2009 FORD ESCAPE Engine Problems

BRAKE AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN AT LEAST 3 TIMES WHEN 2009 FORD ESCAPE XLT WANTED TO ACCELERATE. *TR

MY CAR WILL SURGE FORWARD WHEN I ACCELERATE AFTER A STOP. *TR

VEHICLES FEELS LIKE ITS GOING TO STALL THEN ACCELERATES. IT HAS BEEN RECALIBRATED BEFORE BUT, TWO MONTHS LATER WE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE IS ALSO A LEAK ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE LOOKS TO BE TRANSMISSION OIL. ALSO, WE CAN NO LONGER OPEN THE TAIL GATE. *TR

AFTER BEGINNING ACCELERATION FROM A STOP LIGHT, MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SPUTTER AND STALLED OUT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS MOVING. I HAD TO PUT IT IN PARK, TURN THE IGNITION OFF, AND THEN TURN IT ON IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THE GAS TANK WAS 3/4 FULL AND THE BATTERY IS ONLY A YEAR OLD. *TR

AS I WAS ENTERING AN EXIT RAMP OFF I 20 EASTBOUND THE CAR LOST ALL POWER. IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE MERGING AT I75/85 IN ATLANTA. LUCKILY I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE CAR. AGAIN IT LOST POWER. NEVER DID IT GIVE AN ERROR CODE. ONCE AGAIN IT LOST POWER AND THIS TIME IT THE ERROR LIGHT. TOOK THE 3RD TIME BEFORE A CODE WAS SHOWN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 45MPH AND WENT TO ACCELERATE AND WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS- THE ENGINE FELT LIKE IT WAS OFF- I STILL HAD ELECTRICAL POWER. I WAS NOT ABLE TO GIVE THE CAR ANY GAS AT ALL. I COASTED UNTIL I COULD PULL OFF THE ROAD AND WHEN I STOPPED- THE CAR WAS IDLING VERY ROUGH. THE "THROTTLE CONTROL/ POWERTRAIN" LIGHT HAD COME ON. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND SAT FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. WHEN I TURNED IT BACK ON, IT IDLED ROUGH FOR ABOUT 3-4 SECONDS AND THE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. THEN IT SMOOTHED OUT AND THE LIGHT WENT OFF AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT BACK TO MY HOUSE (ABOUT 1 MILE). *TR

SEPTEMBER 10 2014, VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AT HENRY CURTIS FORD IN PETALUMA CALIFORNIA FOR RECALL 14S05. PRIOR TO THIS RECALL, WE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH OUR VEHICLE. OCTOBER 3 2014, VEHICLE STALLED AT 65 MPH DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING UP HILL ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY TO THE SHOULDER. VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP, UNABLE TO FIND ANY ERROR CODES. VEHICLE TOWED TO HENRY CURTIS FORD DEALERSHIP IN PETALUMA CALIFORNIA WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 2008. A $145 DIAGNOSTIC WAS DONE AND ONLY ONE ERROR CODE WAS REPORTED BY THE DEALER. CODE B1239 ( AIR FLOW BLEND DOOR DRIVER CIRCUIT FAILURE). VEHICLE COULD BE DRIVEN AS THERE WERE NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ON AT THAT TIME. WE PICKED UP THE VEHICLE FROM HENRY CURTIS FORD, AND DROVE HOME. OCTOBER 10 2014. RPM'S SHIFTING UP...

SLOWING TO STOP AT STOP LIGHT IN LINE OF TRAFFIC ON 10/6/2014, LIGHT TURNED GREEN, TRAFFIC MOVING, ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, FOUND CAR UNABLE TO DO SO, LOOKED AT DASH, SOME LIGHTS WERE ON (REMEMBER BATTERY LIGHT,CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND POSSIBLE OIL LIGHT), BUT AS I WAS IN TRAFFIC, I WAS IN A BIT OF A PANIC, I PUT CAR IN PARK AND TURNED KEY. CAR STARTED UP AND WAS ABLE TO RUN NORMALLY. ON 10/10/14 IN TRAFFIC DRIVING AT 25 MILES AN HOUR SLOWING TO ADJUST TO TRAFFIC, AS ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED TO MAINTAIN THIS SPEED AND KEEP UP WITH TRAFFIC, CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE AS GAS IS PRESSED, LOOK DOWN AT DASH, LIGHTS ARE ON, REMEMBER BATTERY LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, ANOTHER ONE, POSSIBLE OIL, I WAS ABLE TO STEER CAR OFF ROAD INTO PARKING LOT. STOPPED CAR, PUT IN PARK RESTARTED AND AGAIN WAS ABLE TO RUN NORMALLY....

VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOOSES POWER AND IDLES HARD. REPEATEDLY OVER THE PAST MONTH WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP VEHICLE WILL LOOSE ALL ENGINE POWER. THE VEHICLE WILL STILL MOVE FORWARD AS IF IT WAS IN GEAR WITHOUT YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS/BRAKE. I WAS ALMOST T-BONED WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AND WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE SUDDENLY I HAD NO POWER. I HAVE TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF THEN START THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND IT WILL WORK JUST FINE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON ONCE THE VEHICLE LOOSES POWER BUT ONCE YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON IT IS GONE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MERGED TO AN EMERGENCY LANE WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TURN OFF AND AFTER RESTARTING IT RESUME NORMAL FUNCTION. ALSO, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED SLOWLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM NOTIFICATION RELATED TO THE FAILURE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXHIBITING. HOWEVER, THE DEALER REFUSED TO PROVIDE THE REPAIRS LISTED SINCE THE FAILURE CODE DID NOT SHOW DURING THE DIAGNOSIS. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND EXPLAINED THAT THEY WERE NOT OBLIGATED TO HONOR THE CAMPAIGN UNLESS THE CODES WERE AVAILABLE DURING THE DIAGNOSIS....

ON JULY 31ST, MY CAR WAS AT A STOP LIGHT, A MINUTE AFTER I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL, MY CAR STALLED (A LIGHT WRENCH ON THE DASHBOARD APPEARED) -IT WOULD MOVE MAYBE 1 MPH BUT I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE ON THE GAS PEDAL. AFTER A MOMENT, THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING ...I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND TURNED IT BACK ON, EVERYTHING WAS FINE, THE LIGHT WRENCH DISAPPEARED. AFTER 45 MINUTES LATER, ON THE ROAD, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN AND I HAD TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER TO PREVENT ANY ACCIDENTS FROM HAPPENING. MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH CARMAX LESS THAN A WEEK LATER (BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR, HAD IT FOR A YEAR). I WAS ADVISED TO COME BACK IF THE SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED BECAUSE NOTHING HAPPENED SINCE JULY 31ST AND THEY DIDN'T WANT ME TO WASTE MY MONEY IF THEY DID NOT SEE ANYTHING....

AFTER FILL-UP, ENGINE WENT INTO LIMP MODE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. FIRST INSTANCE HAPPENED WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC AND RESULTED IN NEAR ACCIDENT. THE ENGINE HAS DONE THIS SEVERAL ADDITIONAL TIMES BUT NOT FOR LONG ENOUGH TO SET THE TROUBLE CODE OR LIGHT. THIS RESULTED IN A DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATION AND ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS POTENTIAL DEFECT NEED TO BE RECALLED. TOOK TO THE FORD DEALER ON 7/28/14 AND THEY ADVISED ME THEY COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM UNLESS THE TROUBLE CODES WERE STORED IN THE PCM. 'THIS IS NOT RIGHT- THEY NEED TO REPAIR BECAUSE THE NHTSA STATES THAT ONLY APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM HAVE TRIGGERED THE TROUBLE CODES. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WITH THE DRIVE TRAIN LIGHT. HAD COMPUTER READ. SHOWING A P2119 CODE/THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL. NOTE: VEHICLE WAS IN FORD DEALER ON 24 JULY 2014 DUE TO RECALL ISSUED ON PCM. *TR

I'VE HAD MY VEHICLE SERVICED AND WAS HOLD THAT I HAVE A "PERFUSE" OIL LEAK IN MY MOTOR. AND MY MOTOR HAS LESS THAN A 100,000 MILES ON IT.. *JS

