2010 Ford Escape Power Train Problems
- 481
- 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 481 stored complaint records:
- 3 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
What owners report
- throttle body · 35 records
- wrench light · 30 records
- light came · 24 records
- engine light · 21 records
- side road · 17 records
- lost power · 17 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 271 |
| 60–100k mi | 126 |
| 1–30k mi | 39 |
| 100–150k mi | 22 |
| 150–400k mi | 4 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Engine · Power Train
While traveling at highway speed car lost all power. I was able to slow to a safe stop. Dealer tells me its the electronic body. I find out that another area dealer has replaced 96 of these this year alone. This sounds like a problem ford needs to take care of. The kicker is that its not covered by my warranty. *tr
ODI 10534154
Engine · Fuel System, Gasoline · Power Train
Vehicle begins to loose power/ stall. The "wrench" light illuminates on the dash. After pulling over and restarting, it will go another 5 - 10 miles and it does it again. After 2 - 3 times it will throw the "check engine" light (code p2112). We checked/ cleaned the throttle body and cleared the code. Car ran ok for about 3 days (50 miles), and it happened again. We are looking into hiring an attorney as ford does…
ODI 10536425
Power Train
While sitting at a stop light my vehicle seemed to lose power and the wrench light came on. I limped my car to a parking lot and once shut down and restarted it seemed fine. It worked fine for 3-4 days and it occurred twice on my way to work while traveling approximately 35 mph. Once again the wrench light came on and once shut down and started fine. The second time the check engine light also came on. I brought my…
ODI 10534795
Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
After the april 30, 2013 (54,367miles) incident, the vehicle was repaired by the ford dealer and on aug 4th (58,700+/- miles), the same symptoms appeared while driving on open freeway 65 mph with rolling hills. The vehicle experienced a power drop and surge with automatic transmission gear shifting. A warning light--mechanic wrench turned on and then there was a different engine/transmission sound and it would not…
ODI 10533696
Electronic Stability Control · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
We had just turned onto our street, started to proceed up the hill at about 35-40 mph. Car suddenly went unresponsive. Wrench light indicator lit up on dashboard. Started to idle very hard, then surge, then low idle, then surge rpm. No gas pedal response at all. Luckily we had just got off the highway, and were close to home. However, we were going uphill. We had just enough momentum to get over the hill and coast…
ODI 10533479
Electrical System · Engine · Power Train
Vehicle was traveling on highway when the vehicle shook and started to stall and shut off at 55 mph. The vehicle slowed down and the engine light and wrench light illuminated. Vehicle was shuttering and slowing down with the engine cutting out. I immediately attempted to get off the road in order to not have a rear end accident with any speeding vehicles traveling behind the car. Once car was shut off, vehicle had a…
ODI 10533915
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Driving down the highway, my car suddenly lost the ability to accelerate and i could no longer continue down the road. I pulled over and my car was running extremely rough. It almost felt like the car was bucking due to a novice driving a manual transmission - note that this was when i was parked as well as when i was decelerating. I noticed the orange wrench lit up on my dash and got a tow to the nearest…
ODI 10533647
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
My husband and i were driving from downtown columbus back to our home and we were in between multiple cars on the freeway. While going 65 mph the vehicle began to slightly jerk and loose speed. The vehicles around us and behind us were attempting to avoid crashing into us. We about half a mile from the nearest exit and by the time we made it to the ramp we were only going 35 mph. There was no where to safely pull…
ODI 10533483
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving on i-64 westbound in the far left hov lane in newport news, virginia around 4:30 p.m. On august 2 during rush hour when my 2010 ford escape, which was on cruise control set at 60 mph, suddenly stopped accelerating. I pressed the pedal and it continued to decelerate and started to shake. I put on my emergency flashers. My husband and i almost got hit numerous times by cars traveling at speeds of up to…
ODI 10533527
Power Train
Car shut down while i was driving. The power train light came up. Turn it off then back on and it was fine. Took it to the dealer the charged $109 just for inspection and want $560 for repair and labor. *tr
ODI 10533317
Engine · Power Train
We were driving down the highway as a family with 4 total people in the car. The engine and motor lost total power. You could put your foot to the floor on the gas pedal and the engine would have no power and not rev up with no rpm. We almost got rear ended and blasted from behind by a semi-truck. The semi-truck had to take evasive action and if the outside lane had be blocked and he was not able to change lanes…
ODI 10544914
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
