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Wife driving 2016 Ford Exped with 61000 miles. Was driving on a remote road when the vehicle suddenly lost power and power train fault indicator came on. No cell service and no other traffic so no way to get help. Finally managed to restart which cleared the problem for now. Took the car to a Ford dealer immediately but code reader could find no fault. Dealer, however, said it is a throttle body malfunction and is not uncommon and will happen again. Now concerned about problem occurring on a freeway or other congested roadway. The sudden loss of power and resulting necessity to get off a busy roadway/highway creates a real safety issue.
I was accelerating, turning left to enter a freeway on ramp. My speed was reduced to 1mph and I was unable to accelerate or control the car. When I pushed on the accelerator nothing happened it did not rev the engine. A pop up appeared with a wrench and the words "see owners manual" I was able to turn off the car and turn it back on. This allowed me to regain function. This happened with no warning at all. There is no check engine light or engine codes. This is extremely dangerous! I was in the middle of an intersection where cars were both entering and exiting the freeway. Fortunately I avoided an accident had this happened after I got on the freeway I might not have been so lucky! upon returning home I checked the owners manual and there is nothing about a wrench light in there.
I was driving on a small highway (2 times) and a neighborhood street (1 time) going 25 mph (45 mph on the highway) or more when all of the sudden I was unable to accelerate. My car seemed to shift into a different drive with the way it felt and some shaking. I would push the pedal to the floor and nothing would happen. I had to coast into a parking lot twice off of a busy road with my children in the car. When the car was turned off and then back on it was as if nothing ever happened and ran fine so that I could drive home. I had a mechanic do a diagnostic and no codes for this incident where stored or present. The third time it happened I did not shut the car off until someone could come and run a diagnostic which read the code P2112, throttle actuator, control system stuck? replaced the throttle body. This last time it happened, I had to cross two lanes of busy morning work traffic in order to get to a parking lot.
Driving at speeds of 45-55 the SUV losses power sputters and crawls at a speed of 5 miles see owner manuel with wrench pops up very dangerous while driving with children in the vehicle....shop says they cant find anything had the SUV for 1 year bought used but this has happened 5 times
P2112 error keeps coming up causing sudden lose of power in the vehicle. This has happened while driving on the freeway, causing a panic moment to get to the shoulder, and on city and rural roads. We have to pull over shut the vehicle down and then restart it so that we can continue driving.
- Port Washington, WI, USA
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Sudden unexpected deceleration to 1-3 mph and unresponsive while traveling about 40 mph. Error message "see manual". corrected by turning off ignition and re-starting. Repeat problem - repair facility replaced all spark plugs and didn't happen for a week. They stated multiple issues came up on their analysis which were variable. Initially thought to be throttle issue. I question a computer software or hardware issue
When trying accelerate the vehicle does nothing after repeated attempts to push on the gas pedal. This has caused near misses in traffic from getting rear ended as the vehicle stalls and then resumes driving. I have taken to the vehicle to the dealer and they found nothing as the problem did not duplicate in their possession. This continues to occur without any codes populating. I have held up traffic while trying to move over because vehicle would not accelerate. This happens at all speeds.
The contact owns a 2016 Ford Expedition. While driving 50 mph, the wrench icon illuminated and the vehicle began to stall. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road and was able to restart it after the failure. The contact took the vehicle to gator Ford (11780 tampa gateway blvd, seffner, fl 33584) where it was diagnosed with a defective throttle body. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 49,200. The VIN was unknown.
While in motion on the street and car lose throttle. Pressing the gas pedal did not thing and only made the care stutter. It wouldn't got pass 30miles per hour but also wouldn't stay at 30 either it will go down and up choking on its self. This has happened many times and at any speed. The only way to fix it is to turn the car off and turn it on again. This fix is temporarily and you never know when it will happen again. This is dangerous and it almost cause me to have an accident.
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).
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.
Driving on major freeway in houston rush hour. Lost power, wrench popped up and said see manual. Engine light came on. Had to wait in traffic and restart vehicle. Could not go over 40 mph without losing power again. Apparently every other 2016 Ford has been recalled for a throttle body defect except the Expedition. Our issue was a defective throttle body.
Throttle body failure. Has happened over 8 times while driving on busy highways. Vehicle looses throttle control while driving. It forces you to pull over and turn off the vehicle and restart it to reset it. Very dangerous.
While driving on a city street I lost power and control to the engine. Control of the engine is lost when without warning acceleration is lost. The car will slow until about 5 miles an hour speed. The rpms will fluctuate up and down and stepping on the accelerator does nothing. No warning is given, and I almost got into an accident. 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 until it happens again, once you have it, the problem will be there until it is repaired and hope that the issues never returns.
The contact owns a 2016 Ford Expedition. After the vehicle was started and the accelerator pedal was depressed, the contact experienced unintended acceleration even after the contact depressed the brake pedal. As a result, the contact crashed into a pine tree. The vehicle remained at full acceleration until it was de-powered manually. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a dealer, but the diagnostic results had not yet been determined. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 35,000.
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.
The contact owns a 2016 Ford Expedition. While driving at any speed and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to accelerate and stalled as the wrench warning icon illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body failed. The throttle body was replaced. The approximate failure mileage was 5,000.
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- Young, AZ, USA