We first noticed a slight hesitation at highway speeds. Since then the car has completely stalled at slower speeds, and is difficult to keep running.
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Car suddenly without any warning loses all power. Faulty electronic throttle control.
I was travelling on an interstate doing 70 miles an hour when my car made a bang and I lost all throttle response. The car was running, seemed to go into neutral but pressing the gas pedal did nothing. I was able to cost over 4 lanes dodging traffic to get to a spot where I could come to stop. After turning off the engine and restarting everything went back to normal. Now just over a week later it happened 3 more times in 1 day. Doing research it seems this is a common complaint from fusion and escape owners. It also seems there may be an investigation under way as to whether this should be a recall issue. Now if ford was to fix this it would be 1 thing, but after almost killing me on the interstate I now have to fork over $400 to the dealership because even though my car is several thousand miles short of the 30k mile warranty, the 3 year stipulation on my warranty ended less than 3 months ago.
While driving on the freeway, I experienced a complete loss of engine power. The ignition and electrical power remained on, but the throttle became completely unresponsive. I pulled over to the shoulder, the check engine light came on, and I turned the ignition completely off. I turned it on a minute later, the car started up, no check engine light. Throttle response was back to normal. I drove to my nearest ford dealer where I was told it's a common problem with a failed throttle body. This could have caused a huge accident, but there was no traffic on the freeway at the time.
Upon accelerating from stop at city intersection to 30 MPH, car suddenly lost all acceleration. Coasted into nearby lot. "wrench" light on. Turned car off. Luckily, no car had been approaching from rear, and this was before entering ramp to busy 60 MPH highway. Car ran, as if normal after re-starting, wrench light out. Drove 15 miles to dealer service shop. Shop performed ford's throttle body test procedure and verified throttle body had failed. Shop replaced electronic throttle body assembly; car at 54,000 miles. From researching, see that this a prevalent issue with increasing rate of occurrence (a top 5 car complaint over past 90 days). Given the apparent incident rate, intermittent nature, and odds of occurring with sudden surprise in traffic moving at speed, clearly presents a hazardous condition and compromises safety in otherwise normal driving circumstances. Evidently problem occurs within predictable range on odometer, which probably indicates some manufacturing defect leading to premature failure. Along with the resulting safety risk exposure, this does not reasonably meet automotive consumer expectations for the equipment and technology. As more vehicles go through this mileage range, may become epidemic with increasing odds for bad outcomes. Wanted to add my event to the list; maybe can save someone else potential serious accident and injury. To this point, the car seems good otherwise, but this item needs to be taken seriously and by all rights get remedied in a proactive manner.
Car engine shut off at 40 MPH , step on gas nothing happens. Car jerks and sputters. Must pull to side of road and shut off engine. Wait 2 minutes and try to restart. Returned to dealer without success 3 times. Car has shut off 6 times since at different speeds and heavy traffic. A real safety hazard!
On august 18,2013 I was driving about 50 MPH when car went limp( did not stall), idle was very rough. After trying for about 10 minutes to figure out what was wrong, we turned off engine and restarted car. The car was fine for the next week. Then on august 25, 2013 the same thing happened again. Again, repeated turning engine off and restarted. On august 26, 2013, I was wait in a drive through and the car stalled. I had to keep the car running by two footing it ( one foot on gas all the time and one on break as to not hit the car in front of me). I then called my mechanic and we replaced the battery since it read weak, and no codes come up when put on computer. That did not fix the problem. After he did research on the problem, he replaced the throttle body. This should be a recall part. It is going to cause a death one of these times when the car goes limp traveling on highways and such.
While driving this morning my car seemed to "surge". Almost felt like it was going to stall a few times at stop lights and such. Then while going 45-50 MPH my car wouldn't respond when I pushed the accelerator. When I pulled to the side of the road, the car started shaking. There was a wrench light in my dash that came on. When I turned off the car I restarted it and it ran with the surging problem until I reached my destination. No wrench light when I restarted the car.
