NHTSA Complaint #10795244 — 2005 FORD ESCAPE

I RECEIVED MY ESCAPE AS A BIRTHDAY GIFT TWO YEARS AGO. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE MY GAS PEDAL STOPS WORKING AND I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO PRESS IT DOWN, IT WON'T GO. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE ON CITY STREETS AND ON INTERSTATES. ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL OVER OR OFF THE ROAD, PUT IT IN PARK, TURN OFF THE ENGINE, RESTART MY CAR AND GET IT GOING AGAIN. I HAVE TRIED POUNDING ON THE GAS AND THAT DOES NOTHING, IT WON'T BUDGE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN, SO I CANNOT JUST EXPECT IT TO, IT HAPPENS, DAY OR NIGHT, HOT OR COLD TEMPERATURE, DRIVING DOWN A STRAIGHT HIGHWAY OR TURNING ON A CITY STREET. I AM AFRAID IT WILL HAPPEN WHILE I AM DRIVING IN THE SNOW OR WHILE ONE OF MY KIDS ARE DRIVING IT. I HAVE TRIED EXPLAINING TO THEM WHAT TO DO, BUT OF ALL THE THINGS THEY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT WHILE DRIVING, THE GAS PEDAL STICKING SHOULD NOT BE ONE OF THEM.