2011 FORD ESCAPE Power Train Problems

WHILE SLOWING TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN A TURNING LANE BEHIND TWO OTHER VEHICLES, THE SUBJECT VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION SLIPPED FROM GEAR AND DISENGAGED THE ENGINE. WHEN THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION REENGAGED THE ENGINES REMAINING TORQUE NOT YET DISPLACED, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD CAUSING A LOSE OF CONTROL AND THE BRAKES TO LOCK UP FROM ATTEMPTING THE BRAKING ACTION ALREADY TAKING PLACE. THE SUBJECT VEHICLE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIPS SERVICE DEPT. TO HAVE ITS TRANSMISSION THAT PREVIOUSLY AND COMPLETELY BURNT ITS CLUTCHES OUT AT ONLY 14,775 MILES DRIVEN. THE SYMPTOMS OF THE TRANSMISSION BURNING THE CLUTCHES OUT WAS PRESENTING ITSELF IN AN INCREASING MANNER FROM AROUND 5,000 MILES. THE NEWLY REBUILT TRANSMISSION FAILED AT ONLY 21,150 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE TOTAL LOSS INCIDENT. *TR

SLOWING DOWN IN MY FORD ESCAPE THE TRANSMISSION INTERMEDIATELY DOWN SHIFTS SO HARD THAT IT SHAKES MY CAR AND MAKES A LOUD NOISE. HAVE BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP 4 TIMES AND ARE NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE INTERMEDIATE PROBLEM. FIRST TIME THEY RESET SOME SORT OF CHIP IN THE TRANSMISSION AND IT HELPED FOR ONLY A SHORT WHILE. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME AND IS INTERMEDIATE, THE DEALERSHIP DOES NOT DRIVE IT LONG ENOUGH TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS CROSSING A HIGHWAY AND WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS I HAD NO POWER! JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE IT WAS AT FORD FOR A TORQUE AND STEERING RECALL. WHEN I CALLED FORD TO INFORM THEM WHAT HAPPENED THEY SAID I WILL HAVE TO PAY $130 FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSE IT! I'M NOT HAPPY WITH FORDS RESPONSE. THIS IS A REAL DANGER AND THEY NEED TO TAKE IT SERIOUS! *TR

WHILE DRIVING ALONG MY FORD ESCAPE SUDDENLY REFUSED TO ACCELERATE, I WAS HOLDING THE GAS TO THE FLOOR AND IT WOULDN'T BUDGE. IT WAS IDLING STRANGELY AND SURGING. A WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED IN THE SCREEN ON THE DASH. I WAS ON A HILL AND WAS UNABLE TO PULL OF THE ROAD. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME. I WAITED A FEW MOMENTS AND RESTARTED THE ESCAPE, IT WENT AND THEN CONTINUED TO DECELERATE ONCE AGAIN. I WILL BE TAKING THIS BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE FIXED. BUT I AM VERY CONCERNED, UPON RESEARCHING THE ISSUE I FOUND MANY MORE COMPLAINTS ONLINE. WHY HASN'T THIS ISSUE BEEN RECALLED? IT IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS AND IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE ESCAPE CUTS OFF AT THE WRONG TIME AND GETS SOMEONE KILLED. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE IT BECOME AN EPIDEMIC LIKE THE CHEVY COBALT. *TR

TRANSMISSION SLIPS AFTER COLD START. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I HEARD A SOUND SIMILAR TO THE CAR'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTING. I LOOKED DOWN AND SAW THAT I HAD NO ACCELERATION AS I PUSHED ON THE GAS PEDAL. I STOPPED AT A SAFE LOCATION AND SAT WITH THE CAR IDLING FOR ABOUT A MINUTE. DURING THIS TIME I NOTICED THE RPMS HUNTING AT IDLE SPEED. I TURNED THE CAR OFF. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND THE ENGINE TURNED OVER A FEW MORE TIMES THAN USUAL BEFORE IT FINALLY CAUGHT. AFTER THAT, I HAD NO OTHER PROBLEMS FOR THE TWO MORE HOURS I DROVE IT. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY GIVING EITHER A FALSE SIGNAL OR TEMPORARILY LOSING SIGNAL. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING MY CAR LOST IT THROTTLE. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN BUT I HAD NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. I PULLED THE CAR OVER. TURNED IT OFF, THEN BACK ON AND THE CAR APPEARED TO SHOW NO ISSUES. ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER THE ISSUE APPEARED AGAIN. SAME SOLUTION. FROM MY RESEARCH THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE AND COULD VERY MUCH ENDANGER ANYONE IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