I was driving on the highway, and all of a sudden, my car slow down quickly and a light came on that looked like a wrench. I had to pull over quickly and try to restart the car, it restarted and I was on my way. This happened several other times and eventually, the vehicle would start, but wouldn't move. Took the vehicle to the dealership, to be told I needed a new throttle body on a vehicle that was two years old. The warranty was up due to the mileage and the cost was around $600. This appears to be a known issue, but ford is not stepping up to the plate and covering the cost of the repair.
This has happened on multiple occasions. While driving down the road going approx 45 MPH. Suddenly the vehicle would lose throttle response and/or stall all together. On at least two occasions I have almost been rear-ended once almost by a semi-truck. I have done my research on the symptoms concerning my vehicle, and have found out that this is due to a failing throttle body. I have also found out that this has happened on quite a lot of ford fusions built at least between 2006 and 2011. I am quite surprised that ford has not issued a recall on these vehicles' parts, this is definitely a safety issue.
As I was driving on the interstate, my car began to lose power and I could not accelerate. Fortunately, I was in the far right lane and was able to pull off the highway safely. Had I been in the center or far left lane, my safety and that of my passenger could have been seriously jeopardized. Aaa towed me to a ford dealer and it was necessary to replace the throttle body. I have since learned that this is a common problem with this model and believe a recall should be in order.
The car has died unexpectedly. The wrench and engine light will go on, it did it once on july 27, aug. 24 and 25 and on sept 4, it died twice on the freeway in rush hour traffic. The ford service dept. Diagnosed it as a "faltering throttle box". There is a wait of a month for these.
Driving on highway, traveling at appx 65-70 miles per hour - car started rattling and then slowed down considerably - car did not stall, but pressing on the gas pedal and the car did not accelerate. Was able to safely pull over, turned the car off, tried to drive, but the car wouldn't drive - engine worked fine, but car would not move forward or backward. Yellow wrench light came on. Had car towed to dealership. Was told it needs a new throttle body assembly.
Pe13-003 my 2009-2011 ford escape, fusion, mariner and milan electronic throttle body malfunction 21-feb-2013 my 2010 ford fusion 4 cylinder has malfunctioned twice in two days with sudden power loss and the wrench icon of the gauge cluster. Each time, the engine would drop to 800 RPM and crawl at less then 20 MPH. The first incident was near hunt auto as leaving a 4-way stop on sunday with near 90 degree heat. The second was monday while on I-65 n near millersville at 68 MPH. Scary. Both times I had to pull over, inspect the idle behavior, turn the car off, wait 30 seconds then turn-on again fine with normal behavior. After research, this appears to be under investigation by the federal safety agency since feb 2013 as likely throttle body issues of this engine type. I have sent this info to my local ford dealer www.huntauto.com. Please advise and assist as possible.
At highway speed, there was a controlled loss of power to the engine. Upon shutting down and restarting, the problem cleared but recurred. The vehicle was serviced and the electronic throttle body was replaced.
Driving on a busy interstate highway when suddenly my car looses power and goes into limp mode. Absolutely no throttle response. Wrench light indicator came on. I pulled over to the side of the road and my car shuttered a bit as I slowed down. Turned the car off and waited a minute before restarting. Restarted sluggishly. Began driving again and no more than 5 minutes later, the same thing happened. This time the check engine light came on. Once again, turned car off, restarted and began driving again. Made it into a local brake/muffler shop where they were kind enough to diagnose the problem for me. Error code p2112 came over with a description about the throttle body actuator being stuck closed. They informed me they've seen this problem many times and it seems to be a common issue. It made sense to me because, leading up to this event, I had been experiencing a lagging throttle. It has happened to me twice more since this initial occurrence.
Fuel inlet error on dash..transmission shifts hard when pulling out.
