2011 Ford Escape complaints

THE VEHICLE JUST LOST POWER AND APPEARED TO STALL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND NOTHING HAPPENED.... NO POWER. I WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE CURB OUT OF TRAFFIC. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON . I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. THE NEXT MORNING I STARTED THE VEHICLE UP AGAIN AND STARTED TO DRIVE IT AGAIN AND WHILE IT TRAFFIC IT DID THE SAME THING AGAIN, I AGAIN LOST POWER AND COAST OVER TO THE CURB THIS TIME, I CALLED AAA AND WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

HAD JUST STOPPED AT AN EXIT AND WAS PULLING BACK OUT ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR QUIT ACCELERATING. THANKFULLY, I WASN'T GOING FULL SPEED YET AND COULD PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE OUT OF TRAFFIC. HAD I BEEN GOING FULL SPEED, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN REALLY BAD, EVEN FATAL. MY WRENCH AND ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. AFTER SOME TIME OF SITTING, THE CAR DROVE FINE AND I WAS ABLE TO GET TO A REPAIR SHOP THAT PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND THE ERROR CAME UP "THROTTLE BODY STUCK CLOSED". AFTER RESEARCHING, I'VE FOUND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. I'VE ALSO HAD TIMES WHERE AFTER STOPPING AND THEN PRESSING THE GAS TO GO, THE CAR WOULD ACCELERATE FORWARD SUDDENLY. BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECTIVE PART, MY SON AND I WERE STRANDED FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND WERE TRAVELING HOME SO WE WERE ABOUT 4 HOURS FROM HOME. WE HAD TO DEPEND ON STRANGERS TO HELP US. FORD NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND FIX THIS. WE DO NOT HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO FIX THIS. *TR

THROTTLE QUIT WORKING.WOULD ONLY IDLE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON.PULLED OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD TO CUT ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON TO GET THROTTLE WORKING. HAPPENED AGAIN ONE WEEK LATER.JUST LUCKY WAS NOT ON INTERSTATE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC DOING 70 MPH. BOTH TIMES ENGINE CODE WAS P2111, THROTTLE ACTUATOR STUCK OPEN. VEHICLE HAS 60000 MILES ON IT AND DEALER SAID THROTTLE BODY WAS NOT UNDER POWER TRAIN AND WAS ONLY COVERED UNDER THE 3/36 WARRANTY. PURCHASED NEW THROTTLE BODY AT DEALER AND PARTS MANAGER SAID IT WAS THE FOURTH REVISION TO THE PART NUMBER. HOPE THEY GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME, IT COULD PUT YOU IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

MY FORD ESCAPE WAS STOPPING MULTIPLE TIMES. IT WOULD STAY RUNNING IN VERY SLOW MOVEMENT UNTIL I COULD PULL OVER OUT OF TRAFFIC AND THEN IT WOULD SHUT DOWN. THEN WRENCH LIGHT WOULD BE LIT. I HAD THIS HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING SIDE ROADS AND THE INTERSTATE. THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE. I FIRST TOOK IT TO A DEALER NEAR MY HOME AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. WHEN THIS HAPPENED ONE MORNING ON THE INTERSTATE, I CALLED THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM AND TOOK IT IN. THEY CALLED ME LATER THAT DAY AND STATED THAT THE ISSUE WAS THE THROTTLE BODY CONTROL, THEY STATED THAT SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND THAT THEY HAD TO ORDER THE PART. IT SEEMS THAT THESE WERE AN ISSUE AND THE COULD NOT RECEIVE FROM MANUFACTURE RIGHT AWAY DUE TO A RELEASE ISSUE. THEY FINALLY WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN ONE AND I HAD TO PAY $371.79 FOR THIS TO BE FIXED. EVEN THOUGH I WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY I FEEL THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO PAY THIS, FROM DOING RESEARCH IT SEEMS TO BE A MANUFACTURES ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE WRENCH WARNING ICON WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

DRIVING THE CAR WOULD RESULT IN THE CAR TO STALL. THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC VEHICLE. I WOULD HAVE TO PUT INTO NEUTRAL TO RESTART CAR. THEN THE RPM WOULD JUMP THEN STALL AGAIN. I TOOK IN THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED AND FOUND CODE THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS STUCK CLOSED SO THE CAR WOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE WITHOUT THE THROTTLE BODY BEING REPLACED. AFTER FIXED THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. THE PROBLEM IS $500 LATER AFTER THE REPAIR AND THE CAR HAD NOT EVEN BROKE THE 50K YET. VERY BAD PROBLEM AND SEEMS A IF I AM NO THE ONLY ONE. AFTER LOOKING IT UP TO SEE IF I COULD GET THE PARTS MYSELF I SAW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT FORD VEHICLES AT THE SAME TIME IN THE SAME RANGE OF YEARS. THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND JUST GLAD THE KIDS WEREN'T IN THE CARS AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR

AT 65 MPH IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC MY VEHICLE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED AND MY VEHICLE STARTED COASTING. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE, THE ENGINE VIBRATED ROUGHLY WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, AND I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THE THROTTLE BODY STOPPED WORKING AND CAUSED THIS TO OCCUR. THE SAME THING HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES ON THIS SAME DAY. ONCE AT 10 MPH, ONCE AT 45 MPH, AND ONCE AT 55 MPH. EACH TIME I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTART IT. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD RE-ENGAGE AND I COULD CONTINUE ON MY WAY. *TR

WAS DRIVING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, THEN CAME TO A STOP LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE DIED (BUT THE CAR'S ELECTRONICS STAYED ON) AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, NO MOVEMENT FROM THE CAR. I TURNED IT OFF AND BACK ON. THE ENGINE STRUGGLED TO START. I THEN PROCEEDED TO DRIVE ANOTHER HALF MILE AT ABOUT 55MPH, AND THE ENGINE STALLED AGAIN WHILE AT DRIVING SPEED. I MANAGED TO PULL OVER, TURNED IT OFF, WAITED 5 MINUTES, THEN WAS ABLE TO DRIVE 3 MILES HOME. A MONTH AND HALF LATER, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AT ROUGHLY 30MPH AND THE ENGINE DID THE SAME THING(STALLED). TURNED IT OFF, STRUGGLED TO START, BUT MANAGED TO DRIVE 5 MILES HOME. I TOOK IT TO FORD IN BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND INCIDENT, THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG, BUT CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED OF INVESTIGATION # PE13-003 WHICH APPEARS TO BE THE EXACT PROBLEM I AM HAVING. FORD HAS NOT HELPED ME IN THE MATTER, BUT I BELIEVE THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HWY AND MY TRUCK JUST ABRUPTLY SLOWED TO 10 OR LESS MILE PER HOUR. I HAD TO COST OVER TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC TO THE SHOULDER. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS AS THE CARS AROUND ME HAD NO IDEA THAT I WAS HAVING CAR TROUBLES AND JUST WHIZZED BY AT HWY SPEEDS. ONCE I MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTART IT AND GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WITHOUT A TOW. ONCE AT THE DEALERSHIP , THEY SAID THERE WAS NO CODES ON THE COMPUTER SO THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO UNTIL THEY HAD A CODE. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES AND I STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IT FIXED. *TR

I WAS TAKING MY FATHER TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHEN MY VEHICLE STARED TO SLOW DOWN. WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE IT WOULDN'T MOVE. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF, RESTARTED THE ENGINE, THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS GONE, AND STARTED DRIVING AGAIN. SAME THING HAPPENED AND I HAD TO COAST TO A NEARBY PARKING LOT TO AVOID GETTING INTO A WRECK. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I WAS TOLD, AFTER HAVING IT FOR SEVERAL DAYS, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND OF COURSE WAS NOT COVERED AS THE WARRANTY HAD RUN OUT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PART AND HAD TO ORDER IT. IT WAS IN THE SHOP FOR EIGHT DAYS WAITING FOR THE PART SO IT COULD BE FIXED. I HAD TO RENT A VEHICLE BECAUSE I COULDN'T DRIVE THE ESCAPE AND THAT COST A FORTUNE NOT TO MENTION THE $406 I PAID TO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY REPLACED. EVER SINCE THE REPLACEMENT MY ESCAPE HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME. I WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE A RECALL AND I WOULD BE REIMBURSED, BUT OF COURSE THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET. *TR

I WAS ON THE FREEWAY ON MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE THE 4TH LANE WHEN THE CAR MADE A SUDDEN NOISE OF LOSS OF POWER AND MY DASHBOARD LIGHTS WHEN DIMMER...THE POWER OF MY CAR WAS DIMINISHING AND IT FELT AS IF THE CAR ENGINE WAS GOING TO DIE ON ME...SCARY...I FELT MY HEART DROP TO MY STOMACH...LOOKED LEFT AND HAD CARS COMING ON THE CONTIGUOUS LANE SO I COULD NOT MOVE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE/SHOULDER, LOOKED RIGHT AND FORTUNATELY NO CARS WERE COMING IMMEDIATELY (MY STEERING WAS STILL OK ) OTHER CARS WERE FAR AWAY SO I MOVED TO MY RIGHT 3 LANES AND EVEN THOUGH THE CAR FELT THAT IT WAS GOING TO STOP I CONTINUED WITH THE MOMENTUM IT HAD. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY SINCE THERE WAS AN EXIT AS I MOVED THE 3 LANES. VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE. THE CAR SORT OF STALLED AT THE CORNER BUT I WAS IN A SAFE SPOT. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY TO ASK FOR THE ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE NUMBER AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT PERSON ASKED ME IF I TURNED THE CAR OFF WOULD IT START AGAIN? THE CAR DID START AGAIN AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED. REALLY CRAZY! WHEN THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED IT THEY DIAGNOSED FAULTY THROTTLE BODY, THEY FIXED IT APPARENTLY BUT NOW I AM DRIVING ON THE SLOW LANE ALL THE TIME UNLESS I AM PASSING BECAUSE I HAVE FEARS IT MIGHT HAPPEN AGAIN. I LIVED A VERY SCARY SITUATION. *TR

THE FUEL THROTTLE BODY FAILED & THE ENGINE DIED. PULLED OFF THE ROAD & RESTARTED THE ENGINE, WAS ABLE TO LIMP HOME, (10 MILES). *TR

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TOTALLY WHILE MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN THE MIDDLE LANE!! AS OUR TRUCK BEGAN TO SLOW, SEMI TRUCKS BEGAN FLYING PAST US BOTH ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT AND ALL WE COULD DO WAS WAIT FOR AND PRAY FOR AN OPENING TO OUR RIGHT AND HOPE WE MADE IT OVER TO THE SHOULDER BEFORE TRAFFIC SLAMMED INTO US. REMEMBER - OUR GAS PEDAL DIDN'T WORK AT ALL SO WE HAD TO COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER WITH NO CONTROL OVER HOW QUICKLY WE'D GET THERE. I CHOSE THE HAZARDS OVER THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL TO ATTEMPT THIS. THE WAY TO GET MOVING AGAIN WAS TO STOP, PUT IN PARK, TURN OFF THE ENGINE, TAKE OUT THE KEY, PUT THE KEY BACK IN, RESTART IT, THEN THE GAS PEDAL WOULD SOMETIMES WORK. WE MADE OUR WAY HOME ON THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY WITH OUR HAZARDS ON AND HAD TO RESTART 3 MORE TIME IN THE NEXT 5 MILES. *TR

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A SHOPPING CENTER ONTO FOUR LANES. WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE THE GAS PEDAL DID NOTHING. I MANAGED TO GET OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ENDED UP HAVING TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. TODAY I WAS CALLED AND TOLD THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

THROTTLE BODY NEEDS REPLACED. FORD WILL NOT COVER IT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED TWICE WHEN I LOST POWER AND IT CUT OUT. I HAVE READ THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY FORD BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. RECALL IS NEEDED ON THIS! *TR

VEHICLE LOSES POWER DURING OPERATION AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE ENGINE REVERTS TO IDLE, REVVING BELOW 1000RPM. DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL HAS NO EFFECT ON ENGINE RPM OR SPEED. THE "WRENCH" LIGHT COMES ON, BUT WITHOUT ANY CODE STORED. IF THE CAR IS TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON, THE ENGINE RELUCTANTLY STARTS, AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT PRESENT, BUT THE PROBLEM SOON APPEARS (WITHIN SECONDS). AFTER SEVERAL INCIDENTS TODAY ON MY WAY TO THE AUTO SHOP, THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON AND I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CODE: P2111, "BINDING THROTTLE BODY - STUCK OPEN" AND "TACM OPEN OR SHORTED". TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE AUTO SHOP, THEY TOLD ME THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WAS NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THIS IS CURRENTLY BEING DONE AS THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN ITS PRESENT CONDITION. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AND I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG, BUT SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A THROTTLE OR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, AS THEY HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THIS. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO STORED CODE FOR THE "WRENCH" LIGHT. THEY TOLD ME THE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE BUT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. AT THAT TIME THEY WOULD BEGIN REPLACING PARTS UNTIL THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY AS THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION, PARTICULARLY WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR CROSSING AN INTERSECTION

THE CAR JUST QUIT ON THE FOUR LANE HIGHWAY IN THE PASSING LANE AND A COUPLE OF TIMES ON THE CITY STREET IN TOWN FOUND THE THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSEMBLE BAD. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, ALL THE SUDDEN WITHOUT NOTICE, THE VEHICLE WENT TO 1 RPM AND 5 MILES PER HOUR. TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND IT WOULD NOT, THEN THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I PUT ON MY FLASHERS IMMEDIATELY SO I WOULD NOT GET REAR ENDED BY CARS COMING FAST BEHIND ME. THEN, THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. SAT THERE IN THE RAIN FOR A FEW MINUTES. THEN, STARTED THE VEHICLE BACK UP AGAIN, TO GET IT HOME. THEN, I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT, CALLED THE FORD DEALER TO GET MY VEHICLE IN, THEY COULD NOT LOOK AT IT UNTIL MONDAY OF THE NEXT WEEK, SO HAD VEHICLE TOWED ON SATURDAY TO DEALER---EXTRA COST INVOLVED ON A 2 YEAR OLD VEHICLE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT LOOKED AT IT, THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I PICK UP THE VEHICLE ON 9/25/2013. DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR 4 DAYS, THEN HAPPENED AGAIN ON 9/29/13 AND IT HAD BEEN RAINING. THEN, DROVE THE NEXT DAY 9/30/13, AGAIN THREW THE WRENCH SYMBOL AFTER GOING TO 1 RPM AND 2 TO 5 MILES PER HOUR AND BUCKING, COULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. IT WAS DRY ON THIS DAY. AGAIN, PUT MY FLASHERS ON THIS TIME WAS GOING 30 MPH ON A NARROW TWO LANE ROAD. REMEMBER THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON, BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND A CODE THIS TIME. THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, SO I BEGAN ASKING MORE QUESTIONS AS TO WHY FORD HAS NOT RECALLED THIS SINCE SO MANY ACROSS THE USA ARE HAVING ISSUES. NO ONE KNOWS, SO AS A CONSUMER ON A TIGHT BUDGET --LIKE MANY OF US THESE DAYS....GETS TO FIGURE OUT ALL THE MONEY PIECES. I GUESS I W