It, has happen various times since august, as i drive, the engine start to either misfire or no power at all, it idle normal but as soonest i step on the accelerator start the problem, has light the check engine several times and as the mechanic scans the vehicle the only code that shows is p2111, the last time that happens, have to use a towing service because can get it moving, before i used to turn the engine…
ODI 10543872
Power Train
The vehicle seems to be stalling out and has no throttle. The wrench light comes on, the cars seems to be sputtering, but there is no drive when you push on the gas pedal. So far i have been able to stop, put the car in park, shut it off and then on, and the wrench goes away and the car runs. It has happened now 4 or five times in the last 2 weeks. *tr
ODI 10536400
Engine · Power Train
Left work, and as started up a road, the car stalled and wrench light came on. Luckily no one was behind me as i would have been rear-ended i pulled over, restarted car, looked up light, proceeded. It stalled two more times before i got home (driving in the right hand lane so could get out of moving traffic quickly , the third time the engine light came on. Getting it to the dealer the car stalled again. I reported…
ODI 10534059
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
While driving on 3 lane highway (in traffic) car bucked and lost gas pedal (did nothing when pushed) i was in center lane engine went to idol with no engine control looked in mirror seen truck lights ( very scary ) when u can't do nothing luckily able to get off road . Turned off engine an re started it when a short distance then same thing happened. Did this 7 times in less than 7 miles luck i made it to my drive…
ODI 10533589
Power Train
This happened twice with in one week: wrench light turned on and accelerator failed to work while navigating in city traffic. Was forced to pull to the side of the road while cars sped past me. Once safely out of traffic i turned off the car and waited a few moments. When i turned the car back on it operated correctly. A mechanic was unable to locate any codes in the car's computer that would indicate a problem, but…
ODI 10533585
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
When driving a wrench light came on and i had no power to the acceleration pedal but the engine never stalled causing the car to coast to the side of the road. The problem was the throttle body. Happened more then one time last time was at 59000 miles first was around 40000 miles. *tr
ODI 10533301
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Vehicle was moving. The gas pedal lost control for acceleration and the car came down to an idle and it's thrusting itself forward to move. The gas pedal would not react. The yellow wrench light came on. *tr
ODI 10535941
Power Train
I was driving when the gas pedal stopped working and would not accelerate. The engine remained running but all the car would do was coast until a i got to the side of the road and turned the engine off and back on. The car reset ran fine then did it again with cars approaching and i barely got to the side of the road before getting hit because the gas pedal would not work the engine just idled. Took it to the…
ODI 10533232
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
I was driving down a local street then i was approaching a train crossing, just before crossing the tracks, my car went limp and i could no longer accelerate. I was only traveling 5-10mph so when my car stopped, part of my car was over the train tracks. I could not move my car for about a minute while i parked my car and turned everything off, including opening the car door to shut the computer off. Then after…
ODI 10533121
Engine · Power Train
While driving at highway speed, vehicle stalled, no power, we had to pull over onto the shoulder. The wrench icon was displayed. After turning off the vehicle, we were able to restart engine and travel home. The same thing happened two more times. Luckily, we were able to pull over with no collision, although on two occasions, traffic was heavy. After the third incident, we made an appointment at our ford dealer…
ODI 10535385
Power Train
The car seem to loose power shut the car off and restart it and its ok for awhile the computer resets itself. The dealer told me the throttle body is on back order so what do i drive? *tr
ODI 10532686
Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
While making a right turn in my 2010 ford escape the car loss all acceleration. The next morning it happened twice more. My mechanic took the car & attached to the computer and the code p2112 appeared. He cleaned the throttle body and took a test drive. It lost acceleration 10 more times. This is a disgrace and the part must be recalled by the ford motor company! *tr
ODI 10532613
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Driving at 50 mph, engine went to idle and was unresponsive to throttle so car coasts to a stop. A warning light that looks like a wrench came on. This indicates a power train fault and a few days later the dealer diagnosed and replaced the throttle body. *tr
ODI 10532921
Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
While driving from michigan to missouri with daughter and granddaughter on expressway at 70 mph my vehicle had a wrench light come on dash board along with engine light. I was unable to accelerate. Pulled over to side of road and turned vehicle off and then restarted and proceeded to drive. It did this repeatedly. I pulled off freeway and went to autoparts store that told me that it had to do with throttle body…
ODI 10532555