2006 Ford Freestyle

ENGINE STALLS OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEED. HAPPENED WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES IN 2008, DEALER FIXED SOMETHING AFTER TWO TOW-INS, 2 YEARS LATER SAME THING. DEALER CLAIMS CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, NO SERVICE BULLETINS. I SUGGEST THE CAR IS UNRELIABLE FOR MY WIFE AND DISABLED SON, MAY NEED TO GET A MORE RELIABLE CAR. THEY AGREE WITH ME! THEY SUGGEST THROTTLE BODY COULD BE BAD BUT IT IS REAL EXPENSIVE AND MAY NOT FIX THE PROBLEM ANYWAY. I DO 10 MINUTES OF INTERNET RESEARCH AND FIND THAT FORD HAS A KNOWN THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM WITH THE EXACT SYMPTOMS WE HAVE HAD NOW FOR 3+ YEARS AND A MAJOR SUPPLIER PROBLEM (AND LONG LOANER CAR EXPENSES WHILE FINDING PART!). FIRST, WHY HAS FORD NOT RECALLED THIS PROBLEM? SECOND, IS IT ETHICAL TO TELL AN OWNER TO JUST KEEP DRIVING THE CAR EVEN THOUGH IT WILL BREAK DOWN, AS THEY TOLD ME TO DO. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM! (SUDDEN DECELERATION WITH NO POWER TO ENGINE, BRAKES AND POWER STEERING AS IT DID ON I-45 LAST THURSDAY LEAVING MY WIFE AND DISABLED SON STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF THE FREEWAY). THIRD, IS FORD GOING TO MAKE THIS RIGHT? *TR

2006 FORD FREESTYLE 85,000 MILES. CAR BEGAN LURCHING FORWARD WHEN IN DRIVE AND BACKWARD WHEN IN REVERSE AT ABOUT 70,000 MILES. JUNE 2010 CAR LUNGED FORWARD IN A PARKING LOT AND ALMOST HIT CAR IN FRONT OF ME. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP NEXT DAY AND FOR $920 THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY IN ONE DAY. NEVER MENTIONED THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. *TR

AFTER SITTING IN PARK FOR 20 MINUTES, MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE WAS PUT INTO REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND QUICKLY ACCELERATED WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. AFTER PUTTING THE CAR BACK IN PARK, THE WRENCH AND INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. I PLACED THE CAR BACK INTO REVERSE WHEN THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. AFTER BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO DRIVE WHERE IT PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. THE VEHICLE HAS SINCE BEEN TAKEN TO A FORD DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE DEALER STATES THAT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION WHICH THEY ARE NOT COVERING SINCE THE VEHICLE'S WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. *TR

MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE SURGES FORWARD (OR BACK) WHEN TAKEN OUT OF PARK. OCCURS MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN PLACED INTO REVERSE. OCCASIONALLY, THE CAR WILL ALSO STALL AFTER SURGING WHEN THE BRAKES ARE SLAMMED TO STOP THE CAR AND A YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT WILL APPEAR ON DASH. BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY CAN NOT REPLICATE. NO CODES. HAS HAPPEND ABOUT 20 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR. *TR

MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE OCCASIONALLY EXPERIENCES ENGINE REV AND SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN OPERATED AT LOW SPEEDS, USUALLY WHEN THE AC IS IN USE. OCCURS ONLY AFTER IDLING OR OPERATING AT LOW SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 3 MINUTES. EACH TIME I HAD SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, BUT IT'S BEEN CLOSE. IT HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF 5 TIMES IN THE PAST 6-8 WEEKS, PRETTY MUCH SINCE IT HAD GOTTEN WARM ENOUGH TO USE THE AC. NEVER HAPPENED IN THE PAST 3+ YEARS OF OWNERSHIP UNTIL THIS YEAR. MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE WAS YESTERDAY, 30 MAY 2010. *TR

MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE 2WD SUDDENLY LOSES POWER AND SHUTS THE ENGINE OFF, WHILE DRIVING. THIS GENERALLY HAPPENS WITHIN THE FIRST MILE OR TWO AND USUALLY AFTER A COLD START, THOUGH SOMETIMES IT IS ONLY 20-30 MINUTES SINCE THE CAR LAST RAN, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT QUALIFIES AS A COLD START. EACH TIME, I AM ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THE CAR STARTS BACK UP IMMEDIATELY, ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT, THEN DOESN'T FAIL AGAIN UNTIL ANOTHER TRIP. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR, HOWEVER, AND SO FAR I CAN DISCERN NO PATTERN OR PREDICT WHEN THE FAILURE WILL HAPPEN. IT IS CURRENTLY AT A FORD DEALER, WHO HAS BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND IS PRESENTLY LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION, AS THIS IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AND COULD LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I AM QUITE UPSET, AS I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR, AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT AT ALL EVIDENT DURING THE TEST DRIVE OR THE 90+ MILE DRIVE BACK TO MY HOUSE. *TR

MY FAMILY'S 2006 FORD FREESTYLE HAS SURGED FROM AN IDLING POSITION ON TWO OCCASIONS: AUGUST 2009 AND MAY 2010. BOTH PROBLEMS OCCURRED ON HOT DAYS WHEN DOING A LOT OF STOP/GO DRIVING AND MANEUVERING/PARKING IN TIGHT SPACES. ON BOTH OCCASIONS THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT STAYED ON BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I AM NOW VERY CONCERNED THAT THE CAR MAY BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND AM BECOMING AWARE THAT THIS IS A PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL CAR. *TR