. I HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. UPON TAKING THE VEHICLE TO FORD, THEY REPLACED A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. *TR

PLEASE BE ADVISED WHILE DRIVING ON ROSWELL ROAD IN ATLANTA, GA IN TRAFFIC MY FORD ESCAPE STALLED. I HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE. UPON TAKING THE VEHICLE TO FORD THEY REPLACED A FAULTY FUEL VAPOR CONTROL VALVE. *TR

WHILE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY FROM AN INCLINED ON-RAMP, ACCELERATION BEGAN TO DECREASE EVEN AS THE GAS PEDAL WAS BEING PRESSED. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER, STOP THE ENGINE AND RESTART. THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO HAVE RETURNED TO NORMAL FUNCTION. AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 25 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE ACCELERATION AS I TRIED TO INCREASE SPEED TO CHANGE LANES. THE GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED TO THE FLOOR OF THE CAR WITH NO RESULTS. AS I PRESSED THE PEDAL THE MAINTENANCE LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT LIT UP ON THE DASHBOARD. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO AN EXIT RAMP AND COASTED TO A SAFE STOP. THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS WARNING FROM THE DASHBOARD INDICATORS THAT THERE WAS TROUBLE. I WAS NOTIFIED BY THE DEALERSHIP, THAT THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY HAD FAILED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE DID NOT LOSE ELECTRICAL POWER JUST POWER TO THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT HAD TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER DID NOT REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,600.

WHILE DRIVING ON A BACK ROAD, OUR ESCAPE STARTED TO HESITATE. WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE THE CAR DID NOT RESPOND. I THEN TRIED TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND THAT'S WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO SHUDDER. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR OVER ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND TURN IT OFF. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BOULEVARD IN NEW ORLEANS A MONTH AGO, AND SUDDENLY I LOST POWER. THE ENGINE WAS ON, BUT IT WOULD NOT TAKE ANY GAS, SO I GLIDED TO A STOP NEXT TO THE CURB. A LIGHT ON THE DASH SHAPED LIKE A WRENCH CAME ON. I LOOKED IN MY OWNER'S MANUAL AND DISCOVERED THE LIGHT MEANT THAT I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER TRAIN OR THROTTLE AND THAT I SHOULD TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNED THE KEY OFF. THE ENGINE STARTED AGAIN, AND I DROVE IT HOME. THE NEXT DAY THE SAME THING HAPPENED TWICE ON THE WAY TO VETERANS' FORD IN METAIRIE. I LEFT THE CAR WITH THEM FOR FOUR HOURS, BUT THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. THIS STALLING CONTINUED TO HAPPEN TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK. LAST SATURDAY IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING UP AN OVERPASS ON ELYSIAN FIELDS, AND THERE WAS NO PLACE TO PULL OFF. I STOPPED THE CAR ON THE GRADE AS CARS STACKED UP BEHIND ME. ON MONDAY, I TOOK MY WIFE TO A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT AND RAN SOME ERRANDS, AND MY ESCAPE STALLED FOUR TIMES IN TWENTY-FIVE MILES. YESTERDAY WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED, THE ENGINE-SHAPED LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON IN ADDITION TO THE "WRENCH" LIGHT. SO TODAY I TOOK IT IN TO VETERANS' FORD AGAIN AND LEFT IT. I CALLED THIS AFTERNOON AND WAS TOLD THAT THE "THROTTLE BODY" HAD TO BE REPLACED BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ONE IN STOCK, SO I AM GOING TO HAVE TO PICK THE CAR UP TOMORROW AND DRIVE IT--SPARINGLY AND CAUTIOUSLY--UNTIL THEY RECEIVE THE PART. A FEW MINUTES AGO I LOOKED UP "FORD ESCAPE THROTTLE BODY" TO F

WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITHIN CITY LIMITS THE CAR SUDDENLY WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND SIMPLY STOPPED. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO A DEALER BECAUSE SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN. IT WOULD WORK FOR A FEW MILES AT MOST AND STOP AGAIN. VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM FIRST HAPPENED IN MAY, BUT WE TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD US IT WAS LIKELY THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY, BUT IT WAS FUNCTIONING AT THE TIME WE TOOK IT IN. FINALLY ON JUNE 27, THE CAR WAS SIMPLY NOT OPERATING. WE WERE TOLD THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT A POWER TRAIN FUNCTION AND THEREFORE NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. WE HAVE READ ABOUT MANY OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT SHE WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY AT THE TIME. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM! *TR

DEFECTIVE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY CAUSED CAR TO STOP ON A STATE HIGHWAY. CONVERSATION WITH FORD DEALER AND RESEARCH ON INTERNET REVEALED THAT FORD AND NHTSA KNOW ABOUT THIS DEFECT. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS ITEM. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY 2010 FOR ESCAPE AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. AS SHE WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR A RED LIGHT, IT TURNED GREEN. HOWEVER, AS SHE TRIED TO PRESS ON THE GAS TO CONTINUE ACCELERATING, THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO RPMS. AND, AS SHE PRESSED ON THE GAS, THE CAR MADE A CONSTANT LUNGING MOTION. WE SWITCHED POSITIONS, AND I WAS ABLE TO BABYSTEP MY WAY TO AN EMPTY PARKING LOT TO WAIT FOR THE TOW TRUCK TO TAKE IT TO THE SHOP FOR REPAIR. NOT EVEN TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE ISSUE, I SEE NOW THAT THIS IS A DEFECT IN 2009 AND 2010 FOR ESCAPES. THERE ARE PAGES AND PAGES OF THE SAME COMPLAINT OUT THERE ONLINE. WITH 6000 OF THESE ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER, THIS ABSOLUTELY SHOULD MAKE THE NATIONAL RECALL LIST!!! *TR

THE ESCAPE ENGINE STOPPED PROVIDING POWER AND THE ACCELERATOR STOPPED RESPONDING. THE CAR ENGINE WENT TO IDLE. AFTER PULLING OVER SHUTTING CAR OFF THEN ON AGAIN THE ENGINE BEGAN RESPONDING. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 10 TIMES BEFORE GETTING THE CAR TO A SERVICE DEALER. THE PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED AS A FAILED THROTTLE BODY. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THESE PARTS ARE ON A 10 DAY BACK-ORDER DUE TO SO MANY VEHICLES HAVING THE SAME FAILURE AND PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO SURGE IN DEMAND. *TR

I WAS GOING AROUND A BEND TO ENTER A HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR "STUTTERED" AND STOPPED RUNNING. I SAW THE POWERTRAIN LIGHT COME ON BEFORE IT STOPPED. I PUT MY HAZARDS ON AND SAT THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES. I WAS AFRAID OF SOMEBODY COMING AROUND THE BEND BEHIND ME AND NOT REALIZING I AM STUCK. I TRIED TO RESTART IT AND IT FORTUNATELY IT DID. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE CAR WAS JUST GOING TO ABRUPTLY COME TO A STOP. I WAS LUCKY TO NOT BE ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME BUT THE NEXT DAY IT DIDN'T START AT ALL. I BROUGHT IT TO MY FORD DEALER WHO TOLD ME IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH A THROTTLE BODY AND THAT THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WRENCH WARNING ICON. UPON RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE THROTTLE BODY MOTOR ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000. UPDATED 08/15/13*LJ

MY WIFE DRIVING THE SUV IN CITY TRAFFIC .THE CAR DIED ,WIFE THEN PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT .THE CAR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRANSMISSION LIGHT WERE ON . SHE CALLED A LOCAL TOW TRUCK TO TOW CAR TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS THE CARS THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION THAT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STOP. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL ON FORDS PART. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,250.

