NHTSA Complaint #10564746 — 2008 FORD ESCAPE

WAS DRIVING DOWN ROAD AT 50MPH THEN LOST ALL ACCELERATION. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE WOULD REV, BUT WE WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. CRAWLED TO SIDE OF ROAD, THEN ACCELERATION PICKED UP, THEN STOPPED, THEN WENT, THEN STOPPED. THEN WHEN THE CAR WAS NOT ACCELERATING AND WE WERE GOING MAYBE 5MPH THE THROTTLE STUCK AND RPM'S WENT EXTREMELY HIGH.(INTO THE 5-6 RANGE) PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND IT SLOWED DOWN A LITTLE. IF SUV ACCELERATION WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY CAUGHT AT THAT POINT WE WOULD HAVE SPUN OUT AND CRASHED . CRAWLED UNTIL WE GOT HOME. THIS IS A 2008 FORD ESCAPE V6 WITH 69K MILES. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE 09'S. WHY NOT THE 08.????? IT USES THE SAME DRIVE-BY-WIRE AS THE 09'S. ALL SIGNS ARE POINTING TO A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. LETS ADD THE 08'S TO THE RECALL LIST PLEASE SOMEONE BETTER DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS KNOWN PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. *TR