NHTSA Complaint #10547517 — 2009 FORD ESCAPE

WHILE IN THE LEFT LANE OF A 3 LANE HIGHWAY (BISHOP FORD) I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MPH THEN ACCELERATING TO 72 MPH THE CAR MADE A JERK ( FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION) THEN THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I TRIED TO PUSH THE GAS AND NOTHING. I SLOWLY MOVED TO THE EMERGENCY LANE WHICH WAS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE AVERAGE SPEED ON THIS HIGHWAY IS ABOUT 70 AND I HAD TO CROSSOVER 2 LANES AND AT THIS POINT THE CAR WAS LESS THAN 40 MPH. NO ONE WANTS TO SLOW DOWN TO LET YOU OVER. I HAD MY 2 YR OLD IN THE CAR AT THE TIME SO I WAS VERY NERVOUS ABOUT GETTING HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND THE RESTARTED AND IT AND DROVE OK WITHOUT THIS HAPPENING AGAIN. THIS JERK MOTION HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND WHEN I HAD IT CHECKED AT THE DEALER WHILE UNDER WARRANTY THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG BECAUSE IT DID NOT DO IT WHEN THEY DROVE THE CAR. ANYTIME I HAD A COMPLAINT WHILE UNDER WARRANTY THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. THIS IS A HAZARD AND TO KNOW SO MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BY FORD..................................ANYONE?S DEATH BY THIS WILL BE ON THEIR HANDS. *TR