2010 FORD ESCAPE Electrical System Problems

I FILED A COMPLAINT YESTERDAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO AS LONG AS THIS IS HAPPENING, WHEN I STARTED MY CAR THIS MORNING I DROVE 3 MILES AND IT STOPPED MOVING, WHEN I PRESS THE GAS NOTHING HAPPENED AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, STOPPED THE CAR TURNED IT OFF STARTED IT DROVE THE CAR ABOUT 20 FEET AND IT DID THE SAME. STARTED THE CAR AGAIN MADE IT ALMOST TO WORK 3 MILES AWAY AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. STOPPED THE CAR TURNED IT OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN IT CONTINUED ALL DAY LONG APPROXIMATELY 15 TIMES ALL DAY. *TR

WHILE DRIVIN ABOUT FIFTY THE CAR JUST STOPPED GOING, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, I TRIED TO PUSH THE FAS PEDAL BUT NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN IT JUST SLOWED TO A STOP. SO I PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED IT OFF WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND IT STARTED UP AND I DROVE OFF. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN AT ABOUT 35 MPH, SO I DID THE SAME. THOUGHT IT WAS A FLUKE AND/OR THE WEATHER BEING THE PROBLEM SO I CALLED FORD DEALER AND THEY SAID IT SOUNDS LIKE THE THROTTLE BODY. WELL FOR THE PAST MONTH IT HAPPENS EVERYDAY WHILE IM DRIVING 65 OR 15 JUST ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT STOPS GOING AND I HAVE TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTART IT SOMETIMES IT GOES A FEW FEET AND I HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN SOMETIMES IT...

I WAS TRAVELING @ ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN IT SOUNDED & FELT LIKE THE ENGINE QUIT. THERE WAS A WIDE SHOULDER SO, I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT RUNNING POORLY AND WOULDN'T REV UP OVER ABOUT 1000 RPM. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH AN ORANGE "WRENCH" LIGHT. I SWITCHED THE ENGINE OFF, RESTARTED IT, AND IT RAN FINE FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE. THEN, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN. IN THE NEXT 2 MILES THE SAME THING HAD HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES. AFTER ALMOST GETTING REAR-ENDED BY A RAM TRUCK THE LAST TIME IT QUIT, I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND CALLED MY MECHANIC WHO CAME AND TOWED IT TO HIS GARAGE. ALMOST $400 LATER, MY MECHANIC HAD REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE ASSEMBLY. HE TOLD ME THE FORD DEALER PARTS PERSON SAID HE KNEW THE...

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ,VEHICLE DIES,NO POWER AND THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR COMES ON. *TR

MY FAMILY WAS TRAVELING 75-80 MPH ALONG I-95 ON THE WAY HOME FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THE LIGHTS FLASHED ON THE DASH AND POWER GAVE OUT. WE QUICKLY MOVED INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE (WE WERE LUCKY WE WERE ABLE TO GET OVER CONSIDERING WE HAD AN 18 WHEELER BEHIND US) AND CAME TO A STOP. WHEN WE PUT THE CAR IN PARK THE DASH LIGHTS WENT OFF AND THE POWER CAME BACK. WE WERE UNABLE TO GET THE CAR UP TO SPEED THEREFORE WE DROVE THE EMERGENCY LANE UNTIL THE NEXT EXIT WHERE WE COULD GET ON 301 UNTIL WE GOT HOME. I CALLED THE DEALER WHERE WE BROUGHT THE CAR THE NEXT MORNING AND MY CAR IS STILL THERE TODAY (TUESDAY). I'VE READ HOW FORD DOESN'T THINK THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.. BUT LET ME TELL YOU, NOT ONLY MYSELF AND HUSBAND BUT HAVING MY...

CRUISING AT 60MPH. WITHOUT WARNING, CAR SLOWS, THROTTLE UNRESPONSIVE. ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ON. CAR DID NOT STALL, BUT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE. COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD, DODGING TRAFFIC. PUT CAR IN PARK, RESTARTED AND EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. AS OF OCT 7, 2013 THIS HAS OCCURRED FIVE TIMES. CODE READER PICKS UP NO CODES FROM ENGINE PCM. *TR

THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING BACK FROM WORK, I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED AND IT PASSED INSPECTION FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP. I HAVE OWNED VEHICLE FOR ALMOST 5 MONTHS WHEN THIS FAILURE OCCURRED. THE SYMPTOMS THAT I EXPERIENCED WERE LOSS OF POWER WHILE ACCELERATING AND ENGINE AUTOMATICALLY GOES INTO "LIMP MODE" (ENGINE ECU PROTECTION PROTOCOL SO NO MORE DAMAGE WOULD BE DONE TO THE ENGINE) I NOTICED THAT THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON IN THE DASHBOARD, SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A ANOTHER FORD DEALERSHIP AND I EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED, RIGHT OF THE BAT THE WOMAN BEHIND THE COUNTER SAID IT WAS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE (WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE) SO I BECAME SUSPICIOUS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER FORD DEALERSHIP AND I GOT A HOLD OF THE ACTUAL MECHANIC AND RIGHT AWAY HE SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, OUT OF GOOD FAITH HE ADVISE THAT...

I WAS TRAVELING THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION, AS I MASHED THE GAS PEDAL NOTHING HAPPENED. MY CAR WENT "LIMP" AS IF IT HAD CUT OFF BUT IT WAS STILL ON. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, JUST BARELY AVOIDING BEING STRUCK BY SPEEDING TRAFFIC. I CUT MY CAR OFF AND WAITED 5 MINUTES THEN RESTARTED IT. I WAS ABLE DRIVE IT A SHORT DISTANCE TO A MECHANIC WHERE IT AGAIN "WENT LIMP". AFTER MY CAR WAS EXAMINED, THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS THE THROTTLE BODY HAD MALFUNCTIONED. *TR

DRIVING MY VEHICLE HOME FOR LUNCH MY VEHICLE STARTED SPUTTERING AND MY CRUISE CONTROL KICKED OFF. VEHICLE RPM'S DROPPED AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL QUIT WORKING. SO I PULLED OVER. I USED MY DTC DEVICE TO SEE WHAT CODE IS POPPING UP AND IT WAS P2111. I PUT CAR IN PARK, SHUT IT OFF, WAITED 30 SECONDS AND STARTED IT BACK UP AND DROVE HOME. NOW I'M HERE TYPING THIS UP.

I WAS DRIVING VEHICLE ONTO ENTRANCE RAMP OF FREEWAY WHEN THE POWER SUDDENLY CUT OUT AND THE CAR COASTED. THE "WRENCH" LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. I WAS ABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I CALLED A FORD DEALER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE THROTTLE BODY HAD A FAULT IN THE SYSTEM AND WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF NEARLY $300. *JB

CAR THROTTLE ALMOST STALLS TO ROUGH IDLE , SPUTTERS BUT CANNOT GIVE IT GAS OR REV ENGINE WRENCH SYMBOL LIGHTS UP YOU MUST TURN OFF CAR TO RESTART AFTER ABOUT 10 TIMES AND IT HAPPENING EVERY MILE OR SO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND STAYS ON EVEN AFTER RESTARTING. THIS WILL HAPPEN OUT OF NOWHERE WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED BUT IDLES JUST ENOUGH TO PULL OVER TO SAFETY ! RESTART AND DRIVE A MIKE AND EITHER JUST IDLING OR ACCELERATING IT JUST QUITS GOING . I CALLED TAYLOR FORD AND WAS TOLD I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BUT NEED THROTTLE BODY AND APPROX $450 ! SO THEY TOO KNOW IT'S AN ISSUE! *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT 20 MILES AN HOUR WHEN SUDDENLY THE TOOL LIGHT CAME ON AND MY FORD NO LONGER WOULD GET GAS FROM THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS SUDDENLY COASTING WITHOUT ABILITY TO GIVE GAS TO THE CAR HOWEVER THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. IT CAME TO A STOP AFTER I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF HIGH TRAFFIC AREA ALMOST GETTING HIT BY OTHER CARS. THERE IS NO WARNING IT HAPPENED SUDDENLY. SHUT OFF CAR TURNED BACK ON AND WAS FINE. ON THE 9TH OF SEPT JUST A COUPLE DAYS LATER THIS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES ALMOST CAUSING A SEVERE ACCIDENT--SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS AS IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TOO MANY TIMES AS BEING A ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILURE AND IT IS A DEFECT. I AM HAVING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AT THE FORD DEALER TOMORROW AS I HAD IT...

