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Ford Escape Vehicle Speed Control Safety Report | Aug 18, 2013
Reported on Aug 18, 2013
| WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON A LOCAL 45 MPH STREET, OUR ESCAPE APPEARED TO STALL AS IF IT WERE NOT GETTING GAS. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO BABY THE CAR TO A LESS BUSY STREET WHERE THE CAR COULD NOT INCREASE SPEED MORE THAN ABOUT 15 MPH. THE DRIVER THEN TURNED OFF THE ENGINE FOR A FEW MINUTES. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED AND CAR SPEED WAS ABLE TO INCREASE TO 45 MPH. WE THEN DROVE THE CAR TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACEMENT OF THE THROTTLE BODY A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER. WE ASKED IF IT COULD BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE THROTTLE BODY BUT WERE INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT IT WAS TYPICAL OF A FORD 2010 ESCAPE TO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED WITH MILEAGE CLOSE TO THAT OF OUR CAR. *TR | |
| Make: | Ford |
| Model: | Escape |
| Manufactured by: | Ford Motor Company |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | BIRMINGHAM AL |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1FMCU0DGXAK |
| Mileage: | 47785 miles. |
| Speed: | 30 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | |
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| Vehicle fuel: | |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
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