NHTSA Complaint #10378250 — 2005 FORD EXPEDITION

I WAS TRAVELING W/B ON I-96 NEAR THE OKEMOS EXIT WHEN MY 2005 FORD EXPEDITION'S ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF. A WARNING STATING, "CHECK ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL" CAME ON. I EXITED THE EXPRESS WAY. THE ENGINE STILL RAN IN IDLE, BUT WOULD NOT RUN ANY FASTER THAN THAT. I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND IT BEGAN RUNNING NORMALLY AGAIN. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES LATER, WHILE I WAS EXITING A PARKING LOT, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RUN AT ALL AND THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND IT RAN FINE. HOWEVER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NOW ILLUMINATED. I HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND HAVE OBSERVED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR MANY PEOPLE. THERE ARE FORUMS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM FOUND ON COUNTLESS WEBSITES. FURTHERMORE, THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN TRAVELING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION WHEN THIS OCCURRED I COULD HAVE BEEN HIT. THIS EXPEDITION HAS HAD MANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING: TURN SIGNAL FAILURE, FUEL PUMP MODULE FAILURE, LIGHTS AND SIGNALS RANDOMLY NOT WORKING, WIPERS RANDOMLY NOT WORKING, ETC. I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY REPAIRING THESE ISSUES. I AM FED UP WITH THEM AND I AM CONTACTING YOU TODAY BECAUSE THE ELECTRICAL ISSUES IN THIS CAR ARE FINALLY BECOMING UNSAFE. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED FORD AND AM WAITING FOR A RESPONSE. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 92,000 MILES ON IT AND IS STILL UNDER AN EXTENDED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. *TR