2010 FORD ESCAPE Power Train Problems

I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP.BWHIND A VEHICLE AT A STOP LIGHT. WHEN I RELEASED THE GAS, MY VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. FRON THAT DAY FORWARD, MY VEHICLE HAD FREQUENTLY SURGED FORWARD OR REVED UP QHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP. NOW, MY VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING WITH NO WARNING. THE ONLY LIGHT I SEE IS THE WRENCH LIGHT AND THAT'S ONLY WHILE THE VEHICLE IS ROLLING TO A STOP AFTER SHUTTING OFF.

WHEN I BEGAN TO TAKEOFF THE ENGINE OR TRANS HESITATED BADLY AND THE "WRENCH" LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON UNTIL I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN I RESTARTED THE ENGINE THE WRENCH LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. NEXT DAY WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION HESITATED AGAIN AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME BACK ON. THIS STILL CONTINUES.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SEEMED TO STALL. THE 'WRENCH' LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT ONLY MOVING AT IDLE SPEED. PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR DID NOTHING, THE ENGINE KEPT STAYED AT IDLE. I PULLED OVER AND THEN TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. THE CAR RESTARTED AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS OFF. I ACCELERATED UP TO STREET SPEED (30-35 MPH) AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I AGAIN PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, AND THEN RESTARTED THE CAR. THIS TIME THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT OFF BUT THE 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR WHERE I NEEDED TO GO BY KEEPING IT UNDER 30 MPH. I DID MAKE IT TO A AUTO-PARTS STORE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO HOOK UP A DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE TO GIVE ME THE P2111 TROUBLE CODE, THROTTLE...

WHILE MOVING IN LEFT OF TWO LANES IN MODERATE TRAFFIC AT ~58 MPH THE CAR LOST ALL POWER. ACCELERATOR DID NOT FUNCTION. 'WRENCH' WARNING LIGHT ON DASHBOARD WAS ILLUMINATED. ALL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, POWER BRAKES, AND POWER STEERING SEEMED TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. VEHICLE HAD NO POWER, MEANING THAT DRIVER COULD NOT CONTROL SPEED OF VEHICLE. RIGHT TURN SIGNAL WAS ACTIVATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS 'COASTED' TO THE RIGHT BERM -- ALMOST BEING HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE! DRIVER SAT IN VEHICLE ASSESSING STATUS OF ALL GAUGES AND (WARNING) LIGHTS. NOTHING APPEARED OUT OF ORDINARY EXCEPT FOR 'WRENCH' LIGHT. VEHICLE WAS TURNED OF. AFTER 30 SECOND PAUSE, VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED. WRENCH LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED AND, AGAIN, ALL GAUGES AND LIGHTS APPEARED NORMAL. RE-ENTERED TRAFFIC AND SUCCESSFULLY REACHED GROCERY STORE -- 1 MILE AWAY. VEHICLE WAS PARKED. UPON COMPLETION OF SHOPPING VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RETURN HOME (~5 MILES)...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND THE SPEED DECREASED TO 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS ABLE TO PUMP THE BRAKES AND STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE GEARS IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN STRIPPED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, OIL LIGHT, AND BATTERY LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER PREVIOUSLY CHANGED THE FUEL GASKET TWICE, BUT THAT DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER IN REGARDS TO A NEWSLETTER REGARDING REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY AND REPROGRAMMING THE PCM UNDER INVESTIGATION PE13003. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE DEALER DID NOT FEEL THE...

DRIVING NORMALLY, THROTTLE CONTROL POWERTRAIN WARNING LIGHT COMES ON, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, CAR GAS PEDAL DOES NOT WORK, ENGINE IDLES AND DOES NOT ACCELERATE. WHEN YOU SHUT THE CAR ALL THE WAY OFF AND WAIT THEN RESTART THE ENGINE THE CAR WORKS AS NORMAL AGAIN. *TR