ENTERED LEFT TURN LANE TO APPROACH OFF RAMP, TRUCK STALLED. APPX 40MPH. TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, DROVE HOME. HAD NOTICED JUMPING RESPONSE FROM IDLE TO REVERSE TO DRIVE, PARTICULARLY UPON FIRST IGNITION OF DAY, FOR ABOUT A WEEK. HAVE CONTACTED DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR OF NOTED THROTTLE BODY ISSUE, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR 1 WEEK FROM TODAY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 71 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON, I NOTICED A SLOWING DOWN FEELING, THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT WENT OFF, THE WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. I PULLED TO THE BERM. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. ACCORDING TO THE MANUAL IT WAS THE THROTTLE. IT TOOK 2 TRIES TO RESTART CAR, THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT OFF. A FORD DEALERSHIP WAS 5 MIN. FROM INCIDENT. ACCORDING TO INVOICE, THEY PERFORMED THROTTLE BODY UPDATE. I WAS TOLD IF THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, IT MIGHT NEED A THROTTLE BODY. I ASKED IF THEY COULD PERFORM THE WORK, THEY STATED WITHOUT THE LIGHT BEING ON, THEY COULDN'T DO THE WORK UNDER THE WARRANTY. MEANWHILE I WAS OVER 200 MILES FROM HOME, AND NEEDED TO GET HOME. IT FELT SO UNSAFE FOR 5HOURS OF DRIVING. THE CAR HAS SURGES OF POWER, DOWNSHIFTS WITH JOLTS, AND CLUNKING SOUNDS WHEN IT DOES SHIFT. THIS IS HOW...

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, WHEN I FELT A 'CLUNK'. THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE 'WRENCH' LIGHT LIT UP. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I THEN TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, WAITED A COUPLE MINUTES AND THEN RE-STARTED THE ENGINE. THE 'WRENCH' LIGHT DID NOT RETURN. I DO NOT FEEL IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL THIS ISSUES IS RESOLVED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT GEARS, THE VEHICLE JERKED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TEN TIMES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

WHILE DRIVING WE WERE ALERTED TO A PROBLEM BY A PASSING CAR. AFTER STOPPING THE MOTORHOME I WALKED BACK TO THE ESCAPE AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR. AFTER ALLOWING THE CAR TO COOL WE PROCEEDED ON TO OUR DESTINATION AND CONTACTED THE LOCAL FORD DEALER. WE WERE PROVIDED WITH AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE NEXT MORNING. AT THAT APPOINTMENT WE WERE TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. WHILE NO FIRE WAS PRESENT THE POTENTIAL FOR A CATASTROPHIC FIRE INVOLVING BOTH THE CAR AND THE MOTORHOME ALONG SIDE A BUSY FREEWAY WAS A POSSIBILITY. *TR

AT 11 PM I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH AND I THOUGHT MY CAR HAD SHUT OFF BECAUSE I NOTICED I DIDN'T HAVE ANY POWER. I TURNED DOWN THE RADIO TO HEAR FOR THE ENGINE BUT HEARD NOTHING. I HAD ENOUGH SPEED TO COAST TO A SAFE LIGHTED AREA TO INVESTIGATE WHAT WAS HAPPENING, COME TO FIND OUT THAT MY CAR WAS RUNNING BUT NO THROTTLE TO MAKE IT MOVE. A WARNING SYMBOL SHOWED UP AND IT WAS A LIGHTED WRENCH BUT I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THAT WAS UNTIL I DUG OUT MY OWNERS MANUAL THE NEXT DAY. I TURNED THE KEY OFF, RESTARTED THE ESCAPE AND MOVED ON MY WAY. I TRAVELED APPROX. 2 MORE MILES AT A SLOWER SPEED AND I LOST SPEED WITH THE WRENCH LIGHT APPEARING AS WELL AS THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT TURNING ON. I WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN...

