NHTSA Complaint #10490716 — 2010 FORD ESCAPE

DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY THE 2010 FORD ESCAPE NOT ONCE BUT MULTIPLE TIMES WOULD GO TO IDLE AND RUN ROUGH WHILE TRAVELING ON DIFFERENT ROADS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THE GAS PEDAL WOULD DO NOTHING TO MAKE THE CAR GO BUT IT WAS IDLING ROUGH AND COASTING CAUSING US TO STOP ON THE SIDE OF VERY DANGEROUS ROADS. WE WOULD TURN IT OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN IT WOULD START NORMAL. THE GAS PEDAL WOULD WORK AGAIN BUT REPEAT THE SAME PROBLEM 5 TO 10 MINUTES LATER. WE WERE CERTAINLY GLAD THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE INTERSTATE IN FRONT OF AN 18 WHEELER OR WE WOULD BE DEAD. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE THROTTLE BODY IS BAD. THE CAR IS ONLY 2,000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY FROM THE STANDARD BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY, THE EXTENDED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THE PART. SO WE ARE OUT ALMOST $400 FOR A PART THAT SHOULD NEVER FAIL TO BEGIN WITH. *TR