NHTSA Complaint #11062306 — 2008 FORD ESCAPE

MY FORD ESCAPE 2008 MODEL AUTO TRANSMISSION WITH MILEAGE OF 72000 STARTED GIVING TROUBLE TODAY AND SCARY TOO. AFTER TURNING ON THE CAR & ONCE STARTS MOVING, I FELT LIKE SOMETHING WRONG WITH SHIFTING GEARS FROM FIRST TO SECOND (VEHICLE MOVES SMOOTHLY FOR FEW METERS AND AFTER THAT I CAN HEAR THE ACCELERATOR SOUND, AND I SEE THE WRENCH SIGN POPS UP ON THE DASH BOARD AND VEHICLE WON'T MOVE FOR A FEW SECONDS, SO I HAD TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL UP AND DOWN TO MOVE THE VEHICLE, FELT LIKE VEHICLE GOING TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. I DROVE MY ESCAPE HOME AND STOPPED THE CAR AND AGAIN I TURNED ON THAT TIME WRENCH SIGN WAS GONE AND STARTED MOVING THE VEHICLE AND THE SAME THING REPEATED - WRENCH SIGN & THE PROBLEM WITH SHIFTING GEARS. I AM GOING TO CALL THE DEALER TOMORROW, BECAUSE THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT CLOSED ALREADY.