2009 Ford Escape VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE

WAS DRIVING CRUISE CONTROL DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE GAS PEDAL LOST AFFECT. THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. I STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND IT WAS SHAKING. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT. WORKED FINE THE REST OF THE DAY. I KNOW ITS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. IT HAS DONE IT MAYBE 200 TIMES SINCE THEN AND ALMOST CAUSED A SERIOUS CAR CRASH THE LAST TIME. *TR

AT FULL SPEED ON THE FREEWAY THE THROTTLE BODY DECIDED TO GO INTO LIMP MODE AND GO TO AN IDLE ONLY. I HAD TO QUICKLY PULL TO THE SIDE OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC I WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE SITUATION HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY WHILE WAITING FOR A RED LIGHT. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS BEING INVESTIGATED ALREADY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING 35 MPH IN TOWN WHEN VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE LOSING POWER. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT A VERY ROUGH IDLE . I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT IT WOULD BARELY MOVE. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED IT . IT DID THE SAME THING, NO ACCELERATION. I DID THIS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD RUN PROPERLY. IT SEEMED RATHER JERKY WHILE DRIVING. I WAS ABOUT 10 MILES FROM HOME WHEN THIS HAPPENED. ON THE WAY HOME I WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND IT DIED COMPLETELY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THIS TIME. I GOT IT RESTARTED AND MADE IT HOME. I HAVE A CODE READER AT MY HOUSE. I CHECKED AND CODES P2111 AND P2112 WERE STORED IN THE COMPUTER. I CHECKED WITH A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE CODES RELATE TO THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. I WAS GOING TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BUT THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND I' M AFRAID TO DRIVE. WHAT CAN I DO. *TR

CAR GOES INTO LIMP MODE AND YOU HAVE TO GET OFF OF HIGHWAY AND TURN OFF CAR AND RESTART TO RESET COMPUTER. THIS WORKS FOR ABOUT 10 MILES AND THEN IT STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. MY DEALERSHIP HAS THE CAR AND IS REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY SO WE CAN DRIVE THE CAR AND NOT BE IN DANGER. *TR

WAS DRIVING ABOUT 25-30 MPH ON A SIDE STREET, VEHICLE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND STALL, FELT LIKE THE ENGINE WAS DYING, SO WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF INTO A PARKING LOT AND TURNED THE CAR OFF, SAT FOR A FEW MINS, THEN RESTARTED AND PULLED OUT AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. APPROXIMATELY 6 MONTHS LATER, SIMILAR ISSUE, WAS DRIVING ABOUT 25 ON A SIDE STREET, CAR SPUTTERED, STALLED, SO PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF, WAITED THEN RESTARTED. A FEW DAYS LATER, WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35 ON A SIDE STREET, SAME ISSUE, THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, SO PULLED OVER AND CALLED FOR A TOW. CAR IS CURRENTLY BEING SERVICED AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE, WHICH I AM HAVING TO PAY $550 TO FIX. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH ON A BUSY ROAD, THE ENGINE STOPPED RESPONDING TO THE ACCELERATOR AND BEGAN DECELERATING. THE THROTTLE/POWER-TRAIN WARNING LIGHT WAS ACTIVATED. I HAD TO PULL OVER THE THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD TO AVOID BEING HIT BY OTHER TRAFFIC. THE CAR BEGAN JERKING FORWARD AS THOUGH IT WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE FOR A MINUTE AND ONCE I RESTARTED THE CAR, THE WARNING LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED. THE NEXT DAY (6/23/2013) I DROVE TO MY CLOSEST FORD DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. THE SERVICE ADVISOR INFORMED ME THAT THE PART WAS CURRENTLY BACKORDERED AND THAT THEY HAD 15 OTHER FORD VEHICLES CURRENTLY WAITING FOR INVENTORY TO ARRIVE. THE COST OF REPAIR IS $473. THE MECHANIC CLEANED OUT THE CARBON FROM MY THROTTLE BODY AS A TEMPORARY FIX UNTIL THE PART ARRIVED. TWO DAYS LATER (6/25/2013), AS I WAS DRIVING 55 MPH, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURED AND I WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER AND RESTART MY VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING BACK TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING TO GET A RENTAL CAR, MY CAR STOPPED RESPONDING AS I WAS CROSSING TRAIN TRACKS (AND I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE). NOW MY CAR IS CURRENLY SITTING AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND I AM PAYING AN ADDITIONAL $33 A DAY FOR A RENTAL CAR WHILE I WAIT FOR THE PART TO ARRIVE (ESTIMATED TO BE 10-13 DAYS). NHTSA ACTION # DP12006. *TR

2009 FORD ESCAPE HAS A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT WITH ITS THROTTLE BODY COMPONENT. WHILE DRIVING DURING NORMAL OPERATION, THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO LIMP MODE WITHOUT WARNING. A YELLOW WRENCH APPEARS IN THE CONSOLE INDICATING A MAINTENANCE PROBLEM. THE ENGINE WILL REDUCE TO IDLE SPEED, THE FOOT ACCELERATOR IS INOPERABLE DURING THIS INCIDENT. WHEN IN THE IDLE MODE, THE VEHICLE SPEED IS REDUCED TO ABOUT 5 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE TURNED OFF, THEN RESTARTED.IN ORDER TO REBOOT THE SYSTEM. THE FIRST TWO INCIDENTS HAPPENED ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS. A WEEK LATER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. TODAY, IT HAPPENED 4 TIMES, ONCE ON THE BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. FORD CLAIMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, THEREFORE THE REPLACEMENT PART IS ON BACK-ORDER. I ORDERED MY PART (EXPRESS) THRU THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND TOP DATE THE PART HAS NOT ARRIVED. FORD IS UNABLE TO GIVE N ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE OF THE REPLACEMENT PART. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING MY ESCAPE IT BEGAN TO SHAKE AND I WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO ACCELERATE. I HAD TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF, SIT FOR A MINUTE AND THEN RESTART IT. I HAD TO DO THIS EVERY HALF MILE ON MY DRIVE HOME TO GET MY CAR HOME. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE AND I HAD SOMEONE FOLLOW ME HOME. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE ELECTRIC THROTTLE BODY. AFTER HAVING IT FOR TWO WEEKS THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER MONTH FOR THE PART AS IT WAS BACK ORDERED FROM FORD. AS SOON AS I REQUESTED A RENTAL CAR, THE PART AUTOMATICALLY APPEARED. OVER $400 WORTH OF WORK. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE WRENCH LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO LIMP HOME MODE AND WOULD NOT GO FASTER THAN A COUPLE OF MILES AN HOUR. THE ENGINE WAS SURGING DURING THIS TIME. I COULD TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART IT BUT IT WOULD IMMEDIATELY DO THE SAME THING AGAIN. THE CODES THAT WERE READ FROM THE VEHICLE WERE P2111 AND P2112 AND SAID THE THROTTLE STUCK OPEN AND THROTTLE STUCK CLOSED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF AROUND 60MPH MY TRUCK BEEPED AND SIGNALED A WRENCH LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD AND MY VEHICLE JUST STOPPED AND LOST SPEED AND I COULDN'T ACCELERATE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE TO A SAFE AREA. MY VEHICLE JUST COMPLETED STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WHILE VEHICLES ARE COMING AT THE SAME SPEED BEHIND ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES ONCE ENTERING A RAMP ON TO HIGHWAY ACCELERATING ON TO THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE JUST TURNED OFF. ALSO ONCE DRIVING HEAVY TRAFFIC THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED AND A VEHICLE HAS TO BRAKE AND SWERVE TO AVOID HITTING ME FROM BEHIND. JUST TO KNOW THE HIGHWAY INCIDENT WAS THE MOST HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. WE WERE SO SHAKEN UP FROM IT THINKING A CAR WAS GOING TO HIT US SINCE THEY WERE COMING UP FROM BEHIND US AT THE SAME RATE OF SPEED 60MPH WHEN MY VEHICLE JUST TURNED OFF. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AS IT CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN SOMEONE OR FAMILY BEING CRITICALLY INJURED OR LOSS OF LIFE. I HAVE BEEN READING ALL OVER THE INTERNET OF THE SAME PROBLEMS AND SITUATION THAT OCCUR BECAUSE OF THIS VEHICLE FAILURE. PLEASE MAKE THIS A RECALL FROM THE THROTTLE BODY I'VE BEEN READING ABOUT ON THESE VEHICLES. UNDER AFFECTED PARTS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO PUT BUT HAVE READ ITS THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT WAS BEING RE-MANUFACTURED. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000. UPDATED 07/23/13*LJ

AS EXITING A HIGHWAY THE CAR JUST LOST POWER. THE GAS PEDAL WAS USELESS AND THE RPMS WERE ABOUT 1000. PULLED OFF TO SHOULDER AND SHUT CAR DOWN, WAITED 5 MINUTES AND STARTED CAR AND IT WAS OK. THREE DAYS LATER IT DID THE SAME THING WHILE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF HIGHWAY. HAD TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER DID THE SAME THING OF SHUTTING CAR DOWN AND STARTING AGAIN. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP SERVICE AND WAS DETERMINED IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY THROUGH DIAGONISTICS. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED. THIS DEFECT MAY AND WILL CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS AND POTENTIAL FATALITIES DUE TO THE WAY THAT THE THROTTLE JUST STOPS AND THE CAR IS UNABLE TO SPEED TO A NEEDED SPEED FOR SAFETY ON HIGHWAYS. *TR

I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY GOING AROUND 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO DIE.I PULLED OVER AND REALIZED IT WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT WOULD ONLY IDLE AND DID NOT RESPOND TO PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. I RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND DROVE ABOUT 50 MILES WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT,BUT ENGINE WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ON. THE NEXT DAY, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ON WHEN I STARTED THE VEHICLE, AND IT LOST POWER IMMEDIATELY. I RESTARTED IT AND WITHIN DRIVING 5 MILES IT " DIED" OVER 15 TIMES. I ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE IT ONE MORE TIME AND IT REPEATED THE SAME PROBLEM 3 TIMES BEFORE I MADE IT TO THE END OF MY BLOCK..I HAVEN'T DRIVEN IT SINCE. *TR

STALLING WHEN GOING ON GAS TO PASS ANOTHER CAR OR UP A STEEP HILL. AFTER RELEASING GAS PEDAL QUICKLY, CAR WANTS TO STILL ACCELERATES FOR A GOOD THREE TO FOUR SECONDS. ALSO ENGINE STALLS OUT AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN MAKING A SHARP TURN, LIKE INTO A PARKING SPACE. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THE FIRST TWO ARE NORMAL AND THE THIRD ITEM THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THE ENGINE SEEMED TO QUIT. A "WRENCH" ICON LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR CAME TO A STOP. I WAS UNABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE RODE AND REMAINED IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY UNTIL I MANAGED TO RESTART THE CAR, APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES. THE CAR RAN NORMALLY FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND STOPPED AGAIN THIS TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. RESEARCH CONFIRMS THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON FOR MY MODEL, CODE P2111. THIS FAILURE MODE IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THE FREQUENCY OF FAILURE IS EVIDENCED BY THE THROTTLE BODY BEING ON FACTORY BACK ORDER FOR AND EXTENDED PERIOD. FORD SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL TO REPLACE THE FAULTY MODULES AND PAY FOR THE MODULES PEOPLE LIKE ME WERE FORCED TO PURCHASE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY MY CAR STALLS OUT AND SHUTS OFF FORCING ME TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE KEY TO OFF POSITION, WAITING SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE ALLOWING ME TO TURN THE CAR BACK ON AND HAVING TO REV THE ENGINE FOR IT TO TURN COMPLETELY OVER. A COUPLE MILES DOWN THE ROAD WHILE COMING TO A STOP OR SLOWING TO A STOP THE CAR DOES THIS AGAIN. THIS WILL HAPPEN ABOUT 4 TIMES A DAY WHILE DRIVING AND WILL HAPPEN FOR ABOUT 2-3 DAYS, THEN WILL RUN LIKE IT SHOULD WITHOUT INCIDENT. ABOUT 4-5 MONTHS LATER IT WILL START UP AGAIN, WHILE DRIVING THE CAR WILL STALL OUT AND THIS HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY WHILE DRIVING, FOR A FEW DAYS. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR TO AUTOSHOPS TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE AND NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO DETECT THE PROBLEM. THIS NOT ONLY IS SCARY, BUT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE SUV STARTED TO DECELERATE. I WAS TRAVELING AT 70MPH. THE RPM DID NOT CHANGE WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. THE SUV COASTED TO 0MPH. I HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES. WHEN I RESTARTED IT, IT DROVE WELL ENOUGH TO GET TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. DIAGNOSTICS WERE RUN AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A "HICCUP" AND NOTHING REGISTERED IN THE COMPUTER AS AN ALERT. I WAS TOLD TO RETURN IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN BUT WAS TOLD AGAIN THAT IT WAS A "HICCUP." THE FOLLOWING WEEK, IT HAPPENED AGAIN AS I WAS LEAVING WORK. I DROVE TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP BUT THIS TIME I TOOK VIDEO. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. POSSIBLY A SENSOR?? I'M NOT SURE. BECAUSE THE SUV WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND IT WAS A SATURDAY, FORD DIDN'T KNOW IF MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD COVER THE PART. THEY CLEANED THE THROTTLE, I THINK, AND TOLD ME TO COME BACK ON MONDAY. I DROVE OUT INTO THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE DEALERSHIP AND THE THROTTLE MESSED UP AGAIN. THE CAR DECELERATED. I TURNED IT OFF, WAITED, TURNED IT BACK ON AND DROVE BACK AND PAID FOR FORD TO INSTALL THE PART. THE CAR STILL SEEMS TO WANT TO DECELERATE AT TIMES BUT IT DOESN'T AND THERE ARE NO WARNING ALERTS/LIGHTS. AGAIN, I DO HAVE VIDEO OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED THE 2ND TIME THE SUV'S THROTTLE MESSED UP. *TR

PURCHASED USED 2009 FORD ESCAPE IN AUGUST 2012. RAN FINE FOR THE FIRST MONTH THEN STARTED TO HESITATE WHEN ACCELERATING. WE ARE NOW HAVING REPEATED HESITATION AND ENGINE SURGING. WE ARE BECOMING CONCERNED ABOUT PULLING INTO TRAFFIC AND HAVING THE ENGINE STALL. WITH ONLY 44000 MILES IN IT, FORD WILL NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. FIRST FORD PURCHASED IN 30 YEARS, PROBABLY THE LAST TOO. *TR