"recall campaign" - recall notice received for 2002 ford escape in reference to the accelerator cable.*mr the consumer received recall notice jan. 2005. The consumer called the deal in march to have the recall work done. The dealer informed the consumer that it was too late to get the repair. They stated if the vehicle was brought in jan or feb they would have done it. The repair were made at another dealer. *bf
2002 Ford Escape acceleration complaints
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2002 ford escape experiencing problems with accelerator even after recall repairs were performed.*mr recall campaign, performed on 02/07/05 and still having problem. The accelerator stuck wide open while traveling down the highway. On 03/22/05 the accelerator stuck again. *bf
I received a recall notice (ford recall # 04s25) on my 2002 ford escape because of the possibility of the accelerator sticking. I had the recall order worked on at low country ford in summerville, sc on 2/7/05. On 2/18/05 the accelerator stuck wide open. I was able to put the vehicle in neutral and stop without an accident. It was towed back to the dealership and they repaired it again. On 3/22/05 the accelerator stuck again while my son was driving. It was towed and repaired a third time. I refuse to drive this car again. Fords recall fix does not solve the problem.
The vehicle accelerated uncontrollably into a cement wall while the driver's foot was still on the brake pedal. Both frontal air bags deploy. The vehicle was towed to a dealer for inspection. The cause has not been determined at this time. *nm
As I was putting up to a red light, I applied the brakes and my automoblie would not slow down. It sped up resulting in me crashing into the car in front of me. When I applied the brakes the car did not slow down at all it sped up to at least 20 to 30 MPH. I had recieved a recall for this exact thing happening. Ford service manager jason preat has informed that there is nothing wrong with the accelerator cable (what the car has the recall for) and that is not why my car crashed. But I know what happen and ford is responsible for this accident, my loss wages, and other various expends. This car has done this in the past and I thought that I had imaged it. It was never as serve as the last time. The service manager jason preat has denied that the recall on my veichile is the cause of this accident and has told me I would be spinning my wheels to get ford to own up to this.
Consumer experienced two problem with this vehicle on two separated occasions. First, vehicle stalled while driving, consumer tried to restarted, but was unable to do so. Secondly, while traveling vehicle started to accelerate uncontrollably. Consumer was able to maintain control of the vehicle. Applied the brakes and the pedal went to the floor. Consumer was able to pull over. Afterwards vehicle was towed on both occasions. Mechanic determined that a head gasket blew out, and the speed control cable snapped. The head gasket, and speed control cable needed to be replaced.
I-4 engine (38k mi)- throttle sticks in closed position. Throttle cable is okay, but throttle plate will stick in throttle bore in an unpredictable manner, resulting in inconsistent pedal efforts / performance. Sporadic throttle performance results in occasional sudden acceleration during low speed manuvers as throttle becomes "unstuck" from closed position. Difficult to anticiopate behaviour in parking lot manuvers has resulted in driver avoiding use of vehicle whenever possible.
While driving. The accelerator pedal sticks. Consumer cannot make a smooth acceleration from a complete stop. The problem was intermittent, you have to depress the pedal so far until it gives, then the vehicle surges forward, and the tires spin. Took the vehicle in for the repair. Was told the throttle body has to be replaced. Please provide any further information.
When stepping on the brake vehicle accelerated. Consumer stated that engine roared. Had to step on the brakes with great pressure and it still happened. Consumer took vehicle to the dealer on 3 occasions, and each time, they were unable to detect the problem. Consumer contacted manufacturer, who denied of the problem. Manufacturer sent an engineer to diagnose the problem, and while in his possession, the problem did not duplicate itself.
Vehicle suddenly surged forward. Vehicle is currently at the police garage waiting to be investigated. *ak the consumer was pulling into his driveway, put the vehicle in park and pulled up the emergency brake. The consumer exited the vehicle to retrieve her mail and got back into the vehicle. The consumer put the emergency brake down and proceed to shift the vehicle into drive. When the vehicle was shifted into drive the vehicle accelerated suddenly and could not be stopped, not even by applying the brake. The vehicle went through a garage wall, through a utility room and came out the back of the house and hit a small tree. The air bag did not deploy. The car was totaled.