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING TO SCHOOL ON THE HWY TO SCHOOL AND CAR SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY WHICH LOST ALL POWER PULLED OVER AND TRIED TO RESTART AND HAD TO WAIT PLACES TO ME (FATHER) AND THEN IT RESTARTED THEN SHE DROVE ON TO SCHOOL THEN SHE TOOK CAR ON TO DEALERSHIP AND DEALERSHIP PERFORMED SEARCH AND FOUND THAT IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY THAT WAS GOING OUT.

THROTTLE BODY FAILURE: REPLACEMENT NOT ONLY COSTLY, BUT ALSO ON BACK ORDER AND IS ESTIMATED TO TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS. *JB

DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF A HIGHWAY GOING 70 MPH, CAR BUCKED, WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, AND DROPPED SPEED RAPIDLY. PULLED OVER, CAR WAS IDLING ROUGH, TRIED TO HIT THE GAS AND THE CAR JUST JUMPED FORWARD SLIGHTLY 3 TIMES GOING LESS THAN 3 MPH. TURNED THE CAR OFF, BACK ON, AND DIDN'T WANT TO START BUT FINALLY DID, WRENCH LIGHT WENT AWAY AND THE CAR DROVE FINE. DROVE IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP 1.5 MILES AWAY AND THEY STATED IT WAS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY THAT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

THE VEHICLE NEEDS A NEW ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY ERROR CODE P2111. THE CAR WILL LOSE POWER, THE WRENCH LIGHT WILL COME ON, THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL FOLLOW. ONCE THE CAR IS POWERED OFF, THEN BACK ON IT RUNS AGAIN. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE SAME ISSUE OCCURS. *JB

REPEATED INSTANCES OF THE VEHICLES EITHER STALLING IN MOTION OR SUDDENLY SURGING FORWARD WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. **JB

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH WHEN THE CAR LOST ALL POWER, LET COOL FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THEN DROVE IT ABOUT 20 MILES IT DIED AGAIN. LET IT COOL AGAIN AN IT DID THIS 4 TIMES BEFORE GETTING TO DEALER. THE SAME THING HAPPEN ON AUG 9 2013 BUT WOULD NOT START. DEALER EXAMINED STARTER AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG BY CHECKING CODES. THIS HAS HAPPENED TODAY A TOTAL OF THREE TIMES IN ONE YEAR TWO OF THOSE TIMES I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND WAS LUCKY I WAS NOT HIT FROM BEHIND. FORD NEEDS TO CHECK AND RECALL THESE CARS, BUT THEY NEED TO SEE BODY COUNTS BEFORE THEY SEE A NEED TO DO SOMETHING.*JB

FORD ESCAPE HAS NO POWER. IDLES AT LESS THAN 1000 RPMS OCCASSIONALLY SPUTTERS. *JS

WHE LEAVING OUR HOME IN HAINES CITY,FL. THE VEHICLE ROUGHLY CHANGED GEARS. THEN WE ENTERED A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY AND WENT TO ACCELERATE AND LOST POWER,AND ACTED LIKE IT WANTED TO STALL THE DRIVE TRIAIN LIGHT THEN LIT UP.THE VEHICLES BEHIND BLEW THEIR HORNS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE SLOWED SUBSTANTIALY WITHOUT SHOWING BRAKE LIGHTS.WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD GARAGE ,AND CHARGED US FOR ANALIZING THE PROBLEM AND THE COST AND INSTALLATION OF THE THROTTLEBODY. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD US HE FTHOUGHT IT WOULD BE THE THROTTLE BODY,PRIOR TO ANALIZING IT.AFTER RESEARCHING FORD VEHICLE PROBLEMS ON THE COMPUTER,I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FORD VEHICLES.THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT COULD CAUSE VERY SERIOUS REA END COLLISIONS, AND SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FORD MOTOR TO REPAIR AND TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.THISSHOULD NOT BE A FAILUR OF THIS PART ON A VEHICLE WITH LOW MILEAGE ESPECIALLY....

