2009 Ford Escape Hybrid transmission problems

Filed Aug 5, 2016 · Transmission · 133,000 miles · MN · crash

I was driving my 2009 ford escape hybrid home from work, on the highway during rush hour, when the car went into "limp mode" nearly causing an accident. I could not accelerate at all. I barely avoided a 16 wheeler and made it to the freeway shoulder while hitting a concrete curb nearly causing me to lose control and damaging my right front tire. It was terrifying, and this happened less than one year after the steering went out, nearly causing an accident also. The wrench sign was light up and a message to pull over was on. I was able to turn the car off and restart it and was able to drive home. It has happened 3 more times, driving at various speeds, in the last 2 days making the car basically undriveable. A code 2112 was pulled from the car and I was told that the electronic throttle body was bad and that there was a customer satisfaction program that should replace this. When I called ford with my VIN number, I was told that my 2009 hybrid was not included in the customer satisfaction program 13n03. I went online and found numerous other 2009 escape hybrids with this exact same problem that were not covered. These vehicles need to be included in this customer satisfaction program before someone gets killed!!!

Filed Feb 25, 2016 · Transmission · 58,000 miles · HI

In 2013, on several occasions, while driving, the car lost power completely under acceleration, while going uphill on city streets. I had to pull over to the side, turn the car off, wait and try to start the car again. After several attempts the car turned on and was able to drive normally. After the first incident, the engine indicator light came on. At the dealership, they informed me the throttle body accentuator was faulty, not under warranty ( car 3 years old at time) because it was really an electrical malfunction. The was replaced in 2013. Now again in 2016, engine light on again...same diagnosis. Part replaced again, not under warranty. Dealership says it has no indications that this is a common problem in the ford escape hybrids. Engine light still on...yet to be resolved.

Filed Apr 15, 2015 · Steering, Transmission · 78,000 miles · IN

Vehicle power steering failed while turning left. In 2014 my vehicle was serviced for a power steering recall. I did not have a power steering failure until after the software update.

Filed Oct 9, 2014 · Transmission · 125,600 miles · CA

Twice in the last 3 months the ford lost acceleration. From 65mph to 40mph..even though I pushed the gas pedal all the way in. And the pedal and acceleration locked in! Until I hit the brake the car locked in on the freeway. The situation is getting terrible!! Afraid major accident will happen. Please fix this problem ford!!!!

Filed Sep 12, 2014 · Acceleration, Transmission · 62,000 miles · TX

I was driving at a speed of approximately 45 MPH and the throttle went out. I could not accelerate above 40 and was very slow to get to that speed. The engine was idling at a higher RPM than normal at stop lights. When driving up hill the speed was about 20 MPH and there was no throttle to increase the speed at all. The yellow wrench light came on. Once I made it home and turned off the vehicle, my husband took it to get the codes pulled and the wrench light had gone off and it ran like normal. We could not get the codes pulled.

Filed Aug 14, 2014 · Engine, Fuel system · 88,297 miles · OK

Stopped at red light when car begin to run extremely rough, service engine light came on and when light turned green it would only accelerate up to 20 miles per hour. Vehicle was towed to the dealership this morning (08/14/2014) and it is the throttle body issue listed in dp12006 for ford escape vehicles. The reason for this case is ford motor company / randall reed ford wants to exclude a 2009 ford escape hybrid from the customer satisfaction program 13n03 and have me pay for the repair. Your help in getting this resolved is greatly appreciated.

Filed Jul 22, 2014 · Acceleration, Transmission · 40 miles · FL

The service wrench would go on and hold and but always seem to go off when I arrived at the dealership so they could never check the problem. This went on for a month until in addition to the light the vehicle would not accelerate above 40 MPH. I took the vehicle in and the throttle body was replaced at a charge of $476.99 since my vehicle was no longer under warranty. This upsets me because I find out tonight that this was a known issue and because no official recall was issue, I was forced to pay for the repair. Http://www.lemonauto.com/complaints/ford/ford_escape.htm. My vehicle was purchased new and delivered in november 008 - vehicles produced after oct. 15, 2009 have electronic throttle bodies manufactured with a new process that resolved this condition, the government said. The bulletin instructed dealers to replace the throttle body on a number of ford and lincoln vehicles. Depending on the condition of throttle control system malfunction, a driver may experience varying levels of reduced engine performance. In addition, I would have never known about this had it not been for the fact that I received an official recall notice today for something else.

Filed Nov 21, 2013 · Brakes, Transmission · 112,112 miles · CA

Driving down a major blvd. 4 lights turned on simultaneously, brake, ABS, traction control and the "wrench" icon indicating a major failure. Brake pedal went to the floor and I experienced an 80% loss of braking power narrowly avoiding a collision with cars stopped in front of me. Lights remained on and brakes were severely compromised as I limped to the nearest repair shop with very little braking ability. Turned the car off. When I restarted the car all systems were operational and all lights were off. Drove the car to a ford dealer the following day for evaluation. Dealer diagnosed a compromised battery as the source of failure and replaced the battery. Dealer service rep denied this problem had anything to do with hydraulic control unit as other reports mention with the exact same symptoms on your site, as well denied problems with the master cylinder or regenerative braking system. The battery didn't explain the problem to me, why then did the car continue to drive normally for a while following the failure before the battery was replaced? Even if this is the problem, no battery light indicated a problem prior to failure. Am I to expect brake failure to be what announces my battery might be in need of replacement? No fail safe mechanism appears to be in place on this vehicle. Treacherous. I'll likely sell the car as I don't want my less experienced 16 yr old to be confronted with this issue. I was lucky to have left plenty of following distance, without which I most certainly would have become the victim of an accident.

Filed Oct 24, 2013 · Transmission · 78,100 miles · IN

Car loses power while driving, does not completely stall out, but loses power steering and acceleration. Wrench light sometimes turns on. Once I pull over, stop and restart car, it seems to return to normal functioning. This has happened four times over a period of six months. Dealer diagnosed throttle body failure and replaced throttle body.

Filed Oct 7, 2013 · Steering, Transmission · 72,715 miles · VA

I was driving to work. The powertrain light came on, my car started jerking. It wouldn't accelerate and the steering wheel became difficult to control. I had to pull to the side of the road. I turned off the ignition and restarted it. It was ok. That has happened twice since that first incident.