The car unexpectedly losses power. It has occurred on two occasions. You can continue to press on the gas petal but the car will not increase in speed.you must pull over to the side of the road. Turn the engine off. Wait a few minutes and restart the car in order to gain control of the throttle again. It has a defective throttle body. This is a known issue to ford. They have recalled the 2010 escape for this same issue. Ford needs to recall the 2010 ford fusion for this issue before someone is killed or injured.
The engine RPM drops to zero and the car coasts to a complete stop. Sometimes upon restarting the engine , the car shakes violently. When it does start you can travel maybe a few feet sometimes a few miles then it starts all over again. I have taken it to be serviced and they identified the problem as the throttle body.
While driving on the freeway at approximately 50 MPH in rush hour traffic, I suddenly lost all throttle control, requiring me to coast to the side of the freeway, thru 2 or 3 lanes of traffic. The amber "wrench" light was on. After stopping the car and shutting it off, I restarted it, and all was well again. "wrench" light was off, and I had full power/throttle control again. I continued my commute without further incident. The commute home was uneventful too. This is the second occurrence of the problem in the past month, and is very un-nerving when it happens in rush hour traffic as you coast while losing all power, trying to change lanes and avoid traffic. I'll be taking the car to the local ford dealer in the morning. Searching the federal safety agency database shows lots of complaints for this same issue. I think it is time for ford to have a recall.
On monday, august 19, the car was serviced - the works fuel saver package. On sunday, august 25, I drove the car all morning, both highway and town driving. Later on sunday, the car was parked for close to 1 hour. Then I drove the car for approximately 10 minutes. After I was stopped at a red light I could not fully accelerate on green as the engine shook violently, the wrench light was lit. I was able, but only slowly, to pull over and stop the engine. After a few minutes I was able to start the car. No wrench light or engine shaking. I was able to drive home. On monday, august 26, I drove the car and once again at a stop I could not fully accelerate but was able to pull over as the wrench light was lit and stop the engine. I started the car and was able to drive home. I then called the service department. Got an appointment for wednesday, august 28. On tuesday evening as I was driving the car to the dealership to leave the car overnight, once again the car had no acceleration from a stop with the wrench light lit. I started the car and drove to the dealership. On wednesday, august 28, service found that the electronic throttle body assembly had to be replaced.
I was driving on interstate 71 and the car felt as if it was loosing power. The wrench light came on and the engine light came on. I pulled over to the side of the interstate and turned the vehicle off. I waited a minute and started the vehicle. It started and I accelerated and I pulled onto the interstate. About a mile down the road the same thing happened and the vehicle lost power. I pulled over, waited and restarted the vehicle. I again pulled onto the interstate and the vehicle seemed to be okay to drive although the engine light was still on. I drove it directly to john nolan auto service. They checked the vehicle and stated that the eec. Diag. P02111 stored in the computer for throttle body stuck open. They removed and replaced the throttle body assy and re-programmed the PCM.
I was coming home from work and I had just turned left on to [xxx] and the car start slow down I tried to accelerate but the car slowed to about 2mph and the engine just started to shake badly it wouldn't even pull the hill going to my house so pulled over in a neighbors yard and called my father he told me to just cut it off and wait a couple minutes then retry it and after I wait it started fine and the wrench light went off so drove it to my home about a mile away and it did it again when I was pulling in my drive way if this had happened when I was turning on to my road I could of been hit by another car this is a safety issue and needs to be recalled before some one gets hurt or killed. Wise up ford it your cheap china parts that's causing the problems. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
Turned onto side street traveling at about 30 MPH. Suddenly lost power and car began to buck and chug. Car stalled twice and re-started but only could go between 5 and 10 MPH, bucking all the way about a mile or so to a service station where I left it to be repaired. Had to call friends for a ride home. It actually bucked more going downhill where I was able to get up to 10 MPH. Mechanic replaced throttle body housing at a cost of $543.56, parts, labor and tax. Running the car like that also fouled spark plugs and it cost me another $285.00 for a tune up.
