2006 Ford Expedition: loss of power steering

Filed Jun 6, 2016 · Engine, Steering · 86,900 miles · FL

My 2006 ford expedition's "engine failsafe mode" initiated and alerted me while I was operating the vehicle, which resulted in the vehicle shutting down completely and losing all power. My main issue/concern with this is that I lost steering and a significant amount of braking power. Fortunately, I was on a side road and was able to safely pull over out of harm's way. The vehicle was able to start a couple of tries later, and I was able to get the vehicle into a service shop safely, which was over an hour away. I cannot help but be grateful for getting home safely, but am very concerned about these vehicles experiencing such issues as they traverse major thoroughfares, especially on a highway traveling around 70mph. This potentially posed very impactful consequences and puts myself, friends/family traveling with me, and other motorists.

Filed Mar 24, 2015 · Acceleration, Engine · 92,000 miles · WA

I was driving about 25-30mph and making a left turn. The vehicle suddenly shut off. I had no power steering or anything. It was totally off and stopped in the middle of the road. If a car had been coming it would have hit us. I was able to turn off the key, put it in park and start it up and pull off the road. I decided to carefully try to get home. On the way home I was stopped at a red light and it shut off again, no warning. I was blocking traffic. I was again able to turn off the key, put it in park, and start it up. I made it home a short distance. This is very dangerous and someone could get killed on a highway by a car randomly shutting off and becoming unsteerable.

Filed Oct 11, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · 54,000 miles · VA

Engine shut down at highway speed. Loss of power steering and power brakes. Was able to coast to emergency lane then restart car. Happened two additional times. Took to shop where the throttle body was replaced. No issues since then (~ 1 year ago). Sounds like manufacturer defect. This is a safety issue.

Filed Jul 4, 2014 · Engine, Steering · 68,685 miles · NC

Driving in town on four lane at 45 MPH. Fail safe light appeared and engine cut off and lost power steering. Almost rear ended as there was no place to pull off the road! Engine was restarted and did not occur again while returning home.

Filed Apr 23, 2014 · Body, Engine · 116,000 miles · IL

Was driving down off ramp lost all power to the vehicle, no steering, no brakes. I had my 3 children in the vehicle with me and thankfully I was able to cost to the shoulder until help arrived. Extremely scary had it happen 2 minutes earlier would of been off the ramp and into oncoming traffic! This is unacceptable!! My mechanic says it's the fuel pump, and just the part is 500 dollars?!? This could of ended very badly and I have had nothing but issues with this piece of junk. The paint is peeling off, looks like no primer or sealer was used it literally is flaking off on the hood and rear gate right where you would put your hands to open it. In the manual in very small print it says the oil from your fingers may cause paint to corrode, are you kidding me??? Your not supposed to open your hood or tailgate??? Ridiculous!! This vehicle in my opinion is a lemon!!

Filed Apr 3, 2014 · Engine, Steering · 133,237 miles · VA

As I was driving my expedition, the truck suddenly shut completely off and I had to power steering and then in the message center it showed "engine failsafe mode". I had to put my flashers on and coast to a stop in the lane I was in and come to a complete stop before I could restart my truck. I was unable to switch lanes or move to a safer location because I had no power steering. I had the same thing happen in march of 2009 when I was going 60 on the interstate in the middle lane and lost all power and had to coast to a stop in that lane with my flashers on hoping everyone around me would see I was having car trouble. I had 3 of my kids in the truck with me. In 2009 I took it into the ford dealership and they said it was the throttle body and replaced it which cost me $536.00. In 2009 it happened 5 times before it was fixed. I took the truck in today and they said again its the throttle body and because it's been 5 years the other one is no longer under warranty. So now I'm getting a new throttle body put in. I emailed ford corporate and was basically told that there is no current recall nor plans for one so there's nothing they can do for me!

Filed Apr 24, 2013 · Engine · 85,000 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford expedition. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, the engine light illuminated and the steering became difficult. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis and the contact was informed that five of her spark plugs had fractured inside the cylinder. The vehicle was repaired. Three months after the repair, the engine light illuminated and the vehicle was returned to the dealer who stated that the spark plug failure had caused the catalytic converter to fail and it would need to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure and current mileage was 85,000.

Filed Sep 30, 2012 · Engine · 65,000 miles · SC

My 2006 ford expedition has shut off multiple times since the summer of 2010. It was serviced in the summer of 2010 and ran fine for a while. In 2011, it started cutting off at random times. I could be at a stop light, intersection, driving, or turning the corner. I have had the vehicle tested about 3 times over the last year and no one can seem to figure out the problem. The scariest incident happened while I was making a left turn at a busy intersection and the vehicle shut off and the power steering went out. I turned on the hazard light, put the car in park and started it very quickly. The vehicle started up with no problem. Luckily no one was behind me or coming towards me. This problem needs to be fixed. I have read multiple post about this problem and ford has not recalled the vehicle yet. Please help!

Filed Nov 27, 2011 · Acceleration, Electrical · 80,000 miles · TX

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.

Filed Mar 10, 2011 · Electrical, Engine · MS

2006 ford expedition. Consumer states vehicle will activate the engine fail safe mode and vehicle will shut down while driving *tgw the consumer stated when the vehicle shut down, loss of power steering occurred. The consumer stated upon stopping, he discovered that turning the ignition switch to the off position and turning it back to the on position, the engine would re-start. The dealership was unable to find any problem by running a diagnostic check. The consumer stated no warning lights appeared, except when the engine fail safe mode activated. The engine safe mode warning disappeared upon starting the vehicle.

Filed Apr 9, 2010 · Engine · 99,000 miles · TN

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.

Filed Oct 4, 2006 · Steering · 700 miles · TX · crash

While making a hard left turn to avoid a crash , I was unable to recover to the right even with my steering wheel turned al the way to the right. My vehicle continued left and collided with the guard rail at about thirty MPH. Inspection of the damage found that the left front tie rod on my brand new expedition was broken in half. There was marks on the tie rod to indicate that it was cut. Instead it was fractured . This is the reason for loss of steering control.