NHTSA Complaint #10733574 — 2010 FORD ESCAPE

THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED, WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO A FUNERAL, AN HOUR AWAY, DRIVING OUR 2010 ESCAPE ABOUT 55 MPH. EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND THEN THE CAR JERKED, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON - HAD NO ACCELERATION, NO POWER STEERING, NO CONTROL. IT WAS SCARY! LUCKILY, MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND SAID A PRAYER OF THANKS! CAR STARTED BACK UP AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES, ALTHOUGH NOT EASILY. DID THE SAME THING ON OUR WAY BACK HOME. SUFFICE IT TO SAY, THIS PROBLEM CONTINUED TO HAPPEN. FOUND OUT THE CAR IS GOING INTO "SAFE MODE". MY HUSBAND DRIVES AN HOUR TO WORK (EACH WAY), ALL HIGHWAY, APPROX. 70-75 MPH AND ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH HIS COMMUTE, THE PROBLEM WILL HAPPEN. HE HAS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE OTHER DRIVERS AND FIND A SAFE SPOT TO PARK. NOT ALWAYS AN EASY TASK ON THE HIGHWAY. TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP FOR THIS PROBLEM AND OTHER RECALL WORK (14S05 AND 13B17). THEY TOLD US THEY WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUES. THE NEXT DAY, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND SAME PROBLEM STILL HAPPENS, ALTHOUGH NOW THE CAR DRIVES IN A LOWER GEAR AND EVENTUALLY YOU CAN ACCELERATE, BUT NOT QUICKLY. STILL NOT SAFE ON THE HIGHWAY. FOUND OUT TODAY, DEALERSHIP WILL LOOK AT THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE FOR $70 TO SEE IF THERE IS A PROBLEM. RIDICULOUS!! THEY AREN'T THE ONES IN AN UNSAFE CAR!