NHTSA Complaint #11122085 — 2014 FORD ESCAPE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE "TRANSMISSION NOT IN PARK" WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND SCHEDULED THE VEHICLE TO BE TOWED TO PREMIER FORD INC (5001 GLENWOOD RD, BROOKLYN, NY 11234, 888-381-4515) WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS BEING TOWED. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT A DIAGNOSTIC TEST NEEDED TO BE PERFORMED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. MEANWHILE, THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V471000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 26,000.