It was taken to dealership for repair and I was told they have zero throttle bodies for this car for 4 to 6 months maybe longer. And in researching this there are alot of people with the same problem I'm having and they don't seem to care about resolving the issue. Just keep making your payments on the car and rent you another so you can get back and forth to work to pay for it. Even tho I have warranty coverage still cannot get a loaner car till they can get the parts to fix this thing.
2010 Ford Escape fuel system complaints
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This first started several weeks one day after filling up my car all of sudden it would not go. I pulled over barely missing being hit. I turned the car off for a few minutes and it would start up and I could go. This didn't happen again for a couple of weeks. The next time I was low on gas. It happened two more times. I kept thinking I had bad gas. Then last saturday I was out shopping and it happened numerous times. I was so scared by the time I went home I was a nervous wreck. I can't tell you how many times I was almost hit. Even the morning I took it into the car dealer it died four times on the way. My car acted just like the situations in your article. Now the dealership at ford is making me rent a car. I can't drive mine. Ford is saying they don't know if it is a week or a month before they get these parts in. They can't fix my car because there is such a big back order for this part. Somebody needs to get these motels recalled and get them fixed.
While making left hand turn vehicle abruptly stalled, yellow warning light showed fault with powertrain. Vehicle was towed to dealer on 6/10/2013 still waiting for throttle body assembly three days.
Driving on highway, at 65 MPH. Car loses power and have to cost to a stop. Very dangerous situations trying to cross 4 lanes of traffic to get to shoulder of highway and stop safely. This happened once on 4/26/13, took to dealership, they said nothing wrong. Continued to drive until happened again. Happened on 5/30 and 5/31 repeatedly until got the vehicle to a repair shop. Repair shop has had the vehicle for 10 days due to part not available. Part is not available because this is a recurring problem for ford and these vehicles. This is a very serious safety issue and needs to be recalled! Please do something!
In a 35 MPH zone, when accelerating after slowing to allow vehicle in front to turn, throttle stuck open & car lost power. Was able to get to side of road and restart car and proceed. Same thing happened 4 additional times that day at various speeds accelerating to speed following a stop or using an on-ramp to highway speed. Have experienced "surging" previously but dealer ignored reports as "intermittent". Car was towed to dealer on 22 may and is still there awaiting a new throttle control body. Shipment of new part is estimated as 17 june. Dealer is not providing loaner or rental car as the part is not considered part of the powertrain & is therefore approx. 6 months out of warranty. Since the car cannot "go" without the throttle control body - why is it considered part of the emission system vice the powertrain? With so many cars down for this part, it should be a recall.
I was cruising at highway speeds when the car began slowing despite no change in gas pedal pressure. Additional gas did not result in the car maintaining speed or speeding up. I coasted to the side of the highway and turned the car off. I restarted the car and was able to accelerate to highway speeds. About a mile later, the same thing happened. I called a tow truck and the car was taken to a local ford dealer. The mechanic informed me that the problem is a bad throttle body and that a number of fords have the problem but there is no recall. It is such a problem that a replacement part is on back-ordered and the dealer is unable to tell me when it will be in so that the car can be made safe to operate. The potential safety issue of a failure while driving, and the widespread nature of the problem suggest ford should be more proactively addressing this and recalling cars like mine before incidents arise while operating the vehicle.
I was driving down the street and lost power. The throttle wasn't working properly. Took the escape to ford where other similar vehicles have same problem with throttle body. I have been waiting on the part for over a week and ford says there is no recall or warranty for this although it's happening to so many people. I'm having to rent a car this whole time waiting.
Driving on highway, heard a little pop and had sudden loss of power from depressed accelerator, but engine was on - no warning light on dash. Was going on downward incline, able to go from left lane to shoulder on right; engine shook violently then and I turned it off. Waited a minutes, turned back on; idling had a little "miss" but able to finish trip. Upon return home, took vehicle to mechanic, found no historic code in computer and nothing found on test drive. On 6/07, again on highway and without warning, car again lost power from accelerator - immediate loss of momentum almost caused me to be broadsided by large SUV merging from off ramp as I am trying to coast to the shoulder. Same thing, engine shook, I turned it off; again no warning light. Occurred two more times and we turned around for home. Same thing happened two more times on the return trip - the yellow wrench warning light came on the last two times. Very hazardous condition, I plan to not drive and take to the dealer as soon as I can. I see there is a known issue with the throttle body and feel a recall should be implemented, especially since the condition suddenly puts a driver in a very dangerous position and I will have to pay for a known design / device problem to be repaired.
Bought 2010 ford escape limited in december. Purchased a $2000 extended bumper to bumper from easy care. Put about 1200 miles on the vehicle before it started turning off at random. First time it happened was at an intersection where I lost throttle response totally and almost got t boned by a coal truck. It did it 5 more times as I was just trying to get it home. Took it to freedom ford in ebensburg pa for warranty work and they found a faulty throttle body. The dealer and my warranty company refused to pay anything for the repair and the part is back ordered until july 16th. Now I am paying almost $400 a month for a ford escape with only 31000 miles that I don't have. And it will be sitting at the dealer for 6 more weeks.
I was driving from the bank to home and all of the sudden I had no power. I stepped on the gas and nothing happened. I had to ease over to the right lane with no power and when I got to the side of the road I shut off the engine and then I restarted it. My escape then ran fine the rest of the way home. I called the dealership and brought my escape into the service department. They said I need a new throttle box and that they are on back order. My car is only 3 years old. I bought it brand new. There is no reason for something like this to happen. Since the part is on back order I have to drive it like this until the part is available. The dealership told me it will be at least 1 week, probably longer. If my car dies in an intersection or while crossing an intersection, or on a freeway, I could have an accident. This is very frightening. I have to drive it, it's the only car I own. I avoided the freeway to and from the dealership because I know the side roads to get there. I won't be able to do that all the time. Please recall this part. Considering the part is on back order and they have no idea how long it will take to get a new one that tells me I am not the only one having this problem. This is a safety concern for all. If a car stalls in the middle of rush hour traffic on the freeway it is endangering many lives besides mine.
Vehicle will cut off while driving, when I get off the road to a stop it sounds like it is idiling rough but will not move. This vehicle will shut off at any speed without warning. Very dangerous to drive on interstate.
Engine just goes to idle. You have to stop and put car in park to restart. There is no warring as to when the engine will cut out. This has happened at least 12 to 15 time over the last two weeks.
While driving at approx 45mph, vehicle started to decrease in speed. Pressing the gas pedal the rpms continued to decrease and car slowed to a stop without stalling. Vehicle began sputtering and "wrench" light appeared on dash.
I was driving on the highway when the motor in the escape just died, I was forced to move from the left lane of the highway to the right with almost no power. No accident occurred I took the truck to the ford dealership and they say that part is on national backorder ford is making 4000 of the throttle bodies in order to keep with the demand.
While driving at roughly 25-30 MPH vehicle stopped accelerating and coasted regardless of pressure to gas pedal. I was in a busy intersection and was unable to get out of the way. Wrench light came on when vehicle stopped accelerating. I coasted to a driveway (no shoulder) and shut off the engine and restarted the vehicle. At this time, the engine light was on with no wrench light. Car accelerated fine so I continued home. In the span of 5 miles, this same incident occurred 4 times. Turning the car off and on would temporarily fix the issue, but the engine light never left. In route, I stayed on roads with shoulder allowances or frequent turnoffs, where possible. The following day, I took the vehicle to a mechanic who ran diagnostic and determined it was the throttle actuator control system. Currently having trouble finding the part to fix the issue, because of its current high demand. I'm told it could be a month.
