2006 Ford Freestyle

THE VEHICLE IS IN REVERSED GEAR OR FORWARD. IT ONLY HAPPENED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED DOWN THE VEHICLE LOSSES POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED FROM THE THROTTLE BOX. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIR THE FIST TIME. AND FOR THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE WAS FAIL WITH THE PREVIOUS PROBLEM AND WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE PRIVATE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE WAS THE THROTTLE BODY BOX. THE VEHICLE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 91,000. LG

MY FAMILY WAS SITTING IN THE CAR WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN DRIVE. IT STALLED OUT AND MADE A STRANGE SOUND THAT SOUNDED LIKE A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN IT IS HOT IT SEEMS TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. I HAVE NOTICED THAT IT USUALLY HAPPENS AT LOW SPEEDS AND REVERSE. I FEEL THAT THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS CAR ONLINE AND HAVE READ THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO QUITE A FEW OF THESE CARS. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DEFECT HAS BEEN NOTED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

VEHICLE CAN MAKE SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN MOVING SLOWLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO BOTH MY WIFE AND MYSELF. WHEN ARRIVING INTO OUR DRIVEWAY PRIOR TO GET VEHICLE INTO GARAGE WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKES AND IN "D" CAR HAS A SUDDEN JOLT OR ACCELERATION. FORTUNATELY BECAUSE THE BRAKES STOPPED THE CAR NOTHING HAPPENED BUT THIS COULD BE A PROBLEM IF BRAKES DO NOT STOP VEHICLE OR IF SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 FREESTYLE AND IT HAS THE LUNGING PROBLEM WITH THE AIR ON AND OR THE STEERING WHEEL BEING MOVED. HAPPENS EVERY TIME WE BACK OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY OR PARKING SPOT, SOMETIMES SITTING IN AN INTERSECTION WAITING TO TURN ALSO. THE CAR SURGES IN BOTH REVERSE AND FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HASN'T CAUSED A CRASH (YET) BUT I DON'T LIKE MY WIFE DRIVING MY THREE CHILDREN IN A CAR THAT DOES THIS!! AND TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THE FIRST DATE OF OCCURRENCE, I PUT TODAY'S DATE BECAUSE WE HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW AND DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THIS. THE SURGING/LUNGING PROBLEM HAPPENS EVERY DAY AND HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE. *TR

I HAVE HAD 8-9 INSTANCES WHERE THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD IN PARKING LOT TYPE SITUATIONS. I HAD TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T HAVE HALF MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND HALF ON THE GAS. IT WAS 100% ON THE BRAKE, BUT FELT LIKE SOMEONE WAS PUSHING THE GAS AT THE SAME TIME. *TR BACK IN MAY, I HAD A DIFFERENT ISSUE. I DROVE TO THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE 3 MILES AWAY. ON THE WAY, IT STARTED RUNNING ROUGH, ACTING LIKE I WAS ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF GAS (I HAD FILLED IT EARLIER THAT DAY.) I PULLED OVER. A WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED ON THE DASH LIGHTS. I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I CONTINUED TO THE GROCER. AFTER SHOPPING, WHEN I BACKED OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE, THE CAR LUNGED, THEN STALLED. IT TOOK A BIT, BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET IT RESTARTED. I DROVE HOME, BUT IT WOULDN'T GO FASTER THAN 20 MPH. THE NEXT DAY, I WAS GOING TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT IT WAS RUNNING PERFECTLY. IT'S BEEN 2 MONTHS NOW AND THE ISSUE HAS NOT RECURRED, BUT I'M VERY LEERY OF TAKING THE CAR ON A LONG DRIVE. I DON'T WANT TO GET STRANDED FAR FROM HOME.

AIR TEMPERATURE WAS 100 AND MY 2006 FREESTYLE WAS IDLING. THEN, WHEN STOPPED IN CITY TRAFFIC, CAR SURGED UNEXPECTEDLY REQUIRING ME TO PRESS HARD ON THE BRAKES, THEN STALLED. THIS HAPPENED TWICE. AFTER SITTING AND COOLING FOR 2+ HOURS, THE CAR RAN FINE. HOWEVER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON. BECAUSE I AM ON VACATION, I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALER. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS RELATED TO THE THROTTLE ASSEMBLY, WHICH HE SAID WAS PRETTY COMMON. REPLACED THE ASSEMBLY FOR $1300 FOR FEAR THE PROBLEM COULD HAPPEN AGAIN ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

WE BOUGHT A USED FORD FREESTYLE IN 2008. SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE HAD RECURRING PROBLEMS STEMMING FROM A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. IT HAS BEEN IN-AND-OUT OF THE SHOP, WHILE VARIOUS MECHANICS TRIED TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. FINALLY, APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO, I DID MY OWN RESEARCH (DISCOVERED THE COUNTLESS REPORTS OF PROBLEMS WITH THE FREESTYLE) AND SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT THE MECHANIC REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS WAS AFTER HAVING SURGES IN RPMS AND LURCHING OF THE CAR (WHILE SITTING IN TRAFFIC WITH NO FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR), AND ALSO DEAD STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS AND ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THIS FIXED THE PROBLEM UNTIL SEVERAL MONTHS LATER. NEXT, WE REPLACED THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION LAST SPRING (THE VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT DOWN TO FIRST GEAR AT CRUISING SPEED, E.G., ON THE INTERSTATE, THEN GO INTO "LIMP" MODE). IN ADDITION, APPARENTLY THERE IS ALSO A SYSTEMIC ISSUE WITH THE DESIGN OF THE FORD'S SCROLL COMPRESSOR, WHICH BEGAN SHOWING SYMPTOMS THIS PAST SPRING. THANKFULLY MY (NEW) MECHANIC REPLACED A $40 VALVE IN THE COMPRESSOR, INSTEAD OF THE ENTIRE $1000 COMPRESSOR (WHICH THE FORD FOLKS RECOMMENDED). APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS LATER, WE ARE REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY FOR A SECOND TIME TODAY (IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP) BECAUSE OF ISSUES WITH SURGES IN ACCELERATION AND STALLING IN TRAFFIC AND LOSS OF POWER. THE MECHANIC JUST TOLD ME, "AS A FRIEND, I'M TELLING YOU: AS SOON AS THIS CAR IS FIXED, YOU NEED TO SELL IT. YOU WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE RECURRING PROBLEMS WITH IT." WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FOR AROUND $10,000, AND I'D ESTIMATE WE HAVE SPENT NEARLY THAT MUCH IN REPAIRS OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS. I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED IN THE MEANTIME. HOW CAN FORD SELL SUCH AN UNSAFE VEHICLE WITH NO RECOURSE? AS SOON AS I CAN AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE, I'M SELLING THIS FREESTYLE. *TR