NHTSA Complaint #10549596 — 2011 FORD ESCAPE

WHILE DRIVING ON I75 NORTH NEAR DAYTON, OH MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE ALL OF A SUDDEN LOST ALL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. THE RPM'S DROPPED DOWN TO 0 AND THE POWER TRAIN/TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. THERE WAS NO ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN BRAKE AND GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. I WAS TRAVELING AT 70MPH ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AT THE TIME. ON THE SHOULDER I SHUT OFF THE CAR, AND RESTARTED IT. EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL. I NEEDED TO GET BACK TO TOLEDO, OH. ABOUT 30 MILES LATER THE CAR DID THE SAME THING AS BEFORE. ONCE AGAIN, I WAS FORTUNATELY ON A SECTION OF I75 WITH A SHOULDER. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTART. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT THE REST OF THE WAY ON THE TRIP. IF THIS INCIDENT HAD HAPPENED IN AN AREA WITH NO SHOULDER, IN CONSTRUCTION, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH NO WAY TO GET TO THE SHOULDER, ON A HILL.....ETC THE RESULTS COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. THE FORD DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. ONCE AGAIN, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. TO LOSE ALL POWER ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING 70MPH IN BUSY TRAFFIC IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REMOVED FROM OTHER VEHICLES BEFORE SOMEONE SUFFERS A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS FAILURE. *TR