Driving on 3 lane highway in middle lane at approximately 70 MPH and engine completely lost power. We (children and myself) were almost rear ended by a semitruck coming up from behind us having no idea that my auto lost power. I was able to pull off to the shoulder. Engine was still running. Car had no real power but was able to continue at about 5 MPH for a few hundred feet up exit ramp to a gravel area where I stopped and regained my composure as I thought we were going to crash!!!!! I noticed the yellow wrench light was on in the lower left corner of the dash. Turned off engine unsure of what to do. At the time I was still about 100 miles from home so I tried to start the engine again. Engine started right up. Power was back. Continued to drive another 20-30 miles with again with one more issue. I had just brought this in to be checked before taking my family trip and I was told everything was good...descriptions on the internet talk about a fuel throttle body issue which has symptoms that match what happened to this vehicle. First incident 11/2012, 2nd 3rd & cont 2013 now... This will be my 3rd time bringing back to the dealership - and I add that they are not calling back to schedule a svs appt.. I am filing compliant here and with ford.. I always purchased a ford - maybe now chevy ..addtl note:. Car has had issues in the past month where it sputters a bit pulling out from a stop sign and has reved up to about 1500 RPM when out of gear right after starting.
Engine lost power and coasted to side of road. Towed to dealer, keyser miller ford, 8 east main st., collegeville, pa 19426. They stated the problem was the "throttle body", and it needed to be replaced. They said it was a common problem with the escapes. Parts next to impossible to obtain.
Driving on 3 lane highway in middle lane at approximately 70 MPH slightly up hill and engine completely lost power. I pulled off to the shoulder. Engine was still running. Car had no real power but was able to continue at about 5 MPH for a few hundred feet up exit ramp to a gravel area where I stopped. I noticed the yellow wrench light was on in the lower left corner of the dash. Turned off engine unsure of what to do. At the time I was about 90 miles from home so I tried to start the engine again. Engine started right up. Power was back. Continued to drive another 90 miles with no issue. Descriptions on the internet talk about a fuel throttle body issue which has symptoms that match what happened to this vehicle. Stopped at ford dealer and ordered new throttle body. Service department acted like they never heard of the issue although it is all over the internet. Waiting for part 9e926 to arrive to install. Car has had issues in the past month where it sputters a bit pulling out from a stop sign and has revved up to about 1500 RPM when out of gear right after starting.
While driving on highway 24, my vehicle had spontaneously lost power as I was pressing on the gas pedal. As I safety steered my vehicle to a place on the side of the highway, the service light then the check engine light came on. Once stop, I turned the engine off; waited a few minutes they started it back up. The engine was on, the dash indicator lights were still one, but no power was transferring from the engine to the transmission as I pressed down on the gas pedal. The RPM gauge also showed little to no change while I was applying more gas. After I had the vehicle towed back to the ford dealership, they were quick to identify the problem being the throttle body. The part was covered under my warranty only after I paid the $100.00 deductible. My vehicle was well maintained; having all scheduled maintenance done by ford dealership/service centers within the required intervals, and has only 44,800 miles on it.
Vehicle lost throttle response, would not accelerate. Had no prior warning/symptoms. Check engine light (wrench) came on. Pulled off to side of road, had to shut of and restart. Throttle response returned. Same incident happened the next day at approximately same speed. Pulled off road, shut off and restarted. Brought vehicle to dealer/repair shop and they replaced the throttle body assembly.
Driving on freeway at speed and vehicle fuel system seemed to shut off causing vehicle to stall and shutter. I was barely able to exit freeway without incident. Shut engine off and restarted and vehicle finally resumed normal operation, at which time I drove directly to dealer for inspection, but they were in process of closing for the day and vehicle had resumed proper operation by then and dealer felt the vehicle would not be damaged to continue on trip if we wished. This incident occurred 2 more times before returning home. When home, check engine light came on and took vehicle to mechanic for inspection and it was diagnosed with a faulty throttle body which as of 5/30/13 are unavailable due to national back order. Evidently lots of escapes seem to have this problem. I am currently on list for the part in question. Vehicle is out of warranty by 1 month but not by mileage.
At the initial failure, while traveling on manchester road the vehicle stalled and I had to pull to the side of the road. A week later at the second failure while standing at a stop light the vehicle stalled and I had to restart the vehicle.
