Driving at highway speed, lost all power, drive train warning light came on, engine light came on. Had to coast across lanes of traffic to emergency lane and shut off car. Turned back on and car worked normally, no warning lights. Traveled several miles and happened again. Ford dealer said it sounded like it was the throttle actuator, they have seen this before and it would cost me $400 to repair. Ford has a design problem with this part and refuses to fix it. I do not want to have to keep replacing $400 throttle actuators every 30,000 miles. The code was P2111. This needs to be done before an accident happens.

- Huntingburg, IN, USA

Was driving the car, and it lost power, and there was no throttle response. After shutting ignition off, drove the car a little farther, and the same thing occurred, and check engine light came on. Garage diagnosed it as the throttle body control.

- Bretz, WV, USA

I was driving on a residential street when my car shuddered, and I no longer had any gas when I pushed the pedal down. The car was still on, so I was able to guide the car to the side of the street, turn the car off and then restart the car. The next day, the same thing happened several times--always a shudder and then no gas--before I was finally able to drive the car to my Ford dealership to see what was wrong. They told me the throttle body was bad. They looked for a replacement, but they said the part was on a nationwide backorder. They said I could get the part cleaned (at my expense), but they wouldn't guarantee it. Since I frequently have my grandchildren in my car, and since I am frequently on the interstate at much, much higher speeds, I think I'll wait for the new part--which I have been told has been redesigned. Of course insurance and extended warranties won't pay for a rental car while waiting for a part, so I'm at home--writing you! the real reason that I'm writing, of course, is that this is such a safety issue. For my car to stop in the middle of the road was a little scary. Since there is a backorder on the part nationwide, I assume I'm not the first, or even the second, person to have this problem with their Ford car. Btw, I called NHTSA, and my reference number is [xxx]. information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- Goose Creek, SC, USA

Repeated stalling of vehicle while in the flow of traffic at highways speeds. No shoulder to pull off on. Car has to be completely stopped and restarted to drive again. First visit to dealership they told us the cost to replace the throttle body. The car is less than 3 years old and barely out of warranty. They told us we could continue to drive the vehicle while the part is on order. They don't expect to have the parts for another 6 weeks! in the meantime, the car continues to have repeated problems and would just stop and jerk suddenly upon acceleration and the engine would stop functioning. We had the car towed to a different Ford dealer and are waiting on them to complete a diagnostic evaluation. Scared for our lives! surely a recall will reimburse us for repairs, towing and rent car. What a nightmare!!

- Friendswood, TX, USA

Engine will start head down the road and all the sudden will lose pick up, push on the gas and nothing happens then all the sudden it will speed up, including this one that I have estimated the date and mileage Ford replaced the throttle body under warranty.....the second time this happened was on 02sep12 mileage was 39619 it did the same thing but left me on the side of the road and had to be towed(90$) to repair, Ford found the throttle body unable to maintain idle cost me almost 400$ to repair, that leads us up to today where I was going down the highway at about 60 miles an hour and all the sudden it cut out and had to cost out of heavy traffic after about 2-3 min the truck picked up and ran fine till I got home and called Ford and asked them what I need to do cause its doing the same thing it had the previous times.was instructed to get it to a service dept to have it checked, on the way to Ford during heavy traffic the car stalled in an intersection and thankfully the other driver was paying attention he was able to stop their could have def been a fatal injury if not but as I was told by Ford that I would also have to pay for this throttle body because it was out of warranty due to mileage 04jun13 58053 miles.

- Raleigh, NC, USA

Last year I purchased a 2011 Ford Escape and have been completely dissatisfied with my purchase. The selling dealer, tower Ford in great neck, New York has done absolutely nothing to help me rectify my serious complaint and concerns with my vehicle. One of my biggest concerns is that the transmission slips, the accelerator pedal sticks, the brakes are very low, and a swishing liquid noise is heard in the fuel tank when stopping, the right side rear passenger door squeaks, and the center console is loose. I've brought my truck back to this dealer many times and all I receive is that they can not verify my complaint and concerns. I am concerned for my family and my safety. Any help would be appreciated.

- Bayside, NY, USA

As I was exiting a highway, my car message center alerted me to safely come to a stop. As I was attempting to get into a parking lot, the car shut off. I restarted and was able to get into parking lot on electric, I guess. It was towed to utter Ford, in sherman, tx. They ran a diagnostic and told me it had to do with the fuel pump and the electrical. They kept it overnight and said they replaced the fuel pump. I picked it up on 12/3 around 2:30pm. I got 40 miles and the car went into fail/safe mode again. I was able to make it safely to a parking lot. After the engine was turned off and then back on, the accelerator stuck. Hitting the break did not help. The car had to be turned off to keep the engine from revving. It was towed to david mcdavid Lincoln in plano, Texas. The service tech said that there was nothing registering on the diagnostic. On their second test drive, the car turned off while the driver was on the highway. They had to send a tow truck to get him. The car would not restart.

- Crockett, TX, USA