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My throttle body is sticking every morning. I have been stuck in traffic on I-5 in Tacoma and had to use all my strength to depress the throttle which lurched my daughter and I into oncoming traffic and nearly caused a fatal accident. It has caused my children to be late for school, myself late for work and alot of stress and fuel. I have to keep the throttle depressed while stopping and have to use my right foot for the break. I drive an automatic. The dealership knows that the 2008 Ford Escapes are having this problem and are doing nothing to help resolve the issues. When I call to ask about the issue I get treated very poorly. I am one of thousands of people having this problem and Ford needs to address it.
Gas pedal intermittently would not go down, sometimes in heavy traffic. Finally the pedal stuck so much that I took it in for repair and they replaced the throttle. This is very dangerous to not be able to accelerate when in heavy highway traffic. I noticed that other Escape owners have documented the same problem.
- South Rockwood, MI, USA
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- Lacey, WA, USA