Ford Escape Vehicle Speed Control Problems
- 1,963
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 18
- Years with records
- 2001–2018
- Stored years
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 1963 stored complaint records:
- 120 indicate a crash
- 50 indicate injury
- 23 indicate fire
- 5 indicate a death
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- Accelerator Pedal · 6 records
- Cables · 3 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 708 |
| 60–100k mi | 542 |
| 1–30k mi | 244 |
| 100–150k mi | 229 |
| 150–400k mi | 74 |
Complaint evidence
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Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Car kept stalling in the middle of the road and then completely stalled out after going 40mph. No indication of a transmission error. Changed transmission fluid and still doesn't want to drive. Sometimes the acceleration on the vehicle is terrible and the ac gives out and i need to constantly turn it off and turn it back on to work. Having to tow it to ford because it's not drivable and spend all this money on a car…
ODI 11307380
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
I had noticed coolant depleting finally got recall. Dealer reprograms now engine is just revving and looses all power to powertrain in multiple situation-3 from stop, 4 while going highway speed with constant speed prior each time the engine rev's up while giving no power. Then will spontaneously resolve within about 50ft then seems fine. I have video of the car doing this while i was attempting to get on the…
ODI 11307471
Service Brakes · Steering · Vehicle Speed Control
On 1/9/20 the car had its last dangerous malfunction of so many sense i purchased the vehicle from a dealership 10/18. The car was parked in a beach parking lot. As my son was getting ready to leave the parking lot he turned car on put car in drive slightly stepped on gas to begin pulling out and the car surged and accelerated full speed by itself. He lost all steering and had no breaks. He had absolutely no control…
Crash reported · 3 injuries
ODI 11299785
Vehicle Speed Control
While driving my car it began to accelerate on its on, i was able to control the speed by pushing on the brakes, the instant i removed my foot of the break the car accelerated on its own again. I found an area to park, turned off the car. I restarted the car to drive home the car again accelerated on its own, i parked it in a open lot , turned the car off. When i started the car the engine made a loud rubbing sound.…
ODI 11297534
Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
Over the past few months my car has started to loose power and cut off randomly. I was out on december 26, 2019 and my vehicle cut off 4 times. Luckily i was not in heavy traffic so i did not get into an accident. I have to restart the car each time. When i called ford motor company on december 23, 2019 to report what was happening, i was told i would have to pay $125 for a diagnostic to be ran on the vehicle and…
ODI 11291478
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford escape. While driving 65 mph, the vehicle experienced a loss of power, jerked, and the wrench icon illuminated on the instrument panel. The contact managed to veer to the shoulder of the road. When the vehicle was turned off and restarted, it resumed normal operation. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the throttle body failed and needed to be…
ODI 11289830
Engine · Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control
Randomly the car will 'stall' to to speak even though it is an automatic and not a 5-speed. When i say stall i am referring to when i am stopped at a stop sign, red light, yielding to turn, etc - when i go to hit the gas the rpm's rev up high and the car speed is very low and at a rolling speed - even though i push down all of the way in order to get the car to speed up to avoid being struck my other vehicles when…
ODI 11306945
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
At 76,851 miles my transmission failed and according to ford metal pieces found was found in the fluid i was on my way home when my vehicle just stopped in the middle of on going traffic i've only have it for two years and take very good care of it but was never told that any transmission issues were detected before that the bypass coolant valved code would appear even though i have repair it twice this year .
ODI 11289217