NHTSA Complaint #10533194 — 2011 FORD ESCAPE

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH WHEN ENGINE JERKED AND SHUT DOWN. LOST SPEED AND NOTICED THE NOW NO SPEED / IDLING ENGINE RUNNING VERY ROUGH. THE WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED ON INSTRUMENT CLUSTER INDICATING THROTTLE/POWERTRAIN ISSUE. RESTARTED CAR AND DROVE APPROXIMATELY 2 BLOCKS WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AGAIN, THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED AS WELL AS THE WRENCH SYMBOL. LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO LIMP HOME SEVERAL BLOCKS. IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A SEARCH THE INTERNET FOR SIMILAR ISSUES AND DISCOVERED THAT MANY PEOPLE HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR ESCAPE MODELS. TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC WHO DID A COMPUTER CHECK AND INDICATED P-2011 AND P-2012 CODES. ALSO NOTED IN MY SEARCH WHERE MANY FOLKS THINK A RECALL IS IN ORDER........I COMPLETELY AGREE. THE PART IS FAULTY AND WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IN THE FUTURE IF IT IS IGNORED. WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THEY HAD AT LEAST TWO OCCURRENCES A WEEK WITH THE ESCAPES, FUSION, AND SIMILAR CARS THAT USED THE THROTTLE PART. THE INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM INDICATING A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE PART. RECALL? YOU BET BEFORE SOMEONE GET HURT.. *TR