With no warning, my 2006 ford expedition will lose all power while driving. The light on the control panel comes on saying "engine fail safe mode." after coasting to the side of the road, I restart the car and all is fine. I have taken it to two mechanics and they say there is nothing wrong with the car. It has happened twice so far.
2006 Ford Expedition engine complaints
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My family (me, wife and two children) were on our way home from a restaurant. We normally take the highway but decided to take the side road home and thank god. Driving 45 MPH the "engine fail safe mode" came on and it completely shut off. I pulled over to the side of the road and turned the engine off. After a few minutes, I restarted the vehicle and it started fine and no warning signs.this is the first time it occurred but I do not want this to happen again. The vehicle is inside the garage and I'm calling the dealership tomorrow to make an appointment. This is a family car and we are always on the highway. This is a fatal fail that needs to be corrected. This failure occurred at 61,408 miles. I checked the ford website and there is no recall. However, there are numerous complaints on the internet for the same issue. I'm afraid for my wife and children while they are operating this vehicle.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. While driving at 5 MPH, the contact depressed the accelerator pedal but the vehicle would not accelerate. The contact would lightly tap on the accelerator pedal in order to get it to engage. The check engine warning light was also illuminated. The dealer advised that one of the coil packs was defective and it ws replaced. The failure recurred. The contact stated only one coil pack was replaced by the dealer but there were two additional coil packs that needed to be replaced. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 130,000 and the current mileage was 135,000.
My wife, three kids and myself were in our 2006 ford expedition limited coming down a mountain pass in lake tahoe when all of a sudden the engine stopped! A code on the dash read "fail safe engine mode". The steering wheel locked and there was no power, no acceleration. I was lucky to pull to the side of the road. The following day, I took the truck to the carson city, nv ford dealer and paid for a diagnostic. Notes from dealer: road test could not verify. Performed eec self test, has code p0104. Performed wiggle test and pinpoint tests. Performed recorder-monitor test all the pids looked good. Removed the maf sensor. Has debris on the maf sensor wires. Recommend a new maf sensor." I put in a new maf sensor and air filter. In driving less than 3 miles after this was done, the truck did the same thing. The "fail safe engine mode" came on, loss of power and acceleration. I had to turn the truck off completely, remove key and restart. Then the truck did not hold the idle and died. After a second time, the truck restarted. I am still driving with the check engine light off and have another appointment with the ford dealer tomorrow morning (6-24-10) to see what is going on. We are supposed to leave tomorrow and drive 1100 miles to return to denver.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. The contact stated that while driving the check engine light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership where the contact was informed that the fuel injectors were stuck open and flooded the engine. The dealer also stated that both catalytic converters were ruined and needed to be replaced, and the engine was possibly damaged. The contact stated that there was a recall related to the failure for previous model years and warranties were extended as a result. The contact called the manufacturer who stated that they would not extend the warranty on the vehicle. The contact filed a complaint. The current and failure mileages were approximately 65,000. Updated 11/19/10. *lj updated 10/27/10. *lj the consumer stated a new engine was put in the vehicle. However, he continued to experience problems. The dealer stated the #6 cylinder had compressed causing the piston to stop a half inch from the top which caused the vehicle to shut down. Updated 11/24/10
On 2 separate occasions (both around 40,000 miles), the car just shut itself off, without warning, while driving down the road at about 40 MPH. Power steering and power braking both failed. I was just able to coast across several busy lanes of traffic to get to the side of the road. This could be extremely dangerous, particularly if I was on a freeway or interstate. The dealer's diagnosis was that the throttle had gotten stuck wide open, and that the car had to go into failsafe mode to prevent it from accelerating out of control. What if the failsafe mode fails? I've read numerous other complaints of the same thing happening on other 2006 ford expeditions. There is clearly a defective part here, and it is clearly a safety issue.
2006 ford expedition shuts down while driving engine goes into fail safe mode which is like neutral with limited steering capabilities and no gas pedal use. Bought vehicle in dec 09. This vehicle has done this approx 7 times. Has happened while on surface streets as well as the freeway. Very dangerous. At dealer for third time and they are giving a third reason for it happening. Checked internet and it is full of complaints of exactly same problem with no resolution from any mechanics but several different reasons they were given. A definite safety issue! On the phone with ford customer service today about the issue. They will get back to me tomorrow. No recalls on this, apparently until someone gets hurt. This is another toyota issue waiting to happen. I am a state trooper and you can believe I feel this is serious and needs to be addressed. Someone could be seriously hurt or killed especially on the freeway when this happens.
My family, which I have five children in the truck. On 10fwy on mothers day expedition lost power in second lane 65mph flowing w/ traffic. We managed to get in emergency lane. Had no idea what was happening! Amber light appears (wrench)?? Clueless. Put truck in "park" turned off truck waited 5 minutes. Truck started?? Drove home as truck is not unsafe. Parked truck for 3-days now truck will not turn on. Dealer will look at truck for charge of course.
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.
2006 ford expedition failsafe mode comes on. It has happened 4 times in 4 months. Have loss of steering and engine has no power. Very dangerous.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. While driving in a parking lot at about 15mph, the vehicle just shut off. A light on the instrument panel indicated that the vehicle was in " engine fail safe mode". The contact put her hazard lights on, put the vehicle in park and turned the engine off. She restarted the vehicle and it operated normally. The contact stated that this has happened about 6-7 times. She reported the failure to the manufacturer and they stated that they never heard of anything like this. The driver does not feel her vehicle is safe. The failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage is 52,691.
Sparks plugs blew out right at 60,000 miles on 2006 ford expedition on our way from maryland to louisiana. Started getting problems in north carolina. After spending 2000.00 for hotel, rental car and possible fix by firestone..it still was not working. Brought to ford dealership and said it was spark plugs that blew and a common thing for f150s and it would cost over 7,000.00 to fix it and recommended trading it in. So we did cause we had no choice with the truck being in nc.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. The contact stated that the fail safe mode was activated and made it impossible to continue driving after the vehicle was stopped. The vehicle would not accelerate or turn in any direction. If the vehicle was turned off and restarted the vehicle would function properly. The vehicle malfunctioned whenever the vehicle was pulling off from a stop. The vehicle had 38,000 at the time of the failure and the current mileage was 38,500 current miles.
Driving vehicle and car shut off. A wrench symbol appeared. After 2 attempts, I was able to get the vehicle restarted. Took car to garage for service and was informed that the computer code which came back was the "cruise control circuitry" and I would need to take the vehicle to a ford dealership for service due to the nature of the repair.
I have a 2006 ford expedition with 50,000 miles on it. My wife drives this car with our children. About 7 or 8 times now the check engine or (wrench light) comes on going down the road and shuts the car off completely. I have looked online and have seen that thousands of people are having the same thing happen to them. From what I read it has something to do with the electronic throttle control. I know you probably get complaints all the time but this is very serious. Every post on the web says that ford has no recall and that the dealerships are doing nothing to fix this problem but putting a new part on and charging for it. This is absolutely ridiculous. There is obviously a problem. Please help me and others to fix this problem before someone gets hurt.
Engine failure of 2006 ford expedition. Dealership explained the engine had a bent injector rod . Advised new engine was necessary. Cost estimate $4000-$7000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. While driving 20 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The engine warning light illuminated on the instrument panel and read, "engine fail safe mode." after several attempts, the contact was able to restart the vehicle. The dealer replaced the throttle body assembly. After the repair, the contact began smelling a burning oil odor in the vehicle. The smell became stronger and then turned into a gaseous odor, which was also entering through the interior vents. The contact inspected the vehicle, but could not locate any gas leak. The odor became so overpowering that one of the occupants had a nose bleed and several other occupants suffered headaches and stomach aches. The dealer stated that the oil level was too high and caused the fuel odor. The odor is still present. The current and failure mileages were less than 66,000.
2006 ford expedition, has stopped several times while in route somewhere. Just stops at once and safe mode failure light comes on. Power steering fails, as well as engine stopping. Have had rebuilt transmission, replace the throttle, and several other things including I believe air pump. None of this cheap. But biggest concern is the safety of the vehicle. Have been very blessed that no one has been behind me when this has happened or on the highway. This is very scary and ford needs to recall and figure out what is causing this to occur.