I was driving in traffic at 60 MPH and the power went out. The car just coasted. Steering continued to work. I pulled over to the median, put the car in park and restarted the car. The car started back up and worked fine after that.
Car stalled on highway at 70 miles per hour. Seemed like car shutoff, but later realized that car was still on but not moving. Took to dealer it was diagnosed as throttle body was defective. Quite dangerous due to sudden loss of control on highway, easily could of been hit by other car.
The vehicle started stalling while approaching a traffic light and continued to stall to where eventually the gas pedal was non-operational. The car was taken to a ford dealership and a mechanic diagnosed that the throttle body was not operating properly and needed to be replaced. Ford staff indicated the part is not covered under the power train warranty and the replacement part would have to be paid out of pocket at the owner's expense.
When driving the car, the gas pedal becomes useless and no longer accelerates the car. The engine is still on and all power is on in the car but you can't accelerate at all. Very dangerous on the expressways as the car can just die and if you can't get over to the emergency lane.... You have to pull the car over, turn off and restart. Seems to work for a while after that. Has done this at different speeds, and several different times. My wife has had a few close calls with almost being rear ended due to this issue. Ford knows about it but doesn't seem to have "enough" complaints to fix the issue...
While traveling on the highway, the car stopped responding to the gas pedal being push, and started slowing down suddenly. Pulled over to the side of the road, where the car sputtered, and turned it off. Popped the hood everything looks good. Turned the car on again, started going, and it happened again. When I pulled over a second time, let the car sit roughly 5 minutes, turned over and was able to make it to an auto zone to run the diagnostics. Took it to a ford dealership and was advised that not only can they not fix it currently, but they don't know when the part will become available to fix it, since the part is currently being redesigned. I'm scared to drive my SUV, especially since it's with my two and half year old with me. I'm afraid of being left stranded.
Driving along down the driveway and the car went into slow mode. Non-responsive to gas pedal, engine sputtering. Happened to my wife earlier this week on the way to work. She pulled over, turned off the engine and restarted. Drove fine then so she brought it home and switched cars. Engine wrench light comes on but after restart disappears. Hooked up to my obd scanner and it showed p2111 code.
In feb. 2013 I brought my car to the dealer because it was running rough when I was going up an incline and attempted to accelerate. The engine light came on but then went off. After the dealer checked it they assured me nothing was mechanically wrong. Off and on the problem persisted, but on a lesser scale, but there were no failures indicated in the computer. On may 23, 2013 I was traveling in rush hour traffic from baltimore when my car began running rough and within seconds the engine light and the wrench light was on. I had no acceleration at all. I managed to nurse it to the side of a major highway where I turned the car off. I waited several mins and restarted the car. It started, the engine light remained on but the wrench went out. I was not in a place that was safe for me to remain so I nursed the car to the dealer. After securing a rental car for about $50 a day (at my expense) I was informed that it will be approximately 27 days (3rd week of june) before the part is available and will cost me approximately $750 to fix. At $50 a day my rental will be twice the repair bill and more than my mortgage! It was suggested by the dealer I call ford's customer care center, which I did, and was told my complaint was logged and that I would hear "most likely next from the manager at the dealer". They did not offer to assist with a loaner or with the issue surrounding the fact that it was going to take 27 days (at least) for a part to be available. Nothing was ultimately resolved through ford customer care. Fortunately I was in the "slow" lane when this happened and could get to the shoulder. If I had been in any other lane on this highway, the outcome may not have been accident free.
Going about 45 MPH when all of a sudden the car started to coast,there was no warning light. I pushed the gas pedal to the floor and it was as though the car was not getting any fuel to the engine there was no acceleration. I coasted to a stop turned off the engine waited a few minutes turned the car on it seemed fine so I finished my errand. On the way home I was going approx. 50mph on the local highway and the same thing happened. Took my car to a local ford dealer (I thought it was still under warranty) they said it would cost $900.00 to clean the throttle body as recommended by ford but they were not sure it would fix the problem. The throttle body part was on back order and they were not sure when they could get one. So now I have a car I am afraid to drive.
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