2005 Ford Escape VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND SHIFTING INTO DRIVE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN AND THEN ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE OFF, WHERE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED OUT OF THE ROADWAY AND RESTARTED AFTER WAITING FOR FIVE MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN DRIVEN TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 172,586.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHILE EXITING A PARKING AREA AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A MEDIAN AND CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE WALL. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW YARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP12006 (ENGINE). A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.

THE GAS PEDAL GET STUCK WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS COLD. AND IS DANGER BECAUSE IF YOU ARE IN THE STOP AND YOU STAR DRIVE MAY BE GAS PEDAL IS NOT WORKING AND YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE THE INTERSECTION AND PRODUCE ACCIDENT. AND IS ALL THE TIME WHEN IS COLD WEATHER

I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE AND I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WAS GOING FASTER THAN IT SHOULD AS I WAS HEADING TOWARDS AN EXIT RAMP. I PULLED OVER ON THE SHOULDER AMD THE CAR WAS REVVING UP LIKE 4000 RPM ALL BY ITSELF. I DROVE THE VEHICLE ALTERNATING BETWEEN NEUTRAL AND DRIVE AS IT WAS REVVING UP TOO HIGH. I PARKED IN A LOT. TURNED THE CAR OFF... IT WAS REVVING UP LIKE A RACE CAR... ALL BY ITSELF. VERY SCARY. COULD HAVE DIED. THE FLOOR BOARDS WERE CLEAN. NOTHING COULD HAVE STUCK TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL.... NO WAY THIS COULD BE OPERATOR ERROR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD ESCAPE. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. ..UPDATED 05/23/17 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS SOLID WHEN ATTEMPTED TO BE DEPRESSED. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO PRESS. THE THROTTLE BODY CAUSE BUILD UP OF CARBON. UPDATED 12/4/2017*JS

THROTTLE BODY STICKS WHEN IT'S WET OUTSIDE OR COLD.

ACCELERATOR STICKING IN NEUTRAL POSITION. MECHANICS CAN'T FIND WHATS WRONG AND ITS VERY LIKELY TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE READ MANY ARTICLES THAT THIS IS COMMON IN OLDER MODELS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK IN THE DEPRESSED POSITION WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE DRASTICALLY REDUCED SPEED AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.

THE GAS PEDAL WILL GET STUCK DOWN. THE VEHICLE WILL STALL. I WOULD HAVE TO USE MY FOOT TO TRY TO LIFT THE ACCELERATION PEDAL UP. SOMETIMES IT WOULD POP INTO PLACE QUICKLY WHILE OTHER TIMES, I HAD TO KEEP LIFTING IT UP WITH MY FOOT. THIS HAPPENED WHILE ON THE FREEWAY AND OTHER CARS WERE COMING FULL SPEED BEHIND ME, BUT I WAS UNABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK IN MOTION IN A SPEEDY MANNER. THIS HAS OCCURRED EARLY MORNING, MIDDAY, AND NIGHT. IT HAS BEEN ON THE CITY STREET AND THE HIGHWAY. I RESEARCHED AND SAW THAT FORD HAD A RECALL FOR 2001 - 2004 FOR THE THROTTLE BODY ISSUE WHICH IS DUE TO THE STICKING ACCELERATION PEDAL. WHEN I WENT TO FORD, THEY SAID THAT MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL NOR THE CONSUMER APPRECIATION FOR CERTAIN MODELS ALTHOUGH IT WAS THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. MY VEHICLE IS A 2005 FORD ESCAPE. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THERE WERE MANY CARS THAT CAME IN WITH THIS ISSUE, BUT THE SALES WOMAN PRETENDED AS IF SHE NEVER HEARD OF THE ISSUE. I PAID ALMOST $1,000 TO FIX AN ISSUE THAT OTHER VEHICLES HAD FIXED IN A RECALL. *TR

ENGINE OVER ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN CAUSING ENGINE TO RACE, THEN AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS THE ENGINE DOWN. ALSO, IN IDLE POSITION, ENGINE RPMS EXCESSIVELY INCREASE AND DECREASE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. BOTH PROBLEMS HAPPENED WHILE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND ALSO WHILE IN MOTION SPIRATICALLY AT ANY GIVEN TIME, AT AT ANY SPEED (FROM IDLEING UP TO 80 MPH).

I RECEIVED MY ESCAPE AS A BIRTHDAY GIFT TWO YEARS AGO. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE MY GAS PEDAL STOPS WORKING AND I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO PRESS IT DOWN, IT WON'T GO. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE ON CITY STREETS AND ON INTERSTATES. ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL OVER OR OFF THE ROAD, PUT IT IN PARK, TURN OFF THE ENGINE, RESTART MY CAR AND GET IT GOING AGAIN. I HAVE TRIED POUNDING ON THE GAS AND THAT DOES NOTHING, IT WON'T BUDGE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN, SO I CANNOT JUST EXPECT IT TO, IT HAPPENS, DAY OR NIGHT, HOT OR COLD TEMPERATURE, DRIVING DOWN A STRAIGHT HIGHWAY OR TURNING ON A CITY STREET. I AM AFRAID IT WILL HAPPEN WHILE I AM DRIVING IN THE SNOW OR WHILE ONE OF MY KIDS ARE DRIVING IT. I HAVE TRIED EXPLAINING TO THEM WHAT TO DO, BUT OF ALL THE THINGS THEY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT WHILE DRIVING, THE GAS PEDAL STICKING SHOULD NOT BE ONE OF THEM.

