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Hi to all.
My name is Jay from Leeds and I am new to this fantastic forum. I have always been a Vauxhall owner but only recently converted to Ford. I don't know, just maybe my luck, but I am faced with an irritating problem.
I have a Galaxy Mk3 2.2 Tdci Titanium X auto 2012 "12" with all the toys and gizmos available. It has covered 24k miles.
Now and again the engine feels unresponsive as if it has stalled. I mean when I try to pull out of a junction there is nothing and I have to release the accelerator and depress it again for the engine to respond. this whole process could take 10-15 seconds, by which time it could get pretty dangerous at a busy junction.
I hope someone out there could give me some advise on this as I am on a drive through holiday to Italy and trying to communicate with a half decent garage is proving tricky.
Thanks in advance.

If there's no reaction from the throttle at all maybe the throttle position sensor either wants cleaning or replacing.

Throttle position sensor is the box the pedal is fitted to, the link below shows a MK2 pedal

https://www.fordmpv.com/smf2/ford-galaxy-reference-library/galaxy-accelerator-pedal-removal-and-cleaning-(vcds-fault-code-00777-18047)/

I have a 2008 1.8 Galaxy and have experienced an unresponsive throttle twice during my ownership  (both at traffic lights).

The MK3 Galaxys use a contactless accelerator sensor to measure throttle input so there is nothing to clean so the link above to the MK2 cleaning guide does not apply to the MK3 unfortunately.

Hopefully the diagnostics reveal some useful info to remedy the problem.