2010 FORD ESCAPE — Complaint #808086
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION filed August 19, 2010
NHTSA complaint #808086 (ODI reference 10350929) concerns a 2010 FORD ESCAPE and was filed on August 19, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 19, 2010. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:ignition, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD ESCAPE cohort independently describe similar electrical system:ignition failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2010 FORD ESCAPE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
2010 FORD ESCAPE. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS A FAST IDLE SPEED, IGNITION KEY LOCK PROBLEM AND A SOFT BRAKE PROBLEM. *TGW THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO HAVE THE IDLE SPEED LOWERED TO 500 RPM. THE DEALER STATED THAT COULD NOT BE DONE BECAUSE THE IDLE WAS SET AT THE FACTORY. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD ROLL FORWARD AND BACKWARDS DUE TO THE FAST IDLE SPEED. HE ALMOST HIT THE BACK OF A BUILDING BECAUSE THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACK WHEN HE STARTED THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE. THE KEY WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN IN THE IGNITION WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO START THE VEHICLE. *JB
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 808086 |
| ODI Number | 10350929 |
| Date Filed | August 19, 2010 |
| Failure Date | August 19, 2010 |
Similar ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION Complaints for 2010 FORD ESCAPE
The contact owns a 2010 Ford Escape. The contact stated while driving at approximately 15 MPH and making a right turn, the power steering malfunctioned, and the steering wheel became difficult to turn
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD ESCAPE. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, SHE HAD TO FORCE THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION IN ORDER TO START THE ENGINE. IT SOMETIMES TOOK SEVERAL MINUTES TO
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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