I was driving around 46mph, and in the middle of driving, my truck cut off for around 5 seconds. I almost got by the truck behind me. My truck kicked back on by itself, all why I was driving. I was so terrified the truck behind almost rear ended me.
2006 Ford Expedition acceleration complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. The contact stated that while driving 65 MPH, the fail safe mode warning light illuminated as the vehicle independently decelerated and stalled. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, who stated that the throttle body would need cleaning. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred several months later. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer, who stated that the entire throttle body would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacture was contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 96,000.
Vehicle simply shuts off at any time and shows 'engine fail safe mode'. This has happened approximately 15 times since we bought the vehicle (used) in march 2012 (most recently on 10/13). I have researched this online and many other owners have the same complaint. We replaced the tps at a cost of around $300 as a possible fix and this worked for about 6 months - now the problem is back and my research indicates we need to have the throttle body replaced. This will cost us around $500 - for a total repair cost of around $800 - which we cannot afford! Ford has literally $hundreds of millions to take care of this and must recall due to this issue - there is no excuse to allow this dangerous problem to continue. Ford motor co. Owes me $800 due to their poor engineering and unwillingness to solve this issue - they are greedy crooks.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. The contact stated that while driving approximately 20 MPH, the engine stalled and the warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was restarted and resumed normally. The failure occurred four times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis. The trouble codes detected a faulty throttle body. The vehicle had not bee repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 62,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. The contact stated while driving and depressing the brakes in order to stop the vehicle, it accelerated. Recently, the contact began to drive in reverse out of a parking space and the vehicle accelerated and crashed into another vehicle. The police were notified but a report was not filed. There were no injuries associated with the crash. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor an independent mechanic. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 49,000. The current mileage was approximately 69,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. The contact stated that while attempting to stop at a traffic stop, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the throttle body was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was not included in any recalls. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 85,000 and the current mileage was 94,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. The contact was traveling 55 MPH when the engine fail safe mode warning light illuminated, causing the vehicle to loose power. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the contact was told that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The VIN was not available. The failure and the current mileages were 113,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. The contact stated that the vehicle decelerated and entered into fail safe mode while driving 55 MPH. The vehicle would not accelerate further once it entered fail safe mode. The contact shut the vehicle off and upon restart, the vehicle operated as normal. The failure recurred once. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and the contact was informed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was in the process of being repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure, but offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 103,000. Updated 8/23/12 *cn updated 09/06/2012
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled numerous times with the illumination of the check engine light after the failure occurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and a diagnostic was performed, which located the failure at the throttle body. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 88,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. The contact stated that while driving 15 MPH on the highway, the vehicle unexpectedly stalled. An engine fail safe light also began to illuminate on the instrument panel. Both the dealer and manufacturer were notified, but denied any assistance with repairs of the failure. The vehicle was on 01/06/12 at the contact's expense. The approximate failure and current mileages were 86,280. The throttle body and motor assembly were replaced. Updated 06/27/12
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH the vehicle went into engine fail safe mode and stalled with warning. The vehicle was left with brakes, but the vehicle would no longer accelerate and loss power steering. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and it was determined that the throttle actuator sensor failed on the vehicle. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage and current mileages were 150,000.rl
While driving my 2006 ford expedition eddie bauer, the engine completely shuts off. Sometimes while sitting idle and other times while driving 70 MPH on the interstate. Tonight, within 1 hour this happened about 15 times where the engine cut off, I lost power steering, had to roll over to the shoulder, turn the key off and back on to restart...sometimes it would take up to 10 minutes to restart. I was lucky we were not hit from behind. I have 2 kids in carseats still that could have been injured. Research online reveals that I am not alone. This is a very dangerous defect that could get somebody killed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. The contact was driving 30 MPH when the vehicle stalled without warning. The failure would recur sporadically when traveling at various speeds. The vehicle was able to be restarted and was taken to the dealer who repaired the throttle body and motor assembly, stating that the vehicle had engaged in fail-safe mode. The manufacturer was contacted and a complaint was filed but no further assistance was provided. The current mileage was approximately 51,000 and the failure mileage was approximately 50,500.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. While driving approximately 50 MPH, the contact stated that the fail safe mode symbol illuminated on the dashboard as the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but they were unable to duplicate the failure. A private mechanic diagnosed the vehicle with a throttle body failure. The contact did not inform the manufacturer nor was the vehicle repaired. The current and failure mileage was 102,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. While driving approximately 70 MPH all of the interior and exterior lights began to dim. The radio shut off and the vehicle then stalled. The vehicle was towed home where she replaced the alternator. Approximately 5 months later the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the starter was replaced. Approximately 1 month later the failure began to intermittently recur. During one of the failures the check engine light also began to illuminate on the dashboard. The vehicle was taken back to an authorized dealer where she was informed the failure was due to the throttle body. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 70,000 and the current mileage was 87,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. The contact was driving under 20 MPH when he applied the brakes. There was an increase in engine rpms and the vehicle abnormally accelerated. The brake pedal was applied with force and the vehicle continued to accelerate. When the gear selector was shifted into the neutral position, the vehicle came to a complete stop. The engine was turned off and restarted. The vehicle was able to resume normal operations. The contact was in the process of taking the vehicle to an authorized dealer for diagnostic testing. The failure mileage was 44,000.
Tl* contact owns a 2005 ford expedition. The contact stated while driving at 50 MPH, the vehicle suddenly stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle but it stalled a second time within seconds. The vehicle was towed to his residence. The contact was able to locate numerous complaints regarding the throttle control and believed it to be the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The failure mileage was 80,000.
Driving to work via freeway, had just reached the bottom of a freeway off-ramp, at a stoplight. Light turned green, had just started to go and the "fail safe engine mode" light on my 2006 ford expedition came on the dashboard, within 5 seconds the car turned off on its own, like taking the key out of the ignition. Had it towed to a ford dealership, they ran diagnostics, said the throttle body assembly needed replacing. I looked on the internet, googling "fail safe engine mode" and "ford" and found this to be a common problem. Asked why it's not a recall item or has a technical bulletin with so many cases of it, plus it's very dangerous. Many in their internet postings said the problem comes back. Dealership said to contact ford corporate, opened a cudl case for me to request reimbursement. Wrote a letter to ford corporate, included internet links to all the postings of other people having the same problem, asked for $480.35 reimbursement, also asked what they are doing about this dangerous situation with the throttle body assembly. Ford corporate send me a letter back, simply said I'm past warranty and unable to provide reimbursement. They did not reply regarding my question about what's being done about this dangerous problem.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition which was purchased brand new. While stepping on the accelerator pedal at any speed including approximately 25 MPH, the pedal became stuck in the open throttle position. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the failure could not be duplicated. The failure was also reported to the manufacturer. There were no recalls. No repairs were made to date. The failure mileage was 10,000 and the current mileage was 45,000.
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