ENGINE STARTED IN PARKING LOT WITH A VERY ROUGH IDLE. I THOUGHT IT MAY BE A FUEL ISSUE BECAUSE THE CAR STARTED BUT DIES IMMEDIATELY AFTER GIVING GAS TO THE PEDAL. THE 2009 FORD ESCAPE WAS TOWED TO OUR MECHANIC AND HE REPORTED IT HAS A SEIZED ENGINE ON THE EXHAUST VAVLE #1 CYLINDER. I THEN HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP TO HAVE A NEW FORD ENGINE REPLACED. I AM CONCERNED THIS IS RELATED TO THE GAS THROTTLE RECALL AS THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING FINE AND WITH LOW MILES AND OIL CHANGES EVERY 3,000 MILES IT JUST DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. THE FORD DEALERSHIP COST FOR A NEW ENGINE IS $7000. YOU WOULD HOPE FORD COULD STAND BY THEIR RECALL PRODUCT, BUT THEY SAID NO WARRANTY ON POWERTRAIN. THIS IS A VERY UNFORTUNATE AND VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. UPDATED 4/24/2015 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT DURING THE INCIDENT THE MAINTENANCE SERVICE SENSOR LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,320.

VCT SOLENOIDS AND CAM SENSORS ARE FAULTY. THE VEHICLE STALLS RANDOMLY, ENGINE LAGS AND EXIBITS POOR FUEL MPG. THE PROBLEM OCCURED JUST OUT OF WARRANTY AND UPON RESEARCH; I HAVE DISCOVERED THIS ISSUE IS VERY VAST WITH 2009-2011 FORD ESCAPES, MERCURY MARINERS, 2010-2011 FORD FUSION AND MERCURY MILAN VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THE 3.0L ENGINE AND BUILT ON OR BEFORE 3-1-2011. MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE AND MANY OTHERS VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED AT NO COST OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

MY FAMILY WERE RETURNING FROM VACATION WHEN THE CAR DECELERATED WITH NO WARNING. WE WERE ON THE INTERSTATE AND WE WERE INCHES FROM BEING REAR ENDED BY THE UPCOMING TRAFFIC. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE ISSUE IS WITH THE THROTTLE BODY AND THAT IT IS NOT BEING RECALLED BECAUSE YOU CAN STILL DRIVE IT. HOW ABOUT YOU TELL THAT TO MY TERRIFIED GIRLS (AGES 6 AND UNDER) THAT IT IS SAFE TO HAVE CARS AND TRUCKS FLYING PAST YOU AT 70 MPH AND YOU CAN'T ACCELERATE TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY QUICK ENOUGH. A MONTH LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY WIFE RETURNING FROM WORK. THAT'S TWICE IN 2 MONTHS. WE HAVE ONLY THE ONE CAR AND HAVE NOT BEEN ON VACATION FOR FEAR OF THE CAR DECELERATING. I GUESS INSTEAD OF BEING IN THE BUSINESS OF PREVENTING ACCIDENTS, PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE FIRST BEFORE ANYTHING WILL BE...

THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ENGINE POWER, CAME NEARLY TO A STOP BUT CONTINUED TO JUMP FORWARD UNTIL I TURNED IT OFF. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE PROBLEM IS THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

WAS ACCELERATING WHEN THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO SHUT OFF. VEHICLE RESTARTED AND ABOUT A MONTH LATER DID IT AGAIN PULLING AWAY FROM AN INTERSECTION. DEALER CONFIRMED IT WAS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY AND CHARGED 100 DOLLARS TO FIX. *TR

HAD CAR SET ON CRUISE CONTROL, FELT A POP OR A SNAP UNDER CAR, LOOKED DOWN AND CRUISE WENT OFF AND I WAS COASTING, I HAD MY FOOT IN THE GAS AND THE RPM'S WERE AT 1000, GAS WAS NOT REVVING AND THE RPM'S DIDN'T MOVE, COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD. THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AS IF IT WAS GOING TO SHUT OFF, BUT IT DIDN'T. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND IT WAS FINE, UNTIL 3 DAYS LATER WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. HAVE TAKEN IT TO A FORD DEALER 3 TIMES AND THEY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT TRIPPING A CODE AND THAT THEY CAN'T REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY UNTIL THEY HAVE A CODE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO, I HAVE BEEN DRIVING A LOANER CAR SINCE LAST FRIDAY AND THEY STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO RECREATE THE INCIDENT. *TR

