NHTSA Complaint #10482785 — 2011 FORD ESCAPE

2011 FORD ESCAPE WAS BEING DRIVEN @ 55 MPH IN TRAFFIC & IT SUDDENLY LOST POWER. ORANGE WRENCH APPEARED, MOTOR RUNNING ROUGH. STEERED TO EMERGENCY LANE. TURNED OFF IGNITION, WAITED, RE-STARTED. I WENT ON TO MY MEETING THE TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP NEAR WHERE I WORK. THEY SAID TO DRIVE IT THERE (IF POSSIBLE) NEXT TIME WITHOUT CUTTING OFF THE ENGINE. TWO DAYS LATER (LOCAL DEALERSHIP CLOSED) WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, RAINY NIGHT, COUNTY ROAD, NO "EMERGENCY LANE", WAS ABLE TO GET PULLED OVER (NOT ALWAYS AN OPTION ON A COUNTRY ROAD). DAUGHTER WAS WITH ME - FRIGHTENED HER. TURNED IT OFF, RESTARTED. NEXT DAY (SATURDAY) I TOOK IT TO LOCAL FORD DEALER. SAID NEED THE LIGHT ON, BUT WOULD SEE IF THE DIAGNOSTICS TOLD ANYTHING. BORROWED CAR FROM MY DAUGHTER. THIS WAS INCONVENIENCE TO ME AND HER. DEALER CALLED MONDAY, SAID IT CLEARS THE CODE EACH TIME THE CAR IS RE-STARTED. THEY KEPT MY VEHICLE OVERNIGHT. DID IT AGAIN WITH THE MECHANIC DRIVING. HE DROVE IT AT ABOUT 10-15 MPH TO THE DEALERSHIP. I GOT ONLINE AND THERE ARE MANY ISSUES INVOLVING THROTTLES. MANY RECALLS, BUT NOT ON MY MODEL. ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON DIAGNOSTICS SHOWED IT WAS THE THROTTLE. THIS IS A SAFETY RELATED DEFECT & IT SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY RECALLED. I DRIVE ABOUT 60 MILES A DAY ON THE INTERSTATE & I NEED MY VEHICLE TO BE DEPENDABLE. IF A SEMI TRUCK CAME UP BEHIND ME IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A WRECK, OR EVEN LOSS OF LIFE. I LOVE MY ESCAPE & HAVE BEEN A LOYAL FORD CUSTOMER. SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO ADMIT THERE'S A PROBLEM & MAKE THINGS RIGHT. FORD SHOULD RESOLVE THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL. I PICKED IT UP LAST NIGHT & AM DRIVING IT TODAY. I WILL BE IN FEAR OF IT HAPPENING EVERY TIME I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE HAS LOW MILEAGE, IS MAINTAINED REGULARLY. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED, NOR SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY REPAIRS. I WOULD LIKE A REFUND ON THE REPAIR COSTS. *TR