HAD NO PROBLEMS UNTIL NOW! PARKED CAR AT MY OFFICE AND 2 HOURS LATER WANTING TO LEAVE AND DID NOT MAKE IT OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. THE GAS PEDAL WOULD NOT GET POWER; BUT ALL OTHER COMPONENTS APPEARED WORKING FINE. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RE-STARTED; WITHIN SECONDS SAME THING HAPPEN. I WAS READY TO GO ON A 3 HOUR TRIP IN MORNING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE AND NOW I AM AFRAID TO GO SINCE I DO NOT WANT TO GET RUN OVER (HAVE TO GO THROUGH MUCH INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION. THIS POWERTRAIN FAILURE IS NOT SAFE AND CREATES HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON THE ROAD FOR EVERYONE. EVEN WITH 50 MILES PER HOUR IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE; IT IS VERY DANGEROUS LOOSING THE POWERTRAIN IN A ONE LAND-BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC WITH HEAVY TRUCKS BEHIND YOU. PICTURE YOURSELF IN THIS SITUATION. I AM CERTAINLY AFRAID TO GO ON MY BUSINESS TRIP...

THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP IN THE CENTER LANE OF HWY 50 LEADING INTO SACRAMENTO CA. THE FORD CAME TO A STOP IN HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC AND WE WERE NEARLY HIT FROM BEHIND. WE WERE STRANDED THERE FOR ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK TO ARRIVE. THE FORD HAD TO BE DRAGGED UP ONTO THE CAR HAULER. THE WHEELS WOULD NOT ROLL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY GOING APPROX. 70 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING LOST ALL ACCELERATION. I HAD TO MANEUVER ACROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET ON THE SHOULDER. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAS PREPARING TO CALL A TOW TRUCK WHEN I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND HAD LIMITED ACCELERATION. I WAS ABLE TO "LIMP" THE CAR HOME AND TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

SIGNS OF ISSUE DURING THE OCCURRENCE: -CAR STOP RUNNING -THROTTLE ALARM SHOWED UP -TRANSMISSION ALARM SHOWED UP -THE ISSUE HAPPENS APPROX. 3 TO 4 TIMES A MONTH YOU WILL NEED TO STOP AND TURN OFF YOUR ENGINE FOR A WHILE BEFORE YOU CAN START DRIVING THE CAR AGAIN, THE THROTTLE ALARM WILL GO AWAY BUT THE TRANSMISSION STAYS SOMETIME APPROXIMATELY AFTER 12 HOURS. *TR

DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND JUST QUIT RUNNING. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WITH MY 3 YEAR OLD SON IN THE BACK SEAT. AS I WAS IN TRAFFIC ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT A LOSS OF POWER AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT ON. I WAS ALMOST HIT MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO FORCE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I SAT THERE FOR A COUPLE MINUTES AND THEN STARTED THE CAR NORMALLY AND DROVE HOME. IT WAS A SCARY EXPERIENCE AND ONE THAT I HOPE FORD TAKES CARE OF. *TR

THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED TWO TIMES WITHIN ABOUT 30 MINUTES TIME, SO I DROVE IMMEDIATELY HOME, PARKED THE CAR, AND CALLED MY DEALER, WHO SPECULATED THAT THE TROUBLE WAS DUE TO THE "THROTTLE BODY." THE FIRST TIME, I WAS IDLING AT A RED LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN AND I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, I HAD NO ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE JUST SAT THERE, WITH NO INDICATION OF ANY POWER TO BE HAD TO THE THROTTLE. I TURNED ON MY EMERGENCY FLASHERS, PUT THE CAR IN "PARK," TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, TURNED IT BACK ON, PUT THE CAR IN "DRIVE," AND THE CAR BEGAN TO DRIVE NORMALLY. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER, AFTER PARKING THE CAR, CONDUCTING AN ERRAND, AND THEN RE-STARTING THE CAR AND BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, THE THROTTLE DID THE SAME THING IN THE MIDDLE OF A STREET: TRIED TO ACCELERATE IN "DRIVE" AND GOT NOTHING UNTIL SHUTTING...

THE FORD ESCAPE HAS BEEN RANDOMLY STALLING AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING. I AM FORCED TO EITHER PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OR QUICKLY TURN OFF MY CAR AND TURN IT BACK ON AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. *JS

DRIVING 50 MILES PER HOUR, WHEN A WRENCH LIT UP ON DASH AND INSTANTANEOUSLY THE VEHICLE LOST POWER TO THE THROTTLE. PULLED OVER QUICKLY, TURNED OFF VEHICLE, THEN RESTARTED AND WENT ON ABOUT MY WAY. VERY SCARY AND SO SCARED IT COULD HAPPEN IN A BUSY TRAFFIC SITUATION. *TR

MY FORD WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, IT SPUTTERED AND WENT DEAD. IT WOULD NOT RESTART. IT HAD DONE THIS BEFORE BUT PREVIOUSLY I COULD RESTART IT. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THROTTLE BODY. *TR

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE IT OPERATES AS IT SHOULD, ONCE THE RPM SLOW TO AN IDLE THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE AND STALL AT IDLE. AT SLOW SPEEDS (10-20 MPH) THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE AND STALL WHEN THE THROTTLE IS APPLIED. THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN AND STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITIES ARE MINIMAL, THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE AT SPEEDS OF 45MPH HOWEVER IT DOES NOT STALL AT THIS SPEED. ON THE HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF 70 MPH THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE SLIGHTLY, HOWEVER IT IS NOT AS NOTICEABLE OF AN EVENT AS AT SLOWER SPEEDS. *TR

DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE GAS PEDAL BECOME UNRESPONSIVE, I BEGAN QUICKLY LOSING SPEED, AND A "WRENCH" LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE WITH A WIDE SHOULDER AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER BEFORE SLOWING TO A COMPLETE HALT. HAD I BEEN IN A CENTER LANE OR ON A STRETCH WITH NO SHOULDER, THERE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN A SEVERE ACCIDENT. THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND SURGED AS I CAME TO A STOP. WHEN I WAS COMPLETELY STOPPED AND SHIFTED INTO PARK, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TO TOWED TO MAXWELL FORD (AUSTIN, TX), AND THE REPORTED CAUSE WAS "FAILED R&R THROTTLE." *JS

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 10 EAST OF TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA THE VEHICLE WARNING LIGHT (WRENCH) CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. THE ENGINE WAS STILL ON BUT THERE WAS NO POWER. SHE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, CUT THE ENGINE OFF, AND CALLED HOME. I ASKED TO START THE ENGINE TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. SHE DID AND THE VEHICLE PULLED OFF LIKE NOTHING HAD HAPPEN. THE SECOND INCIDENT HAPPEN WHEN I WAS GOING OVER AN OVER PASS ON INTERSTATE 10 YESTERDAY. I PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, CUT THE ENGINE OFF, WAITED TEN SECOND STARTED UP AND DROVE OFF. *TR

I WAS DRIVING NORMALLY, AT A CONSTANT SPEED, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON, GAS PEDAL DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. PUTTING IT IN PARK AND SHUTTING THE ENGINE, AND STARTING AGAIN MAKES THE LIGHT GO AWAY AND RUN FINE AGAIN. *TT

ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER SEVERAL COUNTLESS TIMES DURING A 300 MILE JOURNEY ON A HIGHWAY. I ALMOST CRASHED VEHICLE DURING THE EARLY OCCURRENCES. *JS

TRANSMISSION SLIPS TWICE AND JERKS FORWARD WHEN FIRST DRIVEN COLD.........VERY DANGEROUS WHEN ENTERING A BUSY HIGHWAY................TOOK TO PALM SPRINGS MOTORS 3 TIMES AND THE PROBLEMS WAS NEVER SOLVED...........THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND TO DRIVE IT UNTIL IT BREAKS DOWN AND THEN THEY COULD TELL WHAT THE PROBLEM IS................THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE BY FORD ASAP................ *TR

MY FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013. I LOST POWER AND ACCELERATION WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING AT ALL. I OBSERVED THAT THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON AND NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS SHUDDERING. I TURNED THE IGNITION ALL THE WAY OFF AND SAT FOR A MINUTE AND TURNED THE CAR BACK ON. IT STARTED FINE AND I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC NEARBY. I LEFT THE CAR FOR 4 DAYS WHILE OUT OF TOWN AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME UPON MY RETURN THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM OR REPEAT THE PROBLEM, SO I RETRIEVED MY CAR HOPING THAT IT WAS JUST A ONE TIME INCIDENT. THE SAME OCCURRENCE HAPPENED TWICE MORE ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2013; THIS TIME IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND IT WAS IN VERY HAZARDOUS AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURN...

WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS THE CAR SHIFTS REALLY HARD. THEN IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS NO GET UP AND GO AFTERWARDS. THE TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING HARD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE . THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,000.

EVER SINCE WE BOUGHT OUR 2011 FORD ESCAPE (USED IN FL--HAD TO DRIVE IT TO WA STATE DUE TO MILITARY PCS ARMY ORDERS) THE CAR HAS NEVER GOTTEN MORE THAN 20 MPG. IT WAS HESITATING CONSISTENTLY AFTER WE PUT 5,000 MILES ON THE CAR. IT STARTED HESITATING/ REVVING RPMS AT STOP/JUMPING/ACCELERATING THEN ENGINE WOULD JUST SHUT OFF AND POWER AS WELL. FINALLY STALLED ON JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, WA (WHERE WE ARE STATIONED AND LIVE) AND MY HUSBAND COULD NOT GET IT TO START. THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" WAS ALSO THEN SHOWING. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP (LAKEWOOD FORD). WE HAD A PLATINUM WARRANTY WE PAID EXTRA FOR WITH OUR MONTHLY PAYMENTS. EVEN WITH THAT WE STILL HAD TO GET AN AER (ARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF) LOAN FOR THE DIFFERENCE (APPX. $187.00) THAT WAS NOT COVERED. WE WERE ENTITLED TO RENTAL CAR COVERAGE BUT THE FORD DEALERSHIP...

CAR WOULD VIOLENTLY BUCK WHILE LOOSING POWER. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THEN DISAPPEARED. SEAMS TO BE A RANDOM GHOST THAT VISITS EVERY 2 WEEKS. HAD MAP SENSOR REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY THEN 2 WKS LATER HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME PAID FOR THROTTLE BODY. 2 WKS WENT BY AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME DIDN'T. GO TO DEALER. NOT SURE BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE THROTTLE BODY AGAIN IF IT IS INFACT THE PROBLEM. CAR SUCKS. SAME PROBLEM OVER AND OVER. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY THE CAR SUDDENLY SURGED FOR A SECOND AND THEN LOST ALL POWER. THERE WAS NO GAS GOING TO THE ENGINE AND I COULD NOT PRODUCE ANY SPEED. I HAD TO COAST TO A STOP WHILE MOVING OVER IN THE FREEWAY LANE TO THE SHOULDER. WHEN I DID STOP, THE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT HAD TROUBLE GETTING FUEL TO IT. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND SAT FOR A SECOND AND WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON IT STARTED UP AND WOULD GO. OVER THE PAST MONTHS THIS HAS HAPPENED ON AND OFF. SOME DAYS IT DRIVES FINE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WILL DO THE SAME ASPECT. *TR

ACCELERATED FROM A STOP AND CAR LURCHED AND ENGINE SEEMED ABOUT TO QUIT, GOT "WRENCH LIGHT" AND WAS ABLE TO CREEP TO GET INTO PARKING LOT. TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND THEY RAN DIAGNOSTICS ON CAR AND SAID THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

AS MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ONE MORNING THE FORD ESCAPE WITH OUT WARNING STARTED TO FEEL LIKE THERE WAS NO THROTTLE WHEN SHE STEPPED IN THE GAS. SHE IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (COASTING BECAUSE THE GAS PEDDLE WASN'T RESPONDING. A LITTLE WRENCH (THROTTLE BODY/POWERTRAIN) LIGHT CAME ON, ON THE DASH. THIS HAPPENED TWICE ON THIS DAY, BOTH TIMES OUT OF THE BLUE. THE FORD DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT IT AND IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN ON A VEHICLE SO NEW AND SUCH LOW MILEAGE. *TR

DRIVING ON 5 LANRE PAVED ROAD AT 50 MPH WHEN ENGINE LOST POWER DID NOT STALL. NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND COAST INTO PARKING LOT SHUT OFF ENGINE AND RESTARTED PROBLEM WENT AWAY. TOOK TO DEALER 3 DAYS LATER WHERE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

