2005 Ford Freestyle

THE INTERIOR LIGHTS CAME ON W/O TURNING THEM ON AND THE SWITCH WAS IN THE OFF POSITION. ALSO, NO DOORS WERE AJAR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. AT THE SAME TIME THE HEADLIGHTS TURNED ON AND OFF THREE SEPARATE TIMES WITHIN ONE MINUTE. THIS OCCURRED ON 05/14/2014, 05/17/2014 AND 05/20/2014. ALL INCIDENTS WERE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH, THE ROAD WAS SMOOTH WITH NO ROUGH AREAS HIT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH ON A CITY ROAD WHICH WAS ALSO SMOOTH AND THE FINAL INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING ON A LOCAL HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60 MPH ON A SMOOTH ROADWAY. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON A SIDE STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR.. I STOPPED THE CAR AND GOT OUT TO CHECK THE CAUSE. THE RIGHT REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS NO LONGER CONNECTED TO THE VEHICLE STRUCTURE. THE ATTACHMENT BOLT AND BUSHING IS CONNECTED TO THE CONTROL ARM. THE ATTACHMENT BRACKET THAT IS WELDED TO THE SUB-FRAME IS DETERIORATED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE BECAME VERY HARD TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE STEERING U-JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,800 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

LAST WEEKEND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN OUR 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CAR HAD BEEN DRIVING FINE WITH NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. WE WERE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN WE SUDDENLY HEARD A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CLUNKING NOISE WE HEARD THE SOUND OF METAL CLANGING AROUND UNDER THE CAR AND HITTING THE ROAD...THE FRONT WHEELS BEGAN SKIDDING AND IT FELT AS IF THE BACK OF THE CAR LIFTED OF THE ROAD. AT THIS POINT I FELT AS IF I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT NO ONE WAS DRIVING BEHIND US, AS IT IS VERY LIKELY WE WOULD HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED. I PULLED THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE CAR OFF, GOT OUT AND LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND SAW OIL RUNNING OUT OF THE CAR ONTO THE ROAD. WE THEN NOTICED THE TRAIL OF MANGLED METAL IN THE ROAD. AT THIS POINT I KNEW WE WERE IN BIG TROUBLE. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL GARAGE AND WERE TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. GARAGE CALLED ON MONDAY ONLY TO TELL US THAT A USED TRANSMISSION FOR THIS CAR IS VERY HARD TO FIND AND THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ONE LOCALLY...AND FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT REPLACING WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD COST $6000-$7000, MAYBE MORE SINCE THIS TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND WE COULDN'T TURN IT IN FOR A CORE. SOMETHING IN THE TRANSMISSION ACTUALLY CAME APART CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO BIND AND LITERALLY TEAR ITSELF APART. WE BOUGHT THIS CAR USED FOR $6,500 AND HAVE ONLY OWNED IT FOR 11 MONTHS. I AM SEEING THAT THIS IS A PRETTY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. NOT ONLY CAN I NOT AFFORD THIS REPAIR, THERE IS NO WAY I AM GOING TO SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY ON A TRANSMISSION THAT IS LIKELY TO FAIL JUST AS THIS ONE DID. SO I AM WITHOUT A CAR WITH 4 CHILDREN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW I'M GOING TO AFFORD ANOTHER ONE. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT WITH THIS CAR AND FORD SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO FIX THIS. *TR

ON 04/10/2014 AT 10:50AM. I WAS DRIVING ON ROUTE 22 WEST BOUND. I WAS GOING 65 MPH WHEN THE TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL THE WRENCH LIGHT THAT IS TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME FLASHING ACROSS DASHBOARD "CHECK TRANSMISSION". THE CAR WENT FROM 65MPH TO 25MPH AND I ALMOST GOT KILLED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER THAT WAS BEHIND ME, BECAUSE OF SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER . THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND I COULD NOT TRAVEL MORE THAN 25 MPH AND THE CAR WAS STUCK IN LOW GEAR AND WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 3 RPM'S. I TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP THEY RAN IT THROUGH DIAGNOSTIC, THE CODE THAT CAME UP WAS P0715, WHICH IS POSSIBLE MESONTRANICH UNIT ,TSS INPUT WAS ERRATIC, THE CODE WAS CONSIDER INCONCLUSIVE AND DEALERSHIP AND THE WARRANTY COMPANY REFUSED TO FIX AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. ON 04/22/2014 I WAS DRIVING PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE GOING NORTH BOUND ON ROUTE 476. WHEN THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED WITH A SPEED OF 50MPH AND WAS STUCK IN GEAR. I HAD TO PULL OVER WITH 2 YOUNG KIDS IN THE VEHICLE. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON. BESIDES TRACTION LIGHT THAT CAME ON AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON SAYING CHECK TRANSMISSION, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL. I WAS ABLE TO VIDEO RECORD THE WHOLE INCIDENT TO SHOW HOW UNSAFE THE VEHICLE I WAS IN. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY RAN DIAGNOSTICS THE CODES THAT CAME UP WERE P0715, P0701,P2765, THE VEHICLE MOTORMOUNTS WERE BROKEN, WHOEVER FIXED DID AND ILLEGAL FIX, THE MOTOR MOUNTS SHOULD OF BEEN COMPLETELY REPLACED AND THE MOTOR MOUNTS WAS SUPER GLUED BY RTV SUPER GLUE,WHICH IS ILLEGAL. THIS VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED AND THE SOLD ME A VEHICLE WITH AN IMPROPER AND ILLEGAL INSPECTION. THE CAR SHOULD OF BEEN FIXED BY DEALERSHIP AND WAS NOT AND PUT ME AND MY FAMILY SAFETY AT RISK. *TR

