2006 Ford Expedition

1/8/09 WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE'S "ENGINE FAIL SAFE MODE" ALARM SOUNDED & MESSAGE FLASHED ON PANEL. VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SHOULDER OF ROAD. TURNED OFF VEHICLE, RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 MILES. I WAS IN TURN LANE, STARTED TO TURN LEFT, ALARM SOUNDED, MESSAGE FLASHED AND ALL POWER WAS GONE. I QUICKLY TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON TO TRY AND GET OUT OF PATH OF ONCOMING TRACTOR TRAILER. I WAS ABLE TO GET JUST OFF ROADWAY AFTER 15 MINS STARTED VEHICLE, DROVE 4 MILES FAILED AGAIN. IT WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC. AFTER CALLS TO FORD AND FURTHER TESTING THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. ON 1/30/10, 35 MILES FROM HOME, DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH WHEN "ENGINE FAIL SAFE MODE" ALARM SOUNDED & MESSAGE FLASHED ON PANEL. AGAIN I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL TO SHOULDER OF ROAD TO AVOID ACCIDENT. I CALLED FORD DEALER LOCATED IN THAT TOWN, HAD VEHICLE AGAIN TOWED TO SHOP AND THEY REPLACED AN ADDITIONAL PART. I CALLED FORD AFTER 2ND EVENT, I WAS TOLD BY FORD THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION TO IT THEY DO NOT HAVE A RECALL ON THIS. ON 4/20/11 WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH THE "ENGINE FAIL SAFE MODE" ALARM & MESSAGE FLASHING ON PANEL. I WAS IN FAR RIGHT LANE SO AGAIN WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SHOULDER BEFORE STEERING LOCKED FROM NO POWER. IF I HAD BEEN IN LEFT LANE I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET OFF ROADWAY. (ON 4/19/11 I HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED, IN NYS, NO CODES WERE ON THIS VEHICLE). TOWED TO SHOP, AFTER RUNNING TESTS AND CALLS TO FORD THEY HAVE AGAIN REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY AS IT HAD FAILED. STILL NO RECALL. THIS IS EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE AVOIDED ACCIDENTS 3 TIMES, IF I HAD BEEN IN LEFT LANES I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO LUCKY. THIS HAPPENS WITH NO ADVANCE WARNING. FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 FORD EXPEDITION & THE FAIL SAFE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON & THAT STOPS THE GAS PEDAL FROM WORKING. YOU THEN COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD & TURN THE TRUCK OFF & RESTART IT LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES ABOUT 3 MONTHS APART. I HAD THE TRUCK CHECK BY BOB BOYD FORD & THEY SAID IT NEEDED THE THROTTLE BODY & GAS PEDAL SENSOR REPLACED,I CALLED FORD & FILED A COMPLAINT OF HOW DANGEROUS THIS IS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE MAKING A LEFT TURN IN ON COMING TRAFFIC( MY FORD CASE NUMBER [XXX]) I THEN WENT ON A FORD TRUCK FORUM & FOUND THAT MANY OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH FORD F-150 & EXPEDITIONS ALL 2006 MODELS. A PERSON RECOMMENDED THAT I REPLACE THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR ,SO I DID AT BOB BOYD FORD FOR $196.58. I ALSO KEPT THE OLD PART.THE NEW PART IS DIFFERENT IN SIZE & HAS METAL KEY HOLES INSTEAD OF PLASTIC. THE FAIL SAFE ENGINE IS ONLY SUPPOSE TO COME ON IF THE ENGINE COOLANT IS VERY LOW ACCORDING TO THE FORD OWNERS MANUAL, THERE WAS NO REASON FOR IT TO COME ON AT ANY TIME IN MY SUV TRUCK. FORD WROTE ME & THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE & SAID THAT I HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR ON MY OWN & ME PAYING FOR IT ( CASE CLOSED). FORD NEVER SAID ANY THING TO ME ABOUT REPLACING THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. AGAIN THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY & GAS PEDAL SENSOR. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

VEHICLE HAS BEEN SPUTTERING WHEN ACCELERATING AT ABOUT 40MPH. SPARK PLUGS ARE "SEERED" AND FORD MECHANIC TELLS US ITS A KNOWN PROBLEM, BUT NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY BECAUSE SPARK PLUGS ARE CONSIDERED MAINTENANCE. THE MANUAL SAYS WE THE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE IS 100,000 MILES AND WE ARE ONLY AT 76,000. IF THEY ARE KNOWN TO BE FAULTY AND WE ARE NOT NEAR THE SCHEDULED/RECOMMENDED MAINTEANCE THEN SHOULDN'T THIS BE A WARRANTY ISSUE? I THINK FORD IS MILKING ITS CUSTOMERS WITH FAULTY PARTS AS I HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH MY BRAKES. IT FEELS AS IF I AM LANDING A PLANE WHEN I COME TO A STOP WITH ALL THE SHAKNIG AN RATTLING. I WAS TOLD THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE FORD BRAKES - THEY JUST WARP. *TR

THE VEHICLE ENTERS ENGINE FAIL SAFE MODE. AT THIS POINT, THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF AND YOU WILL LOSE ENGINE POWER AND STEERING CAPABILITIES. THIS IS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING 70 MILES PER HOUR ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WILL EVENTUALLY KILL SOMEONE IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY. FORD HAS DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS ONE. THE REPAIR IS A $600 - $800 THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. FORD SHOULD BE EATING THIS COST.

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.

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. *JB

2006 FORD EXPEDITION E.B. AND ENGINE FAILSAFE MODE 1. THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE: THERE ARE NO DETECTABLE EVENTS PRECEDING WHATEVER CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO "ENGINE FAILSAFE" MODE. THE VEHICLE RUNS FINE AS IT ALWAYS DOES AND THEN IT JUST HAPPENS RANDOMLY. 2. THE FAILURE, HOW OFTEN IT OCCURS, ITS CONSEQUENCES: FAILURE OCCURS AT RANDOM AND IS NOT PREDICTABLE IT JUST HAPPENS. THE VEHICLE OPERATES NORMALLY AS IT SHOULD AND IN A SPILT SECOND IT IS LIKE THE VEHICLE JUST SHUTS OFF, THE INFORMATION CENTER DISPLAYS "ENGINE IN FAILSAFE MODE". THE ENGINE IS ACTUALLY RUNNING IN FAILSAFE MODE BUT ONLY AT AN IDLE, THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES FUNCTION HOWEVER THE THROTTLE IS TOTALLY UNRESPONSIVE IN FAILSAFE MODE, THE VEHICLE SLOWS TO A CREEP AND WILL STOP AT THE SLIGHTEST INCLINE. WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPS THE ONLY AVAILABLE OPTION IS TO TURN THE KEY OFF AND RESTART. THE VEHICLE ALWAYS RESTARTS AND RESUMES NORMAL OPERATION AND DRIVEABILTY IS FINE, JUST AS THOUGH NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. THE OCCURRENCE FIRST HAPPENED EARLY IN JANUARY 2010, AGAIN IN LATE JANUARY, THEN IN SEPTEMBER 2010 THEN AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 26 THEN TWICE TODAY FEBRUARY 28 ABOUT 20 MINUTES APART. THE CONSEQUENCES: SCARY, DANGEROUS, HAZARDOUS. FEELS LIKE AN INSURANCE CLAIM AND/OR A LAWSUIT WAITING TO HAPPEN. WHEN A VEHICLE UNDER POWER JUST SHUTS OFF INSTANTLY FOR NO APPARENT REASON IT IS LOGICAL SERIOUS INJURY OR WORSE IS A REALISTIC CONSEQUENCE. 3. WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE: SO FAR JUST A LOT OF FORD GUESSWORK. THE INTERNET HAS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CONSUMER POSTS REGARDING VARIOUS REPAIRS MADE. THE REPORTED REPAIRS RANGE FROM SENSORS, SPARK PLUGS, COILS, CATS,FILTERS, CONVERTERS AND MORE. THE COMMON THREAD IN THESE CONSUMER REPORTS IS THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND OCCURS RANDOMLY AFTER REPAIR. *TR

FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN THE PAST 2 YEARS THE SUV HAS SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE DASHBOAD LIGHTS UP, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP, AND COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN WHILE IN TRAFFIC. NO WARNING. HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TWICE, BUT NO CODES HAVE SHOWN UP ON THE DIAGNOSTICS. THIS IS EXTREMELTY UNSAFE AND COULD RESULT IN A AN ACCIDENT HARMING MY FAMILY, ANOTHER FAMILY OR BOTH. *TR