My wife is the main driver of this vehicle and has told me that there have been several occurrences over the past several years including the most recent on december 18. 2013. There is a sudden unexpected engine acceleration similar to what the toyota vehicles have had. At this point it only occurs when slowing down. She applies the brakes but finds it difficult to slow with the engine attempting to accelerate. This last time I was riding with her and she slammed the gear shift into park just before coming to a complete stop. I didn't think that was too good for the transmission but it did correct the difficulty at the time. Have any other people experienced this problem ?
2010 Ford Escape brakes complaints
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After sitting with my car running in a parked position for approximately one minute, I put the car in drive. I drove for an estimated 30 seconds. Then I stopped to check for oncoming traffic before pulling out into an intersection. When I pressed the gas to make a right turn onto that major road, the yellow/orange "wrench" sign immediately popped up. Simultaneously, my car began to rumble and shake. In addition, despite pressing the gas pedal, my car was not accelerating. I immediately pulled onto the shoulder of the road, which was difficult to do since my car was struggling to move. I turned the car off and restarted it. It was difficult to get the car to restart. It struggled and sounded like it was going to stall out, but after approximately ten seconds, it started up. Now, in addition to the "wrench" light, my escape also had the check engine symbol lit up. Even though I was sitting on the side of the road with my car running in the parked position, my car was still rumbling and shaking. Interesting to note, I was actually on the way home from the ford service department where I had just had my car serviced for a seemingly unrelated problem. The day before the throttle went, my back passenger tire became stuck in a locked position, and I was unable to drive. I had to pump my brakes, and put my emergency brake (which had not been engaged) on and off several times to unlock the back passenger tire. Ford determined this incident was due to water getting on the brake shoe which made it stick to the brake drum. They cleaned, readjusted and lubricated my rear brakes (drums, shoes, etc) and sent me on my way. My throttle went while I was on my way home from the service department at ford where they had just fixed my brake issue. I had to be towed back to ford since my car was not able to run.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford escape. The contact stated that when the brake pedal was engaged, it seized to the floorboard. The failure was experienced several times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the failure was located at the master cylinder. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 24,000 and the current mileage was 26,676.
Upon entering the flow of traffic on highway my 2010 ford escape began to accelerate on its own and increasing speed, realizing what was happening I engaged the brake to no avail, I was unable to stop my vehicle. I navigated to the shoulder and was gaining speed on the traffic ahead so I looked for an exit into a parking lot with no one walking in my way and turned into the lot literally on two wheels due to my increasing speed. I saw a wooded area with a snow bank and thought I would head that way rather than the alternative of other vehicles, building or people. As I got closer I then turned the engine off and stopped but not after standing on my brakes and smelling burning from them.
I was leaving the dealership for an unrelated service and noticed that my car was having trouble going- it felt labored. Initially I thought it was cold or something but soon realized there was a serious problem. I turned around and drove back to the dealer (1-2 miles round trip). When I stopped the car it smoked. My service person says its a potential problem with the brake system and with the hcu. Basically my front brakes locked up while I was driving. No warning lights were on. My car is still in the shop because the parts needed to ultimately fix and diagnose are on backorder until mid feb. Also, there are apparently a couple other ford escapes in the shop right now with the same problem. I believe the parts on are backorder because this is a systemic issue with the escapes. This is a safety issue and I believe these cars should be recalled. You have my permission to contact my service person [xxx] at holmes tuttle ford at 520‑292‑3785. My repair order # is[xxx]. Feel free to contact me as well if you find it necessary. Thank you in advance for looking into this safety issue. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Vehicle began throttling while driving on the freeway. Engine light came on. As I pulled over, vehicle slowed down jumping forward. Applied brakes and still kept jumping forward. Switched gear to park and car stalled. Turned on after a few tries. Continues to jump forward and shake. After a few minutes problem went away and vehicle drove normal. Three weeks later same occurrence. This week another occurrence of the problem. Contacted sunrise ford dealer in north hollywood ,ca and was told I need to pay $150.00 diagnostic fee.
Multiple noises started to occur. The first was a cracking noise when accelerating, second came a clicking noise while braking and then a howling sound. The crackling noise has yet to be discovered, the clicking was the drive shaft and rotors. The howling noise is supposedly the transfer case. Additionally, the gears do not seem to catch between 50-65mph.
Brakes went out and we almost hit someone but we didn't. Brake system failure message appeared when it happened but no warning before. Turned off car then turned on and brakes seem to be working now intermittently. Ford escape 2010. Hybrid with only 21000 highway miles. Just had the 20000 check at the dealer 2 weeks ago and we were told brakes were fine. I can't believe there had not been a recall since many other owners online seemed to have had the same problem. We. Could have been in a serious accident . Thank goodness no one got hurt. Taking it to the dealer tomorrow morning.
2010 ford escape. Consumer states vehicle has a fast idle speed, ignition key lock problem and a soft brake problem. *tgw the consumer requested to have the idle speed lowered to 500 RPM. The dealer stated that could not be done because the idle was set at the factory. The consumer stated the vehicle would roll forward and backwards due to the fast idle speed. He almost hit the back of a building because the vehicle rolled back when he started the vehicle in reverse. The key was difficult to turn in the ignition which made it difficult to start the vehicle.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford escape. The contact was at a complete stop with the brakes depressed when he simultaneously depressed the accelerator pedal. The contact stated the accelerator and brake pedals were extremely close to one another and due to his size 11.5 shoe size, he would often depress both pedals unintentionally. The contact had not experienced a failure but was concerned with the possibility of being involved in a crash. The current mileage was 10,000. Updated 10/20/10 *bf updated 10/26/10
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