NHTSA Complaint #11425616 — 2015 FORD ESCAPE

On 5/22/2021 when I was pulling into the parking space in front of my house my 2015 Ford Escape accelerated on its own, jumping the railroad tie at the edge of the parking lot and on to the front yard – fortunately the car stopped when I applied the break only less than five feet from the front of my house. I put the car in reverse and removed my front from the break and the car accelerated on its own again. I applied the break again and it stopped, thankfully there were no other cars in the parking lot at that time. On 5/24/2021 I called the Ford dealership where I purchased the vehicle, the service advisor said they were not aware of this issue. I had the vehicle towed to the dealership that day as I was concerned that the issue would reoccur ($80.00). The service advisor called on Wednesday and stated there were no codes on the computer related to acceleration but there were codes for the transmission. They were able to overhaul the transmission, $3999.41; there was only 38,384 miles on the vehicle, I have always been a responsible owner and maintained all of my vehicles - I have no doubt this was a defect. I had no other issues with this vehicle prior to that day.