2011 FORD ESCAPE Electrical System Problems

VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AT IDLE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. AT STOP LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS, OR ANY IDLE TIME CAR WOULD BUCK FORWARD LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL. *TR

AS I WAS PULLING AWAY FROM THE INTERSECTION, I LOST ALL THROTTLE. I HAD NO POWER AT ALL, IT WANTED TO STALL AND I HAD NOWHERE TO PULL OVER FROM THE INSIDE LANE. THE DRIVER BEHIND ME ALMOST REAR ENDED ME. I HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WITH MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE, THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON A NEW VEHICLE THAT HAS ONLY 36,000 MILES. *TR

AFTER STOPPING AND UPON ACCELERATION THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN AND THE CAR STALLS. AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTING THE CAR, IT RUNS OKAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME 4 TIMES OVER A 23 MONTH PERIOD. EACH TIME I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE FIRST TWO TIMES I WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS STILL BREAKING IN AND IT MUST BE DUE TO THE GAS I WAS USING. THE THIRD TIME, THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE "WRENCH" LIGHT ONLY CAME ON ONCE. THEY SAID THEY HAD A NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED WITH AND REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY HELPED. THREE WEEKS AFTER THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY, IT HAPPENED AGAIN! THIS TIME ONLY THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. FORD SAYS THEY NEED A CODE TO TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS ONE OTHER...

WHILE PULLING ONTO HIGHWAY ONRAMP THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK VIOLENTLY AND SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT WAS A BUSY TRAFFIC TIME AND THE SUDDEN DECELERATION OF MY VEHICLE CAUSED OTHERS TO HAVE TO SUDDENLY BRAKE TO AVOID A COLLISION. PULLED VEHICLE TO SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT IT OFF. RESTARTED AND THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE FIXED. BEGAN DRIVING VEHICLE TO DEALER WITH HAZARD LIGHTS AND PROBLEM OCCURRED ABOUT 4 MORE TIMES. DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY, WHICH FIXED THE PROBLEM. IT WAS A SCARY INCIDENT AS WE WERE JUST SECONDS AWAY FROM JOINING HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR

THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. ONCE ON 7/27 AND AGAIN TODAY, 8/6. WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE COMING DOWN OFF AN OVERPASS WITH THE AIR ON THE CAR SUDDENLY STALLED. BOTH TIMES I WAS ABLE TO RESTART FROM THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING 80MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE WITH 27000 MILES SUDDENLY LOST POWER AS A WRENCH INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. THE GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT ACCELERATE TO PULL ONTO SHOULDER OR TO MOVE AROUND TRAFFIC. ALL FUEL ACCELERATION WAS LOST. AS I FINALLY COASTED TO THE SHOULDER, NARROWLY AVOIDING BEING THE CAUSE OF MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS, THE VEHICLE STARTING SHAKING. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, WAITED A FEW MINUTES, AND TURNED THE CAR BACK ON. THE WRENCH INDICATOR LIGHT (POWERTRAIN INDICATION) REMAINED OFF AND THE VEHICLE ACTED NORMAL. THERE WAS NOT AN INDICATION BEFORE OR AFTER THE INCIDENT OF ANY FAULTY SYSTEMS OR PARTS. THE VEHICLE DID THIS WITHOUT ANY REASON, LEAVING ME IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND RUNNING WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE UNTIL THIS INCIDENT. I FEAR IT MAY HAPPEN AGAIN WITHOUT REASON AND PLACE...

AS I WAS EXITING A HIGHWAY, MY CAR MESSAGE CENTER ALERTED ME TO SAFELY COME TO A STOP. AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO A PARKING LOT, THE CAR SHUT OFF. I RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO GET INTO PARKING LOT ON ELECTRIC, I GUESS. IT WAS TOWED TO UTTER FORD, IN SHERMAN, TX. THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND TOLD ME IT HAD TO DO WITH THE FUEL PUMP AND THE ELECTRICAL. THEY KEPT IT OVERNIGHT AND SAID THEY REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. I PICKED IT UP ON 12/3 AROUND 2:30PM. I GOT 40 MILES AND THE CAR WENT INTO FAIL/SAFE MODE AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT SAFELY TO A PARKING LOT. AFTER THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND THEN BACK ON, THE ACCELERATOR STUCK. HITTING THE BREAK DID NOT HELP. THE CAR HAD TO BE TURNED OFF TO KEEP THE ENGINE FROM REVVING. IT WAS TOWED...

REAR WINDSHIELD EXPLODED WHEN MY COLLEAGUE WAS PUTTING HIS BELONGINGS IN THE BACK OF MY SUV. BRAND NEW CAR AND THE THE CAR WASN'T TURNED FOR MORE THAN 5 MINUTES. *TR