I HAVE ALREADY FILED ONE COMPLAINT REGARDING THE THROTTLE BODY ON MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE. I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE IT FIXED IN JULY AND 3 WEEKS AFTER I PAID TO HAVE IT FIXED IT STARTED MESSING UP AGAIN. THE THROTTLE BODY HASN'T GONE OUT AGAIN BUT IT BOGS DOWN LIKE IT IS GOING TO SHUT OFF AT ANY GIVEN SECOND. AND ALSO WITH THE PART MALFUNCTIONING IT WREAKS HAVOC ON MY GAS MILEAGE. BEFORE THE PART MESSED UP AND WAS REPLACED I WAS AVERAGE ABOUT 370 MILES ON A TANK OF GAS AND NOW I AM ONLY GETTING ABOUT 266. THE PART IN UNDER WARRANTY BUT THEY WON'T REPLACE IT UNTIL IT GOES COMPLETELY OUT. IT ONLY HAS A 12 MONTH OR 12000 MILE WARRANTY ON IT AND I AM AFRAID THAT IT IS GOING TO GO OUT AFTER THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AND I...

CAR STALLED. WRENCH AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE WERE GOING DOWN A ROAD THAT HAD NO PLACE TO PULL OVER. WE WERE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. TURNED OFF CAR AND RESTARTED BUT WAS VERY SLOW TO START. WE TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK HOME AND IT DID IT SEVERAL MORE TIMES. CALLED LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND IS GOING TO COST OVER $400 TO FIX. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND THE PART SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

WHILE DAUGHTER DRIVING VEHICLE IN HOUSTON, DRIVING ON FREEWAY, APPROX. 65 MPH, VEHICLE LOST ENGINE ACCELERATION POWER, NO RESPONSE FROM GAS PEDAL, WARNING LIGHTS (WRENCH SYMBOL) ILLUMINATED. HAD TO COAST/IDLE ACROSS TRAFFIC LANES TO GET TO SHOULDER OUT OF TRAFFIC- VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY - TURNED OFF ENGINE, RESTARTED, VEHICLE THEN OPERATED AS NORMAL AT THE TIME, BUT EVENT HAS SINCE BEEN RECURRING. NOW HAS HAPPENED 6 OTHER TIMES... VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR ANY DRIVER, ESPECIALLY A YOUNG DRIVER. MIGHT ADD THAT THIS PARTICULAR MODEL IS VERY POPULAR WITH YOUNG ADULTS - YOU WILL SEE MANY IN COLLEGE TOWNS. VERY DANGEROUS. INTERNET RESEARCH REVEALS MANY COMPLAINTS AND PROBABLE CAUSE SUSPECTED TO BE THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION. MANUFACTURER MUST BE AWARE BY NOW. HAVING CAR REPAIRED - EXPECTING COST OF APPROXIMATELY $600 - $800. *TR

WAS DRIVING 2011 FORD ESCAPE AND CAR STARTED TO JERK AND DECELERATED WITH GAS PEDAL NOT DOING ANYTHING. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE POWERTRAIN WRENCH LIGHT HAD COME ON THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. RESTARTED THE CAR A MINUTE LATER AND IT DROVE A FEW HUNDRED FEET BEFORE SAME THING HAPPENED AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. WILL GET CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. I AM A LONG-TIME FORD OWNER. FORD NEEDS TO STEP TO THE PLATE AND ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT WILL RANDOMLY LOSE ALL POWER AND NO LONGER MOVE. I HAVE TO IMMEDIATELY PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN ORDER TO KEEP FROM GETTING HIT BECAUSE I CANNOT ACCELERATE. THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND I WILL NOT ALLOW MY WIFE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT IS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY AND THEY HAVE SEEN THIS ISSUE 6 TIMES IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS!! FORD TELLS ME THAT I HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL! *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK IN BUSY TRAFFIC, SUDDENLY THE ENGINE CAME TO AN IDLE AND A SMALL ICON OF A ?WRENCH? LIT UP ON THE DASHBOARD. AFTER TRYING TO MANEUVER THROUGH TRAFFIC ON THE BUSY HIGHWAY AT 5 MPH (ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT) I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT, THE ICON OF THE WRENCH WAS GONE AND THE CAR PROCEEDED TO RUN FINE. I'M REPORTING THIS BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD THIS HAPPEN TO OTHER PEOPLE AND IT WAS CAUSED BY A THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. *TR

