NHTSA Complaint #10509439 — 2010 FORD ESCAPE

CRUISING ON A FOUR LANE RURAL HIGHWAY, NOT USING CRUISE CONTROL. VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION AND POWER. ENGINE REMAINED RUNNING BUT STEPPING ON THE GAS WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT LIT UP. TURNED HAZARDS ON, PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE (COASTING), APPLIED BRAKE, SHUT CAR OFF AND RESTARTED. CAR PROCEEDED FINE TO DESTINATION. SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 6 HOURS LATER AFTER CAR HAD BEEN SITTING. PROCEDED ONTO ANOTHER FOUR LANE RURAL HIGHWAY CRUISING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AND THE VEHICLE DID THE SAME THING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, I PULLED OVER, TURNED VEHICLE OFF, THEN RESTARTED AND PROCEDED TO MY DESTINATION. AS THIS WAS A SUNDAY, I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO LOCAL FORD DEALER, WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO CODE TO READ, BUT BASED ON MY ACCOUNT OF THE SITUATION, THEY FELT IT WAS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. THEY COULD NOT CONFIRM UNTIL THE VEHICLE WOULD THROW THE CODE AGAIN. THEY DROVE VEHICLE FOR OVER 30 MILES AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE SAME ISSUE. WITH OUT CONFIRMATION OF THE PROBLEM, THEY COULD NOT DEFINITIVELY FIX THE VEHICLE. *TR