2011 FORD ESCAPE Engine Problems

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle shuddered and jerked, with the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact also stated that while attempting to accelerate, the vehicle lost motive power. The vehicle was diagnosed by Roadside Assistance as a failure with the alternator. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed as it was confirmed that the alternator had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure persisted. The dealer was not contacted; however, the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 134,499.

Mileage: 134,499

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while his daughter was driving at an undisclosed speed, the power steering failed to work as needed. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The vehicle was diagnosed with EGR valve failure. The contact was informed that the steering column needed to be replaced. The contacted stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V284000 (Steering). The dealer confirmed that the vehicle was not included the recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and confirmed that the vehicle was not included in the recall, and a case was opened. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000.

Mileage: 14,000

Discovered my car has electric power steering not seeing a reservoir did some research and seen that there were a lot of 2011 Ford Escapes with safety recalls three being the main problems I've had with my car since I began financing it almost 4 years ago my last payment is in 2 weeks. Went to leave a driveway and within a few seconds my steering wheel locked up and I thought it was strange that's when I found out I have electric power steering and that there has been recalls turned the car off turn to back on and it was just fine. Found out that is a common thing although it may not be considered a safety recall just yet but I would believe it is a major problem because anytime in my life if I was to believe my power steering was failing me I would still have control over the wheel but this thing locks up as if I ain't going nowhere. I seen that there has been recalls for fuel systems front wheel bearings and electric power steering. My engine light has been on for a very long time and people say it's because of the O2 sensor causing a misfire to appear random. My front wheels kind of knock making me think it could be between the rack axle and bearing. Other than that my radio face button stopped working one day as if they were possessed until they completely shut off and I have no access to it besides the steering wheel components. Rear wiper stuck in the up position one day was causing a tick I could hear with no power and no key in the ignition that caused my battery to die several times 2 years in a row. Realized unplugging my rear wiper made it quit but I can't use my front washer fluid without it being unplugged. And my AC Open Air Max AC and heating cooling climate control buttons work but the blower only works on high making me think yet another electrical issue being the blower speed regulator is bad. I would say these are safety issues package together. This website says I have 0unrepaired recalls. Might try fix it with a torque sensor/calling dealership.

Back in June, I took my vehicle to have it checked out. When I accelerate, the SUV would feel like it was dragging something under the tires and riding very rough and bumpy, actually the vehicle was shaking while driving, then it would stop when I slow down. Even when I turn off the engine for a few hours and then drive it, its fine. No warning lights on dashboard. Fred Beans replaced spark plugs, changed filters, cleaned throttle body, oil change. Now it 's doing the same thing. If I am idle in park with AC on for a few minutes, it does it. Sometimes after I fill it with fuel, it does it. As far as I am know, they never checked the fuel pump. SUV shakes for about 2 minutes then stops. It feels as though I am getting a flat in all tires.

When I turn at slows down and stalls. Nearly cuts off

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving at 50 MPH, he heard abnormal knocking sounds coming from the engine. The oil pressure warning light was illuminated. The contact pulled to the nearby gas station where an independent mechanic inspected the vehicle and informed the contact that the engine had thrown a rod and there were metal shavings in the engine oil. The contact stated the failure increased significantly while driving at 50 MPH. The contact veered to the side of the road and unlocked the doors. Another driver informed the contact that there there was a fire underneath the vehicle. The contact was able to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher. There were no injuries sustained. The contact stated upon towing the vehicle there was a significant amount of oil leaked from the oil pan onto the tow truck vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who diagnosed that the engine blew up and had shattered. The dealer diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced and additional repairs needed to be completed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a case was opened. The failure mileage was approximately 151,000.

Mileage: 150,000

got rear ended/t-boned in january 2022 at low rate of speed, started having issues for the first time since 2011, check engine light comes on periodically since the accident, power steering has gone in and out periodically since the accident, engine seems to stumble periodically since March 2022, AC has never worked since 2011, recently (june 3rd 2022) the tire pressure sensor light has come on despite air pressure being adequate in all 4 tires, took car to a collision specialist and they repaired cosmetic damages but cleared 3 codes and did not repair/resolve any of the actual issues affecting drivability and safety because they could not attribute it to the mechanism of accident, took the print out of codes in to my normal mechanic when I got the tires and oil changed June 3rd 2022 and he said if there were no active codes I would have to take it to the dealership, yesterday June 24th 2022 while waiting for a light to change the car pedals suddenly stopped working, car stayed idling at a stop while still in drive, would not work even when shifted into park, drive, or reverse, air still blowed, music still playing, a horrid smell started to fill the car, turned everything completely off and turned hazards on and waited for 2 minutes then turned the car back, car resumed working with tire pressure light still on and smell still coming out of engine. Car now smells constantly of putrid burning plastic/carpet and stumbles frequently, had the car stumbled while at a high rate of speed during rush hour, both mine, my infant son, and the other drivers lives' could've been devastated or lost. These are the codes they reset at time of incident/repair 1) ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM: C1963-20 - STABILITY CONTROL INHIBIT WARNING 2) ACCESORY PROTOCOL INTERFACE MODULE: U3000-04 -CONTROL MODULE - SYSTEM INTERNAL FAILURES 3) POWER STEERING CONTROL MODULE: B2278-2F - STEERING SHAFT TORQUE SENSOR MALFUNCTION

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING UP HILL AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SHUT-OFF WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR, AND OIL DELIVERY SENSOR WERE REPLACED ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO REACH THE MANUFACTURER BUT WAS UNABLE TO REACH A REPRESENTATIVE. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 128,000.

Mileage: 128,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK FUEL FILL INLET MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED. THE OIL WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. CAPITOL CITY FORD 8623 E WASHINGTON ST, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46219 317) 898-0700, WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 115,000.

Mileage: 115,000

I HAVE ONLY OWNED MY PRE-OWNED VEHICLE FOR 3 YEARS AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE DRIVER SIDE FRONT BEARING 2X'S, REAR WIPER MOTOR TWICE AND NOW VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE IN MOTION AND AT STOPS FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS. I HAVE ALWAYS DRIVEN FORDS AND FEEL THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WITH THE ASSEMBLY LINE BECAUSE I LEARNED OF ANOTHER FROM THE SAME ASSEMBLY LINE THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS.

Mileage: 95,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 62 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STOPPED, TURNED OFF, AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE FOR IT TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

Mileage: 150,000

MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE XLT 2.5L IS STALLING WHILE DRIVING, STOPPED, TURNING. THE RPM'S ARE JUMPY. CAR STALLS WITH FOOT ON THE GAS IN MID DRIVE! REPLACED THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE AS DIAGNOSED. NOT THE FIX.

Mileage: 69,000

TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 128000.MILES AND COST US 3500.00 AND WE ONLY OWNED IT FOR LESS THAN A YEAR

CAR SHUTS DOWN AT ALMOST ANY SPEED WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, THE ENGINE GOES IN TO LIMP MODE, AND IT VERY DANGEROUSLY FORCES YOU TO EXIT THE ROAD QUICKLY. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO 2 VERY REPUTABLE SERVICE SHOPS (AND PAID THEM TO FIX IT), AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REPAIR IT. BASED ON THE # OF REPORTED ISSUES WITH THIS PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE, FORD NEEDS TO QUICKLY FIX THIS AND MAKE IT RIGHT AT NO CHARGE.

Mileage: 102,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V777000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (WOODRUM FORD LINCOLN, 3100 E JACKSON ST, MACOMB, IL 61455, (309) 833-2111) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: CAS-14730966. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. *TT *JS

Mileage: 62,000

LOUD CLICKING NOISE. LOUDER WITH TIME. MECHANIC STATES CRACK BETWEEN CYLINDERS. MOTOR HAS TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 146,000

I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN THE PROBLEM ACCURED, JUST ONE DAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY SAID IT MIGHT BE THE FUEL FLAP. AS TIME WENT ON NOTHING SEEMED TO NOT BE WORKING. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC TODAY AND TURNS OUT THE ENGINE MOUNTING BRACKET IS CRACKED. CALL FORD AND TEY WANT ME TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. PROBLEM IS THIS IS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM NOT SOMETHING I HAVE DONE. NOTLIKE THEYVE EVER HONORED A WARRENTY IN THE PAST WITH ME ANY WAY. TO THEM ITS ALWAYS USER ERROR EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MORE DAMAGED THAN I LEFT IT WITH THEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE INDEPENDENTLY REVVED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (NORRIS FORD, 901 MERRITT BLVD, BALTIMORE, MD 21222) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED AND THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE COST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

Mileage: 60,000

I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TURNIG OFF OUR STREET AND DRIVING A SHORT DISTANE UP OUR DRIVEWAY TO PARK OUTSIDE OUR GARAGE WHEN MY VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD INTO THE GARAGE DOING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE CONTENTS AND STRUCTURE. I THEN BACKED THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE GARAGE TO AVOID FURTHER DAMAGE.SINCE I HAD THE DISTINCT IMPRESSION THAT THE ENGINE WAS OVERPOWERINHG THE BRAKES I DECIDED TO TURN THE IGNITION SWITCH OFF TO STOP THE VEHICLE. IT WAS THEN I DETERMINED THAT TONGUE OF THE BOAT TRAILER HAD SEVERED THE FILTER ON THE VEHICLE ENGINE SPURTING THE CONTENTS OF THE OIL SUMP ON THE DRIVEWAY AND THE TRAILER WAS IMPALED IN THE GRILL OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS ALSO OBSERVED THAT THE TRAILER HAD PROPELLED THE HIGH PRESSURE WASHER STORED ALONGSIDE IT WHEN THE TRAILER WAS PULLED FROM THE GARAGE BY THE VEHICLE.07

Mileage: 35,000

THIS 2011 FORD ESCAPE IS MY SON'S CAR. WE BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN 2015. THE CAR CURRENTLY HAS 69,000 MILES. IN APRIL 2017 MY SON COMPLAINED OF THE CAR SURGING WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT. WE DROVE THE CAR THAT NIGHT AND COULD NOT GET IT TO DUPLICATE THIS ISSUE. A MONTH LATER HE CALLED ME AND STATED THE CAR SURGED AGAIN WHILE STOPPED IN A TURN LANE. HE MADE IT TO A SIDE STREET BUT WITHIN 50 YARDS THE CAR CAME TO A SCREECHING STOP. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. ENDED UP WITH A SEIZED TRANSMISSION. WE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN MAY 2017. WITHIN A WEEK THE CAR IS NOW BECOMING UNRESPONSIVE AND STILL SURGING WHILE STOPPED. HE HAS TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR AGAIN. WHEN STOPPED THE CAR ENGINE IS SHUTTING DOWN. TODAY THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHILE AT A STOP. TODAY I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ONLINE AND CAME ACROSS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY ISSUE IN FORD ESCAPES INCLUDING THE 2011 MODEL. I FEEL THAT THIS ETB ISSUE WAS THE DIRECT CAUSE OF THE SEIZURE OF THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS CAR. I SPENT $2500 ON A NEW TRANSMISSION AND STILL HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE CAR ACTING THE SAME WAS AS BEFORE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS MALFUNCTION ON A CAR DRIVEN BY AN 18 YEAR OLD. HE COULD HAVE EASILY SURGED INTO ANOTHER CAR OR PEDESTRIAN. A RECALL WAS THE ONLY SOLUTION THE NHTSA SHOULD HAVE ACCEPTED FROM FORD ON THIS ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED THE $2500 FOR THE NEW TRANSMISSION THAT THIS FAULTY PART HAS CAUSED.

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE ON EXIT RAMP FROM HIGHWAY TRAVELING AROUND 45 MPH WHEN ENGINE AND POWER SHUT OFF. I WAS ABLE TO STEER AND STOP THE CAR (POWER STEERING HAD SHUT OFF). RADIO REMAINED ON, BUT DASHBOARD DISPLAY WAS OFF. ONCE CAR WAS STOPPED, CAR RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY. SEVERAL SIMILAR REPORTS ABOUT FORD ESCAPES WITH THIS PROBLEM JUST WITHIN THE PAST FEW MONTH. VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AS NO WARNING LIGHTS AND AT HIGH SPEED. COULD BE RELATED TO ONGOING NHTSA INVESTIGATION (DP15-001) OPEN SINCE 2015 WITH NO RESOLUTION. NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF PROBLEMS AND CAR WAS SERVICED LESS THAN ONE MONTH AGO.

Mileage: 50,000

STARTED CAR UP IN DRIVEWAY AND ENGINE REVIVED (RPM'S WENT WAY UP) JUST FOR A FEW SECONDS. DROVE TO DESTINATION PULLED INTO PARKING STALL AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE ENGINE REVIVED UP AGAIN AND I WAS UNABLE TO STOP, EVEN WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD OVER THE PARKING BLOCK. THE VEHICLE THEN STOPPED JUST SHORT OF HITTING A TREE.

Mileage: 128,000

WHEN SLOWING DOWN, VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND COMES TO A STOP. THE ONLY WAY TO RESTORE POWER IS TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET HIT SEVERAL TIMES. ALTHOUGH IT OCCURRED RARELY AT FIRST, NOW IT IS OFTEN . I SAW THE THROTTLE BODY RECALL ON THIS MODEL AND IT DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE RECALL IS EXPIRED. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND UNSATISFACTORY. PROGRAM 13B17.

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE STATIONARY, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE TWICE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRST FIRE WITH A GARDEN HOSE. THE SECOND FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE ENGINE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

Mileage: 55,000

IGNITION AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUSES,ETC FAILURE RESULTED IN TWO SPONTANEOUS FIRES WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED, DESTROYING THE CAR'S ABILITY TO FUNCTION. LEAWOOD, KS. POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS PHOTOGRAPHED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND FILED A POLICE REPORT

Mileage: 65,000

"ENGINE RECALL" I HAVE A 2011 FORD ESCAPE & AFTER 7 MONTHS OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE I WAS TOLD THAT I NEED A NEW ENGINE. I WAS HEADED HOME FROM WORK ON I95 THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE NEXT MORNING I GOT UP TO GO TO WORK AND THE ESCAPE WOULD NOT CRANK UP AT ALL IT DID NOT MOVE. FROM THE TIME I HAD THIS VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT START ON SOME DAYS SO IT WAS NO GOOD WHEN I BOUGHT IT. IT ONLY HAS 65000 MILES ON IT. THE CAMSHAFT & CRANKSHAFT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THAT PART OF THIS VEHICLE. I DROVE IT FOR 7 MONTHS & THERE WAS DAYS IT DIDN'T WANT TO START. I WASTED MY HARD EARNED CASH ON THIS PIECE OF JUNK AND NOW I DONT HAVE A CAR TO RIDE TO WORK. FORD NEED TO RECALL THIS ISSUE.

Mileage: 65,000

I WAS DRIVING TO MY BANK WHICH IS AN HOUR AWAY. AS I DROVE UP A STEEP MOUNTAIN AT THE TOP THE TRUCK JUST SHUT OFF AND I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF HWY. AFTER I STOP TRIED STARTING 4 TIMES AND NOTHING HAPPEN. SET FOR 10MINS THEN TRIED AGAIN TRUCK STARTED I MADE IT BACK HOME WITHOUT STALLING.I TOOK MY IN TRUCK TO BE LOOKED AT DIAGNOSTIC FUEL THROTTLE. EVERY DAY SINCE IM STALLING 1OR 2 A DAY TRUCKS SHOULD BE MADE TO ENDURE PARTS SHOULD BE.MORE DURABLE ITS ALWAYS ABOUT CUTTING CORNERS.MAKING MORE MONEY OFF OF CUSTOMER.CAN WE JUST THE LAND OF THE FREE AND A HOME OF HONEST AMD INTEGRITY.I MUST WORK IF DONT HAVE RELIABLE TRASNPORTATION ITS DIFFICULT WHERE I LIVE. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT ALL THESE DEFECTED TRUCKS WE TRUST FORD BUT I HAVE LOST TRUST IN THEIR ABLITY TO MAKE GREAT LASTING TRUCKS.I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD AGAIN THIS MY LAST ONE FROM FORD.THANK YOU.

Mileage: 164,000

AS I WAS DRIVING HOME IN TOWN, THE ENGINE SERVICE SOON LIGHT COMES ON. CODE HAS TO DO WITH THE EMISSIONS/FUEL VALVE. THE VEHICLE DRIVES JUST FINE, BUT CONCERNED ABOUT INSPECTION AND IF THIS IS UNDER A RECALL THAT IS NOT FOR MY VEHICLE. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING, STARTING AND STOPPING THE CAR SEEMS TO 'JUMP' AT TIMES AND NO KNOWN CAUSE AND HESITATES IN SHIFTING. PLEASE ADVISE ON WHAT TO DO. THANK YOU. A VERY CONCERNED DRIVER. *TR

Mileage: 92,000

BOUGHT 2011 FORD ESCAPE XLT USED 5-27-2016 (PRIVATE SALE, CHICAGO IL). UPON PURCHASE, SERVICED AT MILWAUKEE AREA FORD DEALERSHIP, FOUND FRONT CONTROL ARMS & BUSHINGS TORN/LOOSE. NEXT, FRONT SWAY BARS, OUTER TIE ROD ENDS, BRAKES AND ROTORS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. IN OCT. 2016 ENGINE/TRANSMISSION MAJOR ISSUES: LEAKING OIL AND TRANS FLUID -NO OIL LAMP OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT- CAR WOULD RUN OUT OF OIL, PULLED OVER ADDED MORE. TRANS SLIPPING DURING ACCEL/WEAK ACCEL. HARD SHIFTING W/HIGH RPMS. ROUGH IDLE. TICKING NOISE UNDER HOOD WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. 12-6-2016 FORD DEALERSHIP REPLACED GASKETS & SEALS IN ENGINE & TRANSMISSION- $2,000 REPAIR. UPON DRIVING CAR, ISSUES CONTINUE, NEW ISSUES PRESENT: TRANS SLIPPING WORSE/BUCKING, CAR NOT ACCELERATING WHEN GAS PEDAL DEPRESSED, CAR STALLING IN TRAFFIC, CAR LURCHING FORWARD, CAR LOSING GASOLINE/SMELLING OF GASOLINE. BROKE DOWN 12-8-2016 IN PARKING LOT DUE TO FUEL LEAK. CONTACTED AAA ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP, TURNED AWAY. FIRE DEPT CLEARED CAR FOR TOWING, FIRE HAZARD. RESEARCHED VIN, FOUND RECALL FOR FUEL DELIVERY MODULATOR FLANGE, AND FIELD SERVICE ACTION FOR ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SUPPORT, VERIFIED RECALL FOR MY VIN. ADVISED TO NOT OPERATE VEHICLE. AREA FORD DEALERSHIPS REFUSED TO DIAGNOSE W/O CHARGING. A SERVICE MANAGER AT A MAZDA DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED ADDITIONAL UNDISCLOSED REPAIRS: A/C LINE RUPTURED, FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SWAY BAR SNAPPED AND CONTROL ARM BUSHING SEPARATED; FORD MECHANIC HAD ALSO LEFT BOLTS & HOSES LOOSE/UNCLAMPED IN ENGINE. STEERING AND REAR SUSPENSION DETERIORATING. RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP ONCE MORE- TURNED AWAY. MISSED 1 MONTH OF WORK (DRIVING IS JOB). NO RENTAL PROVIDED, UNWILLING TO REIMBURSE. FILED DEALER COMPLAINT. FILING CONSUMER PROTECTION & DISCLOSURE LAWSUIT. SEEKING CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST FORD MOTOR COMPANY. CAR IS DANGEROUS, I REFUSE TO OPERATE IT. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

DRIVING A 2011 FORD ESCAPE, AND WHILE WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT HEADING SOUTH AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION, UPON THE LIGHT TURNING GREEN, I PROCEEDED TO ENTER THE INTERSECTION AT APPROX. 10 MPH. NEXT THING I KNOW, I AM T-BONING A CAR THAT RAN THE RED LIGHT ENTERING THE INTERSECTION FROM THE EAST AT 40 MILES AND HOUR. I WAS UNABLE TO SEE HER APPROACH BECAUSE OF A LARGE TRUCK ON MY LEFT THAT WAS TURNING LEFT TO GO EAST. THE IMPACT SPUN THE CAR THAT RAN THE RED LIGHT AROUND 180 DEGRESS THEN HIT A THIRD CAR AND STOPPED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AMONGST ANY OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT. MY CONCERN IS THAT MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE TOTAL FRONT OF MY CAR WAS SMASHED IN AND THE BUMPER JUST ABOUT TORN OFF. DAMAGE INCURRED BY MY CAR MADE IT A TOTAL LOSS. DRIVERWHO RAN THE RED LIGHT WAS TICKETED BY THE POLICE. LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF MY CAR, THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE GONE OFF.

Mileage: 49,000

2ND TIME MY THROTTLE HAS BEEN REPLACED FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE RECALLS ON ALL FORD PROBLEMS.... NEEDS TO BE RECALLED

Mileage: 40,100

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR I SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE A TURN AND THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED.NO WARNING, SHAKING OR DECREASE IN SPEED. IT JUST STOPPED I TRIED RESTARTING BUT IT WOULDNT START UNTIL 10MINS LATER. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH NO PROBLEMS OR LIGHTS ON THE DASH BUT AFTER I LEFT (THEY COULDN'T SEE THE CAR UNTIL 4 DAYS LATER) LEAVING THE LOT THE ENGINE SEEMED TO STALL OFF AND ON FOR THE 5 MILE TRIP SO I WOULD PUT IT IN NEUTRAL WHEN I WOULD COME TO A LIGHT AND COAST TO A STOP, THEN RESTART. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND LATER THE ENGINE LIGHT. ALSO THE RPM 'S ON THE DASH WOULD GO UP TO 4-5 BUT MY ENGINE SPEED WOULD BE 40 MPH THIS SCARED ME SO BAD, I PARKED THE CAR UNTIL THE APPOINTMENT AT THE DEARLERSHIP WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC BUT KNOW CODES CAME UP. THEY DID FIX THE THROTTLE

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,425.