DRIVING 70 MPH ON HWY TRUCK JUST STARTS TO STALL NO CONTROL OF GAS PEDAL CARS ALMOST CRASHED IN TO ME I WAS LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO COAST OUT OF THE WAY. TROUBLE CODE IS P2111 NEEDS A NEW THROTTLE BODY THAT IS ON BACK ORDER FOR A FORD NATIONAL RECALL AND I HAVE TO WAIT DAYS TO GET, PRICE FOR PART IS $380 . AFTER A CALL TO FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY SAID MY CAR IS NOT RECALLED BUT FUNNY HOW THE PART NUMBER CHANGED AND IT IS THE SAME ONE THEY HAVE A RECALL ON AND THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THE PART SINCE MY CAR IS OUT OF THE 3 YEARS 36,000 MILE WARRANTY MY TRUCK HAS 50,000 MILE. FORD HAS LOST A LONG TIME CUSTOMER !!! BUY AMERICAN MADE !!!! THANKS FORD EX OWNER OF EXPEDITION, EXPLORER, THUNDERBIRD, COUGARS, TOWN CAR, 2 CONTINENTALS NO MORE FORDS...

WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT 70-75 MPH. SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND CAR STARTED TO VIBRATE. WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER WITHOUT INCIDENT BUT COULD HAVE BEEN A BAD ACCIDENT AS I WAS IN THE PASSING LANE. ONCE I PULLED OVER I NOTICE THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON WHICH INDICATES A POWERTRAIN PROBLEM. THE DEALER STATES THAT IT'S THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. THIS VEHICLE HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THE THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED. FORTUNATELY AT THAT TIME THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. WITH THIS INCIDENT THE CAR IS OVER WARRANTY BY 300 MILES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 680 IN STOP N GO TRAFFIC. I PUT MY FOOT ON GAS TO GO, BUT MY CAR JUST WOULDN'T GO. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. I QUICKLY PULLED OVER IN THE SHOULDER ON THE RIGHT SIDE. THE CAR STARTED SHAKING. I PUT MY CAR IN PARKING MODE AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. I RESTARTED IT AGAIN, AND IT WORKED. SO, I WENT INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO GET BACK ON THE HIGHWAY. AFTER ABOUT A MILE FURTHER IN STOP N GO TRAFFIC, MY CAR DID THE SAME EXACT THING. IT STOPPED WORKING, AND STARTED SHAKING WHEN I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AGAIN. I WASN'T FEELING COMFORTABLE WITH DRIVING MY CAR SINCE SAME THING HAPPENED TWICE. SO, I HAD TO CALL THE TOW COMPANY AND HAD IT TOWED TO MY HOME. *TR

DRIVING AT 60MPH MOTOR SHUT OFF NO LIGHTS NO SOUND , NO WARNING. *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. I CAME TO A STOP. THE CAR SHUTS OFF COMPLETELY ON ITS OWN AND WAS UNABLE TO START IT UP FOR A PERIOD OF TIME IN EITHER PARK OR DRIVE. THIS ALSO HAPPENED AT APPROX. 7000 MILES. EACH TIME I TAKE IT TO THE SHOP, THEY ARE UNABLE TO REPLICATE OR FIND ANY ERRORS WITHIN THE SYSTEM, SO THEY REFUSE TO CORRECT OR TRY FURTHER DIAGNOSTICS TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY WHEN SUDDENLY, MY ENGINE LOST POWER. A WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, AND MY THROTTLE WAS COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE. FORTUNATELY, I WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE, SO I WAS ABLE TO COAST SAFELY OFF THE FREEWAY AND ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I SHUT MY CAR OFF, WAITED A MINUTE OR TWO, AND THEN RESTARTED MY CAR. EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE AFTER THAT. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN, NOW TOTALING 6 TIMES, ALL WHILE I WAS DRIVING. WENT TO THE MECHANIC, HE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. HE WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT HE COULD PUT A RUSH ORDER ON IT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 15% OF THE PRICE, AND IT WOULD STILL TAKE 2 WEEKS. THROUGH NORMAL CHANNELS, IT WOULD WAKE SEVERAL MONTHS. I NEED MY CAR TO WORK, AND TWO THINGS BOTHER ME THE MOST: A RUSH ORDER WOULD STILL TAKE 2 WEEKS...

