NHTSA Complaint #10519754 — 2009 FORD ESCAPE

I ACCELERATED FROM A STOPPED POSITION AND IN APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET THE ACCELERATOR STOP WORKING. THE ENGINE DID NOT DIE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD ONLY IDLE AT A SLOW PACE. I STOPPED THE CAR, PUT IN PARK, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND THEN RESTARTED. THE ACCELERATOR WORKED AT THAT TIME AND I CONTINUED ONTO THE HIGHWAY WITH NO PROBLEM. I WAS TRAVELING AT 75 MPH FOR ABOUT 10 MILES WHEN THE ACCELERATOR STOPPED WORKING AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO AN IDLE. I REPEATED THE SAME PROCESS AS BEFORE, STOP, PUT IN PARK, TURNED OFF ENGINE AND RESTARTED. THE ACCELERATOR WORKED AGAIN AND I CONTINUED ON 10 MILES AND MADE IT HOME. THE NEXT AVAILABLE DAY THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. I EXPERIENCED (2) OF THE SAME SCENERIOS LISTED ABOVE ALONG MY 6 MILE ROUTE TO THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER (2) DAYS THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY WITH A $574 PRICE TAG TO REPAIR. THE SERVICE PERSON STATED THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR A RECALL ITEM. SHE THEN STATED THAT THE PART WAS ON A "NATIONAL BACKORDER" AND WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR ANOTHER MONTH. THIS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING ALOT!! I HAVE READ SEVERAL ARTICLES ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS SAME TYPE OF ISSUE HAPPENING TO OTHER FORD ESCAPES, VARYING YEARS AND WAS SURPRISED THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. THE INCIDENT STARTED WHEN I WAS OUT OF TOWN, HEADED TOWARD HOME AT APPROIMATELY 11:00 PM. IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN EVEN MORE DANGEROUS SITUATION IF I HAD LOST POWER TRYING TO TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC OR WAS ON A MUCH BUSIER HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I HOPE OTHERS ARE AWARE OF THIS WEBSITE. *TR