2012 Ford Escape defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2012 Ford Escape. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Electronic Throttle Body Malfunction
  Preliminary Evaluation PE13003 · opened Feb 21, 2013 · closed Feb 28, 2014

  On February 21, 2013, the Office of Defects Investigations (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation PE13-003 to investigate allegations of electronic throttle body (ETB) failures resulting in sudden reduction of engine power in model year (MY) 2009-2013 Ford Escape, Fusion, Mariner and Milan vehicles. During this investigat…

• Electronic Throttle Body Malfunction
  Defect Petition DP12006 · opened Oct 2, 2012 · closed Feb 21, 2013

  In a letter dated August 30, 2012, The North Carolina Consumers Council (NCCC) petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to initiate a defect investigation of alleged electronic throttle body failures resulting in engine stall or surge while driving in model year (MY) 2005 through 2012 Ford …