VEHICLE STALLED UPON ACCELERATION FROM STOP, AND LOST ALL THROTTLE FUNCTION. SURGES AT IDLE, AND INTERMITTENTLY STALLS. THROTTLE FAILED THE NEXT DAY AT HIGHWAY SPEED. SAME SYMPTOMS AS THE FAILED THROTTLE BODY SENSOR ISSUE THAT WAS FIXED BY OCTOBER 2009, BUT MY ESCAPE WAS BUILT IN DECEMBER '09 AFTER THE PROBLEM WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED. *TR

THE VEHICLE IS A 2010 FORD ESCAPE. DRIVING MY 2010 ESCAPE THE ENGINE STALLED. THE SPEED I WAS GOING WAS ABOUT 20 MPH. WITH NO PRIOR WARNING THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, THE RPM'S FLUCTUATED AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER SAID IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF THINGS BUT AFTER INVESTOR I FOUND IN THE INTERNET VERY SIMILAR BEHAVIOR WITH OTHER FORD ESCAPES AND IT SAID THAT AT THE END IT WAS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED I WAITED AFTER 3 DAYS WITH MY CAR AT THE DEALERSHIP AND CALLED THEM AND TOLD THEM TO CHECK THE THROTTLE BODY. THEY CONFIRM THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACE, BUT I TOLD THEM AND YET I HAD TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE THROTTLE AT MY EXPENSE AS IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THIS ENGINE STALL ISSUE OCCURRED 08/17/2013 TO 08/19/2013 (...

WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND THEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM AND IDLE POSITION THE VEHICLE WILL LOOSE POWER. BY THIS I MEAN THE VEHICLE STAYS ON, LIGHTS ON DASH REMAIN ON, MOTOR IS STILL RUNNING, BUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAS NO EFFECT ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS SHUTTER TO IT. PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL HAS NO EFFECT NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU TRY OR HOW MUCH TIME PASSES. YOU HAVE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURN OFF THE VEHICLE, AND RESTART THE VEHICLE TO GET THE GAS PEDAL WORKING AGAIN. THIS IS A VERY VERY DANGEROUS FLAW IN THE VEHICLE AS THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIMES IN BUSY LOS ANGELES INTERSECTIONS. I FEAR IT WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE FORD DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE ME $800 TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH HAS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS EXACT ISSUE....

WAS DRIVING FAMILY BACK TO OUT CABIN IN PIGEON FODGE TN, ALL OF SUDDEN IN THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC OUR SUV MADE A SUDDEN SURGE AND LOST FORWARD MOTION SPEED DROPPED AND IT WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 1 GRAND ON TACHOMETER. IT WOULD CRAWL BUT BARLEY. TRAFFIC BEHIND ME STARTED BLOWING THEIR HORNS. I HIT THE EMERGENCY LIGHTS. AND STARTED TO GETUS OFF THE PARKWAY. WE MADE IT. THE YELLOW WRENCH APPEARED ON THE DASH AND THE SUV IDLED VERY RUFF. I TURNED IT OFF. WAITED LOOKED UNDER THE DASH. GOT THE FAMILY OUT BECAUSE IT WAS HOT OUTSIDE. THEN DID NOT LEARN ANYTHING FROM HOOD UP. STARTED THE SUV BACK UP AND IT RAN. GOT THE FAMILY BACK IN THE SUV AND WENT BACK TO CABIN. THANKS THAT IS ALL I KNOW. WE HAVE TO GO BACK HOME IN MORNING SO I HOPE I CAN MAKE IT 3 HOUR...

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT A SPEED OF 75MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOST ALL POWER TO THE DRIVE TRAIN AND THE RPM WENT DOWN TO 900. I WAS TRAVELING IN THE LEFT LANE ON THE INTERSTATE AND HAD TO MAKE MY WAY ACROSS ALL THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC WITH NO POWER. *TR

AS I AM DRIVING THE VEHICLE I LOOSE ALL POWER AND ACCELERATION WITHOUT WARNING OF ANY KIND. DIAGNOSTIC CODE READS A P 2111 (THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM STUCK OPEN) THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND I HAVE BEEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHAT IT HAS. LUCK I WASN'T KILLED BY A SEMI. AS I SAID IT LOOSES POWER AND ACCELERATION AND STALLS OUT I HAVE LOOKED AROUND ONLINE AND THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OUT THERE BUT NO RECALL FOR IT. WHY IS THIS? IF THERE ARE SO MANY OF THESE VEHICLES HAVING IDENTICAL PROBLEMS THAT THE PART TO THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IS ON BACK ORDER NATION WIDE THEN THERE IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT NOT A PART FAILURE DO TO USE. WHAT IS UP WITH THIS. *TR

