2012 Ford Escape suspension complaints

Filed Aug 19, 2014 · Acceleration, Body · 15,320 miles · NY · crash · 1 injury

Please forward to appropriate personnel, on thursday, august 14th at ~5:45pm a clear day: our mom/mother in-law had just dropped of my daughter after shopping and was making her way home thru the windy back roads less than two miles from our home. As she climbed a hill a few blocks around the corner from her home and stopped at a stop sign on the crest of the hill. The 2012 ford escaped lurched/surged forward uncontrollably. As from her description, she heard loud rumblings coming from the engine; the escape shook and launched her forward while she had her foot on the brake. The escape propelled her uncontrollably forward crashing into a large boulder, she then ricocheted across two lanes up hill, over an embankment /wall, just missing a tree, collided with another parked vehicle pushing it approximately three feet, passed that into another small wall just missing the house. We are thankful on many levels; that our daughter was not with her, that our mom was not severely injured and no one else was injured. I was researching online and there was an investigation open for this vehicle at one time. A recall is needed for this vehicle model before there is a fatality involved. We are very concerned knowing that many other family members and friends drive escape models. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. We have many pictures from the scene for you to review. Kind regards, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Apr 5, 2013 · Suspension · 1,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford escape. The contact stated that the shocks on the rear of the vehicle made noises whenever a pothole was. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the shocks were replaced. The dealer stated that they were going send the shocks to ford's engineers to be inspected since this was a known problem. The vehicle had not been inspected. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage and current mileage was 1,000.