ON 7/1/2013, I WAS DRIVING MY FORD ESCAPE 2010 ON THE HIGHWAY 50-55 MPH AND FELT THE CAR SHIFT AND THEN THE ACCELERATOR FAILED. THE CAR LIMPED ONTO THE SHOULDER AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. TECHNICIAN WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO DIAGNOSE UNTIL DAY 2 THEN TOLD IT WAS FULL BODY THROTTLE ELECTRICAL COMPONENT AND PART IS ON BACK ORDER. STILL WAITING FOR THE PART A WEEK LATER WITH NO END TO THE WAIT IN SIGHT. 36 MONTH WARRANTY ENDED MAY 21, 2013. DEALER DID NOT OFFER A LOANER CAR AND AFTER REPEATEDLY REQUESTING ONE THEY SAY THEY HAVE NONE AVAILABLE. SERVICE MANAGER SAID FIVE OTHER CARS ARE WAITING FOR THE PART AT THEIR DEALERSHIP. I MENTIONED THAT I READ ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION ON THE INTERNET AND THEY SAID THEY WILL FILE A REPORT WITH FORD CORPORATE. AS OF TODAY, 7/9 THE REPORT HAD NOT BEEN FILED. I AM VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE PERSONNEL. THEY ARE NOT FORTHCOMING WITH INFORMATION. I HAVE HAD TO CALL THEM NUMEROUS TIMES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT RETURNING CALLS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY 7 WEEK OLD SON AND 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. I PULLED UP TO A RED LIGHT AND STOPPED. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PRESSED THE GAS TO GO. MY VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD INTO THE INTERSECTION AND THEN ONLY SLOWLY MOVED. THERE WAS POWER TO THE CAR, LIGHTS, MUSIC, AND AIR WERE WORKING BUT MY CAR WAS ONLY SLOWLY MOVING AND SHAKING. IT WAS AS IF NO GAS WAS GETTING TO THE ENGINE. I HAD TO PULL OVER ONTO THE RIGHT LANE, BECAUSE THE ROAD HAD NO SHOULDER. THE SOUND AND FEELING THE CAR WAS MAKING MADE ME FEEL LIKE I NEEDED TO DRIVE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE GAS AT THE SAME TIME. THERE WAS NO WARNING SIGNS THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR, IT JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN STOPPED. IT WAS THE WORST FEELING EVER BEING STUCK ON A BUSY ROAD WITH NO SHOULDER TO PULL OVER ONTO AND HAVING MY 2 BABIES IN THE CAR WITH ME, AS CARS COME DRIVING UP AND HAVING TO SWITCH LANES OR SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES TO AVOID ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL WEEKS LATER WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF T HE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,783.

DRIVING ON 2 LANE HWY IN 55MPH ZONE IN PASSING LANE AND CAME UP TO RED LIGHT. WHEN LIGHT CHANGED, STEPPED ON GAS PEDAL AND HAD NO ACCELERATION. VEHICLE HAD ONLY AN IDLING, SURGING ROUGH MOTION THAT ALLOWED IT TO SLOWLY MOVE ONTO THE GRASS MEDIAN. CAUSED SEVERAL CARS TO BACK UP BEFORE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF TRAFFIC. RESTARTED VEHICLE AND ENGINE RAN A ROUGH IDLE W/ THE WRENCH AND ENGINE LIGHTS ON. IRONIC, THAT ANOTHER FORD ESCAPE OWNER STOPPED TO HELP AND TOLD ME HIS 2009 HAD JUST HAD SAME SYMPTOMS THE WEEK BEFORE AND HE TOLD ME HIS WAS THROTTLE BODY AND IT WAS OVER $500 TO REPAIR. DIAGNOSIS AT FORD WAS CODE P2112 (THROTTLE STUCK CLOSED). SOLUTION WAS TO REPLACE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. SEEMS TO BE A FAMILIAR ISSUE W/ FORD DEALER AS THEY HAD JUST GOTTEN PARTS THIS WEEK AFTER BEING BACK ORDERED LAST WEEK. QUESTIONED CUSTOMER SERVICE REP TO SEE IF NEW PART WAS SAME MANUFACTURER AS OLD PART. HE INFORMED ME THAT NEW PART WAS FROM A NEW MANUFACTURER. SEEMS LIKE ANOTHER SITUATION OF LOWEST COST VENDOR SYNDROME AND FORD SHOULD HAVE TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PROCUREMENT/ENGINEERING DECISIONS. JUST THANKFUL THAT I DID NOT GET REAR-ENDED WHILE STUCK IN THE PASSING LANE IN A 55MPH ZONE. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45MPH, WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE POWER AND STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART, DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET WITH THE SAME RESULTS. A WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED. CALLED A WRECKER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT. WAS INFORMED BY THE SERVICE REP THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY BUT DID NOT HAVE THE PART AVAILABLE. NINE DAYS LATER TODAY I HAVE NO ANSWERS, EXPLANATIONS, OR TRANSPORTATION, *TR