THE VEHICLE BEGAN HAVING DIFFICULTY SHIFTING INTO 2ND AND 3RD GEARS IN NOVEMBER 2014. APPARENTLY, THERE WAS A LEAK ON THE DRIVER-SIDE AXLE SHAFT THAT CAUSED TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVELS TO DROP. INITIALLY, WE PERCEIVED THIS ISSUE TO BE RELATED TO COLD WEATHER, BUT THE LEAK WAS DISCOVERED WHEN WE FINALLY TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM IN MARCH 2015. A SEAL ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID, RESULTING IN A REPAIR BILL OF $471. WHILE CHECKING ONLINE TO SEE IF THIS WAS AN APPROPRIATE COST FOR THE REPAIR, I DISCOVERED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM IN BOTH 2010 FORD ESCAPE MODELS AND FORD FUSION MODELS. THE INDIVIDUAL WE SPOKE TO AT THE DEALERSHIP WHEN PICKING UP THE VEHICLE INFORMED US THAT THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AS WELL. HE INSTRUCTED US TO SAVE THE RECEIPTS IN THE EVENT OF...

MY 2010 FORD ESCAPE HAS BEEN STALLING!!! I HAVE ALREADY GOT THE THROTTLE BODY UPDATE LAST WEEK! THAT IS NOT THE FIX. I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH MY CAR (THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD- RECALLED, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP ON ME DRIVING THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH WITH MY KID- RECALLED, THE THROTTLE BODY- FIXED LAST WEEK IN THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION UPDATE/RECALL) AND YET IT IS STILL STALLING. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND JUST AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. THIS 5 YEAR OLD CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A DEATH TRAP FOR ME AND MY TODDLER. NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE STALLING. I AM TAKING IT IN YET AGAIN IN HOPES SOMEONE CAN TELL ME WHY MY 5 YEAR OLD CAR IS SHUTTING DOWN ON ME. IT SHAKES REALLY HARD LIKE IT'S GOING TO EXPLODE AND THEN SMELLS LIKE GAS BEFORE IT SHUTS OFF. I...

WAS DRIVING, AND TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T ALLOW RPM TO GO ABOVE 500 AND CONTINUED TO DROP TO 0 AND SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT 15 MPH ON A HILL, THE VEHICLE HESITATED BEFORE SHIFTING INTO DRIVE. TWO MONTHS LATER, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V284000 (STEERING) AND HAD BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON A SERVICE ROAD AND WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. THIS CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO START JERKING. THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME ALMOST RAN OVER ME AS I WAS LOOSING SPEED DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. I MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE TRANSMISSION STARTED WORKING AGAIN AND I WAS ABLE TO PICK UP SPEED AND CONTINUE DRIVING. THIS INCIDENT ALSO CAUSED MY BRAKING AND STEERING TO BE ERRATIC. THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES ON DEC 9, 2014. THIS IS UNSAFE AS IT NEARLY CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC GOING SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 35 OUT OF AUSTIN. BY MY ESTIMATION THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO FEWER THAN 5 TO 6 VEHICLES INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT HAD I NOT MANAGED TO PULL OVER. *TR

TRANSMISSION STARTED JERKING ,THEN IT WOULD NOT MOVE NO GEAR WORKED. *TR

IMMEDIATELY AFTER HAVING TWO ITEMS FIXED THAT WERE RECALLED ON MY VEHICLE, (THROTTLE BODY ETC), THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING DONE WHILE FIXING RECALL ITEMS; HOWEVER, THE FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT ADVISED ME THAT IT WAS NOT DUE TO THE RECALL ITEMS FIXED. ALSO IT WOULD COST $527.00 TO FIX, AS THE FLAP INSIDE THE NOZZLE/FLEX FUEL PIPE WAS NOT CLOSING PROPERLY. I SHOWED MY ANGER AND DISAPPOINTMENT - WHICH AT THAT POINT, THE SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED THAT MY CAR HAD A WHITE FUNNEL THAT THEY WOULD USE TO TRY TO UNDO THE FLAP. IT WORKED. WHY IN THE WORLD DID THEY TRY TO GET ME TO PAY $527 WITHOUT FIRST TRYING THE FUNNEL. ANOTHER CLIENT IN THE SERVICE DEPT ADVISED ME TO DO THE FUNNEL THING BEFORE THE SERVICE GUY DID. HE HAS HAD THE SAME ISSUES. AS OF THIS MORNING, HOWEVER, THE...

