NHTSA Complaint #10744920 — 2011 FORD ESCAPE

FIRST DATE OF OCCURRENCE: 7/22/15 I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH AND IT SEEMED AS THOUGH EVEN THOUGH I HAD FUEL IN MY GAS TANK, THAT THE CAR WAS RUNNING OUT OF GAS. I PUT IT IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AGAIN AND IT RAN FINE. (VEHICLE BEGAN KIND OF SPUTTERING AND WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS PETAL, IT WAS LIKE IT DIDN'T WORK AT ALL.) WAS DRIVING A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES WHEN THIS HAPPENED. SECOND DATE OF OCCURRENCE: 7/24/15 I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH AND THE SAME ISSUE MENTIONED ABOVE HAPPENED. WHEN I TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK ON, IT TOOK IT A FEW SECONDS TO TURN BACK ON. THIRD DATE OF OCCURRENCE: 7/25/15 I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH AND THE SAME ISSUE MENTIONED ABOVE HAPPENED. TOOK VEHICLE TO A SHOP ON 7/27/15 AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. FOURTH DATE OF OCCURRENCE: 7/29/15 I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH AND THE SAME ISSUE MENTIONED ABOVE HAPPENED. DROVE APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES WHEN THIS OCCURRED. FIFTH DATE OF OCCURRENCE: 7/30/15 I WAS DRIVING 40-50 MPH AND DROVE APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES WHEN THIS OCCURRED. HAD A DIAGNOSTICS MACHINE HOOKED UP TO VEHICLE AND IT READ ERROR CODE P2111 THROTTLE ACTUATOR STUCK OPEN.