NHTSA Complaint #10748629 — 2011 FORD ESCAPE

DRIVING CAR HOME AFTER WORK - SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED AFTER TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGE. PRESSED ON ACCELERATOR AND CAR SHUDDERED WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WENT INTO LIMP HOME MODE. TURNED INTO PARKING LOT AND SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED ENGINE. THE ENGINE RPM SUDDENLY WENT TO ABOUT 7000 RPM WITH THE NO PUSH OF THE ACCELERATOR. ENGINE EVENTUALLY NORMALIZED AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. MY HUSBAND TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO HIM WITH THE CAR GOING NON RESPONSIVE INTO LIMP HOME MODE. HE TROUBLESHOT THE ISSUE TO THE THROTTLE BODY. AFTER REMOVING THE THROTTLE BODY, CLEANING IT, AND RECALIBRATING , THE ISSUE DISAPPEARED. HE IS GOING TO REPLACE THE PART FOR SAFETY SINCE THIS ISSUE HAPPENING AT HIGHWAY SPEED COULD BECOME DANGEROUS.