I HAVE HAD THE TWO RECALLS FIXED IN JULY FOR MY 2010 FORD ESCAPE. HOWEVER, IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP REGARDING THE (WRENCH LIGHT) THROTTLE/POWERTRAIN LIGHT COMING ON. MY CAR LOOSES POWER WHEN I ACCELERATE AND THE LIGHT COMES ON. IT GOES OFF ONCE I TURN OFF THE CAR WHICH IS MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. THEY CLAIM THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING AND UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T GET THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON. THEY HAVE RUN A HISTORY FOR THE CODES THAT HAVE COME UP ON THE CAR, BUT THERE ARE NO RECENT CODES/PROBLEMS. I KEEP TELLING THEM THAT I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS LISTED IN THE FORD RECALL NOTICE BUT I AM TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO IF THERE IS NO CODE SHOWING A PROBLEM. I AM TERRIFIED...

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE LURCHED AND LOST POWER. THE MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT WHEN PUSHING THE ACCELERATOR THERE WAS NOTHING. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO "LOPE" AND THERE WAS A LIGHT ON THE DASH SHOWING A LITTLE WRENCH. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND STARTED IT BACK UP AGAIN, AND IT RAN FINE. THIS SAME THING HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 4 MORE TIMES. IF THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE WAY TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY, THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION. *TR

MY FAMILY AND I WERE TRAVELING HWY 113 IN VA COMING BACK TO PA FROM NC. MY HUSBAND ACCELERATED TO PASS A VEHICLE. AFTER PASSING, OUR VEHICLE BEGAN LOSING ACCELERATION...MY HUSBAND PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND WAS NOT GETTING ANY ACCELERATION. THE WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND WE HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WHILE CARS WERE PASSING US AND COMING UP ON US QUICKLY. WE CAME TO A STOP AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL. MY HUSBAND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF, WAITING A MINUTE AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO RUN FINE THE REST OF THE WAY TO PA. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING DAY (MONDAY) AND WERE TOLD THEY COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE IN UNTIL 8/4. I BEGAN FINDING INFO ON THE WEB REGARDING FORD'S CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 13N03 REGARDING THE THROTTLE BODY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN...

CONCERN 25 & 51 - VEHICLE LEAKING OIL AND GREASE FROM ENGINE/TRANSAXLE AREA. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON 70 MPH SPEED LIMIT HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING SUDDENLY APPEARED TO DOWNSHIFT DROPPING MY SPEED APPROX. BY 20 MPH, THEN LURCHED AT 50 MPH UNTIL I PULLED OFF ON THE SHOULDER. THIS WAS ON A UNLIT STRETCH OF HIGHWAY AND WAS VERY DANGEROUS. I TRIED AGAIN TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE SAME RESULTS, MEANWHILE THE DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. I THEN PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. WHEN IT RESTARTED THE WARNING LIGHTS WERE OFF AND THE CAR DROVE NORMALLY. WITH ABOUT A HOUR LEFT ON THE TRIP, THE CAR STARTED TO DOWNSHIFT AND UPSHIFT RANDOMLY AS I REDUCED MY SPEED TO ABOUT 40 MPH ON A 70 MPH HIGHWAY, WHICH IS VERY UNSAFE, SO THAT I COULD MAKE IT HOME. THE LAST TIME I HAD MY OIL CHANGED, THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN SUGGESTED THAT I CHANGE THE...

WHILE DRIVING INTO WORK WITH MY CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 60MPH, MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY SPUTTERED AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGED AND THERE SEEMED TO BE A LOSS OF POWER. I REMEMBER THIS DESCRIPTION FROM THE THROTTLE BOTTLE NOTIFICATION I RECEIVED FROM FORD A FEW MONTHS BACK. I HAD TAKEN MY ESCAPE INTO THE DEALERSHIP ON 9/11/14 TO HAVE THIS TAKEN CARE OFF AND NOW 2 WEEKS LATER MY VEHICLE NOW HAS THE THROTTLE CONTROL/POWERTRAIN WARNING LIGHT ON AND IS SHOWING ALL SIGNS OF THE NOTIFICATION FROM FORD. I KNOW THIS ISSUE HAS ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED, BUT NOW I AM QUESTIONING AS TO WHETHER OR NOT FORD IS ACTUALLY FIXING THE PROBLEM. *TR

CAR COASTED TO A STOP WITH ENGINE RUNNING. HAD TO STOP PUT IN PARK, SHUT OFF AND RESTART AND PUT IN GEAR TO MOVE. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE AND NO WARRANTY COVERAGE. IT HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES SINCE YESTERDAY. IN TRAFFIC IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND MY WIFE WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED TODAY. *TR

WHILE ACCELERATING TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC GAS PEDAL QUIT WORKING AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON WHEN HITTING ABOUT 20 MPH AND CAR SLOWED TO A CRAWL. CAR STAYED IDLING, BUT GAS PEDAL QUIT WORKING ALL TOGETHER. IDLED DOWN FIRST SIDE STREET AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. RESTARTED VEHICLE 2 MINS LATER AND GAS PEDAL STARTED WORKING AGAIN. CAR IDLE REVS UP FOR A SECOND SUDDENLY ON ITS OWN AT SLOW SPEEDS LIKE WAITING IN A DRIVE THRU AND CAUSES THE CAR TO JERK FORWARD IF BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT PRESSED ON FIRMLY. SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE THE PERSON BEHIND YOU HAS HIT YOUR CAR WHEN THEY HAVEN'T. *TR

WAS DRIVING ALONG AT 55 MPH WHEN OUT OF THE BLUE THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND CAR SHOOK. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD NO ACCELERATION FROM THE GAS PEDAL, THE CAR WAS HARD TO STEER AND ALMOST NO BRAKES. WHEN I FINALLY STOPPED THE CAR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON ALONG WITH THE THROTTLE CONTROL/POWER TRAIN WRENCH LIGHT AND THE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT BLINKING. I RESTARTED THE CAR NUMEROUS TIMES ONLY TO MOVE ABOUT A 10TH OF A MILE AND IT HAPPEN AGAIN. I HAVE HAD THE CAR ONLY FOR 2 DAYS NOW. I READ ONLINE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. FORD NEED TO BE MADE AWARE OF THIS AND OFFER A FIX. *TR

I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT AT A CVS PHARMACY, ABOUT TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK WHEN IT SURGED FORWARD AND INTO THE DOORS OF THE STORE. I WAS NOT INJURED BUT MORTIFIED THAT I COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE. WHEN I RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO FIVE STAR FORD IN PLANO, TX. TODAY, I HAD MY STATE INSPECTION YESTERDAY AND ASKED IF THEY COULD PULL UP THE TROUBLE CODES ON MY COMPUTER. THE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THE SHOP'S COMPUTER COULDN'T BUT HE HAD HIS OWN CODE READER THAT WOULD SHOW THE COMPLETE RECORD. HE DID AND TOLD ME IT WAS ERASED AND THERE WAS NOTHING ON IT. FIVE STAR FORD IN PLANO IS THE ONLY PLACE MY CAR HAS BEEN TO THAT COULD POSSIBLY DO THIS SINCE THE ACCIDENT. I ASKED THEM AT THAT TIME IF I COULD GET A TRANSCRIPT FROM THE...

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE ONTO I-95 WHEN THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED TO BUCK AND PULL UNABLE TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE; PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND TURNED CAR OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE CAR BUT WAS NO ABLE TO ACCELERATE AND HAD TO DRIVE ON THE SHOULDER UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO EXIT. THE VEHICLE HAD DONE IT BEFORE A FEW TIMES BUT SINCE LAST EPISODE, HAVING RETURNED HOME ON SIDE STREETS, THE CAR WILL NOT DRIVE AND IS SITTING ON MY DRIVEWAY.

WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH ON ROAD. I LOST ALL POWER TO GAS PEDAL THE CAR WAS HARD TO STEER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. PUT CAR IN PARK SHUT CAR OFF .WAITED A FEW MINUTES AN STARTED CAR UP. IT RAN THIS HAPPENS 2 OR 3 TIMES ON THE SAME DAY THEN IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN AGAIN FOR A WEEK OR TWO THIS A ONGOING PROBLEM THAT FORD SHOULD PLACE A SAFETY RECALL NOT ON SOFT CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM#13NO3 THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT 40MPH ON A CITY STREET. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUDDERED AND BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. I AM NOW AWARE TO LOOK FOR A TROUBLE LIGHT. THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED ALTHOUGH DIFFICULT TO SEE THROUGH THE GLARE OF THE WINDSHIELD. I WAS CLEARLY ABLE TO SEE THE LIGHT. THE CAR SLOWED TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGH AND THERE WAS NO LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. I PUT THE CAR INTO PARK AND RESTARTED THE CAR. THE CAR RAN WITHOUT INCIDENT UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO PARK AT HOME-ABOUT 5 MILES AWAY. THE CAR HAD ROUTINE SERVICE ON 7-16-2014. A THROTTLE BODY READING WAS NOT DONE, AS I REQUESTED AT TIME OF SERVICE, ALTHOUGH IT WAS DOCUMENTED, IN WRITING, THAT THERE WAS A CALIBRATION UPDATE FOR MY VEHICLE AT THIS TIME. A PREVIOUS INCIDENT OF COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE WAS BLAMED ON A FAULTY BATTERY...

THE CAR ENTERED INTO FAILURE MODE EFFECTS MANAGEMENT (FMEM) MODE OR LIMP MODE WHEN IT WAS ON HIGH WAY, MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) OR WRENCH LAMP WERE BOTH ON THE DASH. THE POWER AND VEHICLE SPEED WAS GETTING REDUCED,EVEN WHEN I WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE CAR. BEFORE THIS ISSUE HAPPENED, SOFTWARE PROGRAM FOR THE PCM (POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE) IS UPDATED WITH RESPONDING TO A SERVICE LETTER FROM FORD AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING ON I495 AT A STEADY HIGHWAY SPEED OF 68MPH THE CAR WITHOUT WARNING DROPPED TO IDLE SPEED WITH RAPID DECELERATION. THE ENGINE DID NOT SHUT DOWN BUT RAN APPROX. 800-900RPM. WE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE TO AVOID BEING HIT FROM BEHIND. I HAD TO SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART TO GET ANY THROTTLE RESPONSE. I TRAVELED OFF THE INTERSTATE ON SLOWER ROADS TO GET HOME FOR FEAR OF THIS HAPPENING AT HIGH SPEED AGAIN. IT HAS HAPPENED THREE MORE TIME BOTH AT HIGH SPEED AND ACCELERATION FROM A STOP. IT WAS BACK TO THE FORD DEALER FOR THE RECALL 13B17 ON 7/7/14. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO MORE EVENTS OF NO POWER FROM STOP AND LOW POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEED SINCE THE TSB WAS PERFORMED. NO PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, NO CODES SET. *TR

I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT GAVE IT GAS. THE CAR WENT CLUNK AND THEN STOPPED MOVING BUT ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. LUCKILY I GOT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SHUT IT OFF WAITED A BUT THEN TRIED TO START IT. AT FIRST IT HESITATED BUT STARTED. 2 DAYS LATER IT DID IT AGAIN. HAD IT ON A COMPUTER NOTHING SHOWED UP. 2 WEEKS LATER ON A SATURDAY IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THEN ON MONDAY GOING TO WORK IT DID IT AGAIN. WHEN I WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK THAT DAY IT DID IT 2 MORE TIMES AT THAT TIME THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO GET A CODE. HE CODE CAME UP AS P2112. THANK YOU. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND THE WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND NO REPAIRS HAD BEEN MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,800 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,000. UPDATED 08/14/14*LJ THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 09/16/14

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS I HAVE NOTICED MY TRUCK ACCELERATING WHILE I WAS STOPPED. ON JUNE 10, I WAS ON MY WAY TO CHURCH AND I WAS DRIVING AND MY CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING AND WHEN I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR IT NO POWER WENT TO THE CAR AND IT STARTED SPURTING. I HAD TO COAST AND PULL OVER. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I CUT THE TRUCK OFF AND THEN CRANKED THE CAR AGAIN AND I WAS ACCELERATING. TWO DAYS LATER THIS HAPPENED TO ME AGAIN TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON I75 AT 75 MPH WHEN MY 2010 FORD ESCAPE LOST POWER DROPPING TO LESS THAN 20 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO GET FROM THE LEFT LANE TO THE BERM THREE LANES TO MY RIGHT. I WAITED ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND RESTARTED THE CAR DRIVING ABOUT 100 YDS. WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAITED ABOUT 20 MINUTES THEN RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO GET TO WORK ON SIDE ROADS WITH THE CAR SURGING AND JERKING ALONG THE WAY. I TOOK THE CAR TO HUNTINGTON FORD THE NEXT DAY AND THEY COULD NOT FIND A CAUSE. THE FOLLOWING DAY I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD REGARDING WHAT HUNTINGTON REFERRED TO AS A "LIMP HOME" MODE WHICH LET TAKE TO A DEALER AND HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY REPROGRAMMED, WHICH I DID. THE CAR WAS OK FOR A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT AND...