UNDER POWER, THE ENGINE LOOSES POWER AND ENTERS "LIMP HOME MODE", IDLING WITH MINIMAL POWER. *TR

VEHICLE HAS THE SAME THROTTLE BODY CONDITION AS OTHER FAILED UNITS. CODE P2111. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2010 FORD ESCAPE IT WOULD OCCASIONALLY GO INTO A LIMP MODE CAUSING ME TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY AND TURN OFF THE CAR AND ATTEMPT TO RESTART. THERE IS NO TELLING WHEN IT WOULD HAPPEN AS IT WAS INTERMITTENT. *TR

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND STARTED TO STALL AND SHUT OFF AT 55 MPH. THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND THE ENGINE LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE WAS SHUTTERING AND SLOWING DOWN WITH THE ENGINE CUTTING OUT. I IMMEDIATELY ATTEMPTED TO GET OFF THE ROAD IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE A REAR END ACCIDENT WITH ANY SPEEDING VEHICLES TRAVELING BEHIND THE CAR. ONCE CAR WAS SHUT OFF, VEHICLE HAD A CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE CAR OVER TO START, THEN RESTARTED TO A NORMAL CONDITION. AT 45 MPH ON A CITY STREET, 3 DAYS LATER THE SAME STALL AND ENGINE CUT OUT OCCURRED. *TR

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN IN MY 2010 FORD ESCAPE THE CAR LOSS ALL ACCELERATION. THE NEXT MORNING IT HAPPENED TWICE MORE. MY MECHANIC TOOK THE CAR & ATTACHED TO THE COMPUTER AND THE CODE P2112 APPEARED. HE CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY AND TOOK A TEST DRIVE. IT LOST ACCELERATION 10 MORE TIMES. THIS IS A DISGRACE AND THE PART MUST BE RECALLED BY THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY! *TR

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING OUT OF A PARKING LOT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR STARTED TO DECREASE IN ACCELERATION EVEN THOUGH HIS FOOT WAS ON THE GAS PEDAL. HE THEN APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE AND THE CAR PULSED TO A STOP. HE PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF. WHEN TRYING TO RESTART THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER RIGHT AWAY, AND TOOK AT LEAST 5 SECONDS OR MORE FOR IT TO START. SINCE THIS ISSUE HAS OCCURRED, IT HAS HAPPENED 7 MORE TIMES IN A MATTER OF 5 DAYS. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND HE CONTINUES TO DRIVE IT UNTIL WE GET IT FIXED. I PRIMARILY DRIVE THIS CAR 99% OF THE TIME AND I AM 7 MONTHS PREGNANT. I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT I WOULD...

WHEN DRIVING, THE WRENCH LIGHT WOULD COME AND THE ENGINE WOULD STALL. THE GAS MEDAL GOES LIMP AND YOU CANT GIVE IT GAS. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN IT OFF THAN BACK ON IT BEGAN TO WORK. IT HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR A WEEK AND THEN I GOT A DIAGNOSTIC AND CODE P2112 CAME UP. IT SAID THAT THE THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM STUCK CLOSED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION AND THEN BEGAN TO SHAKE THE WRENCH AND ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. RECENTLY WENT TO A SHOP AND THE ISSUE IS BECAUSE OF A PART CALLED THROTTLE BODY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT A CONSTANT SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING OR HESITATION. I COASTED TO A STOP IN A NEARBY PARKING LOT (LUCKILY!), TURNED IGNITION OFF AND VEHICLE RESTARTED AND RAN WITH NO PROBLEMS FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS. ON SATURDAY, JULY 13TH WHILE DRIVING IN A SIMILAR SITUATION, THE VEHICLE AGAIN STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART UNTIL I COASTED TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. SINCE THEN THE VEHICLE HAS DONE THIS ABOUT A HALF DOZEN TIMES BUT NOT ALWAYS BY JUST STALLING. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO WENT INTO 'LIMP HOME' MODE ON AT LEAST ONE OCCASION WHEN MY SON WAS DRIVING AND HE WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE CLOSE TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE WHERE IT SAT OVERNIGHT. WHEN WE STARTED IT THE NEXT TIME IT RAN LIKE IT WAS MISFIRING VERY BADLY, SO WE TURNED THE...

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND MY CAR STARTED TO JERK. THEN MY POWER TRAIN LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR TOTALLY STOPPED ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP THAT DAY AND THE TOLD ME IT WAS MY THROTTLE BODY. MY WARRANTY DIDN'T COVER IT, SO I HAD TO PAY OVER 300 DOLLARS FOR A NEW PART. *TR

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN RUNNING GREAT UNTIL THE LAST WEEK. THREE TIMES IN THE SPAN OF AN HOUR DRIVE FROM ONE LOCATION TO MY HOUSE MY VEHICLE HAS BEGUN TO SHAKE AND THEN QUIT RUNNING. TWO OF THE THREE TIMES WE WERE DRIVING 65MPH ON A BUSY FREEWAY AND WERE UNABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE, HAVING TO ALLOW THE CAR TO IDLE TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER. THANKFULLY WE WERE ABLE TO DO SO SAFELY. WE DROVE THE VEHICLE TO OUR DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION TODAY AND THE CAR SHOOK, AS IF READY TO SHUT DOWN AGAIN, THE ENTIRE TRIP. I RECEIVED A CALL SAYING THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE SINCE SEEN SEVERAL SIMILAR SAFETY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE SAME ENGINE PART AND HAVE REQUESTED THE ORIGINAL PART BE RETURNED TO ME. MY VEHICLE IS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD AND IN GOOD CONDITION, AND IT IS...

STARTED VEHICLE NOTHING ELECTRICAL WOULD WORK. TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED TWICE BEFORE EVERYTHING WAS WORKING AGAIN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING APPROX 55MPH THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. HAD TO PULL OVER AND RESTART VEHICLE TWICE BEFORE IT WOULD MOVE. *TR

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A THROTTLE BAR ISSUE BY A FORD DEALER. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR 30+ DAYS FOR A NEW THROTTLE BODY PART. FROM THE TIME OF THE FIRST INCIDENT IN APRIL, THE VEHICLE HAS STOPPED RUNNING WHILE DRIVING AND HAS BEEN HAVING ELECTRICAL ISSUES UPON START UP ABOUT A HALF DOZEN TIMES INCLUDING TODAY. RATHER THAN ENTER A COMPLAINT FOR EACH INCIDENT BECAUSE WE CAN NOT RECALL THE EXACT DATES, WE ARE SUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT TO COVER ALL INCIDENTS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THE PART IS BACK ORDERED AND THERE IS NO ESTIMATED DATE OF DELIVERY. WE HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED A SURGE IN SPEED AS OF YET. IS THIS VEHICLE SAFE FOR US TO BE DRIVING? *TR

I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH WHEN MY CAR STALLED, BUT NOT SHUTTING OFF AND THE RPM FLUTTERING BETWEEN 1000-2000 RPM. MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO PRESS IT TO INCREASE RPM OR MPH. NEXT MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ONE AND THE WRENCH SYMBOL AS WELL. I CALL MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP/SERVICE AND HE EXPLAINED IT TO BE THE ACCELERATOR THROTTLE BODY AND THERE IS A NATIONAL BACK ORDER FOR THIS PART. IF THIS IS THE CASE THERE SHOULD BE A NATIONAL RECALL FROM THE GOVERNMENT OR FORD ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *TR

THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. FROM NOV 2012 UNTIL JULY 2013 MY FORD ESCAPE HAS BEEN BUCKING AND SURGING AT LOW SPEEDS WITH NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. OCCASIONALLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD DIE COMPLETELY UNRESPONSIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. ON JULY 11, 2013, MY WIFE TOOK OUR 2010 FORD ESCAPE TO ERNEST MCCARTY FORD IN ALABASTER, AL. THEY TOLD US THAT THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS ISSUE IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD FORD SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITHIN CITY LIMITS THE CAR SUDDENLY WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND SIMPLY STOPPED. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO A DEALER BECAUSE SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN. IT WOULD WORK FOR A FEW MILES AT MOST AND STOP AGAIN. VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM FIRST HAPPENED IN MAY, BUT WE TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD US IT WAS LIKELY THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY, BUT IT WAS FUNCTIONING AT THE TIME WE TOOK IT IN. FINALLY ON JUNE 27, THE CAR WAS SIMPLY NOT OPERATING. WE WERE TOLD THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT A POWER TRAIN FUNCTION AND THEREFORE NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. WE HAVE READ ABOUT MANY OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT SHE WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY AT THE TIME. PLEASE INVESTIGATE...

DEFECTIVE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY CAUSED CAR TO STOP ON A STATE HIGHWAY. CONVERSATION WITH FORD DEALER AND RESEARCH ON INTERNET REVEALED THAT FORD AND NHTSA KNOW ABOUT THIS DEFECT. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS ITEM. *TR