2009 Ford Escape Hybrid Vehicle speed control Problems
- Complaints
- 17about this part
- Share
- 11%of 153 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 86,500miles
- Trend
- StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 17 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid, 11% of the 153 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 86,500 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“While driving you lose power/speed no matter how much you push the gas pedal, an alert symbol comes on the dash especially on the freeway. You have to get over and turn the car off and then back on and it will work for a while. They tell me it is the throttle body that needs repair but my VIN is not one of the effected ones...”
NHTSA complaint #11005584, filed 2017-07, 95,500 miles“Today my wrench indicator came on and then roughly 8-10 minutes later my vehicle suddenly lost speed while travelling at roughly 55-60 MPH in the fast lane, it dropped down to ~40 mhp no matter how much I pressed the gas. I had to cautiously get over into the slow lane and luckily my exit was close. After the exit there was a red light where I stopped and restarted, then it seemed fine. …”
NHTSA complaint #10863433, filed 2016-05, 55,000 miles“I was driving on the highway in traffic when the wrench light came on the dashboard. I applied pressure to the accelerator but the vehicle was not accelerating. I was moving at about 10 MPH when this happened and I was able to get to the middle of the highway where there was someone I could wait for traffic to open up to get to the shoulder, the vehicle moved at about 2 MPH from the center to the shoulder, this was while having the accelerator fully pushed down. …”
NHTSA complaint #10946611, filed 2017-01, 129,000 miles“Driving on 26e in charleston, sc, I suddenly lost power and was unable to accelerate nor maintain speed. I pulled over and turned the vehicle off and in doing so, a grinding sound came from the engine. I restarted the engine and began operating normally for several minutes and began to notice the RPM's would increase and decrease without adjusting pressure on the pedal. At this point I noticed I had limited ability to accelerate and very sluggish. …”
NHTSA complaint #10633527, filed 2014-09, 103,000 miles“When I start my car I mainly come from a resident area or a parking lot where the speed limit is 10-15mph once I hit the main street where the speed limit is 35 MPH my car wont accelerate to the proper speed even though my gauges are showing the speed im supposed to be at after 8 seconds the car shoots off to 35mph and when I brake to slow down it rolls again at 5-10mph. This is very scary especially in congested areas and trying to pull over in an emergency is very difficult when my car gets stuck in a slow speed. …”
NHTSA complaint #11092710, filed 2018-05, 81,000 milesVehicle speed control: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 4% |
| 2021 | 6 | 5% |
| 2020 | 5 | 2% |
| 2012 | 1 | 7% |
| 2011 | 8 | 22% |
| 2010 | 8 | 14% |
| 2009 | 17 | 11% |
| 2008 | 25 | 6% |
| 2007 | 4 | 3% |
| 2006 | 19 | 9% |
| 2005 | 3 | 2% |
Other parts of the 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid
70 complaintsBrakes
32 complaintsEngine
24 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
15 complaintsElectrical system
11 complaintsFuel system
9 complaintsOther or unknown
4 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
3 complaintsEngine cooling
2 complaintsAir bags
1 complaintsElectronic stability control
1 complaintsEquipment
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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