2009 Ford Escape Hybrid acceleration problems

Filed May 9, 2018 · Acceleration · 81,000 miles · CA

When I start my car I mainly come from a resident area or a parking lot where the speed limit is 10-15mph once I hit the main street where the speed limit is 35 MPH my car wont accelerate to the proper speed even though my gauges are showing the speed im supposed to be at after 8 seconds the car shoots off to 35mph and when I brake to slow down it rolls again at 5-10mph. This is very scary especially in congested areas and trying to pull over in an emergency is very difficult when my car gets stuck in a slow speed. It is now so constant its every day the only way to bypass it I have to pull over turn off the car lock and unlock 2-3 times and it will start up normally

Filed Jul 16, 2017 · Acceleration · 95,500 miles · OH

While driving you lose power/speed no matter how much you push the gas pedal, an alert symbol comes on the dash especially on the freeway. You have to get over and turn the car off and then back on and it will work for a while. They tell me it is the throttle body that needs repair but my VIN is not one of the effected ones...

Filed Jun 16, 2017 · Acceleration · 132,600 miles · NC

Vehicle lost all power when pressing accelerator at 40 MPH. Had to coast to bottom of hill and pull over, wrench light came on. No response when pressing accelerator. Vehicle sat for about 40 min, wrench light cleared and we were able to drive the vehicle to a ford dealership. Ford dealership said throttle body and gasket needed to be replaced. Model not covered under consumer satisfaction program even though manufactured during time frame and same plant as other vehicles that were within the program.

Filed Apr 16, 2017 · Acceleration · 129,185 miles · CA

Throttle control/powertrain warning light come up.

Filed Jan 20, 2017 · Acceleration · 129,000 miles · CO

I was driving on the highway in traffic when the wrench light came on the dashboard. I applied pressure to the accelerator but the vehicle was not accelerating. I was moving at about 10 MPH when this happened and I was able to get to the middle of the highway where there was someone I could wait for traffic to open up to get to the shoulder, the vehicle moved at about 2 MPH from the center to the shoulder, this was while having the accelerator fully pushed down. I turned the vehicle off and then back on and the wrench light turned off and I was able to drive home without the issue occurring again. Prior to this, in september 2015, I had the same experience where the wrench light turned on and the accelerator provided no power to the car, this was repaired by replacing the throttle body. Less than 30,000 miles have been put on the car since this repair was made. I saw there was an issue covered under consumer satisfaction program 13n03, however, the hybrid type of escape was not covered under this.

Filed Aug 8, 2016 · Acceleration, Engine · 135,000 miles · WA

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 ford escape hybrid. While driving 65 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 135,000.

Filed Jul 5, 2016 · Acceleration, Engine · 154,000 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 ford escape hybrid. While driving 55 MPH, the throttle control warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact was advised not to drive the vehicle. The approximate failure mileage was 154,000.

Filed Jun 27, 2016 · Acceleration, Airbags · 95,000 miles · OH · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 ford escape hybrid. While driving at a low speed and attempting to park with the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle accelerated independently. As a result, the contact crashed into the front of another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 95,000.

Filed May 5, 2016 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 55,000 miles · HI

Today my wrench indicator came on and then roughly 8-10 minutes later my vehicle suddenly lost speed while travelling at roughly 55-60 MPH in the fast lane, it dropped down to ~40 mhp no matter how much I pressed the gas. I had to cautiously get over into the slow lane and luckily my exit was close. After the exit there was a red light where I stopped and restarted, then it seemed fine. This is not an isolated incident with the accelerator malfunctioning, in the past year or more I have had 5-6 instances where I start my car first thing in the morning and while in park or reverse the engine revs really high like it's stuck, at 2k-2.5k rpms. It either stops doing that on its own or I restart the car and it stops and seems fine. In the past year I have had 4-5 instances where I was driving at low speed soon after starting my car in the morning and it would not accelerate properly for several seconds, then finally it would. I had one instance perhaps 3 months ago where I was driving on city streets at 25-30 MPH when it went into "limp" mode and would only travel at perhaps 15 MPH no matter how much I accelerated, I pulled over and restarted the car and it seemed fine after that. This seems to be an obvious product defect similar or the same as the customer satisfaction program 13n03 that I have been reading about. I called ford and they told me that my car was not part of the csp, as hybrid models were not included, which makes absolutely no sense since I am having precisely the same problems that were the subject of the csp and presumably the exact same throttle body parts were used on my car as non-hybrid models.

Filed Dec 23, 2015 · Acceleration · 85,000 miles · CA · crash

My wife was turning around in a parking lot. When she started to shift out of reverse the accelerator surged, she could not stop the car with the brakes, she shifted into park in a desperate attempt to stop, and slid sideways into a cement wall causing considerable damage to the car and shaking up the occupants.