2015 Ford Expedition

VEHICLE IN MOTION ON FREEWAY AT SPEED (70MPH APPROX.) AND SUDDENLY LOST POWER W/CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (ORANGE WRENCH) COMING ON. VEHICLE HAD NO POWER/ACCELERATION AND SEEMED TO ONLY IDLE. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO RIGHT SHOULDER. SHUT ENGINE OFF AND WAITED FOR A FEW MOMENTS AND TURNED BACK ON, STARTED UP, AND APPEARED TO WORK NORMALLY, ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE ON TO DESTINATION.

AT ABOUT 56000 MILES, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 55 MPH, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRUCK WENT INTO, WHAT I NOW KNOW AS, CRAWL HOME MODE. I HAD TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTART THE TRUCK. ABOUT A WEEK LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED. TO IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IS WAS PURCHASED AND WAS TOLD THAT IT IS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY AND WOULD BE CLOSE TO $500.00 TO REPAIR. AFTER DOING SOME SEARCHES ONLINE I FOUND THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH THOUSANDS OF LATE MODEL FORDS, SOME OF WHICH FORD AGREED TO REPAIR AND OFFER A LONGER WARRANTY.

FILED COMPLAINT FEW MONTHS BACK, 10985979. SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. STARTED TO HAPPEN AGAIN, THIS TIME IT HAPPENED AROUND 15 TIMES IN A 200 MILE PERIOD. HAPPENED DURING ALL DRIVING CONDITIONS, CITY AND HIGHWAY, FROM A STOP TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS. NO WARRING JUST FULL LOSS OF POWER. SHUT TRUCK OFF, RESTARTED AND RAN NORMALLY FOR 6-10 MILES THEN WOULD SHUT DOWN AGAIN. AFTER THE 3RD TIME A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DROVE TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER. THEY ENDED UP CHANGING THE THROTTLE BODY ASSY DUE TO A FAILURE OF A INTERNAL COMPONENT.

VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET. NO WARNING PRIOR TO LOSING POWER. HAD A "WRENCH" LIGHT APPEAR ON DASH. I HAD TO COAST TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. HAD I BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY, MERGING, OR TURNING IN FRONT OF APPROACHING VEHICLES, THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. I ATTACHED A TESTER ON THE VEHICLE AND P2112 DEFECT CODE APPEARED INDICATING A STUCK THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL. THIS VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 60,000 MILES AND WAS JUST IN FOR A MAJOR MILESTONE VEHICLE INSPECTION.

1/28/17 DRIVING 65 MPH ON A FLORIDA HIGHWAY (NOT ON CRUISE CONTROL) THE THROTTLE/GAS PEDDLE SENSOR (THROTTLE BODY) SHUTS OFF THE GAS TO THE ENGINE AND THE CAR SLOWS TO A STOP. THIS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. WE MANAGE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON AND THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARS FOR ANOTHER 50 MILES WE DRIVE THE CAR TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY FOR $500. I AM . OUT OF WARRANTY = OVER 36,000 MILES I TELL MY STORY TO 2 ST LOUIS FRIENDS, ALSO OWN FORDS (2006 EXPLORER, 2008 EDGE) AND THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE AND NECESSARY REPAIR. I JUST NOTIFIED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE 800-392-3673 AND THEY SAY THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE A RECALL OR ISSUE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND HAS BEEN IGNORED BY FORD FOR YEARS. I ALSO OWNED A TOYOTA DURING THEIR SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEM A FEW YEARS AGO AND THIS SEEMS WORSE

01 JUNE 2015 DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 10 FROM BEAUMONT TEXAS I ENTERED A HEAVY RAIN STORM, TRAFFIC SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 50 M.P.H. IN A 70 M.P.H. SPEED ZONE. I PASSED A TRACTOR TRAILER, WHEN THE MIST FROM THE TRUCK AND THE RAIN HIT MY VEHICLE, MY ENGINE LOST POWER. I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE GAS, AFTER A FEW HUNDRED YARDS THE POWER CAME BACK BUT MY ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. THE PROBLEM HAPPENED 4 OR 5 TIMES THRU LOUISIANA AND INTO FLORIDA.I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER PALM BAY FORD WITH 3,000 MILE SINCE NEW THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO I WAS TOLD THERE WASN'T A PROBLEM. 17 SEPT. 2015 WITH 12826 MILES I RETURNED TO PALM BAY FORD AGAIN, AFTER RETURNING FROM WEST VIRGINA IN ANOTHER HEAVY RAIN STORM THE SAME THING HAPPENED, THE ENGINE LOST POWER I WAS TOLD THE SAME THING THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM SO NO PROBLEM EXIST. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.