What does this cost in your state?
California is the costliest state and Arkansas the cheapest; each square shows that state's midpoint of the estimate.
Lower-cost states ($322)MiddleHigher-cost states ($410)
What it shows: CA is the highest at $410 and AR the lowest at $322, across 51 states.
Counts below are complaints filed with NHTSA, not failure rates: a longer bar means more owners reported it.
Is your car affected?
Is it urgent, and what do owners notice first?
816 owner complaints name this part.
Owners say the dealer could not fix or repeat the problem. If it comes back after a repair, ask what was tested before you pay again.
Which trouble codes do owners report?
P2112 Throttle Actuator Control System - Stuck Closed leads at 32.
Trouble codes owners quote in complaints about this part. P2112 Throttle Actuator Control System - Stuck Closed: 32; P2111 Throttle Actuator Control System - Stuck Open: 13; P0101 Mass or Volume Air Flow Circuit Range/Performance: 5.
The code owners quote most is P2112. Read your own code from a scan and give the shop the exact code, not only "the light is on".
What do owners say it led to?
Among the 816 owner complaints naming this part, owners most often say loss of power followed.
What owners say happened after the problem. Loss of power: 70 (9%); Stalled while driving: 6 (1%); Engine damage: 6 (1%).
If your car shows the signs above, get it checked before it gets as far as loss of power.
How fast were owners driving when it happened?
55 mph or faster leads at 47%.
Owners reported it most often at highway speed. Tell the shop what speed it happens at, because that narrows the diagnosis.
How serious did it get for owners?
Among the 816 owner complaints naming this part, being towed is the outcome owners report most often.
What it shows: Towed is the largest at 41, followed by Crash reported at 11; the smallest shown is Fire reported at 3.
Which model years show up most in the complaints?
Among the 816 owner complaints naming this part that state a model year, complaints cluster in a few model years instead of spreading evenly.
What it shows: 2016 is the largest at 315 (39%); the smallest shown is 2025 at 2 (0%).
When in the year do owners report it?
NHTSA owner complaints about this part run furthest above the usual seasonal share in August: about 46% more of them name an incident that month than complaints about any part would predict. A complaint is a report, not a measured failure.
What it shows: August is the largest at 13% (all: 9%), followed by January at 7% (all: 9%); the smallest shown is December at 5% (all: 8%).
Has this part been recalled abroad on cars that may share it?
Manufacturers filed 2 foreign recall campaigns that name throttle body with NHTSA since 2015 (matched by the filing text); the latest, from Ford Motor Company in 2019-02.
| Filed | Manufacturer | Foreign recall no. | What the filing says |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-02 | Ford Motor Company | 024 | Global recall process report of field action manufacturer ford � north america type of action safety field action number 19s04 subject 2011 edge � electronic throttle body replacement - china make, model and model year affected model year make / model begin. |
| 2016-02 | Toyota Motor Corporation | 007 | Date: February 2, 2016 Foreign Safety Recall / Other Safety Campaign Report Subject: Throttle Body issue on certain Toyota Vehicles 1. |
If this part was recalled, is the repair free?
Federal law (49 U.S.C. 30120) requires a maker to fix a recalled defect without charge for cars first bought within 15 calendar years (tires within 5), and NHTSA lists 1 recall campaigns for parts matched to a throttle body replacement since model year 2015, covering about 318,782 vehicles.
| Rule or count | What it says |
|---|---|
| Age limits | The free-remedy duty does not apply to a car first bought more than 15 calendar years, or a tire first bought more than 5 calendar years, before the recall notice. |
| Failure to fix | A repair not done adequately within 60 days of presentation is prima facie evidence of failure to repair within a reasonable time; the maker must then replace the vehicle or refund the purchase price less depreciation. |
| Free remedy | A maker must fix a recall defect without charge. |
| NHTSA recalls matched to a throttle body replacement since model year 2015 | 1 recall campaigns covering about 318,782 vehicles |
Is it recalled or covered?
| Recall number | Vehicles | Cars recalled | What the recall says |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26V-081 | Nissan Rogue 2024–2025 | 318,782 | Broken throttle body gears can cause a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash. |
A bulletin is a repair procedure a maker sends its dealers, not a safety defect: if your maker is listed, ask the dealer whether one covers your car and quote its number.
| Maker | Vehicles | Bulletin number | Date | What it says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeep | Wrangler 4xe 2020–2026; Wrangler 2019–2026 and 4 more | 112640 | Jun 30, 2026 | The bulletin file gives no description beyond its title (throttle body). |
| Jeep | Grand Cherokee 2019–2025; Cherokee 2019–2025 and 3 more | 102934 | Jan 30, 2025 | The bulletin file gives no description beyond its title (throttle). |
| GMC | Canyon 2021 | N242445290 | Aug 13, 2024 | Special Coverage. Certain vehicles, equipped with a 2.8L diesel engine (RPO LWN), could have a condition that may intermittently cause the throttle body motor to fail to complete the throttle position learn cycle within the allowed time. |
| Dodge | Journey 2015–2018 | 9004268 | Jun 24, 2020 | THROTTLE BODY For clarification, only use 68414676A$ on 2010 & earlier vehicles as supply is limited. |
| Cadillac | XT4 2019 | PIP5660 | Jul 15, 2019 | This Preliminary information communicates the possibility of a reduced power message with dtc p2101 and/or p1516 due to potential throttle body issue. |
| Ford | F-150 2018; Mustang 2019 | 18B34-S1 | Jan 16, 2019 | Certain 2018 model year F-150 and 2019 mustang vehicles equipped with 5.0L engine - throttle body. |
13 more bulletins name this part; the car finder at the top checks yours, and the NHTSA bulletin file linked below lists them all.