WHILE DRIVING TONIGHT I LOST POWER AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AND LUCKILY NOT ON THE FREEWAY. I AM 21 WEEKS PREGNANT AND THIS REALLY SCARED ME. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE FORD DEALER. WHEN THEY CALLED TO TELL US WHAT WAS WRONG THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. BEFORE WE GAVE THEM THE OK TO FIX IT WE LOOKED ONLINE AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE FORD ESCAPES. WHEN I CALLED BACK I ASKED IF WHAT WE READ WAS TRUE AND IF THIS PART GETS REPLACED A LOT ON THESE CARS. THE SERVICE PERSON CONFIRMED. I THEN ASKED IF IT BECAME A RECALL WOULD WE GET OUR MONEY BACK AND I WAS TOLD WE WOULD. THIS CAR IS ONLY 2.5 YEARS OLD AND WE HAD TO REPLACE SOMETHING ALREADY. $475 OUT OF OUR POCKET! *TR

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS THAT FEEDS DIRECTLY INTO INTERSTATE 94 AT 60MPH, 6AM AND STILL DARK OUTSIDE. JUST FEET AWAY FROM THE INTERSECTION OF 57 GOING INTO 94, THE CAR BEGAN TO DECELERATE AND WITHIN LITERALLY SECONDS 50-40-30-20...0, THE CAR STOPPED. THE "WRENCH" SIGN WAS SHOWING ON THE DASHBOARD. LUCKILY, I WAS NEXT TO THE SHOULDER, AND WITH ON RESPONSE TO THE GAS PEDAL, PULLED OVER. I ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION OF BOTH INTERSTATES - 57 AND 94 ON THE SHOULDER THEY SHARED. THE PERSON BEHIND ME PULLED SHARPLY OVER INTO THE NEXT LANE TO AVOID ME. SITTING THERE NERVOUSLY, CARS WERE WHIZZING BY ME. I CALLED THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER AND CONNECTED TO THE STATE POLICE WHO ASKED MY LOCATION AND ASSURED ME A TOW TRUCK WOULD COME. AS I SAT THERE NERVOUSLY PRAYING THAT ONCOMING TRAFFIC SAW MY HAZARD LIGHTS, I WONDERED HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN SO RAPIDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. LUCKILY, THE TOW TRUCK CAME WITHIN 10 MINUTES AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A STATE POLICE CAR NAVIGATED THROUGH 3 LANES OF ONCOMING, FAST GOING TRAFFIC TO GET ME TO A SAFE AREA ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 94. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF FROM NEUTRAL AND RESTARTING THE CAR RESPONDED NORMALLY. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE DEALERSHIP WITHOUT INCIDENT WHERE THE THROTTLE WAS REPLACED AFTER 45 MINUTES OF WORK. I ASK THE FORD REPRESENTATIVE WOULD THIS BE REPORTED TO FORD, HE STATED IT WOULD. I ASK COULD THIS HAPPEN AGAIN, HE SAID MOST LIKELY NOT. HE STATE THEY GET "LOTS OF ESCAPES WITH THIS PROB

AT HIGHWAY SPEED, ENGINE AND DRIVE TRAIN BECAME TOTALLY UNRESPONSIVE ON CONGESTED DALLAS FREEWAY. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, NO OTHER INDICATIONS. VEHICLE LOST ALL SPEED AND WAS FORCED TO CROSS TRAFFIC LANES WITH NO MOTIVE POWER TO SAFETY LANE VERY NEARLY CAUSING THREE DIFFERENT TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS WITH OTHER VEHICLES. TOTALLY LIMP. ONCE PARKED, SHUT OFF MOTOR AND RESTARTED. ENGINE STARTED AND DRIVE TRAIN ENGAGED AGAIN. WRENCH LIGHT NO LONGER APPEARED, NO OTHER INDICATING LAMPS OR ERRORS. RETURNED TO ROADWAY AND WITHIN 5 MINUTES SAME THING RECURRED. PULLED OVER, RESTARTED ENGINE, DRIVE TRAIN REENGAGED, RETURNED TO ROADWAY AND EXITED TO SIDE ROADS TO HOME. ONCE ON THE SIDE ROAD, SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN IN FRONT OF A SEMI COMING UP FROM BEHIND AND NARROWLY ESCAPED GETTING HIT FROM BEHIND BEFORE PULLING OVER AGAIN. SAME ROUTINE OCCURRED 4 MORE TIMES BEFORE I COULD GET IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP. LAST OCCURRENCE IN ADDITION TO THE WRENCH LIGHT COMING ON AND OFF, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. VEHICLE CONDITION IS KNOWN, REPORTED MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE NTHSB ALREADY WITHOUT A RECALL. THIS KNOWN CONDITION IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO THE OPERATORS OF AFFECTED VEHICLES AND TO OTHER UNSUSPECTING MOTORIST AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. PRESSURE NEEDS TO BE APPLIED TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER AND NOTIFY AFFECTED OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF AFFECTED VEHICLES. TODAY THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP AND WITH JUST A THOUSAND OR SO MILES OVER WARRANTY, DEALER SAY

AFTER COMING TO A NEAR STOP, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SURGE AND THE VEHICLE LURCHED 6 OR 7 TIMES. AFTER TOUCHING THE THROTTLE, THE ENGINE BECAME RESPONSIVE AGAIN. *TR

