2001 Ford Escape VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

THE GAS PEDAL BECAME STUCK, WHICH EFFECTED THE SPEED CONTROL CABLE . THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. *JB THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. *NM

IT TAKES AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP.SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTS FROM STICKING GAS PEDAL. *AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE VEHICLE HESITATED/OR PAUSED BEFORE IT RESPONDED. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP TWICE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE JUMPED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED. *NLM

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY TODAY. WENT TO USE THE CRUISE CONTROL, AND THE LIGHT CAME ON. CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ENGAGED. I WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED. WAS SET AT 65 MPH, SPEEDOMETER SHOWED RAPID DECELERATION EVEN THOUGH CRUISE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ENGAGED. HAD TO DISENGAGE AND MANUALLY CONTROL SPEED. FOUND 5 OTHER POSTS ON YAHOO INTERNET SITE FOR ESCAPE OWNERS. SAME PROBLEM. LIGHT ON, NO CRUISE. *JB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION.*JB

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH, VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO LOOSE POWER, CONSUMER WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED, WHEN ENGINE STARTED TO LOOSE POWER. CONSUMER STATES ACCELERATER PEDAL GETS STUCK PERIODICALLY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

6/10/02 ENGINE STALLED WHILE OFF THROTTLE AT APPROX 30MPH WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO TURN INTO A PLACE OF BUSINESS. LOST ALL POWER TO STEERING AND BRAKES AND NARROWLY MISSED HITTING ANOTHER CAR. HAPPENED 4 TIMES ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER ON THE SAME DATE.ABLE TO RESTART AFTER PUTTING IN PARK.DEALER HAD CAR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND REPACED PCM. ON 6/22 ENGINE STALLED WHILE GOING 40MPH AND EXITING HWY 1 S ON A VERY CURVY EXIT RAMP. LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKES AND HAD TO MANHANDLE IT OFF TO THE SIDE.RESTARTED BY PUTTING IN PARK BUT HAD TO WAIT TILL MONDAY TO TALK TO SERVICE DEPT AT DEALER. ON MONDAY 6/24 DEALER WOULD NOT TAKE VEHICLE-TOO BUSY, AND HAD TO WAIT TILL 6/25 TO DELIVER TO DEALER. SERVICE PERSON SAID IT WAS OK TO DRIVE BUT I DID NOT DUE TO DANGEROUS NATURE OF THE PROBLEM. DEALER RECEIVED CAR ON 6/25, HAD IT FOR 4 DAYS AND REPLACED IAC. THE VERY NEXT DAY AFTER PICKING IT UP IT STALLED 2 TIMES AT 30MPH OFF THROTTLE. RENDERED UNUSABLE FOR THE WEEKEND. RETURNED CAR TO DEALER FOR THIRD TIME ON 7/1 AND THEY HAVE HAD IT EVER SINCE. TODAY IS 7/16 AND THEY SAY THEY HAVE A TEMPORART FIX THAT SHOULD WORK TILL FORD ISSUES A PERMANENT FIX. I AM NOT RISKING MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS WHO ARE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE DRIVING NEAR ME WHEN IT STALLS SO I AM REFUSING VEHICLE AND SEEKING A NEW IDENTICAL REPLACEMENT. CURRENTLY THE DEALER IS COMMUNICATING THIS TO FORD. DEALER STALFF HAS BEEN POLITE, HELPFUL, CONCERNED, APPOLOGETIC AND WILLING TO BACK ME UP AGAINST FORD. THEY HAVE SUPPLIED ME WITH AN ACCEPTABLE LOANER VEHICLE THE ENTIRE TIME MY CAR HAS BEEN DOWN. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT FORD HAS TO FESS UP TO BEFORE MORE PEOPLE GET INJURED OR EVEN KILLED. IT'S INTOLLERABLE AND A CORPORATE LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. PLEASE RECOMMEND A RECALL.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING UP AN INCLINE AT 55MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. CONSUMER PRESSED GAS PEDAL TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 5 MPH. CONSUMER WAS ALMOST HIT BY A TRUCK. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN IT RELEASES VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO 2 DEALERSHIPS, BOTH DETERMINED THIS WAS NORMAL OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK *YD

WHILE ACCELERATING VEHICLE STALLED AT 15 MPH. DEALER REPLACED IAC VALVE WHICH WAS STICKING.

VEHICLE STALLED FOUR TIMES AT SPEEDS RANGING FROM 10-40 MPH. LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. VERY UNNERVING AND SEEMS TO POSE A DANGEROUS THREAT. APPEARS FORD HAS NO FIX OR SOLUTION YET.*AK

THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN PULLING OUT OF A STREET THAT THE CAR COMES TO A STOP; THE RPMS DIE OFF AND PRESSING THE GAS DOES NOTHING, LETTING OFF THE GAS SOMETIMES HELPS BUT IT JUST TAKES A SECOND FOR THE GAS TO WORK, THIS IS SCARRY SINCE I AM USUALLY PULLING OUT ACROSS 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC. I HAVE BEEN TO DO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR THIS BUT THEY CAN NEVER FIND ANYTHING. THE DEALERSHIP CHANGED AN IAC VALVE BUT THE CAR CONTINUES TO HESITATE. THE CAR DID STALL WHILE GOING DOWN A SMALL HILL; THE BRAKES AND STEERING COMPLETELY WENT. I HAD TO TURN OFF CAR AND RESTARTED THE CAR.

