2016 Ford Expedition

BRAKE FLUID WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WHILE TAKING DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL, STOPPED AT GAS STATION TO CHECK. WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY EMPTY. NO VISIBLE SIGN OF LEAKS IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, UNDER VEHICLE OR ON WHEELS/TIRES. REFILLED. WARNING LIGHT CAME ON MILE LATER. STOPPED AT ANOTHER GAS STATION, ALMOST COMPLETELY EMPTY AGAIN. BOUGHT MORE FLUID, REFILLED AND ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HOME. ABOUT A MILE LATER WARNING LIGHT APPEARED AGAIN. ONCE HOME, BRAKE FLUID LEVEL WAS EMPTY AGAIN. LOOKED ON-LINE AND NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2015 F-150 TRUCKS FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE (MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE, LEAKING FLUID TO BRAKE BOOSTER). REFILLED THEN ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE TO DEALERSHIP. STOPPED ONCE TO REFILL AFTER WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. GOT TO DEALERSHIP AND AS PULLING INTO SERVICE BAY BRAKE PEDAL HAD NO PRESSURE, WENT TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. LUCKILY, WAS JUST ROLLING SLOW AND WAS ABLE TO BUT VEHICLE IN PARK TO STOP. VERY DANGEROUS IF THIS HAD OCCURRED ON STREET! FORD DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED SUSPICION, MASTER CYLINDER LEAKING IN BRAKE BOOSTER. SAME ISSUE AS 2015 F150 RECALL, BUT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR 2016 FORD EXPEDITIONS EVEN THOUGH THEY USE THE SAME DRIVETRAIN? VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY SO HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET.

8/31/18: TRAVELING 55 MPH AND SUDDENLY LOST ALL PEDAL POWER ON I-40, ONLY ABLE TO COAST TO SHOULDER. WE WAITED 3 HOURS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR A TOW TRUCK WHILE TRAFFIC WHIZZED BY DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO OUR VEHICLE. VEHICLE TOWED TO FLAGSTAFF, AZ NEAREST CITY, HOWEVER IT WAS FRIDAY AFTER HOURS AND THE DEALERSHIP WAS CLOSED UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING DUE TO THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY. WE WERE STRANDED IN FLAGSTAFF UNTIL 9/4/18, UNABLE TO GET AUTHORIZATION FOR A RENTAL CAR UNTIL IT WAS DETERMINED IF IT WAS COVERED BY A WARRANTY. ULTIMATELY, THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME VEHICLE ON THE INTERNET. WE BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER AND RECALLED IF NECESSARY. PLEASE SEE LETTER BELOW

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER AND DECELERATES. THE POWERTRAIN WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND VEHICLE CODE IS SHOW P2112. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 3 RECENT OCCASIONS. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE POWER IS GONE! AUG. 27, 2018, DRIVING HOME FROM MY SON'S FOOTBALL GAME I LOST ALL POWER ON A DARK WINDING COUNTRY ROAD AND HAD LIMITED ACCESS TO PULL OVER SAFELY WITH MY YOUNG CHILD IN THE BACKSEAT. THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING AND WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TOWED. THE FOLLOWING DAY MY HUSBAND HOOKED HIS CODE READER AND THE CODE PRESENTED P2112 POWERTRAIN FAULT. IT STARTED FINE AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A GLITCH. ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28, 2018, WE HEADING TO THE AIRPORT AND IT DID THE EXACT SAME THING ABOUT 20 MINUTES IN. THIS TIME WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH AND HAD AN ABRUPT DECELERATION WITH SEMIS TRAVELING BEHIND US. WE QUICKLY PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ONE. WE WERE ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUE DOWN FOR ABOUT 3 MILES BEFORE IT DID IT AGAIN. AGAIN, WE TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND STARTED BACK UP. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND FORD NEEDS TO RECALL SINCE THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT OR LOSS OF LIFE.

AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS OF AN INTERMITTENT ACCELERATION PROBLEM, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL. THE ENGINE DID NOT SHUT OFF BUT NOTHING HAPPENED WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS ON A SIDE STREET JUST ABOUT TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY SO I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER AT THAT TIME. AFTER RESTARTING THE TRUCK I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT HOME BUT THEN HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE AND NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT OTHER FORD MODELS HAD THE SAME FAILURE WITH THE SAME PART ON THE SAME ENGINE BUT THE EXPEDITION WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED IN THE NHTSA RECALL.

WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE GOES INTO "LIMP MODE". THIS HAS HAPPENED 8 TIMES IN THE PAST WEEK AT SPEEDS OF 50MPH OR EVEN 15MPH DRIVING NORMAL ON A HIGHWAY, COUNTRY ROAD, AND ENTRANCE TO A PARKING LOT. THIS IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS ABSOLUTELY ZERO POWER AND DRIVER MUST PLACE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND COAST TO A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER. ONCE PULLED OVER, THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE TURNED COMPLETELY OFF AND RESTARTED. AFTERWARDS, THE VEHICLE RUNS VERY ROUGH AND CEL IS ON. THE CODE FOR THE ENGINE LIGHT DISPLAYS THE CODE : 2112 WHICH IS THE THROTTLE ACTUATOR IS STUCK CLOSED. AFTER DOING RESEARCH, THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN ISSUE FOR YEARS AND NOT BEING TAKEN OF. THIS COULD EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF SOMEONE IS GOING 70MPH IN TRAFFIC, ON A BRIDGE, OR EVEN 45MPH IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE ON THE INTERSTATE.

CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE DURING NORMAL OPERATION ON A CITY STREET I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY STOP DUE TO A LOW FLUID LIGHT BUT BY THE TIME I WAS AT A SAFE PLACE TO STOP THE BRAKES HAD ALMOST COMPLETELY FAILED. I HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. WAS TOLD THE MASTER CYLINDER, BRAKE BOOSTER, VALVE ASSEMBLY, AND VACUUM BRAKE SENSOR ALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE MC WAS LEAKING INTO THE BRAKE BOOSTER CAUSING THEM TO FAIL. THIS IS THE EXACT ISSUE THAT THE 2013-2014 F150S (VERY SIMILAR PLATFORM) HAD A RECALL FOR. HTTPS://MEDIA.FORD.COM/CONTENT/FORDMEDIA/FNA/US/EN/NEWS/2016/05/25/FORD-MOTOR-COMPANY-ISSUES-ONE-SAFETY-RECALL-AND-ONE-SAFETY-COMPL.HTML SERVICE TECH STATED THE MC HAD LIKELY BEEN LEAKING FOR SOME TIME TO CAUSE THE FAILURE. I HAD THE VEHICLE IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AT THE DEALER WHICH INCLUDED A FULL BRAKE INSPECTION WHICH WAS GIVEN A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH LESS THAN ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE.

VEHICLE STOPPED WHEN IN TRAFFIC, MULTIPLE TIMES. DEALER IS REPLACING THE ELECTRONIC CARBURETOR SENSOR WHICH ELECTRONICALLY CONNECTS THE GAS PEDAL TO THE ENGINE. SAID THEY HAVE HAD TO DO THIS ON SEVERAL VEHICLES LATELY. MY SON OWNS A 2015 F150 AND HIS TRUCK HAD THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM LAST WEEK. MUST BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IF SEVERAL VEHICLES IN OUR SMALL TOWN HAVE HAD THE SAME FAILURE.

WHILE DRIVING THE GAS PEDAL GETS STUCK AND IMMEDIATELY LOSES POWER TO ACCELERATE. THE YELLOW CHECK ENGINE WRENCH COMES ON AS THE ENGINE SPUTTERS. YOUR ONLY OPTION IS TO COAST TO A STOP AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. THIS COMES WITH NO WARNING AND IS VERY DANGEROUS AS WE ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED AS WE WERE GOING 40 MPH AND JUST LOST EVERYTHING IN A MOMENTS NOTICE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN 3 MONTHS. THE FIRST TIME WE WERE GOING 35 MPH ACCELERATING AND SHUT DOWN AND HAD TO STOP TRAFFIC TO RESTART. WE HAVE IT SCHEDULED TO GO INTO THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW. BUT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS AN ISSUE ON SEVERAL FORD VEHICLES WITH A RECALL ON MANY, JUST NOT THIS ONE YET. THE DIAGNOSTIC WAS COMPLETED AT A FORD DEALERSHIP AND IT TURN OUT TO BE THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUES WITH FORD CARS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME. LOSING CONTROL OF ACCELERATION CAN BE DEADLY DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. ONCE THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND STARTED UP AGAIN THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY.