2005 Ford Freestyle

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR THE CHECK TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED DRIVING ROUGH AND WASN'T SHIFTING PROPERLY. DROVE CAR BACK HOME. BARELY MADE IT HOME DUE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. HAD CAR TOWED TO SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CVT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT ACCOST OF $7426. CAR IS ONLY WORTH $4500. NO WAY AM I SPENDING OVER $7000 TO FIX THIS. I CAN BUY A WHOLE USED FREESTYLE FOR THE SAME PRICE. WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND FAILURES OF THIS TRANSMISSION FORD NEEDS TO REPLACE THESE FREE OF CHARGE. *JB

I WAS SITTING IN A DRIVE THRU WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY REVVED UP AND THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD. THE GAS PEDAL WAS NOT BEING PRESSED AT THE TIME, ONLY THE BRAKE. I APPLIED MORE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE CAR STOPPED. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV AND THEN IT SHUT OFF. WHEN THE CAR WAS RESTARTED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. THE ERROR CODE WAS P061B.

2005 FREESTYLE SAT PARKED AT IDLE (IN PARKING LOT) FOR APPROXIMATELY 7 MINUTES. BRAKE PEDAL WAS THEN PRESSED AND GEAR SHIFT PUT INTO "DRIVE". VEHICLE RPM'S IMMEDIATELY WENT UP OUT OF CONTROL WITHOUT FOOT ON ACCELERATOR. VEHICLE QUICKLY LURCHED FORWARD ABOUT 10 FEET BEFORE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED FAR ENOUGH TO CEASE THE MOVEMENT. SPEED ESTIMATED AT 8MPH. RPM'S CONTINUED TO INCREASE AND VEHICLE LURCHED AGAIN AND TRAVELED ABOUT A FOOT BEFORE BRAKE PEDAL WAS FURTHER DEPRESSED ENOUGH TO CEASE MOVEMENT. FOR ABOUT ONE-HALF SECOND AFTER BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, RPMS STAYED HIGH AND THEN VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND STALLED. DASH READOUT SAID, "ENGINE FAILSAFE MODE". FORTUNATELY, NO PERSONS WERE IN FRONT OF VEHICLE DURING INCIDENT. ONE HOUR LATER, SAME DAY, VEHICLE WOULD NOT PROPERLY ACCELERATE DURING PASSING ATTEMPT. UNKNOWN IF THIS ISSUE WAS RELATED. THE NEXT MORNING, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND HASN'T STARTED SINCE. VEHICLE CURRENTLY IN AUTO REPAIR SHOP (WE'VE BEEN AFRAID TO DRIVE VEHICLE AND WILL NOT DRIVE IT UNTIL SITUATION IS RECTIFIED). *TR

I PURCHASED MY FORD FREESTYLE IN JUNE 2011 AND SHORTLY AFTER MY CAR BEGAN LUNGING FORWARD WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON. MY CAR BEGAN DOING IT IN FORWARD AND REVERSE GEAR. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO THE DEALER TWICE BEFORE. THEY REPLACED THE AIR COMPRESSOR, CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY, AND RESET THE COMPUTER. THIS WILL TREAT THE PROBLEM FOR AWHILE BUT IT WILL ALWAYS COME BACK. LAST WEEK I NEARLY HIT A PEDESTRIAN IN A CROSS WALK WHEN MY CAR DECIDED TO LUNGE FORWARD AT A RED LIGHT WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. MY WIFE HAS NEARLY HIT CARS IN DRIVE THROUGH LINES. AGAIN I PUT MY CAR IN THE SHOP AND THEY ARE DOING THE SAME WORK AS BEFORE. I HAVE BEEN PUSHED INTO INTERSECTIONS AND NEARLY T-BONED. I HAVE ALMOST HIT CARS WHEN TRYING TO BACK UP. THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE BECAUSE EVEN WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE CAR CAN MOVE 5-8 FEET. WHEN THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD OR BACKWARD IT WILL MOST OF THE TIME RUMBLE THEN DIE, WHICH IS DANGEROUS WHEN I AM SENT INTO AN INTERSECTION WITH CARS COMING AT ME. SOMETIMES I AM ABLE TO DEPRESS THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY, DRIVING AT 4000 RPMS AND SLOWLY MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. I WORRY ABOUT MY FAMILY OF SIX SAFETY AS WELL AS ANY INNOCENT THAT MAY GET HURT BECAUSE OF FORDS INCAPABILITY TO FIX THE PROBLEM THEY HAVE CREATED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SEVERAL INDEPENDENT MECHANICS, ALL OF WHICH CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 163,000.

I WAS BACKING UP OUT OF PARKING SPOT, THE CAR LUNGED BACKWARDS. PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE IT LUNGED FORWARD, IDLED AND THE ENGINE FAIL SAFE LIGHT CAME ON, SHOWING WRENCH AS WELL. THE CAR STALLED OUT. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO PARKING LOT. I HAD TO LET THE CAR SIT BEFORE BEING ABLE TO START IT UP AGAIN. THE CAR HAS LUNGED FORWARD ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHEN AT A SLOW MPH OR PULLING INTO PARKING SPACES. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR IN CASE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE CAR. I CONTINUE TO READ THE SAME COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE SO HARD TO BELIEVE FORD HASN'T DONE MORE FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. *TR

MY FREESTYLE SURGES AND LUNGES FORWARD AND BACKWARDS. I HIT A CAR WHILE TRYING TO BACK UP AND PARK BECAUSE THE CAR SURGED AND ACCELERATED INTO REVERSE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM IN 2 YEARS AND NEEDED TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. I ALMOST HIT PEOPLE IN A PARKING LOT BECAUSE OF THE SUDDEN SURGE AND ACCELERATION. THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND UNPREDICTABLE. NEEDS TO BE RECALLED! ENGINE MOUNT WAS ALSO CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED AS IN MANY OF THE OTHER CASES IN THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE REPAIR WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED AND FAILED TO MAINTAIN OR INCREASE SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BUT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A PROBLEM WITH THE CONVERTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, ALL OF THE GAUGES FAILED AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

WE WERE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY (HWY 350) AND THE CAR JUST STALLED OUT, AGAIN IN TRAFFIC ON TAKE OFF THE CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, ONCE GETTING ON I-70 IT JUST STALLED,. WE TOOK IT TO DICK SMITH FORD HERE IN RAYTOWN, MISSOURI , [XXX] THE SERVICE PERSON SAID IT WAS COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. SO I LEFT THE CAR WITH THEM , AND ABOUT 3:00 PM I GOT A CALL, [XXX] SAID THE CAR WAS READY, HE SAID THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM, BUT IT IS DOING THE SAME THING. THIS TIME IT STOPPED WITH MY WIFE IN THE HEAT OF TRAFFIC, WELL I CALLED [XXX] AT THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN AND HE SAID IT MUST BE SOMETHING ELSE, WELL I HAD A TEST DONE, THE TEST INDICATED IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM THE THROTTLE BODY. I KNOW THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE A TUNE-UP BECAUSE I JUST SPENT $ 900.00 FOR THAT AT THE SAME FORD PLACE, YES OVER NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS. PLEASE ADVISE WHAT TO DO. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR