NHTSA Complaint #10480592 — 2009 FORD ESCAPE

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN I STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND THE THROTTLE CONTROL/DRIVETRAIN LIGHT CAME ON . I PULLED TO THE BERM AND THE ENGINE FELT LIKE IT WAS MISSING AND IT WOULD NOT RESPOND WHEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, WAITED AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON. THE LIGHT WAS OFF AND IT RAN OKAY. I CONTINUED TO WORK WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK THE EXACT SAME THING OCCURRED ONLY TRAFFIC WAS MUCH HEAVIER ON THE INTERSTATE SO GETTING TO THE BERM WAS MUCH MORE HAZARDOUS. I TURNED IT OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND IT RAN OKAY AGAIN. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND WAS ABLE TO SCHEDULE AN APPT FOR THE NEXT EVENING. THE NEXT DAY ON THE WAY TO WORK THE VEHICLE DID THE SAME THING AS I PULLED INTO AN INTERSECTION. TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT SO I WAS ABLE TO STOP TURN IT OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND IT RAN OKAY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THAT EVENING AND THEY KEPT IT SO THEIR SERVICE DEPT COULD ANALYSIS THE PROBLEM. THE NEXT EVENING THEY CONTACTED ME AND ADVISED THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. I PICKED IT UP AND DROVE IT TO WORK AND HOME THE NEXT DAY WITH NO PROBLEM. THE FOLLOWING DAY IT OCCURRED AGAIN AND I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY HAD ME BRING IT IN. I WAS APPROX. 15 MILES FROM THE DEALERSHIP WHEN I CONTACTED THEM AND THE VEHICLE DID THE SAME THING 2 MORE TIMES BEFORE I COULD GET TO THE DEALERSHIP, ONCE IN AN INTERSECTION AND ONCE ON THE INTERSTATE. AFTER THEY ANALYZED IT AGAIN THEY ADVISED ME IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY ACTUATOR (CODE P2111 THROTTLE BODY ACTUATOR STUCK OPEN FORCED TO LIMIT POWER) THE VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 37,500 MILES ON IT SO IT IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. LOOKING ON THE WEB AND THE NHTSA WEBSITE THIS DOESN'T APPEAR UNIQUE TO MY VEHICLE. SINCE THIS OCCURS WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND HAS HAPPENED AT VERY INOPPORTUNE TIMES THIS LOOKS TO BE A SAFETY CONCERN. *TR