2011 Ford Escape engine stalls at random times: I bought the car as a Ford certified pre-owned vehicle in August 2012. In November the stalling issue started. It's happened to me three times now. The car just shuts off and goes into some type of idle mode and a little orange wrench appears on the dash. Two times on the interstate and again one morning coming into work. When it stalled on the freeway I was traveling at 70 mph and had to pull off into the grass -- hit something and blew a front tire. This is definitely a safety issue. After changing the front tire it started right back up but only made it 45 minutes before stalling again (this time at 45 mph and on the right side of the road). Had same stalling issue on the way to work but at a lower speed.

- Tallahassee , FL, USA

While sitting at a busy intersection, the engine shut down completely...no warning or no indication that there was a problem. I had to put the car in park and restart. A few miles down the road, it happened again. This has happened several other times. Last night, I was traveling approximately 30 mph when it shut down again. I was almost rear-ended by the car behind me. I travel 35 miles each way to work...including some highways where the speed limit is 55mph. I'm afraid it will happen there and I'll be rear-ended by some tail-gater.

- Poquoson, VA, USA

While driving the wrench light came on and the car just died, had to pull over, the 2nd time I was going on a busy interstate and going about 70 mph I was lucky there was a place to pull off the road, but then the check engine light came on, and stayed on for the entire trip. When I arrived home and shut the car off and started it again the light was off. I looked into this since I have elderly people I take to and from dr. Visits and this seems to be an ongoing problem since 2005, I have read the complaints on line, my question is does someone have to be in a bad accident or even die before Ford will resolve this problem?

- Shelbyville, TN, USA

While I was driving 55 mph on the interstate in the middle lane when suddenly, with no warning, we were no longer able to get enough throttle to continue moving forward. We had to coast to the side of the road. We were almost rear-ended, I really thought we were going to be killed. It is a very scary situation, going from 55 mph to nothing. The throttle body failed completely and had to be replaced. After doing research on this I have found that many other people have had this same experience, including my sisters 2010 Ford Escape with only 45000 miles on it. I had just had my 30,000 mile service done on my vehicle two weeks prior and asked them to please check the throttle body since it had happened to my sister, and it was fine at that time. I believe something needs to be done before someone is killed. When I asked what was to keep this from happening again I was told, "nothing, it could happen again at any time". when I asked if there was a recall on it, I was told, "I have been waiting on a recall on this for two years." I was told this from a Ford service person at the Ford place that repaired my vehicle in Indiana. I have reported this to Ford at the 800-392-Ford number that the same Ford service worker gave me when I asked if there was some place I could call about this situation to help get a recall. I no longer feel safe in my vehicle.

- Knoxville, TN, USA