2005 Ford Freestyle

PURCHASED A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE BRAND NEW, AFTER 34,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION WENT, LUCKILY IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY, ANOTHER 30,000 MILES LATER THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE AGAIN; AS I WAS PULLING OUT ONTO A HIGHWAY! THIS TECHNICALLY WILL BE THE 3RD TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE KEPT MAINTENANCE WITH THIS VEHICLE, HAD EVERYTHING DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, I HAD JUST HAD MY 65,000/70,000 MILE CHECK AND WAS TOLD THE CAR HAD NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, AND 10,000 MILES LATER THE TRANSMISSION IS GONE AGAIN! NOW THEY WANT ME TO PAY $3000 TO HAVE IT FIXED AGAIN! THIS IS MORE THEN JUST FIX THE VEHICLE AND BE DONE WITH IT, WHO IS TO SAY IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND NEXT TIME MYSELF OR MY FAMILY WILL NOT BE SO LUCKY! THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PULL OUT ON A HIGHWAY AN YOUR VEHICLE JUST CREEPS OUT. NEED I SAY ANYMORE, THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS. PEOPLE PAY ALOT OF MONEY TO HAVE A DECENT VEHICLE WE SHOULD NOT BE PAYING ALOT OF MONEY FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS NOT GOING TO MAKE US FEEL SAFE! PLEASE NOTE THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM HAPPENED AT ONLY 34,000 MILES. I WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE SPEED, I HAD MY FOOT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO PULL OUT ON HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT HIT ANY SPEED, BUT WHEN IT CREPT OUT IT REACH A SPEED OF 30. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER. *TR

2005 FORD FREESTYLE 3.0 LITER V6. UNCOMMANDED HIGH REVS WHICH CAN LAUNCH THE CAR UNEXPECTEDLY IF ONE DOES NOT HAVE THEIR FOOT FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE. PROBLEM IN LINKED TO THE AUTOTHROTTLE BODY. ALSO ACTIVATES ENGINE LIGHT. PART ON ORDER, HOWEVER FORD HAS PUSHED BACK THE DATE OF SUPPLY OF PART SEVERAL TIMES. I BELIEVE THAT THE PART SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR SAFETY REASONS DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF ACCIDENT BY THE CAR'S UNCOMMANDED HIGH REVOLUTIONS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CAR LURCHING FORWARD OR BACK AND IMPACTING AN OBJECT. *TR

THERE WERE NO REAL EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE, IT JUST HAPPENED ALL OF A SUDDEN OUT OF THE BLUE. I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL W/ MY 2 CHILDREN, AND 3 OTHER SMALL CHILDREN. I PULLED OUT AND WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS IT WENT AND THEN STARTED JUMPING AND STALLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. I FINALLY GOT IT TO GO, BUT WAS ALMOST HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY LISTED IT AS A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE AND THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS PART IS ON A NATIONAL BACKORDER AND THEY MADE ME DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME AND DID NOT OFFER ME A RENTAL CAR. IT HAS BEEN 6 DAYS AND I STILL HAVE ATLEAST 2 MORE BEFORE I FIND OUT IF I WILL GET A RENTAL CAR. IF I DRIVE THE CAR, I PUT MY CHILDREN AND OTHERS AT RISK, AND I DEFINITELY AM VERY UPSET B/C I AM STILL PAYING ON THIS CAR, AND I'M STUCK WITH PAYMENTS AND NO CAR. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT!!!!! *TR

MY FORD FREESTYLE SURGES FORWARD WHEN PUT I PUT IT IN DRIVE FROM PARK. IT WILL ALSO SURGE BACKWARDS WHEN THE CAR IS PUT IN REVERSE FROM THE PARK POSITION. SOMETIMES IT WILL EVEN SURGE FORWARD IN THE DRIVE POSITION IF I HAVE BEEN SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT IDLING FOR TOO LONG. ON OCCASION AFTER THIS OCCURS THE CAR WILL STALL. SOMETIMES WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED AGAIN, IT ACTS LIKE IT WILL WORK FINE BUT THEN WILL NOT DRIVE OVER 40 MPH. THIS FORWARD SURGE IS SO POWERFUL WHEN IT OCCURS THAT IT WILL JUMP FORWARD EVEN WHEN MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE. IT PRIMARILY HAPPENS AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED IN A PARKING LOT BUT ALSO OCCURS WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT. WHEN THE CAR JERKS FORWARD LIKE THIS EVEN WITH THE FOOT ON THE BRAKE I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS HAPPENING ON THE FORD FREESTYLE ALOT. I AM CONCERNED THAT MY CAR WILL SURGE INTO AN INTERSECTION AND I WILL BE IN AN ACCIDENT. I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT I WILL RUN OVER A PEDESTRIAN IN A PARKING LOT BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. FORD SAYS IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. ACCORDING TO SOME ACCOUNTS I HAVE READ THIS HAS BEEN ON BACKORDER SINCE LAST YEAR! THEY KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM YET THEY KEEP SENDING PEOPLE HOME FROM DEALERSHIPS WITH THESE DEFECTIVE DANGEROUS CARS. WHEN I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TO COMPLAIN THEY PRETENDED LIKE THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT I HAVE SEEN PAGES AND PAGES OF CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION. I AM AFRAID THEY WON'T CONSIDER THIS IMPORTANT OR DANGEROUS ENOUGH TO RECALL UNTIL SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR WORSE. THIS FAILURE OCCURS EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT NO PART WAS AVAILABLE TO FIX THE CAR. *TR

WAS MANEUVERING VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR SURGED FORWARD. WAS ABLE TO APPLY BRAKE BEFORE HITTING ANYTHING. CAR ENGINE ALSO STALLS AND UPON RESTART A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR DID NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. TOOK TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDED REPLACING. WAS TOLD THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL POSSIBLY IN DECEMBER. AFTER REVIEWING COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB, THIS SEEMS TO BE A LARGE PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE CAR WANTING TO SURGE FORWARD. *TR

CTV TRANSMISSION IN '05 FORD FREESTYLE MODELS HAVE BEEN TROUBLE SINCE THE DAY THEY WERE PUT ON THE MARKET. WHAT THE DEALERS DIDN'T DIVULGE IS THAT YOU ARE NOT LIKELY TO REPLACE PARTS OF THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION, RATHER YOU NEED TO REPLACE THE WHOLE THING. THE SITUATIONS THAT ARISE, OUTSIDE OF BEING STRANDED, IS THAT THE ENGINE IS NOT RELIABLE. IT CAN MAKE THE CAR JERK, HESITATE, JUMP FORWARD AND BACKWARD AND SOME CASES, THE TRANSMISSION PRETTY MUCH DISINTEGRATED ON THE GROUND. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ABUSE THAT FORD HAS BESTOWED ON IT'S CUSTOMERS. *TR

COMPONENT: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DETAILS: 2005 FORD FREESTYLE - I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER 5 TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE, WHEN MOVING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, THE WRENCH LIGHT ON THE DASH COMES ON AND WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS, THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE. FINALLY, AFTER "FLOORING IT", THE CAR MOVED SLOWLY UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR APPROXIMATELY EVERY 6 MONTHS OR 8000-10000 MILES. FORD HAS CHANGED THE SAME PARTS EVERY TIME AND THE PROBLEM STILL RECURS. IT IS IN THE SHOP FOR OVER 2 WEEKS AGAIN. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT FORD REFUSES TO CHANGE OUT THE TRANSMISSION, ONLY REPLACE THE SAME PARTS EVERY TIME. I'M BEWILDERED AND DISAPPOINTED IN FORDS CORPORATE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE INABILITY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR