2011 FORD ESCAPE Engine Problems

ON AUGUST 29, 2013 DRIVER OF A 2011 FORD ESCAPE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT AND ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE FROM A STOPLIGHT WHEN THE CAR JERKED FORWARD AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OR GO WITH FLOW OF TRAFFIC, AND WITH TRAFFIC MOVING BEHIND THE VEHICLE CREATING DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE DASHBOARD SHOWED A WRENCH LIGHT, AND DRIVER FOUND IT HARD TO MOVE CAR FORWARD AS IT WENT INTO "LIMP HOME" MODE, SPUTTERING ALL THE WAY. THE CAR WAS FINALLY MOVED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHUT OFF, AND RESTARTED, AND DRIVEN THE 3 MILES HOME. OWNER WILL TAKE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP (CARMAX). DRIVER ASSUMES WILL FIND THROTTLE BODY CODE. THE PART AND SERVICE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. HOWEVER, DRIVER/OWNER WILL BE OUT OF POCKET FOR DEDUCTIBLE $250. FAMILY WAS IN CAR AND THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY CONCERN ON THIS VEHICLE. WHEN IT GOES INTO LIMP MODE THERE...

DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NO GAS - NO POWER TO ENGINE - CAN PUSH GAS PEDAL TO FLOOR WITH NOTHING HAPPENING. TOOK CAR TO SHOP - HAD FUEL INJECTION SERVICE, TRASMISSION SERVICE ON SATURDAY. SAME THING HAPPENED 3 TIMES ON SUNDAY. (ONCE ON THE HIGHWAY AND TWICE ON BACK ROADS) TOOK CAR TO DIFFERENT MECHANIC ON MONDAY. BODY THROTTLE CLEANED. HAPPENED AGAIN ON TUESDAY IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION! DID SOME RESEARCH FORD HAS RECALL ON BODY THROTTLE IN FUSION AND POSSIBLE A RECALL COMING IN ESCAPE. CALLED FORD TO QUESTION ABOUT ESCAPE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE COULD TELL ME NOTHING ABOUT A RECALL. CAN YOU HELP - DO YOU KNOW IF A RECALL IS COMING? MY ESCAPE IS IN THE SHOP AGAIN FOR THE 3RD TIME IN 4 DAYS! *TT

ON AUGUST 21, 2013 DRIVER OF A 2011 FORD ESCAPE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN AND ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE FROM A STOPLIGHT WHEN THE CAR JERKED FORWARD AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC, AND WITH TRAFFIC MOVING BEHIND THE VEHICLE. THE DASHBOARD SHOWED A WRENCH LIGHT, AND DRIVE FOUND IT HARD TO STOP CAR AS IT WAS SPUTTERING AND JERKING FORWARD. THE CAR WAS FINALLY MOVED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHUT OFF, AND RESTARTED, AND DRIVE THE 10 MILES HOME. OWNER TOOK CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THROTTLE BODY CODE WAS DISCOVERED. THIS PART IS NOT COVERED UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY, THUS OWNER FIX COST IS $600.00. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN ON THE VEHICLE, WHEN IT GOES INTO SAFE MODE THERE IS NO WARNING AND CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATES TO UNDER 1000 RPM. I BELIEVE FORD SHOULD RECALL THE FAULTY THROTTLE BODY IN...

WAS AT THE STOP LIGHT, LIGHT TURNS GREEN PRESS THE GAS PEDAL CAR DID NOT MOVE I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON DASH BOARD CAR START TO PUTTER WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. COASTED OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT WAS ON DASH BOARD, HAD TO GET CAR TOWED HOME. FOUND OUT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT IS A DEFECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER, BUT FORD WILL NOT REPLACE THE CONSUMER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING AND IT HAS AN OUT OF POCKET FEE OF $548.00 TO GET THE PROBLEM FIXED.THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, I WAS LUCKY I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE TRUCK DO NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN. FORD SHOULD AT LEAST TRY AND COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

AT FIRST, WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR WOULD SHUT DOWN AND NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE MOVEMENT, A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE IN TRAFFIC. AFTER PULLING OVER AND RESTARTING THE CAR, THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO GO AWAY FOR A WHILE. THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE INTERMITTENT THE FIRST FEW TIMES. FINALLY THE CAR SHUT DOWN TO AN IDLE AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE MOVEMENT AND THE WRENCH AND ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. THE CAR WOULD ONLY RUN LIMP MODE. THE ODB CODES READ A P2111 AND P2112 (THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL STUCK OPEN, AND THROTTLE ACTUATOR STUCK CLOSED) RESPECTIVELY. WE HAD TO TOW THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE THROTTLE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $666. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE PART IS UNAVAILABLE FOR 2 WEEKS AND MAYBE UP TO A MONTH. WE HAVE 39000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE WARRANTY RAN OUT...

