2015 FORD EXPEDITION — Complaint #1723001
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NHTSA Complaint about VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:THROTTLE:ACTUATOR/STEPPER MOTOR filed January 27, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1723001 (ODI reference 11390392) concerns a 2015 FORD EXPEDITION and was filed on January 27, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 27, 2021. The vehicle had 115,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Georgia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as vehicle speed control:throttle:actuator/stepper motor, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD EXPEDITION cohort independently describe similar vehicle speed control:throttle:actuator/stepper motor failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2015 FORD EXPEDITION shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
WHEN PULLING OUT INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A DIVIDED FOUR LANE ROAD, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE ALMOST CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CODE WAS LATER TO BE DETERMINED P2112 THROTTLE ACTUATOR A CONTROL SYSTEM STUCK CLOSED. AFTER RESEARCHING THE ISSUE IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE FORD 3.5 ECOBOOST MOTOR HAS QUITE A HISTORY OF THESE TYPE FAILURES. OFTEN DRIVER SAFETY IS COMPROMISED AS THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING WILL LOSE POWER JUST WHEN YOU NEED IT. THE FIX IS TO INSTALL A NEW THROTTLE BODY WITH ELECTRONIC ACTUATOR.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1723001 |
| ODI Number | 11390392 |
| Date Filed | January 27, 2021 |
| Failure Date | January 27, 2021 |
| VIN | 1FMJK1LT5FE |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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