# 2010 Ford Escape, surging up hills

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-ford-escape-surging-up-hills/44913>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [February 22, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-ford-escape-surging-up-hills/44913 "2010-02-22T02:11:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![3fords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/dc4da7/32.png) [@3fords](https://community.cartalk.com/u/3fords)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-ford-escape-surging-up-hills/44913/1 "2010-02-22T02:11:03Z")

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My 2010 ford escape with only 9k miles started to surge when traveling up hills at highway speeds. The RPMs would go up thne down and lose power. Taking it to the dealer tomorrow. Is it the tranny, speed sensor, or computer

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-ford-escape-surging-up-hills/44913/2 "2010-02-22T02:22:52Z")

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Too many possibilities to pin it down. It’s probably in the fuel system. Water in the gas-low fuel pressure-plugged fuel filter. You might try shifting out of overdrive. Overdrive is not meant for towing or going uphill.