2016 Ford Explorer XLT with 11,600 miles. Ebt issue" driving to work on a city street going about 35 mph just before 8am on 08/25/2016 and vehicle lost power. Vehicle slowed way down and I felt a jerk/lurch. May have been hit from behind but the other vehicle did not stop. Engine was still on and the wrench indicator came on and a message appeared "see manual" or "see dealer", I can't remember which.tried accelerating and vehicle would not increase speed. The vehicle moved very slowly, maybe 5mph" luckily I was on an overpass, in the right lane, and going down the overpass to get the vehicle into a hotel driveway that was at the bottom of the overpass. Had the vehicle towed to the local Ford dealership. Waiting to hear back from the dealer. Reading other complaints about this same issue and agree this is a serious defect. Luckily the traffic was not bad because this could have had a much worse outcome. We purchased this vehicle to haul our young kids and to suddenly lose power without warning is extremely dangerous to my family and other drivers.

- West Fargo, ND, USA

I was driving down I-295 with a speed of 65mph when I saw a wrench icon on the dash board light up and I lost control on acceleration. No power even though you are stepping on the gas you slowly decelerate like you placed the car in neutral.the next day I called up the service dept of my dealer. Explained to the tech what had happened and without hesitation he replied "you have to change the throttle body, it's defective."

- Elkins Park, PA, USA

Bought vehicle 4 months ago. Today when pulling into my driveway I stopped and placed my car in park. My car continued to roll despite gearshift being in park. It struck the stone aspect of my house leaving extensive scratches and scrapes over the right front end.

- Mount Carmel, IL, USA

New 2016 Ford Explorer XLT, 6000 miles, without warning looses power, car stays running, but acts like in neutral. Engine light and air bag light come on, says to call dealer, emergency. This happened on highway 285, 10 lanes of very fast moving traffic, with my wife and child in the car, very dangerous we were almost was stuck in middle lane as the car glided to a stop. Have seen hundreds of reports on the internet about this same problem. Ford dealer was aware of the issue, replaced throttle body, this part is defective and the issue is well documented on the internet. They replaced the part at no cost, but I have no confidence they actually know the issue or if this will happen over and over. Based on the other reports I have seen this always happens around 7000 miles. I have recently received a letter from Ford regarding my 2014 Focus, stating it has the same issue and that they have extended the transmission warranty to 10 years. I am now cornered this affects all Ford models.

- Lilburn, GA, USA

Lost power while crossing an intersection. Was able to glide the car to the side of the road. Internet search disclosed that it is a problem with several Ford cars and possibly a faulty etb. Had it happened on a freeway I would probably be dead. The problem with this defective component has been reported before but so far no recall has been issued. Please do something!!!

- Porterville, CA, USA

Electronic throttle body issues. While driving vehicle (that has only 8300 miles) the electronic throttle body was defective and put the vehicle into a "limp mode" while driving. While driving 50 mph down a busy local road the wrench safety light came on along with "see manual" on display area. Vehicle suddenly would no longer accelerate and idled at less than 5 mph. Extremely dangerous while driving down the road and the vehicle just stops accelerating while in traffic. Was almost in multiple accidents while trying to coast the vehicle out of the roadway. Had to be towed to local dealership. Went online and read over 50 reviews of this happening to other people!!

- Palm Coast, FL, USA

On two separate occasions my 2016 Ford Explorer Sport four-wheel-drive, with approximately 6100 miles, the automatic transmission failed to stay in the park position. On the first occasion in June 2016 the vehicle rolled away after exiting the vehicle at a shopping center parking lot and had to be chased down! thankfully caught up with it and jumped back in before it hit someone or another vehicle! the second occurrence was on August 1, 2016 parked in front of a commercial building and again the vehicle's automatic transmission did not stay in the park position and began to roll away, thankfully this time before exiting the vehicle. Initially thought the first time was a fluke but since it has happened twice it is a safety concern that needed to be reported.

- Princeton, WV, USA

2016 Ford Explorer shuts off while driving. It's a known issue, but the vehicles are still being sold and no recall or systematic way of replacing it. I was on the highway and the vehicle just slowed down to a crawl twice. Ford offer no solution. I checked online and this seems to be a problem many people are experiencing. I almost got hit twice trying to get to the shoulder lane.

- Columbus, GA, USA

Throttle body quits working leaving you with no ability to accelerate in traffic. While driving down hwy car suddenly lost ability to accelerate, had to coast until I could find a place to pull safely out of traffic, very scary.

- Knoxville, TN, USA

Turned car on, backed out of driveway & it suddenly lost all power & "wrench" light came on. Could barely get it to side of the road. After turning it off & on the engine light also came on. Car was undrivable, needed to be towed. Dealer said it was throttle body that needed to be replaced. Car is only 7 months old and only has 7715 miles on it.

- Hanover Township, PA, USA

Driving down road and Explorer started losing power, cutting out and engine almost died. The check engine light and tool light came on display. I was barely a few hundred feet from my house, so I slowly managed to get vehicle to my driveway. My husband attempted to drive Explorer in subdivision again and Explorer again started misfiring and engine died. Turned air conditioner off and it restarted and appeared to shake Explorer as engine misfired and we barely got it back in our driveway. It only has 7,740 miles on it!! I called dealership and had it towed to there today.

