NHTSA Complaint #10587808 — 2010 FORD ESCAPE

1ST OCCURRENCE: I WAS DRIVING AT 35MPH AND SUDDENLY MY CAR SURGED FORWARD THEN SLOWED DOWN TO 5MPH. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO A HIGHER MPH BUT IT WOULD NOT LET ME GO ANY FASTER. I COULD STEER AND THE RADIO WAS STILL ON. CONFUSED, I COASTED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, LOOKED AT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FOR A LIGHT OF SOME KIND (NONE WERE THERE). I THEN TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND LET IT SIT FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES THEN IT RESTARTED AND I DROVE HOME (ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES) THE 2ND OCCURRENCE - MAY 6TH. I HAD JUST LEFT MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE, WITHIN 1 1/2 MINUTES & DRIVING 15 MPH (1/16 OF A MILE) THE FAILURE HAPPENED AGAIN. I AGAIN HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD APPLY MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES. IT RE-STARTED AND I DROVE IT HOME (IT WAS INTERMEDIATELY SURGING FORWARD) ABOUT 5 MILES. THE 3RD OCCURRENCE: MAY 8TH ON I-70 WESTBOUND :SPEED 60 MPH: LOSS OF POWER, COASTED TO THE BERM OF THE HIGHWAY, ( THANK GOODNESS ALL THE TRAFFIC WAS 1 MILE BEHIND ME OR THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT) TURNED IT OFF AND WAITED ABOUT 2 MINUTES AND RESTARTED MADE IT TO WORK AND HOME WITHOUT FURTHER STALLING BUT THE JERKING CONTINUED. I CALLED INTERSTATE FORD (MIAMISBURG) EXPLAINED THE PROBLEMS I WAS EXPERIENCING AND MY FEAR TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. *TR