Code P0401 vehicle: ford Taurus 3.0 liter flex fuel?

its my baby. i was driving it the other day the light came on (service engine soon). i went to checker got it checked out. this came up. please let me know what it could be? and what the solutions are please its my baby. thank you fellow yahoo peeps "P0401 EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION FLOW INSUFFICIENT DETECTED" that was the message|||you need a new egr valve most likely have the person who checked it erase the code and see if it comes back the same code my truck had the same code I erased the code and its hasn't came back since