CAR SHIFTED HARD THEN STALLED OUT. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH. WHEN CAR WAS RE STARTED AS IT WOULD FLOOD RAN FOR A DAY FINE THEN THE INSTANCES BECAME MORE FREQUENT . *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2010 FORD ESCAPE AT ABOUT 65 MILES PER HOUR ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST POWER IN THE ENGINE. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A 4 LANE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THE ENGINE NEVER SHUT OFF BUT WOULD NOT GO OVER 5 MPH. I SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND RESTARTED THE CAR AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I HAD 70 MILES TO GO SO I DECIDED TO TRY TO DRIVE ON AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE FOR 40 MILES WHEN IT DID IT AGAIN. I GOT OVER TO THE SHOULDER, SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO MY DESTINATION. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO TAKE THE CAR TO A FORD DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIXED ON THURSDAY. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH THIS ISSUE AND THAT THE THROTTLE CONTROL NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE AND HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF POSTS FROM OWNERS THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. WHAT GIVES. IF FORD KNOW ABOUT THIS, SHOULDN'T THEY TAKE CARE OF IT! *TR

AFTER SITTING WITH MY CAR RUNNING IN A PARKED POSITION FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE, I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE. I DROVE FOR AN ESTIMATED 30 SECONDS. THEN I STOPPED TO CHECK FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC BEFORE PULLING OUT INTO AN INTERSECTION. WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN ONTO THAT MAJOR ROAD, THE YELLOW/ORANGE "WRENCH" SIGN IMMEDIATELY POPPED UP. SIMULTANEOUSLY, MY CAR BEGAN TO RUMBLE AND SHAKE. IN ADDITION, DESPITE PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL, MY CAR WAS NOT ACCELERATING. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, WHICH WAS DIFFICULT TO DO SINCE MY CAR WAS STRUGGLING TO MOVE. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET THE CAR TO RESTART. IT STRUGGLED AND SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT, BUT AFTER APPROXIMATELY TEN SECONDS, IT STARTED UP. NOW, IN ADDITION TO THE "WRENCH" LIGHT, MY ESCAPE ALSO HAD THE CHECK ENGINE SYMBOL LIT UP. EVEN THOUGH I WAS SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH MY CAR RUNNING IN THE PARKED POSITION, MY CAR WAS STILL RUMBLING AND SHAKING. INTERESTING TO NOTE, I WAS ACTUALLY ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHERE I HAD JUST HAD MY CAR SERVICED FOR A SEEMINGLY UNRELATED PROBLEM. THE DAY BEFORE THE THROTTLE WENT, MY BACK PASSENGER TIRE BECAME STUCK IN A LOCKED POSITION, AND I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE. I HAD TO PUMP MY BRAKES, AND PUT MY EMERGENCY BRAKE (WHICH HAD NOT BEEN ENGAGED) ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES TO UNLOCK THE BACK PASSENGER TIRE. FORD DETERMINED THIS INCIDENT WAS DUE TO WATER GETTING ON THE BRAKE SHOE WH