NHTSA Complaint #10522676 — 2009 FORD ESCAPE

AS I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY MY CAR APPEARED TO STALL. A WRENCH WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR HAD VERY LITTLE POWER. IT FELT AS IF I WAS IN NEUTRAL. I WAS ABLE TO PULL IT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND CALLED A FORD DEALERSHIP WHO HAD IT TOWED. THE PROBLEM IS THE THROTTLE BODY BUT THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE ARE 8,000 REQUESTS FOR THE PART BUT IT IS CURRENTLY NOT BEING PRODUCED SO THE WAIT COULD BE MONTHS OR LONGER. I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PICK UP MY CAR AND DRIVE IT AS IS, AS A REPLACEMENT CAR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. I ASKED IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO GET THE PART THREW A DIFFERENT COMPANY AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE PART CANNOT BE FOUND ANYWHERE BUT I MAY BE ABLE TO GET A USED ONE FROM A WRECKED CAR. WHEN I PICKED UP MY CAR AND DROVE IT HOME IT STALLED TWICE. I DID AS I WAS ADVISED BY FORD, I TURNED OFF THE CAR, WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND THEN RESTARTED THE CAR. THIS WORKED BOTH TIMES BUT IS NOT A VERY SAFE WAY TO DRIVE. FORTUNATELY I HAD SOMEONE FOLLOWING ME AND WE BOTH HAD OUR HAZARDS ON AS THE CARS BEHIND US WERE NOT HAPPY WHEN I HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. *TR