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11389992 2020-10-22
2017 FORD EXPEDITION
I WAS DRIVING TO A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT WITH OUR LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP FOR ANOTHER ISSUE WHICH NEEDED CORRECTING WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CARS ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT NO ACCELERATION. I MANAGED TO GET OFF THE ROAD, WITHOUT BEING HIT, AND CONTINUED TO THE DEALERSHIP. I LET THEM KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED BUT THEY BLAMED THE INCIDENT ON A BAD BATTERY AND I THOUGHT THE ISSUE WAS FIXED. THIS IS WHERE THE ISSUE BECOMES CATASTROPHIC IN MY OPINION. ON NOVEMBER 1, 2020 MY WIFE AND TWO FRIENDS WERE IN THE VEHICLE AND HEADING OUT OF TOWN. WE LIVE IN A MOUNTAINOUS PART OF ARIZONA. FORTUNATELY WE WERE ON A FAIRLY LEVEL STRETCH AND IN THE RIGHT LANE. THE VEHICLE'S ACCELERATOR AGAIN FAILED TO FUNCTION. WE PULLED OFF THE ROAD TO THE SHOULDER. TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, RESTARTED THE CAR AND TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK HOME, ABOUT A 120 MILE DETOUR. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM DO A DIAGNOSTIC. THEY DETERMINED IT TO BE A FAILED THROTTLE BODY SENSOR. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE TURNED OUT MUCH WORSE. HAD WE BEEN PASSING A TRUCK, CAUGHT IN THE LEFT LANE AND ON A STEEP GRADE WITH NO ACCELERATION, WHO KNOWS THE OUTCOME. I CONTACTED FORD FOR THEM TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COST OF THE THROTTLE BODY REPAIR/REPLACEMENT. THEY DID COVER THAT COST, BUT I ALSO ASKED THEM TO GIVE ME AN ASSURANCE THE REPLACEMENT PART WOULD NOT DO THE SAME FAILURE AFTER SO MANY MILES. BY THE WAY OUR VEHICLE ONLY HAD 55K MILES WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED FROM THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS FAILURE (BAD SENSOR) OCCURS WITH FREQUENCY IN SIMILAR VEHICLES. IF THE FAILURE OCCURRED IN THE SCENARIO I MENTIONED ABOVE, WHO WOULD KNOW IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR THAT FAILED, RATHER THAN A DRIVER ERROR. IT IS A FAILURE THAT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC, AND PROBABLY HAS BEEN WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES. I ASKED FORD WHY THIS WASN'T A RECALL ACTION, NO RESPONSE. WHERE IS THE NHTSA?
11316800 2020-02-19
2016 FORD EXPEDITION
VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED OPERATING WHILE DRIVING 90 MPH. A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY PUT INTO NEUTRAL AND ALLOWED TO COAST SO THAT IT COULD BE SAFELY MOVED TO THE EMERGENCY LANE OF THE INTERSTATE. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WHILE COASTING. ADDITIONAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER THE VEHICLE CAME TO A HALT. NO SUCCESS. THE VEHICLE WOULD TURN OVER BUT NEVER START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER. AFTER INSPECTION, FORD DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED UNEXPECTEDLY.
11228745 2019-06-29
2016 FORD EXPEDITION
POWER TRAIN FAILURE WHILE DRIVING, CAR STOPPED MOVING ON HIGHWAY. NEEDED TO TURN CAR OFF AND RESTART. HAPPENED AGAIN AFTER DRIVING LESS THAN A MILE. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER.
11114202 2018-07-20
2016 FORD EXPEDITION
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.
11020392 2017-08-25
2016 FORD EXPEDITION
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.
10929609 2016-11-30
2016 FORD EXPEDITION
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*B. I HAVE HAD THIS FORD EXPEDITION FOR 11 MONTHS. I LEARNED MANY THROTTLE BODY PARTS ON FORD EXPLORERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR INFORMATION. THERE WAS NO LISTINGS OF 2016 EXPEDITIONS HAVING THIS LIFE THREATENING FAILURE. I DO HOPE AND PRAY THAT NO ONE IS HURT OR KILLED BEFORE THIS SITUATION IS CORRECTED. *TR
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