2010 Ford Escape: transmission slipping

Filed May 3, 2025 · Transmission · IN

The transmission slips and looses power when in trafic.

Filed Dec 10, 2014 · Brakes, Steering · 95,000 miles · TX

I was driving on a service road and was entering the freeway when the transmission started slipping. This caused my vehicle to start jerking. The vehicle behind me almost ran over me as I was loosing speed due to the transmission slipping. I managed to pull over and after a couple of minutes the transmission started working again and I was able to pick up speed and continue driving. This incident also caused my braking and steering to be erratic. This happened 3 times on dec 9, 2014. This is unsafe as it nearly caused a major accident in heavy traffic going south on interstate 35 out of austin. By my estimation there would have been no fewer than 5 to 6 vehicles involved in an accident had I not managed to pull over.

Filed Mar 17, 2014 · Transmission · 55,000 miles · GA

The first time I noticed I was putting the car into park and my car felt like it was slipping on ice. (it was a clear day) the second time I was going around 40mph and all of sudden it started slowing down on it's on to almost completely stopping and I turned into a driveway to get off the road. The wrench symbol came on , on the dashboard. I turned the car off and then back on to turn and around and drive it to a safe location.

Filed Nov 7, 2013 · Acceleration, Electrical · 63,000 miles · NY

I was driving on the highway with my cruise control on when the cruise control shut off and a wrench light came on. The car stopped excelling and I had to cruise from the fast lane over 2 lanes to the side of the road. Once to the side I turned my car off waited a minute and then turned it back on. It turned on fine and ran fine from then on. I of course called ford immediately but it was after hours and I left a message. After about an hour of driving it began to shake my foot when I pushed on the accelerator. Prior to this I did feel some slipping or surges every so often when I was accelerating as if it was having trouble shifting. When I brought it to ford it was decided that my throttle body needed to be replaced. This was done fast and was covered under my extended warranty it was to be fixed for just my deductible of $100. All fine and dandy until I read the reviews that this has been going on for a while and multiple people have been affected.

Filed Oct 1, 2013 · Transmission · 54,000 miles · VA

While driving at approximately 30 MPH, vehicle jerked (as though the transmission slipped real hard) and then lost power. I managed to coast for about 25 yards to get off the main road. A "yellow wrench" and the check engine light appeared on the console. Shut engine off, waited a minute and restarted. Proceeded on road for approximately 1 1/2 miles reaching speed of approximately 55 MPH. Vehicle jerked again and no power. Once again, I managed to coast about 50 feet to get off of the main road. Same lights appeared on the console. Shut off engine. Restarted. Drove 2 miles back to house, the vehicle had minimal power and was sputtering the whole way. The next morning, tried to take vehicle to dealership. Started vehicle, drove across the street, again no power. Called dealership, they arranged to have it towed to a neighboring dealership because they would not be able to get to even look at it for about two weeks. Error message on vehicle according to dealership was p2112. Unable to repair at this time due back order of part. Had there been anyone behind me on the first two occasions or someone coming in the opposite direction while trying to cross road, surely I would have been hit. Fortunately, I was not on the interstate when this occurred or the potential for harm would have been high! This is poses an unsafe situation!!! I purchased this certified vehicle only four months ago, with 50,271 miles on it. I am not certain if I will feel confident driving this vehicle again. The dealership wants to reassure that the replacement part will fix the situation, but I have my doubts for a long term resolution.

Filed Sep 15, 2013 · Transmission · 38,533 miles · MI

While driving on far left lane of freeway at 70mph, heard/felt clunk (which felt like the transmission slipping but found out after the repair it wasn't trans) pushed gas pedal no acceleration, luckily no one was coming behind me and I was on a slight downhill so I was able to move to the shoulder, put it in park and tried to push gas pedal again still no acceleration, the car was running in idle and stayed that way until tow truck driver came, shut car off towed to ford dealership. On work order it says- throttle body and motor asy, inspect and verify, lost power while driving, hook up ids selftest PCM p2111, perform throttle body test, failed, throttle body fault, replace throttle body, reset kam, retest operation ok. Had to pay lots of my money out of my pocket and pay for a rental car and gas. Researched internet to find this is happening to many people and ford won't do a recall. They should!!! I have always been a loyal ford customer since my dad worked there many years. I have always driven a ford and would like to continue on but may have to rethink this. I wonder how many others there really are that this has happened to. It could have caused an accident if people would have been on the freeway behind me which I am lucky it didn't. Please look into this with ford and get a resolution of a recall so I can be reimbursed and get the repairs done so this doesn't continue to happen to others! Thank you.

Filed Nov 14, 2010 · Transmission · 3,000 miles · CT

Purchased a 4-cyl, at, 2010 escape xlt in december 2009, from healey ford in ansonia ct, which is now closed. Transmission slippage, jerking, growling noise in reverse, sudden acceleration on highway, all started almost immediately with this vehicle. Recall repair on solonoid done, problem persists and is even worse. Several near accidents with my $25,000 suicide ride I call an escape...ford has had it twice for repair without success. In ct, I have one more try and I will proceed with connecticuts lemon law arbitration, and ford gets to buy it back.

Filed Aug 5, 2010 · Acceleration, Transmission · 1,000 miles · SC

Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford escape. The contact stated when driving at various speeds, the transmission would slip and sporadically jerk. The contact received notice of the federal safety agency campaign id number: 10v222000 (power train: automatic transmission) and took the vehicle to the dealer for repairs. The dealer repaired the failure twice however; it did not remedy the failure. In addition, there was a winding noise coming from the vehicle and water was also leaking in the rear of the vehicle. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 1,000 and the current mileage was approximately 7,000. Updated 10/26/10. *lj the consumer stated the gas pedal would stick and then the vehicle would lurch. There was a rattle and noise coming from under the vehicle. Updated 10/26/10