NHTSA Complaint #11208283 — 2013 FORD ESCAPE

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND HAVE HAD ALL MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AT THE DEALERSHIP. FOR ABOUT A YEAR MY CAR HAS HAD AN ISSUE WHERE IT HESITATES WHEN I ACCELERATE. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD BLOW OUT THE MASS AIR FLOW THEN THE CAR WOULD RUN FINE FOR 2 OR 3 MONTHS THEN THE PROBLEM WOULD START OVER. ON MAY 8 WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN IT STARTED HESITATING WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE AND THE SHIFTING PROGRESSIVELY GOT ROUGHER. THEN WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE FORWARD FROM A RED LIGHT THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THERE IS METAL DEBRIS STOPPING UP THE FILTER AND THAT IT COULD BE THE CLUTCHES OR SOME OTHER PART OF MY TRANSMISSION COMING APART. I'M TOLD MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT.