NHTSA Complaint #10885956 — 2011 FORD ESCAPE

WHILE DRIVING, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ACTUALLY THE FIRST LIGHT TO COME ON WAS THE POWER TRAIN INDICATOR. WHILE PRESSING ACCELERATOR, THE SPEED CONTINUED TO DECREASE. I WAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND IT REALLY SCARED ME. I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND WAS UNABLE TO TAKE IT TO AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE IT WAS LATE IN THE EVENING. THE NEXT MORNING I DROVE SLOWLY TO TREADQUARTERS AUTO SERVICE CENTER AND AFTER DESCRIBING THE SYMPTOMS WAS TOLD THEY NEEDED TO DO A COMPUTER SCAN AND THEN WAS TOLD I NEEDED A THROTTLE BODY IMMEDIATELY. IF NOT INSTALLED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, I MAY END UP STRANDED SOMEWHERE. I WAS ALSO TOLD FORD KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM WITH THIS PART AND HAVE YET TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IS THIS TRUE? HAVE I JUST PAID AN EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO REPLACE A PART THAT FORD KNOWS IS PROBLEMATIC?? I HAVE SEVERAL FORD VEHICLES AND AM A LOYAL CUSTOMER BUT I WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER IF THIS COMPANY KNOWINGLY PUT ME IN DANGER.