What do owners say?
4 complaints quoted word for word, each with its NHTSA number.
Instead, I was advised to proceed with a throttle body cleaning and fuel induction service at a cost of $550.51 but that it would correct the issue.
This happened multiple times while driving so I took it to the dealership and they say the throttle body needs to be replaced for $993.
Ford found tsb 16-0139 applied and replaced throttle body and charged me $496.95 for repair.
Ford service told us the problem is with the throttle body, and will cost nearly $700 to replace.
Check your car
Throttle body replacement typically costs $212 to $528 with a remanufactured unit and labor at $120/hr. The part grade changes the bill most: an aftermarket unit runs $155 to $355, and an OEM unit runs $350 to $873.
Ask the shop for the bulletin before you pay. Owners who wrote down what they paid reported a median $700 (48 complaints that named an amount).
Jeep Patriot throttle body bills near $1,000 sit above the calculator's $350–$873 OEM range
The Jeep models show the widest gap between what owners paid and the calculator's estimate. Individual Jeep quotes went higher: a 2016 Jeep Patriot owner told NHTSA the dealer "said the throttle body needs replacing at a cost of $1,000 and is not covered under any Jeep warranty - whether the basic or the extended that covers emission systems." (NHTSA complaint #11326805) A 2016 Jeep Compass owner was quoted $993.
When a Jeep quote lands in that range, ask for the part and the labor on separate lines.
Throttle body complaints went to dealers far more often than to independent shops
Owners mentioned a dealer 699 times and an independent shop only 64 times. Most owners with an electronic throttle body fault were sent to a dealer, often because the vehicle was new enough to still be under warranty.
Engine control module shows up in throttle body complaints far more often than chance would predict
The engine control module was named in 41 throttle body complaints over its baseline rate. On top of that, owners described a software or sensor fault in about a fifth of complaints.
For the bill, this means a throttle body code does not always mean the throttle body is bad. A software reflash or a wiring fix may be the real repair, and a new part installed without one can bring the same code back.
When the code points to airflow, note that 15% (29) of the 199 mass airflow sensor complaints also name the throttle body; compare the mass airflow sensor price before paying for either part.
Throttle body failures on 2016 models came at 12000 miles; on 2015 models, at 51000
The 2016 and 2015 model years produced the most complaints, but at very different points in a car's life.
An owner below 50,000 miles with this fault is in the most common group, and should check warranty coverage before paying. An owner past 100,000 miles is rarely represented here, so a high-mileage stall deserves a wider diagnosis before anyone commits to a throttle body.
Throttle body faults hit at highway speed in close to half of reports
Only a small share of reports describe the car parked when the problem started. The median speed at failure was 50 mph, and 46% of driving reports were at 55 mph or faster. The most common description was stalling or loss of power.
Owners filed 13 crash reports, 3 fire reports and 7 injury reports, with no deaths. A report does not prove the throttle body caused the event. Still, a sudden drop into limp mode at highway speed is the cost of putting this repair off, and it is also why the Rogue recall classifies broken gears as a crash risk.
Throttle body complaints peaked in failure year 2016 and have stayed steady since
When complaints are counted by the year the failure happened, 2016 stands out with 230. The Nissan recall is dated 2026, so it is too recent to explain any of the earlier pattern. The Jeep, Dodge Hornet and Alfa Romeo Tonale throttle body bulletins 112639 and 112640 are also dated 2026. It is not a recall and does not mean every vehicle it covers has the problem.
Throttle body calculator run: cleaning at $110–$270 versus a Jeep-style OEM replacement
If the complaint is a rough idle rather than a stall, cleaning costs $110–$270 in the calculator. For the Ford and Jeep electronic units that dominate these complaints, dealers usually quote OEM parts, so the OEM run is the realistic comparison for a dealer quote.
Sources
Data shown on this page
- NHTSA owner complaint file (2015-2019 · 2020-2024 · 2025-2026) file downloaded 2026-10-05
- NHTSA recall file file downloaded 2026-10-05
- NHTSA service bulletin file (2015-2019 · 2020-2024 · 2025-2026) file downloaded 2026-10-05
- CalcScrape calculator model scaled by BEA Regional Price Parities data from 2024
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, Foreign Campaigns (filings under 49 CFR 579.11, public API) file downloaded 2026-10-05
- 49 U.S.C. 30120 (Remedies for defects and noncompliance), text via Cornell Legal Information Institute; NHTSA recall campaigns data from 2026
Terms: US government data, public domain.
Observed: records as filed; owner reports are unverified and are not failure rates. Modeled: our estimate, not a quote. Rule: a published legal rule, not a measurement; whether it covers a given repair depends on the car and the facts.
Owner complaints quoted
What is our own estimate
The price range comes from our calculator's formula. Its parts prices, labor hours per job and shop-rate tiers are CalcScrape estimates, not a published price dataset. Checked against RepairPal's range ($623–$766) on 2026-10-06: our default's midpoint is 0% above the middle of that range. Methodology