AS I WAS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 10 @ 70 MPH OVER LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN NEAR NEW ORLEANS, MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE STALLED; I LOST ALL POWER. ACCELERATOR WAS UNRESPONSIVE. I MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. I RESTARTED AND IT STARTED UP, RUNNING NORMALLY AGAIN FOR ABOUT 2 MILES, WHEN THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THE WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED WITH THE STALL AND THEN DISAPPEARED ONCE I RESTARTED, THOUGH THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON WHEN I RESTARTED. I ALSO NOTICED AT TIMES I HAD TO REALLY HOLD DOWN THE BRAKE TO PREVENT THE VEHICLE FROM SURGING FORWARD ON ITS OWN. THE PROBLEM KEPT OCCURRING EVERY FEW MILES, AND I REPEATED THE SAME PROCEDURE. I ELECTED TO KEEP ATTEMPTING TRAVEL; THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT AND I WAS IN AN UNSAVORY SECTION OF EASTERN NEW ORLEANS. SOMETIMES THE CAR WOULD GO 5 MILES, SOMETIMES 5 BLOCKS, SOMETIMES 5 FEET. I NERVOUSLY MANAGED TO GET HOME, AND AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE I FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHERS WITH FORD ESCAPES, AS RECENTLY AS 2 DAYS AGO (SEP. 28, 2013), DETAILING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. SOME PEOPLE WHO HAD THESE IDENTICAL ISSUES RESOLVED SAID THE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENTS CLAIMED IT WAS THE "THROTTLE BODY." I HAVE ONLY EVER TAKEN THIS VEHICLE FOR ALL SERVICE, ALWAYS ON TIME, TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED IN MANDEVILLE, LA. APPARENTLY THIS "THROTTLE BODY" ISSUE IS COMMON AND CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE NHTSA. THESE VEHICLES SHOULD ALL IMMEDIATELY BE RECALLED. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL A FATAL CRASH OC

ENGINE SPEED BECAME UNSTEADY, RISING AND FALLING DESPITE STEADY, EVEN PRESSURE ON THROTTLE PEDAL. SOON AFTER, THE ENGINE WOULD DIE AFTER RETURNING TO IDLE FOLLOWING A STOP. NOT LONG AFTER THAT, UNSTEADY ENGINE SPEED BECAME MORE NOTICEABLE BOTH AT IDLE AND WHILE DRIVING. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE BRAND NEW AND IT HAS ABOUT 40K MILES ON IT. I'VE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES. IT'S BEEN A GREAT CAR WITH ALL OF MY TRAVELING AND I'VE ALWAYS TRUSTED THAT IT WOULD GET ME FROM POINT A TO POINT B SAFELY. UNTIL TODAY! I GOT AN OIL CHANGE AND CHECK-UP LAST WEEK, NO PROBLEMS. THIS MORNING, I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY 4-LANE INTERSTATE WHEN MY CAR LOST ALL POWER AND STARTED SHAKING AND JERKING. I WAS GOING ABOUT 65-70 MPH WHEN IT STALLED AND QUICKLY DECELERATED AS CARS WERE SWERVING AROUND ME AND SPEEDING PAST. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT POPPED ON, AND PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL DID NOTHING. IT WAS A MIRACLE THAT I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MANEUVER OVER TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND KILLING SOMEONE OR MYSELF. I WAS COMPLETELY CAUGHT OFF GUARD AND SPOOKED BY THE WHOLE THING. I RESTARTED MY CAR AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS OFF AND THE CAR SEEMED NORMAL. I GOT OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT TO AVOID PLAYING CAR ACCIDENT ROULETTE ON THE HIGHWAY. EVERYTHING WAS FINE FOR THE NEXT FEW MILES. THEN.. IT HAPPENED AGAIN! THIS TIME AS I WAS APPROACHING A BUSY INTERSECTION. SCARY, SCARY STUFF. IT WAS LIKE DRIVING A TICKING TIME BOMB! THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON AND IT TOOK ME TWICE TO GET MY ENGINE TO RESTART. I DROVE DIRECTLY TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP. I WAS VERY CAUGHT OFF GUARD AS MY CAR HAD JUST BEEN SERVICED AND HAD ALWAYS BEEN RELIABLE IN THE PAST. FORD REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. AFTER A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH, I DISCOVERED

WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2011 ESCAPE IN TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR WENT INTO "LIMP MODE". IF YOU ARE NOT EXPECTING THE ISSUE (AND WHO WOULD BE) IT IS DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER A FAILING VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. AFTER THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE ISSUE CLEARED. INVESTIGATING THIS AM I SEE THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO CONFIRM THE PROBLEM YET. IF THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE AND FORD IS OBVIOUSLY AWARE, THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY SUV JERKED SLIGHTLY AND THEN JUST DECELERATED, AND I COULD NOT MAINTAIN SPEED. I HAD TO CROSS OVER 3 LANES TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE SUV OFF. THERE WAS NO WARNING, AND I HAD NOT APPLIED THE BREAK. I NOTICED THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. I WAITED A MINUTE AND TURNED THE SUV ON AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO MY DESTINATION, HOWEVER, DURING THIS TRIP, THE SUV JERKED SLIGHTLY AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME THERE WAS A SLIGHT ACCELERATION. I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN A SAFE SPEED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP, AS IT ONLY LASTED FOR A COUPLE SECONDS. I CONTACTED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND WHERE I REGULARLY TAKE THE CAR FOR MAINTENANCE. THE SERVICEMAN KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN I DESCRIBED THE PROBLEMS I WAS HAVING. HE SUGGESTED I BRING THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT SINCE I HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, THEY WOULD ONLY CHARGE ME $100.00. WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR, I ACTUALLY PAID $106.00, AND I WAS NEVER INFORMED THAT THIS WAS A RECALLED PART. I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CHARGED ANYTHING, AS FORD WAS WELL AWARE THAT THIS PART WAS DEFECTIVE AND HAVE BEEN FOR MANY MONTHS NOW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE SPORADICALLY FAILED TO RESPOND TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP12006 (ENGINE) AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR UNDER THE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,227. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP MODE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AT 5 MPH.

I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 35MPH AND HALF WAY UP A SLIT HILL WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER. I QUICKLY PUT MY HAZARDS ON, STOPPED AND RESTARTED THE CAR. LUCKILY IT STARTED RIGHT UP AND I WAS ABLE TO MOVE BECAUSE I WAS ON THE DOWN SLOP OF THE HILL AND OTHER CARS COULD NOT SEE ME RIGHT AWAY.

THE CAR STOPPED RESPONDING TO THE GAS PEDAL AS I WAS MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. I PULLED OVER, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAITED 15 MINUTES. I TURNED IT BACK ON, HAD THE SAME BEHAVIOR WHEN I TRIED PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. I HAD TO TOE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE MECHANIC KNEW RIGHT AWAY WHAT THE ISSUE WAS, MENTIONING THAT IT WAS COMMON. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AND CHARGED A $100 PREMIUM TO USE MY WARRANTY, DESPITE IT BEING A "KNOWN" ISSUE.

WHILE DRIVING ON MY MORNING WORK COMMUTE I WAS STUNNED WHEN MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE JUST BECAME UNRESPONSIVE AND WAS COASTING ON A 5 LANE FREEWAY DOING 65 MPH. I REALLY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON SINCE THE ONLY SIGNAL THAT COULD CLASSIFY A PROBLEM WAS THE LITTLE WRENCH LIGHT AT THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE DASHBOARD THAT WAS ON. I DID NOT DO ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, AND I DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY WITH THE RIDE. MY OBSERVATIONS - RPMS DROPPED BELOW 1,000, SPEED WAS COASTING BUT DROPPING SINCE THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION, ELECTRICAL WAS ON, STEERING WAS SLUGGISH LIKE SOMETHING WAS WRONG, AND A SMALL SHAKING OF THE VEHICLE OCCURRED. THE ONLY THING I COULD DO IS PUT MY BLINKER TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER BUT MY FELLOW COMMUTERS DID NOT RESPECT THAT VERY WELL. SO I PROMOTED MY DESIRED TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY BY TURNING MY HAZARD EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED TO MOVE AWAY FROM ME TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. MY EXPERIENCE DID RATTLE ME SINCE I FELT HOPELESS IN A SENSE THAT I WANTED TO HIT THE BRAKE AND REMEMBERED THAT I WAS ON A FREEWAY WHICH WOULD BE REALLY BAD. AFTER PULLING OVER TO THE SHOULDER I DID MANAGE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF COMPLETELY PULL THE KEY OUT AND GIVE IT ABOUT A MINUTE. AFTER I STARTED IT UP AGAIN I FIGURED IT WAS A SINGLE OCCURRENCE, WHICH I WAS WRONG WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE WAY HOME BUT I WAS DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE.

MY VEHICLE STALLED TWICE YESTERDAY WHILE GOING THOUGH BUSY INTERSECTIONS AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I WOULD PULL OVER AT A SUPER SLOW SPEED AND THEN TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON. FINDING THIS RARE FOR A WELL MAINTAINED 2 YEAR OLD VEHICLE, I LOOKED UP "ESCAPE STALLING" ON GOOGLE AND FOUND A PLETHORA OF COMPLAINTS. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TODAY AND MENTIONED WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE CAR AND WHAT I HAD SEEN ON THE INTERNET AND HE DIDN'T GIVE ANY CREDENCE TO IT. I AM STILL WAITING FOR A DIAGNOSIS AND HOPE THE PROBLEM CAN BE REPAIRED. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE BEHIND ME EITHER TIME...BUT THIS COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN A VERY NASTY ACCIDENT BECAUSE THERE IS NO WARNING THAT THE CAR IS GOING TO STALL. NOTES: I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN NJ FEBRUARY 2011

