2005 Ford Freestyle

I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FROM ABOUT 2 MONTHS AFTER OBTAINING THE VEHICLE. AND I CURRENTLY HAVE 49500 MILES APPROX. THE VEHICLE WILL LUNGE GOING FORWARD OR BACKWARDS, STALL AT TIMES, CLUNKING NOISES. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE IN MANY TIMES, AND WAS AT ONE TIME NOTHING WRONG. THEN FORD DEALER REPLACED SOME PART IN ENGINE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AND A/C WAS ON IN PARK, PLACED IN REVERSE VEHICLE LUNGED AGAIN THEN THE FAIL SAFE NOTIFICATION ALONG WITH THE WRENCH CAME ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AS I WAS TOLD TO BRING IT BACK WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING AGAIN. THEY TOLD ME TODAY THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND MAP SENSORS THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED AS THEY MECHANICALLY FAILED I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND IT IS NOT A COVERED ITEM WHICH FOR BOTH ITEMS WILL COST ALMOST $1500 WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE OF ANY EXTENDED WARRANTY AS IT IS PART OF THE ENGINE AND WORKING COMPREHENSIVE PARTS. I KNOW OF AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE IN MY AREA THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY, YET FORD WILL NOT DO A RECALL ON THIS AS IT IS CONSIDERED A FIRE/SAFETY HAZARD AS THE MAP SENSORS ARE ON THE MANIFOLD WHICH CONTROLS THE FUEL. IF YOU REVIEW THE INTERNET YOU WILL FIND MANY PEOPLE WITH THE 2005 FORD FREESTYLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THESE ITEMS AND SHOULD BE A NATIONAL RECALL ON IT. *TR

STARTED CAR AND PUT IN GEAR THEN IT LUNGED FORWARD WITH FOOT ON BRAKE. TURNED CAR OFF FOR A MOMENT (15 SECONDS) TURNED BACK ON PUT IN REVERSE AND IT LUNGED BACKWARDS INTO A POLE (THANK GOD SOMEONE WASN'T BEHIND ME). FAILSAFE ENGINE MODE LIGHT CAME ON, A WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE ALSO SHOWED UP. AS OF NOW CAR IS BEING TOWED TO DEALER. IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. 96 K MILES. *TR

2005 FORD FREESTYLE WITH 54K MILES. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER INTERMITTENTLY GOES COMPLETELY DARK. ALL GAUGES INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER STOP WORKING. HAPPENS RANDOMLY ABOUT 2 TIMES PER DAY. TAKEN TO FORD DEALER WHO LOOKED UP TSB (06-17-9). CHARGED $750 FOR PARTS AND LABOR. NO RESPONSIBILITY TAKEN BY FORD FOR THIS OBVIOUS AND DANGEROUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THIS IS AN ALL TO COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS YEAR VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

I OWN A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE WITH 33,200 MILES ON IT. I BOUGHT IT NEW. IN LATE MARCH 2010, THE NEEDLES ON THE GAUGES STARTED SWEEPING DOWN TO ZERO AND THE CAR LOST POWER. THEN THE CAR REGAINED POWER AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS DRIVING DOWN I-85 AT 55 MPH WITH TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCKS DIRECTLY IN BACK OF ME AND ALSO ALONG SIDE OF ME. THE GAUGES SWEPT AND THE CAR LOST POWER BUT THE POWER DID NOT COME BACK AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT HAD TO BE TOWED IN FOR SERVICE. OF COURSE, FORD SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO REPAIR 'CLUSTER' FAILURE. THIS WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS I HAD MY 3 YR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER IN A CAR SEAT IN THE REAR PASSENGER POSITION. IF I HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THE CAR OFF THE HIGHWAY, THE PROBABILITY OF BEING REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS HIGH. THAT STRETCH OF I-85 IS HIGHLY TRAVELED BY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES. TRACTOR TRAILER'S CANNOT STOP QUICKLY. MY GRANDDAUGHTER COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND LEARNED THAT NHTSA DEFECT INVESTIGATION PEO7058 HAS NOT RESULTED IN A RECALL OF THE 2005 FREESTYLE. AT WHAT POINT DOES NHTSA DETERMINE THAT A 'DEFECT' IS SERIOUS ENOUGH TO WARRANT A RECALL? AND IS IT FAIR THAT I HAVE TO PAY TO CORRECT MANUFACTURER'S DEFECTS? *TR