WHENEVER THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE DIPS BELOW FREEZING, MY GAS PEDAL WILL SUDDENLY GET STUCK AND THE CAR COASTS TO A STOP AND WILL JUST SIT THERE IDLING. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS ABLE TO "STOMP" ON THE PEDAL AND IT FREED UP, THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE. WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DIPS INTO THE 20'S IT IS EVEN WORSE AND WILL GET STUCK, EVENTUALLY FREE UP AND BE FINE....UNLESS I THEN ENTER HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IT WILL DO IT AGAIN. I HAVE FOUND THAT WARMING THE CAR SEVERAL EXTRA MINUTES SEEMS TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM AT SLOWER 35MPH SPEEDS. HOWEVER, UPON ENTERING HIGHWAY SPEEDS, EVEN AFTER WARMING THE VEHICLE FOR TEN MINUTES, IT WILL GET STUCK AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF TRAVEL AT HIGHWAY SPEED. IT WILL FREE UP AFTER COASTING TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND SITTING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WITH CAR IDLING, BUT CAN THEN GET STUCK YET AGAIN AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS CREATES EXTREMELY DEADLY SITUATIONS! I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE AND I ALSO WENT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER THEY CLAIM TO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT COULD CAUSE IT. *TR

GAS PEDAL IS "FROZEN" LIKE WILL NOT ACCELERATE AND WILL NOT GO DOWN WHEN PUSHED ON. *TR

I HAD TO HAVE THE THROTTLE CABLE REPLACED HAD IT DONE AT D PATRICK FORD FORD RECALLED 2001 THRU 2004 MODELS FOR SAME REPLACEMENT. I CONTACTED FORD AND EVEN THOUGH I PURCHASED MY 2005 IN APRIL OF 2004THEY PRETTY MUCH SAID SORRY ABOUT YOUR LUCK. I STILL THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE REIMBURSED ME FOR THIS DUE TO IT BEING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE MADE AT THE SAME TIME FRAME THE SAID THEY HAD NOT HAD ENOUGH COMPLAINTS FOR IT TO BE A RECALL. MY DAUGHTER AND GRANDCHILDREN COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR WORSE. PLEASE CHECK THIS ISSUE ON 2005 ESCAPES [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR UPDATED 9/25/2014 *JS

GAS PEDAL GETS STUCK AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD OR IT HESITATES AND MOVES VERY SLOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED MULTIPLE TIMES IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A TREE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

I PULLED INTO 45 MPH TRAFFIC AND THE THROTTLE SEEMED TO BE STUCK OPEN AND DID NOT SLOW WHEN MY FOOT WAS REMOVED FROM THE ACCELERATOR. I PRESSED UP AND DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR WITH MY LEFT FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND WAS ABLE TO SLOW AND PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN TRYING TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN MOTION AGAIN, THE ACCELERATOR COULD NOT BE BUDGED. I WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY. I HAVE BEEN PROBLEM FREE FOR 4-5 MONTHS BUT AM NOTICING A STICKING PROBLEM AGAIN. I HAVE SEEN ONLINE THAT THIS IS A PREVALENT PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. I CALLED FORD BUT THEIR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM WHICH HELPS WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE THROTTLE BODY IS CURRENTLY ONLY FOR MODEL YEARS 2009-2012. THIS IS DANGEROUS, CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE IS GREATLY AFFECTED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPX 70 MPH I HEARD A BEEP AND AT THE SAME TIME THE DASH INDICATED A WRENCH, AND MESSAGE TO STOP SAFELY NOW, AND THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, WAITED A FEW MINUTES THEN RESTARTED THE ENGINE. THE MESSAGE WAS NO LONGER ON THE DASH AND THE CAR DROVE NORMALLY FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS WENT ON SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL I COULD GET TO A PLACE WHERE I FELT SAFE TO STOP. BROUGHT THE CAR IN AND THEY REPLACED THE HYBRID COOLING PUMP. NOW, 1 YR LATER THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING AGAIN. WAS DRIVING APPX 50 MPH AND SAME BEEP, MESSAGE AND CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THIS TIME I WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO HOME TO BE ABLE TO RESTART AND GET HOME SAFELY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THE WHILE SHE DROVE AT 35 MPH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICK TO THE FLOOR BOARD. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED SEVERAL TIMES TO RELEASE THE PEDAL. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE 48,000.

MY PREGNANT GIRL FRIEND WAS DRIVING THE FORD ESCAPE TO WORK, WHEN THE GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK TO THE FLOOR AND WOULD NOT RELEASE FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS THEN ABOUT TWO MILES DOWN THE ROAD IT DID IT AGAIN FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. AFTER THAT SHE PARKED AND HAD IT TOWED TO FIND OUT WE HAD A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY THAT FORD WILL NOT COVER UNDER THERE RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SEIZED AND FAILED TO RELEASE. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK AND THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. AFTER RESTARTING, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SEIZED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ERRONEOUSLY ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2013 I LEFT HOME TO DO ERRANDS AS I DROVE DOWN TO THE FIRST INTERSECTION AND STOPPED WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN THE GAS PEDAL WITH NOT MOVE IT WAS STUCK, I TRIED TO PUSH IT DOWN WITH BOTH FEET BUT THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER, FINALLY AFTER PUMPING THE PEDAL THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD AND I MADE IT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. I DECIDED TO GO BACK HOME AND NOT DRIVE THIS CAR. AS I TRAVEL THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND DOWN THE ROAD I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN THE PEDAL STUCK. I'M ON A 35 MPH HIGHWAY AND I SLOWED TO A TERRIFYING 3MPH BEFORE THE PEDAL WOULD WORK AGAIN. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR MANY AND THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF INVESTIGATION OR RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GET SERIOUSLY INJURED OR A FATAL ACCIDENT HAPPENS! *TR