NHTSA Complaint #11355061 — 2014 FORD ESCAPE

WHILE COASTING ON THE FREEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH MY FORD ESCAPE STOPPED ACCELERATING. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, SIMPLY THE ACCELERATOR STOPPED FUNCTIONING. ALL FLUID WERE OKAY AND NO OVERHEATING CONDITION WAS PRESENT. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES TURNED THE ENGINE BACK ON. I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR JERKED FORWARD. THE FORD SEEMED TO GO IN AND OUT OF GEAR. I ENDED UP TOWING THE VEHICLE HOME. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED (NEW TRANSMISSION FLUID). FEW WEEKS LATER, SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN (REPLACED THROTTLE BODY) WITH NOT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR FAULT CODE EVER COMING ON. THE SECOND TIME THIS OCCURRED, I WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN A COLLISION DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO ACCELERATE. CAR DROVE AGAIN ON AND OFF. TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS ADVISED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REBUILT. TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AND THE FORD SEEMS TO BE DRIVING MUCH BETTER, SHIFTING IS STILL NOT SMOOTH.