P2111, THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM STUCK OPEN, I HAD TO DRIVE TO AN AUTO ZONE TO GET THIS CODE WHILE THE CAR WAS IN THIS CONDITION. OTHERWISE THESE WAS NO ERROR CODE RECORDED. THE ENGINE RUN AT AN IDLE AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE WHEN ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED. *JS

FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE XLT HAS BEEN JUMPING AND SHIFTING ROUGHLY, I THOUGHT IT WAS TRANSMISSION RELATED DESPITE THAT I FLUSHED MY TRANSMISSION A LITTLE OVER 1 YEAR AGO. ON 04/24/14 I WAS DRIVING 60 MPH CRUISE CONTROL ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CRUISE CONTROL CUT OFF AND MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE XLT BEGAN TO LOSE SPEED, I NOTICE WHEN THE 18-WHEELER BEHIND ME WAS APPROACHING MY BUMPER RAPIDLY, NEARLY REAR ENDED ME - HAD TO COAST 2 LANES OVER TO GET TO ON COMING EXIT TO AVOID REAR ENDING DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC. MY SUV WOULD NOT RE-START UNTIL THE THROTTLE CONTROL/POWERTRAIN LIGHT CUT OFF HOWEVER THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON. I HAD TO COAST LANES OF A BUSY HIGHWAY WITH 8 AM TRAFFIC TO THE EXIT RAMP AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND WAS STRANDED UNTIL MY SUV STARTED AGAIN....

THE THROTTLE HAS FAILED FOUR TIMES IN TRAFFIC.THE ENGINE HAS LOST POWER AND VEHICLE SPEED HAS BEEN GREATLY REDUCED.I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP BUT WAS TOLD IF IT DID NOT OCCUR WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN THAT FORD MOTOR CO.WOULD NOT REPLACE OR REPAIR THE THROTTLE BODY. HERE IS MY QUESTION ,HOW DO I GET THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP WHEN IT OCCURS? FORD ISSUED ME A WARNING BUT WANT MAKE REPAIRS,WHAT GOOD IS THE WARRANTY? *JS

SLOWING DOWN TO TURN RIGHT ON ADJACENT STREET, THE FORD ESCAPE STALLED AND POWER LOSS ENSUED SHORTLY THERE AFTER. *JS

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND TRUCK HAD A MOMENTARY LOSS OF POWER, LIKE IT WAS NOT GETTING FUEL. DID NOT STALL AND WE CONTINUED DOWN THE ROAD. IT HAPPENS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND SOMETIMES ONCE AND OTHER TIMES MULTIPLE TIMES. GEAR AND SPEED DO NOT APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR. ON TWO OF THE WORST CASES THE POWER TRAIN / THROTTLE CONTROL "WRENCH" LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED, BUT OF COURSE AFTER TURNING OFF VEHICLE AND STARTING IT BACK UP AND DRIVING TO DEALERSHIP, THE LIGHT WAS OFF AND THE TRUCK RAN FINE. NOTHING WAS FOUND THE FIRST TIME IT WAS TAKEN IN. THE SECOND TIME I PRESSED THEM ABOUT IT AND THEY CAME BACK WITH OVER $975.00 WORTH OF NEEDED REPLACEMENT PARTS (THROTTLE BODY, MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR, FUEL INJECTOR FLUSH AND SPARK PLUG REPLACEMENT @ 56,000 MILES. *TR

I FIRST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN SEP 2010. THE PROBLEM WAS WHEN I WAS STOPPED OR MADE A TURN COASTING SLOWLY, WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THE ENGINE DID NOT KICK IN FOR A SECOND OR TWO. WHEN IT DID IT JERKED HARD AND FELT LIKE IT SLAMMED INTO GEAR. THE DEALER COULD NEVER ID THE PROBLEM AND PUT IT OFF AS NORMAL. THEN VERY RECENTLY I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL. IT KEEPS THE RPM'S AT AN IDLING LEVEL BUT DOES NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL-LIKE YOU PUT IT IN NEUTRAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW. WHEN I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTART IT APPEARS TO SELF CORRECT. THIS HAPPENS WHILE I'M DRIVING SLOWLY ONCE AND AGAIN WHEN I WAS AT A STOP AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE. I HAVE NOT YET TAKEN TO A DEALER YET. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON A RESIDENTIAL HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE ENGINE JUST SHUTDOWN. THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CAME ON AND MY WIFE WAS FORCED TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THIS ISSUE HAS OCCURRED 2 TIMES SINCE, ONCE IN AUGUST AND ONCE ON MARCH 17TH, 2014. THE CAR HAS HAD REGULAR SERVICING AND AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST INCIDENT THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP FOR A REVIEW WHICH WAS INCONCLUSIVE AS TO THE ROOT CAUSE. CHECK CODE TESTED ALL MODULES WITH ALL PASSING. NO LOW VOLTAGE CODES OR PCM CODES. BATTERY CHECKED AND ALL CONFIRMED TO BE OK. AS A POTENTIAL REMEDY THE PCM WAS FLASHED TO THE MOST CURRENT LEVEL. *TR

WE HAD NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD STARTED SLIPPING AND GRADUALLY GOT WORSE. WE CHECKED THE TRANS FLUID AND IT WAS VERY LOW. COME TO FIND OUT WE HAD BEEN LOSING FLUID AND DIDN'T KNOW THE PROBLEM SO WE TOOK IT TO OUR MECHANIC BECAUSE WE BOUGHT IT USED FROM PATTERSON IN MT. AIRY AND THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. OUR MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE SEAL HAD BLOWN SO HE PUT A NEW AXLE IN ALSO BECAUSE THERE WAS WEAR ON IT. WELL....WE HAVE DRIVEN IT A TOTAL OF 2 WEEKS AND THE VERY SAME THING HAS HAPPENED SO IT IS BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP AGAIN. AFTER INVESTIGATING THIS I AM FINDING THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE VERY SAME PROBLEM AND IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND GETTING VERY EXPENSIVE. RIGHT NOW I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS VEHICLE TO ANYONE. OH, AND BY THE WAY, MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THIS...

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE I SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND WRENCH AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON AFTER A COMPLETE STOP. CAR WAS TAKEN IMMEDIATELY TO FORD AND THEY SAID NOTHING WRONG WITH IT AND IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN BRING IT IN. AFTER MULTIPLE TIMES ON CITY STREETS AND INTERSTATES WHICH I FEARED FOR MY LIFE, THE CAR WOULD HAVE NO POWER AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I WOULD STEP ON GAS. HAD TO SHUT THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTART TO MAKE ANYTHING WORK. AFTER THAT I TOOK IT TO FORD AGAIN AND THIS TIME THEY REPLACED THROTTLE BODY-AIR INTAKE WHICH THEY SAID THERE WERE OTHER VEHICLES WITH SIMILAR ISSUES. I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET DUE TO OUT OF WARRANTY BUT THEY SURELY KNOW THERE IS A DEFECT THERE IN THE THROTTLE BOTTLE AND CERTAINLY AN ENDANGERMENT TO THOSE...

VEHICLE LOSES POWER WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE TRAVELING AT A STEADY SPEED (USUALLY BETWEEN 30-45 MPH) THE VEHICLE POWER FLUCTUATES BETWEEN SURGING AND LOSING POWER. THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED WHEN COMING TO A STOP BECAUSE OF THIS FLUCTUATION. ALSO, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS IRREGULARLY. THE RPMS REV EXCESSIVELY HIGH, THEN THE TRANSMISSION JERKS THE VEHICLE WHEN SHIFTING. THIS HAPPENS THE MOST BETWEEN FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD GEAR. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THERE IS A MALFUNCTION IN THE VARIABLE TIMING OF THE ENGINE. THEY WANT TO OPEN THE ENGINE TO TRY AND FIND THE PROBLEM WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. THIS ISSUE STARTED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH 44,000 MILES. THEY DEALERSHIP DID NOT HAVE ANY APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE UNTIL THE VEHICLE EXCEEDED 60,000 MILES DUE TO CONFLICT OF SCHEDULE AND LONG COMMUTE TIMES. THEN THEY REFUSED TO HONOR THE WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP...

