2011 Ford Escape Power Train Problems
- 252
- 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 252 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- throttle body · 36 records
- wrench light · 29 records
- light came · 26 records
- side road · 16 records
- lost power · 13 records
- engine light · 12 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 148 |
| 60–100k mi | 47 |
| 1–30k mi | 38 |
| 100–150k mi | 4 |
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Power Train
Driving approximately 60mph on a busy road my acceleration quit and only the rpm revved up when i pressed the accelerator until the truck landed me on the side of the road. When the acceleration stopped it was immediate and it felt like the engine jerked and died even though it was technically still running (idling) while in motion. The vehicle jerked and shook as it slowed until it died. *tr
ODI 10512837
Power Train
Wife pulled out of the driveway and vehicle lost all power and went into limp home mode. She stopped the vehicle, put it into park and turned the car off. First attempt to restart vehicle failed, second attempt, vehicle started and wrench symbol illuminated and stayed on approximately 20 miles until she arrived at work. She has also been experiencing intermittent surging forward while driving and transmission…
ODI 10512580
Power Train
I was moving into traffic and the car suddenly surged forward and then stalled down to a rough idle. The wench symbol was illuminated and the engine light came on with a code of p2111. Throttle body actuator failure - stuck open. *tr
ODI 10511671
Power Train
Vehicle lost acceleration but still had power, brakes, etc. After slowing down, pulled over and tried selecting different, gears, etc but vehicle would not move. Wrench indicating engine problem was on. After turning vehicle off, restarted vehicle and the car was able to move. Vehicle had same problem on way to dealer. Computer trouble codes were not stored. This seems to be the same problem that a lot of people…
ODI 10511275
Power Train
I have a 2011 ford escape and was traveling down the road when the car quit moving forward on its engine power. I had to pull off the road and re-start my vehicle to make it run correctly. I took it to the local ford dealership and found out that the throttle body was defective. This seems to be an issue with some ford vehicles ( according to the service mgr it is more of an issue with the fusion but they are seeing…
ODI 10510984
Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
My daughter was driving the car in florida going approximately 45 mph. The red light with a wrench came on and the car would not accelerate. She finally got pulled over to the side of the highway and called the dealership in orlando. They told her it could be a throttle body problem or it could just be trying to reset. They suggested she turn everything off (which she already had) and restart in a few minutes. She…
ODI 10511298
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
The first of 4 incidents occurred while driving on the belt parkway in brooklyn ny. I was driving at a speed of 65 mph in the left lane on a stretch of highway with no shoulder on the left side of the road when i lost all pedal power. I wasn't able to accelerate. The engine was running and all the electronics were working properly except for not being able to accelerate. The small icon of a wrench appeared on the…
ODI 10521562
Engine · Power Train
My escape had been running rough today and decided maybe i needed to take it on the interstate. While doing about 65 the "open wrench" light came on and i lost complete power. I could not accelerate or anything else for that matter. I coasted to the emergency lane. I put the car in park and restarted the escape and was able to make it home. I had read about numerous other related issues on this problem with the ford…
ODI 10509614
Power Train
I was driving on the highway going about 55 mph. The vehicle began to lunge forward and then stopped running. I was able to get off of the highway, but it was dark. I let the car sit for a moment. It then started up and i went back on the road. It then began to lunge and stopped again. The wrench light showed on the instrument panel both times. By the manual, it showed a throttle body issue. The car was towed to the…
ODI 10533167
Power Train
In rush hour traffic, the wrench light comes on driving 60 mph car slowed down, would not accelerated, jerked,, was able to exit, turned off restarted , made it work ok, drove home about 22 miles, no problem. Went for dinner stopped at red light, would not go wrench light came on again, turn off restart, taken to dealer on saturday morning was told not part of powertrain. Cost $531 for repair, very dangerous and…
ODI 10508900
Electrical System · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Vehicle purchased january 2013 with ~37k miles. First month of ownership, i had code indicating a fuel delivery problem but it cleared on its own. I attributed it to bad gas, though it may have been the warning sign i missed. Today on the highway at approximately 60mph, it felt like the vehicle shifted out of sequence, noticing the lack of power/low rpms i tried to give it gas to no avail. I safely navigated to the…
ODI 10508166
Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train · Unknown Or Other
While driving down a road going approx. 50mph, i suddenly, and without warning, lost power to the vehicle. Pulled over to the side of the road and while applying the brakes, it would tend to lunge forward. Once stopped, i placed in park, shut off engine the attempted to start up again. It did start up, however, it happened 2 more times later that day. I would hate for this to happen while trying to make a left hand…
ODI 10508861
Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
I was driving down the road and all of a sudden my car started slowing down and my gas pedal would not accelerate my car. When i pulled over, my car was jumping on the side of the road. Once i took it to 2 different dealerships, got stranded on the side of the road 4 times, paid $80 for them to run some tests and tell me there was nothing wrong with my car at the first dealership, the second dealership then…
ODI 10514159
Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
At approx. 19,800 miles was driving along the interstate and the escape started losing power. I went from running 75 mph to 40 mph. The escape now has approx. 33,000 miles and is a total nightmare. As of april 28, 2013 it has been in the shop for a total of 46 days and has had 8 repair attempts. No warning lights nor the check engine light has ever come on. This escape clunks, surges, loses power, cut's off and at…
ODI 10522370
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
When slowing down at about 20-25 mph, car jerks like transmission is trying to slip from 2nd to 1st gear. Has been like this for over two years. Most readings on 'net suggests software issues but not many owners have found satisfaction with the updates and appear to have to pay for them..
