NHTSA Complaint #10542523 — 2009 FORD ESCAPE

ON AUGUST 16 I WAS DRIVING INTO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY FORD ESCAPE LOST GAS PEDAL RESPONSIVENESS AND THE POWER TRAIN WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED. RESTARTED AND EVERYTHING WAS OK. TOOK IT INTO MY MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY AND HE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. OVER THE NEXT WEEK THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED 5 MORE TIMES IN RANDOM PLACES WHILE DRIVING. EACH OF THESE TIMES IT WOULD MAKE A SUDDEN SHAKE AND THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON, GAS PEDAL WON'T WORK TILL I STOPPED AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE. I WAS UNABLE TO TAKE IT BACK TO MY MECHANIC TILL THE END OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND WAS HOPING I COULD SURVIVE TILL THEN BUT ON AUGUST 27 WHILE I WAS TURNING LEFT IN A BUSY INTERSECTION IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE PERSON BEHIND ME REAR ENDED ME CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THEIR CAR AND MINOR DAMAGE TO MINE. I WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE INTERSECTION BY SLOWLY INCHING ACROSS IT WITH EVERYONE HONKING AT ME. THAT WAS THE FINAL STRAW. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND FIGURED OUT THAT THIS WAS ACTUALLY A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH AN OPEN INVESTIGATION (PE13003) AND MULTIPLE KNOWN COMPLAINTS. MY MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT MY RESEARCH WAS RIGHT WHEN HE RAN A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AND GOT ERROR CODE P2112. HE REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY FOR $650. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED.