NHTSA Complaint #10513510 — 2011 FORD ESCAPE

I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR MONTHS WITH MY ENGINE SURGING AND ALMOST PULLING AND DRAGGING ALMOST LIKE SLOWING TO A STOP. I DO NOT KNOW A LOT ABOUT CARS SO I JUST CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT. FINALLY ONE MORNING IN APRIL I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AT 5AM. I WAS TURNING ONTO THE HIGHWAY WHEN WHILE I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS WITHOUT WARNING ALL POWER WAS LOST. THE ENGINE CUT OFF AND I WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THANK GOD IT HAPPENED RIGHT BEFORE MERGING ONTO HIGHWAY RAMP INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC BECAUSE I COULD HAVE POSSIBLE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED IN A CRASH OR HAVE BEEN A CRASH FATALITY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTO STORE TO HAVE BATTERY CHANGED. JUST A WEEK LATER THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN. THIS TIME THE SURGES WERE MORE EVIDENT AFTER I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. IT FELT AS IF THE VEHICLE WOULD START DECELERATING AND LOOSING POWER WHILE I WAS FLOORING THE GAS EVEN ON THE HIGHWAY. I BECAME NERVOUS ABOUT THIS WHERE I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO BE CHECKED OUT AT FORD WHERE I WAS THEN TOLD THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY DEVICE. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THERE MIGHT BE A NATIONAL RECALL ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I AM VERY UPSET BECAUSE NO WARNINGS WERE GIVEN ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBLE DANGERS WITH THESE OCCURRENCES. MY VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY, BUT TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF CONCERNING ISSUE NOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT'S TO COME. I REALLY WANT OUT OF THIS VEHICLE AND WOULD LIKE THE OPTION TO TRADE IT IN NOW. *TR