2002 Ford Escape Vehicle speed control Problems

“On 4/10/2014, I was driving the vehicle and noticed that when I let my foot off the gas pedal, the car showed no signs of slowing...as if I was still accelerating. I had to use the brake to make the car slow down. On 4/12/2015, I was pulling into the driveway and let my foot off the pedal to coast to the parking position, when it suddenly accelerated, and I almost hit our fence. There is definitely something wrong with the acceleration system.”

“While driving at normal speeds on ice-glazed winter roads in fairbanks, ak, I approached an intersection and took my foot off the accelerator to prepare to slow down. Instead of dropping to idle speeds, the engine accelerated up to 3500-4000 RPM. I shifted the automatic transmission to neutral and was able to stop the car with the brakes, but the engine continued to race at high-throttle until I shut off the engine. …”

“Accelerator stuck on 2002 Ford Escape. At 80mph I finally turned off ignition to stop. Throttle cable broke. There was a recall for this in 2002 but not for my particular car. Ford customer service and Ford recall center refused to pay for repairs at dealer. I was lucky to survive this incident. Who knows how many other 2002 Ford escapes also have this problem??”

“I bought my 2002 Ford Escape in feb. 2015. Since then often when I put it in park it revs, the rpms range from 1500-3000. I read that a recall was declared in december of 2004. My car idles at a high range.”

“My 2002 Ford Escape was bought new in march of 2002. The problem with it accelerating at low speeds started about 6-7 months later. Returned to the dealership many times to have it checked but was told every time there was nothing wrong. I've had one accident as a result of this problem. I still own the same Escape and still have the problem with it . I was told that there were no complaints of this nature with these models but have since learned that there have been many. …”