High revving when in drive,neutral,park. Rpm up to 4. Noticed when at stop lights that it was revving very high, pulled over and put it in park and the car will rev to 4. I have reported this problem over 6 time to ford dealerships in valencia, ca. And palmdale, ca. They always say they no what the problem is and they fix it with no charge, however it always comes back. I have all my service repairs documented. I have taken my complaint to the ford customer service dept. And they have put me in touch with the district service manager, however, has never contacted me. I don't know what else to do. For a while my 16 year old was driving it and my concern for an accident was great. She does not drive it anymore. Please advise.
Driver put the vehicle into park and without warning vehicle surged forward. This caused consumer to lose control of the vehicle, and hit some objects head on inside of the garage before stopping. The driver and passenger sustained minor injuries. Consumer will have the vehicle towed to the dealership.*ak the driver was in the process of placing gear from drive to park when vehicle lurched forward. Upon impact, the shifter is between park and drive.
The consumer was having a problem with the brakes. The brakes did not stop the vehicle when moving in reverse. The driver applied the brakes, however, the brakes did not stop the car. *jb when backing by a gas station pump, the vehicle would not stop and nearly ended out on a busy road. The brakes were pumped twice and the parking brake was applied. Less than a week later when backing out of the driveway, the vehicle suddenly accelerated uphill, across a road, over into the woods. *sc jb
Consumer slowly pulled into the garage with foot on the brakes and stopped. She put the vehicle in park, and suddenly vehicle accelerated forward, causing it to crash into the back of the garage, damaging the refrigerator and the back of the garage, and knocking the garage 4-5 inches off the foundation. Consumer was not injured but shook up. Consumer and husband called the insurance company and the dealer. The insurance representative was suppose to come to the house to look at the vehicle.
I pulled into a parking space at a drug store, stopped, and as I was putting the car in park, it surged forward over the curb and into the building. The engine then returned to idle. I put the car in reverse to back out and it surged backward but I was able to stop it quickly. It again returned to normal idle. The car has 57k miles and had no prior problems with the engine.
While driving at any speed, the engine was rumbling. The dealer could not duplicate or correct the problem. *ak there was uncontrollable jumping and or kicking. The dealer replaced one defective part and was told that the rumbling noise would need to be investigated by ford engineers. Ford did not know what was causing the noise, but say it was not dangerous. The vehicle would shake at certain speeds and cd's would get stuck in the cd player. *sc the rotors were replaced because they were out of round, the stabilizer end links were replaced
Vehicle stalled and lost power while driving between 40-45 MPH. Vehicle has almost been rear ended 4 times. Dealership made three attempts to correct the problem by updating the iac valve, and reprogramming the PCM.
Stiff accelerator pedel. Cannot make a smooth acceleration from a complete stop. The pedal doesn't seem to "give" until it's pushed too much. When it's pushed too much. There is a surge of acceleration and usually the tires just spin, whether it's raining, snowing or just plain dry out.
The vehicle stalled. Once while the vehicle was in the drive, the horn began to blow, and the lights started to blink. No one was in the vehicle or had touched the vehicle. The consumer took the vehicle to the dealership to be repaired, however they were unable to repair it because they could not duplicate the problems. *ak the vehicle also rolled away with the ignition locked, keys removed and vehicle in park. Also the accelerator became stuck on four occasions. A representative from told the consumer the reason why the vehicle rolled away, was because the emergency brake had not been applied. *ph
I was pulling into a parking space at a shopping center. As I took my foot off the accelerator preparing to stop, the vehicle suddenly lunged forward, hopping the curb and continuing forward into the patio area. I applied the brakes, but the car did not stop. It hit a trash can and tables and finally crashed into a pillar. In applying the brake, I had managed to slow the vehicle down so the impact was not severe and the airbags did not deploy. I was not injured but two people lunching in the patio area received minor injuries (a scratched/swollen leg and sore elbow). The vehicle has since been repaired and the cause of accident is being investigated by the insurance company. Since I am paranoid about driving the vehicle, I am planning to have a diagnostic test conducted.
Consumer stated on july 2, 2002 the vehicle was taken back to the dealer for a broken headlight and missing equipment from the vehicle, on july 23, 2002 the vehicle began experiencing stalling, brake and odometer problems, the brakes were replaced due to a flaw, the stalling and the odometer problems could not be duplicated, also there were problems with the speakers and the clutch sticking, consumer stated while the vehicle was parked, the parking brake disengaged and the vehicle rolled into a hotel.
