NHTSA Complaint #10546563 — 2011 FORD ESCAPE

TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 57 IN ILLINOIS THAT FEEDS DIRECTLY INTO INTERSTATE 94 AT 60MPH, 6AM AND STILL DARK OUTSIDE. JUST FEET AWAY FROM THE INTERSECTION OF 57 GOING INTO 94, THE CAR BEGAN TO DECELERATE AND WITHIN LITERALLY SECONDS 50-40-30-20...0, THE CAR STOPPED. THE "WRENCH" SIGN WAS SHOWING ON THE DASHBOARD. LUCKILY, I WAS NEXT TO THE SHOULDER, AND WITH ON RESPONSE TO THE GAS PEDAL, PULLED OVER. I ENDED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION OF BOTH INTERSTATES - 57 AND 94 ON THE SHOULDER THEY SHARED. THE PERSON BEHIND ME PULLED SHARPLY OVER INTO THE NEXT LANE TO AVOID ME. SITTING THERE NERVOUSLY, CARS WERE WHIZZING BY ME. I CALLED THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER AND CONNECTED TO THE STATE POLICE WHO ASKED MY LOCATION AND ASSURED ME A TOW TRUCK WOULD COME. AS I SAT THERE NERVOUSLY PRAYING THAT ONCOMING TRAFFIC SAW MY HAZARD LIGHTS, I WONDERED HOW SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN SO RAPIDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. LUCKILY, THE TOW TRUCK CAME WITHIN 10 MINUTES AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A STATE POLICE CAR NAVIGATED THROUGH 3 LANES OF ONCOMING, FAST GOING TRAFFIC TO GET ME TO A SAFE AREA ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 94. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF FROM NEUTRAL AND RESTARTING THE CAR RESPONDED NORMALLY. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE DEALERSHIP WITHOUT INCIDENT WHERE THE THROTTLE WAS REPLACED AFTER 45 MINUTES OF WORK. I ASK THE FORD REPRESENTATIVE WOULD THIS BE REPORTED TO FORD, HE STATED IT WOULD. I ASK COULD THIS HAPPEN AGAIN, HE SAID MOST LIKELY NOT. HE STATE THEY GET "LOTS OF ESCAPES WITH THIS PROBLEM AND THERE WILL PROBABLY BE A RECALL." THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST SCARIOUS SITUATIONS I HAVE BEEN IN!!! THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ACCIDENT IF THE CAR HAD STOPPED MINUTES LATER. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FOR FORD TO ISSUE A RECALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR