NHTSA Complaint #10547322 — 2011 FORD ESCAPE

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TOTALLY WHILE MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IN THE MIDDLE LANE!! AS OUR TRUCK BEGAN TO SLOW, SEMI TRUCKS BEGAN FLYING PAST US BOTH ON THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT AND ALL WE COULD DO WAS WAIT FOR AND PRAY FOR AN OPENING TO OUR RIGHT AND HOPE WE MADE IT OVER TO THE SHOULDER BEFORE TRAFFIC SLAMMED INTO US. REMEMBER - OUR GAS PEDAL DIDN'T WORK AT ALL SO WE HAD TO COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER WITH NO CONTROL OVER HOW QUICKLY WE'D GET THERE. I CHOSE THE HAZARDS OVER THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL TO ATTEMPT THIS. THE WAY TO GET MOVING AGAIN WAS TO STOP, PUT IN PARK, TURN OFF THE ENGINE, TAKE OUT THE KEY, PUT THE KEY BACK IN, RESTART IT, THEN THE GAS PEDAL WOULD SOMETIMES WORK. WE MADE OUR WAY HOME ON THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY WITH OUR HAZARDS ON AND HAD TO RESTART 3 MORE TIME IN THE NEXT 5 MILES. *TR