2006 Ford Freestyle

GOT IN MY CAR TO GO HOME ONE AFTERNOON AND IT CRANKED BUT WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL IT WOULDN'T MOVE. HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK AND HAVE IT TOWED TO A SHOP. MY CAR SPENT 2 WEEKS IN THE SHOP AND IT WAS DETERMINED IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THE FREESTYLE AND IS USUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR REPAIRS NEEDED. *KB

PURCHASED A USED 2006 FORD FREESTYLE IN JULY OF 2010. A FEW WEEKS AFTER WE BOUGHT IT THE CAR STARTED LURCHING FORWARD AND BACKWARD WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. IT IS REALLY BAD WHEN THE AC IS RUNNING. AT FIRST I THOUGHT MY WIFE WAS CRAZY BUT THEN IT STARTED TO GET REALLY BAD AND I NOTICED THAT WHEN BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE, AFTER PUTTING IT IN REVERSE AND LETTING OFF THE GAS, THAT THE CAR WOULD JUST PROPEL ITSELF BACKWARDS. TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER TODAY AND WAS QUOTED $850 TO FIX THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH IS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. AFTER READING ABOUT ALL OF THE OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE I WAS STUNNED TO FIND OUT THAT FORD HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. IF MYSELF OR MY WIFE WERE TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THIS FAULT YOU COULD BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR I WOULD FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST FORD. *KB

THE CAR ACCELERATES WITHOUT ANY PROMPTING OR WARNING. THERE ARE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THIS IS HAPPENING IN. ONE SITUATION THAT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES IS SITTING IN A LINE SUCH AS A DRIVE THRU AND IDLING WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD. ANOTHER SCENARIO IS PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERSE AND THE CAR LURCHES BACKWARDS. SITTING AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN BEHIND THE LINE OF A CROSSWALK AND THE CAR HAS LURCHED FORWARD WITH FOOT ON BRAKE AND NARROWLY MISSED A PEDESTRIAN. I TEND TO PUT IT IN PARK WHEN AT A LIGHT OR IN A DRIVE THRU. I HAVE REPORTED IT TO FORD AND THEY DISCREDITED MY CLAIM SAYING IT WAS AN ISSUE I NEEDED TO REPAIR AND DID NOT CONSTITUTE A RECALL. HOW WHEN THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAVE MADE COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THEIR CARS. THIS IS NOT A SYSTEM THAT WORE OUT. IT NEVER WORKED PROPERLY IN THE FIRST PLACE. MAYBE THE ISSUE IS IT IS A COST REPAIR IN THE THOUSANDS. *KB

I OWN A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE WHICH I LOVE BUT, I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR ACCELERATING WHEN I MOVE FORWARD OR BACK UP. IT HAS BEEN ON GOING FOR THE LAST YEAR. I HAVE VISITED MANY MECHANICS WHO ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. I FELT THE NEED TO FILE A COMPLAINT BECAUSE I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN AND THIS PROBLEM HAS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT MORE THAN ONCE. *KB

I OWN A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE, WHICH I PURCHASED, USED,IN 2007. I HAVE HAD TWO THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLIES REPLACED. THE FIRST WAS IN JULY, 2008 @ 40,203 MILES AND THE SECOND IN AUGUST, 2010 @ 84,731 MILES. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROBLEM ARE: 'WHEN STARTING TO MOVE FROM A STOPPED POSITION, THE ENGINE WOULD SURGE, AS IF THE ACCELERATOR HAD BEEN DEPRESSED. 'SOMETIMES WHEN THIS SURGING OCCURRED, THE ENGINE HAD NO POWER 'WHEN THE "NO POWER" OCCURRED, IT COULD BE CORRECTED BY TURNING OFF AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE, THIS CONDITION OCCURS MOST OFTEN WHEN TRYING TO MOVE IN REVERSE. THE CONDITION HAS OCCURRED IN THE SUMMER BOTH TIMES *KB

MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE BEGAN TO EITHER STALL SOON AFTER IT WAS STARTED, OR WORSE STILL, LUNGE FORWARD A SHORT DISTANCE. IN BOTH INSTANCES THE OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE WAS OVER 90 DEGREES AND THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS TURNED ON. AN HOUR AFTER THIS A TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD IT LOOKED INTO THE NEXT DAY ON 6/13/2001. THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I TOOK IT TO ( GREENWAY FORD, ORLANDO, FL.) FORD RAN AN EEC SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS AND FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE CONTROL HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE ON BOARD COMPUTER ADJUSTED. SINCE THE WAY THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD, ALTHOUGH I WAS ABLE TO BRAKE IT BEFORE IT WENT A FOOT, IT WOULD SEEM TO POSE A DANGER TO INDIVIDUALS NEARBY THE VEHICLE. *TR

HOT DAY - 101 DEGREES AND WE HAD THE AIR CONDITIONER ON. WHILE BACKING UP THE VEHICLE "SURGED". PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, AGAIN SURGED. WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER ACTING AS IF IT WANTED TO SHIFT, BUT COULDN'T. IT SPUTTERED THE WHOLE WAY HOME. WE TURNED OFF THE CAR, WAITING FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS GONE. WE TOOK IT FOR A DRIVE AND IT DROVE JUST FINE. ANOTHER HOT DAY, DRIVING FOR AWHILE AND IT STARTED SURGING WHEN BACKING UP AND THEN SURGED AGAIN BEFORE THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. AGAIN, WE TURNED OFF, TURNED ON, EVERYTHING IS OK. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT WE NOW KNOW IS THE MAIN COMPLAINT AND MANY OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. *TT

FORD FREESTYLE 2006 SURGING AND REVING UP WHEN PUTTING IT IN GEAR. REVERSE AND FORWARD ALMOST HAD ACCIDENT AGAIN. IT SEAMS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS MANY OWNERS. WHEN PUTTING IT IN GEAR IT REVS UP HIGH AND THEN SHUTSW ENGINE DOWN. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. ONCE RESTARTED RUNS OK UNTILL GEAR IS SELECTED AGAIN HAVE TO HOLD BRAKE AND HOPE IT WORKS RIGHT, SEEMS TO HAPPEN ALOT. *TT