There are 13 owner-reported fuel system complaints for the 2017 Ford Expeditionin NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
We were out of town driving to a baseball tournament going 80 miles an hour when the car completely lost power and a wrench came up. My husband barely coasted us to a shoulder. The car would not reset or restart unless it was in park. Happens twice. Took it for code read they said it is a throttle body issue but that instead of check engine light it shuts the whole car down until reset. Very scary on the interstate. Could have easily been in a bad collision.
The contact owns a 2017 Ford Expedition. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle lost motive power and decelerated before the vehicle stalled. During the failure the message "Check Owner’s Manual" was displayed. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer who diagnosed that the throttle body was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed that the VIN was not included in the Manufacturer’s Extended Coverage for the throttle body failure. The failure mileage was 64,000.
While travelling on highway uphill around 60 mph in heavy traffic, vehicle lost all power and went to idle. I had to maneuver 3 lanes to reach shoulder. Wrench icon showed on dash. Restarted engine and code cleared and had power again. It happened 4 more times over next 2 months then gave P2112 code. Research showed to replace throttle body which I did. Now doing some watchful waiting to see if it reoccurs. I believe this is a safety gap that requires a recall and a redesign of the logic to prevent the disabling the power train all the way back to idle.
while driving on the 58 freeway in the fast lane amongst semi trucks my expedition lost power and had no acceleration, i was forced to the left shoulder of the freeway putting my family and i in danger. while stopped i had no response from my gas peddle but the engine was still on and a wrench appeared on my dash lights. i turned off the car and when i restarted it the car worked again and the wrench was gone. very very very dangerous
Throttle body and motor assembly failed at only 33,000 miles. Vehicle suddenly lost power and wrench light immediately illuminated on the dash. Vehicle had to be towed to local Ford dealership for repair. This created a very dangerous situation as the vehicle was currently being operated on a congested interstate on-ramp entering the highway with a very narrow shoulder / emergency lane. A vehicle accident & fatality could have easily occurred given this dangerous situation. Unfortunately this throttle body mechanical failure is a very common issue across many Ford vehicle platforms and the NHTSA has done the American consumer a disservice by allowing Ford to continue repairing these vehicles only when the throttle body unit fails. Instead the NHSTA should be forcing Ford to pre-emptively recall these vehicles and replace the faulty throttle bodies before more unnecessary fatalities occur.
While attempting to accelerate, was not able to. Vehicle lost all power. Had to pull over and turn vehicle off and then back on. Happened twice in about 15 minutes. This is the 3rd time in 2 years this has occurred. Brought into repair facility and the issue is the throttle body.
Vehicle will lose all power and acceleration. Must pull the vehicle over to the side of the road. Turn vehicle back on and it works fine. This happens intermittently but consistently keeps happening. Code from vehicle states Electronic Throttle Body Issue
I was driving the vehicle and it suddenly lost all engine power. The car was still on and running but slowed down to idle speed and was almost rear ended. I was barely able to get it over to the side street where I turned it off and then back on. And it ran like usual and I drove it back home, I was only a mile away. After further research it seems this is a known issue with the throttle body on these vehicles.
I WAS DRIVING THE SUV AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE SEEMED TO SHAKE, THE RPM'S WENT UP AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THIS WAS ON A BUSY ROAD AND THANK GOD I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER SAFETY. THE SUV WAS NOT ABLE TO MOVE AND WAS TOWED TO THE FORD DEALER. I WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY PHYSICALLY LOOKED GOOD BUT THE ELECTRONIC IN IT WAS DYSFUNCTIONAL AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE COST WAS 755.93. THIS IS 2017 FORD EXPEDITION. CRAZY AND UNSAFE, WHAT INTERESTING WAS THE SERVICE TECH ASKED IF I CLEARED THE CODE P2112 FROM THE OBC. I SAID NO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THIS. HE TOLD ME THEN THE CAR CLEARED THE CODE SO MAYBE THAT WHY IT CAN HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE WAS A HISTORY OF P2112 BUT NO ACTIVE CODE. INTERESTING - SAFETY PROBLEM
I WAS DRIVING TO A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT WITH OUR LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP FOR ANOTHER ISSUE WHICH NEEDED CORRECTING WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CARS ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT NO ACCELERATION. I MANAGED TO GET OFF THE ROAD, WITHOUT BEING HIT, AND CONTINUED TO THE DEALERSHIP. I LET THEM KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED BUT THEY BLAMED THE INCIDENT ON A BAD BATTERY AND I THOUGHT THE ISSUE WAS FIXED. THIS IS WHERE THE ISSUE BECOMES CATASTROPHIC IN MY OPINION. ON NOVEMBER 1, 2020 MY WIFE AND TWO FRIENDS WERE IN THE VEHICLE AND HEADING OUT OF TOWN. WE LIVE IN A MOUNTAINOUS PART OF ARIZONA. FORTUNATELY WE WERE ON A FAIRLY LEVEL STRETCH AND IN THE RIGHT LANE. THE VEHICLE'S ACCELERATOR AGAIN FAILED TO FUNCTION. WE PULLED OFF THE ROAD TO THE SHOULDER. TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, RESTARTED THE CAR AND TURNED AROUND AND WENT BACK HOME, ABOUT A 120 MILE DETOUR. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM DO A DIAGNOSTIC. THEY DETERMINED IT TO BE A FAILED THROTTLE BODY SENSOR. THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE TURNED OUT MUCH WORSE. HAD WE BEEN PASSING A TRUCK, CAUGHT IN THE LEFT LANE AND ON A STEEP GRADE WITH NO ACCELERATION, WHO KNOWS THE OUTCOME. I CONTACTED FORD FOR THEM TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COST OF THE THROTTLE BODY REPAIR/REPLACEMENT. THEY DID COVER THAT COST, BUT I ALSO ASKED THEM TO GIVE ME AN ASSURANCE THE REPLACEMENT PART WOULD NOT DO THE SAME FAILURE AFTER SO MANY MILES. BY THE WAY OUR VEHICLE ONLY HAD 55K MILES WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED FROM THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS FAILURE (BAD SENSOR) OCCURS WITH FREQUENCY IN SIMILAR VEHICLES. IF THE FAILURE OCCURRED IN THE SCENARIO I MENTIONED ABOVE, WHO WOULD KNOW IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR THAT FAILED, RATHER THAN A DRIVER ERROR. IT IS A FAILURE THAT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC, AND PROBABLY HAS BEEN WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES. I ASKED FORD WHY THIS WASN'T A RECALL ACTION, NO RESPONSE. WHERE IS THE NHTSA?
WHEN DRIVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS THE THROTTLE BODY RANDOMLY AND IMMEDIATELY CLOSES TO IDLE WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAPPENED 4 TIMES BEFORE IT WAS REPLACED. IT HAS BEEN FINE SINCE.
VEHICLE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH GOING UP A HIGHWAY ON RAMP, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, PULLED OVER AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. RESTARTED ENGINE AND IT CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGH. A COUPLE DAYS LATER THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ACCELERATING INTO AN INTERSECTION AND AGAIN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY ETB ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL!
ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS (10/22/17 AND 10/27/17) VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY, AND "CHECK SERVICE MANUAL" WARNING APPEARED ON DASH. VEHICLE HAD TO BE STOPPED ON FREEWAY AND THEN RESTARTED IN ORDER TO PROCEED. SERVICED BY DEALER; ELECTONIC THROTTLE BODY DETERMINED TO BE DEFECTIVE, AND REPLACED.
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. A high complaint count may reflect vehicle popularity, not defect severity. Data sourced from NHTSA public records.
Data synced from NHTSA on May 4, 2026