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P2111 Throttle Actuator Control Failure

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I haven't been on here in a while. I haven't had any need, just enjoying the fun (2015 with 5k on the odo)... until Saturday.


It's a funny, and not entirely pleasant experience to be driving along and suddenly lose ALL throttle response and control... I thought Ford had this throttle body thing figured out years ago...


I was on vacation in Middle of Nowhere, Wisconsin. Got there no problem. Next morning we were going to do some skiing, so hopped in the car and headed to the diner. 50 ft from the intersection for the diner, the light came on and I lost all throttle response. No limp mode, I lost ALL response. Luckily I had enough momentum to roll through the stop sign and pull into a parking spot outside the diner.

The car idled lumpy as hell, no leaks (air or fluid). I pull out my scanner (Torq and phone) and pull the code: P2111. Did NOT clear the code. Turned the car off, waited maybe 30 seconds and turned it back on. code gone, idling fine, throttle seems ok.

No one in a 300 mile radius (literally) has a throttle body. I drive back to the cabin with no issue. On Monday morning I go out to start the car... cranks for about 10 seconds before starting and then revs bounce between 500 and 1700 for maybe 30-40 seconds before calming down, at which point the light and code come on, and the idle starts with the lumpy garbage, and the throttle is gone... no response.

I have a 3 hour drive to make later that day, in a car that may or may not make it, and no replacement parts even close. It does make the drive okay.

Tuesday (today) I take the car to my local Ford dealer; they can't replicate the issue, and there is no code in the memory... nothing they can do.

Here's my apprehension now. I have a car that is no longer reliable, that the dealer says they can't fix. I have to drive it till it does it again, then call a tow, and hope this time it stays in the memory...

How, after all the garbage from the Firestone fiasco, Fusion issues, GM and Toyota issues, does Ford find it acceptable to just send me out of the shop and say "drive it till it fails then call Ford roadside and hope the code is stored"

What if I'm on the expressway in rush hour at highway speed? or in a construction zone with no way for me to pull off?

maybe [MENTION=582]FordService[/MENTION] can at least comment. Is anyone else seeing this failure, and is it common for the failure to not be stored in memory?
 


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Go to a different dealer. Take a video or pictures of this happening with the code being shown. Just a few ideas. Fords service does pretty much suck but maybe with this stuff they'll take you more seriously
 


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yea, i don't know that any would be different. I mean, I kinda get it, but am also kinda pissed. I wish they'd been willing, or insistent on, keeping it till they figure it out, given how potentially serious it could be.

I'm definitely gonna do that with vid and pictures when it springs up again, I mentioned that to the tech at the dealer too, though that wasn't met with any positive reaction.
 




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