I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM LUNCH AND AS I ACCELERATED UP A SLIGHT INTERSTATE HILL, I EXPERIENCED NO ACCELERATION. I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO NEUTRAL AND TRIED TO REV THE ENGINE, NOTHING. I COASTED TO THE EMERGENCY LANE WHERE I SAFELY STOPPED AND PLACED THE CAR IN PARK. ONCE IN PARK, IT WAS VIBRATING, SPUTTERING AND SLIGHTLY LUNGING SO I TURNED THE CAR OFF. I SAT FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN RESTARTED MY VEHICLE. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, SO I TURNED ON MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS AND RODE WITH THEM ON FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY 15 MINUTE DRIVE. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY DEALER AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE NEXT MORNING. ON MY WAY HOME, THE SAME SCENARIO OCCURRED 2 MORE TIMES. THANK HEAVENS FOR EMERGENCY LANES! *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG AT ABOUT 50MPH AND I COMPLETELY LOST POWER TO MY 2011 ESCAPE. THE ACCELERATOR DID NOT FUNCTION AND WOULD NOT REV THE ENGINE. I TRIED PUTTING IT IN NEUTRAL AND RESTARTING WITH NO SUCCESS. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT I HAD NO POWER. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER I TRIED TO RESTART IT SO I COULD WAIT IN A BETTER LOCATION AND THE CAR STARTED. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO MY DESTINATION BUT IN GOING HOME THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. AGAIN I HAD TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE IN ORDER TO RESTART. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE AT A COST OF $505.00. *TR

I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE WITH MY WIFE AND NEWBORN CHILD AND AS I PULLED OUT (I HAD PLENTY OF SAFE DISTANCE IF MY CAR WERE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY) MY CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN LOST ANY ACCELERATION CAPABILITIES AND THE RPM'S DROPPED EXTREMELY LOW. THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE ROAD WAS 55 AND IT STARTED WHEN I GOT TO 30MPH MAKING IT SO THE TRAFFIC ALREADY ON THE ROAD RAN UP RIGHT BEHIND ME AND NEARLY HIT ME. I WAS HELPLESS AND COULD NOT GO ANY FASTER. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DEFECT, EVEN THOUGH THE CAR NEVER LOST COMPLETE POWER I LOST ALL CONTROL TO ACCELERATE AND CONTINUED TO SLOW WITH FAST TRAFFIC ALL AROUND ME. I AM LUCKY THAT IT DID NOT RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT OR ANY INJURIES TO MYSELF, FAMILY, OR OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS. I TOOK MY ESCAPE TO THE CLOSEST FORD...

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY I LOST ENGINE POWER IN MY CAR. I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE OR MOVE AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR INTO PARK IT BEGAN TO SHAKE. I HAD TO TURN IT OFF AND TRY TO GET IT TO START SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD START AGAIN... *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, WHEN THE ENGINE OF MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE SEEMINGLY SHUT DOWN. THE GAS PEDAL STOPPED WORKING. A SMALL GOLDEN WRENCH ICON LIT UP TO THE LEFT OF THE RPM GAUGE. I PULLED OVER AND AS I SLOWED, THE CAR JERKED. I TURNED THE CAR OFF; TOOK OUT THE KEYS AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES. THE ENGINE HAD A LITTLE EXTRA TROUBLE TO RESTART; BUT IT DID WITHIN 30 SECONDS. TWO DAYS LATER, A DIAGNOSTICS TEST AT MY FORD DEALERSHIP SHOWED THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED; BUT I WAS TOLD THE PART WAS ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. THE SAME INCIDENT REPEATEDLY HAPPENED FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT 10 TIMES, BEFORE THE PART WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP AND ABLE TO BE REPLACED. THE PART WAS REPLACED MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE DIAGNOSTICS TEST AND INITIAL INCIDENT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER (ALMOST FELT LIKE A STALL) AND THE WRENCH LIGHT ON THE DASH WAS ILLUMINATED. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED IT OFF, AND AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE BACK ON IT OPERATED AS NORMAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES OVER THE PAST WEEK. *TR

WAS DRIVING ALONG TO MY FIREFIGHTER JOB WHEN I FELT MY CAR LOOSE POWER AND NOTICED A WRENCH LIGHT COME UP ON MY DASH. I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE HOWEVER COULDN'T. I SAFELY WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE ONCE I CAME TO A STOP THE CAR JERKED. I SHUT DOWN MY ENGINE, WAITED A FEW MINS THEN RESTARTED THE CAR TO WHICH CAR WAS RUNNING FINE. I CONTINUED TO WORK AND STARTED TO RESEARCH WHAT PROBLEM CAN BE AND NOTICED MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD SAME ISSUE. *TR

I WAS ACCELERATING AND THE CAR THEN JUST STOPPED ACCELERATING. IT FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION HAD JUST LET GO, BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT SPEED UP WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL. WHEN I TRIED TO STOP, THE IDLE WAS VERY ROUGH AND THE CAR WANTED TO JERK FORWARD. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR STOPPED IN A SAFE PLACE. WHEN I RE-STARTED THE CAR, THE IGNITION WAS TURNING OVER, BUT IT TOOK SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE IT FIRED. I HAVE SINCE BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE SERVICE SHOP, THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO REPAIR THIS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. THE GENTLEMAN SITTING NEXT TO ME SAYS THAT HE HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH A SIMILAR VEHICLE - SAME FAMILY OF CAR. *TR

AT A STOP LIGHT. STEP ON GAS PEDAL WHEN LIGHT TURNS GREEN, NOTHING HAPPENS. ABLE TO GET CAR TO SIDE OF RODE. WRENCH LIGHT ON. TURN CAR OFF AND ON. WRENCH LIGHT GONE AND CAR DRIVES FINE. TOOK CAR TO MY MECHANIC THAT SAME DAY AND NOTHING "REGISTERED" ON THE CAR'S COMPUTER SO NO PROBLEM IDENTIFIED, ALTHOUGH I WAS TOLD IT "MIGHT" BE THE "THROTTLE BODY," AS HE'D JUST REPLACED ONE ON ANOTHER FORD. AS A "SAFETY PRECAUTION" I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TURN IT ON/OFF TO GET IT GOING IF IT SHOULD HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY. CALLED THE FORD SERVICE PEOPLE AND TOLD THEM EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED - THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THEY CAN NOT FIX ANYTHING IF NOTHING REGISTERED ON THE CAR'S COMPUTER., I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN. TWO-THREE WEEKS GO BY - CAR DRIVING OK...

WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE DROPPED TO IDLE AND THE GAS PEDAL HAD NO AFFECT. TEMPORARY SOLUTION WAS TO PULL OVER, TURN ENGINE OFF, RESTART (WHICH REQUIRED EXCESSIVE CRANKING) WHICH SEEMED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THROTTLE WORKS AGAIN. THIS ISSUE HAS NOW HAPPENED 3 ADDITIONAL TIMES AND WE HAVE PARKED THE CAR AS IT IS UNSAFE AND UNRELIABLE. FORD DEALER HAS NO CLUE ABOUT THE ISSUE AND CAN'T SCHEDULE GETTING IT INTO THE SHOP FOR AT LEAST 2 WEEKS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY FAMILY IN OUR 2011 FORD ESCAPE AT 65MPH ON AN INTERSTATE - I SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE ENGINE DID NOT QUIT - BUT RATHER DECELERATED RAPIDLY TO IDLE SPEED. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO REV THE ENGINE AND SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK, AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE - WITH NO RESULT. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND WAITED 1 MINUTE, TO SEE IF IT COULD POSSIBLY BE A COMPUTER PROBLEM. I STARTED THE CAR, REVVED THE ENGINE, SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND PROCEEDED AT NORMAL SPEED. THE FOLLOWING DAY THIS SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY WIFE ON ANOTHER HIGHWAY. I CALLED A FORD DEALER AND A TRUSTWORTHY REPAIR SHOP - AND THEY BOTH POINTED TO THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY IN THE FUEL SYSTEM - WHICH SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. I HAD A NEW...

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS FROM 50 - 65 MPH, MY ESCAPE WILL SUDDENLY LOSE POWER. THE ENGINE REMAINS RUNNING, BUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAS NO EFFECT. THE VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY AFTER MOVING TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE "WRENCH" LIGHT IS INDICATED ON THE DASH. AFTER COMING TO A STOP, TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTING, THE PROBLEM IS TEMPORARILY RESOLVED. AFTER SOME RESEARCH ON THE NHTSA SITE, THIS SAME PROBLEM OCCURS IN THE ESCAPE AND FORD FUSION. FORD IS COMPLETELY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THE PROBLEM IS THE THROTTLE CONTROL BODY. A LOCAL FORD DEALER OFFERED TO REPLACE THE PART FOR APPROXIMATELY $600. I PURCHASED THE PART FOR $350 AND WILL REPLACE MYSELF AS IT IS A SIMPLE 10 MINUTE JOB. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT AND I WISH THAT FORD WOULD TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY. *TR

THROTTLE BODY STOPS TO ONLY IDLE UPON ACCELERATING OR USE OF THROTTLE FROM STOP. SOMETIMES IT WILL ALLOW TO ACCELERATE UP TO 30 TO 40 MPH BEFORE IT QUITS WORKING UPON THROTTLE INPUT FROM DRIVER. SO, IT WILL ONLY IDLE AFTER ACCELERATING HALF OR PART WAY THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND YOU ARE AT THE MERCY OF INCLINE OR DECLINE OF ROAD TO HOPEFULLY COAST TO SAFETY. IT HAS DONE THIS WHILE TURNING LEFT WHILE HAVING TO YIELD TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IT CAUSED ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO HAVE TO STOP WHILE I GOT STRANDED IN MIDDLE OF TURN. SAFETY ISSUE FOR SURE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE TO WORK WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT LOST POWER. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT THE ENGINE HAD DIED, BUT WHEN I LOOKED DOWN I SAW THAT IT WAS STILL BOUNCING BETWEEN 500 AND 1000 RPM. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE RED WRENCH LIGHT HAD COME ON. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR PULLED OVER INTO A PARKING LOT. I WAS NOT SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON SO I SHUT THE CAR OFF. A MINUTE OR TWO LATER I STARTED THE CAR AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. I THEN CONTINUED ON TO WORK BUT AFTER EXCITING THE FREEWAY I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE FROM THE LIGHT THE CAR DID THE SAME THING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND DID THE SAME AS BEFORE. I MADE IT TO WORK WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES THIS TIME THE CHECK...

WHETHER I DRIVING IN DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC OR HIGHWAY MY FORD ESCAPE WOULD START HESITATION. COULD NOT GET A CHARGE FROM TO DRIVE SUV. OR MY ESCAPE WOULD POWER AND THE ENGINE WOULD DIE WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT FROM INTERSECTION. I TOOK FORD ESCAPE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP THEY DID WHATEVER TEST AND TOLD ME THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER PART. TWO WEEKS OF WAITING FOR PART TO ARRIVE AND STILL NO PART DEALERSHIP TOLD ME PART WAS ON A STATE ORDER BECAUSE I WAS IN FLORIDA WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND I WAS FROM ILLINOIS WITH MY TRIP ENDING AND NEEDED TO GET HOME. I FELT DEALERSHIP WAS GIVING ME RUN AROUND SO I CALLED MAIN HEADQUARTERS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN AND WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY WAS ON BACK ORDER BECAUSE FORD WAS HAVING PROBLEMS FIGURING OUT PROBLEM AND THEREFORE COULD NOT SEND PART BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T...

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN GAS PEDAL ON 2011 FORD ESCAPE V6 BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. GOT VEHICLE TO SHOULDER AFTER ALMOST CRASHING IN TRAFFIC. RED WRENCH LIGHT ON DASHBOARD WAS ON. TURNED VEHICLE OFF THEN RESTARTED AND APPEARED TO BE OK. DROVE HOME APPROX. 10 MILES. TOOK TO DEALER WHO CHECKED CODES AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. TOLD US THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE CODE WAS TO HAVE IT TOWED IN WITHOUT A RESTART BECAUSE COMPUTER DOES NOT STORE WRENCH LIGHT INDICATOR CODES. RESTARTING CLEARS THE CODE. LOCAL FORD DEALER WAS NOT HELPFUL. INVESTIGATED THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT WAS MOST LIKELY A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM. THERE ARE MANY OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IT IS ON THE SHORT LIST FOR A RECALL. PURCHASED AN OBD II SENSOR AND PLUGGED IN WHILE DRIVING TO GET THE CODE. PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN WITH A FAULT CODE OF P2111 - THROTTLE...

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD AND THE CAR STARTED DECELERATING. WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, HAD TO PULL OVER, TURN CAR OFF, THEN BACK ON, IN ORDER FOR CAR TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. SECOND INCIDENT SEEMED LIKE CAR'S POWER COMPLETELY SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT COME BACK ON AGAIN AFTER A ROUGH IDLING STOP. *TR

ENGINE CUT OUT WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 55MPH AND 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT LIT UP ON THE DASHBOARD. I PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND WAITED ABOUT TEN MINUTES BEFORE RE-STARTING VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STARTED OK BUT 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT STAYED ON. I TOOK IT TO SERVICE STATION AND THEY RAN DIAGNOSTIC AND GOT CODE P2111 - THROTTLE ACTUATOR STUCK OPEN. I MADE REPAIR APPOINTMENT AT FORD DEALER FOR NEXT DAY. WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK THE ENGINE STALLED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT BUT RE-STARTED OK. *TR

WE HAD OUR 2011 ESCAPE IN THE DEALERSHIP 2 TIMES DUE TO IT COMPLETELY SHUTTING DOWN WHILE DRIVING BEFORE THEY COULD FIGURE OUT THAT IS WAS A FAILED THROTTLE BODY (ELECTRICAL ISSUE). THEY TOLD US IT WAS "BAD GAS" EVERY OTHER TIME. WE HAD OUR INFANT IN THE VEHICLE WHEN IT SHUT DOWN ON THE FREEWAY AND SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF US. THANKFULLY WE WERE ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM OTHER VEHICLES AND MAKE AN EMERGENCY EXIT FROM THE FREEWAY ONTO THE SHOULDER UNTIL THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. ITS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS AND CREATE A RECALL. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH TO FIND SO MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. OUR VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP AS WE SPEAK TO THE TUNE OF A $500 FIX AND I JUST GOT OFF THE LINE WITH FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TO DEMAND A REIMBURSEMENT. I...

RECEIVING A P2111 CODE ON DIAGNOSTICS. NEEDS NEW THROTTLE BODY. ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. I AM OUT A VEHICLE UNTIL THIS IS REPAIRED, AND CANNOT AFFORD A RENTAL, OR A NEW ONE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES, THAT FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT. THEY NEED TO ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

I WAS ABOUT TWO BLOCKS FROM HOME, DRIVING THE SUV AND SLOWED DOWN TO TURN THE CORNER, WHEN I TRIED TO HIT THE GAS TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE PAST 5MPH. A FEW LIGHTS CAME ON THE DASHBOARD AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME. WHEN I RESTARTED IT, IT WORKED FINE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHICH SAID THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I HAD ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR 6 MONTHS AT THE TIME. *TR

I WAS ABOUT TWO BLOCKS FROM HOME, DRIVING THE SUV AND SLOWED DOWN TO TURN THE CORNER, WHEN I TRIED TO HIT THE GAS TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR WOULDN'T ACCELERATE PAST 5MPH. THE WRENCH ICON CAME ON, AND THE RPM WOULDN'T GO PAST 1. WHEN I RESTARTED IT, IT WORKED FINE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. MY CAR IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS WHEN IT WAS 6 MONTHS OLD. *TR

GOING DOWN ROAD, FIRST NO GAS PEDAL CONTROL , THEN STARTS TO MAKE ENGINE AND WHOLE VEHICLE PULSATE. STARTING TO GET WORSE AND DANGEROUS, ABOUT 3 TO4 TIMES A TRIP. DEALER HAS TOLD US THE PART IS ON BACKORDER ,MEANWHILE TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT. *TR

DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEED WHEN ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. ENGINE LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. RESTARTED VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED BACK ON TO FREEWAY. INCIDENT REPEATED 5 TIMES IN 10 MILES OF DRIVING. FINALLY LOCATED A FORD DEALERSHIP. COMPUTER CODE INDICATED FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. UNABLE TO REPAIR SAME DAY BECAUSE DEALERSHIP DID NOT HAVE THE PART. CALLED 7 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS WITHIN A 200 MIL RADIUS AND ADVISED NO ONE HAD THE PART IN STOCK. APPEARS THIS IS A POPULAR PROBLEM. FINALLY FOUND THE PART THE FOLLOWING DAY AND DEALER INSTALLED. NO PROBLEMS SINCE. WAS FORCED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE PART ARRIVED AS I WAS OUT OF TOWN ON BUSINESS WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THE LOSS OF ACCELERATION RESULTED IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. I EXPERIENCED THIS NOT ONLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED BUT ALSO WHEN TRYING TO ENTER THE...

