2011 Ford Escape: stuck in gear or won't shift

Filed Sep 13, 2018 · Transmission · 64,000 miles · PA

Shift solanoid problems where the vehicle does not shift. Ford does not have these parts on hand and are on back order until mid october 2018. Why? Because too many escape vehicles are having this issue. A recall needs to conducted on this issue and ford needs to step up and replace these solanoids.

Filed Aug 21, 2018 · Engine · 102,000 miles · FL

Car shuts down at almost any speed while you are driving. It happens all the time, the engine goes in to limp mode, and it very dangerously forces you to exit the road quickly. We have taken it to 2 very reputable service shops (and paid them to fix it), and they were not able to repair it. Based on the # of reported issues with this problem on this vehicle, ford needs to quickly fix this and make it right at no charge.

Filed Jul 24, 2018 · Transmission · 108,000 miles · PA

Car jerks,lags,bucks on acceleration. Does not shift smoothly. Does not happen all the time.

Filed May 21, 2015 · Steering, Transmission · VA

I bought this car in 2012 and have since noticed the vehicle losing the ability to accelerate. No matter how far I push down on the gas it will not accelerate. After a minute or two of stalling, it will sputter and shut off. I took it to the auto shop to make sure that it was not misfiring a piston, or that their was anything immediately wrong, but they could not give me an answer to why it would not accelerate. My transmission also stalls in gears and will not shift when driving down the road. Same deal took it in and received no answer. The back hatch glass also leaks terribly when it rains and I cannot get it to seal at all.

Filed Nov 2, 2013 · Electrical, Engine · 41,275 miles · IL

Driving normal speed, without warning, "wrench icon" appears and gas pedal fails to respond. Coast to stop in a parking lot. Shut off engine, restart vehicle and it drives normal for remainder of 2 mile trip. Start next errand and same thing happens. Sounds like the throttle body failure and limp mode that I have been researching online.

Filed Oct 30, 2013 · Engine, Transmission · 41,802 miles · WV

My wife was driving her car home when the wrench light came on and the car went into limp mode dramatically reducing the cars speed to 15 MPH. Good thing she had gotten off the interstate before this happened. The check engine light came on I read the code it was p2111 throttle stuck open. Turning the car off reset the throttle body for about 5 miles then the car went back into limp mode and it even quit. This happened on 9/27/13 on monday 9/30/13 I called the local ford dealer they said the car was out of warranty by mileage and the throttle body was not covered. The ford dealer had 2 throttle bodies on hand my wife took my car the ford dealer and bought a throttle body for her car at a cost of $181. After I installed the new throttle body the check engine light and the wrench light have went out and the car runs like new. My biggest concern if this had happened wile she was on the interstate and the car went into limp mode this could have cause a major accident maybe even killing her and my niece who was with her.

Filed Sep 27, 2013 · Transmission · 44,000 miles · PA

Wrench light came on while my wife was driving her 2011 escape in traffic on the highway and the car went into "limp mode". If you are not expecting the issue (and who would be) it is difficult to maneuver a failing vehicle to the shoulder while on the highway. After the car was turned off and restarted the issue cleared. Investigating this am I see that there are numerous complaints about the same issue with the throttle body. The car has not been taken to the repair shop to confirm the problem yet. If this is the same issue and ford is obviously aware, they should be ashamed of themselves. This is a major safety concern.

Filed Sep 23, 2013 · Acceleration, Engine · 53,227 miles · NM

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford escape. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle hesitated to accelerate. In addition, the vehicle sporadically failed to respond to acceleration attempts. The contact referenced the federal safety agency action number: dp12006 (engine) and stated that the parts were not available to complete the repair under the technical service bulletin. The approximate failure mileage was 53,227. The consumer stated the vehicle went into limp mode causing the vehicle to accelerate at 5 MPH.

Filed Sep 21, 2013 · Acceleration, Engine · 50,100 miles · NC

While driving down the highway my vehicle went straight to limp mode with no warning at all. I had to pull to the side of the highway while traffic was stopping behind me and trying to pass me. A wrench light and check engine light came on and I could not throttle my vehicle at all. I cut the ignition off, let it sit a minute and cranked it again. The problem went away. This has happened numerous times the last 2 days. It has happened while trying to go through intersections and while turning across traffic. The diagnostics at advanced auto shows throttle body stuck open. This is a very dangerous situation that seems to be happening to a lot of these vehicles.

Filed Sep 18, 2013 · Engine · 38,000 miles · PA

This following incident happened both yesterday and today. Driving around 20 MPH and service light came on immediately dumping me in "limp mode". Took the vehicle to both autozone and another private repair shop with better diagnostics, neither could pick up a defect code. Research on ford escapes today, shows that this could be a problem. I do not want the vehicle to go into limp mode while driving down the road. Hoping the federal safety agency recalls the escapes to resolve this issue.

Filed Sep 6, 2013 · Acceleration, Electrical · 26,000 miles · IL

The car went into limp mode while driving... Gas pedal would not do anything until I pulled over and restarted. Wrench light and check engine come on, but go off after car is restarted. Took to dealer today after about 6 occurrences in the past month. It seems to be happening more frequently.

Filed Sep 3, 2013 · Acceleration · 59,286 miles · AL

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford escape. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH, the vehicle independently engaged into limp mode and decelerated without warning. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 59,286.