- Jacksboro, TN, USA

My pregnant wife and I were driving down a busy, main nashville road yesterday when our 2016 Ford Explorer with 8500 miles on it ceased to accelerate. A wrench appeared on the dashboard, rpms dropped to an idle state, and in heavy traffic I could not accelerate in order to move my car off the road, nearly causing an wreck. Ford has had my car for two days. This issue is apparently related to a faulty throttle body. A quick internet search shows that hundreds, if not thousands of people have had this same exact issue with similar low mileage 2016 Explorer and that Ford has determined it to be a faulty throttle body. Considering the fact that so many vehicles have experienced this very dangerous issue, Ford should be recalling these vehicles. This is a safety issue on par with the GM ignition switch problem. A vehicle losing all power in traffic, without warning, can cause wrecks and deaths. Apparently Ford is also replacing these faulty throttle bodies with the identical oem part, since "not all of the throttle bodies are affected." Ford technicians seem unsure as to whether or not the new throttle body will display the same issues since they are the same part. This is a brand new vehicle and I now feel unsafe driving it, and even less safe having my pregnant wife drive this car. I'm stuck with a family hauler in which I don't feel safe driving my family.

- Cane Ridge, TN, USA

Husband was driving the vehicle was about to accelerate to get up a hill on a city street and engine sounded like transmission or other major part just "dropped". steering wheel froze, car idled violently, could not move vehicle, started to roll backwards until emergency brake was applied.acceleration went to literally zero, SUV would not move. Orange wrench light came on, stated to see manual.placed car in park shut off engine and waited and started at back up again. Scarry stuff, 2 children 2 and younger in vehicle. Won't let me input on next page, approximately 25-30 miles an hour, SUV has 5,500 miles on

- Redondo Beach, CA, USA

Brand new 2016 Ford Explorer with only 6779 miles. Unable to accelerate from a stop through a busy intersection. No indication that anything was wrong prior to this. Several dash lights came on. Car went into limp mode not allowing me to accelerate above 15 mph. Check engine light, power train light and airbag light all illuminated. Had car towed to dealership. Throttle body failure indicated as the issue. Part was back ordered for two weeks. Verified online that many other new Explorer owners have had this same issue around the same mileage. Fortunately I was not on a busy highway like some.

- Lititz, PA, USA

Driving on I-10 about 1 mile before daphne, al, engine sputtered and vehicle began loosing speed. Pressing the gas pedal did nothing, check engine light came on, service manual light came on, and airbag light came on. Coasted to the side of the interstate, stuck between the white line of the lane edge and a guardrail with only inches to spare from traffic passing at 70 mph. All this with my wife in the front seat and our 2 daughters in the backseat who are 2 years old and 5 months old. Engine was running rough and would not increase rpms even when pressing the accelerator pedal. Shut engine off and on 6 times before it finally responded to accelerator pedal input. Was finally able to merge back on to the interstate and get to the daphne exit. We had to stay the night in a hotel in daphne while we waited for another vehicle to get us home to Louisiana. This was a rental vehicle and had to be towed to the mobile airport so that we could get another vehicle from enterprise. A quick internet search revealed numerous complaints of the exact same issue but no evidence of any recall. Apparently the throttle body is faulty and most people report that the part is on back order. Ford knows about this problem and NHTSA should too but somehow nothing is being done. This incident left us on the side of the road, inches from being killed by passing motorists. How this is not under a recall or stop sale order is beyond me. Please initiate a recall and/or stop sale order on these vehicles before someone is killed or seriously injured.

- Walker, LA, USA

As I was on my way to work on June 28, as I was driving straight on a major street, approximately 50 mph, when my 2016 Ford Explorer began to decelerate. Even as I pressed the accelerator, the truck would not speed up. As I came to a stop at a busy intersection, the truck began to jerk when I began to accelerate when the light turned green. The truck would not go above 30 mph at this point. I decided to turn around and go back home, which was about 5 miles away and the truck kept decelerating the more I hit the accelerator. I managed to make it home and get my Explorer towed to the dealership where I purchased my vehicle. The diagnosis was a bad transmission, in a 5 month old truck, with less than 3500 miles on it. My Explorer has been in the shop for two weeks, and I could possibly be looking at another two weeks before it is repaired because the part is on back order.

- Baltimore, MD, USA

Started smelling sulfur/rotten eggs exhaust through the vents around 3K miles under hard acceleration. It's a police version with the 3.7L. Smelled it in re-circulation mode and the fresh air mode. Now have 5900 miles on it and one day while I was driving under normal conditions 50-60 mph, the check engine light, airbag light, and wrench light came on. The dash also said "see owners manual". car also makes a sputtering noise....updated 01/23/17

- Clinton, MD, USA

My 2016 Ford Explorer will lose power under various driving conditions. While on the highway at 45-55 mph the car engine dropped to idle (~800 RPM) and would not respond to the accelerator. This occurred in traffic and created many close calls. It has occurred three times to me, and researching it on the internet has happened to many other people with the same make/model/year. Please investigate. This is a significant safety issue.

- Ivoryton, CT, USA

I was driving close to my house and almost caused a big accident while I had my children on board. The car stopped completely ( suddenly stopped) and lost power, I was lucky that not accident occurred ( can U imagine if I was in the miami expressway and that happened). I'm attaching a pic showing the check engine, wrench light that came on while I was driving. I did some research online and found out that many americans are having the same issues, it is a defective throttle body that causes the vehicle to slow down and shutdown at any time. Ford is already aware of the problem and you guys more likely are aware too. What are you guys waiting to issue a recall"? waiting for someone to die"

- Miami, FL, USA

On my 2016 Explorer limited 3.5 N/a V6 - under hard (getting on fwy) or extended acceleration (uphill climb) exhaust fumes can be noticed by the passengers in the vehicle. I know there is an open investigation on the 11-15 years but the 16 should be included as well. This has been the case from new to current 11K miles. This happened on my previous 2013 model as well.

- Avondale, AZ, USA