WHEN ACCELERATING ON THE HIGHWAY AND REACHING 60MPH, SUDDENLY THE ACCELERATION STOPPED AND THE CAR BEGAN TO GO INTO LIMP MODE. WITH NO ACCELERATION, I VEERED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND WAS UNABLE TO THROTTLE THE CAR FORWARD. WHEN IN PARK, THE ENGINE SEEMED TO BE "KICKING" AND STRUGGLED TO STAY ON. WRENCH LIGHT WENT ON. TURNED CAR OFF. TURNED CAR BACK ON AFTER A LONG HESITATED START AND THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ACCELERATION. WRENCH LIGHT CAME OFF. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW THROTTLE BODY. I REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. SIMILAR ISSUE HAPPENED WITH A FRIEND OF MINE, SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. HIS WAS UNDER WARRANTY, MINE NOT. *TR

SMALL SURGES JUST AFTER STOPS. TOTAL LOSS OF POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. JULY 2012 SHOWED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AND HAD TO COAST TO SIDE OF THE ROAD, GAS PEDAL TOTALLY DEAD, ENGINE AND CAR STILL RUNNING. TURN OFF AND RESTART AND ALL CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS GO AWAY AND CAR ACTS NORMALLY. DEALERSHIP FOUND NO CODES. JUNE 2013 AGAIN TOTAL LOSS OF POWER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THIS TIME POWERTRAIN LIGHT COMES ON, AND THE CAR HAS TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, GAS PEDAL TOTALLY DEAD, ENGINE AND CAR STILL RUNNING. TURN OFF AND RESTART AND ALL POWERTRAIN LIGHTS GO AWAY AND CAR ACTS NORMALLY. THIS LOSS OF POWER HAS HAPPENED 15-20 TIMES TO DATE FROM JULY 2012 TO JULY 2013. *TR

MY WIFE WAS TAKING HER MOTHER HOME ON THE 18TH OF JULY WHEN THE ESCAPE STARTED TO HESITATE AND SURGE GOING UP A HILL. WHEN SHE PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE.THE POWERTRAIN AND ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON SO SHE CALLED ME IMMEDIATELY. SHE WAS AFRAID TO LEAVE IT RUNNING SO SHE SHUT IT DOWN. WHAT MADE THINGS WORSE WAS THE FACT THAT IT WAS 97 DEGREES OUT THAT DAY AND SHE HAD HER MOTHER WITH HER WHO IS HANDICAPPED. AFTER THE ENGINE COOLED A BIT, I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT THE REST OF THE WAY TO HER MOTHER'S HOUSE. AFTER DROPPING HER OFF, THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN TWICE ON THE WAY TO THE REPAIR FACILITY. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. AS A FORMER MECHANIC AND NOW A PARTS PERSON I CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE THAT THIS...

THE ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED/QUIT WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. WE TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. DIAGNOSTICS BY THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, I HAD TO COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURN OFF THE VEHICLE AND TURN IT BACK ON. THE VEHICLE WOULD START BUT THEN RETURN TO IDLE WITH NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. THIS WENT ON REPEATEDLY BEFORE I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. BECAUSE THIS OCCURRED ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS CLOSED AND I WAS UNABLE TO SPEAK TO ANYONE. FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING WHEN I WENT IN THEY FIRST TOLD ME THEY DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE CONTROL UNIT. UPON PRESENTING THEM WITH NUMEROUS COPIES OF COMPLAINTS FILED ON LINE THEY FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. HOWEVER WITH NO RECALL I WOULD NEED TO PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT WHICH WITH TOWING RESULTED IN A $550.00 BILL. APPARENTLY I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT THERE...

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, GOING ABOUT 70MPH ON CRUISE CONTROL. THE CRUISE CONTROL SUDDENLY DISENGAGED AND THE CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN, PLUS THE WRENCH MAINTENANCE SIGN IN THE DASHBOARD LIT UP. I HIT THE GAS AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN, I BASICALLY PUT THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR WITH NO RESULTS. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AVOIDING TRAFFIC, AND PARKED THE CAR. ONCE THE CAR WAS IN PARK, THE CAR STARTED VIBRATING HEAVILY. I SHUT THE CAR DOWN AND WAITED ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES AND THEN STARTED THE CAR AGAIN, IT TOOK ABOUT 3 TRIES TO GET THE CAR TO START AGAIN. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC, THEY COULD NOT GET THE CAR REPEAT THE FAILS AT THAT TIME, SO THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED. ABOUT A WEEK LATER, I'M ON THE HIGHWAY HEADED TO WORK AND IT HAPPENS AGAIN, SAME SITUATION,...

AFTER TRAVELING FOR A APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES, MY CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING DOWN THE ROAD. AT THIS POINT MY GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN RPM OR SPEED, THEN MY ENGINE BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I BARELY WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE. THEN, A WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH OF MY VEHICLE. I THEN TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. UPON RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE LIGHT WAS GONE AND THE GAS PEDAL WORKED ONCE MORE. I MERGED INTO TRAFFIC AND CONTINUED ON MY TRIP WITH SLIGHT HESITATION ON THE REMAINDER OF MY TRIP. THIS WHOLE SCENARIO HAPPENED AGAIN ON THE 19TH OF JULY 2013 ONLY 20 MINUTES INTO MY TRIP HOME. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT FORD DEALERSHIP BEING CHECKED OUT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, A/C WAS RUNNING (MAX A/C) AND SUDDENLY WHITE SMOKE/MIST WAS COMING OUT OF VENTS. THE CABIN STARTED TO SMELL LIKE COOLANT. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON, ENGINE TEMP REMAINED NORMAL, BUT IT CONTINUED TO COME OUT ALONG WITH COOL AIR. THIS INITIALLY HAPPENED DURING MORNING COMMUTE, AND SAME THING HAPPENED DURING EVENING COMMUTE. AFTER TAKING TO DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE, THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE HEATER CORE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AT AN ESTIMATE OF $1,150. CALLED FORD TO REPORT THE PROBLEM, AS A HEATER CORE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED ON A VEHICLE WITH THIS FEW MILES ON IT, AND JUST OVER TWO YEARS OLD. WAITING FOR RESOLUTION. WILL BE ALMOST A WEEK WITHOUT CAR. *TR

MY CAR HAS "MISSED" OR "SKIPPED" A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. YESTERDAY, IT QUIT PULLING. THE MOTOR WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE LIGHT AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, WHILE COASTING, I TURNED OFF THE IGNITION - RESTARTED THE CAR, AND DROVE ANOTHER 2 MILES, AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I RESTARTED THE CAR, DROVE ANOTHER COUPLE OF MILES, AND IT DID IT AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO GET MY CAR HOME, WHICH WAS ONLY 2 MILES FROM WHERE I STOPPED THE LAST TIME. I UNDERSTAND IT'S A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY - AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FORD ESCAPE. MY ESCAPE WILL GO TO THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW. *TR

MY VEHICLE STALLED WHILE I WAS TURNING - THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME I HAVE HAD IT SERVICED FOR STALLING - THE OTHER THREE TIMES THEY HAVE ACCUSED ME OF FILLING IT TOO MUCH, WHICH I DO NOT - AND THEY HAVE CHANGED THE FUEL VAPOR STORE - EVAP CANISTER. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS NOT THE PROBLEM. I ALSO HAVE TRANSMISSION ISSUES WHERE IT JERKS AND MAKES A LOUD NOISE INTO REVERSE. I LOVE MY CAR, BUT CAN'T DEAL WITH THE ISSUES IT CONTINUALLY GIVES ME - MY NEXT CAR WILL BE A GM PRODUCT. *TR

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, I WAS TRAVELING AT APROX. 35MPH WHEN IT FIRST HAPPENED. MY RPM GAUGE STARTED TO "BOUNCE" FROM 1 TO 4 REPEATEDLY. MAKE IT VERY HARD TO STOP AND COULD NOT GIVE IT GAS. AT THE SAME TIME, MY POWER-TRAIN WARNING LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND CALL FOR ASSISTANCE. *TR

CAR DRIFTED TO A STOP WHILE IN GEAR. TURNED OFF IGNITION. RESTATED CAR. IT ACCELERATED IN PARK WITHOUT HAVING FOOT ON GAS PEDDLE. TRIED DRIVING AGAIN ,THE CAR REPEATED THIS PATTERN 3 MORE TIMES. FINALLY GOT IT TO OPERATE AFTER LETTING IT REST FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. I WAS A WRECK DRIVING IT HOME, 5 MILES. THE CAR WAS BOUGHT USED ONLY 4 DAYS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. IT HAS RUINED MY CONFIDENCE IN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET, WHEN WITHOUT WARNING, I SUDDENLY HAD NO POWER AT ALL. MY ACCELERATION WAS GONE, AND I THOUGHT THAT THE ENGINE HAD DIED, HOWEVER EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING, AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT ON. I PUMPED THE GAS PEDAL AND GOT NOTHING, FORTUNATELY THERE WAS A CONVENIENCE STORE COMING UP ON MY RIGHT, WHICH I WAS ABLE TO TURN INTO. AT THAT POINT I NOTICED THE "WRENCH" ICON LIGHTED UP ON THE DASHBOARD, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND SEE IF IT WAS A GLITCH, SINCE I HAD JUST HAD THE OIL CHANGED AT THE DEALERSHIP EARLIER IN THE DAY. AT LEAST I WAS HOPING THAT WAS THE CASE. THE CAR STARTED PERFECTLY, IT TOOK A FEW SECONDS TO SHAKE ITSELF, WHICH STILL WORRIED ME, AND PROCEEDED TO ACT NORMALLY AS I DROVE HOME, WHERE I...

WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED THE ESCAPE SUDDENLY LOSES POWER. THE ENGINE REMAINS RUNNING BUT THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO SLOW AND DEPRESSING THE THROTTLE HAS NO EFFECT. THE ONLY INDICATION ON THE DASH IS A SMALL WRENCH SHAPED LIGHT ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE. ONCE THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED, I TURN THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTART. FROM THE POINT THE ESCAPE RUNS FINE. THIS PROBLEM STARTED TWO WEEKS AGO. IT HAS OCCURRED SIX TIMES. 4 OCCURRENCES ON THE HIGHWAY AND SPEED AND 2 OCCURRENCES ON NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS WHILE TRAVELING IN THE 20 - 25 MPH RANGE. *TR

WAS DRIVING TO THE AIRPORT AND CAR STALLED, PICTURE OF A WRENCH DISPLAY ON THE DASH. NEXT CASE WAS ABOUT 10 DAYS LATER, WAS DRIVING LOCAL AND CAR STALLED 5 TIMES BEFORE I MADE IT. BOTH PICTURE OF THE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. PARKED CAR UNTIL MORNING, STALLED TWICE ON THE WAY TO WORK THEN GOT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE FIXED. WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE. *TR

I HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS ISSUE FOR MANY MONTHS WHERE THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE RIGHT WHEN STARTING FROM A STOPPED POSITION. IT WOULD SHIFT VERY HARD & JERK EVEN HARDER FROM 1ST/2ND & 2ND/3RD. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP & THEY EXPLAINED IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION SO I PAID FOR A TRANSMISSION FLUSH EVEN THOUGH IT ONLY HAD 32K MILES. THEY ALSO AT THIS TIME RESENT THE COMPUTER TO MY DRIVING HABITS? THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. TOOK IT BACK TO THE SHOP LAST WEEK TWICE & THEY BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY BUT ALL COMPUTER CHECKS SHOWED THE TRUCK AS FINE. YESTERDAY WHILE DRIVING 45MPH, IT ALL OF SUDDEN SHIFTED HARD LIKE IT WENT INTO NEUTRAL. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL & THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. I DID NOT LOSE POWER STEERING & WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE...

ENGINE POWER SURGE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS WITHOUT INCREASE PEDAL TRAVEL. ALSO ENGINE POWER HESITATES AT TIMES. *TR

PURCHASED A PREOWNED FORD ESCAPE IN MARCH 2013. HAD APPROXIMATELY 28,000 MILES. DROVE FINE UNTIL JULY 8 2013. ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM HOME, DRIVING ON RESIDENTIAL ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ESCAPE STALLED AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. TURNED CAR OFF AND RESTARTED FINE. DROVE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE AND STALLED AGAIN. TURNED CAR OFF AGAIN AND RESTARTED, THEN DROVE APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE HOME AND PARKED IN GARAGE. CHECKED OIL, AND LEVEL WAS FINE. CALLED LOCAL FORD DEALER AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THEY SUGGESTED I DRIVE IT IN SO THEY CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT. TOLD THEM I WAS UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVING IT THE 5 MILES TO THE DEALER. CALLED FORD ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. WAITING TO HEAR WHAT THE DEALER HAS TO SAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND OPERATED AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE INSPECTED BY A DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,600.

ON WED JULY 3, I WAS BACKING IT OUT OF GARAGE TO TAKE A TRIP TO SAN ANTONIO. I PULLED OUT ONTO THE STREET TO LEAVE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOST ALL POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH A TOOL WRENCH. I LOOKED IN THE MANUAL AND IT SAID THROTTLE PROBLEM. I TURNED IT OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN AND IT DROVE PERFECT FOR HALF A BLOCK AND LOST POWER AGAIN. FINALLY I GOT IT AROUND THE BLOCK AND PUT IT BACK IN THE GARAGE WHERE IT SITS, UNTIL I CAN FIND OUT IF THIS IS A FORD DEFECT. *TR

VEHICLE CONTINUALLY HAS A DECREASE IN POWER. AFTER STEPPING ON GAS PEDAL STARTS TO "CHUG" ALONG SLOWLY EVENTUALLY SPEEDS BACK UP AND ENGAGES TO NORMAL SPEED. *TR