NHTSA Complaint #10547927 — 2011 FORD ESCAPE

HAD JUST STOPPED AT AN EXIT AND WAS PULLING BACK OUT ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR QUIT ACCELERATING. THANKFULLY, I WASN'T GOING FULL SPEED YET AND COULD PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE OUT OF TRAFFIC. HAD I BEEN GOING FULL SPEED, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN REALLY BAD, EVEN FATAL. MY WRENCH AND ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. AFTER SOME TIME OF SITTING, THE CAR DROVE FINE AND I WAS ABLE TO GET TO A REPAIR SHOP THAT PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND THE ERROR CAME UP "THROTTLE BODY STUCK CLOSED". AFTER RESEARCHING, I'VE FOUND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM AND IS VERY DANGEROUS. I'VE ALSO HAD TIMES WHERE AFTER STOPPING AND THEN PRESSING THE GAS TO GO, THE CAR WOULD ACCELERATE FORWARD SUDDENLY. BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECTIVE PART, MY SON AND I WERE STRANDED FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND WERE TRAVELING HOME SO WE WERE ABOUT 4 HOURS FROM HOME. WE HAD TO DEPEND ON STRANGERS TO HELP US. FORD NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND FIX THIS. WE DO NOT HAVE SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO FIX THIS. *TR