Mileage: 81,425

IN 2014, FORD RECALLED THE VEHICLE TO 'RECALIBRATE' THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE TO TO PREVENT ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY (ETB) FAILURE, BUT IN AUGUST 2016, THE VEHICLE SUFFERED ETB FAILURES RESULTING IN AN EXTREMELY LIMITED ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, ROUGH IDLE AND NOTICEABLE POWER LOSS. THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON ONE OF THE BUSIEST HIGHWAYS (95) IN AMERICA WHERE TRAFFIC WAS CONGESTED BUT MOVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, AND A LOSS OF POWER WAS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AS I WAS UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC AND/OR MERGE ONTO ANOTHER HIGHWAY (66) AT A HIGH ENOUGH RATE OF SPEED. THE FAILURES CONTINUED TO HAPPEN ANYTIME THE VEHICLE WAS ON A HIGHWAY GOING BETWEEN 60-70 MPH. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FORD AS EARLY AS THEIR SCHEDULE WOULD PERMIT, BUT FORD WAS UNABLE TO FIX THE ISSUE AT THE TIME BECAUSE THE PART WAS ON "NATIONAL BACK ORDER" AND SIMPLY ADVISED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER AND RESTART THE ENGINE TO "RESET" THE THROTTLE BODY. SUCH ADVICE WAS UNACCEPTABLE AND DANGEROUS. LIVING IN A HIGHLY CONGESTED AREA WHERE SOME HIGHWAYS AND TOLL BRIDGES DO NOT HAVE SHOULDERS TO PULL OVER ON NULLIFIED FORD'S INTERIM REMEDY. THEY WERE CLEARLY NOT CONCERNED ABOUT ANY DRIVER'S SAFETY WHILE WAITING FOR PARTS TO COME IN AS THEY DID NOT EVEN OFFER ANOTHER VEHICLE TO DRIVE IN THE MEANTIME.

Mileage: 53,700

CAR KEEPS STALLING. WHILE ACCELERATING AS WELL AS AT FREEWAY SPEED (ON STREETS AND ON THE FREEWAY). THE OBD-II READER SAYS ITS CODE P2111 WHICH IS FOR THE THROTTLE BODY. GOT IT LEANED IMMEDIATELY AFTER STALL. IMMEDIATELY AFTER PICKING IT UP FROM THE SHOP, IT STALLED AGAIN, SHOWING THE SAME CODE ON THE READER. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH THESE SEEM TO BE DEFECTIVE ON MANY FORD ESCAPES OF THIS YEAR.

Mileage: 56,000

6 TIMES SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. 4TH, 5TH AND 6TH TIME ON 8/3/2016 ON U.S. 25 AT ABOUT 55 TO 60 MPH ALL IN ONE DAY. NO RESPONSE FROM GAS PEDAL, TACHOMETER DROPPED TO 0, WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD. MAINTAINED PWR STEERING/BRAKES. SHUT OFF ENGINE, RESTARTED/WORKED FINE, WRENCH LIGHT OFF. MILEAGE ABOUT 65,000. 1ST, 2ND IT HAPPENED ON SIDE ROADS IN TOWN AND THE 3RD I WAS ON A BUSY ROAD IN LEXINGTON KY ON VERSAILLES ROAD WHERE SEMIS WERE EVERYWHERE AND I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET HIT THEN. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DECELERATING, LIGHT AND THROTTLE RESET UPON SHUTTING OF AND RESTARTING CAR. FORD SAYS THEY WILL NOT REPAIR UNLESS CODE IS PRESENT, CODE ERASES WHEN CAR IS SHUT OFF AND WILL NOT DRIVE UNTIL CAR IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED. THESE INCIDENTS FIT DESCRIPTION OF FORD "FIELD SERVICE ACTION" FOR ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY EXTENDED COVERAGE. V DANGEROUS!! I DO NOT WANT TO BE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITH IT DOING ALL OF THIS ESPECIALYYY IF I HAVE MY GRANDKIDS IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME.

Mileage: 65,000

MY WIFE'S CAR LOST ALL POWER AND SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST IT TO A SAFE IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH, GOT IT TOWED TO OUR MECHANIC AND THERE'S AN ACTIVE CODE FOR THE ELECTRIC THROTTLE BODY MOTOR STUCK CLOSED

Mileage: 51,000

ISSUES WITH BOGGING DOWN AND STALLING. THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED, DUE TO DIAGNOSIS AND "ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY EXTENDED COVERAGE" - I WOULD LIKE TO ASK WHY THERE ISN'T A 100,000 WARRANTY ON THE NEW THROTTLE BODY, NOT JUST 3YR/36,000. PLEASE CONTACT ME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, FAILED TO ACCELERATE, AND SHUT OFF. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

Mileage: 110,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND MY VEHICLE STARTED TO IDLE FUNNY, LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STOP RUNNING AND IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL, I HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET. WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OR DO ANYTHING ALMOST LIKE IT WAS DISCONNECTED. THE ENGINE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON AT THIS TIME. MY FIANCEE' CAME TO WHERE I WAS AT AND HE SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN STARTED IT BACK UP AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS OFF AND THE VEHICLE WAS BACK TO RUNNING AGAIN LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. I HAVE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE THROTTLE BODY BEING BAD AND THAT FORD AND FORD GARAGES WHERE REFUSING TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH ALL THE VEHICLES DOING THIS AND I THINK THAT IS SO WRONG ON MANY LEVELS DUE TO FORD BEING A TOP MANUFACTURER OF VEHICLES THEY SHOULD STAND BY THE VEHICLES AND FIX ANY PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR WITH THE VEHICLES. I DON'T HAVE ANY WARRANTY AND I AM ON LIMITED INCOME AND CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY A BIG TOW BILL OR PLAY FOR A MAJOR REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 63,990

I JUST FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE WITH THE COMPLAINT NUMBER BEING 10873640. I ENTERED THE WRONG VIN NUMBER SO I AM PUTTING IT IN THIS MESSAGE. THE RIGHT VIN NUMBER IS AS FOLLOWS: [XXX] THE OTHER VIN NUMBER WAS FOR MY DAUGHTERS DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. SORRY FOR THE MIX-UP. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 63,990

VEHICLE ENGINE SUDDENLY AND RANDOMLY CUTS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING, IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY, OR SOON AFTER STARTING TO DRIVE, IN MOTION LEAVING A PARKING LOT. THE ACCELERATOR BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE AND THE CAR SPUTTERS TO A STOP. WHEN YOU TRY TO RESTART THE CAR IT TURNS ON AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED.

Mileage: 61,000

STALLING OUT IN TRAFFIC SPEEDING UP FOR NO REASON.ALL SYMPTOMS POINT TO THROTTLE BODY EXACTLY WHAT THEY DESCRIBED TO ME AT MY LOCAL DEALER! BUT TOLD ME THEY WILL NOT FIX IT UNTIL IT SETS A CODE !!!!!!!!!!! IN THE MEAN TIME I AM AFRAID I WILL GET HURT BECAUSE IT HAS STALLED IN TRAFFIC . I AM REALLY CONCERENED FOR MY SAFETY.

Mileage: 109,000

VEHICLE STALLS, LUNGES, AND SURGES WITH LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING. THIS ISSUE IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON 2011 FORD ESCAPES WITH COUNTLESS SIMILAR EXPERIENCES POSTED ONLINE. PROBLEM HAPPENS UNPREDICTABILITY SO WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT WOULD NOT REPLACE THE CULPRIT PART, THE THROTTLE BODY, WITHOUT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT LIT OR THE VEHICLE REPRODUCING THE PROBLEM IN THE LIMITED TIME THEY HAD THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 45,000

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 4 DAYS IN DRIVEWAY. VEHICLE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES UNEXPECTEDLY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. A 2014 RECALL RELATED TO THROTTLE BODY IS SUSPICIOUS. RECALL WAS ADDRESSED UNDER CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 13N03.

Mileage: 55,000

BEGINNING OF OCTOBER THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY BUT IT STOPPED IMMEDIATELY & THEN DROVE FINE. APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MONTHS LATER, I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY ROAD & THE CAR STARTED JERKING HARD AND WOULDN'T MOVE. I HAD IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION & WOULD COST OVER $4,200 TO REPLACE. A VEHICLE WITH 120,000 MILES DOESN'T TYPICALLY HAVE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. MY MECHANIC SUGGESTED I RESEARCH FORD ESCSPES, AS HE NOTED THEIR ENGINE & TRANSMISSION FAILURES ARE WELL KNOWN. AFTER DAYS OF RESEARCHING THE TOPIC, I SEE IT IS A FAR TOO COMMON COMPLAINT ON FORD SUVS AROUND 90,000-130,000 MILES. THIS IS A GRAVE DANGER & SOMETHING FORD MUST BE AWARE OF

WHEN DRIVING CAR GOING ABOUT 45MPH.CAR SHUT OFF AND WRENCH WILL APPEAR ON DASHBOARD . I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COAST OFF THE ROAD , SHUT OFF CAR WAIT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND RESTART CAR . I AM IN FEAR THAT CAR WILL SHUT OFF IN AREA WHERE THERE IS NO SHOULDER AND I WILL BE HIT FROM BEHIND . THERE SEEMS TO BE A PATTERN BUILDING WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM , SAME MODEL, SAME YEAR .

Mileage: 63,000

I HAD MY OIL CHANGED ON 10-03-15. ON 10-17-15, MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR STALLED AND JERKED WHEN I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND WHEN IT WAS IN PARK WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. I CALLED FORD AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST $110 JUST TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG AND THAT WOULD NOT GO TOWARD REPAIRS. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO DID A SYSTEM CHECK AND SAID IT WAS THE CAMSHAFT TIMER. IT WAS REPLACED BUT THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP WHERE I WAS TOLD I HAD TO HAVE THE VVT SOLENOID TIMER AND THE IGNITION COIL REPLACED. HE SAID THE ENGINE OIL BURNED THESE ITEMS. I ONLY HAVE MY OIL CHANGED BY FORD. I HAD JUST REACHED 60,130 MILES ON MY VEHICLE, SO THERE WAS NO WARRANTY. I THINK THIS WAS AN EXPENSE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED, ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS AN OIL ISSUE.

Mileage: 60,130

MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY IN MERGING TRAFFIC THE ENGINE STALLS LEAVING ME WITH NO POWER TO CONTROL MY SPEED. AS MY CAR QUICKLY REDUCES SPEED ON A MAJOR FREEWAY I ATTEMPT TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER OUT OF HARM'S WAY, HIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE. SO I CALL THE SERVICE AND THEY TELL ME IT'S A PROBLEM WITH ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY BUT WHEN I TAKE THE CAR TO MY DEALER FOR SERVICE. THEY TOLD ME SORRY AFTER TWO KEY CYCLES THE CODE DISAPPEARS SO THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. SO I HAVE TO DRIVE THIS UNSAFE CAR AND WAIT FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN BEFORE I CAN BRING IT IN.

Mileage: 47,563

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY AND MY RIDE SHUDDERED SOME AND LOST ACCELERATION, MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THEN THE WRENCH SYMBOL CAME ON AND IT HAS STAYED ON. IT'S GIVING A THROTTLE/ POWERTRAIN ERROR. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THIS ISSUE AND WAS TOLD TO FILE A COMPLAINT. FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED.

Mileage: 62,523

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION, THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF IT WERE ABOUT TO STALL. I PRESSED THE CLUTCH AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STALL, BUT WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE (WHICH HESITATED TO CATCH FOR SEVERAL SECONDS). UPON THE VEHICLE STARTING, I AGAIN ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. AT FIRST THE VEHICLE SEEMED OK, BUT SHORTLY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE LOST ALL ACCELERATION. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE WITHOUT INCIDENT, HOWEVER THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. I HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED AND IT READ ERROR CODE P2111. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OUT AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT GIVE ME PROBLEMS AGAIN UNTIL AUGUST 20, 2015. AS I ACCELERATED FROM A STOPPED POSITION, THE VEHICLE AGAIN LOST ALL POWER TO THE ENGINE (THOUGH IT DID NOT STALL). I WAS ABLE TO MOVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DISENGAGE THE ENGINE. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES, AND WITH A HESITATED "CATCH" THE ENGINE RESTARTED. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN EXISTING AND KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FORD (NHTSA PE13003), HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD BY MY LOCAL DEALER AND FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THE WARRANTY EXTENSION OFFERED UNDER THAT INVESTIGATION DOES NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE (WHICH FALLS WITHIN ALL OF THE GUIDELINES FOR YEAR, MAKE, MODEL, AND MILEAGE).

Mileage: 81,000

TODAY WAS THE WORST IT HAS BEEN, IT AL STARTED ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO, IT JUST HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING OF ANY KIND. BUT TODAY THE FIRST TIME WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK, LUCKILY I HAD A PLACE TO PULL OFF, TURN OFF ENGINE SIT AND START IT BACK, NOT IMMEDIATE I MAY SAY ( A LITTLE HESITATION IN THE STARTING) THEN THE SECOND TIME (TODAY) HAPPENED IN AN INTERSECTION SAME PROCESS, BUT THIS TIME WAS VERY SCARY, SEEING HOW CARS WERE COMING AT ME HONKING AND GOING AROUND ME. THEN THE THIRD TIME (TODAY) WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK, WITH MY GRANDSON IN THE CAR I MIGHT ADD, THIS ACCRUED NOT 30 MINUTES AFTER THE 2ND INCIDENT. I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND REPEAT THE PROCESS TO GET GOING AGAIN. IF THIS CONTINUES TO OCCUR, IT COULD TURN INTO A VERY BAD ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 89,866

MY CAR WILL BE IDLING AND SUDDENLY POWER DOWN. RECENTLY WHILE I HAVE BEEN SLOWING DOWN AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, STOP LIGHT, OR BRAKING FOR TRAFFIC IT WILL POWER DOWN. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE I HAVE FOUND THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER FORD ESCAPE OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE, SOME HAVE HAD IT HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO 4 DIFFERENT MECHANICS, 2 OF WHICH ARE FORD DEALERSHIPS AND THEY WORK ON IT CHARGE ME A LOT OF MONEY AND IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. ALMOST A YEAR NOW! I'M FED UP.

Mileage: 70,000

TRAVELING HOME ON ROUTE 1 NORTH, MASSACHUSETTS IN TRAFFIC ABOUT 20MPH CAR BEGAN TO STALL AND SPUTTER AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. BROUGHT CAR TO AUTO PARTS STORE FOR FREE DIAGNOSTIC IMMEDIATELY AND INSPECTION SHOWED "POWER TRAIN ISSUE" (ARE YOU KIDDING ME? JUST PURCHASED THIS USED CAR 3 MONTHS AGO!) NEXT DAY, SAME THING HAPPENED TWICE. CALLED THE DEALER WHO SOLD THE CAR TO ME CANNOT INSPECT THE CAR FOR TWO WEEKS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. FORD ADMITS THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY (ETB) BUT HAS NOT RECALLED THE VEHICLES.

Mileage: 51,751

WAS DRIVING THROUGH TOWN, VEHICLE REVVED UP AND THEN STALLED. STOPPED VEHICLE, TURNED OFF, AND RESTARTED. STARTED UP WITHOUT AN ISSUE. 3 DAYS LATER, WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, VEHICLES WRENCH INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE LOST POWER. RESTARTED OKAY. AS THE WEEK PROGRESSED, VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER SEVERAL TIMES DURING MY 20 MILE TRIP TO WORK AND BACK, 40 MILES ROUND TRIP. THEN ON 7/7/15, VEHICLE LOST POWER 4 TIMES ON MY WAY HOME, THE SECOND TIME IT LOST POWER THE ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. IT ALSO TOOK LONGER TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. CHECKED COMPUTER FOR CODE. CODE STATES P 2112, TAC SYSTEM STUCK SHUT. LOOKED UP THIS CODE AND INFO, AND IT SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY. I FOUND SOMETHING THAT STATES THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PART, BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED SO I CAN DRIVE MY VEHICLE. I'M NERVOUS ABOUT DRIVING IT AS I HAVE POOR SIGNAL ON MY CELL PHONE BETWEEN HOME AND WORK AND DONT WANT TO BE STRANDED. PLEASE HELP ME IN ANYWAY YOU CAN.

Mileage: 101,400

AS I WAS DRIVING AT 50-55 MILES AN HOUR MY VEHICLE BUCKED AND LOST POWER AND WHEN ACCELERATING IT FEELS AS IF THE CAR IS GOING TO STALL. WHEN STARTING UP FROM A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR WILL HESITATE WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE AND BUCKS.

Mileage: 50,000

GOING SOUTH ON I81 TO WATERTOWN, NY. VEHICLE QUIT AND I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. TRACTOR-TRAILER BEHIND ME SWERVED TO MISS ME. ALMOST HIT A CAR COMING OFF THE EXIT RAMP, HAD NO POWER TO EXCELERATE TO GET BY HIM. COULD HAVE BEEN A WOPPER OF AN ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 71,240

THE THROTTLE BODY WAS CORRODED ON THE VEHICLE CAUSING IT TO STUTTER AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE ISSUE OCCURRED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DRIVE OR FUNCTION PROPERLY. IT WAS CLEARLY UNSAFE.

Mileage: 60,000

I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR ONE YEAR, AND IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO RECOUNT ALL OF THE TIMES IT HAS STALLED ON ME WHILE DRIVING IT. IT HAS STALLED IN PARKING LOTS, IN HEAVY STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC, MAKING TURNS, PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY, AND ACCELERATING TO ENTER THE FREEWAY. IT STARTED WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF PURCHASE. I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP IN AUGUST OF 2014 WHERE THEY PERFORMED RECALL WORK WHICH INCLUDED THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT, REPROGRAMMED THE PCM, AND A POWER STEERING ADVISORY ITEM. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL. THE STALLING SEEMS TO HAPPEN JUST AFTER FILL-UP AND HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL THE GAS GAUGE READS LESS THAN THREE-FOURTHS AND AT LOW SPEEDS. I FILLED IT UP YESTERDAY, AND IT HAS STALLED SEVEN TIMES SINCE THEN. IT HAPPENS WHEN COASTING TO A STOP OR MAKING A TURN. ON THE FREEWAY AT HIGH SPEEDS, IT RUNS WELL. THE ISSUE WAS COMPOUNDED IN FEBRUARY WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE EVAP CANISTER WAS FULL OF GAS. IT, ALONG WITH A TUBE HOSE ASSEMBLY (BL8Z9D667B-AF), WAS REPLACED ONLY FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. THE PURGE VALVE WAS STUCK OPEN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH A SECOND EVAP CANISTER. THE STALLING ISSUE CONTINUED, AND THE DEALERSHIP FOUND THE CANISTER TO BE SATURATED WITH GAS AGAIN. THIS TIME, THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE GAS TANK TO CORRECT THE ISSUE AS THEY BELIEVE IT IS A VALVE BUILT INTO THE TANK WHICH SEEMS ABSURD. I HAVE NOT DONE THIS SINCE THEY QUOTED A COST OF OVER $2000. EVEN IF I HAVE THAT DONE, IT WILL ONLY CORRECT THE CANISTER ISSUE, NOT THE STALLING. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF POSTS ON THE INTERNET FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME MODEL YEAR AS I HAVE. THESE ARE BOTH ISSUES THAT I BELIEVE TO BE THE RESULT OF A DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE VOLUME OF OWNERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS. I FEEL FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND CORRECT THESE ISSUES.

Mileage: 46,000

I WAS ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO I-495 IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA, ATTAINING A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. WHEN I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL (BECAUSE I HAD REACHED MY DESIRED SPEED), THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNCONTROLLABLY. I APPLIED FULL PRESSURE TO THE BREAK WITH BOTH FEET, BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO SURGE FORWARD. I ATTAINED A SPEED OF ALMOST 100 MPH, EVEN WITH BOTH FEET FULLY DECOMPRESSING THE BREAK. BOTH SHOULDERS OF THE INTERSTATE HAD CONSTRUCTION, SO THERE WAS NO SHOULDER TO UTILIZE ON EITHER SIDE. AFTER WEAVING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC, I FINALLY FOUND A SUITABLE OFF RAMP. AFTER PULLING THE EMERGENCY BREAK, PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, AND EVENTUALLY PARK, THE CAR CAME TO A VERY ABRUPT STOP (JUST BEFORE I REACHED A BUSY INTERSECTION AT THE END OF THE OFF RAMP). THE BREAKS CONTINUED TO SMOKE FOR ANOTHER 45 MINUTES AFTER COMING TO A STOP AND CUTTING THE ENGINE. I DO NOT KNOW HOW I'M ALIVE, BUT I AM GRATEFUL. *TR

Mileage: 25,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND CHECK FUEL INLET ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THE WATER PUMP FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 4/29/15*CN

Mileage: 66,000

SINCE JANUARY, VEHICLE WOULD RANDOMLY STALL WITH NO WARNING. FIRST ALERTED WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS AND VEHICLE KEPT SLOWING DOWN THEN ENGINE, BATTERY, OIL LIGHTS LIT UP. I PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND RESTARTED. NOTICED WHEN IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY SINCE, THAT THE RPM DROP QUICKLY BELOW 1. HAS BEEN IN FORD SERVICES DEPARTMENT 3 TIMES WITHIN THE PAST 2-3 WEEKS. THEY CHANGED FILTER, CLEANED CARBON BUILD-UP. SECOND TIME AT FORD, THEY CHANGED THE THROTTLE BODY. THE LAST TIME STALL OCCURRED WAS ON DC BELTWAY DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN FAST MOVING TRAFFIC - PANIC EXPERIENCE! IT WAS TOWED TO FORD, KEPT 4 DAYS - DROVE AROUND CLAIMED COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. THEY WANT ME TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK. I AM IN FEAR CAUSING AN ACCIDENT, INJURING MYSELF, PASSENGERS INCLUDING MY GRANDCHILDREN, AND OTHER DRIVERS WITH THEIR PASSENGERS. THIS VEHICLE IS WONDER AS FAR AS COMFORT AND GAS MILEAGE BUT IS A RISK TO SAFETY. NOT WORTH KEEPING AND SHOULD BE LABEL A LEMON IF THEY CAN'T FIX. *TR

Mileage: 54,000

I WAS DRIVING AT 11 PM ON A COUNTRY ROAD, WHEN MY VEHICLE JUST STOPPED, I COASTED AROUND A CORNER AND PUT ON MY FLASHERS. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE AND IT WAS VERY DARK. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THIS VEHICLE. I CONTACTED FORD ROAD SIDE EMERGENCY SERVICE AND THEY INFORMED MY VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY FOR TOWING AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE WRECKER. I HAD JUST GOT THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE SHOP FROM THE FORD DEALER FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, WHICH THEY HAD FOR OVER TWO WEEKS BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY WERE WAITING ON A PART BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP AND NO ONE HAD ONE SO THEY HAD TO ORDER IT. I GOT THE CAR OUT THAT DAY ABOUT 11AM, WHICH I HAD TO PAY $176.00, PLUS OVER $30.. FOR A RENTAL FOR 5 DAYS, THAT'S ALL THEY WOULD COVER. I HAD TO SAT IN THE DARK AND RAIN FOR TWO HOURS WAITING ON A WRECKER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I AM 67 YEARS OLD AND THANK GOODNESS MY SISTER IN LAW WAS WITH ME, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. THE WRECKER TOWED MY VEHICLE TO FORD AND I AM WAITING ON THEM TO OPEN SO I CAN CALL THEM SO THEY CAN TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG. *TR

Mileage: 66,366

TRUCK JUMPS AND JERKS AT INITIAL ACCELERATION. PROBLEM DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. WHEN IT DOES, WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND SOMETIMES CHECK ENGINE COMES ON. IF I STOP, TURN VEHICLE OFF, AND RESTART IT, THE WRENCH LIGHT GOES OFF. PROBLEM DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. ONE TIME I DID HAVE SERIOUS SLOW DOWN MODE HAPPEN. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50 MPH, LIGHTS CAME ON AND TRUCK SLOWED WAY DOWN. JERKING AND JUMPING AT START UP IS NOT SAFE I THINK. PROBLEM SOUNDS LIKE FORD CSP 13N03 TO ME. I AM CALLING DEALER TODAY FOR APPT. THANK YOU *TR

Mileage: 98,500

1ST TIME I WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE WANTED TO SURGE FORWARD SEVERAL TIMES, WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND IT HESITATED. THIS WOULD HAPPEN EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, NOT A CONTINUOUS ISSUE. IN DEC 2014 IT HAPPENED AGAIN THIS TIME WITH THE VEHICLE STALLING, PUT IN PARK AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP BUT HESITATED WHEN ACCELERATING, DID THIS SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN A 5 MILE SPAN. PARKED, DID MY 8 HOUR WORK DAY CAME OUT, STARTED RIGHT UP AND NO ISSUES DRIVING HOME. LATER THAT NIGHT MY HUSBAND DROVE IT AND IT STALLED ON HIM 3 TIMES WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. CODE P144A CAME UP, TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE CODE THROWN SHOULD NOT CAUSE STALLING ISSUES. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING BATTLE, SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE RUNNING GREAT, SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL MAKE IT TO MY DESTINATION. THIS HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS; IN CITY, INTERSTATE, OR AT A COMPLETE STOP. I ONLY HAVE 72000 IN MILEAGE AND MY VEHICLE IS WELL KEPT, WHAT IS GOING ON?!? *TR

THE ENGINE HAS STALLED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. SEVERAL OF THE INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED WHEN MAKING A TURN, EITHER RIGHT OR LEFT, AT A LOW SPEED WITH NO PRESSURE BEING APPLIED TO EITHER THE GAS OR BRAKE PEDAL. THE MOST RECENT EVENTS HAVE BEEN WHEN TURNING ONTO A STREET WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I MAKE THE TURN AND PRESS ON THE GAS ONLY TO FIND THAT THE ENGINE HAS STALLED. I HAVE TO STOP AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THIS MAKES FOR A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS YOU END UP WITH LITTLE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. IT HAS ALSO STALLED IN PARKING LOTS WHEN COASTING AT A LOW SPEED WAITING ON ANOTHER CAR. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED IN MAY OF 2014 AND HAD TO TAKE IT TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP THE VERY NEXT MONTH (JUNE 2014). THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY AND ALSO REPROGRAMMED THE PCM PER THE 13N01 RECALL. WITHIN TWO MONTHS, THE ISSUE WAS BACK, THIS IS JANUARY OF 2015, AND THE ISSUE HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE. I HAVE READ THAT IT COULD BE A TYPE OF RELAY SWITCH LOCATED IN THE UNDER-THE-HOOD FUSE BOX. IF FORD DOESN'T FIX THIS ISSUE, THERE WILL EVENTUALLY BE WRECKS AND POSSIBLE FATALITIES. *TR

Mileage: 47,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED THAT A FIRE HAD ERUPTED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

Mileage: 78,000

I WAS DRIVING ON A REGULAR STREET IN MY AREA AT THE RATE OF 35. THE SPEED LIMIT IS 40, SO I DECIDED TO INCREASE MY SPEED TO THAT OF THE SPEED LIMIT. WHEN I PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE, IT APPEARED THAT THE ENGINE WAS JUST SPINNING, BUT NOT ACCELERATING, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT JUST LUNGED FORWARD, NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE. THIS WAS QUITE FRIGHTENING AS I HAD NO ADVANCED WARNING THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. AFTER THAT INCIDENT, IT APPEARED TO BE DRIVING NORMAL, UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN ABOUT A WEEK LATER. I AM AFRAID WHENEVER I GET BEHIND THE WHEEL NOW, BUT IT IS THE ONLY VEHICLE I OWN AND I USE IT TO GET BACK AND FORTH TO WORK, SO I AM PROCEEDING WITH EXTREME CAUTION. *JS

Mileage: 25,880

LIKE MANY OTHER REPORTS I HAVE READ THE VEHICLE CEASED TO RESPOND ON 11/24/2014. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING (ROUGH), THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON I WAS UNABLE TO GET ANY POWER WHEN PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL. TURNED IT OFF AND RESTARTED (SLUGGISH) BUT THEN LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED MADE IT TO MY DESTINATION. HAPPENED AGAIN 11/30/2014 THIS TIME I WAS TRAVELING AT 35MPH. PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN ABOUT A MILE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD. THIS TIME AFTER SHUTTING IT OFF AND RESTARTING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL ISSUE? ALL OTHER POST HAVE MENTIONED THROTTLE BODY. ITS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IF I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IT COULD OF ENDED IN A SERIOUS OR FATAL SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 25,600

CAR LOST POWER SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 65 MPH. I PULLED OVER TO RIGHT LANE IN HEAVY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I COASTED AT REDUCED AND SLOWING SPEED TO THE NEXT AN EXIT RAMP, WHICH WAS ANOTHER FREEWAY. SEVERAL CARS WERE HONKING AND PASSING ME ON THE EXIT RAMP. I PULLED OVER AND DROVE ON SHOULDER FOR ANOTHER MILE UNTIL I CAME TO A SLIGHT HILL. I STOPPED ON THE NARROW SHOULDER BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT AT LOW RPM. THE WRENCH ICON SHOWED ON THE DASHBOARD. I TURNED ENGINE OFF AND WAITED SEVERAL MINUTES. IT HAD FULL POWER WHEN I RESTARTED, GIVING ME ROOM TO DRIVE TO NEXT EXIT LESS THAN A BLOCK AWAY, BUT LOST POWER AGAIN MINUTES LATER. I EXITED ON TO CENTURY AVE, DODGING ONCOMING CARS COMING AT FULL SPEED. I PULLED TO A SERVICE STATION RIGHT OFF THE HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 57,011

AS I WAS DRIVING MY CAR LOST IT THROTTLE. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN BUT I HAD NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. I PULLED THE CAR OVER. TURNED IT OFF, THEN BACK ON AND THE CAR APPEARED TO SHOW NO ISSUES. ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER THE ISSUE APPEARED AGAIN. SAME SOLUTION. FROM MY RESEARCH THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE AND COULD VERY MUCH ENDANGER ANYONE IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 57,000

DRIVING ON FREEWAY APPROX 65 MPH, NO WARNING, ENGINE COMPLETELY STOPS. THANKFULLY ABLE TO DRIFT OVER TO SHOULDER OF EXIT LANE AND RESTARTED WITH NO DETECTABLE ISSUES. ASKED MECHANICS TO RUN ALTERNATOR DIAGNOSTICS - AS THEY SAID THE ALTERNATOR WAS THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD MAKE AN ENGINE COMPLETELY CUT OFF. TESTED OK. PARKED FOR WEEKEND. SAME THING HAPPENED ON MONDAY MORNING. SEARCHED FOR PROBLEM ONLINE, FOUND THROTTLE BODY COMMENTS. CALLED LOCAL DEALER - SERVICE ADVISER TOLD ME IT WAS COVERED UNDER RECALL, BUT APPOINTMENT SETTER TOLD ME IT WASN'T. WE'LL SEE WHEN I GET THERE TOMORROW. VERY TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE - I'M LUCKY I TRAVEL AT VERY EARLY TRAFFIC TIMES. I DON'T THINK I WILL EVER FEEL SAFE IN THE VEHICLE AFTER READING SO MANY SIMILAR STORIES. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

ENTERED LEFT TURN LANE TO APPROACH OFF RAMP, TRUCK STALLED. APPX 40MPH. TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, DROVE HOME. HAD NOTICED JUMPING RESPONSE FROM IDLE TO REVERSE TO DRIVE, PARTICULARLY UPON FIRST IGNITION OF DAY, FOR ABOUT A WEEK. HAVE CONTACTED DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR OF NOTED THROTTLE BODY ISSUE, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR 1 WEEK FROM TODAY. *TR

Mileage: 36,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING ENGINE OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR MAIN ENGINE SEAL FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,327.

Mileage: 4,327

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE SERVICE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND THE SERVICE AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

Mileage: 68,000

DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY AT 85 MILES PER HOUR. VEHICLE STALLS AND RPMS OR MPH WON'T MOVE. PULL OVER PUT IN PARK, VEHICLE SHAKES REAL BAD AND WRENCH COMES ON. TURN OFF AND RESTART, WRENCH DROPS OFF. 50 MILES DOWN THE ROAD SAME INSTANCE, EXCEPT AFTER RESTARTING WRENCH DROPS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. BRING TO DEALERSHIP. THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM STUCK OPEN AND THEY SAY POSSIBLE RECALL. WEEK LATER GOING 65 DOWN HIGHWAY AND SAME INSTANCE HAPPENS. TAKE IT TO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAY WE HAVE THROTTLE BODY RECALL, THEY RECALIBRATE THE RECALL. NOW VEHICLE DOESN'T ALWAYS SWITCH RPMS WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO. IT'LL JERK BEFORE SHIFTING AND THEN WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES BACK ON. BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAY THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL AND POSSIBLE NEW THROTTLE BODY DOWN THE ROAD. SPENT ALMOST 1000 DOLLARS ON RECALL IN LAST COUPLE MONTHS AND NOW THEY TELLING US THE RECALL WAS JUST A RECALIBRATION AND BUT MIGHT NEED A NEW THROTTLE BODY?? WHAT WAS THE RECALL FOR. FRUSTRATED WITH FORD. *TR

Mileage: 57,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY GOING APPROX. 70 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING LOST ALL ACCELERATION. I HAD TO MANEUVER ACROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET ON THE SHOULDER. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAS PREPARING TO CALL A TOW TRUCK WHEN I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND HAD LIMITED ACCELERATION. I WAS ABLE TO "LIMP" THE CAR HOME AND TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 77,500

SIGNS OF ISSUE DURING THE OCCURRENCE: -CAR STOP RUNNING -THROTTLE ALARM SHOWED UP -TRANSMISSION ALARM SHOWED UP -THE ISSUE HAPPENS APPROX. 3 TO 4 TIMES A MONTH YOU WILL NEED TO STOP AND TURN OFF YOUR ENGINE FOR A WHILE BEFORE YOU CAN START DRIVING THE CAR AGAIN, THE THROTTLE ALARM WILL GO AWAY BUT THE TRANSMISSION STAYS SOMETIME APPROXIMATELY AFTER 12 HOURS. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND JUST QUIT RUNNING. *TR

Mileage: 2,500

THE FORD ESCAPE HAS BEEN RANDOMLY STALLING AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING. I AM FORCED TO EITHER PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OR QUICKLY TURN OFF MY CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. *JS

Mileage: 38,000

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE ESCAPE THE ENGINE SEEMED TO QUIT WHEN MAKING A TURN. TURNING OFF THE KEY AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE WORKED. NOTHING FOR MONTHS AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. MY WIFE THOUGHT THE ENGINE WAS QUITTING SO I ASKED THE DEALER IF THEY WERE AWARE OF SIMILAR ISSUES. ALL SERVICING WAS PERFORMED AT FORD UNTIL THE WARRANTY WAS OUT. NEVER A MENTION OF ANY PROBLEMS FROM THE DEALER.THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO HAVE INTERMITTENT ISSUES AND ONE DAY IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS DRIVING. I DETERMINED THE ENGINE WAS NOT QUITTING BUT WOULD DROP TO ABOUT 1000 RPM WITH NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. IF YOU KEPT THE TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE THE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE QUICKLY AND SOMETIMES WOULD NOT ALLOW MOVING TO A SAFE LOCATION. RESTARTING THE ENGINE TWICE ALWAYS RESETS THE PROBLEM AND IT RANDOMLY HAPPENS AT A LATER DATE. IT IS VERY INTERMITTENT AND ALWAYS HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING. IT'S GETTING WORSE WITH AGE. *TR

Mileage: 5,000

I WAS TRAVELING NORTHWEST ON I 26 WHEN I HEARD A POP AND LOST SPEED AND CONTROL. I EASED OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND TRIED TO STOP. AT THIS TIME, THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. EVENTUALLY THE CAR STOPPED AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. I HAD TO BE TOWED TO NEWBERRY AND LEFT THE CAR AT A GARAGE AND RENTED A CAR TO CONTINUE MY TRIP TO PICK MY GRANDDAUGHTER AND RETURN TO CHARLESTON. I HAD TO PAY 85.00 TO THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER, 385.00 FOR THE CAR RENTAL AND 486.36 TO THE GARAGE FOR THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT. NOW I FIND OUT THIS HAS HAD A RECALL. IF I HAD BEEN NOTIFIED, I WOULD NOT BE OUT NEARLY $1000.00, NOT TO MENTION THE SAFETY ASPECT OF THIS WHOLE INCIDENT. I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

Mileage: 113,354

VEHICLE BUCKED VIOLENTLY AND STALLED. CALLED FORD TO HAVE IT TOWED. BEFORE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED, VEHICLE RESTARTED AND DROVE 2 MILES TO NEAREST FORD DEALER. THROTTLE BODY WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY AND REPLACED. I HAD MADE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT POOR SHIFTING, BUCKING, BAD MILEAGE, ETC. AND DEALERSHIP ALWAYS TOLD ME IT WAS NOT BROKEN IN YET, AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE UNLESS IT "THREW A CODE". WELL IT THREW ONE THIS TIME. SINCE THE REPLACEMENT, SOFTWARE UPDATES HAVE BEEN MADE, A WARRANTY EXTENSION ISSUED, AND THE PROBLEMS WITH ROUGH SHIFTING, BAD MILEAGE AND AN OCCASIONAL FEELING LIKE I HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED (WHEN NO ONE IS AROUND) HAVE CONTINUED. I HAVE JUST GOTTEN A CASE NUMBER FROM FORD. WE'LL SEE WHERE THIS GOES. *TR

Mileage: 18,296

VEHICLE STALLED DURING MILD ACCELERATION AFTER AN ABRUPT AND JERKY SHIFT TRANSITION. LOST ENGINE POWER BUT ACCESORIES REMAINED ON AND THE WRENCH INDICATOR LAMP TURNED ON. NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE WAS RESTORED AFTER TURNING IGNITION KEY OFF AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED QUICKLY FROM A STOPPED POSITION UPON STARTING IN THE MORNING. I HAVE TO PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO KEEP IT FROM SURGING FORWARD EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NOT PRESSED THE GAS PEDDLE AT ALL. VEHICLE JOLTS FORWARD SUDDENLY DURING DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS AND OFTEN WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP. ALSO SOMETIMES INCREASES ACCELERATION WHEN COASTING AT A MEDIUM SPEED WHEN NO GAS HAS BEEN APPLIED. *TR

Mileage: 25,000

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE IT OPERATES AS IT SHOULD, ONCE THE RPM SLOW TO AN IDLE THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE AND STALL AT IDLE. AT SLOW SPEEDS (10-20 MPH) THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE AND STALL WHEN THE THROTTLE IS APPLIED. THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN AND STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITIES ARE MINIMAL, THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE AT SPEEDS OF 45MPH HOWEVER IT DOES NOT STALL AT THIS SPEED. ON THE HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF 70 MPH THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE SLIGHTLY, HOWEVER IT IS NOT AS NOTICEABLE OF AN EVENT AS AT SLOWER SPEEDS. *TR

Mileage: 50,948

DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, MY 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A LEGAL RIGHT TURN ON RED. WITH TRAFFIC APPROACHING THE GAS PEDAL BECOME UNRESPONSIVE, SHE BEGAN QUICKLY LOSING SPEED, SHE WAS IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE THANK GOD WITH A TURN LANE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER BEFORE SLOWING TO A COMPLETE HALT. HAD SHE BEEN IN A CENTER LANE OR ON A STRETCH WITH NO SHOULDER, THERE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN A SEVERE ACCIDENT. THE GAS PEDDLE JUST BECAME TOTALLY UNRESPONSIVE AS SHE CAME TO A STOP. WHEN SHE WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED NOTICED THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT, A RED BATTERY LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT ALL CAME ON. WAITED 10 MIN FOR ME TO GET TO HER. WE RESTARTED CAR SEEMED FINE. I TOOK TO FORD DEALER LAST NIGHT. FORD DEALER CALLED THIS MORNING AS ADVISED FUEL THROTTLE PROBLEM AND SAID NO PROBLEM WARRANTY EXTENDED ON THAT PROBLEM TO 150,000 MILES 10 YEARS, YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY. CHRIST I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT PAYING. I"M WORRIED ABOUT GETTING MY FAMILY OR SOMEONE ELSE'S FAMILY KILLED. SHAME ON FORD FOR NOT RECALLING AFTER ALL THE COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN NOW. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE NOW BEFORE MAJOR ACCIDENT WITH DEATHS INVOLVED!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 32,000

VEHICLE HAS BEEN STALLING DAILY SINCE JULY 2013. VEHICLE WHEN IN FOR SERVICE 4-30-14 DO TO DRIVERS CONCERN OF VEHICLE CRASHING AT FREEWAY AND SURFACE STREET SPEEDS. ON 4-29-14 THE VEHICLE STALLED (5) TIMES AND SEEMS TO STALL DURING THROTTLE CHANGES FROM CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FLOW SPEEDS. THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" AND "FILL CAP" LIGHT WERE ON. DEALER PULLED CODES P144A, P1450 AND P2196 AND REPLACED THE PURGEVALVE (9U5Z-9C915-H). THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN ALONG WITH THE VEHICLE EXCEEDING EMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 59,876

ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER SEVERAL COUNTLESS TIMES DURING A 300 MILE JOURNEY ON A HIGHWAY. I ALMOST CRASHED VEHICLE DURING THE EARLY OCCURRENCES. *JS

Mileage: 35,421

LOSS OF POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEED, 70 MILES PER HOUR, DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. MY WIFE HAD TO PULL OVER TO BREAKDOWN LANE AND TURN OFF ENGINE, ON I-95 IN WEST PALM BEACH FL AREA. WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE RESTARTED, AFTER A FEW MINUTES WAITING AT SIDE OF VERY BUSY HIGHWAY. SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED WITHIN TWO WEEKS. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION!!!!!! 2011 FORD ESCAPE LTD 3 L V6. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

DRIVING ON A WINDING, MOUNTAINOUS ROAD THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND WAS NOT RESPONSIVE TO THE ACCELERATOR. THERE WAS NO SHOULDER, SO I KEPT GOING, VERY SLOWLY, AND THEN IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATING RESPONSIVENESS, ONLY TO LOSE POWER AGAIN. THIS CONTINUED FOR THE 4 MILES IT TOOK FOR ME TO GET HOME. I HOPED IT WAS SOME BAD GAS AND WAS A ONE-TIME EVENT - UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN, AND I WAS AGAIN ABLE TO GET HOME. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. *TR

Mileage: 51,580

WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS THE CAR SHIFTS REALLY HARD. THEN IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS NO GET UP AND GO AFTERWARDS. THE TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING HARD. *TR

Mileage: 55,450

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE . THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

