NHTSA Complaint #10643905 — 2009 FORD ESCAPE

SLOWING TO STOP AT STOP LIGHT IN LINE OF TRAFFIC ON 10/6/2014, LIGHT TURNED GREEN, TRAFFIC MOVING, ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, FOUND CAR UNABLE TO DO SO, LOOKED AT DASH, SOME LIGHTS WERE ON (REMEMBER BATTERY LIGHT,CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND POSSIBLE OIL LIGHT), BUT AS I WAS IN TRAFFIC, I WAS IN A BIT OF A PANIC, I PUT CAR IN PARK AND TURNED KEY. CAR STARTED UP AND WAS ABLE TO RUN NORMALLY. ON 10/10/14 IN TRAFFIC DRIVING AT 25 MILES AN HOUR SLOWING TO ADJUST TO TRAFFIC, AS ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED TO MAINTAIN THIS SPEED AND KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC, CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE AS GAS IS PRESSED, LOOK DOWN AT DASH, LIGHTS ARE ON, REMEMBER BATTERY LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, ANOTHER ONE, POSSIBLE OIL, I WAS ABLE TO STEER CAR OFF ROAD INTO PARKING LOT. STOPPED CAR, PUT IN PARK RESTARTED AND AGAIN WAS ABLE TO RUN NORMALLY. **THIS SAME THING HAPPENED ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WAS SLOWLY DRIVING INTO THE DRIVEWAY AT WORK, AND THE CAR JUST WOULDN'T GO.... I STOPPED, PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTARTED IT, AND HAVE NOT HAD THIS PROBLEM AGAIN UNTIL NOW. AT THAT TIME, I HAD THE BATTERY CHECKED AND BATTERY WAS FINE. AS I DO NOT HAVE THE DATE OR MILEAGE I CAN NOT REPORT IT IN BOXES ABOVE BUT FEEL IT IS NOTEWORTHY. *TR