NHTSA Complaint #10680380 — 2013 FORD EDGE

THERE WERE TWO INCIDENTS INVOLVING LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE ACCELERATING IN TRAFFIC. I DO NOT HAVE THE DATE OF THE FIRST OCCURRENCE, BUT IT WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH BEFORE THE SECOND OCCURRENCE. BOTH TIMES, AS I WAS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT, THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT HAD NO POWER AND I DRIFTED TO A STOP. THE WARNING MESSAGE LIGHT WAS A PICTURE OF A WRENCH. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS ON A TWO-LANE ROAD WITH DEEP DITCHES ON BOTH SIDES, AND THERE WAS NO OTHER PLACE TO STOP BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. FORTUNATELY, CARS BEHIND ME STOPPED IN TIME. THE SECOND TIME, I WAS ACCELERATING UP A HILL ON A FOUR-LANE ROAD WITH MIDDLE TURN LANE. I WAS ABLE TO DRIFT TO THE TURN LANE AND STOP THERE. WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR BOTH TIMES, POWER WAS RESTORED. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, WE TOOK THE CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP THE FOLLOWING DAY. THERE WERE NO CODES, BUT FROM THE WARNING LIGHT, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. ON THE SECOND OCCURRENCE, MY HUSBAND AND I IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE. THEY WERE ABLE TO READ A CODE AND IT WAS TROUBLE CODE P2111, THROTTLE ACTUATOR "A" CONTROL SYSTEM - STUCK OPEN. THE FORD DEALER INDICATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THIS PROBLEM AND THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES. BOTH TIMES, IT WAS A FRIGHTENING AND DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT COULD HAVE INVOLVED INJURIES, IF THE CAR(S) FOLLOWING REAR-ENDED THE VEHICLE. *TR