Mileage: 44,000

LOST THROTTLE CONTROL, PULLED OVER, TURNED ENGINE OFF, AND RESTARTED TO CORRECT PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENED THREE MORE TIMES OVER FOLLOWING MONTH AT 70MPH ON FREEWAY, 50MPH ON SURFACE STREET AND AN INTERSECTION AT A STOPLIGHT. EXACT SAME BEHAVIOR (LOSS OF ACCELERATOR, TURN ENGINE OFF, RESTART). DEALERSHIP REPLACED THROTTLE BODY. FIVE MONTHS (7,000 MILES) LATER PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN AT A BUSY INTERSECTION ALMOST RESULTING IN A SERIOUS TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. I TOOK IT BACK TO FORD, THEY PERFORMED TESTS, SAID THEY ALREADY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY WITH THE NEW ONE AND MADE NO REPAIR EVEN THOUGH I TOLD THEM THE CAR WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE WITH THE DEFECT. THERE WILL BE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS THAT RESULT FROM THIS DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 35,500

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AT 40 MPH MY CAR STALLED AND STOPPED RUNNING. THERE WERE OTHER CARS BEHIND ME. I HAD TO COAST OFF THE ROAD AND RESTART MY VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 49,800

PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY OF MY HOME, THE CAR SURGED FORWARD ON ITS OWN AND NARROWLY MISSED THE NEIGHBOR. THIS SURGING OF THE ENGINE ON ITS OWN IS GOING TO CAUSE A DEATH ONE OF THESE DAYS. FORD REALLY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS. *TR

Mileage: 29,000

ACCELERATED FROM A STOP AND CAR LURCHED AND ENGINE SEEMED ABOUT TO QUIT, GOT "WRENCH LIGHT" AND WAS ABLE TO CREEP TO GET INTO PARKING LOT. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND THEY RAN DIAGNOSTICS ON CAR AND SAID THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 37,891

ON 1/10/14 UPON PULLING ONTO AN EXIT OFF OF A MAJOR INTERSTATE AS I SLOWED DOWN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE HAD POWER BUT THE ENGINE SHUT OFF ON IT'S OWN. I PUT HAZARD LIGHTS ON, CAR IN PARK AND STARTED AGAIN FINE. AGAIN LATER THAT EVENING I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AND UPON PULLING OFF AN EXIT THE ENGINE STALLED AGAIN. 1/11/14 I DROVE HOME ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, CAME TO STOP LIGHT AND ENGINE LOST POWER AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP AND PARK. ENGINE RESTARTED FINE AND VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO STALL AT THE NEXT INTERSECTION. THIS TO ME IS DANGEROUS LOSING ENGINE POWER. I AM AFRAID THIS COULD CAUSE ME TO BE REAR-ENDED IF THIS KEEPS UP. I AM SEEING THE DEALER FIRST THING NEXT WEEK. *TR

Mileage: 88,000

DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 25 MPH AND CAR SUDDENLY LOST ENGINE POWER AND COASTED TO A STOP. TURNED CAR OFF FOR 5 MINUTES THEN STARTED CAR BACK UP AND IT RAN FINE. NEXT DAY DID SAME THING AT 45MPH WITH SAME RESULTS. WEEK LATER SAME THING ONLY THIS TIME ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY GOING 70 MPH. SAME RESULTS: COASTED TO STOP, LET CAR SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN RESTARTED AND RAN FINE. NEXT DAY, SAME THING AT 50 MPH ENTERING THE HIGHWAY. NEXT DAY TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED CAR. WE HAD TO PAY FOR REPAIR. SINCE THE REPAIR. NO ISSUES. *TR

Mileage: 61,000

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING, AND HAD PULLED FROM A STOP SIGN. THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO STALL, AND SHE HAD NO CONTROL- NO BRAKES, NO THROTTLE, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DIDN'T STOP HER, AND SHE FINALLY PUSHED IT INTO PARK AND THAT DID NOTHING. IT ROLLED TO A STOP, ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE SEEMED TO BE RUNNING. SHE TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES, RESTARTED IT. IT RESTARTED, AND SHE PROCEEDED TO DRIVE TO HER DESTINATIONS WHICH WAS CLOSEBY. VERY SCARY, BUT FORTUNATELY, NO OTHER REAL TRAFFIC, BUT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN TRAGIC. *TR

Mileage: 15,000

WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO ENTER MERGING HIGHWAY, MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE TOOK MANY SECONDS TO STALL AND THEN FINALLY ENGAGE. MY SON ASKED WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN, AND ITS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE NOT KNOWING WHEN ENTERING THE TRAFFIC, THAT YOU WILL NOT KNOW IF THE CAR IS GOING TO MAKE IT IN THE TRAFFIC. I DROVE FAR AND QUITE A BIT YESTERDAY AND IT HAPPENED 3 TIMES. I AM TAKING THE CAR IN NEXT WEEK, EVEN THOUGH THE DEALER THINKS NOTHING IS WRONG. *TR

Mileage: 28,597

AFTER INTERMITTENT 3 TIMES IN 2 WEEKS, HAD THROTTLE BODY CLEANED 12/14/2013 PER FORD TSB. ON THIS DATE, 12/16/13 IT FAILED AGAIN AND HAD THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. FORD WOULD NOT COVER IT AFTER 36,000 OR 3 YEARS AS OUT OF WARRANTY. IT WAS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS CONDITION NOT TO REPLACE. THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY FOR REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 46,800

I WAS DRIVING APPROX. 10 MPH, THE GAS PEDDLE STOPPED WORKING, I WOULD PRESS IT BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. THE LITTLE WRENCH APPEARED ON THE DASH. I STOPPED AND THE MOTOR STARTED RUNNING LOUDLY AND ROUGHLY SHAKING THE VEHICLE. I PUT IT IN PARK, TURNED OFF THE KEY, WAITING A MOMENT AND RESTARTED IT. THE RESTART TOOK LONGER THEN NORMAL BUT IT WAS FINE AFTER THAT. THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES NOW, EACH TIME I WAS GOING APPROX. 10-15 MPH. IT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE CAR CANNOT DRIVEN OUT OF THE WAY OF OTHER VEHICLES. THE 3RD TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS SLOWING TURNING LEFT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, THERE WAS ONCOMING TRAFFIC, HAD THE CAR NOT CUT OFF, I WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE TO CLEAR THE INTERSECTION HOWEVER IT CUT OFF MAKING THE ONCOMING DRIVER SWERVE INTO THE OTHER LANE TO AVOID HITTING ME. IT'S VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

WHILE DAUGHTER DRIVING VEHICLE IN HOUSTON, DRIVING ON FREEWAY, APPROX. 65 MPH, VEHICLE LOST ENGINE ACCELERATION POWER, NO RESPONSE FROM GAS PEDAL, WARNING LIGHTS (WRENCH SYMBOL) ILLUMINATED. HAD TO COAST/IDLE ACROSS TRAFFIC LANES TO GET TO SHOULDER OUT OF TRAFFIC- VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY - TURNED OFF ENGINE, RESTARTED, VEHICLE THEN OPERATED AS NORMAL AT THE TIME, BUT EVENT HAS SINCE BEEN RECURRING. NOW HAS HAPPENED 6 OTHER TIMES... VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ANY DRIVER, ESPECIALLY A YOUNG DRIVER. MIGHT ADD THAT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL IS VERY POPULAR WITH YOUNG ADULTS - YOU WILL SEE MANY IN COLLEGE TOWNS. VERY DANGEROUS. INTERNET RESEARCH REVEALS MANY COMPLAINTS AND PROBABLE CAUSE SUSPECTED TO BE THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION. MANUFACTURER MUST BE AWARE BY NOW. HAVING CAR REPAIRED - EXPECTING COST OF APPROXIMATELY $600 - $800. *TR

Mileage: 46,700

THIS HAPPENED TWICE AND I'VE ONLY HAD THE CAR 3 MONTHS. IT' STALLS WHEN I'M DRIVING. I HAD TO STOP THE CAR ON THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE IN NY/NJ. TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND START AGAIN. THIS WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND TERRIFYING TO GO THROUGH!! TODAY THERE WAS SMOKE COMING THROUGH THE FRONT ENGINE. PLEASE ADVISE ME. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK IN BUSY TRAFFIC, SUDDENLY THE ENGINE CAME TO AN IDLE AND A SMALL ICON OF A ?WRENCH? LIT UP ON THE DASHBOARD. AFTER TRYING TO MANEUVER THROUGH TRAFFIC ON THE BUSY HIGHWAY AT 5 MPH (ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT) I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT, THE ICON OF THE WRENCH WAS GONE AND THE CAR PROCEEDED TO RUN FINE. I'M REPORTING THIS BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD THIS HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE AND IT WAS CAUSED BY A THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 32,740

THE ENGINE SURGES AND STALLS AT THE MOST UNUSUAL MOMENTS. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO REASON FOR THE SURGE AND STALLING, BUT CAN BECOME VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE LEARNED TO LEAVE EXTRA EXTRA ROOM IN CASE OF SURGING AND I ALSO HAVE ADOPTED THE POLICY OF WHEN MAKING DECISIONS TO ENTER TRAFFIC, I MUST ACCOUNT FOR "IN CASE THE CAR STALLS, WILL I DIE". 2011 FORD ESCAPE LIMITED. *TR

Mileage: 19,000

NHTSA ACTION NUMBER - DP12006 VEHICLE STALLS GOING 65 MPH. ISSUE IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE 100,000 MILE WARRANTY WHY???? WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE?????? *TR

Mileage: 47,000

SEVERAL WEEKS EARLIER, AS A WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, MY CAR STARTED BUCKING OR SURGING, FEELING AS THOUGH IT WAS GOING TO STALL. IT DID NOT STALL AT THAT POINT. A FEW MINUTES LATER, AS A WAS SLOWED DOWN BY A BUS, IT DID STALL. RESTARTED VERY EASILY AND I KEPT DRIVING. EVERY FEW DAYS, WE WOULD NOTICE THE SURGING, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE WAS TOLD THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM, BUT THEY WEREN'T SURE WHAT EXACTLY. STALLED A SECOND TIME POST DEALER VISIT. THIS MORNING, AS I WAS IN MOTION AT 35 MILES AN HOUR, THE CAR SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. I COASTED VERY EASILY TO THE SHOULDER, BUT COULD NOT RESTART. CAR HAS BEEN TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALER. AWAITING THEIR ANSWER, BUT SOUNDS VERY MUCH LIKE THE OTHER THROTTLE BODY ISSUES I'VE READ ON HERE. I'M FORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY YET, ESPECIALLY WITH MY YOUNG CHILD IN THE BACK SEAT. THIS WAS A SCARY SITUATION, AND I'M NOT PLEASED THAT THE PREVIOUS RECALL DID NOT INCLUDE THE 2011 MODEL YEAR. PLEASE REOPEN THE INVESTIGATION. *TR

Mileage: 91,000

WHILE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF I 85 THE ENGINE TURNED OFF. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE RIGHT LANE BECAME CLEAR AND I COASTED THE CAR ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THIS WAS A TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE ESPECIALLY AT THIS SPEED WITH CARS BEHIND ME. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME. BOTH TIME I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK. THE FIRST TIME I WAS GOING ABOUT 45MPH TURNING ON THE STREET TO MY OFFICE AND THE ENGINE DIES. I HAVE NO POWER. I AM PRESSING ON THE GAS AND NOTHING. I STOP THE CAR AND PIT IT IN PARK. I RESTART THE CAR AND IT STARTS RIGHT UP. I THINK OH NO BIG DEAL MAYBE I HAVE A BAD TANK OF GAS. MAYBE THE ENGINE WAS NOT GETTING ANY FUEL. DID NOT THINK TOO MUCH INTO THE PROBLEM THIS MORNING IT HAPPENS AGAIN! EXCEPT I WAS GOING A LOT FASTER AND I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. I AM GOING ABOUT 65MPH AND 10 MINUTE AWAY FROM WORK. I AM IN THE FAR LEFT LANE AND THE ENGINE DIES. I INSTANTLY PANIC AND NEED TO GET OVER FIVE LANES OF TRAFFIC. I PUT MY FLASHERS ON LUCKILY I STILL HAVE POWER FOR THOSE. I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I PUT IT IN PARK AND TAKE THE KEY OUT. SIT THERE FOR A MINUTE WHILE I CATCH MY BREATH BECAUSE I JUST CROSSED 5 LANES OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WITH A ENGINE THAT IS NOT ON. I PUT THE KEY IN AND IT STARTS RIGHT UP. I PRESS ON THE GAS AND I HAVE POWER AGAIN. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? I HAVE BEEN READING ONLINE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF US. FORD IS WRONG FOR NOT COMING OUT WITH A RECALL BY NOW. *TR

Mileage: 47,506

I WAS DRIVING ON I-75 SOUTH, ATLANTA AREA, 55 MPH, WHEN MY FORD ESCAPE 2011 LOST ALL POWER AND I COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD DURING RUSH HOUR --- VERY SCARY, AND VERY DANGEROUS. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD SERVICE AND WAS CHARGED $474.15 TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY (NOT COVERED UNDER TRANSMISSION, ENGINE, POWERTRAIN WARRANTY). READ ON-LINE THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER FORD OWNERS EXPERIENCING THIS SAME DANGEROUS PROBLEM. SURE HOPE YOU WILL WARN OTHER FORD OWNERS AND ORGANIZE A RECALL. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE I CAN CONTACT TO MOVE A RECALL FORWARD. *TR

Mileage: 48,001

VEHICLE CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING 65MPH ON HIGHWAY WITH NO WARNING. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE ENGINE STALLED DOWN SO PULLED OFF THE ROAD ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT RUNNING ROUGH AND NO THROTTLE RESPONSE I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF THEN STARTED IT BACK UP AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE SO DROVE OFF. LATER THAT SAME DAY IT DID IT AGAIN. NEXT DAY BROUGHT TO FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD IT FOR A WEEK TRYING TO GET IT TO DO THE SAME THING FOR THEM BUT NEVER DID SO I PICKED IT BACK UP AND WAS A COUPLE MILES AWAY AND IT STALLED ON ME AGAIN BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY KEPT IT OVER NIGHT AGAIN AND NEXT DAY TOLD ME IT STALLED ON THEM AND SAID I NEED A NEW THROTTLE BODY BUT WAS ON BACK ORDER. SO HERE I AM ALMOST THREE MONTHS LATER AND STILL NO PART AND TODAY NOV. 11 2013 I HAD THE ENGINE STALL ON ME 8 TIMES. *TR

Mileage: 68,648

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH ENGINE LOST POWER MAINTENANCE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER STOPPING AND SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINE. ENGINE WAS HARD TO RESTART. ENGINE STARTED AND I RESUMED DRIVING. NOW THIS IS A REGULAR OCCURRENCE HAPPENING WITH NO WARNING. THE CODE IN THE COMPUTER IS P2112, THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM STUCK CLOSED. IT HAPPENS AT VARIOUS SPEED INCLUDING INTERSTATE SPEEDS. WHILE LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT PART I FOUND THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF ESCAPE OWNERS AND A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR EARLIER MODELS. IT APPEARS TO ME FORD HAS YET TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I AM RELUCTANT TO INVEST THE $500-$600 FOR THE REPAIR IF IT IS JUST GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

DRIVING NORMAL SPEED, WITHOUT WARNING, "WRENCH ICON" APPEARS AND GAS PEDAL FAILS TO RESPOND. COAST TO STOP IN A PARKING LOT. SHUT OFF ENGINE, RESTART VEHICLE AND IT DRIVES NORMAL FOR REMAINDER OF 2 MILE TRIP. START NEXT ERRAND AND SAME THING HAPPENS. SOUNDS LIKE THE THROTTLE BODY FAILURE AND LIMP MODE THAT I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING ONLINE. *TR

Mileage: 41,275

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FUEL SURGE CAUSING A REACTION THAT WAS NOT INTENDED BY THE DRIVER. THE CAR JOLTEDAS IF ONE MASHED THE ACCELERATOR THEN RELEASED REPEATEDLY. ONCE THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP THE CAR SPIT AND SPUTTERED LIKE BAD ENGINE TIMING. WE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF WHERE IT SAT OVERNIGHT. IT WAS HARD TO START THIS MORNING AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM TWICE THIS MORNING WHILE TAKING THE KIDS TO SCHOOL. I STOPPED BY AN ADVANCED AUTO PARTS STORE WHERE THE ATTENDANT PULLED THE SERVICE CODE P2112 THROTTLE ACTUATOR STUCK CLOSED. *TR

Mileage: 65,354

THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 65MPH, THE CAR GAVE A SMALL JERK AND THE WRENCH ICON ILLUMINATED, THE CAR APPEARED TO STILL HAVE POWER BUT THERE WAS NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO MOVE OVER TWO LANES OF BUSY, SPEEDY TRAFFIC (AS THERE WAS NO LEFT SIDE SHOULDER) AND PULL OFF WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF THEN RESTARTED IT, IT APPEARED TO RUN OKAY AFTER THAT UNTIL ABOUT 3 MILES LATER THE EXACT THING OCCURRED AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY AND ONCE I WAS ABLE TO EXIT IT HAPPENED ONCE AGAIN ON A RURAL ROAD AT ABOUT 35-40MPH. I CALLED FOR SERVICE AND TOOK THE CAR IN THE NEXT DAY, WHILE ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER, THE CAR DID THE SAME THING ONCE MORE - AT ABOUT 45 MPH. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY NERVE-WRACKING EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY - IT COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND TURNED OUT MUCH WORSE. ONCE THE DEALER CALLED ME TO TELL ME WHAT THE ISSUE WAS I LOOKED ONLINE TO SEE IF I COULD FIND ANY INFORMATION AND CAME ACROSS HUNDREDS OF OTHER COMPLAINTS, ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME EXPERIENCE I HAD. I FEEL, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ AND THE NEED FOR SO MANY PEOPLE TO HAVE THIS PART REPLACED IT SHOULD BE A FORMAL RECALL BY FORD AND NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CONSUMER HAS TO PAY FOR, AS I AM NOW. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS SITUATION OCCURS AND CAUSES SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH, IF THAT HASN'T ALREADY HAPPENED. *TR

Mileage: 34,000

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER CAR HOME WHEN THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE DRAMATICALLY REDUCING THE CARS SPEED TO 15 MPH. GOOD THING SHE HAD GOTTEN OFF THE INTERSTATE BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I READ THE CODE IT WAS P2111 THROTTLE STUCK OPEN. TURNING THE CAR OFF RESET THE THROTTLE BODY FOR ABOUT 5 MILES THEN THE CAR WENT BACK INTO LIMP MODE AND IT EVEN QUIT. THIS HAPPENED ON 9/27/13 ON MONDAY 9/30/13 I CALLED THE LOCAL FORD DEALER THEY SAID THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BY MILEAGE AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS NOT COVERED. THE FORD DEALER HAD 2 THROTTLE BODIES ON HAND MY WIFE TOOK MY CAR THE FORD DEALER AND BOUGHT A THROTTLE BODY FOR HER CAR AT A COST OF $181. AFTER I INSTALLED THE NEW THROTTLE BODY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE WRENCH LIGHT HAVE WENT OUT AND THE CAR RUNS LIKE NEW. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IF THIS HAD HAPPENED WILE SHE WAS ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE THIS COULD HAVE CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT MAYBE EVEN KILLING HER AND MY NIECE WHO WAS WITH HER. *TR

Mileage: 41,802

ABOUT 12:30 PM OCTOBER 17TH I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT OF A PARKING LOT ONTO THE FEEDER ROAD OF A FREEWAY. AS I STEPPED ON THE GAS TO PULL OUT, I GOT A SURGE AND THEN MY CAR STALLED LEAVING ME STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF A BUSY ROAD. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND WHILE MY CAR STILL HAD POWER, IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. MY VEHICLE WAS ALMOST HIT 3 TIMES BY DRIVERS WHO WERE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR RESTARTED AND I DROVE TO MY DESTINATION. ABOUT 7:30 AM ON OCTOBER 22 THIS HAPPENED AGAIN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET GOING 20 MILES AN HOUR. WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON. OCTOBER 28TH ABOUT 11:00 AM, I WAS DOING 40 MPH DOWN A TWO LANE ROAD AND THE CAR DID NOT SURGE, BUT I DID LOSE ALL ACCELERATION AND HAD TO STOP AND TURN MY CAR OFF AND WAIT ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES TO RESTART. THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON. OCTOBER 29TH ABOUT 12:30 PM, I WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN ONTO A BUSY STREET AND THE CAR STALLED AND I HAD TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE. THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND LESS THAN A MILE LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. *TR

Mileage: 34,000

COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER, NO THROTTLE RESPONSE, LOSS OF SPEED ON HIGHWAY. DASH SHOWS WRENCH, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF ROAD, TURNED OFF ENGINE. RESTARTED CAR. SAME SITUATION WITHIN ANOTHER 3 MILES OF RESTART. AUTO ZONE VERIFIED CODE P2111. THIS FAILURE PUT THE FAMILY INTO A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR

Mileage: 27,550

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER AND ONCE I CAME TO A STOP I NOTICED MY VEHICLE WAS IDLING ROUGH AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE THROTTLE AND NOTICED THE LIGHT WITH A WRENCH WAS ALSO ON. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND WAS ABLE TO START IT BACK UP AND MAKE IT HOME AND AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FORD ESCAPE. WILL BE TAKING TO A DEALER TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP HOME MODE. I WAS ABLE TO NAVIGATE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT BUT COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE EVERYTHING APPEARS FINE. I BELIEVE FORD IS ALREADY UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR INCIDENTS LIKE THIS AND I WANTED TO ADD MINE TO SHOW THE SEVERITY OF THIS ISSUE. A RECALL IS NEEDED ASAP. *TR

Mileage: 43,000

TODAY ON NEARBY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, SUDDENLY MY THROTTLE PEDAL ACTED USELESS WITH NO POWER, ENGINE IDLED DOWN. THROTTLE PEDAL USELESS IN ANY POSITION. ENGINE OUTLINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL A OPEN END WRENCH. WRENCH WARNING LIGHT IN LISTED IN OWNERS MANUAL AS "THROTTLE CONTROL / POWERTRAIN FAULT, PLEASE CONTACT DEALER." I CALLED THE FORD DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT, HE KNEW PRETTY QUICKLY THE DEFECT I WAS DESCRIBING. HE INFORMED ME THAT MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE IS A COUPLE THOUSAND MILES OVER THE 3YR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. BUT HE ALSO SAID I MAY BE COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED EMISSIONS WARRANTY. MY CAR IS JUST OVER 2 YEARS OLD. THIS IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT IN THE CAR WHICH IS DOCUMENTED AS BEING UNDER INVESTIGATION IN THESE NHTSA.GOV WEBSITES. PLEASE RAISE THE STATUS OF THIS DEFECT TO BE AN OFFICIAL RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

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

Mileage: 60,827

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

Mileage: 43,741

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

Mileage: 33,000

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

Mileage: 53,993

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 WILL NEED A THIRD JOB JUST FOR VEHICLE REPAIRS ON A TWO YEAR OLD VEHICLE. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE AND FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE ANYONE ELSE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. THIS PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING WITH A TWO YEAR OLD MAINTAINED VEHICLE. NOW BECAUSE IT IS OVER THE 36,000 MILES MORE MONEY OUT OF POCKET....GEEZ. *TR

Mileage: 36,966

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 SAYS IT IS NOT COVERED AND THE ESTIMATED $600 REPAIR IS MY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 37,401

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

Mileage: 30,102

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 HOW COMMON THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN AND WAS SHOCKED. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THIS PART HASN'T BEEN RECALLED YET! I FIND IT TO BE EXTREMELY IRRESPONSIBLE OF FORD TO BE SO COMPLACENT WITH A KNOWN ISSUE WHEN PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE IN JEOPARDY. TURNING YOUR BACK ON A PROBLEM AND IGNORING IT IS NOT SATISFACTORY CUSTOMER SERVICE. THIS PART NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ASAP BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT OR KILLED. *TR

Mileage: 39,670

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.

Mileage: 53,227

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.

Mileage: 46,000

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.

Mileage: 42,000

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

Mileage: 22,400

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.

Mileage: 50,100

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

Mileage: 44,400

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

Mileage: 38,000

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

Mileage: 26,000

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

Mileage: 46,000

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

Mileage: 25,944

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

Mileage: 35,000

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!!!!

Mileage: 46,000

TL* THE CONTACT LEASED A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. IT WAS DETERMINED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW THROTTLE BODY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000. UPDATED 10/17/13*LJ THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE RETURNED THE LEASED VEHICLE.

Mileage: 40,000

I WAS DRIVING 35-40 MPH WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE TIME AND I KEPT PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO SLOW. BEFORE THE CAR STOPPED, I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PLACED THE CAR IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF, AND OPENED MY CAR DOOR. THEN I TURNED MY CAR ON AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE PLACE I WAS GOING IN ABOUT 7 MIN. I STAYED AT THAT PLACE FOR AROUND 30 MIN AND THEN GOT IN MY CAR AGAIN WHERE 2 MIN AFTER I STARTED DRIVING, THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. I PULLED OVER, TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND OPENED THE DRIVER'S DOOR. THEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND PRECEDED TO DRIVE HOME (ABOUT A TEN MINUTE CAR RIDE).

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH 8/16/2013, MY ENGINE SHUT OFF. I PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD. THE "WRENCH" LIGHT ON DASH WAS ON. I CALLED FORD BLOOMINGTON, THEY GAVE ME ROADSIDE ASSIST # AND HAD ME CALL THEM TO SEND A TOW TRUCK TO BRING ME AND MY VEHICLE TO FORD FOR CHECK UP. IT WAS READY LATER THAT DAY, WAS TOLD THAT THEY REPROGRAMMED PCM AND UPDATED CALIBRATION, THEY CHANGED AIR FILTER AND TOLD ME I WAS "GOOD TO GO" I PAID $35.00 FOR THAT. THE VERY NEXT FRIDAY, I WAS DRIVING HOME (AT 60 MPH) AND THE ENGINE DIED AGAIN AND I PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD. LUCKILY THE ENGINE DID RESTART AND I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. SATURDAY, I TOOK MY SUV TO FORD BLOOMINGTON, ENGINE SPUTTERED ON THE WAY THERE. FORD CALLED RENTAL CAR FOR ME( WITHOUT ME ASKING) AND AGAIN LOOKED AT THE ENGINE, WAS TOLD ON MONDAY THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS BAD, NEEDED REPLACED. THEY HAD THE PART, BUT IT WAS THEIR LAST ONE AND THAT THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER UNTIL OCTOBER. I HAD PART REPLACED AS IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, FOR $500.00. ALSO I HAVE A $110.00 BILL FROM ENTERPRISE RENTALS. *JB

Mileage: 42,000

CAR SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP AND THE CUTS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING AROUND 3/4 HAD TO PUT FOOT ON BRAKE AND GAS AT SAME TIME. *JB

Mileage: 39,802

I WAS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AT 65-70 MPH, WHEN MY ESCAPE'S RPM'S ALL OF A SUDDEN DROPPED TO 1 AND WOULD NOT REACT TO THE GAS PEDAL, LUCKILY I WAS IN THE SLOW LANE AND MANAGED TO COAST OFF THE INTERSTATE. THERE WAS AN 18-WHEELER BEHIND ME AND I STARTED TO PANIC AT THE SPEED HE WAS GAINING ON ME. I FINALLY MANAGED TO GET MY HAZARDS ON TO NOTIFY HIM THAT I WAS HAVING ISSUES. IF I HAD NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE SLOW LANE I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE BEFORE THE CAR STOPPED COMPLETELY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, IF I HAD BEEN IN THE FAR LEFT LANE OR THE MIDDLE LANES THE CAR COULD HAVE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD STORE AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. I THEN GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A REAL ISSUE WITH A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE VEHICLES NOT JUST A LIMITED FAULTY PART. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW FORD CANNOT SEE THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF SOMEONE GOES TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND THIS HAPPENS ANOTHER CAR COULD CRASH INTO THEM. ANYTIME YOUR CAR DOES NOT REACT PROPERLY IT BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN AN 18-WHEELER IS BEHIND A VEHICLE THAT RESPONDS THE WAY MINE DID TODAY IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. AS YOU KNOW A FULLY LOADED TRACTOR TRAILER CANNOT STOP AS EASILY AS A PASSENGER VEHICLE AND IF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THEM ALL OF A SUDDEN LOOSES POWER AND CANNOT GET OUT OF THEIR WAY THERE IS GOING TO BE AN ACCIDENT. ONCE I GOT STOPPED MY CAR DID RESTART BUT GETTING TO THAT POINT WAS VERY SCARY.

Mileage: 57,900

ON AUGUST 29, 2013 DRIVER OF A 2011 FORD ESCAPE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT AND ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE FROM A STOPLIGHT WHEN THE CAR JERKED FORWARD AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OR GO WITH FLOW OF TRAFFIC, AND WITH TRAFFIC MOVING BEHIND THE VEHICLE CREATING DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE DASHBOARD SHOWED A WRENCH LIGHT, AND DRIVER FOUND IT HARD TO MOVE CAR FORWARD AS IT WENT INTO "LIMP HOME" MODE, SPUTTERING ALL THE WAY. THE CAR WAS FINALLY MOVED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHUT OFF, AND RESTARTED, AND DRIVEN THE 3 MILES HOME. OWNER WILL TAKE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP (CARMAX). DRIVER ASSUMES WILL FIND THROTTLE BODY CODE. THE PART AND SERVICE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. HOWEVER, DRIVER/OWNER WILL BE OUT OF POCKET FOR DEDUCTIBLE $250. FAMILY WAS IN CAR AND THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY CONCERN ON THIS VEHICLE. WHEN IT GOES INTO LIMP MODE THERE IS NO WARNING AND MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATES TO SNAIL SPEED. I BELIEVE FORD MUST RECALL THE FAULTY THROTTLE BODY IN THE 2009-2011 MODELS AS THEY ARE SAFETY ISSUES FOR DRIVERS IN THE CAR AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. *TT

Mileage: 34,132

DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NO GAS - NO POWER TO ENGINE - CAN PUSH GAS PEDAL TO FLOOR WITH NOTHING HAPPENING. TOOK CAR TO SHOP - HAD FUEL INJECTION SERVICE, TRASMISSION SERVICE ON SATURDAY. SAME THING HAPPENED 3 TIMES ON SUNDAY. (ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY AND TWICE ON BACK ROADS) TOOK CAR TO DIFFERENT MECHANIC ON MONDAY. BODY THROTTLE CLEANED. HAPPENED AGAIN ON TUESDAY IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION! DID SOME RESEARCH FORD HAS RECALL ON BODY THROTTLE IN FUSION AND POSSIBLE A RECALL COMING IN ESCAPE. CALLED FORD TO QUESTION ABOUT ESCAPE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE COULD TELL ME NOTHING ABOUT A RECALL. CAN YOU HELP - DO YOU KNOW IF A RECALL IS COMING? MY ESCAPE IS IN THE SHOP AGAIN FOR THE 3RD TIME IN 4 DAYS! *TT

Mileage: 85,500

ON AUGUST 21, 2013 DRIVER OF A 2011 FORD ESCAPE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN AND ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE FROM A STOPLIGHT WHEN THE CAR JERKED FORWARD AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC, AND WITH TRAFFIC MOVING BEHIND THE VEHICLE. THE DASHBOARD SHOWED A WRENCH LIGHT, AND DRIVE FOUND IT HARD TO STOP CAR AS IT WAS SPUTTERING AND JERKING FORWARD. THE CAR WAS FINALLY MOVED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHUT OFF, AND RESTARTED, AND DRIVE THE 10 MILES HOME. OWNER TOOK CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THROTTLE BODY CODE WAS DISCOVERED. THIS PART IS NOT COVERED UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY, THUS OWNER FIX COST IS $600.00. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN ON THE VEHICLE, WHEN IT GOES INTO SAFE MODE THERE IS NO WARNING AND CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATES TO UNDER 1000 RPM. I BELIEVE FORD SHOULD RECALL THE FAULTY THROTTLE BODY IN THE 2009-2011 MODELS AS THEY ARE SAFETY ISSUES FOR DRIVERS IN THE CAR AND OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. *TR

Mileage: 43,568

WAS AT THE STOP LIGHT, LIGHT TURNS GREEN PRESS THE GAS PEDAL CAR DID NOT MOVE I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON DASH BOARD CAR START TO PUTTER WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. COASTED OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT WAS ON DASH BOARD, HAD TO GET CAR TOWED HOME. FOUND OUT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT IS A DEFECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER, BUT FORD WILL NOT REPLACE THE CONSUMER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING AND IT HAS AN OUT OF POCKET FEE OF $548.00 TO GET THE PROBLEM FIXED.THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, I WAS LUCKY I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE TRUCK DO NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN. FORD SHOULD AT LEAST TRY AND COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 98,545

AT FIRST, WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR WOULD SHUT DOWN AND NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE MOVEMENT, A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE IN TRAFFIC. AFTER PULLING OVER AND RESTARTING THE CAR, THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO GO AWAY FOR A WHILE. THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE INTERMITTENT THE FIRST FEW TIMES. FINALLY THE CAR SHUT DOWN TO AN IDLE AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE MOVEMENT AND THE WRENCH AND ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. THE CAR WOULD ONLY RUN LIMP MODE. THE ODB CODES READ A P2111 AND P2112 (THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL STUCK OPEN, AND THROTTLE ACTUATOR STUCK CLOSED) RESPECTIVELY. WE HAD TO TOW THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE THROTTLE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $666. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE PART IS UNAVAILABLE FOR 2 WEEKS AND MAYBE UP TO A MONTH. WE HAVE 39000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 36000. THIS ISSUE IS ALSO NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. THIS SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD ISSUE AND I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT FORD IS UNWILLING TO MAKE THIS RIGHT AND PRODUCE A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 39,100

I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM LUNCH AND AS I ACCELERATED UP A SLIGHT INTERSTATE HILL, I EXPERIENCED NO ACCELERATION. I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO NEUTRAL AND TRIED TO REV THE ENGINE, NOTHING. I COASTED TO THE EMERGENCY LANE WHERE I SAFELY STOPPED AND PLACED THE CAR IN PARK. ONCE IN PARK, IT WAS VIBRATING, SPUTTERING AND SLIGHTLY LUNGING SO I TURNED THE CAR OFF. I SAT FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN RESTARTED MY VEHICLE. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, SO I TURNED ON MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND RODE WITH THEM ON FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY 15 MINUTE DRIVE. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY DEALER AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE NEXT MORNING. ON MY WAY HOME, THE SAME SCENARIO OCCURRED 2 MORE TIMES. THANK HEAVENS FOR EMERGENCY LANES! *TR

Mileage: 48,202

I WAS DRIVING ALONG AT ABOUT 50MPH AND I COMPLETELY LOST POWER TO MY 2011 ESCAPE. THE ACCELERATOR DID NOT FUNCTION AND WOULD NOT REV THE ENGINE. I TRIED PUTTING IT IN NEUTRAL AND RESTARTING WITH NO SUCCESS. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT I HAD NO POWER. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER I TRIED TO RESTART IT SO I COULD WAIT IN A BETTER LOCATION AND THE CAR STARTED. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO MY DESTINATION BUT IN GOING HOME THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. AGAIN I HAD TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE IN ORDER TO RESTART. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE AT A COST OF $505.00. *TR

Mileage: 50

I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE WITH MY WIFE AND NEWBORN CHILD AND AS I PULLED OUT (I HAD PLENTY OF SAFE DISTANCE IF MY CAR WERE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY) MY CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN LOST ANY ACCELERATION CAPABILITIES AND THE RPM'S DROPPED EXTREMELY LOW. THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE ROAD WAS 55 AND IT STARTED WHEN I GOT TO 30MPH MAKING IT SO THE TRAFFIC ALREADY ON THE ROAD RAN UP RIGHT BEHIND ME AND NEARLY HIT ME. I WAS HELPLESS AND COULD NOT GO ANY FASTER. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DEFECT, EVEN THOUGH THE CAR NEVER LOST COMPLETE POWER I LOST ALL CONTROL TO ACCELERATE AND CONTINUED TO SLOW WITH FAST TRAFFIC ALL AROUND ME. I AM LUCKY THAT IT DID NOT RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT OR ANY INJURIES TO MYSELF, FAMILY, OR OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS. I TOOK MY ESCAPE TO THE CLOSEST FORD DEALERSHIP WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. IT WAS NOT VERY COMFORTING WHEN HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON WHEN I TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE HE HAD SEEN THIS SAME SITUATION SO MANY TIMES. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THIS MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND I HOPE IT DOES NOT RESULT IN ANY ACCIDENTS OR WORSE. *TR

Mileage: 53,000

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY I LOST ENGINE POWER IN MY CAR. I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE OR MOVE AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR INTO PARK IT BEGAN TO SHAKE. I HAD TO TURN IT OFF AND TRY TO GET IT TO START SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD START AGAIN... *TR

Mileage: 49,000

I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, WHEN THE ENGINE OF MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE SEEMINGLY SHUT DOWN. THE GAS PEDAL STOPPED WORKING. A SMALL GOLDEN WRENCH ICON LIT UP TO THE LEFT OF THE RPM GAUGE. I PULLED OVER AND AS I SLOWED, THE CAR JERKED. I TURNED THE CAR OFF; TOOK OUT THE KEYS AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES. THE ENGINE HAD A LITTLE EXTRA TROUBLE TO RESTART; BUT IT DID WITHIN 30 SECONDS. TWO DAYS LATER, A DIAGNOSTICS TEST AT MY FORD DEALERSHIP SHOWED THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; BUT I WAS TOLD THE PART WAS ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. THE SAME INCIDENT REPEATEDLY HAPPENED FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT 10 TIMES, BEFORE THE PART WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP AND ABLE TO BE REPLACED. THE PART WAS REPLACED MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE DIAGNOSTICS TEST AND INITIAL INCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 46,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER (ALMOST FELT LIKE A STALL) AND THE WRENCH LIGHT ON THE DASH WAS ILLUMINATED. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED IT OFF, AND AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE BACK ON IT OPERATED AS NORMAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES OVER THE PAST WEEK. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

WAS DRIVING ALONG TO MY FIREFIGHTER JOB WHEN I FELT MY CAR LOOSE POWER AND NOTICED A WRENCH LIGHT COME UP ON MY DASH. I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE HOWEVER COULDN'T. I SAFELY WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE ONCE I CAME TO A STOP THE CAR JERKED. I SHUT DOWN MY ENGINE, WAITED A FEW MINS THEN RESTARTED THE CAR TO WHICH CAR WAS RUNNING FINE. I CONTINUED TO WORK AND STARTED TO RESEARCH WHAT PROBLEM CAN BE AND NOTICED MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD SAME ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 66,500

I WAS ACCELERATING AND THE CAR THEN JUST STOPPED ACCELERATING. IT FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION HAD JUST LET GO, BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT SPEED UP WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL. WHEN I TRIED TO STOP, THE IDLE WAS VERY ROUGH AND THE CAR WANTED TO JERK FORWARD. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR STOPPED IN A SAFE PLACE. WHEN I RE-STARTED THE CAR, THE IGNITION WAS TURNING OVER, BUT IT TOOK SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE IT FIRED. I HAVE SINCE BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE SERVICE SHOP, THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO REPAIR THIS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. THE GENTLEMAN SITTING NEXT TO ME SAYS THAT HE HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH A SIMILAR VEHICLE - SAME FAMILY OF CAR. *TR

Mileage: 41,857

AT A STOP LIGHT. STEP ON GAS PEDAL WHEN LIGHT TURNS GREEN, NOTHING HAPPENS. ABLE TO GET CAR TO SIDE OF RODE. WRENCH LIGHT ON. TURN CAR OFF AND ON. WRENCH LIGHT GONE AND CAR DRIVES FINE. TOOK CAR TO MY MECHANIC THAT SAME DAY AND NOTHING "REGISTERED" ON THE CAR'S COMPUTER SO NO PROBLEM IDENTIFIED, ALTHOUGH I WAS TOLD IT "MIGHT" BE THE "THROTTLE BODY," AS HE'D JUST REPLACED ONE ON ANOTHER FORD. AS A "SAFETY PRECAUTION" I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TURN IT ON/OFF TO GET IT GOING IF IT SHOULD HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY. CALLED THE FORD SERVICE PEOPLE AND TOLD THEM EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED - THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THEY CAN NOT FIX ANYTHING IF NOTHING REGISTERED ON THE CAR'S COMPUTER., I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN. TWO-THREE WEEKS GO BY - CAR DRIVING OK (WHEN GOING TO WORK I MAKE SURE TO DRIVE IN RIGHT LANE "JUST IN CASE" AND I NO LONGER CAN DRIVE ON HIGHWAY WITH MY CHILD IN CAR). THEN, IT HAPPENS: WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE CAR LOSES POWER AGAIN. I GET OFF THE ROAD. ENGINE LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT ARE ON. CAR TOWED TO DEALER. THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. I AM DRIVING A RENTAL. *TR

Mileage: 31,000

WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE DROPPED TO IDLE AND THE GAS PEDAL HAD NO AFFECT. TEMPORARY SOLUTION WAS TO PULL OVER, TURN ENGINE OFF, RESTART (WHICH REQUIRED EXCESSIVE CRANKING) WHICH SEEMED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THROTTLE WORKS AGAIN. THIS ISSUE HAS NOW HAPPENED 3 ADDITIONAL TIMES AND WE HAVE PARKED THE CAR AS IT IS UNSAFE AND UNRELIABLE. FORD DEALER HAS NO CLUE ABOUT THE ISSUE AND CAN'T SCHEDULE GETTING IT INTO THE SHOP FOR AT LEAST 2 WEEKS. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

WHILE DRIVING MY FAMILY IN OUR 2011 FORD ESCAPE AT 65MPH ON AN INTERSTATE - I SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE ENGINE DID NOT QUIT - BUT RATHER DECELERATED RAPIDLY TO IDLE SPEED. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO REV THE ENGINE AND SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK, AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE - WITH NO RESULT. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND WAITED 1 MINUTE, TO SEE IF IT COULD POSSIBLY BE A COMPUTER PROBLEM. I STARTED THE CAR, REVVED THE ENGINE, SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND PROCEEDED AT NORMAL SPEED. THE FOLLOWING DAY THIS SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY WIFE ON ANOTHER HIGHWAY. I CALLED A FORD DEALER AND A TRUSTWORTHY REPAIR SHOP - AND THEY BOTH POINTED TO THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY IN THE FUEL SYSTEM - WHICH SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. I HAD A NEW THROTTLE BODY INSTALLED AFTER A FORD DEALER HOOKED UP DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND VERIFIED THE ISSUE. REPAIR COST WAS $513.68 PARTS AND LABOR. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION - AND A RECALL OF THE VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THIS PART, SHOULD BE HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY. I HAVE READ MANY OTHER ACCOUNTS ON THE INTERNET OF THIS EXACT CONDITION. IT IS JUST A MATER OF TIME BEFORE A FAILURE LIKE THIS WILL OCCUR - AND A FOLLOWING VEHICLE - PERHAPS A SEMI-TRUCK WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP IN TIME CAUSING A VERY SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITY. LUCKILY MY WIFE AND I WERE IN LIGHT TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS FROM 50 - 65 MPH, MY ESCAPE WILL SUDDENLY LOSE POWER. THE ENGINE REMAINS RUNNING, BUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAS NO EFFECT. THE VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY AFTER MOVING TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE "WRENCH" LIGHT IS INDICATED ON THE DASH. AFTER COMING TO A STOP, TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTING, THE PROBLEM IS TEMPORARILY RESOLVED. AFTER SOME RESEARCH ON THE NHTSA SITE, THIS SAME PROBLEM OCCURS IN THE ESCAPE AND FORD FUSION. FORD IS COMPLETELY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THE PROBLEM IS THE THROTTLE CONTROL BODY. A LOCAL FORD DEALER OFFERED TO REPLACE THE PART FOR APPROXIMATELY $600. I PURCHASED THE PART FOR $350 AND WILL REPLACE MYSELF AS IT IS A SIMPLE 10 MINUTE JOB. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT AND I WISH THAT FORD WOULD TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. *TR