LAST NIGHT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 55 MPH MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR SOUNDS SLOWED IMMEDIATELY TO LESS THAN 5 MPH. I MANAGED TO LET THE CAR CREEP INTO A LOCAL CAR TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN FORWARD OR REVERSE. THIS MORNING I CALLED MY FORD DEALER WHO ASKED THAT I LEAVE THE KEYS WITH THE VEHICLE AND ARRANGE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. UPON ARRIVING TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP A SERVICEMAN SUGGESTED I TRY ENGAGING DRIVE AND REVERSE, I DID SO AND THE VEHICLE DID ENGAGE. I REPORTED THIS TO THE FORD DEALER PRIOR TO CALLING ROADSIDE TOWING AND STATED THAT I WOULD NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT IS FIXED. THE DEALER SAID HE WOULD ADVISE ME AS SOON AS THEY INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55 MPH, WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO SLOW. I NOTICE THAT THE WRENCH ICON WAS LIT ON THE DISPLAY. THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT ONLY AT ABOUT 1000RPM AND STILL SLOWING DOWN. INCREASING THE GAS PEDAL HAD NO AFFECT ON THE CAR. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD ON TO A SIDE STREET. THE CAR WAS ABLE TO PULL ITSELF ALONG, BUT ONLY AT A SNAILS PACE. I STOPPED THE CAR AND SHUT ENGINE OFF FOR A MINUTE OR 2, RETRIED STARTING IT AND IT CRANKED SO I MADE IT HOME. THE CAR DONE THE VERY SAME THING THE NEXT NIGHT, THIS TIME DRIVING AT 65MPH ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY.. THIS SOUNDS LIKE THE SAME PROBLEM OTHERS HAVE DESCRIBED CONCERNING THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS VEHICLE IS TOO NEW FOR THESE PROBLEMS TO BE HAPPENING. A DANGEROUS...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND ONCE RESTARTED, IT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,824.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN I-5 AND 2011 FORD ESCAPE STARTED TO DECELERATE WHILE FOOT WAS ON THE GAS PEDAL. HAD TO SWITCH LANES AND EXIT HIGHWAY BEFORE I LOST MOMENTUM. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE PROCESS. SHUT IT OFF FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES THEN TURNED IT OVER BUT IT STRUGGLED TO FIRE. WHEN STARTED WE DROVE STRAIGHT HOME AND PARKED IT. I THEN GOT ON THE COMPUTER TO RESEARCH THE ISSUE AND LOOKED UP ANY RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. I FOUND ARFC AND SEEN ABOUT 270 OR MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. I'M CURIOUS WHY FORD DIDN'T RECALL THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE THAT IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS YOU THINK SOMETHING WOULD BE DONE. *TR

THE ESCAPE, WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, STARTING IDLING HIGH, AND ALLOWED NO ACCELERATION. THIS HAPPENED IN OCTOBER, AND THEN AGAIN TODAY. IT HAS ALSO AT NUMEROUS TIMES, "SLIPPED" AND ACCELERATED VERY QUICKLY WHEN STARTING THE CAR. TODAY, IT HAPPENED AGAIN TWICE WHERE IT WAS IDLING VERY HIGH AND GAS PEDAL DIDN'T RESPOND. WE HAD TO TOW IT TO A DEALERSHIP WHERE WE WERE TOLD THAT THE THROTTLE BODY IS SHORTED OUT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY INTERSTATE IN THE CENTER LANE, MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE SUDDENLY MADE A JERKING MOTION, MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THEN STARTED SLOWING DOWN QUICKLY. I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL BUT THE CAR KEPT SLOWING DOWN. I WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I FEARED FOR MY LIFE WHILE DOING THIS. I THEN NOTICED A WRENCH SYMBOL LIT ON MY DASH. I CHECKED THE OWNERS MANUAL AND THE WRENCH SYMBOL SHOWED THROTTLE CONTROL/POWERTRAIN. SINCE I HAVE CERTIFIED PRE OWNED WARRANTY WITH FORD, I CALLED FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. WHILE WAITING ALMOST THREE HOURS IN THE RAIN FOR A TOW TRUCK AND SITTING ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, I WAS TERRIFIED. I WAS ALMOST HIT BY FIVE SEMIS. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO THE CLOSEST FORD DEALERSHIP. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. *TR