2011 Ford Escape Engine

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle would not properly accelerate. Additionally, while the vehicle was idling, the vehicle was shaking abnormally, with an abnormal burning metallic odor outside the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the local mechanic who diagnosed that the ignition coil for cylinder #2 had melted and a computer failure also occurred. No further information was available. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The local dealer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 85,000.

The contact owns a 2011 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving at 50 MPH, he heard abnormal knocking sounds coming from the engine. The oil pressure warning light was illuminated. The contact pulled to the nearby gas station where an independent mechanic inspected the vehicle and informed the contact that the engine had thrown a rod and there were metal shavings in the engine oil. The contact stated the failure increased significantly while driving at 50 MPH. The contact veered to the side of the road and unlocked the doors. Another driver informed the contact that there there was a fire underneath the vehicle. The contact was able to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher. There were no injuries sustained. The contact stated upon towing the vehicle there was a significant amount of oil leaked from the oil pan onto the tow truck vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who diagnosed that the engine blew up and had shattered. The dealer diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced and additional repairs needed to be completed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a case was opened. The failure mileage was approximately 151,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK FUEL FILL INLET MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED. THE OIL WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. CAPITOL CITY FORD 8623 E WASHINGTON ST, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46219 317) 898-0700, WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE HOWEVER, NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 115,000.

CAR SHUTS DOWN AT ALMOST ANY SPEED WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, THE ENGINE GOES IN TO LIMP MODE, AND IT VERY DANGEROUSLY FORCES YOU TO EXIT THE ROAD QUICKLY. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO 2 VERY REPUTABLE SERVICE SHOPS (AND PAID THEM TO FIX IT), AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REPAIR IT. BASED ON THE # OF REPORTED ISSUES WITH THIS PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE, FORD NEEDS TO QUICKLY FIX THIS AND MAKE IT RIGHT AT NO CHARGE.

LOUD CLICKING NOISE. LOUDER WITH TIME. MECHANIC STATES CRACK BETWEEN CYLINDERS. MOTOR HAS TO BE REPLACED.

I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN THE PROBLEM ACCURED, JUST ONE DAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY SAID IT MIGHT BE THE FUEL FLAP. AS TIME WENT ON NOTHING SEEMED TO NOT BE WORKING. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC TODAY AND TURNS OUT THE ENGINE MOUNTING BRACKET IS CRACKED. CALL FORD AND TEY WANT ME TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. PROBLEM IS THIS IS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM NOT SOMETHING I HAVE DONE. NOTLIKE THEYVE EVER HONORED A WARRENTY IN THE PAST WITH ME ANY WAY. TO THEM ITS ALWAYS USER ERROR EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MORE DAMAGED THAN I LEFT IT WITH THEM.

STARTED CAR UP IN DRIVEWAY AND ENGINE REVIVED (RPM'S WENT WAY UP) JUST FOR A FEW SECONDS. DROVE TO DESTINATION PULLED INTO PARKING STALL AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE ENGINE REVIVED UP AGAIN AND I WAS UNABLE TO STOP, EVEN WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD OVER THE PARKING BLOCK. THE VEHICLE THEN STOPPED JUST SHORT OF HITTING A TREE.

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE ON EXIT RAMP FROM HIGHWAY TRAVELING AROUND 45 MPH WHEN ENGINE AND POWER SHUT OFF. I WAS ABLE TO STEER AND STOP THE CAR (POWER STEERING HAD SHUT OFF). RADIO REMAINED ON, BUT DASHBOARD DISPLAY WAS OFF. ONCE CAR WAS STOPPED, CAR RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY. SEVERAL SIMILAR REPORTS ABOUT FORD ESCAPES WITH THIS PROBLEM JUST WITHIN THE PAST FEW MONTH. VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AS NO WARNING LIGHTS AND AT HIGH SPEED. COULD BE RELATED TO ONGOING NHTSA INVESTIGATION (DP15-001) OPEN SINCE 2015 WITH NO RESOLUTION. NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF PROBLEMS AND CAR WAS SERVICED LESS THAN ONE MONTH AGO.

WHEN SLOWING DOWN, VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND COMES TO A STOP. THE ONLY WAY TO RESTORE POWER IS TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET HIT SEVERAL TIMES. ALTHOUGH IT OCCURRED RARELY AT FIRST, NOW IT IS OFTEN . I SAW THE THROTTLE BODY RECALL ON THIS MODEL AND IT DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE RECALL IS EXPIRED. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND UNSATISFACTORY. PROGRAM 13B17.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE STATIONARY, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE TWICE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRST FIRE WITH A GARDEN HOSE. THE SECOND FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE ENGINE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

"ENGINE RECALL" I HAVE A 2011 FORD ESCAPE & AFTER 7 MONTHS OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE I WAS TOLD THAT I NEED A NEW ENGINE. I WAS HEADED HOME FROM WORK ON I95 THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE NEXT MORNING I GOT UP TO GO TO WORK AND THE ESCAPE WOULD NOT CRANK UP AT ALL IT DID NOT MOVE. FROM THE TIME I HAD THIS VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT START ON SOME DAYS SO IT WAS NO GOOD WHEN I BOUGHT IT. IT ONLY HAS 65000 MILES ON IT. THE CAMSHAFT & CRANKSHAFT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THAT PART OF THIS VEHICLE. I DROVE IT FOR 7 MONTHS & THERE WAS DAYS IT DIDN'T WANT TO START. I WASTED MY HARD EARNED CASH ON THIS PIECE OF JUNK AND NOW I DONT HAVE A CAR TO RIDE TO WORK. FORD NEED TO RECALL THIS ISSUE.