WE OWN A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. OVER THE LAST 4-5 MONTHS WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE INSTRUMENTATION PANEL "GOING BLACK". THIS HAS CAUSED THE VEHICLES REVERSE LIGHTS TO COME ON AND STAY ON. IT WAS HAPPENING ABOUT ONCE EVERY FEW WEEKS AND HAS INCREASED TO A WEEKLY ISSUE. WE HAVE TO UNHOOK AND REHOOK THE BATTERY TO TEMPORILY FIX THE PROBLEM EACH TIME. A MECHANIC INDICATED IT IS AN ISSUE WITH THE ELECTRONIC CLUSTER CONTROLLING THE INSTRUMENTATION PANEL. UPON SEARCHING MULTIPLE SITES THIS SEEMS TO BE THE MOST FREQUENT NON-RECALL ISSUE FOR THIS YEAR/MAKE/MODEL CAR. WHEN IT HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE INSTRUMENTATION GOES CRAZY, THE CAR BUCKS, AND THE REVERSE LIGHTS COME ON. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS A COMPONENT PROBLEM WITH THE MOTHER BOARD WHICH IS A DEFECT AND EVEN REPLACING IT WILL NOT NECESSARILY FIX THE PROBLEM IN THE LONG TERM AS THIS COULD OCCUR WITH THE NEW ELECTRONIC CLUSTER AS WELL. *TR

REQUEST TO RE-OPEN NHTSA DEFECT INVESTIGATION #PE07058 - INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT PANEL THE NHTSA SHOULD RE-OPEN THE NHTSA DEFECT INVESTIGATION #PE07058 BECAUSE THE CAR'S REVERSE LIGHTS INCORRECTLY TURN ON DURING THIS PROBLEM AND SEEM TO BE RELATED THIS ISSUE. FORD'S OWN TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS (TSB #0662 AND TSB #06179) EVEN STATE THAT THE REVERSE LIGHTS ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM FIRST HAND. MY FORD 2005 FREESTYLE IS EXPERIENCING THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE PROBLEM RESEARCHED IN NHTSA DEFECT INVESTIGATION #PE07058 AND CAUSES THE CAR'S REVERSE LIGHTS TO COME ON WHILE CAR IS DRIVING FORWARD OR IN PARK. WE HAVE WITNESSED THE REVERSE LIGHTS COME ON WHILE THE CAR IS IN PARK AND ALSO WHEN THE CAR IS DRIVING FORWARD. THIS IS IN CONTRADICTION TO THE DEFECT INVESTIGATION THAT SAID THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS WERE NOT AFFECTED. QUOTE FROM #PE07058: "... FORD STATES, "THE VEHICLE'S EXTERIOR LIGHTING WOULD NOT FAIL TO ILLUMINATE EVEN IN THE EVENT OF POWER INTERRUPTION TO THE CLUSTER BECAUSE THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS ARE POWERED SEPARATELY AND DO NOT RELY ON ANY SIGNAL FROM THE CLUSTER."ADDITIONALLY, ODI CONTACTED COMPLAINANTS WHO AFFIRMED THE INTERMITTENT CONDITION AND THAT NONE OF THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS ON THE SUBJECT VEHICLES WOULD BE AFFECTED BY POWER INTERRUPTIONS TO THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. HERE ARE FORD'S TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS THAT CONTRADICT YOUR RESEARCH FINDINGS: TSB #0662 -- INTERMITTENT INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GAUGE SWEEP/RESET - MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS ON - REVERSE LIGHTS ON - VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE 2/17/2006. *TT (NHTSA ID #10019951, JANUARY 01 2006) TSB #06179 -- INTERMITTENT INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OPERATION - INCLUDING GAUGES SWEEP/RESET - MULTIPLE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND/OR REVERSE LIGHTS STAY ON. THIS APPLIES TO VEHICLES BUILT BEFORE 02-17-06. *KB (NHTSA ID #10021037, NO DATE PROVIDED). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. HE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND MAKING A TURN THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL STOPPED WORKING. THE RPM NEEDLE BEGAN MOVING RAPIDLY, YET THE PANEL DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED TWICE A DAY ON A DAILY BASIS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO WARRANTY AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,222. UPDATED 11/16/10*BF THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAS RAN OUT OF GAS SEVERAL TIMES, BECAUSE THE GAS GAUGE WAS NOT ACCURATE. ALSO, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD BECOME DARK. UPDATED 11/23/10