2006 Ford Freestyle

WHEN SHIFTED FROM P TO R OR D, THE VEHICLE SURGES OR LUNGES. VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL EVEN WITH FOOT FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE. WORSE WHEN A/C IS ON. THE ENGINE RACES, AND RPMS INCREASE. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED LAST YEAR, AT APPROXIMATELY 48K MILES. NOTICED THE PROBLEM SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE, BUT THE PROBLEM SEEMED ALMOST IMAGINARY, THEN WENT AWAY OVER THE WINTER MONTHS. THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED AND SEEMS WORSE AT THIS TIME (SUMMER 2011). DEFINITELY NOT IMAGINARY, DEFINITELY DANGEROUS. OCCURS IN PARKING LOTS AND INTERSECTIONS, WHERE THERE ARE OFTEN MANY PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES IN CLOSE QUARTERS. ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON, MECHANIC SAYS SERVICE CODES INDICATE THROTTLE PROBLEM. HOPE TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED TOMORROW. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE IN MARCH 2011. IN MAY IT STARTED LUNGING WHEN IT WAS FIRST PUT INTO GEAR WITH MY FOOT APPLIED ON THE BRAKE. IT GOT WORSE WHEN THE AIR HAD BEEN ON AND THE CAR IS IDLING. TO THE POINT IT STARTED STALLING AND THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO SHOP ON MAY 31. STAYED THERE TIL FRI. JUNE 3. THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. DROVE IT BACK HOME OVER AN HOUR AWAY JUST FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. NOW I HAVE TO RETURN TO THE SHOP FOR THEM TO SEE WHAT ELSE THEY CAN FIND. *TR

I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT OUR 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. OUR VEHICLE HAS THE CVT TRANSMISSION AND HAS STARTED REVVING AND JOLTING FORWARD WHEN I PLACE THE CAR IN DRIVE, REVERSE OR EVEN WHEN I COME TO A STOP. I HAVE NOTICED SINCE I HAVE STARTED USING THE AIR CONDITIONING THAT THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN MORE FREQUENT AND MORE POWERFUL. I HAVE BEEN SITTING AT A DRIVE-THRU AND ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BECAUSE MY CAR JOLTED FORWARD. I AM AFRAID I AM GOING TO END UP HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE OR SOMEONE IF THE PROBLEM CONTINUES OR GETS WORSE. *TR

I PURCHASED USED 2006 FORD FREESTYLE IN FEBRUARY 2011. ITS BEEN TWO MONTHS. I AM HAVING PROBLEMS OF ACCELERATION WHEN MY FOOT IS NOT ON THE PEDAL, IT SPEEDS UP AND HAVE TO HIT THE BRAKES. ALSO, MY WRENCH LIGHT GOES AND ENGINE LIGHT IS NOW ON. DEALER TODAY STATES NEED NEW THROTTLE BODY $800. I JUST DROVE IT OFF THE LOT 2 MONTHS AGO. *TR

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE (2006 FORD FREESTYLE SE) AND PLACING IN GEAR, VEHICLE LURCHES AND SOMETIMES STALLS. WITH BRAKES FIRMLY APPLIED, VEHICLE DOES NOT MOVE MUCH, BUT IF VEHICLE IS ALREADY MOVING, IT MAY PROPEL FORWARD SEVERAL FEET SUDDENLY. ON THE REPORTED INCIDENT DATE, THE AUTOMOBILE LURCHED WHILE BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY IN REVERSE. THE CAR UNEXPECTEDLY LURCHED BACKWARDS INTO THE STREET, THEN STALLED. AN ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED IF OTHER CARS WERE ON THE ROADWAY. THE A/C WAS RUNNING AT THE TIME OF ALL OCCURRENCES. *TR

2006 FORD FREESTYLE IS HAVING AN ACCELERATION PROBLEM. I FIRST NOTICED IT IN THE MORNING ONE I PUT IT IN REVERSE AND HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE CAR WOULD WAND TO GO BY ITSELF. AS IT GET HOTTER THE PROBLEM OCCURS MORE. THEN IN 2010 THE AC WENT OUT AND I SPENT $1100 IN REPAIRS. THE PROBLEM DIDN'T OCCUR TO OFTEN IN THE WINTER HOWEVER IN THE PAST MONTH THE CAR NOW ACCELERATES FORWARD AND BACKWARD. IT ALSO ACCELERATES WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING. THIS HAD NOT HAPPEN BEFORE. TODAY I WAS DRIVING ON A VERY BUSY STREET WHEN THE CAR LUNGE AND THEN DIED. I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND IT WOULD GO VERY SLOW AS IF IT HAD LOST POWER. IT TURNED OFF 3 MORE TIMES AND THEN AS I PRESSED THE GAS THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WILL BE TAKING IT IN. HOWEVER, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND AS I THINK ABOUT ALL THE INCIDENTS OVER THE PAST YEAR, IT SEEMS THIS MAY BE A PROBLEM THAT IS ESCALATED BY THE AIR CONDITION AND WHEN TEMPERATURES RISE. I HAVE OWN MANY FORDS AND THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED WITH ONE OF THEM. I THINK THIS MAY BE A SERIOUS DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

RETURNING HOME WITH MY CHILDREN, WHEN MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE LURCHED HORRIBLY, ACCELERATING FIRST, THEN DROPPING DOWN TO ALMOST NO POWER AT ALL, WITH THE YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT TURNED ON, AND THEN WOULD BARELY ACCELERATE TILL I GOT HOME AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, THEN RE-STARTED IT AND THE CAR ACTED RELATIVELY NORMAL. FORTUNATELY WAS ON A COUNTRY ROAD, AND NO OTHER CARS AROUND WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED. *TR

CAR LURCHES ON ITS OWN WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. HAPPENS MOST IN REVERSE WHEN BACKING UP OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, BUT HAS ALSO HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE IDLING IN A DRIVE THRU LINE. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL NEAR COLLISIONS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. IT HAPPENS ALMOST ALWAYS WHEN FIRST PUT INTO REVERSE. I HAVE LEARNED TO KEEP MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. IT IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. *TR