STALLS WHEN STEPPING ON GAS FROM A STOP AND WHEN GOING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. BROUGHT TO DEALER TWICE ALREADY SINCE INITIAL OCCURRNCE. FIRST TIME (9/22): SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. SECOND TIME (10/8): REPLACED IAC VALVE (?). STILL STALLING THE NEXT DAY. CALLED DEALER 10/11: DIDN'T GET BACK TO ME. STOPPED AT DEALER ON 10/12: SAID THEY WERE GOING TO TALK TO A FORD TECH (WHO DIDN'T RETURN THEIR CALL). ALSO CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY TALKED TO DEALER (WHO TOLD THEM SAME THING THEY TOLD ME). NOW HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MONDAY UNTIL I CAN TALK TO THEM AGAIN. NOBODY SEEMS TO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION.*AK

CAR JUMPS SUDDENLY FORWARD/BACKWARD WHEN EASING INTO FIRST GEAR OR REVERSE. HAD TWO NEAR ACCIDENTS, 1ST- FLEW BACKWARDS JUST MISSING A TREE, 2ND FLEW BACKWARD IN PARKING LOT NEARLY HITTING A CAR AND PEDESTRIAN. THIS PROBLEM IS ALSO POSTED BY OTHER ESCAPE OWNERS AT A "ESCAPE" OWNER INTERNET SITE, SO IT IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. *AK

HAD SHIFTED INTO REVERSE TO GET OUT OF PARKING SPACE. THEN, STARTED TO BACK UP, AND VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, SOUNDED FUNNY; RPMS REVVED UP,VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHILE STILL IN REVERSE. *AK

VEHICLE ACCELERATES/SURGES, WITHOUT WARNING WHEN IN REVERSE OR AUTOMATIC LST GEAR. THIS HAPPENS SPORADICTLY, MAYBE ONCE EVERY 2-3 WEEKS, WITHOUT WARNING. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL FORD DEALER AND NOTHING SHOWED UP ON THEIR COMPUTOR. THEIR MECHANIC WENT ON THE FORD HOTLINE AND FOUND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS LISTED, AND A POSSIBLE FIX SUGGESTED. THE MECHANIC REHOOKED THE VEHICLE BACK UP TO THE COMPUTER AND FOUND THAT THE FIX HAD ALREADY BEEN INSTALLED ON THE TRUCK, AND OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT WORKING. AN APPOLOGETIC SERVICE REP. HANDED ME THE KEYS AND I DROVE HOME IN MY DEFECTIVE TRUCK. THIS PROBLEM IS ALSO LISTING BY OTHER OWNERS ON FORD ESCAPE OWNER WEBSITES.*AK

ON A 4- LANE HIGHWAY GOING 20-25MPH, CONSUMER LET UP OFF ACCELERATOR AND VEHICLE TOOK OFF. CONSUMER SLAMMED ON BRAKES ,AND VEHICLE WAS BACK TO NORMAL. CONSUMER HAS A UP COMNG APPOINTMENT AT DEALER TO BE LOOKED AT VEHICLE. *AK

MY VEHICLE IS A 2001 FORD ESCAPE V6 XLT 4X4 PURCHASED NEW (0 MILES) IN AUGUST. ON NOV. 28, 2001, IN THE MORNING, AFTER ABOUT 8 MINUTES OF RUNNING AND LESS THAN A MILE OF DRIVING, I WAS GOING DOWN A HILL (ON RAMP TO HIGHWAY). I HAD ACCELERATED TO A COAST OF ABOUT 35-40 MPH AND WAS ABOUT TO ACCELERATE AGAIN WHEN THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF, MANY INDICATOR LIGHTS APPEARED (AS A RESULT OF THE KEY BEING IN THE RUN POSITION), POWER BRAKES AND STEERING WERE LOST. I SHIFTED THE VEHICLE TO NEUTRAL AND RE-STARTED WHILE MOVING TO AVOID A REAR-END COLLISION. I REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE DEALER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THEY SCHEDULED ME FOR 2 DAYS LATER. THE PERSON ON THE PHONE WAS AWARE OF FORD ESCAPES STALLING YET WHEN I DISCUSSED IT WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER HE SAID HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF ESCAPES STALLING AND NONE HAD BEEN IN FOR SERVICE FOR THIS REASON "TO HIS KNOWLEDGE". I PERCEIVED THIS AS DECEIT. HE THEN SAID HE WOULD CONDUCT AN "OASIS" IN WHICH THEY RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM FORD ABOUT KNOWN PROBLEMS. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE FOR THE DAY, THEY TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG. I REQUESTED A LIST OF WHAT WAS DONE AS REQUIRED BY NEW JERSEY LAW. I TOLD THEM I DID NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE AND THAT THIS WAS THEIR FIRST ATTEMPT AT FIXING THE PROBLEM. I ALSO STATED THAT IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN AND THEY STILL DO NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, I WOULD SEEK A FULL REFUND UNDER NEW JERSEY'S LEMON LAW, FIRST BY SENDING A CERTIFIED LETTER TO FORD. I WOULD REALLY PREFER THAT THE MANUFACTURER FIX THIS LIFE THREATNING PROBLEM THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING.*AK