2009 Ford Escape vehicle speed control problems

“I started to hear a grinding and cracking and popping sound I checked the vehicle and the front left ball joint is bad there is an obvious crack in the joint that is easily visible when inspecting the area of the front left wheel and it’s components”

“HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER/THROTTLE RESPONSE. PULL OFF ROAD, PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, RESTART AND COMPUTER SEEMS TO RESET. HAD BEEN 1-2 TIMES PER YEAR OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND STRUGGLED TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. HAPPENED 8 TIMES IN 150 MILE TRIP TODAY.”

“IN MAY 2015,I PURCHASED MY 2009 FORD XSCAPE FOUR-CYLINDER HYBRID FROM A FORD DEALER. THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN BY AN OLDER WOMAN AND MOSTLY KEPT IN A GARAGE SO THE MILEAGE WAS LOW AT ABOUT 45,000 MILES. AT APPROXIMATELY OCTOBER 2018, AT 70,000 MILES I ENTERED THE FREEWAY AND WHEN I ACCELERATE THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT ON AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE . THIS HAPPENED A FEW MORE TIMES RANDOMLY UNDER COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES BUT MOSTLY WHEN I NEEDED EXTRA POWER. I WOULD PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THE IGNITION, TURN IT BACK ON AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WOULD BE OFF. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE VIA COMPUTER WHAT THE ISSUE WAS. COULD NOT FIND A CODE FOR THE PROBLEM. THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM.THEY SAID IT MIGHT'VE BEEN BAD GASOLINE. HAVE NOT HAD THE WRENCH LIGHT OR 'LIMPING HOME' ISSUE SINCEJULY 2019 WITH VEHICLE CURRENTLY AT 79,000 MILES. OUT OF NOWHERE THIS MONTH, I AM NOW HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH WRENCH LIGHT AND LIMPING HOME. ENGINE LIGHT IS ON NOW, WITH WRENCH LIGHT. IF I PULL OVER TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON THE WRENCH LIGHT GOES AWAY. S. I HAD BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE BACK ROADS BUT ENTERING THE FREEWAY, OR NEEDING TO ACCELERATE BEYOND 30…”

“WHEN YOUR DRIVING ASS "GO POWER" IS LOST AND A WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATES IN THE LOWER LEFT CORRNER. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHERE IM DRIVING BUT IT JUST DECIDES TO DO IT WHEN IT WANTS TO. HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH OR SO ITS HAPPEND WHEN I WAS GOING 10MPHS AND 30 MPHS AND ABOUT 45MPH...SUPER SUPER SCARY LUCKLY NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME ALL TIMES... LAST TIME THIS HAPPEND WAS ON 7/23/2019”

“ON JULY 9, 2019 I WAS EXITING THE EXPRESSWAY AND MY VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING AT WHICH TIME THE ODOMETER WENT DOWN FROM 50 DOWN TO 0 IMMEDIATELY CAUSING ME TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE. THANK GOD I WAS ALREADY IN THE PROCESSING OF EXITING. NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD AT ALL. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON. I TOOK MY CAR TO FIRESTONE WHO WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC AT THE TIME, AND SUGGESTED THAT I BRING IT BACK. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND OF GREAT CONCERN. THIS VEHICLE HAS ONLY 42,460 MILES OR SO ON IT, AND I DON'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE ENCOUNTERING THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD IT SINCE 2010 AND AT THE TIME PURCHASED AT 18,000 MILES OR SO. I DRIVE MY VEHICLE LOCALLY ONLY. I HAVE READ THAT THIS A PROBLEM WITH FORD ESCAPES, AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE LISTED AS A RECALL. PLEASE HELP!”

“TAKATA RECALL SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRICS ISSUE SENSORS, POWER STEERING, IGNITION, SPEEDING SENSORS, (ALL ELECTRICS) THE WORST ONE IS POWER STEERING. THERE WAS A RECALL ON LINE FOR THIS MODEL BUT NOT FOR MY CAR. (WHY NOT MY CAR?) THERE ARE IN RECALL ALL 2008 - 2011 FORD ESCAPES”