MY 2010 FORD ESCAPE HAS BEEN HESITATE AND THEN LURCHES SINCE I BROUGHT BRAND NEW THE FIRST YEAR I BROUGHT IT THEY HAD TO PUT A TRANSMISSION IN IT FOR THIS PROBLEM AND STILL THE PROBLEM HAS CONTINUE I HAS ALMOST BEEN IN SEVERAL ACCIDENT BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT STEP SHOULD I TAKE TO GET THIS PROBLEM SOLVE THANK YOU U CAN CONTACT ME AT[XXX] CELL HOME [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30-40 MPH WHEN THE WRENCH INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. I COASTED INTO A PULL OFF ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. RESTARTED A FEW MINUTES LATER AND WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE. IN APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES, AT THE SAME APPROXIMATE SPEED, THE WRENCH INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. AGAIN I TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND THEN RESTARTED. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND ANY CODES STORED IN THE SYSTEM AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE RECALLED "REPROGRAMMING" WAS COMPLETED ON THE CAR. THEY HAVE OFFERED TO KEEP MY VEHICLE FOR AN ADDITIONAL DAY TO TRY TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM AND TO CHECK A FEW ADDITIONAL ITEMS. *TR

TRAVELING ON FREEWAY 65MPH SUDDEN LOSS OF SPEED, UNABLE TO ACCELERATE WHEN PUSHED ON GAS PEDAL, WAS ABLE TO STEER AND BRAKE, MANEUVERED TO SIDE OF THE ROAD, "WRENCH" WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON DASHBOARD. TURNED OFF INGNITON THEN RESTARTED CAR FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. FELT CAR WAS TO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND HAD CAR TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP, REPLACED ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. VERY DANGEROUS TO LOOSE POWER AT THAT SPEED ON THE FREEWAY, WAS IN MIDDLE LANE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. *JS

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 2MONTHS AGO (APRIL 2014) AS I WAS DRIVING ON A STATE ROAD (NEW CIRCLE RD IN LEXINGTON KY)AT AROUND 60MPH DURING MY MORNING COMMUTE AROUND 8AM. THE VEHICLE SEEMINGLY STALLED BUT ALL THE SYSTEMS WERE FINE (STILL HAD POWER STEERING, LIGHTS, RADIO, BRAKING SYSTEM ETC) WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ACCELERATOR WHICH DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS. I WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, SAT FOR ABOUT 5 MINS & WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ON THE ROAD WITHOUT FURTHER ISSUE (THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DIDN'T EVEN COME BACK ON). THE MOST RECENT DATE WAS 06/07/14 WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR AS PASSENGERS. I WAS AT A STOPLIGHT TURNING LEFT WHEN, AS PREVIOUSLY, THE ENGINE STALLED AS I WAS TURNING. AGAIN, ALL SYSTEMS REGISTERED AND WERE WORKING BUT WHEN I...

1ST GOT ESCAPE HAD TO HAVE SOME REPROGRAMMING AFFECTING THE TRANSMISSION. 2ND HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR. 3RD MY DASH LIGHTS BLINK FROM BRIGHT TO DIM DURING THE DAYTIME/ 4TH HAD TO HAVE THE IGNITION REPLACE - WHEN I PUT MY KEY IN--WOULD NOT TURN-. 5TH EVEN AFTER HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR-STILL CHANGES HARD. 6TH SOMETIMES WHEN PARKED ON AND INCLINE-PLACE IN DRIVE-WILL MAKE A "POP" NOISE. STILL DO NOT FEEL LIKE MY CAR IS WORKING/RUNNING AT A 100%. I DID TAKE OUT ANOTHER WRTY--JUST INCASE--HOWEVER IT IS ALMOST UP. MY HUSBAND & I HAVE DROVE FORDS FOR THE PAST 35 YEARS-AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH MY ESCAPE. 7TH USE STABILITY CONTROL ONCE---IS IT SUPPOSE TO SOUND LIKE THE CAR IS BREAKING INTO? *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND THE WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED ON THE DASH. THEN POWER WAS CUT TO THE ENGINE AND I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. RESTARTING THE CAR REMOVED THE WRENCH AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME. THE EXACT SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN FOUR DAYS LATER ON 5/29/14. *TR