ODI 10777772
Power Train
My 2011 ford escape has now had service three times in two years for "bucking/slipping" in the transmission. The "bucking/slipping" is experienced with all gears but generally worse between 2nd and 3rd and just starting out. It is also bad when the car has been idle for many days. All three times its been in for service at the ford dealer they say its the adaptive transmission that is the culprit. They redo the…
ODI 10501198
Power Train
Repeated incidents of two symptoms: 1) power surges when i'm hitting the gas to pull out or pass someone and car feels momentarily like it will jump forward. 2) power feels like it will stall and the car sort of just powers down. Until today that would just pass and the car would operate normally. Today (aug. 11) i had to pull over as it would not go above 20 mph suddenly. It resumed normally after i turned the…
ODI 10534749
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
We were just pulling out onto the highway when the car lost all power. It jerked forward and then stopped. We were stopped on the highway and could not get the car to forward. I turned the car off waited a few minutes and then tried again. The car again jerked forward went a short distance and then shut down again, on the highway. Luckily we were only a mile or so from the dealership where we bought the car. We…
ODI 10500485
Power Train
The suv starts slowing down, losing power and the wrench light comes on. I pulled over ,cut suv off wait about 15min and start suv back up l wrench light is not on. No incident again until may 30,2013 and june 1, 2013 . Took vehicle to darcars on june 3,2013 , dealer not able to duplicate incident. *tr
ODI 10514952
Electrical System · Engine · Power Train
Vehicle was running rough at idle and check engine light was on. At stop lights, stop signs, or any idle time car would buck forward like it was going to stall. *tr
ODI 10500487
Engine · Power Train
Three times while traveling at 60+ mph on the interstate the vehicle lost all throttle response and a yellow wrench illuminated on the instrument panel. Trying to navigate from the left lane across 3 lanes of highspeed rush hour traffic was very dangerous. I took the vehicle to the local dealer as soon as possible and was told it was a bad throttle body. This incident could have resulted in serious injury. *tr
ODI 10497854
Power Train
I was making a right turn as i straighten out my car from the turn my car lost power. I had my foot on the gas but wasn't going forward and the vehicle was shaking really bad. The ironic thing is i felt a tug here and there before but i thought i was being paranoid. I don't think i was!!! Thank goodness i had turned out of traffic. I didn't want to turn it on again i remembered i had a tow card from when i bought my…
ODI 10496116
Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
There have been several different occasions where my car will not accelerate during cold weather months. January 4, 2013 was when i nearly got into an accident because of it. One morning when i was on my way to work, i pulled out onto a main road and my car's acceleration drastically slowed down (to about 5-10 mph on a 40mph road). The vehicle behind me almost slammed right into me because my brake lights were not…
ODI 10495043
Engine · Power Train
Turned onto my street on my way home from work and all of a sudden couldn't give the car any gas. Notice wrench light came on. Coasted into driveway turned car off-waited a few and turned back on. No light and car seemed fine. Next day took car out and just after getting on highway car did the same thing this time the check engine light came on as well. Turned off and on and wrench light went off but engine light…
ODI 10491669
Fuel/Propulsion System · Power Train
Car would violently buck while loosing power. Wrench light came on then disappeared. Seams to be a random ghost that visits every 2 weeks. Had map sensor replaced under warranty then 2 wks later happened again. This time paid for throttle body. 2 wks went by and it happened again. This time didn't. Go to dealer. Not sure but i think it might be throttle body again if it is infact the problem. Car sucks. Same problem…
ODI 10562289