2010 Ford Escape Electrical System Problems
- 182
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 182 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- throttle body · 26 records
- wrench light · 22 records
- light came · 19 records
- engine light · 14 records
- side road · 14 records
- power steering · 13 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 80 |
| 60–100k mi | 54 |
| 1–30k mi | 21 |
| 100–150k mi | 13 |
| 150–400k mi | 4 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling · Power Train
I was traveling @ about 40 mph when it sounded & felt like the engine quit. There was a wide shoulder so, i pulled to the side of the road. The engine was still running but running poorly and wouldn't rev up over about 1000 rpm. The check engine light came on along with an orange "wrench" light. I switched the engine off, restarted it, and it ran fine for about 1/2 mile. Then, the same thing happened again, and…
ODI 10549522
Electrical System · Engine · Power Train
Driving my vehicle home for lunch my vehicle started sputtering and my cruise control kicked off. Vehicle rpm's dropped and accelerator pedal quit working. So i pulled over. I used my dtc device to see what code is popping up and it was p2111. I put car in park, shut it off, waited 30 seconds and started it back up and drove home. Now i'm here typing this up.
ODI 10544248
Electrical System · Engine · Unknown Or Other
This occurred while driving back from work, i bought the vehicle used and it passed inspection from the ford dealership. I have owned vehicle for almost 5 months when this failure occurred. The symptoms that i experienced were loss of power while accelerating and engine automatically goes into "limp mode" (engine ecu protection protocol so no more damage would be done to the engine) i noticed that the orange wrench…
ODI 10544982
Electrical System · Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving vehicle onto entrance ramp of freeway when the power suddenly cut out and the car coasted. The "wrench" light illuminated on the dashboard. I was able to steer the vehicle to the side of the road. I called a ford dealer and had the vehicle towed. The throttle body had a fault in the system and was replaced at a cost of nearly $300. *jb
ODI 10544313
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
Car throttle almost stalls to rough idle , sputters but cannot give it gas or rev engine wrench symbol lights up you must turn off car to restart after about 10 times and it happening every mile or so the check engine light is on and stays on even after restarting. This will happen out of nowhere while driving at any speed but idles just enough to pull over to safety ! Restart and drive a mike and either just idling…
ODI 10543605
Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving at 20 miles an hour when suddenly the tool light came on and my ford no longer would get gas from the gas pedal. I was suddenly coasting without ability to give gas to the car however the engine was still running. It came to a stop after i was able to get out of high traffic area almost getting hit by other cars. There is no warning it happened suddenly. Shut off car turned back on and was fine. On the…
ODI 10542791
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Throttle body failure: replacement not only costly, but also on back order and is estimated to take several weeks. *jb
ODI 10542107
Electrical System · Engine · Power Train
My daughter was driving to school on the hwy to school and car shut down completely which lost all power pulled over and tried to restart and had to wait places to me (father) and then it restarted then she drove on to school then she took car on to dealership and dealership performed search and found that it was a throttle body that was going out.
ODI 10542321
Electrical System
Repeated instances of the vehicles either stalling in motion or suddenly surging forward when accelerating from a stop. **jb
ODI 10538623
Electrical System · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
The vehicle needs a new electronic throttle body error code p2111. The car will lose power, the wrench light will come on, then the engine light will follow. Once the car is powered off, then back on it runs again. A few minutes later the same issue occurs. *jb
ODI 10538605
Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control
Driving in the middle lane of a highway going 70 mph, car bucked, wrench light came on, and dropped speed rapidly. Pulled over, car was idling rough, tried to hit the gas and the car just jumped forward slightly 3 times going less than 3 mph. Turned the car off, back on, and didn't want to start but finally did, wrench light went away and the car drove fine. Drove it to the ford dealership 1.5 miles away and they…
ODI 10538501
Electrical System
Ford escape has no power. Idles at less than 1000 rpms occassionally sputters. *js
ODI 10538365
Electrical System · Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control
I was traveling through a busy intersection, as i mashed the gas pedal nothing happened. My car went "limp" as if it had cut off but it was still on. I coasted to the side of the road, just barely avoiding being struck by speeding traffic. I cut my car off and waited 5 minutes then restarted it. I was able drive it a short distance to a mechanic where it again "went limp". After my car was examined, the mechanic…
ODI 10544586
Electrical System · Engine · Suspension