Basically the car shut down driving down the pennsylvania turnpike on friday morning at 65 MPH, the car totally shut down. This happened 2 times at 65 MPH and one time at about 25 MPH while entering the turnpike. I was very lucky that the tractor trailer behind me going about 70 MPH, saw something was wrong with my car and had time moved over into the passing or he would have hit my car and killed me. This happen one more time during my morning commute at that speed. I took my car yesterday to the ford dealer and he repaired the throttle body motor assembly. I have notified ford customer service case # cas-#[xxx], but I believe this is an immediate life & health safety recall issue. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
For the last couple of weeks I have been having an issue with my 3 year old ford fusion (2010) started stalling out at random times for no apparent reason. When this happened the first time I called my local dealer and asked him what may be wrong with my vehicle and he said that there was a common issue with the throttle body, which causes the car to stall occasionally and that it would cost me around $350 for the part alone. I believe this to a major safety problem because one time this happened to me I was traveling on the highway at 60mph with a semi-truck behind me and the trucker came very close to hitting me. I also had this happen to me at an intersection while taking off from a red light, turning left. I have done some online research about this issue and it does seem to be a problem amongst many ford fusion owners in cars that are only 2 or 3 years old. If this is such a common occurrence that ford dealers know that this issue exists then I ask why hasn't this part been recalled?
Friday august 9, 2013 turning right on green light and lost all forward power, but engine did not stall car would move very slowly on engine idle. Turned key off then car started back up ran ok. Sunday august 11, 2013 driving in traffic a 45mph lost all forward power was able to stop at the side of the road without being rear ended in traffic. Monday august 12, 2013 turning left out of driveway into traffic lost all forward power was able to get to curb before being t-boned in traffic. On monday august 12, 2013 had throttle body assembly replaced at a cost of $488.56. $324.34 for a part that should last longer then 45,000 miles.
My 18 year old son was getting ready to get on the freeway and the vehicle suddenly slowed to 30 MPH. We took the vehicle to the dealer and they replaced the throttle body at our expense. This issue is so common that ford is having a hard time producing enough throttle bodies. The part is on national back order and this particular dealer had a car in the shop that had waited 1 month for this part. This is a serious safety issue. One minute later and my son would have been doing 65mph on the freeway. Imagine if he was in traffic and suddenly could not travel faster than 30 MPH. In addition, since this event the ford sync and bluetooth features no longer work.
My vehicle is a 2010 ford fusion se v6. I was traveling at 80 MPH in the left lane on the highway when my car decided it no longer wished to accelerate. My speed immediately and drastically slowed despite keeping my foot to the floor on the accelerator. Because I did not touch my brakes, there was no warning of my rapid deceleration to the vehicles behind me by way of brake lights. The vehicle directly behind me missed hitting me by about 2 inches and the vehicles behind that had to swerve - in very heavy traffic - to avoid hitting both of us. It was an extremely dangerous situation. I quickly threw on my hazards and pulled over on the left side of the highway. With my foot completely on the brake and the car completely stopped, the car shook, sputtered, and seemed to try to literally jerk forward entirely by itself. The only warning light that came on was the little wrench (throttle control/powertrain/stability). I put the car in park and removed the keys. I sat there for about 2 minutes, then I started up the car, saw no warning lights, and continued driving to my destination without a single issue. It was a truly terrifying experience. It has happened twice before but both times were at low speeds with no other cars around. I took it in to the dealership then and was told they could find nothing wrong with it.
I was traveling at about 45 MPH and without any warning my car stalled. It would not accelerate at all. I had to just let it coast and attempt to get out of the road. The car was still running, but very rough. After I cut the engine off, in a few minutes it did restart. But by this time a deputy had shown up. He would not let me try to drive the car, because it could happen again and would be a safety issue. I had to have the car towed. When they checked the computer nothing showed up. I then took my car my car to a local ford dealer. And without even checking the car the service person told me that it was the throttle body. As this is a common problem with my car. Ford needs to recall this part. This is going to cost me around $600 to repair my car. This is extremely dangerous, if I had been in heavy traffic someone could have been injured.
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