WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ON A HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING LOSS ALL PROPULSION AND STARTED TO SPUTTER VIOLENTLY. I NOTICED THE "WRENCH" LIGHT INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED AND LUCKILY COASTED WITH NO PROPULSION TO A SAFE AREA ON THE HIGHWAY SHOULDER TO PULL OVER. I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF FOR A MINUTE AND RESTARTED VEHICLE AS NORMAL AND NO "INDICATOR LIGHT" HAD ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO BE OPERATING AS NORMAL AT THIS POINT. LATER I HAD THE CODES PULLED FOR THE INCIDENT ON MY VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD IT INDICATED A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. THIS OCCURRED 3 TIMES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. AFTER DOING A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND NUMEROUS INCIDENTS OF THE EXACT SAME DESCRIPTION I HAVE HERE. THERE MUST BE AN INHERENT DEFECT OF THE PART USED IN THESE VEHICLES.
2010
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2010 MERCURY MILAN ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED ON AN URBAN INTERSTATE WITH SIMILAR SYMPTOMS OF RUNNING OUT OF FUEL, AND HAS DIED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE. WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS ENGINE DIED, BUT NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR CODES APPEAR FOR DIAGNOSIS. MUST SHUT OFF ENGINE, THEN ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE. ENGINE DIES RANDOMLY AND IS NOT AFFECTED BY MOISTURE, TEMP, OR TIME DRIVEN. CONDITION IS HAZARDOUS ANYTIME ACCELERATION AND CONTROL ARE CRITICAL. WEBSITE ENTRIES INDICATE THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. TOOK INTO FORD DEALER ONCE FOR DIAGNOSIS AND DEALER REPLACED AIR FILTER, DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. THROTTLE BODY SUSPECTED CULPRIT, BUT NO DIAGNOSTIC CODES APPEAR. *TR