ENGINE BEGAN TO STALL INTERMITTENTLY AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. RESTART VEHICLE AND IT WOULD RUN FINE UNTIL WITHOUT WARNING IT WOULD STALL AGAIN. THE WRENCH WOULD LIGHT UP ON DASHBOARD WHEN STALLING. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD TO HAVE CHECKED OUT, WAS TOLD THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. OF COURSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THREE HUNDRED FORTY FIVE DOLLARS LATER IT SEEMED TO BE REPAIRED, THAT IS UNTIL TODAY 09/21/2013 IT STARTED TO HAVE THE SAME STALLING CONDITION. WILL BE TAKING IT BACK TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AGAIN ASAP BEFORE IT CAUSES AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 62,328 MILES ON IT. WE ALSO HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE OBD INDICATES THE O2 SENSORS ARE NOT HEATING UP PROPERLY. THIS SEEMS TO MOSTLY HAPPEN WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLD OR SOMETIMES WHEN IT RAINS. WEIRD ! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. AUTOMAKERS NEED TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE BY SOME ONE FOR SELLING UNRELIABLE AND DANGEROUS VEHICLES TO US AND THEN EXPECT US TO KEEP PAYING FOR THEIR MISTAKES! THANK YOU

I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING PLACE. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO CUT OUT. PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR HAD NO EFFECT. EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS STILL ON, THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK INTO THE PARKING SPACE AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. IN A FEW MINUTES, I TRIED TO START IT AGAIN AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. I WAS VERY LOW ON GAS AT THE TIME SO I ASSUMED THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. I FILLED UP WITH GAS AND IT RAN OKAY FOR ANOTHER 5 DAYS. ON 9/18, I WAS DRIVING DOWN A 4-LANE STREET AND IT SUDDENLY BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATION. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CUT IT OFF, RESTARTED IT AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE BACK TO MY OFFICE PARKING LOT. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY THE CAR DRIVES. I REALIZED THIS PROBLEM HAD BEEN AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CAR FOR AWHILE BEFORE IT FINALLY GOT BAD ENOUGH TO GET MY ATTENTION.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY VEHICLE WENT STRAIGHT TO LIMP MODE WITH NO WARNING AT ALL. I HAD TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WHILE TRAFFIC WAS STOPPING BEHIND ME AND TRYING TO PASS ME. A WRENCH LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I COULD NOT THROTTLE MY VEHICLE AT ALL. I CUT THE IGNITION OFF, LET IT SIT A MINUTE AND CRANKED IT AGAIN. THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES THE LAST 2 DAYS. IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE TRYING TO GO THROUGH INTERSECTIONS AND WHILE TURNING ACROSS TRAFFIC. THE DIAGNOSTICS AT ADVANCED AUTO SHOWS THROTTLE BODY STUCK OPEN. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING TO A LOT OF THESE VEHICLES.

MY DAUGHTER WAS ENTERING AN INTERSECTION PREPARING TO TURN LEFT. WHEN SHE GOT ENOUGH OF A CLEARING BETWEEN VEHICLES TO TURN SHE WENT TO ACCELERATE TO GO THRU WITH THE LEFT TURN AND SHE HAD NO GAS TO GO. THE PEDDLE HIT THE FLOOR AND THE CAR DIED. SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST THRU THE LIGHT WITH OUT BEING HIT. BUT AFTER THAT THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED HOME. WE HAD TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY ON THE VEHICLE. SHE WAS VERY LUCKY NOT TO BE IN A SERIOUS CRASH BECAUSE OF THIS PART GOING BAD! *TR

I WAS T-BONED WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN IN THE DRIVER'S DOOR. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR. THE DAMAGE RESULTED IN $15,500 + RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS. I WENT TO THE ER SUFFERING FROM HEAD TRAUMA. I SUSTAINED A SIGNIFICANT CONCUSSION, WAS OUT OF WORK FOR 1 WEEK. MY AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF. *TR

THIS FOLLOWING INCIDENT HAPPENED BOTH YESTERDAY AND TODAY. DRIVING AROUND 20 MPH AND SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON IMMEDIATELY DUMPING ME IN "LIMP MODE". TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BOTH AUTOZONE AND ANOTHER PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP WITH BETTER DIAGNOSTICS, NEITHER COULD PICK UP A DEFECT CODE. RESEARCH ON FORD ESCAPES TODAY, SHOWS THAT THIS COULD BE A PROBLEM. I DO NOT WANT THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO LIMP MODE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. HOPING THE NHTSA RECALLS THE ESCAPES TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. *JB

TRAVELING IN A HIGHWAY, CAR SUDDENLY DECELERATES AND ENGINE SLOWS TO ABOUT 800 RPM. THE CAR ENGINE DOES NOT SHUT OFF BUT PRESSING ON ACCELERATOR HAS NO EFFECT ON ENGINE SPEED AND THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD. PUTTING IT IN PARK OR NEUTRAL HAS NO EFFECT EITHER. I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF USING IGNITION SWITCH AND WHEN I TURNED IT BACK ON THE THROTTLE OPERATED NORMALLY. FROM THE FIRST TIME THE INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED IT HAS REPEATED ITSELF EVERY FEW DAYS WITH REPEATS GETTING MORE OFTEN. I WAS OUT OF STATE WHEN IT OCCURRED SO HAD TO RETURN HOME TO GET CAR REPAIRED. WAITING ON APPOINTMENT NOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND THEN ACCELERATED RAPIDLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER A FEW MONTHS LATER BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSIONS WARNING LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH CORRECTED THE FAILURE. THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM RECENTLY FAILED AND WOULD BLOW HOT AIR. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY ENGINE HAS STALLED. EACH TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS AT A STOP AND WHEN I STARTED TO GO THROUGH THE INTERSECTIONS THE ENGINE STALLED. IT WOULD START AGAIN BUT THE STALL PUT ME IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. *TR

