What 1,037 owners told NHTSA about the 2016 Ford Escape Gas

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD ESCAPE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK AT 2 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,500.

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WHILE DRIVING THE FORD ESCAPE ON A MAIN ROAD TODAY THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED TO IDLE VERY ROUGH, THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CAR DECELERATED RAPIDLY AS I WAS GOING UP A SLIGHT HILL. I WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A PARKING LOT, WHERE I SHUT THE CAR OFF FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, THEN TURNED IT BACK ON AND PROCEEDED HOME. I HAVE CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP TO BRING THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE. *TR

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DRIVING IN DETROIT TRAFFIC AND IT STARTED TO SPUTTER AND SHUDDER AND WOULD NOT MAINTAIN SPEED. DID GET IT OFF ROAD. TURNED OFF. RESTART WITH SAME SYMPTOMS. TURNED OFF AND LET SIT FOR FIVE MINUTES. RESTARTED AND RAN OK. STRAIGHT TO DEALERSHIP. DIAG CODE: P2111. REPLACED THROTTLE BODY. RUNS FINE NOW. ACCELERATOR PEDAL MUCH LESS TWITCHY THAN BEFORE. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD ESCAPE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY REDUCED SPEED AND A "SERVICE ENGINE" MESSAGE WAS DISPLAYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

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LSUDDEN COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER UNEXPECTEDLY DRIVING AT LOW OR HIGH SPEED. RUFF RUNNING WITHOUT ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. WARING MESSAGE OF "HILL ASSIT" NOT ACTIVATED. VERY DANGEROUS SENARIO WHILE ON INTERSTATE. OCCURRED 3 (THREE) TIMES IN 2 DAYS. CAR WAS A HERTZ RENTAL CAR AND I WAS TOLD, AFTER COMPAINING THAT REQUESTED CAR WAS NOT AVAILABLE, THAT THIS CAR IS BETTER AND MORE RELIABLE THAN MY REQUESTED TOYOTA RAV 4. THINKING BACK IT'S AS IF THEY KNEW ABOUT THE ESCAPE'S LIABILITY.

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NOW LOOKING BACK THE WARNING SIGNS WERE WHEN PUT IN REVERSE WOULD ROUGHLY KICK BACK . THEN ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET GOING ABOUT 50MPH, THERE WAS A JOLT AND AN "ENGINE FAULT,SERVICE NOW" MESSAGE APPEARED AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I NOTICED THAT I WAS SLOWING DOWN AND COULD NOT GO OVER 30MPH. I HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I SEE THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES WITH THIS BEFORE AFFECTING YEARS 2008-2013, BUT NO RECALL WAS EVER MADE. VERY SURPRISED THAT THIS ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED YET AND STILL OCCURRING IN 2016 VEHICLES.

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WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE CAR SHUTTERED AND FLASHED WARNING LIGHTS, THE POWER WAS DECREASED, THEN SHUTTERED AGAIN AFTER I PULLED OVER AND TURNED IT OFF

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