Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | |||
| 09/08/2012 | 2 | 02/09/2012 | |
| 2009 ford escape. consumer writes in regards to acceleration problems. *smd the consumer stated she was driving in the city, at 50 mph, when suddenly the vehicle failed to accelerate. her foot was all the way to the floor, but it would not accelerate. she also noticed two symbols, a gas and a wrench light, appeared on the left side of the dashboard. she was able to pull over, and turned the engine off. shortly after she turned the engine off and started it again, she was able to drive without any problem. she contacted the dealer, and was advised to monitor the situation. on december 21, 2012, as she was driving 40 mph in the city, the vehicle suddenly failed to accelerate again. at that time, only the symbol of the wrench appeared on the left side of the dashboard. the consumer took the vehicle to the dealer for an inspection, only to be told, they could not find a problem. | |||
| 06/01/2011 | 5 | 08/14/2010 | |
| Letter from congressman brown on behalf of constituent regarding problems with her 2009 ford escape; she has an arbitration date on june 28 in columbus, ohio; please respond directly to the cleveland office *tgw the consumer stated the vehicle has been to the dealer on five occasions because the vehicle would jump/lunge while engaging it into drive or reverse. within the last year, the vehicle began to lung/jump while driving down the highway. the vehicle has also been to the dealer six times for a rear leaking window. the weather striping was replaced, but the leak continued. recently, when the consumer filled the gas tank, it only registered a half tank. also, there was a vibration coming from the vehicle while driving 25 mph. *jb | |||
| 06/02/2011 | 24466 | ||
| While driving vehicle on busy 4 lane city street vehicle just stopped running. driver was able to coast to center left turn lane bringing vehicle to a stop. vehicle would not start and had to be towed. dealership replaced inertia switch. concern is if fuel shut off switch (inertia switch) had failed while driving on highway at 70 mph with loss of power steering and power brakes it is any ones guess what the outcome may have been. there was no accident, sudden start or sudden stop to cause the switch to fail. | |||