I WAS DRIVING UP A STEEP HILL ON A BLIND CORNER IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME MY ESCAPE SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS ACCELERATING. IT STALLED FIVE OTHER TIMES IN THE PAST, EACH AS I CAME TO A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT. THE INCIDENTS ARE COMPLETELY RANDOM WITH NO WARNING, SO I HAVE NO IDEA IF NEXT TIME WILL BE AT A RED LIGHT OR ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 55 MPH. WHEN IT SHUTS OFF I NOTICED THAT THE DASH FLASHES THE BATTERY AND OIL LIGHTS, BUT THE BATTERY IS NEW AND THE OIL IS FINE. I ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN I'M IDLING IN BELOW FREEZING WEATHER THE ENGINE WILL SHUDDER, SOMETIMES VIOLENTLY, BUT EVENTUALLY STOPS WHEN I START MOVING AGAIN. *TR

I HAVE A 2009 FORD ESCAPE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY, MANY TIMES, I DO NOT EVEN REMEMBER THE FIRST DATE OF INCIDENT ANYMORE (ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO) - THE MOST RECENT WAS 1-27-2014. AS I AM AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN AND ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE, MY ENGINE STUTTERS AND CHOKES, OCCASIONALLY GIVES A TINY LITTLE "POP" SOUND, SOMETIMES STALLING RIGHT IN A TRAFFIC LANE. WHEN I RESTART IT, THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE PROBLEM. THIS IS RANDOM, AND DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY DAY. I HAVE REPORTED IT TO MY DEALER A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE PAST, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY FAILURE CODES, SO THEY DID NOT REPAIR ANYTHING. I AM TAKING IT IN AGAIN NEXT WEEK FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM - THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT SOUNDS LIKE A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE, AND WILL CHECK IT OUT ONCE AGAIN TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY FAILURE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BUT COULD NOT GENERATE ANY FAILURE CODES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE CONTACT WAS NOT AWARE OF THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,902.

AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A LIMP MODE. I HAD NO RESPONSE FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WOULD MOVE FORWARD AT A IDLE SPEED. YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED VEHICLE RAN AS NORMAL FOR A FEW DAYS AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. *TR

DRIVING AT 50 MPH ON HIGHWAY AND CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE. THIS REDUCED CAR SPEED TO 20MPH AND I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER OUT OF TRAFFIC TO AVOID GETTING HIT FROM BEHIND. TURNED CAR OFF FOR 30 MINUTES AND STARTED CAR UP AND DROVE HOME. THIS HAPPENED 2 WEEKS LATER. *TR

EVEN PRIOR TO THE DATE INDICATED THE CAR WOULD SPUTTER AND LOOSE POWER DRIVING ALONG BUT WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL WITH NO CODES THROWN THIS HAPPENED 3 OR 4 TIMES ? APPROX. ON DATE INDICATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE PARKWAY AT APPROX 50 MPH THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER BUT WAS STILL RUNNING AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO GAS BEING PRESSED DOWN OR UP ? CAR WAS IN THE SPEED LANE WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC AND ALMOST CAUSED A ACCIDENT TRYING TO PULL VEHICLE OFF THE HIGHWAY ! NO CODES OR ANYTHING WERE FOUND ? THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SENSE WITH ON BEING TODAY ON THE BRONX RIVER PARKWAY , I THINK THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN,PLEASE HELP! *TR

THIS VIDEO DEMONSTRATES THE EXACT PROBLEM I HAVE. HTTP://YOUTU.BE/6HKMOS9POHU HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A 4 LINE HIGHWAY IN THE PASSING LANE. MY CAR LOST POWER AND THE GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT WORK. I HAD TO PULL INTO THE TURNING LANE BECAUSE A CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST REARENDED ME. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN A YEAR. LAST TIME THE GARAGE HAD MY CAR FOR 5 DAYS AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. I HAD TO GET A LOANER CAR FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO YEARS. THANK GOD THAT I WAS NOT IN A WRECK AND COULD GET PULLED OVER ONTO THE BRIM OF A 4 LANE DANGEROUS HIGHWAY. AFTER LOOKING O LINE LAST EVE AND TODAY I FOUND THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM SOME NOT AS LUCKY AS IAM. THE GARAGE TOLD ME TODAY THAT IT IS THE ELECTRONIC...