IN 2014, FORD RECALLED THE VEHICLE TO 'RECALIBRATE' THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE TO TO PREVENT ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY (ETB) FAILURE, BUT IN AUGUST 2016, THE VEHICLE SUFFERED ETB FAILURES RESULTING IN AN EXTREMELY LIMITED ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, ROUGH IDLE AND NOTICEABLE POWER LOSS. THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON ONE OF THE BUSIEST HIGHWAYS (95) IN AMERICA WHERE TRAFFIC WAS CONGESTED BUT MOVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, AND A LOSS OF POWER WAS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AS I WAS UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC AND/OR MERGE ONTO ANOTHER HIGHWAY (66) AT A HIGH ENOUGH RATE OF SPEED. THE FAILURES CONTINUED TO HAPPEN ANYTIME THE VEHICLE WAS ON A HIGHWAY GOING BETWEEN 60-70 MPH. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FORD AS EARLY AS THEIR SCHEDULE WOULD PERMIT, BUT FORD WAS UNABLE TO FIX THE ISSUE AT THE TIME BECAUSE THE PART WAS ON "NATIONAL BACK ORDER" AND SIMPLY ADVISED TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER AND RESTART THE ENGINE TO "RESET" THE THROTTLE BODY. SUCH ADVICE WAS UNACCEPTABLE AND DANGEROUS. LIVING IN A HIGHLY CONGESTED AREA WHERE SOME HIGHWAYS AND TOLL BRIDGES DO NOT HAVE SHOULDERS TO PULL OVER ON NULLIFIED FORD'S INTERIM REMEDY. THEY WERE CLEARLY NOT CONCERNED ABOUT ANY DRIVER'S SAFETY WHILE WAITING FOR PARTS TO COME IN AS THEY DID NOT EVEN OFFER ANOTHER VEHICLE TO DRIVE IN THE MEANTIME.

I JUST FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE WITH THE COMPLAINT NUMBER BEING 10873640. I ENTERED THE WRONG VIN NUMBER SO I AM PUTTING IT IN THIS MESSAGE. THE RIGHT VIN NUMBER IS AS FOLLOWS: [XXX] THE OTHER VIN NUMBER WAS FOR MY DAUGHTERS DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. SORRY FOR THE MIX-UP. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,425.

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR I SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE A TURN AND THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED.NO WARNING, SHAKING OR DECREASE IN SPEED. IT JUST STOPPED I TRIED RESTARTING BUT IT WOULDNT START UNTIL 10MINS LATER. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH NO PROBLEMS OR LIGHTS ON THE DASH BUT AFTER I LEFT (THEY COULDN'T SEE THE CAR UNTIL 4 DAYS LATER) LEAVING THE LOT THE ENGINE SEEMED TO STALL OFF AND ON FOR THE 5 MILE TRIP SO I WOULD PUT IT IN NEUTRAL WHEN I WOULD COME TO A LIGHT AND COAST TO A STOP, THEN RESTART. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND LATER THE ENGINE LIGHT. ALSO THE RPM 'S ON THE DASH WOULD GO UP TO 4-5 BUT MY ENGINE SPEED WOULD BE 40 MPH THIS SCARED ME SO BAD, I PARKED THE CAR UNTIL THE APPOINTMENT AT THE DEARLERSHIP WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC BUT KNOW CODES CAME UP. THEY DID FIX THE THROTTLE

2ND TIME MY THROTTLE HAS BEEN REPLACED FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE RECALLS ON ALL FORD PROBLEMS.... NEEDS TO BE RECALLED

ISSUES WITH BOGGING DOWN AND STALLING. THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED, DUE TO DIAGNOSIS AND "ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY EXTENDED COVERAGE" - I WOULD LIKE TO ASK WHY THERE ISN'T A 100,000 WARRANTY ON THE NEW THROTTLE BODY, NOT JUST 3YR/36,000. PLEASE CONTACT ME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER, FAILED TO ACCELERATE, AND SHUT OFF. AFTER RESTARTING THE VEHICLE, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

VEHICLE STALLS, LUNGES, AND SURGES WITH LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING. THIS ISSUE IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON 2011 FORD ESCAPES WITH COUNTLESS SIMILAR EXPERIENCES POSTED ONLINE. PROBLEM HAPPENS UNPREDICTABILITY SO WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT WOULD NOT REPLACE THE CULPRIT PART, THE THROTTLE BODY, WITHOUT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT LIT OR THE VEHICLE REPRODUCING THE PROBLEM IN THE LIMITED TIME THEY HAD THE VEHICLE.

BEGINNING OF OCTOBER THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY BUT IT STOPPED IMMEDIATELY & THEN DROVE FINE. APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MONTHS LATER, I WAS DRIVING DOWN A BUSY ROAD & THE CAR STARTED JERKING HARD AND WOULDN'T MOVE. I HAD IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION & WOULD COST OVER $4,200 TO REPLACE. A VEHICLE WITH 120,000 MILES DOESN'T TYPICALLY HAVE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. MY MECHANIC SUGGESTED I RESEARCH FORD ESCSPES, AS HE NOTED THEIR ENGINE & TRANSMISSION FAILURES ARE WELL KNOWN. AFTER DAYS OF RESEARCHING THE TOPIC, I SEE IT IS A FAR TOO COMMON COMPLAINT ON FORD SUVS AROUND 90,000-130,000 MILES. THIS IS A GRAVE DANGER & SOMETHING FORD MUST BE AWARE OF

MY 2011 FORD ESCAPE WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY IN MERGING TRAFFIC THE ENGINE STALLS LEAVING ME WITH NO POWER TO CONTROL MY SPEED. AS MY CAR QUICKLY REDUCES SPEED ON A MAJOR FREEWAY I ATTEMPT TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER OUT OF HARM'S WAY, HIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE. SO I CALL THE SERVICE AND THEY TELL ME IT'S A PROBLEM WITH ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY BUT WHEN I TAKE THE CAR TO MY DEALER FOR SERVICE. THEY TOLD ME SORRY AFTER TWO KEY CYCLES THE CODE DISAPPEARS SO THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. SO I HAVE TO DRIVE THIS UNSAFE CAR AND WAIT FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN BEFORE I CAN BRING IT IN.

TRUCK JUMPS AND JERKS AT INITIAL ACCELERATION. PROBLEM DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. WHEN IT DOES, WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND SOMETIMES CHECK ENGINE COMES ON. IF I STOP, TURN VEHICLE OFF, AND RESTART IT, THE WRENCH LIGHT GOES OFF. PROBLEM DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. ONE TIME I DID HAVE SERIOUS SLOW DOWN MODE HAPPEN. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50 MPH, LIGHTS CAME ON AND TRUCK SLOWED WAY DOWN. JERKING AND JUMPING AT START UP IS NOT SAFE I THINK. PROBLEM SOUNDS LIKE FORD CSP 13N03 TO ME. I AM CALLING DEALER TODAY FOR APPT. THANK YOU *TR

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION, THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF IT WERE ABOUT TO STALL. I PRESSED THE CLUTCH AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT STALL, BUT WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE (WHICH HESITATED TO CATCH FOR SEVERAL SECONDS). UPON THE VEHICLE STARTING, I AGAIN ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. AT FIRST THE VEHICLE SEEMED OK, BUT SHORTLY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE LOST ALL ACCELERATION. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE WITHOUT INCIDENT, HOWEVER THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. I HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED AND IT READ ERROR CODE P2111. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OUT AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT GIVE ME PROBLEMS AGAIN UNTIL AUGUST 20, 2015. AS I ACCELERATED FROM A STOPPED POSITION, THE VEHICLE AGAIN LOST ALL POWER TO THE ENGINE (THOUGH IT DID NOT STALL). I WAS ABLE TO MOVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DISENGAGE THE ENGINE. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES, AND WITH A HESITATED "CATCH" THE ENGINE RESTARTED. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN EXISTING AND KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FORD (NHTSA PE13003), HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD BY MY LOCAL DEALER AND FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THE WARRANTY EXTENSION OFFERED UNDER THAT INVESTIGATION DOES NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE (WHICH FALLS WITHIN ALL OF THE GUIDELINES FOR YEAR, MAKE, MODEL, AND MILEAGE).

TRAVELING HOME ON ROUTE 1 NORTH, MASSACHUSETTS IN TRAFFIC ABOUT 20MPH CAR BEGAN TO STALL AND SPUTTER AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. BROUGHT CAR TO AUTO PARTS STORE FOR FREE DIAGNOSTIC IMMEDIATELY AND INSPECTION SHOWED "POWER TRAIN ISSUE" (ARE YOU KIDDING ME? JUST PURCHASED THIS USED CAR 3 MONTHS AGO!) NEXT DAY, SAME THING HAPPENED TWICE. CALLED THE DEALER WHO SOLD THE CAR TO ME CANNOT INSPECT THE CAR FOR TWO WEEKS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. FORD ADMITS THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY (ETB) BUT HAS NOT RECALLED THE VEHICLES.

THE THROTTLE BODY WAS CORRODED ON THE VEHICLE CAUSING IT TO STUTTER AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE ISSUE OCCURRED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DRIVE OR FUNCTION PROPERLY. IT WAS CLEARLY UNSAFE.