2005 Ford Escape defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2005 Ford Escape. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• 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 …

• Fleet Vehicle Recall Completion Audit
  Audit Query AQ10001 · opened Nov 18, 2010 · closed Dec 28, 2015

  On November 18, 2010, NHTSA's Recall Management Division (RMD) opened an audit query (AQ10-001) to investigate recall remedy completion by rental car companies on safety recall campaigns.It was expected to provide the agency an indication of how completely and how quickly rental car fleets perform necessary recall-rela…