While driving at a constant speed the throttle control actuator inside the throttle body can become stuck and cause the driver to loose all throttle and speed control. problem will present itself as a transmission issue as shifting through all the gears will not clear the problem, until engine is powered down and restarted. this is a clear and evident problem that appears at or around 75,000 miles. ford refuses to acknowledge that this is a problem with the factory model throttle body installed in most escape model vehicles. regular engine diagnostics do not display an error code unless the diagnostic computer is connected to the car at the time of incident and warning light is on. *tr
While traveling at 70mph, vehicle suddenly stalled while driving in the center lane of a highway in heavy traffic. no warning signs were displayed. after pulling to the shoulder, vehicle was able to be restarted and seemed to be fine. service technician found a failure code for 'throttle stuck closed' with 'freeze data' showing it happened at 71mph. he inspected the throttle and found no problems. as a precaution, he cleaned the throttle blade with a cleaning wipe. a week later, the vehicle stalled again as i was pulling into traffic. in order to keep the vehicle running, i then needed to keep my foot on both the gas and brake while at stops. return to my technician and he diagnosed the problem as a defective throttle body. he said that the computer data showed the throttle open only 52% when the throttle was wide open. vehicle has not yet been repaired. *tr
I was driving on a freeway going approx 55 mph. after driving approx 6 miles the rpm's started to rev up and down from 500 to the max rpm. i could hear the engine revving but my speed was not changing. i could not accelerate, i could only break. i quickly pulled to the side of the road, shut off the engine and waited for approx. 5 minutes. i restarted the engine, revved the engine a few times. all seemed normal. so i continued slowly. nothing further happened for 3 weeks. then it happened again, also on the freeway at the same approximate speed. i did the same thing and had no issues until recently. since then my mpg has gone down from avg 28 to avg 24 mpg. the engine/trans? always hesitates to shift and occasionally the rpm's go higher then they should before the engine shifts back down. two days ago on 11/22/12 i was stopped at a red light after getting off the freeway (70 mph). after sitting through the red light i attempted to accelerate, my car would not move. the rpm's did not move either, they were steady at idle rpm of about 1500. i hit the gas peddle again and finally my car jerked into gear and revved up to about 3000 rpm. i tried to replicate this at the next stop light but it hasn't done it since. i will be taking my car in on monday to have it looked at but fear that dealer will again find nothing wrong. after my first incident i took it to the dealership and they found nothing wrong with it. i was told it was probably just because it was hot outside. *tr
When slowing down engine would stall at any speed. slowly progressed into a hesitation from a red light. sparatic idle after stopping. wrench light would come on every time. now check engine light and wrench light on together. *tt
On 3/29/12 i was driving on a main road and the car just stopped working, all the lights came on and i had no power. i pulled to the side, luckily no one was near me, and put the car in park. i called my husband to come over and when he arrived, he tried to start the car again and it started right up. i drove it to the ford dealer service center and they discovered it was the throttle body that was defective. since the car was not under warranty i had to pay. in december 2012 the same thing happened and after several times i brought it in again. i was told that it was most likely (they are never sure) the throttle body again but they were not sure. i paid for a replacement again. in february 2013 after 2 replacements it is happening again. of course they cannot tell for sure if it is a bad throttle body so i now have a recording device attached to my car so if it happens again i can press the button and it will record what the engine was doing. maybe they won't have to guess again?? my life is on the line every time this happens while driving, not theirs, not ford's. is ford waiting for a fatality before they do something? *tr
was entering highway, attempting to merge. attempted to accelerate and it stalled. we were approximately 115 miles from home, and it attempted to stall twice on the way home. took it to local dealer, they tried to diagnose the problem with no luck, kept it overnight to drive it the next day in hopes it would duplicate the issue, but, it didn't. since then, it has done it, probably, twice a year. sometimes it will do it on the interstate, and, sometimes in town. we now have 36000 miles on it. *tr
While driving on the highway the car lost power and luckily i was able to coast to the side of the road safely. the engine was running and everything appeared to be functioning properly. since the car was no longer under warranty, i brought it to a repair shop and they were not able to reproduce the failure. when i brought the car to the ford dealership they knew immediately what the problem was and replaced the "drive-by-wire" part; the service representative mentioned that they had seen this problem several times before. *tr
Fuel system warning light appeared. repaired by dealer under warranty. reappeared september 16,2013. adjusted . reappeared september 24,2013 replaced fuel filler pipe. since this is part of emission controls should be covered under emission warranty. *tr
I was sitting in the bank line with my foot on the brake, waiting to get to the drive-up atm when my car suddenly accelerated. i immediately applied the brake harder to stop the car from moving forward. this happened on two other occasions. when i mentioned it to my service specialist he said he checked the car and there were no problems indicated. i have a 2009 ford escape xlt v-6. *tr