I was driving about 60 mph when the car lost all power, let cool for about 20 minutes. Then drove it about 20 miles it died again. Let it cool again an it did this 4 times before getting to dealer. The same thing happen on aug 9 2013 but would not start. Dealer examined starter and found nothing wrong by checking codes. This has happened today a total of three times in one year two of those times i was in heavy…
ODI 10541702
Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control
Whe leaving our home in haines city,fl. The vehicle roughly changed gears. Then we entered a very busy highway and went to accelerate and lost power,and acted like it wanted to stall the drive triain light then lit up.the vehicles behind blew their horns because the vehicle slowed substantialy without showing brake lights.we took the vehicle to the ford garage ,and charged us for analizing the problem and the cost…
ODI 10537723
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
While drivin about fifty the car just stopped going, the wrench light came on, i tried to push the fas pedal but nothing would happen it just slowed to a stop. So i put it in park and turned it off waited a few seconds and it started up and i drove off. A couple of days later it happened again at about 35 mph, so i did the same. Thought it was a fluke and/or the weather being the problem so i called ford dealer and…
ODI 10549732
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Driving 70 mph on hwy truck just starts to stall no control of gas pedal cars almost crashed in to me i was lucky i was able to coast out of the way. Trouble code is p2111 needs a new throttle body that is on back order for a ford national recall and i have to wait days to get, price for part is $380 . After a call to ford customer service they said my car is not recalled but funny how the part number changed and it…
ODI 10537474
Electrical System · Power Train · Unknown Or Other
Was driving on the expressway at 70-75 mph. Suddenly lost power and car started to vibrate. Was able to pull over without incident but could have been a bad accident as i was in the passing lane. Once i pulled over i notice the wrench light was on which indicates a powertrain problem. The dealer states that it's the electronic throttle body. This vehicle had a similar problem about a year ago. The throttle control…
ODI 10537230
Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling
This is the second time this has happened. I came to a stop. The car shuts off completely on its own and was unable to start it up for a period of time in either park or drive. This also happened at approx. 7000 miles. Each time i take it to the shop, they are unable to replicate or find any errors within the system, so they refuse to correct or try further diagnostics to replicate the issue. *tr
ODI 10537010
Electrical System · Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
Cruising at 60mph. Without warning, car slows, throttle unresponsive. Engine warning light on. Car did not stall, but would not respond to throttle. Coast to side of road, dodging traffic. Put car in park, restarted and everything was normal. As of oct 7, 2013 this has occurred five times. Code reader picks up no codes from engine pcm. *tr
ODI 10547078
Electrical System · Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
Vehicle stalled upon acceleration from stop, and lost all throttle function. Surges at idle, and intermittently stalls. Throttle failed the next day at highway speed. Same symptoms as the failed throttle body sensor issue that was fixed by october 2009, but my escape was built in december '09 after the problem was supposedly fixed. *tr
ODI 10536347
Electrical System · Power Train
The vehicle is a 2010 ford escape. Driving my 2010 escape the engine stalled. The speed i was going was about 20 mph. With no prior warning the wrench light came on, the rpm's fluctuated and i could not accelerate the vehicle. The dealer said it could be a number of things but after investor i found in the internet very similar behavior with other ford escapes and it said that at the end it was the electronic…
ODI 10536173
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving on highway 680 in stop n go traffic. I put my foot on gas to go, but my car just wouldn't go. I tried to accelerate, but nothing happened. I quickly pulled over in the shoulder on the right side. The car started shaking. I put my car in parking mode and turned off the engine. I restarted it again, and it worked. So, i went into the oncoming traffic to get back on the highway. After about a mile further…
ODI 10537353
Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control
Was driving family back to out cabin in pigeon fodge tn, all of sudden in three lanes of traffic our suv made a sudden surge and lost forward motion speed dropped and it would not go above 1 grand on tachometer. It would crawl but barley. Traffic behind me started blowing their horns. I hit the emergency lights. And started to getus off the parkway. We made it. The yellow wrench appeared on the dash and the suv…
ODI 10535595
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving down the freeway when suddenly, my engine lost power. A wrench light came on, and my throttle was completely unresponsive. Fortunately, i was in the right lane, so i was able to coast safely off the freeway and onto the side of the road. I shut my car off, waited a minute or two, and then restarted my car. Everything seemed fine after that. This happened again, now totaling 6 times, all while i was…
ODI 10536613