2005 Ford Freestyle

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

MY VEHICLE HAS HAD A HABIT OF LURCHING FORWARD IN AN INVOLUNTARY MOTION. MANY TIMES I'VE GONE FROM PARK TO DRIVE, WITH BRAKES APPLIED, THE RPM INCREASE AND A STRONG LURCH FORWARD IS DONE. EVEN WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED IT NEARLY FORCES ITSELF TO GO FORWARD WHEN I THRO IT IN REVERSE, IT WILL REPEAT THIS INVOLUNTARY ACTION. WHEN I AM AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN IT WILL WANT TO DO THE SAME ACTION FORWARD. I FEAR I WILL SOME DAY HIT A VEHICLE OR PEOPLE IN PARKING LOT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO MY FORD DEALER AND THE COMPUTER DOES NOT GIVE ANY FAULTS. I HAVE TAKEN IT SOME FOUR TIMES FOR THE SAME THING. IN ADDITION, I KEEP INFORMING THEM OF THE POWER STEERING. IT MAKES LOUD HUMMING AND GRINDING NOISE, BUT THE DEALER KEEPS TELLING ME THEIR IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM. THE AIR CONDITIONER ALSO HAS A FAULT, WHEN NOT IN USE IT WILL RUN BY ITSELF AND BLOW COLD AIR. I HAVE TO TURN IT ON AND OFF UNTIL IT STOPS BLOWING. ONCE IT DID IT WITH THE ENGINE OFF. I HAVE ALSO COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER BUT WITH THE SAME RESULTS, THEIR IS NOTHING WRONG. I KEEP ASKING MYSELF, HOW CAN I MAKE THE FORD AUTO MAKER RESPONSIBLE IS THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD AND HITS ANOTHER CAR OR WORSE, I CAN HIT A PEDESTRIAN? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGED AND THEN STALLED ALTHOUGH THE CONTACTS FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN WHERE THE VEHICLE SURGED AND LUNGED FORWARD. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING REPAIR AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 62,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000. UPDATED 11/03/10. *LJ

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

I HAVE A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE PURCHASED IN 2009. MY WIFE HAS HAD THE CAR 'STALL' IN BUSY TRAFFIC 4-5 TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS (FEB-MAR 2010). THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN WALDORF MARYLAND DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY NEEDING REPLACED. I'VE CONSULTED THE INTERNET REGARDING THIS FAILURE AND FOUND THAT HUNDREDS OF FORD FREESTYLES HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. MY CAR HAS 105K MILES ON IT. WE BOUGHT IT WITH 80K MILES ON IT. PLEASE FORCE FORD TO RECALL THIS CAR AND FIX THIS PART. IT IS UNSAFE FOR A FAMILY STYLE VEHICLE LIKE THE FREESTYLE. FORD WANTED $800 TO REPLACE THE PART. I BELIEVE THIS IS A TRAVESTY AND IS EXACTLY WHY AMERICAN CAR MANUFACTURING IS IN THE STRAITS THEY ARE IN. PLEASE DO SOMETHING FOR THE COUNTRY AND FORCE FORD TO BE RESPONSIBLE. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. A FEW MONTHS AGO I STARTED NOTICING THAT IT DID NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. I WOULD GO TO PULL OUT OF AN INTERSECTION AND THE CAR WOULD SLUGGISHLY MOVE FORWARD WHICH WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. AS TIME WENT ON IT SEEMED TO GET WORSE. LATELY WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE IT WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN JERK FORWARD. FINALLY, TODAY WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY I COMPLETELY LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELRATE ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AND THE "FAIL SAFE ENGINE" SIGNAL CAME ON. I PULLED OFF TTO THE SIDE, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT WHICH SEEMED TO TEMPORARILY SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I GOT TO WHERE I WAS GOING BUT ON THE WAY HOME IT SEEMED VERY JERKY AND UNRELIABLE. I CALLED A LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS PROBABLY THE THROTTLE BODY AND TO BRING IT IN TOMORROW. IT SEEMS AS IF THIS IS AN ONGOING AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT THE FREESTYLE IS HAVING. THANK GOD I WASN'T PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN IT DECIDED TO NOT WORK! I HAVE THREE KIDS AND CARPOOL ALL THE TIME. IF FORD DOESN'T DO SOMETHING NOW THEY WILL NOT ONLY HAVE PARTS TO REPLACE BUT LAWSUITS TO SETTLE AS WELL WHEN PEOPLE ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED AS A RESULT OF THEIR INACTION.

2005 FORD FREESTYLE, WE WENT TO FLORIDA BACK ON 07/2009 IT WAS VERY HOT. THE CAR STARTED JERKING, THAN IT ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THAN IT ALMOST STOPPED. THAN IT WOULD NOT GO FASTER THAN 35. AND THAN IT ACCELERATED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH WE ALMOST RAN INTO THE BACK OF SOMEONE. WHEN WE ARRIVED BACK HOME TO NC WE TOOK IT TOO THE FORD DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS THE COMPUTER MODULE. WE TOOK IT IN AND LEFT IT FOR REPAIR. THE SERVICE MANAGER CALLED AND SAID THAT WE HAD A WALMART AIR FILTER, AND IT NEEDED A FORD AIR FILTER. THEY TRIED TO SAY THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. BUT BEFORE WE GOT THE CAR BACK, WE RECEIVED A POST CARD FROM THE DEALER SAYING OUR COMPUTER MODULE THAT WAS ORDERED FROM THE DEALER HAS ARRIVED. SO THE DEALER TOLD US IT WAS THE AIR FILTER WHEN IN FACT IT WAS THE COMPUTER MODULE. WE BELEIVE THE DEALER REPLACED THE COMPUTER MODULE BUT TOLD US IT WAS THE AIR FILTER TO AVOID A COSTLY RECALL. I HAVE FOUND ON THIS WEBSITE THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS RECALLED IT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE USA FOR THIS REASON BUT NOT IN OUR REGION. THE RECALL WAS DUE BECAUSE IN WARMER CLIMATES THIS PROBLEM MAY OCCUR. ALL OF THIS VEHICLES SHOULD BE REPAIRED, BECAUSE SOMEONE WITH THIS VEHICLE MAY TRAVEL TO AREAS THAT ARE WARMER THAN OTHER DURING BUSINESS TRIPS OR VACATION TRIPS. *CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT 60,000 MILES, THE OIL PUMP AND SUPPLY TUBE WERE REPLACED. THEN AT 83,000 MILES THE SIDE SHAFT GEAR BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE LACK OF LUBRICANT THE OIL PUMP RECEIVED WHEN IT WAS REPLACED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TWO FAILURES WERE NOT RELATED AND THE SHAFT GEAR WOULD HAVE TO BE REPAIRED AT HIS EXPENSE. FURTHERMORE, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND HE WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE MIGHT STALL WHILE HE WAS DRIVING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 82,500. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 83,000.