My 2006 expedition had a spark plug blowout. I understand this is a frequent problem and is a design defect versus a maintenance issue. I did buy the extended warranty and have been told it is not covered.
Engine shuts off while driving down the street. Engine fail-safe light is displayed. Was barely able to steer the vehicle to a safe area. Restarted engine, everything came back up again.
My truck went into fail safe mode while on the highway. This caused the truck to stop suddenly with no use of gas pedal but the engine was still running. This almost caused an accident. I was able to drift over and shut the engine off and restart it and it ran fine the rest of the day. Now I am afraid to drive it.
My truck went into fail safe mode while on the highway. This causes the truck to stop suddenly with no power to accelerate but the engine still runs. This caused me to almost be crushed by a tractor trailer behind me. I had several children in the car too!!
Driving on highway and SUV just shuts down, without warning. This is the 2nd time this has happened.
August 21 on the way to work (4 mile drive) the truck started to shake and lost power,check engine light came on, we took the truck to the dealer,and they can not figure what is going on,so they said the engine needs to be replaced. The codes are p0022-p0305-p0307-p1184-p2198-p2273 my family just came back from a 3000 trip ,I can only imagine having this happening to us during this time. I been looking for the same type of trouble to this trucks and found that there is a number of similar complaints about having to replace engines ranging from 38,000 miles to about 60,000miles. The price of this cars are well over $35,000 to having to spend another $7,000 with all the problems of our economy right now a normal person like me can not afford another rip off by one of the big companies,like ford. All I'm asking is that they take responsibility for this engine troubles and repair like they supposed to.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. While driving between 25-55 MPH, the vehicle began to vibrate and shake violently, the engine light illuminated, and smoke appeared from the tail pipe. The vehicle could not be driven greater than 60 MPH. The higher the speed, the more the vehicle would shake and vibrate. The failure occurred everytime the vehicle was driven. The dealer has had the vehicle since june 24, 2008, but they still cannot determine the cause of the failure. The current and failure mileages were unavailable. Updated 09/29/08.*lj the dealer replaced the converter. Updated 09/29/08.
My 2006 ford expedition suddenly shuts down for the third time now while driving on the road. The engine shuts down suddenly and gives out the engine fail safe mode message on the board. Dealer says nothing showing up on the diagnostics. How could that be. There's got to be a reason why that SUV suddenly shut its engine down. Accident will happen if this will not be resolved.
2006 ford expedition has safety issues with engine. Consumer states that the engine gags or shakes upon ignition. Consumer is mostly worried about the wobbling when making turns. Claims there is loss of power. *kb the rear latch would stick at times to the point where the door would not close.
2006 ford expedition that cuts out while driving, started at approx 18k and has been to same ford dealer 5 times. Problem has not recurred since last visit to dealer but could come back and is serious safety factor as a total loss of power without warning. Last repair noted a adjustment or repair to throttlebody.
I purchased a 2006 ford expedition in april of '06, beginning in november of '06 my engine began stalling. The consequences included loss of braking power, freezing of steering, vehicle slowing with no control. I brought this to my dealers attention on numerous occasions as the problem has continued throughout 2007. I am very concerned of the potential for accidents and injuries.
Purchased vehicle in january 2006, brand new from the dealer. Shortly thereafter, the back window was leaking. Had the back window repaired, still leaks. The seal on both the driver and passenger's front windows were missing. Took the vehicle back 3 times before this was fixed. After that, the engine began making a loud grinding noise. Vehicle has been back in the shop at least 3 times, one time they kept it for a week, claim they can not duplicate. They then decided it was the A/C compressor and we should have the A/C off when starting the vehicle. Tried it, does not work. Now that the vehicle is out of warranty, it is making the loud grinding noise even more. At one point, we were told by a salesman that we should just call roadside assistance if we break down while on vacation. Just what we wanted was to have our vacation ruined by a ford screw up. The dealer won't acknowledge that there is a problem and won't fix it. On top of that the dvd entertainment system that came with the vehicle won't stay closed, the cover over the motor for the third seat has come detached and doesn't fold up right and the air conditioner is warm when sitting still. All problems that a major corporation should not have on a vehicle that has been on the market for several years. Would really like all the problems completely fixed or a replacement. Driver's side airbag did not deploy when had very hard frontal impact either.
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