2005 Ford Freestyle

WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE OR REVERSE THE ENGINE WILL REV AND THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD OR BACKWARD. IT IS MUCH WORSE WITH THE AC ON, BUT DOES IT AT ANY TIME. IT HAS RECENTLY STARTING DOING THIS AFTER COMING TO A STOP WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR WILL THEN SHUT OFF AND GO INTO ENGINE FAIL SAFE MODE AND HAS HAS LIMITED POWER. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS DIRECTLY BEHIND US WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.

MY 2005 FORD FREESTYLE LUNGES FORWARD AT SLOW SPEEDS, IN FORWARD AND REVERSE, WITHOUT ME INITIATING IT! THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO REAR END CARS WHEN PARKING IN PARKING LOTS, AND WHEN STOPPING AT STOP LIGHTS! THIS SCARES ME TO DEATH! I JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS CAR USED, NOW I SEE WHY THE PREVIOUS OWNER GOT RID OF IT! I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN. I HAVE A FOUR MONTH OLD AND A 3 YEAR OLD! I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE TO HAVE SOMETHING SAFE TO DRIVE THEM AROUND IN. NOW IM WISHING I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT SOMETHING ELSE! *TR

MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE THAT HAS SOME ACCELERATION PROBLEMS WHEN IT IDLE AND AT SLOW SPEED FORWARD AND REVERSE. IT WILL ACCELERATE IT SELF SPECIALLY WHEN USING THE AC AND ALSO WHEN THE FRONT WHEELS ARE TURNED. IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND FORD SERVICE CENTER CLAIMS THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE WHEN IN DRIVE OR IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000. UPDATED 07/20/11*LJ THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS FUEL RELATED AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO PERFORM MUCH BETTER. UPDATED 09/01/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRYING TO PARK THE VEHICLE WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SURGE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS THEN CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,370. UPDATED 08/31/11*LJ THE VEHICLE WAS REPIAED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC.UPDATED 09/12/11

2005 FORD FREESTYLE-DROVE INTO PARKING LOT TO PICKUP FRIENDS WAITING. PUT CAR IN DRIVE AND CAR LUNGED FORWARD WITH MY FOOT ON BRAKE JUMPING SEVERAL FEET FORWARD THEN ENGINE STALLED. RESTARTED WHILE IN MIDDLE OF PARKING LOT TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, AND REPEATED ABOVE STALLED AND LUNGED, AGAIN AND AGAIN AFTER 5TH TIME WRENCH LIGHT SHOWED ON DASH DISPLAY -STARTED CAR AND WAS ABLE TO DO A TIGHT U AND REPARK VEHICLE. WRENCH LIGHT REMAINED ON. LEFT CAR IN LOT AFTER RETURNED FROM DINNER 2 HOURS LATER THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS OUT AND VEHICLE WAS TAKEN HOME AND APPOINTMENT MADE AT LOCAL MECHANICL. MECHANIC CALLED WITH INFO THAT WE NEEDED TO TAKE TO FORD REPAIR WITH CODE #'S P061B & P2106. FORD PRESENTLY IS LOOKING AT VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD THEY RESET THE COMPUTER AND WE NEEDED A TUNE UP AND AS OF THIS MOMENT, THEY ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING THINGS BACK TO US. VEHICLE IS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE WITH 65,000 MILES ON IT. THIS IS A VERY SCARY DANGEROUS THING THAT HAPPEN. FORTUNATELY NO CARS IN THE LOT WERE HIT AS THE CAR LUNGED APPROXIMENTLY 8-10 FEET AND I WASNT DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. AFTER LOOKING ON LINE LAST NIGHT I SEE THE NHTSA IS INVESTIGATING AFTER APPROXIMATE 500 REPORTS OF VARYING YEARS OF THIS VEHICLE REPORTED THESE SAME DETAILS. AFTER READING THEM, I SEE MY SITUATION FITS THIS TO A TEE! SOME HAVE REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY FOR A COST OF $1000 ONLY TO HAVE IT HAPPEN AGAIN AFTER THIS REPAIR. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WE THOUGHT WE MAY HAVE GOTTEN BAD GASOLINE AS THE CAR WAS ACTING AS THOUGH IT WAS SURGING BACK AND FORTH AND WOULD STALL AFTER STARTING AND RUNNING ROUGH FOR A FEW MINUTES. PUT ADDITIVE IN THE GAS TANK.I THINK FORD NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, I NO LONGER TRUST THAT I WILL BE SAFE DRIVING MY CAR AND I WOULD NOT WANT ANY OF MY LOVED ONES DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AND HAVING THIS HAPPEN AS THEY WERE IN TRAFFIC, SURELY WOULD BE AN ACCIDENT AND HOPEFULLY NO ONES LIVES WILL BE TAKEN BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. I LOVE MY FORD FREESTYLE AND NEVER HAD COMPLAINT TIL NOW. *TR

TWO INCIDENTS OCCURRED ON HE SAME DAY. FIRST TIME, I WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY AT MY HOME WAITING FOR MY WIFE TO COME OUT OF THE HOUSE. THE CAR WAS IN REVERSE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. I WAS IDLING WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER ON. THE CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED BACKWARDS ABOUT 12-24 INCHES. MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE WERE CHILDREN RIDING THEIR BICYCLES AT THE TOP OF MY DRIVEWAY. NO VEHICLE MALFUNCTION OR WARNING ERRORS WERE DISPLAYED AT THIS TIME. THE SECOND OCCURRENCE HAPPENED ABOUT AN HOUR LATER. WE HAD JUST WALKED OUT OF OUR LOCAL COSTCO STORE AND WERE PARKED. THE CAR WAS IDLING, IN REVERSE, WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER RUNNING. THE VEHICLE LUNGED BACK AGAIN (12-24 INCHES). AGAIN, THERE WERE PEOPLE WALKING IN THE PARKING LOT. WITH THIS OCCURRENCE, AN ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR WAS DISPLAYED. MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE "FAILSAFE ENGINE MODE" WARNING WAS DISPLAYED ON THE DASHBOARD ALONG WITH THE ORANGE WRENCH SYMBOL. THE CAR STALLED OUT THIS TIME. I REMOVED THE KEYS FROM THE IGNITION AND LET THE CAR SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES. I THEN RESTARTED THE CAR AND NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE DISPLAYED. AT THIS TIME, WE DROVE THE CAR HOME. THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE.

2005 FORD FREESTYLE SEL LUNGES/SURGES WHEN PARKED OR AT LOW SPEEDS IN FORWARD AND REVERSE. IT WILL REV UP TO 3-4,000 RPM AND VEHICLE WILL ALMOST JUMP EVEN WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. WHEN AC IS RUNNING, IT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN. IF BRAKES ARE APPLIED 100% IT WILL MOVE AND IT'S WORSE IN REVERSE. HAS ALMOST CAUSED A FEW FENDER BENDERS IN PARKING LOTS DUE TO THE LUNGING. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE WE GOT IT IN 2009 AND HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE FAILURE WOULD ALSO OCCUR WHILE STOPPED WITH THE BRAKES ENGAGED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 141,964. UPDATED 07/20/11*LJ THE CONSUMERS WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, WHEN IT ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE OTHER VEHICLE, BUT MINOR DAMAGE TO THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. UPDATED 08/05/11*JB