NHTSA Complaint #10520236 — 2009 FORD ESCAPE

THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE, THEN SUDDENLY THE ENGINE SEEMED TO DIE AND THE GAS PEDAL STOPPED DOING ANYTHING. THE CAR THEN STARTED VIBRATING AND I HAD TO GET OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE IT LOTS ITS VELOCITY. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT SEEMED FINE; THEN LATER IN THE DAY THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED. AT OTHER MOMENTS, SOMETIMES WHILE STOPPED, IT SEEMED LIKE THE CAR REVVED ITS OWN ENGINE (AS IF I WAS PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL, BUT I WAS NOT.) I COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED OR INJURED SOMEONE IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE FACT THAT THE ROAD WAS NARROW AND I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE SIDE ON TIME. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO TOLD ME THE PROBLEM WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR