NHTSA Complaint #10324024 — 2005 FORD EXPEDITION

MY 2005 FORD EXPEDITION SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. AN ERROR CODE OF "CHECK ELECTRONIC THROTTLE" DISPLAYS ON THE DASH AND A WARNING SIGNAL SOUNDS. ALL WHILE THE VEHICLE LOSES THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE AND POWER STEERING. AFTER BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP, IT CRANKS RIGHT UP AS IF THERE WAS NEVER A PROBLEM. IT HAS NOW DONE THIS ABOUT 5 OR 6 TIMES. WE HAVE NEARLY BEEN HIT TWICE BY 18 WHEELERS AS A RESULT OF THIS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ONLINE IN HOPES OF FINDING OUT WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. TO MY HORROR, I FOUND HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ALL LINKED TO THE 2005 FORD EXPEDITION ONLY. I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS TYPE OF COMPLAINT FOR ANY OTHER MODEL YEAR. I'M LEARY OF EVEN TAKING IT TO A DEALERSHIP FOR THE PROBLEM AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THE COMMENTS AROUND THE ISSUES HAVE BEEN THAT FORD HAS REPLACED THE "THROTTLE BODY" AND IN SOME CASES IT DIDN'T RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. TO ME IT SOUNDS LIKE A RECALL IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. IT SHOULDN'T TAKE A SEVERE ACCIDENT OR DEATH TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION. IT SOUNDS LIKE FORD IS TRYING TO AVOID ISSUING A RECALL ON THIS FROM THE COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE REVIEWED. IF THE 2005 FORD EXPEDITION IS THE ONLY MODEL YEAR AFFECTED, THEN THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WAS PROGRAMMED OR INSTALLED INCORRECTLY ON THE FORD EXPEDITIONS FROM THAT MODEL YEAR. AN INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE INITIATED BEFORE THE FATAL RESULTS THAT TOYOTA HAS HAD RECENTLY BECOME A PART OF FORDS FUTURE, AND ALL BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE IN DENIAL OF A PROBLEM WHICH SHOULD INITIATE A RECALL TO FIX. *TR