Mileage: 46,055

THROTTLE BODY STOPS TO ONLY IDLE UPON ACCELERATING OR USE OF THROTTLE FROM STOP. SOMETIMES IT WILL ALLOW TO ACCELERATE UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH BEFORE IT QUITS WORKING UPON THROTTLE INPUT FROM DRIVER. SO, IT WILL ONLY IDLE AFTER ACCELERATING HALF OR PART WAY THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND YOU ARE AT THE MERCY OF INCLINE OR DECLINE OF ROAD TO HOPEFULLY COAST TO SAFETY. IT HAS DONE THIS WHILE TURNING LEFT WHILE HAVING TO YIELD TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IT CAUSED ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO HAVE TO STOP WHILE I GOT STRANDED IN MIDDLE OF TURN. SAFETY ISSUE FOR SURE. *TR

Mileage: 57,700

WHILE DRIVING MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE TO WORK WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT LOST POWER. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT THE ENGINE HAD DIED, BUT WHEN I LOOKED DOWN I SAW THAT IT WAS STILL BOUNCING BETWEEN 500 AND 1000 RPM. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE RED WRENCH LIGHT HAD COME ON. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR PULLED OVER INTO A PARKING LOT. I WAS NOT SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON SO I SHUT THE CAR OFF. A MINUTE OR TWO LATER I STARTED THE CAR AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. I THEN CONTINUED ON TO WORK BUT AFTER EXCITING THE FREEWAY I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE FROM THE LIGHT THE CAR DID THE SAME THING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND DID THE SAME AS BEFORE. I MADE IT TO WORK WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. THAT AFTERNOON I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AND THEY ASKED ME TO BRING IT BY THE NEXT MORNING. I DROVE THE CAR HOME FROM THERE WITH NO INCIDENT. THE NEXT MORNING I TOOK THE ESCAPE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER WAITING FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS THE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME AND I ENDED UP HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE CARE GOING INTO WHAT I GUESS THE CALL SAFE MODE. I WAS AS BEFORE ABLE TO SHUT THE CAR DOWN AND START IT BACK UP AGAIN. THIS HAPPEN GOING ACROSS A TWO LANE BRIDGE IN TRAFFIC LUCKILY THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS FAR ENOUGH BEHIND ME THAT THE DID NOT RUN INTO ME BUT CAME REAL CLOSE. *TR

Mileage: 421,005

WHETHER I DRIVING IN DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC OR HIGHWAY MY FORD ESCAPE WOULD START HESITATION. COULD NOT GET A CHARGE FROM TO DRIVE SUV. OR MY ESCAPE WOULD POWER AND THE ENGINE WOULD DIE WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT FROM INTERSECTION. I TOOK FORD ESCAPE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP THEY DID WHATEVER TEST AND TOLD ME THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER PART. TWO WEEKS OF WAITING FOR PART TO ARRIVE AND STILL NO PART DEALERSHIP TOLD ME PART WAS ON A STATE ORDER BECAUSE I WAS IN FLORIDA WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND I WAS FROM ILLINOIS WITH MY TRIP ENDING AND NEEDED TO GET HOME. I FELT DEALERSHIP WAS GIVING ME RUN AROUND SO I CALLED MAIN HEADQUARTERS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN AND WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY WAS ON BACK ORDER BECAUSE FORD WAS HAVING PROBLEMS FIGURING OUT PROBLEM AND THEREFORE COULD NOT SEND PART BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CORRECTED THROTTLE BODY PART TO SEND. I ASKED IF FORD WAS DOING A RECALL ON ESCAPE AND WAS TOLD NOT AT THIS TIME. I RECEIVED A CALLED FROM FORD MOTOR CO. ABOUT 2 DAYS LATER TELLING ME THE PART WOULD BE SENT TO DEALERSHIP BY WEDNESDAY OF FOLLOWING WEEK AND THAT A CALL WAS ALSO PLACED TO DEALERSHIP TO INFORM THEM THE PART WAS FOR MY ESCAPE NOT THE TWO FORD ESCAPES WITH SAME PROBLEM THAT WERE AHEAD OF MINE. BY THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON WEDNESDAY MY FORD ESCAPE WAS REPAIRED AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME BACK TO ILLINOIS. TO THIS DAY I AM NOT SURE IF I HAVE A REPLACEMENT PART THAT HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM OR IF FORD MOTOR CO. SENT ME THE SAME PART THAT WILL AGAIN BREAK DOWN ON ME. I HAVE KEPT TRACK OF ALL PHONE CALLS I MADE DATE TIME AND WHO I SPOKE WITH AND ALSO THE CALLS FROM FORD MOTOR CO. TO ME. NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE WHOLE MATTER AND I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN GAS PEDAL ON 2011 FORD ESCAPE V6 BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. GOT VEHICLE TO SHOULDER AFTER ALMOST CRASHING IN TRAFFIC. RED WRENCH LIGHT ON DASHBOARD WAS ON. TURNED VEHICLE OFF THEN RESTARTED AND APPEARED TO BE OK. DROVE HOME APPROX. 10 MILES. TOOK TO DEALER WHO CHECKED CODES AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. TOLD US THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE CODE WAS TO HAVE IT TOWED IN WITHOUT A RESTART BECAUSE COMPUTER DOES NOT STORE WRENCH LIGHT INDICATOR CODES. RESTARTING CLEARS THE CODE. LOCAL FORD DEALER WAS NOT HELPFUL. INVESTIGATED THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT WAS MOST LIKELY A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM. THERE ARE MANY OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IT IS ON THE SHORT LIST FOR A RECALL. PURCHASED AN OBD II SENSOR AND PLUGGED IN WHILE DRIVING TO GET THE CODE. PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN WITH A FAULT CODE OF P2111 - THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM - STUCK OPEN. *TR

Mileage: 41,000

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD AND THE CAR STARTED DECELERATING. WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, HAD TO PULL OVER, TURN CAR OFF, THEN BACK ON, IN ORDER FOR CAR TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. SECOND INCIDENT SEEMED LIKE CAR'S POWER COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT COME BACK ON AGAIN AFTER A ROUGH IDLING STOP. *TR

Mileage: 48,500

ENGINE CUT OUT WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 55MPH AND 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT LIT UP ON THE DASHBOARD. I PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND WAITED ABOUT TEN MINUTES BEFORE RE-STARTING VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STARTED OK BUT 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT STAYED ON. I TOOK IT TO SERVICE STATION AND THEY RAN DIAGNOSTIC AND GOT CODE P2111 - THROTTLE ACTUATOR STUCK OPEN. I MADE REPAIR APPOINTMENT AT FORD DEALER FOR NEXT DAY. WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK THE ENGINE STALLED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT BUT RE-STARTED OK. *TR

Mileage: 54,000

WE HAD OUR 2011 ESCAPE IN THE DEALERSHIP 2 TIMES DUE TO IT COMPLETELY SHUTTING DOWN WHILE DRIVING BEFORE THEY COULD FIGURE OUT THAT IS WAS A FAILED THROTTLE BODY (ELECTRICAL ISSUE). THEY TOLD US IT WAS "BAD GAS" EVERY OTHER TIME. WE HAD OUR INFANT IN THE VEHICLE WHEN IT SHUT DOWN ON THE FREEWAY AND SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF US. THANKFULLY WE WERE ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM OTHER VEHICLES AND MAKE AN EMERGENCY EXIT FROM THE FREEWAY ONTO THE SHOULDER UNTIL THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. ITS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS AND CREATE A RECALL. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH TO FIND SO MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. OUR VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP AS WE SPEAK TO THE TUNE OF A $500 FIX AND I JUST GOT OFF THE LINE WITH FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TO DEMAND A REIMBURSEMENT. I AM WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM TO SEE IF THEY WILL WORK WITH US ON THE COST. OUR VEHICLE ONLY HAS 44K MILES ON IT AND WE HAD IT SERVICED BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AND WERE TOLD EVERYTHING WAS FINE. WE ALSO HAD IT IN FOR SERVICE OTHER TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 44,000

RECEIVING A P2111 CODE ON DIAGNOSTICS. NEEDS NEW THROTTLE BODY. ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. I AM OUT A VEHICLE UNTIL THIS IS REPAIRED, AND CANNOT AFFORD A RENTAL, OR A NEW ONE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES, THAT FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT. THEY NEED TO ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 36,500

I WAS ABOUT TWO BLOCKS FROM HOME, DRIVING THE SUV AND SLOWED DOWN TO TURN THE CORNER, WHEN I TRIED TO HIT THE GAS TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE PAST 5MPH. A FEW LIGHTS CAME ON THE DASHBOARD AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME. WHEN I RESTARTED IT, IT WORKED FINE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHICH SAID THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I HAD ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR 6 MONTHS AT THE TIME. *TR

Mileage: 3,500

I WAS ABOUT TWO BLOCKS FROM HOME, DRIVING THE SUV AND SLOWED DOWN TO TURN THE CORNER, WHEN I TRIED TO HIT THE GAS TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE PAST 5MPH. THE WRENCH ICON CAME ON, AND THE RPM WOULDN'T GO PAST 1. WHEN I RESTARTED IT, IT WORKED FINE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. MY CAR IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS WHEN IT WAS 6 MONTHS OLD. *TR

Mileage: 13,000

GOING DOWN ROAD, FIRST NO GAS PEDAL CONTROL , THEN STARTS TO MAKE ENGINE AND WHOLE VEHICLE PULSATE. STARTING TO GET WORSE AND DANGEROUS, ABOUT 3 TO4 TIMES A TRIP. DEALER HAS TOLD US THE PART IS ON BACKORDER ,MEANWHILE TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEED WHEN ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. ENGINE LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. RESTARTED VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED BACK ON TO FREEWAY. INCIDENT REPEATED 5 TIMES IN 10 MILES OF DRIVING. FINALLY LOCATED A FORD DEALERSHIP. COMPUTER CODE INDICATED FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. UNABLE TO REPAIR SAME DAY BECAUSE DEALERSHIP DID NOT HAVE THE PART. CALLED 7 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS WITHIN A 200 MIL RADIUS AND ADVISED NO ONE HAD THE PART IN STOCK. APPEARS THIS IS A POPULAR PROBLEM. FINALLY FOUND THE PART THE FOLLOWING DAY AND DEALER INSTALLED. NO PROBLEMS SINCE. WAS FORCED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE PART ARRIVED AS I WAS OUT OF TOWN ON BUSINESS WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THE LOSS OF ACCELERATION RESULTED IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. I EXPERIENCED THIS NOT ONLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED BUT ALSO WHEN TRYING TO ENTER THE FREEWAY. I WAS ALMOST HIT TWICE. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

WHEN ACCELERATING ON THE HIGHWAY AND REACHING 60MPH, SUDDENLY THE ACCELERATION STOPPED AND THE CAR BEGAN TO GO INTO LIMP MODE. WITH NO ACCELERATION, I VEERED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND WAS UNABLE TO THROTTLE THE CAR FORWARD. WHEN IN PARK, THE ENGINE SEEMED TO BE "KICKING" AND STRUGGLED TO STAY ON. WRENCH LIGHT WENT ON. TURNED CAR OFF. TURNED CAR BACK ON AFTER A LONG HESITATED START AND THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ACCELERATION. WRENCH LIGHT CAME OFF. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW THROTTLE BODY. I REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. SIMILAR ISSUE HAPPENED WITH A FRIEND OF MINE, SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. HIS WAS UNDER WARRANTY, MINE NOT. *TR

Mileage: 64,000

SMALL SURGES JUST AFTER STOPS. TOTAL LOSS OF POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. JULY 2012 SHOWED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AND HAD TO COAST TO SIDE OF THE ROAD, GAS PEDAL TOTALLY DEAD, ENGINE AND CAR STILL RUNNING. TURN OFF AND RESTART AND ALL CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS GO AWAY AND CAR ACTS NORMALLY. DEALERSHIP FOUND NO CODES. JUNE 2013 AGAIN TOTAL LOSS OF POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THIS TIME POWERTRAIN LIGHT COMES ON, AND THE CAR HAS TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, GAS PEDAL TOTALLY DEAD, ENGINE AND CAR STILL RUNNING. TURN OFF AND RESTART AND ALL POWERTRAIN LIGHTS GO AWAY AND CAR ACTS NORMALLY. THIS LOSS OF POWER HAS HAPPENED 15-20 TIMES TO DATE FROM JULY 2012 TO JULY 2013. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

MY WIFE WAS TAKING HER MOTHER HOME ON THE 18TH OF JULY WHEN THE ESCAPE STARTED TO HESITATE AND SURGE GOING UP A HILL. WHEN SHE PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE.THE POWERTRAIN AND ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON SO SHE CALLED ME IMMEDIATELY. SHE WAS AFRAID TO LEAVE IT RUNNING SO SHE SHUT IT DOWN. WHAT MADE THINGS WORSE WAS THE FACT THAT IT WAS 97 DEGREES OUT THAT DAY AND SHE HAD HER MOTHER WITH HER WHO IS HANDICAPPED. AFTER THE ENGINE COOLED A BIT, I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT THE REST OF THE WAY TO HER MOTHER'S HOUSE. AFTER DROPPING HER OFF, THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN TWICE ON THE WAY TO THE REPAIR FACILITY. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. AS A FORMER MECHANIC AND NOW A PARTS PERSON I CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 46,670

THE ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED/QUIT WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. WE TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. DIAGNOSTICS BY THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

I WAS TRAVELING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, I HAD TO COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND TURN IT BACK ON. THE VEHICLE WOULD START BUT THEN RETURN TO IDLE WITH NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. THIS WENT ON REPEATEDLY BEFORE I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. BECAUSE THIS OCCURRED ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS CLOSED AND I WAS UNABLE TO SPEAK TO ANYONE. FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING WHEN I WENT IN THEY FIRST TOLD ME THEY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE CONTROL UNIT. UPON PRESENTING THEM WITH NUMEROUS COPIES OF COMPLAINTS FILED ON LINE THEY FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. HOWEVER WITH NO RECALL I WOULD NEED TO PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT WHICH WITH TOWING RESULTED IN A $550.00 BILL. APPARENTLY I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT THERE WAS ONE REPLACEMENT IN STOCK (HMMM), OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE WEEKS. I HOPE THE REPLACEMENT WORKS BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A CHRONIC PROBLEM FOR MONTHS. SKEPTICAL TO SAY THE LEAST. *TR

Mileage: 59,700

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, GOING ABOUT 70MPH ON CRUISE CONTROL. THE CRUISE CONTROL SUDDENLY DISENGAGED AND THE CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN, PLUS THE WRENCH MAINTENANCE SIGN IN THE DASHBOARD LIT UP. I HIT THE GAS AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN, I BASICALLY PUT THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR WITH NO RESULTS. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AVOIDING TRAFFIC, AND PARKED THE CAR. ONCE THE CAR WAS IN PARK, THE CAR STARTED VIBRATING HEAVILY. I SHUT THE CAR DOWN AND WAITED ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES AND THEN STARTED THE CAR AGAIN, IT TOOK ABOUT 3 TRIES TO GET THE CAR TO START AGAIN. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC, THEY COULD NOT GET THE CAR REPEAT THE FAILS AT THAT TIME, SO THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED. ABOUT A WEEK LATER, I'M ON THE HIGHWAY HEADED TO WORK AND IT HAPPENS AGAIN, SAME SITUATION, EXCEPT THIS TIME ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE DASHBOARD LIT UP AND I WAS NOT USING CRUISE CONTROL. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE MECHANIC AND HE WORKED ON IT FOR A FEW DAYS, CAME BACK AND SAID THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. BEFORE I DID THAT, I CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION TO THE LEAD MECHANIC THERE AND WITHOUT EVEN SEEING THE CAR, HE AGREED WITH MY MECHANIC THAT IT 100% SOUNDED LIKE A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM. SO IT HAS BEEN REPLACED AND I HAVE HAD THE CAR BACK WITH NO PROBLEMS SINCE THEN. *TR

Mileage: 44,000

AFTER TRAVELING FOR A APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES, MY CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING DOWN THE ROAD. AT THIS POINT MY GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN RPM OR SPEED, THEN MY ENGINE BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I BARELY WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE. THEN, A WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH OF MY VEHICLE. I THEN TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE LIGHT WAS GONE AND THE GAS PEDAL WORKED ONCE MORE. I MERGED INTO TRAFFIC AND CONTINUED ON MY TRIP WITH SLIGHT HESITATION ON THE REMAINDER OF MY TRIP. THIS WHOLE SCENARIO HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE 19TH OF JULY 2013 ONLY 20 MINUTES INTO MY TRIP HOME. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT FORD DEALERSHIP BEING CHECKED OUT. *TR

Mileage: 53,000

WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, A/C WAS RUNNING (MAX A/C) AND SUDDENLY WHITE SMOKE/MIST WAS COMING OUT OF VENTS. THE CABIN STARTED TO SMELL LIKE COOLANT. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON, ENGINE TEMP REMAINED NORMAL, BUT IT CONTINUED TO COME OUT ALONG WITH COOL AIR. THIS INITIALLY HAPPENED DURING MORNING COMMUTE, AND SAME THING HAPPENED DURING EVENING COMMUTE. AFTER TAKING TO DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE, THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE HEATER CORE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AT AN ESTIMATE OF $1,150. CALLED FORD TO REPORT THE PROBLEM, AS A HEATER CORE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED ON A VEHICLE WITH THIS FEW MILES ON IT, AND JUST OVER TWO YEARS OLD. WAITING FOR RESOLUTION. WILL BE ALMOST A WEEK WITHOUT CAR. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

MY CAR HAS "MISSED" OR "SKIPPED" A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. YESTERDAY, IT QUIT PULLING. THE MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE LIGHT AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, WHILE COASTING, I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION - RESTARTED THE CAR, AND DROVE ANOTHER 2 MILES, AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I RESTARTED THE CAR, DROVE ANOTHER COUPLE OF MILES, AND IT DID IT AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO GET MY CAR HOME, WHICH WAS ONLY 2 MILES FROM WHERE I STOPPED THE LAST TIME. I UNDERSTAND IT'S A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY - AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FORD ESCAPE. MY ESCAPE WILL GO TO THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW. *TR

Mileage: 59,810

MY VEHICLE STALLED WHILE I WAS TURNING - THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME I HAVE HAD IT SERVICED FOR STALLING - THE OTHER THREE TIMES THEY HAVE ACCUSED ME OF FILLING IT TOO MUCH, WHICH I DO NOT - AND THEY HAVE CHANGED THE FUEL VAPOR STORE - EVAP CANISTER. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS NOT THE PROBLEM. I ALSO HAVE TRANSMISSION ISSUES WHERE IT JERKS AND MAKES A LOUD NOISE INTO REVERSE. I LOVE MY CAR, BUT CAN'T DEAL WITH THE ISSUES IT CONTINUALLY GIVES ME - MY NEXT CAR WILL BE A GM PRODUCT. *TR

Mileage: 43,000

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, I WAS TRAVELING AT APROX. 35MPH WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED. MY RPM GAUGE STARTED TO "BOUNCE" FROM 1 TO 4 REPEATEDLY. MAKE IT VERY HARD TO STOP AND COULD NOT GIVE IT GAS. AT THE SAME TIME, MY POWER-TRAIN WARNING LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND CALL FOR ASSISTANCE. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

CAR DRIFTED TO A STOP WHILE IN GEAR. TURNED OFF IGNITION. RESTATED CAR. IT ACCELERATED IN PARK WITHOUT HAVING FOOT ON GAS PEDDLE. TRIED DRIVING AGAIN ,THE CAR REPEATED THIS PATTERN 3 MORE TIMES. FINALLY GOT IT TO OPERATE AFTER LETTING IT REST FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. I WAS A WRECK DRIVING IT HOME, 5 MILES. THE CAR WAS BOUGHT USED ONLY 4 DAYS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. IT HAS RUINED MY CONFIDENCE IN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 69,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET, WHEN WITHOUT WARNING, I SUDDENLY HAD NO POWER AT ALL. MY ACCELERATION WAS GONE, AND I THOUGHT THAT THE ENGINE HAD DIED, HOWEVER EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING, AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON. I PUMPED THE GAS PEDAL AND GOT NOTHING, FORTUNATELY THERE WAS A CONVENIENCE STORE COMING UP ON MY RIGHT, WHICH I WAS ABLE TO TURN INTO. AT THAT POINT I NOTICED THE "WRENCH" ICON LIGHTED UP ON THE DASHBOARD, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND SEE IF IT WAS A GLITCH, SINCE I HAD JUST HAD THE OIL CHANGED AT THE DEALERSHIP EARLIER IN THE DAY. AT LEAST I WAS HOPING THAT WAS THE CASE. THE CAR STARTED PERFECTLY, IT TOOK A FEW SECONDS TO SHAKE ITSELF, WHICH STILL WORRIED ME, AND PROCEEDED TO ACT NORMALLY AS I DROVE HOME, WHERE I CURRENTLY AM. I ADVISED MY SON ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND HE CHECKED UP ON AUTO DEFECTS ON THE FORD ESCAPE AND BROUGHT THEM TO MY ATTENTION, THAT IS WHY I AM REPORTING WHAT HAPPENED TO ME TODAY. I WILL BE BRINGING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALERSHIP FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING DUE TO MY NEEDING THE USE OF MY VEHICLE FOR WORK. *TR

Mileage: 59,294

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED THE ESCAPE SUDDENLY LOSES POWER. THE ENGINE REMAINS RUNNING BUT THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SLOW AND DEPRESSING THE THROTTLE HAS NO EFFECT. THE ONLY INDICATION ON THE DASH IS A SMALL WRENCH SHAPED LIGHT ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE. ONCE THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED, I TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTART. FROM THE POINT THE ESCAPE RUNS FINE. THIS PROBLEM STARTED TWO WEEKS AGO. IT HAS OCCURRED SIX TIMES. 4 OCCURRENCES ON THE HIGHWAY AND SPEED AND 2 OCCURRENCES ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS WHILE TRAVELING IN THE 20 - 25 MPH RANGE. *TR

Mileage: 49,500

WAS DRIVING TO THE AIRPORT AND CAR STALLED, PICTURE OF A WRENCH DISPLAY ON THE DASH. NEXT CASE WAS ABOUT 10 DAYS LATER, WAS DRIVING LOCAL AND CAR STALLED 5 TIMES BEFORE I MADE IT. BOTH PICTURE OF THE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. PARKED CAR UNTIL MORNING, STALLED TWICE ON THE WAY TO WORK THEN GOT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE FIXED. WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

I HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS ISSUE FOR MANY MONTHS WHERE THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE RIGHT WHEN STARTING FROM A STOPPED POSITION. IT WOULD SHIFT VERY HARD & JERK EVEN HARDER FROM 1ST/2ND & 2ND/3RD. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP & THEY EXPLAINED IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION SO I PAID FOR A TRANSMISSION FLUSH EVEN THOUGH IT ONLY HAD 32K MILES. THEY ALSO AT THIS TIME RESENT THE COMPUTER TO MY DRIVING HABITS? THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP LAST WEEK TWICE & THEY BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY BUT ALL COMPUTER CHECKS SHOWED THE TRUCK AS FINE. YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING 45MPH, IT ALL OF SUDDEN SHIFTED HARD LIKE IT WENT INTO NEUTRAL. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL & THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. I DID NOT LOSE POWER STEERING & WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I AT THIS TIME NOTICED THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE DASH. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT FORD TOLD ME THIS WOULD HAPPEN & THAT I NEEDED TO GET THE TRUCK TO THEM WITH THE LIGHT ON SO THAT THEY COULD GET THE CODE THEY NEEDED IN ORDER TO FILE THE CLAIM WITH FORD & REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. I WAS TOO FAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP TO JERK DOWN THE ROAD OVER 5 MILES IN NOTHING MORE THAN A CREEPER PACE ESPECIALLY DURING RUSH HOUR. WHEN I APPLIED MY FOOT TO THE GAS PEDAL IT WAS NON RESPONSIVE. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT IF I TURNED OFF THE TRUCK & RESTARTED IT THE WRENCH LIGHT WOULD GO AWAY & THAT IT DOES NOT SEND AN ERROR CODE TO THE COMPUTER FOR THEM TO REFERENCE. I HAD TO TURN IT OFF, BUT NOT BEFORE TAKING PICTURES FOR MY RECORDS. I TRIED TO RESTART THE TRUCK & IT STRUGGLED BUT FINALLY TURNED OVER OF WHICH THEN IT DROVE FINE. ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP & THEY CONFIRMED IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY BUT THAT THE PARTS ARE ON AN INDEFINITE BACK ORDER. NOW WE WAIT. A COMPLETE INCONVENIENCE & RIDICULOUS THAT FORD WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 32,596

ENGINE POWER SURGE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS WITHOUT INCREASE PEDAL TRAVEL. ALSO ENGINE POWER HESITATES AT TIMES. *TR

Mileage: 42,709

PURCHASED A PREOWNED FORD ESCAPE IN MARCH 2013. HAD APPROXIMATELY 28,000 MILES. DROVE FINE UNTIL JULY 8 2013. ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM HOME, DRIVING ON RESIDENTIAL ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ESCAPE STALLED AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. TURNED CAR OFF AND RESTARTED FINE. DROVE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE AND STALLED AGAIN. TURNED CAR OFF AGAIN AND RESTARTED, THEN DROVE APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE HOME AND PARKED IN GARAGE. CHECKED OIL, AND LEVEL WAS FINE. CALLED LOCAL FORD DEALER AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THEY SUGGESTED I DRIVE IT IN SO THEY CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT. TOLD THEM I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVING IT THE 5 MILES TO THE DEALER. CALLED FORD ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. WAITING TO HEAR WHAT THE DEALER HAS TO SAY. *TR

Mileage: 33,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE INSPECTED BY A DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,600.

Mileage: 43,600

ON WED JULY 3, I WAS BACKING IT OUT OF GARAGE TO TAKE A TRIP TO SAN ANTONIO. I PULLED OUT ONTO THE STREET TO LEAVE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOST ALL POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH A TOOL WRENCH. I LOOKED IN THE MANUAL AND IT SAID THROTTLE PROBLEM. I TURNED IT OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN AND IT DROVE PERFECT FOR HALF A BLOCK AND LOST POWER AGAIN. FINALLY I GOT IT AROUND THE BLOCK AND PUT IT BACK IN THE GARAGE WHERE IT SITS, UNTIL I CAN FIND OUT IF THIS IS A FORD DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

VEHICLE CONTINUALLY HAS A DECREASE IN POWER. AFTER STEPPING ON GAS PEDAL STARTS TO "CHUG" ALONG SLOWLY EVENTUALLY SPEEDS BACK UP AND ENGAGES TO NORMAL SPEED. *TR

Mileage: 61,000

WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ENGINE SHUT DOWN TO LIMP HOME MODE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WITH P2111 & P2112 CODES INDICATING A THROTTLE BODY POSITION ERROR. CHECKED ALL CONNECTIONS AT PEDAL,PCM, AND THROTTLE BODY TEST DRIVE AGAIN SAME RESULT. CLEANED THROTTLE BODY WITH SENSOR SAFE CLEANER WITH THE SAME RESULT. IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE IN TRAFFIC CONTINUOUSLY GOING INTO LIMP HOME. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AT SPEED AS THERE IS NO INDICATION WHEN IT MAY OCCUR CLOSE CALLS WITH PERSON FOLLOWING IN TRAFFIC.. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT ABOUT 35 MPH WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER. IT STAYED RUNNING AND I TURNED ON MY FLASHERS AND COASTED TO THE FIRST TURN. I TURNED OFF THE MAIN RD AND PARKED, SHUT OFF THE CAR, THEN STARTED IT BACK UP AND IT WORKED FINE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. A FEW DAYS LATER IT DID IT AGAIN SO I CALLED THE LOCAL FORD GARAGE, ON A SATURDAY MORNING. THE SERVICE MAN ON DUTY TOLD ME " THIS TIME OF YEAR THERE ARE FUZZIES FROM THE TREES FLYING AROUND, THE GET STUCK IN YOUR AIR FILTER AND WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND START IT AGAIN THE FUZZIES GET SUCKED IN THE ENGINE AND THE CAR IS FINE. HE SAID HE KNOWS THIS HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT I DESCRIBED HAPPENED TO MY CAR SOUNDS LIKE THIS. HE SAID IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN TO CALL BACK". I SAID "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?". IT HAPPENED AGAIN SO I CALLED BACK, GOT AN ANSWERING MACHINE AND LEFT A MESSAGE. NO ONE CALLED ME BACK, AND THE CAR STOPPED DOING THIS. TWO WEEKS LATER IT LOST POWER TWICE IN ONE DAY, ONCE ON THE INTERSTATE WHICH WAS SCARY, THEN TWICE MORE ON MY 3 MILE DRIVE TO WORK IN THE MORNING. I HAD MY SON LOOK AT THE AIR FILTER, HE SAID IT LOOKED FINE AND NOTHING SHOULD GET THROUGH IT AND TO TAKE IT TO THE GARAGE. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD GARAGE, THEY SAID IT NEEDS AN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY AND WILL COST $420, THAT IS THE ESTIMATE. THE CAR HAS BEEN AT THE FORD GARAGE FOR 6 DAYS NOW. THEY DON'T HAVE THE PART BECAUSE IT IS ON BACKORDER. THEY DID GIVE ME A LOANER CAR AT NO COST, WHICH I APPRECIATE. *TR

Mileage: 46,300

VEHICLE WENT INTO STALL WHILE TRAVELING OFF OF EXIT RAMP. HAVE READ THAT THIS IS BEING INVESTIGATED AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED! DANGEROUS AND FELT UNSAFE WITH MY CHILD IN VEHICLE! IF THIS HAPPENED AT A HIGH SPEED ON HWY, IT COULD LEAD TO A CRASH AND INJURY OR EVEN DEATH! *TR

Mileage: 30,000

VEHICLE WOULD LOOSE ALL POWER WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER TURN ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON TO RESET. WRENCH LIGHT WOULD COME ON BUT WOULD RESET AFTER VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. TOOK TO SHOP AND NEEDED A NEW THROTTLE BODY. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH THE WRENCH SYMBOL AND ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED; THEN THE ENGINE STALLED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START THE VEHICLE IT BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHIN A FEW MOMENTS; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

Mileage: 58,000

IT HAS HAPPEN FOUR TIMES, THE FIRST TIME I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 25-30MPH, THE SECOND TIME I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH, THE THIRD TIME ABOUT 25 MPH, EACH OF THESE TIMES MY ESCAPE WOULD LOSE POWER, THE ENGINE WAS MISSING REALLY BAD, AND THE GAS PEDAL DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, YOU COULD PRESS IT ALL THE WAY DOWN, NOTHING HAPPEN, THANKFULLY EACH OF THESE TIMES I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, STOP, PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURN THE CAR OFF, SET FOR A FEW MINS THEN START AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL, THE LAST TIME IT HAPPEN IT WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, I COULDN'T GO 50 FT WITHOUT IT DOING THE SAME THING, LOSE POWER, THE GAS PETAL DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, AND THE ENGINE WAS MISSING SO BAD IT ALMOST WOULD DIE. MY CAR IS AT THE SHOP NOW, I AM WAITING ON THE COST TO HAVE MY ABOUT 2 YEAR OLD CAR FIXED SO I CAN DRIVE IT AGAIN. I HAVE READ 23 PAGES OF COMPLAINS ON THIS SITE, MORE THAN HALF IS THE SAME ISSUE I HAD WITH MY CAR. I BELIEVE FORD NEEDS TO DO A RECALL FOR THIS THROTTLING ISSUE AND FIX THE PROBLEM, AND STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT, IT SEEMS THERE ARE ALOT OF FORD VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ISSUE THAT IS COSTING ALOT OF MONEY TO HAVE REPAIRED.. THANK YOU. *TR

Mileage: 57,000

THE FIRST OF 4 INCIDENTS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON THE BELT PARKWAY IN BROOKLYN NY. I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 65 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE ON A STRETCH OF HIGHWAY WITH NO SHOULDER ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD WHEN I LOST ALL PEDAL POWER. I WASN'T ABLE TO ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND ALL THE ELECTRONICS WERE WORKING PROPERLY EXCEPT FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE. THE SMALL ICON OF A WRENCH APPEARED ON THE DASH. I MANAGED TO CROSS THREE LANES OF HEAVY TRAFFIC TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO REV THE ENGINE, NOTHING HAPPENED. IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WAS NO GAS GETTING TO THE ENGINE. I THEN SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND CHECKED THE OWNERS MANUAL FOR THE ICON OF THE WRENCH. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE WRENCH ICON STATES THAT A THROTTLE CONTROL/POWERTRAIN FAULT HAS BEEN DETECTED AND I SHOULD CONTACT AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. UPON CONTACTING THE DEALER HE INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY ON MY MAKE AND MODEL AND ALSO STATED THAT MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND THERE WAS NO RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE COST WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY. I PROCEEDED TO HAVE THEM ORDER ME A NEW THROTTLE BODY. THE LEAD TIME WOULD BE 2-3 WEEKS FOR THE NEW PART. DURING THAT TIME THE SAME PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES, 2 OF WHICH WERE AT A SPEED OF 65 MPH AND 1 TIME STARTING OFF FROM A RED LIGHT AT A SPEED OF LESS THAT 10 MPH. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ON LINE I HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE AND A RECALL FOR THE THROTTLE BODY SHOULD BE ISSUED AND REPAIRS MADE BY FORD AT NO COST TO THE OWNERS. I FEEL THAT I WAS PUT IN A VERY DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING POSITION. *TR

Mileage: 51,100

VEHICLE HAS STALLED ON ME ON 5 DIFFERENT TIMES. ALWAYS DURING A TURN AT SLOW SPEEDS. I HAVE HAD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND RESTART IT. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED, WAS ON JUNE 5TH. THERE WAS A CAR BEHIND ME AND I WAS ABLE TO AVOID IT HITTING ME. I REPORTED THIS TO MY FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHECKED THE VEHICLE OUT AND COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. I ALSO NOTICE THAT AT TIMES WHEN I AM TRYING TO ACCELERATE THAT THE CAR WILL KIND OF JERK OR SURGE, ALMOST LIKE IT'S TRYING TO GET FUEL TO THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 13,000

WHILE TRAVELING THE INTERSTATE, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY DROPPED TO APPROXIMATELY 600 RPM AND SUBSEQUENTLY DOWN SHIFTED TO LOW GEAR. I FOUND MYSELF IN THE INSIDE LANE, DURING RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC, DECELERATING FROM 70MPH TO 5MPH WITH NO PLACE TO GO. I WAS LUCKY, BUT NOT POPULAR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (WRENCH) CAME ON AND I SLOWLY FOUND MY WAY TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. AFTER TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING, EVERYTHING WAS OK. THIS HAPPENED ANOTHER TIME WITH, PRETTY MUCH, THE SAME STORY. THE FORD DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A BAD/STUCK THROTTLE BODY. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THEM TO FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE NECESSARY PARTS AND APPARENTLY VERY LITTLE INTEREST. FORD CORPORATE SAYS THEY WILL HELP WITH THE COST, BUT WILL NOT RETURN MY CALLS, SO I'M LEFT TO WONDER ABOUT THAT. *TR

Mileage: 38,010

I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH WHEN MY FORD ESCAPE COMPLETELY STALLED AND S SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON. AS I TRIED TO MOVE OUT OF TRAFFIC I WAS NEARLY HIT BY MULTIPLE VEHICLES COMING FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP ASSUMING THIS WOULD BE COVERED UNDER POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. AFTER EXPLAINING TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHAT HAD HAPPENED, BEFORE THEY LOOKED AT MY VEHICLE, THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. APPARENTLY, THE PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY IS SO COMMON THEY CAN'T KEEP THE PARTS IN STOCK. THIS PROBLEM CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO STALL OR SURGE FORWARD, USUALLY AT RATES OF SPEED EXCEEDING 40MPH. I WAS INFORMED THAT FORD DOES NOT CONSIDER THIS PART OF THE POWER TRAIN. $401.04 LATER I HAD MY VEHICLE BACK. AS I WAS PAYING THE SERVICE CASHIER INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS THE 12TH THAT HAD FIXED THAT WEEK (IT WAS ONLY WEDNESDAY) AND TO HOLD ONTO MY RECEIPT BECAUSE IT REALLY SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITH NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. COASTED VEHICLE TO A STOP AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. CONTINUED DOWN THE ROAD AS IT STALLED TWO MORE TIMES TO THE NEAREST DEALER. THEY SCANNED AND GAVE US CODE P2111 TECH SAID THAT WE NEEDED A THROTTLE BOTTLE AND IT WAS ON A NATIONWIDE BACK ORDER. TECH ALSO SAID THERE WERE 3 OTHER VEHICLES ON THE LOT WAITING FOR THE SAME PART. TRIED TO ORDER PART AND THEY WANTED CASH UP FRONT, IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 28,700

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE VEHICLE DECELERATED ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE ON THE EMERGENCY LANE AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING NORMALLY AFTER RESTARTING IT. THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED A VALVE HAD TO BE REPLACED. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON RT. 80 IN NJ AT ABOUT 70 MPH IN THE FAST LANE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS NO POWER. I WOULD HIT THE GAS AND NOTHING. FORTUNATELY, MY STEERING AND BRAKING WAS NOT AFFECTED AND I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER AND TURN THE TRUCK OFF. BEFORE THAT, I NOTICED THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS LIT ON THE DASHBOARD. I SAT FOR A MINUTE WHILE I LOOKED IN MY OWNER'S MANUAL TO SEE WHAT THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS FOR AND IT SAID THROTTLE. I TURNED IT BACK ON AND AFTER A BRIEF HESITATION, IT TURNED OVER. I PULSED THE GAS TO MAKE SURE IT WAS WORKING, THEN SLOWLY MERGED BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY. I CALLED MY DEALERSHIP TO TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY WERE VERY NICE AND ASKED ME TO BRING IT IN ASAP. SINCE I WAS ALMOST AT WORK, I SAID I'D CALL HIM BACK AND WENT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP NEAR MY OFFICE. THERE I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A "KNOWN ISSUE" AND EVEN IF IT WAS WHAT HE "THOUGHT" IT WAS, HE WAS NASTY AND SAID "THERE AREN'T ANY PARTS AVAILABLE ANYWAY..." I ASKED HIM IF THE TRUCK WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND HE HESITATED AND SAID "YEAH...IT SHOULD BE AND THAT IT IS A "SPORADIC" ISSUE." I LEFT THAT DEALERSHIP AND DROVE TO MY OFFICE. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP BACK AND TOLD THEM THIS. THEY SAID TO BRING IT IN THE NEXT DAY (SATURDAY) AND THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF ME. THIS DEALERSHIP (MAGARINO IN SUSSEX, NJ) IS AMAZING! THEY ARE HELPFUL, TRULY CARE ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS AND MADE SURE THAT MY TRUCK WAS SAFE BEFORE I LEFT. EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, THEY STILL MADE THE TIME TO GET ME IN! THEY DID HAVE THE PART IN STOCK, RAN ALL THE NECESSARY TESTS, REPLACED THE PART AND REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER SO THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE OK. $400 LATER (PART NOT UNDER WARRANTY), I WAS HEADING HOME. I HOPE THIS HELPS THE POSSIBLE RECALL INVESTIGATION SO THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS TO GO THROUGH THE TERRIFYING AND HOPELESS FEELING THAT I HAD THIS PAST FRIDAY. *TR

Mileage: 50,600

WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY CRG G5 AT 45MPH THE ENGINE STALLED, WITH NO MORE POWER SUPPLIED TO THE CAR AND IT ROLLED TO A FULL STOP. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE DID NOT OPERATE TO ACCELERATE OR DRIVE THE CAR ANY MORE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED AWAY. THE CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT AND 'WRENCH' LIGHT ARE ON, THE ASSOCIATED DTC CODE IS P2112. *TR

Mileage: 47,203

DRIVING THE CAR WE START TO EXCEL AND THE CAR SHUTS DOWN DUE TO THE THROTTLE BODY NOT FUNCTIONING RIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

I WAS DRIVING 70MPH DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND I LOST ALL POWER AND MY WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD PUT IT IN PARK AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP AND LIGHT WENT OFF. TODAY I COULD FEEL IT LOSING POWER I WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP ME IF I DIDN'T PAY THE $85 TO PUT ON COMPUTER. I TOLD THEM MY CAR HAD DONE THE EXACT SAME THING THAT OTHERS HAD REPORTED AND IT WAS THEIR THROTTLE BODY. ON MY WAY TO WORK I COULD FEEL IS LUGGING BUT SO FAR TODAY IT HASN'T STOPPED. VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THE FACT THE I HAVE SEVERAL CHILDREN IN MY ESCAPE DAILY. *TR

Mileage: 61,200

I WAS DRIVING UP A HILL WHEN MY ENGINE SHUT OFF AND CAR STARTED LURCHING FORWARD. THE BRAKES SLOWED THE CAR DOWN BUT LURCHING CONTINUED. THE CAR RESTARTED OKAY BUT STALLED SEVERAL MORE TIMES AS I WAS DRIVING IT TO THE DEALER. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ON AND I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN GREAT CARE OF THE CAR. THERE WERE NO ODD NOISES OR SIGNS THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG UNTIL THE CAR STOPPED. I AM THANKFUL THAT I WAS ON A NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD AND NOT A BUSY STREET OR HIGHWAY. DEALER SAYS THE ISSUE IS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WHICH IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER AND MAY TAKE 6-8 WEEKS TO REPAIR. IF SOMETHING IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER, DOES THAT MEAN THIS IS HAPPENING TO OTHERS AS WELL? PLEASE INVESTIGATE. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BECAUSE THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 66,000. *TR