SLOWLY APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, VEHICLE STALLED. BATTERY LIGHT, WRENCH LIGHT, AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON. PUT THE CAR IN PARK TO RESTART IT, STARTED AND WENT ON. *TR

I WENT TO STOP AT THE LIGHT AND SUV JERKED AND SHOOK. SOUNDED LIKE BOTTOM FELL OUT OF SUV. PULLED INTO PARKING LOT. SUV RUNNING BUT WHEN PUTTING FOOT ON GAS NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN, NO MATTER WHAT GEAR. TOOK IT TO REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID THROTTLE BODY BAD. THIS IS THE 2ND PART THAT IS DEFECTIVE ON THE 2010 FORD ESCAPE!!! REPLACED TRANSMISSION AT 60,500 MILES (GOT RIPPED OFF WHEN FORD WOULD NOT WARRANTY)! *TR

ESCAPE SITTING AT STOP LIGHT WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASH AND ESCAPE HAD NO POWER TURNED CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTED THE ESCAPE AND DROVE HOME NOT ANOTHER ISSUE FOR THE NEXT 16 MILES.. USED OBDII CODE READER TO SCAN ESCAPES ON BOARD COMPUTER AND IT HAD FREEZE FRAME DATA FROM A P2111 CODE WHICH INDICATES THROTTLE BODY ISSUE. *TR

1ST OCCURRENCE: I WAS DRIVING AT 35MPH AND SUDDENLY MY CAR SURGED FORWARD THEN SLOWED DOWN TO 5MPH. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE TO A HIGHER MPH BUT IT WOULD NOT LET ME GO ANY FASTER. I COULD STEER AND THE RADIO WAS STILL ON. CONFUSED, I COASTED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, LOOKED AT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FOR A LIGHT OF SOME KIND (NONE WERE THERE). I THEN TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND LET IT SIT FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES THEN IT RESTARTED AND I DROVE HOME (ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES) THE 2ND OCCURRENCE - MAY 6TH. I HAD JUST LEFT MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE, WITHIN 1 1/2 MINUTES & DRIVING 15 MPH (1/16 OF A MILE) THE FAILURE HAPPENED AGAIN. I AGAIN HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD APPLY MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES. IT RE-STARTED AND I DROVE...

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, AND SUDDENLY THE CAR BEGAN TO SPUTTER. THE GAS PEDAL WAS NON RESPONSIVE AND THE CAR WAS SURGING FORWARD. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE CAR OFF. ABOUT 5 MINS LATER I TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE ENGINE AND THROTTLE LIGHTS CAME ON. AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE THROTTLE LIGHT WENT OFF, BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON. I THEN TRIED TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME, BUT AFTER ABOUT TWO BLOCKS THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES UNTIL I COULD GET THE CAR TO A SAFE PLACE AND OUT OF THE ROAD. THE CAR IS STILL IN THE PARKING LOT WHERE I LEFT IT AND I AM CURRENTLY TRYING TO FIND OUT MY TOWING AND REPAIR OPTIONS. *TR

THE ENGINE WENT INTO A LOW POWER MODE AND THROTTLE WAS UN RESPONSIVE, I HAD TO CRUISE TO A STOP AND RESTART THEN IT SEEMS OK BUT I NOTICE THE THROTTLE WILL SPEED UP AND SLOW DOWN WHEN I HAD TO RUN THRU A SCHOOL ZONE(LOW SPEED) IT ALSO HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AFTER THAT MOST RECENTLY ON 4/21/14 ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH AND I HAD TO DRIFT TO THE SHOULDER TO RESTART THE CAR WHILE OTHERS HONKED AND VEERED AROUND ME I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY FORD HAS NOT RECALLED THESE. I DID GET A LETTER CALLED THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 13N03 THAT STATES THE PROBLEM- THROTTLE BODY- IS UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT ONLY IF THE WRENCH LIGHT IS ON AND MINE STAYS ON ONLY WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS I WOULD HAVE TO PAY JUST TO GET IT DIAGNOSED. I AM NOT...

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR STARTED THRUSTING FORWARD. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE MY CAR HAD DIED AND WHEN I WOULD STEP ON THE GAS IT WOULDN'T WORK AND THERE WAS NO RPM'S. MY CAR WOULD JUST THRUST FORWARD AND COME TO A CRAWL. THEN WHEN I WOULD STOP MY CAR IT WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH. THE FIRST TIME I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND MY CAR HAD DIED AND I STOPPED TRAFFIC FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. WHEN I WOULD TURN MY CAR OFF AND RE-START IT WOULD FINALLY WORK. MY CAR NEVER POPPED A CODE UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY. WE RED THE CODE AND IT WAS P1111. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS STUCK OPEN. THE PART THAT I NEED IS #9L8E-BC. MY CAR IS A 2010 AND LOW MILES. *TR

VEHICLE LOSES POWER WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. IT STALLS OUT AND WHEN YOU MAKE A TURN IT CUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING. IT SURGES WHILE TRAVELING. *TR

TRAVELING ON FREEWAY IN FORT WORTH AND CAR WENT INTO "LIMP MODE". WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE "WRENCH" LIGHT IMMEDIATELY CAME ON AS WELL AS THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, THEN AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS, WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AND PROCEED APPROX. 4 MORE MILES BEFORE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. AT THIS POINT I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM AND THEY SENT A TOW TRUCK OUT THE NEXT MORNING. *TR

WHILE DRIVING APPROX 45-60 MPH WRENCH ICON AND ENGINE ICON LIGHTS CAME ON VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING EVERYTHING ELSE WORKED AND ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, GAS PEDAL DID NOT ACCELERATE OR RAISE RPM'S. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD PUT IN PARK AND TURNED ENGINE OFF, VEHICLE STARTED WITH HESITATION WRENCH LIGHT DID NOT APPEAR, ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON THOUGH VEHICLE WAS DRIVABLE AGAIN. PROBLEM HAPPENED REPETITIVELY THE REST OF THE 45 MIN DRIVE HOME WITH WRENCH LIGHT APPEARING AND ACCELERATION CEASING HAD TO PULL OVER AND RESTART NUMEROUS TIMES. ENGINE ICON REMAINS LIT. *TR

I WAS ACCELERATING TO GET ON THE I-5 SOUTH IN CARLSBAD CA WHEN SUDDENLY THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT THE VEHICLE LOST ALL THROTTLE, PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL DOWN AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I WAS IN THE THIRD LANE AND HAD TO COAST BACK TO AN ALMOST NON- EXISTENT SHOULDER AND WE WERE NEARLY STRUCK BY TWO VEHICLES IN THE PROCESS. I AM TAKING THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED, WE WERE RECENTLY THERE FOR A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THAT WAS DIAGNOSED TO BE "NO PROBLEMS". I DO NOT FEEL CONFIDENT OR SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE AND WILL NOT ALLOW MY WIFE AND CHILD TO RIDE AS PASSENGERS IN IT AGAIN. I AM PUTTING THE VEHICLE UP FOR SALE AND NOT GOING TO PURCHASE THE 2014 I HAD PLANNED TO BUY AS A SECOND CAR. JUST A NOTE, MY CO- WORKER...

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY USING CRUISE CONTROL SETTING AT 65 MPH, WHEN ALL OF SUDDEN VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND STALL ON ME. I HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING AND I COULD NOT GIVE IT POWER TO STAY WITH TRAFFIC SPEED. I GOT TO THE SIDE PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND IT STILL WAS SHAKEN SO I TURNED IT OFF. I THEN WAITED A MINUTE OR SO AND STARTED THE VEHICLE BACK UP EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HESITATING TO START. ONCE BACK ON I DROVE WITH MY HAZARD ON AT A SPEED OF 50 MPH. *TR