NHTSA Complaint #10363722 — 2006 FORD ESCAPE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD ESCAPE XLT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, FOLLOWED BY NO POWER RESPONSE UNTIL A SECOND OR THIRD ATTEMPT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED IN COOL WEATHER TEMPERATURES AFTER THE INITIAL START UP IN THE MORNINGS AND NIGHTS. WHEN THE CONTACT ALLOWED THE ENGINE TO WARM UP FOR TEN MINUTES AFTER THE INITIAL START UP THE FAILURE WOULD NOT OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000.