NHTSA Complaint #10521271 — 2011 FORD ESCAPE

DRIVING VEHICLE ON 6/23/13 APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND IT SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION AND BEGAN TO JERK FORWARD. "WRENCH" INDICATOR APPEARED ON DASH. PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND WAITED; HOWEVER, PROBLEM CONTINUED. VEHICLE WOULD ONLY MOVE FORWARD AT LESS THAN 5 MPH WHILE JERKING AS IT TRAVELED. HAVE HAD CONSTANT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE PURCHASE. A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE ON 2011, WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOST ACCELERATION, ALMOST CAUSING A SERIOUS CRASH. VEHICLE WAS PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. SINCE THAT TIME, THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SHIFTING HARD AND CREATING NOISES; HOWEVER, THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE FIND A PROBLEM. TODAY, THE VEHICLE "DIED" AGAIN AND HAD TO BE PULLED OF THE ROAD. HAVE HAD VEHICLE IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPEATEDLY TO ADDRESS ISSUE; HOWEVER, NO FIX HAS BEEN PROVIDED. NOW, JUST AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED (CURRENTLY 39,104) THE VEHICLE HAS FAILED AGAIN. *TR