ON MONDAY, MARCH 17TH, 2014, AFTER $3685 IN REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS SOME RECALL WORK, AND A LOAN FOR $5321 FOR MY 2005 FORD FREESTYLE LIMITED AWD (WHICH WAS JUST PURCHASED IN OCTOBER 2013 AND HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN ABOUT A MONTH TOTAL DUE TO NUMEROUS ISSUES), I ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM WITH MY TRANSMISSION WHILE PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. AS I FINISHED PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, ACCOMPANIED BY A WRENCH LIGHT AND A MESSAGE ON THE DASHBOARD SAYING "SERVICE TRANSMISSION SOON." THERE WAS A VEHICLE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD BEHIND ME IN THE SAME LANE; HOWEVER, I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY IN TIME BEFORE THE VEHICLE APPROACHED MY CAR. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE WITH THEIR CVT TRANSMISSIONS AND THAT INCIDENTS LIKE THIS POSE SERIOUS SAFETY RISKS FOR THE DRIVER/PASSENGERS/OTHERS; HOWEVER, THEY HAVE FAILED TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION. ACCORDING TO THE CARFAX ON MY VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE, SO THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AT A LITTLE OVER 142,000 MILES. I WAS QUOTED ABOUT $6500 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION TO BE INSTALLED BY THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP; HOWEVER, I CANNOT AFFORD THIS, SO I EITHER RISK THE CHANCE OF GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT BY CONTINUING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND HAVING IT LOSE POWER ONCE AGAIN, OR I DO NOT DRIVE IT AT ALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ON FEBRUARY 6, 2014 AND ADVISED THE DEALER DURING A TEST DRIVE THERE WAS A NOISE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A LOOSE BELT AND STATED TO SCHEDULE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE AND THEN IT STALLED AND WOULD NOT SHIFT IN OR OUT GEAR. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC THAT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE NEARLY CAUSED A CRASH TO OCCUR. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD PAY HALF OF THE REPAIR COST; HOWEVER, INSTEAD THE DEALER PROVIDED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION. AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED THE IDENTICAL FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A POTENTIAL CRASH. THE DEALER DID NOT DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 26, 2014. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE MECHANIC POSSESSION FROM FEBRUARY 26, 2014 TO MARCH 19, 2014; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND WAS TOWED BACK TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC WAS REFERRED TO THE CONTACT BY THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER GAVE THE MECHANIC A TRANSMISSION WITH NO WARRANTY; HOWEVER, THERE IS A LIMITED WARRANTY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL MECHANIC. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,439.

WELL IT IDLES LOUD. AND IS SLOW TO GO WHEN THEIR IS NOTHING WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION. THEIR IS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE ON THIS CAR AND EVERYONE IS TRYING TO GET A GOVT RECALL ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL. ALSO THE CAR FIX SHOP SAYS IT COULD BE THE THROTTLE BODY OR TRANSMISSION FILTER. RESEARCHING EVERYONE ELSE IS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM AND WHEN YOU GET THIS FIXED WHICH ALTOGETHER IS 1700 DOLLARS. IT JUST GOES RIGHT BACK OUT. SOMEONE SAID THAT A LAWSUIT WAS BEING FORMED ON FORD BECAUSE THEY WON'T FIX THE PROBLEM. AND YOU ARE STUCK WITH THIS CAR. EVEN THE ONES WHO HASN'T DROVE VERY MUCH AND IS BRAND NEW IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS ALSO. FROM 2001 TO 2006 YR MODELS. PLEASE HELP US GET FORD TO DO A RECALL ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF THESE CARS PLEASE. *TR

THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT DARK WHILE DRVING AT NIGHT, HEADLIGHTS INCLUDED. THE GAUGES ALL DROPPED TO ZERO, THEN WENT BACK UP, BACK TO ZERO. THIS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES WITHIN A MINUTE. THEN ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE PANEL LIT UP INCLUDING AIRBAG , ABS, EVERYTHING. VERY SCARY TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING IN THE DARK. I AM VERY THANKFUL THAT IT WAS ME DRIVING AND NOT MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER -- IT REALLY COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN LAST NIGHT WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO PICK UP MY 12 YEAR OLD FROM CHURCH--- SAME EXACT THING. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING FINE, THOUGH. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND SAW MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS AND IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE FOR THIS MODEL YEAR. WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL? THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE - DO YOU WANT A ONCOMING VEHICLE TO HAVE THERE LIGHTS FLASHING ON/OFF AND INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILING WHILE THEY ARE DRIVING STRAIGHT TOWARD YOU OR SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY? *TR