Mileage: 66,000

VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATED TO CROSS AN INTERSECTION AND ENGINE DECELLED TO AN IDLE CONDITION - THIS HAPPENED AT SPEED ALSO - VERY DANGEROUS LOSS OF POWER WITHOUT NOTICE - ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. WAS VERY INTERMITTENT TO BEGIN WITH - DEALER ATTEMPTED TSHOOT AND REPAIR BUT NO CODES FOUND - NEXT DAY AFTER DEALER ATTEMPT PROBLEM HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE DEALER DETERMINED A BAD THROTTLE BODY. *TR

Mileage: 37,500

AS I WAS DRIVING, MY VEHICLE WITH NO WARNING LOST POWER. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT ROUGHLY. I COULD PRESS THE ACCELERATOR, BUT IT NO LONGER CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. AFTER WAITING FOR HELP TO ARRIVE, I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN TRIED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE STARTED FINE. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO THOUGHT THE THROTTLE BOX MAY BE BAD. I PAID TO HAVE IT CLEANED OUT AND FOR A GAS ADDITIVE TO DECREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, MY ESCAPE STALLED AGAIN IN THE SAME WAY AND WITH THE SAME RESULTS. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES NOW SINCE MAY 2ND. I REALIZE THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE FAILURE OF THE THROTTLE BODY IN FORD ESCAPES INCLUDING THE 2011 MODEL. WHAT IS DESCRIBED IN THE THROTTLE BODY FAILURE SITUATIONS IS EXACTLY WHAT I AM EXPERIENCING WITH MY VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE IN CURB LANES AND ABLE TO MANEUVER SAFELY OFF THE ROAD EACH OF THE TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED. IF I HAPPEN TO BE IN A CENTER HIGHWAY LANE WHEN IT HAPPENS, I MAY NOT BE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESTART MY VEHICLE SAFELY. *TR

Mileage: 19,200

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 65-70 MPH AND ENGINE SHUTS DOWN. I HAVE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD PUT IN PARK AND RESTART IT. THE ENGINE REMAINS RUNNING WHEN THIS HAPPENS BUT ONLY AT A IDLE. AND A VERY ROUGH IDOL. THIS HAPPENED 4 TIMES LAST WEEK. VERY SCARY WHEN ON INTERSTATE! WHEN I TURN IT OFF AND RESTART IT SEEMS FINE UNTIL IT HAPPENS NEXT TIME. *TR

Mileage: 47,000

WHILE DRIVING ON I40 MY VEHICLE LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SURGE FORWARD AND STOP WHILE I ATTEMPTED TO PUT IT IN PARK. THIS HAPPENED TWICE MORE ON THIS TRIP, AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE TO REST THE ISSUE SO I COULD DRIVE AT ALL. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO FORD THREE TIMES FOR SERVICE FOR THIS. THEY REST CODE AND TELL ME FORD IS AWARE OF THE DEFECT IN THE THROTTLE BODY BUT WON'T FIX IT FOR FREE. I AM IN FACT TYPING THIS COMPLAINT IN THE SERVICE WAITING AREA. I HAVE EXPERIENCED SURGES FORWARD WHILE SITTING IN TRAFFIC AND HAD ALL POWER DROP OUT AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS. IT'S INSANE FORD HASN'T RECALLED THIS PART AND REPAIRED IT. I HOPE ME OR MY FAMILY DON'T HAVE TO BE INJURED OR KILLED FOR THEM TO TAKE CARE OF THIS FAULTY PART. *TR

Mileage: 54,000

WHILE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY AND GETTING UP TO SPEED, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT HAS HAPPENED IN A 2 WEEK PERIOD, THE LATEST BEING THE DATE IDENTIFIED ABOVE. *TR

Mileage: 38,500

THIS VEHICLE HAS LOST POWER UNEXPECTEDLY TWICE IN THE LAST MONTH WHILE EITHER DECELERATING FROM FREEWAY SPEEDS (FIRST TIME) AND WHILE CRUISING AT 65 MPH (SECOND TIME). IN BOTH INSTANCES THE WRENCH LITE CAME ON AND THE RPM LEVEL DROPPED TO BELOW 900 RPM AND WAS ERRATIC. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO PUT ON MY HAZARD FLASHERS AND PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN BOTH CASES. BOTH TIMES, I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND IT RESTARTED RESUMING NORMAL PERFORMANCE. THIS UNPREDICTABLE LOSS OF POWER CAN BECOME A SERIOUS HAZARD IN A FREEWAY FULL OF DRIVERS. I SEE A GROWING NUMBER OF ESCAPE DRIVERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING, SO IT APPEARS AS THOUGH A TREND IS HAPPENING FOCUSING ON SUSPECT THROTTLE BODY UNITS. I AM SURE FORD WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, BUT WONDER HOW BAD IT NEEDS TO GET BEFORE THEY DO. *TR

Mileage: 42,535

I WAS EXITING OFF I-295 WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND THEN I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE GAS PEDAL. WHEN I PUSHED ON IT THE ENGINE DID NOTHING BUT IDLE VERY ROUGHLY. THE ENGINE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I COASTED TO A STOP AND PUT IT IN PARK. THE CAR CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGHLY. *TR

Mileage: 39,700

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT STARTED JOLTING AND SOUNDING AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS DYING OR OUT OF GAS(I HAD A 3/4 TANK). I SHUTTERED TO A STOP AND DIED WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. I WENT TO START IT AGAIN AND IT ROLLED OVER FOR 20 SEC AND THEN STARED. I PUT IT IN DRIVE AND IT IMMEDIATELY BOGGED DOWN AND DIED. AL MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON AND I CALLED MY HUSBAND TO COME HELP ME. WHEN HE GOT THERE HE WAS ABLE TO START IT UP AND GET IT OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A PARKING LOT BEFORE IT SHUTTERED AND DID AGAIN. HAD IT TOWED AND THIS MORNING THEY CALL ME AND TELL ME IT IS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. THEY SAID IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND IS ON BACK ORDER FOR WEEKS. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM TOO. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALLED AS IT IS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 48,304

I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR MONTHS WITH MY ENGINE SURGING AND ALMOST PULLING AND DRAGGING ALMOST LIKE SLOWING TO A STOP. I DO NOT KNOW A LOT ABOUT CARS SO I JUST CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT. FINALLY ONE MORNING IN APRIL I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AT 5AM. I WAS TURNING ONTO THE HIGHWAY WHEN WHILE I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS WITHOUT WARNING ALL POWER WAS LOST. THE ENGINE CUT OFF AND I WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THANK GOD IT HAPPENED RIGHT BEFORE MERGING ONTO HIGHWAY RAMP INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC BECAUSE I COULD HAVE POSSIBLE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED IN A CRASH OR HAVE BEEN A CRASH FATALITY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTO STORE TO HAVE BATTERY CHANGED. JUST A WEEK LATER THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN. THIS TIME THE SURGES WERE MORE EVIDENT AFTER I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. IT FELT AS IF THE VEHICLE WOULD START DECELERATING AND LOOSING POWER WHILE I WAS FLOORING THE GAS EVEN ON THE HIGHWAY. I BECAME NERVOUS ABOUT THIS WHERE I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO BE CHECKED OUT AT FORD WHERE I WAS THEN TOLD THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY DEVICE. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THERE MIGHT BE A NATIONAL RECALL ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I AM VERY UPSET BECAUSE NO WARNINGS WERE GIVEN ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBLE DANGERS WITH THESE OCCURRENCES. MY VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY, BUT TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF CONCERNING ISSUE NOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT'S TO COME. I REALLY WANT OUT OF THIS VEHICLE AND WOULD LIKE THE OPTION TO TRADE IT IN NOW. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

TRAVELING AT 35 MPH, HEARD A NOISE AND LOST ALL BUT LIMP HOME MODE POWER. NO SHOULDER ON THE ROAD AND CREATED A DANGEROUS LANE BLOCKAGE. HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE NEEDED PART. TOLD IT IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. WE HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH RENTAL COVERAGE BUT SINCE THE PART IS NOT AVAILABLE THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR RENTAL WAITING FOR THE PART. *TR

Mileage: 38,500

VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH AND COMPLETE LOSS OF DRIVE POWER/SPEED OCCURRED (VEHICLE ABRUPTLY SLOWS TO ~4 MPH). IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO GET VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD TO AVOID A COLLISION. THIS HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES IN THE PAST 3 WEEKS (TWO INCIDENTS ON 5/19/13). VEHICLE WILL BE TAKEN TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION/REPAIR WEEK OF 5/19/13. ENGINE STAYS RUNNING AT IDLE, BUT VERY ROUGH WHEN IN DRIVE. IF PLACED IN NEUTRAL, ENGINE RUNS, BUT WILL NOT REV UP WITH GAS PEDAL. NO THROTTLE RESPONSE WHEN ISSUE OCCURS. AFTER KEY OFF AND 30 SECOND WAIT AND RESTART, VEHICLE PERFORMS AS INTENDED. NO MIL LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 15,500

MY ESCAPE HAD BEEN RUNNING ROUGH TODAY AND DECIDED MAYBE I NEEDED TO TAKE IT ON THE INTERSTATE. WHILE DOING ABOUT 65 THE "OPEN WRENCH" LIGHT CAME ON AND I LOST COMPLETE POWER. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THAT MATTER. I COASTED TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTED THE ESCAPE AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME. I HAD READ ABOUT NUMEROUS OTHER RELATED ISSUES ON THIS PROBLEM WITH THE FORD ESCAPE. I AM GLAD I WAS IN THE RIGHT HAND LAND AND NOT THE LEFT LANE; IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 48,800

WHILE DEPRESSING BRAKE TO STOP AT RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, ENGINE SURGES WITH FORCED ACCELERATION. MUST HIT THE BRAKE HARD TO HOLD THE VEHICLE FROM GOING ON ITS OWN. SURGE LASTS A LONG TIME AND I MUST PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE. LAST TIME CAR WAS STILL SURGING WHEN I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, HAD TO TURN OFF CAR AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES AND MY VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THEY CANNOT FIX THE VEHICLE UNLESS THEY CAN SEE THIS HAPPEN. *TR

Mileage: 18,982

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE COMPUTER WAS READING AN ERROR AND THE VALVE ASSEMBLY FAILED, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

Mileage: 47,000

MY 2011 ESCAPE CAME TO A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND I WAS PREPARING TO MAKE A RIGHT ON RED, WHEN I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC THE ENGINE STALLED. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A POTENTIALLY DEADLY ACCIDENT. I BELIEVE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE BATTERY LIGHT WERE BOTH ILLUMINATED AFTER IT STALLED. THE VEHICLE STARTED PROPERLY AFTER I PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE. FORD MUST ADDRESS THIS POTENTIALLY FATAL PROBLEM WITH IT'S ENGINE DESIGN. *TR

Mileage: 15,000

PERIODICALLY THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO LOSE POWER OR HESITATED THEN ACCELERATE, I'VE NEVER HAD IT STALL OUT. ALTHOUGH IT HAPPENED A FEW TIMES EARLY ON THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN MORE FREQUENT LATELY. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN ACCELERATING, FOR EXAMPLE ON AN INCLINE, THE VEHICLES TAKES SEVERAL MINUTES TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE IDLES VERY ROUGH, IT HAS BEEN SINCE I BOUGHT IT BUT HAS GOTTEN WORSE RECENTLY. I'VE MENTIONED IT TO THE TECHNICIAN WHEN I'VE TAKEN IT IN FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THIS IS NORMAL FOR A FOUR CYLINDER. I'VE HAD MANY CARS OVER THE YEARS 4 CYL AND 6 CYL AND I'VE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN. I'VE READ SOME OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME DESCRIPTION AS WHAT MY VEHICLE IS DOING. *TR

Mileage: 20,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN REDUCTION IN THE ENGINE POWER WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP12006 (ENGINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 5,000

DRIVING ALONG AND ENGINE HESITATED LIKE IT CUT OUT IS HOW IT FELT. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIME SINCE THEN. WHEN IT DOES THIS IT IS LIKE IT LOST POWER AS THOUGH THE ENGINE IGNITION WAS TURN OFF. *TR

Mileage: 4,600

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UPON RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED AS NORMAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,520. ...UPDATED 03/27/13 *BF UPDATED 3/28/13 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE ON HIS WAY TO THE DEALER, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A LURCHING MOTION FOUR TIMES. TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AT THE TIME, SO HE WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THREE WERE RECORDED ON THE BLACK BOX, WHICH REACHED ITS CAPACITY. THE LAST ONE, CAUSED THE WRENCH LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE AND IT REMAINED ON. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. AS OF 03/22/13, THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING AS DESIGNED. THE CONSUMER STATED HE ENTERED A FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROAD WITH LITTLE TRAFFIC COMING TOWARD HIM. AS HE ENTERED THE FIRST WESTBOUND LANE, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A LURCHING MOTION, SLOWING DOWN HIS FORWARD MOVEMENT WITH TRAFFIC COMING CLOSER TO THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN WENT INTO NEUTRAL MODE AND HE WAS BALE TO COAST INTO THE LEFT TURN LANE, CONTINUE THROUGH THE TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROLLED INTERSECTION AND COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSECTING ROADWAY. HE NOTICED THE TAX SHOWED 2,000 RPM. HE CYCLED THE KEY AND THE ENGINE STARTED AND OPERATED NORMALLY.

Mileage: 28,520

VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AT IDLE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. AT STOP LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS, OR ANY IDLE TIME CAR WOULD BUCK FORWARD LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70MPH WHEN MY CAR SEEMED TO JUST COMPLETELY LOSE POWER. I HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PUT THE CAR IN PARK, TURN IT OFF AND RESTART IT. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED EXACTLY THE SAME A COUPLE OTHER TIMES. ALSO HAPPEN ONCE WHEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY. I WAS AT A BUSY INTERSECTION AND THE CAR LOST POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. I WAS NOT ABLE TO GO ANYWHERE UNTIL I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT. I WAS NEARLY T-BONED AT 5 MONTHS PREGNANT. DEALER WAS HAVING A HARD TIME FIGURING OUT WHAT WAS WRONG BUT FINALLY FIGURED OUT THAT IT WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE DRIVE TRAIN WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STALL. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

THREE TIMES WHILE TRAVELING AT 60+ MPH ON THE INTERSTATE THE VEHICLE LOST ALL THROTTLE RESPONSE AND A YELLOW WRENCH ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. TRYING TO NAVIGATE FROM THE LEFT LANE ACROSS 3 LANES OF HIGHSPEED RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WAS VERY DANGEROUS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL DEALER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WAS TOLD IT WAS A BAD THROTTLE BODY. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SERIOUS INJURY. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

TURNED ONTO MY STREET ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN COULDN'T GIVE THE CAR ANY GAS. NOTICE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. COASTED INTO DRIVEWAY TURNED CAR OFF-WAITED A FEW AND TURNED BACK ON. NO LIGHT AND CAR SEEMED FINE. NEXT DAY TOOK CAR OUT AND JUST AFTER GETTING ON HIGHWAY CAR DID THE SAME THING THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL. TURNED OFF AND ON AND WRENCH LIGHT WENT OFF BUT ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. DROVE DIRECTLY TO DEALERSHIP. WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY GOT STUCK AND WAS BEING REPLACED. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING ON BUSY ROADS! *TR

Mileage: 42,360

AFTER STOPPING AND UPON ACCELERATION THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN AND THE CAR STALLS. AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTING THE CAR, IT RUNS OKAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 4 TIMES OVER A 23 MONTH PERIOD. EACH TIME I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE FIRST TWO TIMES I WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS STILL BREAKING IN AND IT MUST BE DUE TO THE GAS I WAS USING. THE THIRD TIME, THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE "WRENCH" LIGHT ONLY CAME ON ONCE. THEY SAID THEY HAD A NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED WITH AND REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY HELPED. THREE WEEKS AFTER THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY, IT HAPPENED AGAIN! THIS TIME ONLY THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. FORD SAYS THEY NEED A CODE TO TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS ONE OTHER PERSON, WHO HAS THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AS MINE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TOO. THIS PERSON ALSO HAD THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED. THE FACT THAT NO CODE IS TRIPPED IS A PROBLEM IN ITSELF! PLEASE HELP! I DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO BE KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 2,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROX 55 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR I SUDDENLY, WITHOUT ANY KIND OF WARNING, LIGHT ETC, BEGAN TO QUICKLY SLOW DOWN. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT I DID NOT HAVE ANY FORWARD POWER. I PULLED OVER, TURNED IT OFF AND BACK ON, THE ENGINE LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT OUT BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. I STARTED IT BACK UP, DROVE DOWN THE BERM AT ABOUT 15-20 AND IT DID IT AGAIN; I STOPPED TURNED IT OFF AND BACK ON AND MANAGED TO GET OFF THE INTERESTATE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY; THIS WAS THE THROTTLE BODY THAT CAME ON THE VEHICLE. ABOUT $382.00 LATER MY CAR SEEMS TO BE DOING OKAY. MY POINT.....THIS IS DANGEROUS, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS - LUCKILY I DIDN'T HAVE A TRACTOR TRAILER BEARING DOWN ON ME....HOWEVER, THERE WERE SEVERAL HORNS AND ABRUPT STOPS. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THESE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

I WAS DRIVING AT 55MPH GOING EAST ON 301. I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN TO TURN LEFT ONTO 305, CROSSING OVER 301 WEST. AFTER STOPPING, I ACCELERATED TO CROSS OVER 301 WEST TO TURN ONTO 305 AND THE ENGINE DIED. LUCKILY I HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO DRIFT ACROSS THE ROAD AND MADE IT SAFELY ONTO THE SHOULDER OF 301. IF I DIDN'T I WOULD HAVE BEEN T-BONED BY CARS TRAVELING <55+MPH. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

2011 FORD ESCAPE ENGINE STALLS AT RANDOM TIMES: I BOUGHT THE CAR AS A FORD CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED VEHICLE IN AUGUST 2012. IN NOVEMBER THE STALLING ISSUE STARTED. IT'S HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIMES NOW. THE CAR JUST SHUTS OFF AND GOES INTO SOME TYPE OF IDLE MODE AND A LITTLE ORANGE WRENCH APPEARS ON THE DASH. TWO TIMES ON THE INTERSTATE AND AGAIN ONE MORNING COMING INTO WORK. WHEN IT STALLED ON THE FREEWAY I WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MPH AND HAD TO PULL OFF INTO THE GRASS -- HIT SOMETHING AND BLEW A FRONT TIRE. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. AFTER CHANGING THE FRONT TIRE IT STARTED RIGHT BACK UP BUT ONLY MADE IT 45 MINUTES BEFORE STALLING AGAIN (THIS TIME AT 45 MPH AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD). HAD SAME STALLING ISSUE ON THE WAY TO WORK BUT AT A LOWER SPEED. *TR

Mileage: 33,000

WHILE SITTING AT A BUSY INTERSECTION, THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY...NO WARNING OR NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTART. A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL OTHER TIMES. LAST NIGHT, I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN IT SHUT DOWN AGAIN. I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED BY THE CAR BEHIND ME. I TRAVEL 35 MILES EACH WAY TO WORK...INCLUDING SOME HIGHWAYS WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 55MPH. I'M AFRAID IT WILL HAPPEN THERE AND I'LL BE REAR-ENDED BY SOME TAIL-GATER. *TR

Mileage: 33,000

WHILE DRIVING THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR JUST DIED, HAD TO PULL OVER, THE 2ND TIME I WAS GOING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE AND GOING ABOUT 70 MPH I WAS LUCKY THERE WAS A PLACE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD, BUT THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND STAYED ON FOR THE ENTIRE TRIP. WHEN I ARRIVED HOME AND SHUT THE CAR OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN THE LIGHT WAS OFF. I LOOKED INTO THIS SINCE I HAVE ELDERLY PEOPLE I TAKE TO AND FROM DR. VISITS AND THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE 2005 , I HAVE READ THE COMPLAINTS ON LINE, MY QUESTION IS DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO BE IN A BAD ACCIDENT OR EVEN DIE BEFORE FORD WILL RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM? *TR

Mileage: 47,651

WHILE I WAS DRIVING 55 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE IN THE MIDDLE LANE WHEN SUDDENLY, WITH NO WARNING, WE WERE NO LONGER ABLE TO GET ENOUGH THROTTLE TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD. WE HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WE WERE ALMOST REAR-ENDED, I REALLY THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE KILLED. IT IS A VERY SCARY SITUATION, GOING FROM 55 MPH TO NOTHING. THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED COMPLETELY AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON THIS I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING MY SISTERS 2010 FORD ESCAPE WITH ONLY 45000 MILES ON IT. I HAD JUST HAD MY 30,000 MILE SERVICE DONE ON MY VEHICLE TWO WEEKS PRIOR AND ASKED THEM TO PLEASE CHECK THE THROTTLE BODY SINCE IT HAD HAPPENED TO MY SISTER, AND IT WAS FINE AT THAT TIME. I BELIEVE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. WHEN I ASKED WHAT WAS TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN I WAS TOLD, "NOTHING, IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN AT ANY TIME". WHEN I ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON IT, I WAS TOLD,"I HAVE BEEN WAITING ON A RECALL ON THIS FOR TWO YEARS." I WAS TOLD THIS FROM A FORD SERVICE PERSON AT THE FORD PLACE THAT REPAIRED MY VEHICLE IN INDIANA. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO FORD AT THE 800-392-FORD NUMBER THAT THE SAME FORD SERVICE WORKER GAVE ME WHEN I ASKED IF THERE WAS SOME PLACE I COULD CALL ABOUT THIS SITUATION TO HELP GET A RECALL. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN MY VEHICLE. *JS

Mileage: 28,848