MY WIFE HAD STARTED THE 2009 FORD ESCAPE AND WAS TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 5MPH, PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. THE CAR BEGAN MOVING, FELT AS IF THERE AS NO POWER. SHE CHECKED TO ENSURE THAT THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE. THE CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 5 MPH. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, NO SPEEDOMETER READING, AND SHE PROCEEDED ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE CAR AGAIN. THE CAR WAS DRIVABLE FOR THREE MILES HOME, WITH NO SPEEDOMETER READING, LIMITED POWER. AS SHE DROVE, SHE NEEDED TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK TO STEADY THE CAR. A SHE PROCEEDED TO RE-ENGAGE THE CAR THE SHIFTER WAS "CLUNKY, SLIPPING, AND DID NOT FEEL SECURE". SHE DID GET THE CAR SAFELY HOME, HOWEVER WE CHECKED THE CAR ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE AND THE CAR CONTINUES TO NOT SEEM TO ENGAGE THE POWER TRAIN, IS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY, HAS NO POWER IN...

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF AROUND 60MPH MY TRUCK BEEPED AND SIGNALED A WRENCH LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD AND MY VEHICLE JUST STOPPED AND LOST SPEED AND I COULDN'T ACCELERATE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE TO A SAFE AREA. MY VEHICLE JUST COMPLETED STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WHILE VEHICLES ARE COMING AT THE SAME SPEED BEHIND ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ONCE ENTERING A RAMP ON TO HIGHWAY ACCELERATING ON TO THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE JUST TURNED OFF. ALSO ONCE DRIVING HEAVY TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED AND A VEHICLE HAS TO BRAKE AND SWERVE TO AVOID HITTING ME FROM BEHIND. JUST TO KNOW THE HIGHWAY INCIDENT WAS THE MOST HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. WE WERE SO SHAKEN UP FROM IT THINKING A CAR WAS GOING TO HIT US SINCE THEY WERE COMING UP FROM BEHIND US AT THE SAME RATE...

I WAS STOPPED WAITING AT A RED LIGHT AT THE TOP OF A VERY STEEP HILL. THE LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN AND I LET MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND WENT TO PUSH THE GAS AND MY FORD ESCAPE LOST ALL POWER AND STALLED. THE BATTERY LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON AS IT STALLED AND I STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS DOWN THE STEEP HILL. I HAD NO ABILITY TO STEER THE CAR AND I ALSO DIDN'T HAVE ANY BRAKES, I TRIED TO SLAM THE BRAKES AS WE WERE ACCELERATING MORE QUICKLY DOWNHILL BUT I HAD NO CONTROL. IN A MATTER OF SECONDS MY SUV VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND HIT A BRAKE WALL AND AT THAT IMPACT MY ENTIRE VEHICLE FLIES OVER ONTO THE DRIVERS SIDE AND STOPPED. THE SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND I WAS UNABLE TO OPEN ANY DOORS. A PASSING CAR STOPPED AND HELPED MY SON AND I...

MY CAR LOST ACCELERATION IN AN INTERSECTION GOING ABOUT 15 MPH. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING SLOW AND ROUGH. THE THROTTLE HAD NO EFFECT ON ENGINE SPEED. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF ROUGH IDLING, THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND I WAS THEN ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESTART THE ENGINE AND IT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN FAULT WITH THE FORD ESCAPE AND COULD RESULT IN ACCIDENTS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN DESIGN PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM ON THE ESCAPE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING STEADY AT 50+ MPH ON AN INTERSTATE, THERE WAS SLIGHT ON AGAIN/OFF AGAIN HESITATION WHILE KEEPING CONSTANT PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL. WITHOUT WARNING, THE ENGINE SEEMED TO LOSE ALL POWER, AND FORCED ME TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. A 'WRENCH' WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD SYSTEM, AND WHILE THE ENGINE HAD NOT STALLED, IT WAS RUNNING VERY LOW AND ROUGH. I AGAIN TRIED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL AND IT WAS COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND RESTARTED IT. IT RAN AS IF THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG, AND THERE WERE NO MORE WARNING ICONS SHOWING ON THE DASHBOARD. IT RAN WITHOUT ISSUE FOR ANOTHER 15 MINUTES ON THE HIGHWAY, UNTIL IT AGAIN LOST ALL ENGINE POWER, AND THIS TIME THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON INSTEAD OF THE WRENCH ICON. RESTARTING IT LET ME DRIVE...

DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON ALL OF A SUDDEN. THEN MY CAR DIES. PUT IT IN PARK THEN STARTED IT AND AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE THE CAR STARTED TO JERK THEN DIED. I REPEATED THIS TILL I GOT TO THE NEAREST REPAIR SHOP AND AFTER $600 LATER FOUND OUT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR. FORD WON'T SELL THE PLASTIC SENSOR BY ITSELF, YOU HAVE TO BUY THE WHOLE ALUMINUM UNIT AT $400! PLUS LABOR! I WILL NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH FORD AGAIN! HORRIBLE QUALITY PARTS. THE WORST PART IS I HAD MY 11 YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON MONDAY 11/18/13 MY WIFE WAS STOPPING THEN WENT TO ACCELERATE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. UPON TURNING IT OFF IT RESTARTED JUST FINE. THIS HAPPEN 3 MORE TIMES FROM THEN TO TUESDAY EVENING. I DROVE IT TO WORK WEDNESDAY 11/20/13 AND WHILE ACCELERATING ON TO HWY 94 THE VEHICLE STALLED. IT DID HESITATE UPON RESTARTING BUT STARTED AND RAN. WEDNESDAY EVENING ON OUR WAY HOME DOING APPROX 30MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND AGAIN HESITATED TO START BUT DID AND RAN OK. THURSDAY MORNING 11/21/13 WHILE ON MY WAY TO WORK I WAS AT CRUISING SPEED DOING APPROX 60MPH ON HWY 94 THE VEHICLE STALLED. IT HESITATED TO RESTART AGAIN BUT STARTED AFTER LEAVING THE VEHICLE OFF FOR A FEW SECONDS. *TR

VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND SLOWED DOWN. SYMPTOMS MATCH WHAT OTHERS REPORT TO BE A BAD THROTTLE BODY WHICH FORD HAS CHANGED DESIGN OF. HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW. FORD SAYS WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

DRIVE SOUTH ON I-95 AT RUSH HOUR HEADING HOME. WITH NO WARNING ENGINE POWER JUST GOES AWAY, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE GAS PEDAL WAS PUSH THERE WAS NO POWER FROM ENGINE, HURRIED AS IT SLOWED DOWN TO THE RIGHT LANE AND WAS ABLE TO EXIT. SHUT OFF ENGINE FOR 5 MINUTES STARTED IT UP AND ALL WAS GOOD. 2ND TIME WAS LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE JUST FLUTTERED, SERVICE TECH STATED THAT THE CODES IN COMPUTER WERE THROTTLE ACTUATOR OPEN. *TR

ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 5TH, 2013 I WAS DRIVING MY 2009 FORD ESCAPE DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 9PM GOING HOME. I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES WHEN THE ENGINE FELT LIKE IT HESITATED AND STUMBLED. I REALIZED THAT I COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE SO I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THERE WAS A WRENCH SYMBOL ON THE DASH BOARD. I EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11TH, 2013 I WAS DRIVING FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND THE VEHICLE STUMBLED AGAIN AND THE SYMBOL CAME ON THE DASH. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAITED 5 MINUTES. IT STARTED UP AND DID NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES UNTIL TODAY TUESDAY NOVEMBER 12TH, 2013. I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 70 MILES AN HOUR AND THE ENGINE STUMBLED AGAIN. I PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, WAITED...

VEHICLE LOST POWER UP STEEP HILL ALMOST RESULTING IN ROLLING BACKWARDS DOWN HILL. CAR HAD PREVIOUSLY AND INTERMITTENTLY LOST POWER SURGE WHEN ACCELERATING ONTO HIGHWAY INTO A MERGE SITUATION. *TR