NHTSA Complaint #11258461 — 2014 FORD ESCAPE

WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, I WENT TO DRIVE WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND MY CAR WOULDN'T MOVE AFTER PRESSING DOWN ON THE GAS. THE RPMS DIDN'T GO UP AND THE CAR JUST SAT THERE WITH NO WARNING THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE. I PUT THE CAR INTO PARK TO SWITCH GEARS BACK TO DRIVE AGAIN TO TRY AND GO AND THE CAR JERKED FORWARD AND THEN THE RPMS WENT UP AND STALLED A COUPLE OF TIMES AS I TRIED TO MAKE IT TO THE NEXT PARKING LOT. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNED THE CAR OFF BECAUSE I THOUGHT MAYBE THERE WAS A SYSTEM GLITCH SIMILAR TO A RECENT RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. AFTER ABOUT TEN MINUTES I TRIED AGAIN TO DRIVE IT AND THE CAR STARTED UP OKAY STILL WITH NO WARNING SIGNALS REGISTERING. DRIVING AFTER LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES THE CAR WOULDN'T CONTINUE DRIVING WHILE IN FORWARD MOTION AS I WAS PRESSING DOWN ON THE GAS DOWN THE STREET. I PUMPED THE GAS PEDAL MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS OF BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE AS THE CAR STARTED TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, SO I PROCEEDED TO TURN ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND TRY TO MAKE IT TO THE NEXT PARKING LOT AGAIN AS IT WAS SLOWLY STARTING AND STOPPING WHILE IN DRIVE JERKING FORWARD. THE CAR MADE IT THROUGH ANOTHER LIGHT AND THEN STARTED TO STALL AGAIN SO I TRIED TO CONTINUE TO FIND MY WAY TO THE PARKING LOT IN THE MALL AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. THE SIGNAL FOR TRANSMISSION WARNING APPEARED NOW AND I TRIED TO CONTINUE TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE BARELY BUT WAS ABLE TO PARK TO GET MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS NO LONGER SAFE TO TRY AND CONTINUE DRIVING THE CAR.