NHTSA Complaint #10577260 — 2006 FORD EXPEDITION

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! *TR