Problems with 2009 Ford Escape ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Driving ford escape 2009 at consistent highway speed for approximately 20 minutes. iphone plugged into usb port, head lights, air conditioning on and working. sudden feeling of hesitation and then floating. orange wrench light appeared. sudden loss of rpm's and engine power. semi-truck behind me weaved into other lane. i activated hazard lights and coasted/changed lanes over 3 lanes of highway traffic to shoulder of expressway. stopped and parked car. wrench light remained on. air conditioning, music, and lights remained working. i looked up code in owner's manual and found "powertrain" "service immediately". i turned off car. i turned off air conditioning, unplugged iphone, music, and lights. i restarted car. car immediately restarted with no warning light. with car in park, tested acceleration, no hesitation with rpms. i turned off car and waited 5 minutes. i turned car back on, again no wrench light, no hesitation with rpm/gas pedal tested. i turned off hazards and attempted to drive. no further problem driving that night or the next day. on monday i took car to ford dealership for inspection. i was called and told that battery needed replacement. i explained i was concerned because there was no loss of auxiliary power, rather engine power. the service representative stated they would replace battery at my agreement and continue testing. i was called later in day an notified that there was nothing wrong with my car. while waiting for call from dealer, i "googled" ford escape 2009 wrench light. i found multiple problems attributed to throttle body sticking, with inability of ford dealers able to identify this recurrent problem. my car remains at dealer. i called ford dealer again today and was told my car was fine to drive. i am concerned to drive this vehicle on any street/expressway with the potential for this to happen again, as reported by other drivers. *js

Escape was in for scheduled oil change. upon leaving the authorized ford garage the vehicle started shaking and had little acceleration. i turned around and went back to the ford garage and had them look at it. the problem self corrected while at garage. they said that it was the throttle body and according to the computer, there had been another incident recorded while under previous ownership. ford garage said to replace throttle body. i have not yet replaced it. *tr

While driving the vehicle i suddenly lost power and wrench and engine light came on. i was able to turn the car back on after a complete stop. car was taken immediately to ford and they said nothing wrong with it and if it happens again bring it in. after multiple times on city streets and interstates which i feared for my life, the car would have no power and the engine would not accelerate when i would step on gas. had to shut the engine off and restart to make anything work. after that i took it to ford again and this time they replaced throttle body-air intake which they said there were other vehicles with similar issues. i had to pay out of pocket due to out of warranty but they surely know there is a defect there in the throttle bottle and certainly an endangerment to those driving the vehicle and to those around them. *tr

2009 ford escape. consumer states vehicle died while driving *tgw the consumer stated a wrench symbol appeared on the dashboard. the vehicle was taken to the dealer. however, they were unable to find any codes and the vehicle passed all their tests. the dealer did fix a transmission leak and an air sensor. on january 5, 2012, the vehicle stalled again and the wrench symbol appeared again. the dealer was unable to find any codes. on march 5, 2012, the vehicle stalled again, and the battery symbol illuminated. *jb

On 7/17/2011 while driving from eden prairie, mn to home in hastings, mn while stopped at a traffic signal i, along with my wife and granddaughter, smelled a odor like burning plastic. i pulled into a nearby parking lot and we got out of the vehicle and i investigated the odor. i was able to determine that the odor was originating from the dash panel. without dismantling anything i was unable to determine the exact cause of the odor, which by this time was dissipating. restarting the vehicle resulted in no re-occurrence of the odor and we continued towards home. later after stopping at a store and resuming out trip i was unable to discern air flow from the air vents although the fan control was set to 2. no airflow was apparent until the fan control was set to 4. *tr

I bought my car new in 2009. summer of 2011, it started dying when stopped at red lights or any stops. it did this mostly when it was .25 tank of gas or less and the warmer the weather. i took it to three different mechanics and no one could figure out what was truly wrong. when they plugged it in all it says is emission problem. it happened so inconsistently it was hard to explain or diagnose. i had ford replace a vapor sensor of some sort in summer of 2012 when it was doing it again. it has never ran the same since 2011 when i first had problems. now it is losing power as i drive down the road. it loses power completely, you push the gas and there is nothing and i have to pull over or let it roll to a stop and it jerks or dies. i am taking it to ford service tomorrow and once it is fixed i am trading it in and not buying another ford again. *jb

Letter from congressman brown on behalf of constituent regarding problems with her 2009 ford escape; she has an arbitration date on june 28 in columbus, ohio; please respond directly to the cleveland office *tgw the consumer stated the vehicle has been to the dealer on five occasions because the vehicle would jump/lunge while engaging it into drive or reverse. within the last year, the vehicle began to lung/jump while driving down the highway. the vehicle has also been to the dealer six times for a rear leaking window. the weather striping was replaced, but the leak continued. recently, when the consumer filled the gas tank, it only registered a half tank. also, there was a vibration coming from the vehicle while driving 25 mph. *jb

2009 ford escape. consumer states problems with engine randomly shutting down. *tgw

Got home at 4pm, parked the car in the garage and turned it off. walked inside and went to dinner at my in laws. about 3am my wife woke up to one of our babies crying. she went down to see what was going on. as she was walking through our kitchen she smelled something that was not right. she woke me up and we all left the house and went to her parents house across the street. we called the gas company and they came to search the house. the could not find a gas leak, so the guy from the gas company asked to look in the garage. when we opened the garage it felt like 100 degrees. we looked in both cars and there were no keys in the ignition. we popped the hoods on the cars on our escape you could barely touch anything inside the engine compartment because it was hot. on our other car you could touch everything. we tried to back the escape out of the garage until we could get it to the dealership the next day but were unable to. the next morning we ended up calling to have it towed to the dealer ship. they checked the wiring under the battery because they have had complaints of the starter spinning but never starting. since then they as well as ford have said we have made this up and are unwilling to do anything about the situation because they have never herd of such of a thing. since we are the first they don't feel obligated to do anything till someone gets hurt or dies. *tr

We bought the suv used at a chevrolet dealership in. june 2010,and in october we started having issues. the vehicle wouldn't start. we had it towed to a ford dealership where they had it for 10 days and couldn't. find a problem. we drove it for approximately 7 months, 14,000 miles then it happened again ...we had it towed to another garage, and they had it a couple of days with no problems found.in june 2012 it wouldn't. start again. this time it restated after 40 minutes. it went into a safe mode, where i drove it home at 5 mph. waited 30 minutes unhooked the battery cables waited 15 minutes and hooked them back up,,and it started and ran fine for a few days then started dying while driving at any speed. took it to auto zone to read any codes...none were identified. this is happening more frequently now. is going back to ford on tuesday7/2/13. this is a very dangerous problem, that needs to be addressed. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2009 ford escape. the contact stated that when the battery in her vehicle stopped working she was unable to open the rear liftgate on the vehicle. she was also unable to gain access from the floor board in the rear seat. the dealer was not contacted. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 17,000.