This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
This issue began about a month ago on my commute home from work, all engine power was lost as I came off the freeway, the computer alerted with a wrench icon. I pulled over and shut the car off, then after a minute restarted. It started ok, I then used an odb adapter to read the codes, and found a soft (not permanent) code P2112 (throttle body stuck closed). I immediately call the Ford dealership to have them look at it. When they got the car, the code was no longer in the computer. They ran a diagnostic, declared that they did not find anything, charged me $200, and sent me home. Second occurrence was about 10 days ago, again driving home from work, then while coming up to a traffic light the same failure happened again. After restarting, and driving home, I began researching the problem. Today, while returning home in the rain during a 5 mile drive it failed 5 times, each time I had to pull over, shut it down then restart. Now I have a permanent code stored in the computer (P2112) and an appointment with the dealership to fix it. I am fairly certain that the throttle body will be replaced by the dealership, but I am out of warranty now, and they will indeed charge me. I have found numerous other complaints about this issue, and believe Ford should provide an updated part that will resolve this issue. I suspect that this will in time cause an accident, perhaps even injury for someone. This is due to auto manufacturers removing the rather simple mechanical linkage from pedal to throttle and turning this over to a computer. To be sure, it is the computer that is creating the dangerous circumstances by disengaging all throttle control when the throttle body is sticking, forcing the driver to the side of the road (assuming there is a safe place to pull over).
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.
Started car left my home and pulled out onto the road. I began to accelerate. I reach a speed of approximately 40 mph and I felt a slight shutter and saw a warning indicator wrench light up on the car. I depressed the throttle and found that the vehicle was unresponsive to throttle input. I had to coast along to a stop thankfully I was in a safe area when this occurred. If this event were to occur in certain scenarios the outcome could be fatal. I was able to turn off the car and restart and I now had normal functionally. The vehicle was taken to the local Ford dealership where the informed that this was caused by a faulty throttle body control. From doing some online research this problem appears to have been very prevalent on other Ford models.
On 11-30-2016 with clear weather at about 3 pm traveling at traffic speed of 70 mph on I610 South loop East harris county tx (city of houston) in the 3rd lane right from the right side shoulder of 4 lanes, a "wrench" icon come on the display and said to contact the dealer. Immediately at the same time the Expedition lost all accelerator power. The pedal went limp. A hazardous, perilous drift across the oncoming 2 right lanes to the shoulder was terrifying. By the grace of god we made it to the shoulder without being hit and/or causing a multi car wreck and probable fatalities. The car motor continued running, but there was no acceleration, no power to move the car. The car was towed to the Ford dealer where the throttle body identified as the failure and was replaced. The original part throttle body replaced was part # bl3Z*9E9268A. The new throttle body is part # bl3Z*9E926. I have had this Ford Expedition for 11 months. I learned many throttle body parts on Ford Explorer have been replaced by searching the internet for information. There was no listings of 2016 Expedition having this life threatening failure. I do hope and pray that no one is hurt or killed before this situation is corrected.
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- Union City, CA, USA