2010 Ford Escape Hybrid: engine stalls while driving

Filed Nov 29, 2016 · Fuel system · 60,900 miles · FL

Vehicle idled roughly. At a light, vehicle idled roughly, dashboard wrench icon light up, and engine stalled. This happened twice. Was able to start again and drive to dealer. Dealer determined it was throttle body and replaced it.

Filed May 28, 2015 · 85,300 miles · MI

The car stalls at low speed, such as stopped at light or slowing way down turning into drive way, car will just shut off, I put in park and restart the car. Can not ever tell when it will happen. Now the car is jerking as I am driving it at speeds of 40-45 MPH and 60-65 MPH. It seems to slip or missing shifting and jerks very hard. Are these two things related?. I took it into dealer and they told me they couldn't get the car to do that there, while running it while up on the lift. I want to know what I am supposed to do with this issue if I can not get it to do the same thing while at dealership and I can never know when it is going to happen while I am driving it. If this is going to keep happening, I do not want the car anymore and the deal will need to take it back.

Filed Jul 30, 2014 · Acceleration · 27,000 miles · PA

While traveling home to pa from nc on vacation, my husband was merging onto the highway when he lost all use of the gas pedal (it appeared to happen as the vehicle was shifting gears and the "wrench" light came on). Our vehicle slowly began losing speed and we had to make an emergency stop on the side of the highway with cars traveling 65-70mph around us. Once pulled off, while applying the break, the vehicle stalled. He started the vehicle up again with a rough start...we continued on our way. After reading several complaints, we are unsure why ford would not issue a recall. We called out dealership to bring the vehicle in and were told they are unaware of any issues involving the throttle body...I have an appt for monday 8/4.

Filed Sep 22, 2013 · Engine · 139,000 miles · MO

Driving 40 MPH and my car just stalled. Car stuttered, quit and wrench light came on. Luckily it was a sunday morning and roads weren't to busy. I coasted to a side road, pulled over, waited a couple minutes and restarted. I just bought this used 2010 ford escape limited a week ago. I guess I should have googled the vehicle sooner. :(

Filed Jul 11, 2013 · Acceleration, Engine · 75,256 miles · MD

I just finished a right turn and accelerated to continue down the street when my vehicle began to shake and then suddenly stalled. Then engine continued to rev up/down as I tried to get my vehicle to move out of the traffic lane but it would not go in reverse or drive. When I put my vehicle in park, then engine continued to rev up/down for almost half an hour before being shut off.

Filed Jun 13, 2013 · Engine, Transmission · 36,000 miles · GA

I traveled approximately 2.5 miles when the car stalled, stopped operating and I had no power to the drive train. The air conditioner and radio still worked so I still had electrical power. I was able to coast to a stop but it was dangerous traffic. I turned everything off and the car restarted. It was initially sluggish but I traveled the next 3 miles home. Drove it to dealership. Dealer test drove it and it stalled again. Dealer analyzed it and said the car had a bad throttle body. New part will take a month to get and I can't drive car.

Filed Jun 4, 2013 · Acceleration, Engine · 62,500 miles · AZ

I had noticed over the weekend that once in a while when I pressed on the gas pedal it would rev up but not go anywhere while I was going down the road. On monday, I was on my way to the dealership and was taking a left through a busy intersection when it went into a bit of a stall. This was a very dangerous situation. I was able to turn it off, then turn the vehicle back on and when the dealership (bell ford) called they said it was the throttle body and it needed to be replaced. I did some research online and it seems this is a rampant problem with other ford escape owners. I only have about 62,000 miles on this vehicle and it makes me very angry that this problem has not been a recall issue considering how many people have had this issue. This is very dangerous and a recall should be sent in to correct this issue!

Filed Mar 28, 2013 · Acceleration, Engine · 36,530 miles · CA

This is the second time now this has happened. I reported the first time to you guys about a year ago. I'll have to look at my paperwork I can't keep track of the problems with this vehicle. Yesterday morning I was driving to the dmv here in town. Just as I was coming around the corner a block from the dmv the escape started stalling/"heaving." I let up on the gas and the escape continued to heave for a couple of seconds then the engine felt like it was close to normal again. I pulled into the dmv parking lot and as I braked to park in a space the escape started stalling/heaving again and the vehicle shut off. I sat there for half a mi ute and decided I would try to drive the short distance to the ford dealership. I turned the engine on and the vehicle immediately started to stall/heave again. I put the vehicle in reverse and as I backed out of the space I could feel the engine become somewhat normal again. Drove straight to the ford dealership.

Filed Oct 5, 2012 · Acceleration · 50,000 miles · CA · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford escape hybrid. The contact stated that while attempting to park, the vehicle lunged forward and erroneously traveled over a cement parking divider. The contact mentioned that on another occasion, the vehicle lunge forward and stalled without any warning. The dealer was contacted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was 50,500.