2006 Ford Freestyle

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE AND FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE MEDTRONICS MAIN CONTROL NEEDED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,000. ...UPDATED 07-10-13 *BF

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. 2 WEEKS AFTER I BOUGHT IT I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT LUNGING. THIS IS VERY SCARY. IT ALSO HAS ISSUES WITH POWER FADING IN AND OUT. I FEEL THAT MY FAMILY IS BEING PUT AT RISK AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. THESE TRANSMISSIONS NEED TO BE RECALLED. I AM DEATHLY AFRAID I AM GOING TO HIT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING WHEN IT LUNGES. I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO BE FORCED TO DRIVE A CAR THAT CAUSES YOU TO BE STRESSED OUT. THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE VERY WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF POSTS OF CONSUMERS WHO ARE VERY UPSET THAT NOBODY IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THESE ISSUES. FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS. THEY KNOW THERE ARE PROBLEMS BUT DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. PLEASE HELP!!!! *TR

SINCE ABOUT JUNE OF 2012, WRENCH INDICATOR WILL INTERMITTENTLY COME ON AFTER DRIVING 30-100 MILES. I STOP THE VEHICLE, TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND AFTER A FEW SECONDS TURN THE IGNITION ON AND IT SEEMS OK. SOMETIMES I CAN GO OVER 100 MILES WITHOUT THE PROBLEM. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AFTER THE WRENCH BUT THIS INDICATOR STAYS ON AFTER TURNING THE IGNITION BACK ON AND STAYS ON FOR A DAY OR TWO. THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP SAYS THIS IS A MOST LIKELY A CVT PROBLEM BUT I HAVE NO ASSURANCE THAT THIS WILL BE THE FIX. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE NOTICED THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. FROM THE BLOGS I'VE READ, FORD SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ADDRESSING THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM. THERE IS A RECALL ADDRESSING A SURGE, BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT. *TR

I TRIED STARTING THE CAR AND WHEN I WENT TO PUT IT INTO REVERSE TO BACK UP THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGE. IT SUDDENLY LURCHED BACKWARDS AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN I PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE. THERE IS ABOUT A 10 SECOND DELAY AND THEN IT LURCHES. ONE TIME WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, IT SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND STARTED TO REV THE RPM OVER 3000 IT TRIED TO ENGAGE THE GEAR BUT THEN STALLED IN TRAFFIC. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY HOOKED IT UP TO A DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. THEY SAID THAT THERE IS A DELAY IN BUILDING UP PRESSURE TO GO INTO GEARS. THEY SAID THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS CAUSING IT BUT THEY SUSPECTED THE HIGH PRESSURE FILTER NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. THAT COST WAS 800 DOLLARS. AFTER CHANGING THE FILTER THERE WAS NO CHANGE. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT TRYING TO REPAIR IT. FORD SAID THAT YOU CAN GET USED TRANSMISSION FROM JUNKYARDS BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE. I DID BRING IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP IN JANUARY TO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY CLEANED FOR THE RECALL. I'M HIGHLY AGITATED THAT FORD WILL NOT STAND BY THEIR VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STOPPED AT THE SHOULDER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHERE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

WE HAD PURCHASED OUR FORD FREESTYLE 2006 IN JULY OF 2011 WITH 59000 MILES. HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED AND TRANS CLEANED IN SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER(2011) OF THAT YEAR AT 65000. IN DECEMBER WE STARTED TO HAVE TROUBLES. THE WRENCH LIGHT STARTED COMING ON, THEN I WOULD BE ABLE TO START VEHICLE BUT NOT MOVE. ONE DAY AS I WAS BRINGING MY CHILD TO SCHOOL THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THEN IT WOULD. AT THIS POINT I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND HAD IT TOWED. COME TO FIND OUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEAD. WE HAD TO DISH OUT OVER $5000.00 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION WITH A WARRENTY FROM FORD. WE ALSO HAD THE FLUIDS CHECKED TO MAKE SURE IT WASNT THEIR FAULT, ALL CAME BACK CLEAN. IN THE STATEMENT IT SAID IT WAS DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. MY CONCERN IS THAT WHEN I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS IT HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCHOOL PARKING LOT WHEN I WAS DROPPING MY CHILD OFF. HAD A CHILD WALKED BY WHEN IT WAS ACTING WEIRD THEY COULD HAVE BEEN HURT. I ALSO FEEL THAT AFTER DRIVING ONLY 10,000 MILES WITH IT AND HAVING TO BUY A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR IT, I FEEL FORD IS NOT PROVIDING THEIR COSTUMERS WITH RELIABLE SERVICE. I FEEL THEIR SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE MODELS. WE PAID THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THIS VEHICLE AS IT WOULD HAVE COST FOR A NEWER MODEL. BEING A FAMILY ON A LOW BUDGET THIS SET US BACK FOR ALONG WHILE. PLUS, WE HAD A CARFAX AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE VERY WELL. *TR

A FEW WEEKS AGO I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY IN THE MORNING (IT WAS COLD & FROSTY). WHEN I PUT THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE IT STARTED TO BACK OUT BUT THEN WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. I PUSHED HARDER ON THE ACCELERATOR AND IT REVVED AND FINALLY WENT. THE CAR FELT OFF' WHILE DRIVING (SHAKY & NOT FULLY UNDER CONTROL-LIKE RIDING A BICYCLE WHEN THE CHAIN SLIPS BUT ISN'T COMPLETELY OFF). THE WRENCH LIGHT TURNED ON BUT ONCE I'D ARRIVED AT THE DESTINATION & STOPPED & RESTARTED THE VEHICLE IT SEEMED FINE AND THE WRENCH LIGHT TURNED OFF. LAST WEEK I WAS AGAIN BACKING OUT AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, I PUSHED DOWN MORE ON THE ACCELERATOR AND IT SKIPPED / LURCHED BACK (ALMOST HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE). THIS HAPPENED TWICE MORE, BOTH SCARY BUT MANAGEABLE ONCE I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON AGAIN. THEN THIS MORNING IT HAPPENED AGAIN WITH THE REVVING NOISE AND POOR AND JUMPY ACCELERATION BUT AFTER RESTARTING, THE 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS CONTINUED TO BE LIT. SO FAR I HAVE ONLY ENCOUNTERED THE LURCHING AND LACK OF ACCELERATION OCCURRING WHILE IN REVERSE, THOUGH IT'S CONTINUED ONCE GOING FORWARD UNTIL I CAN PULL OVER AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. UNTIL I CAN RESTART THE VEHICLE IT FEELS SHAKY AND ON THE VERGE OF DYING, ESPECIALLY WHEN AT IDLE IN TRAFFIC OR RED LIGHTS. I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH BEFORE PURCHASING THE FREESTYLE. I CHOSE IT BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATED AND 'SAFEST' SUVS WITH 3RD ROW SEATS - REVIEWED BY THE IIHS, CAR-SEAT.ORG AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED A FREESTYLE IF THESE PROBLEMS WERE WELL KNOWN TO ME AT THE TIME. WE WILL LOOK AT THE THROTTLE BODY AS RECOMMENDED BY OTHER OWNERS ON THIS AND OTHER SITES AND I ONLY HOPE THAT SOLVES THE PROBLEM. IN THE MEANTIME I AM AFRAID OF THE LACK OF ACCELERATION AND LURCHING PROBLEM HAPPENING AROUND OTHER VEHICLES AND PEOPLE SO I AM DRIVING BACKROADS WHERE POSSIBLE. *TR

I PURCHASED A USED 2007 FORD FREESTYLE W/ ONE PREVIOUS OWNER ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO WITH 110K MILES. SINCE THEN I MAY HAVE ADDED 5K MILES OR SO, IF NOT LESS. I TOOK IT IN YESTERDAY TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER BECAUSE OF SOME ISSUES WITH THE CARE NOT ACCELERATING AT TIMES AND WRENCH LIGHT COMING ON. I WOULD ALSO HEAR THE CARE REV UP UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE REVERSING AND DOING OTHER ODD THINGS THAT MADE ME UNCOMFORTABLE. THEY SAID I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. PARTS ALONE WOULD BE $6K. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY, CAR FAILED TO HAVE CONTINUED FORWARD PROPULSION AND STALLED. THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY SINCE THEN. I CAN'T IDLE, RUN HEAT OR A/C FOR MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES, WHILE CONSISTENTLY KEEPING MY RPMS OVER 1500 WITHOUT IT STALLING. ( AS I LIVE IN MICHIGAN THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM!) NOW I CAN'T GET IT TO START AT ALL. MY HUSBAND BEING GOOD WITH CARS HAS FLUSHED THE THROTTLE BODY TWICE (RECOMMENDED ACTION WE COULD FIND ON INTERNET AT THE TIME.) HAS STALLED AT A VARIETY OF SPEEDS, WHILE DRIVING IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS. *TR