Vehicle will shut off at any speed without any notice. Everything will go out like power steering and brakes and accelerator, etc. Contacted dealer, and the dealer was not willing to do anything.
After 1st incident, ford replaced air idle control valve eec relay; after 2nd incident, ford replaced fuel pump relay and eec relay again. There is no warning when vehicle stalls, it occurs when driving and immediately steering and brakes fail.
While driving down highway vehicle stalled, resulting in loss of steering and brake control.*ak dealer replaced defective idle air control valve.
All functions suddenly locked up. I had no functionality in steering, brakes, and acceleration. I had no control of the car and car slowly died. After a few minutes I was able to restart car with no problems. But this could potentially have caused a fatal accident if environment, speed, etc., were just slightly different.
On several occasions, while traveling on a steep curvy road at 25 MPH, vehicle lost power brakes and power steering, consumer had to use both feet on brake pedal to control speed, oil and emission lights came on, consumer was able to turn off street onto parking lot and slow down enough to avoid crashing, engine was still on when vehicle came to a stop, dealer reflashed PCM and replaced mass airflow sensor, throttle body and iac solenoid. *ak
On several occasions, while driving about 45-50 MPH, stepped on gas pedal to accelerate and automobile was not responding. Looked at dashboard and noticed that engine check light was lit up. Tried to slow down to pull on side of road, but discovered that there were no brakes and no steering. Consumer was able to come to a stop by releasing the emergency brakes, had no accident. Consumer has since traded in vehicle. *ak
I was pulling into a parking space at a shopping center. My foot was off the accelerator as I was preparing to stop. About 3/4 of the way into the parking slot, the vehicle suddenly surged forward, going over the curb, across the sidewalk and hit a concrete ramp with a metal railing on top. Upon impact, the airbags deployed and the vehicle filled with smoke. I have no idea how fast the vehicle may have been going upon impact. I managed to turn off the iginition and exited the vehicle. I was panic-stricken and called 911. The police department sent an officer out. She inquired as to what may have happened and asked that we back the car away from the railing and clear the sidewalk. At the time the car was started, the officer commented that it sounded like the car was "still revving". Fortunately, there were no injuries, no other vehicle was involved and thankfully no pedestrian. I am now afraid of this vehicle. I have submitted this report to ford motor company and, of course, my insurance company. I want the manufacturer (ford motor company) to investigate this problem and determine if the ford escape is a vehicle safe to drive. If they cannot give that assurance then ford must take steps immediately to replace it with a vehicle that is safe to drive. Anything less is unacceptable!
At 300 miles the vehicle surged and hesitated frequently. Dealer replaced transmission. 1 week later after coming to a stop, consumer applied accelerator, vehicle hesitated. Consumer then applied gas pedal harder, and vehicle surged to 20 MPH and hit another vehicle. No injuries, damage to vehicle was $ 2200.00.
After stopping at a light, I accelerated to approximately 30-35 MPH when car stalled. All warning lights came on. Car restarted, we took to the dealer. They advised us right away that ford is aware that these escapes have this type of problem- they just quit running for no reason. They checked it out and everything checked out ok. Because I am now afraid to drive the car, as this is a major safety issue not knowing if car will stall unexpectedly going down a freeway or in the middle of a busy intersection, discussed returning car to dealer. They advise that ford will not do a recall at this time but are aware of the problems being reported. They have no solution to the problem as they can't find out why it happens on some escapes but not others. Unless they buy the car back, we take a huge loss as it as depreciated in the 30 days we have owned it, plus our sales tax and licensing costs. From what we are told, ford has no intention of recalling. My question and complaint, is, if they know that the cars stall and they cant explain why, and therefore can't fix the problem, how can it be legal for them to leave us in this position where we have to fear for our lives every time we drive the car. I can't understand why they don't have to buy these cars back and compensate for the sales tax expense as well. How can they be allowed to leave these cars on the road, when we could be killed if the next time it stalls we are going 70 MPH with a semi in back of us that hits us when the car stops in the middle of the freeway. Or, we are starting to complete a turn when the car stops and the oncoming car can't stop in time. The dealer has told us we can complain to a toll free number at ford but basically they will do nothing for us. Please help us.
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