FIRST TIME, DRIVING VEHICLE NO FASTER THAN 40MPH WHEN IT SUDDENLY STOPS WORKING, WRENCH LIGHT ON DASH APPEARS. NO POWER TO VEHICLE. COAST TO PULL OVER, RESTART VEHICLE. HAPPENED ON FREEWAY TWO DAYS LATER. DRIVING ABOUT 65MPH, CAR STOPS WORKING, ALL POWER LOST. WRENCH LIGHT APPEARS. COAST TO PULL OVER, RESTART VEHICLE. NO CODES APPEAR TO BE LISTED IN VEHICLE "BRAIN" THAT FORD WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE. DEALER UNABLE TO REPLICATE ISSUE. HAVE SEEN MANY OTHERS HAVING VERY SAME ISSUE. FORD UNABLE TO FIX. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN THE LEFT HAND LANE ON A BUSY, BUSY DALLAS HIGHWAY AT 60+ MPH, THE ENGINE FAILED. I MANAGED TO PULL OVER -- ACROSS 3 LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC -- WITHOUT GETTING HIT FROM BEHIND, WHILE BEING HONKED AT ALONG THE WAY, AND MANAGED TO PULL OVER ON A SMALL SHOULDER. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT. THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, IT DID THE SAME THING A FEW MORE TIMES, BUT I WAS DRIVING IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE SO IT WAS LESS PRECARIOUS. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. MY VEHICLE HAS 46,000 MILES ONLY ON IT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FORDS BUT THEY WILL NOT RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE TO WORK, MY 2011 FORD JUST STOPPED ON ME WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THANK GOD I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE, BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER MY WAY INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE, AND OUT OF DANGER. HAD I BEEN IN A MIDDLE LANE, I PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE MAKING A COMPLAINT RIGHT NOW. IT WAS REALLY A SCARY FEELING. AFTER GETTING MY COMPOSURE BACK, I NOTICED THAT THE THROTTLE CONTROL/POWERTRAIN LIGHT WAS ON, AND WHEN I STARTED THE CAR BACK UP, THE LIGHT WENT OFF. *TR

DRIVING ALONG AND CAR QUIT RUNNING, NO GAS, NO POWER. HAD TO PULL OVER, WAITED 5 MIN AND STARTED ENGINE AND WAS ABLE TO GET HOME SAFELY. CAR RAN ROUGH FOR A WHILE AFTERWARD. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE AND NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, ENGINE CUT OUT BUT REMAINED IDLING WITH NO POWER. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD, SHUT CAR OFF THEN RESTARTED WHILE IN "PARK" GEAR POSITION. TRAVELED 1500 MILES WITHOUT INCIDENT, THEN ENGINE LOST POWER ON 08/12/2013 WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH ON FREEWAY. PULLED TO SIDE OF FREEWAY AND RESTARTED CAR WHILE IN "PARK." CAR RAN FINE FOR ANOTHER 1500 MILES, THEN ON 09/06/2013 BEGAN LOSING POWER SEVERAL TIMES WHILE GOING 30 MPH (ODOMETER WAS AT 28,944). LIMPED HOME AND CALLED LINCOLN/FORD DEALERSHIP AND ARRANGED FOR TOW. CAR IS PRESENTLY AT DEALERSHIP WAITING FOR WARRANTY REPAIR; "THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY" ON ORDER. THERE WAS NO RECALL NOTICE SENT TO ME REGARDING THIS FORD ESCAPE ENGINE FAULT. THE FREEWAY LOSS OF POWER INCIDENT PUT FAMILY IN EXTREME DANGER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD. *TR

VEHICLE LOST POWER. WOULD ONLY IDLE. WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. HAD TO SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART. *TR

TRAVELING AT 40MPH YIELDING ONTO AN ENTRANCE RAMP AND THE CAR JUST DIES WITH NO WARNING. STOP THE CAR AND IT STARTED BACK UP. DROVE IT FOR ANOTHER DAY WITH NO PROBLEMS AND TWO DAYS LATER IT DIED AGAING TRYING TO ACCELERATE. IT HAS SINCE REPEATED THIS 4 TIMES.

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK IN THE MORNING AND MY ESCAPE STALLED WHILE GOING THROUGH A FOUR WAY INTERSECTION. I THOUGHT THAT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN AN ISOLATED INCIDENT SO I CONTINUED DRIVING. I THEN NOTICED WHILE I WAS IN TRAFFIC THAT THE ENGINE WOULD SHUTTER AND NOT IDLE NORMALLY. IT STALLED AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN THE CITY WHERE I LIVE WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, THEY TESTED IT AND THEN THE LIGHT RESET ITSELF?? THEY TOOK IT ON A TEST DRIVE AND NOTHING HAPPENED WITH THEM WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING SO THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO. MY CAR IS SHUTTING OFF WHILE I AM IN TRAFIC AND DRIVING, THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN BLESSED THAT THE BRAKES WORK ON THE CARS THAT DRIVE AROUND ME OR ELSE I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION THIS WEEK!!! PLEASE RECALL THESE CARS AND GET THEM FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE DIES!!!!