2006 Ford Freestyle

MY 2006 FREESTYLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY ACCELERATE WHEN STOPPED OR GOING AT LOW SPEEDS. THIS HAPPENS AT REDLIGHTS, CARPOOL LINE, OR ANYWHERE I AM IDLE. IT HAPPENS ON OCCASION WHILE IN REVERSE. I HAVE TRIED SOME OF THE FUEL INJECTION CLEANERS AND WILL BE TAKING IT TO BE LOOKED AT TODAY AFTER A SCARE AT AN INTERSECTION WHERE IT REVVED UP AND STALLED. I HAVE SEEN MANY POST ABOUT IT BEING THE THROTTLE BODY BUT I FOR ONE CAN'T AFFORD A PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO BE ER RELATED. IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME RIGHT NOW AS I WAS ALMOST HIT AT THE INTERSECTION. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON/OFF FOR A FEW MONTHS AND AT FIRST IT WAS SO SLIGHT I DID NOT NOTICE. OF NOTE, MY AIR COMPRESSOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND I HAVE READ THAT THESE PROBLEMS SEEM TO GOING HAND IN HAND. *TR

OUT OF THE BLUE, MY CAR WAS JUMPING FORWARD (OR BACKWARD IF IN REVERSE) WITHOUT ME PUSHING ON THE GAS PEDAL. IN ONE INSTANCE, WHEN STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, THE CAR JUMPED PARTWAY INTO THE INTERSECTION WHICH WAS VERY FRIGHTENING! ALSO HAD AN INCIDENT STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WHERE CAR JUMPED FORWARD NEARLY HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. ALSO EXPERIENCED SOME LOSS OF POWER, INABILITY TO ACCELERATE, WHILE DRIVING. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. TOOK INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY REPLACED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. PART WAS VERY HARD TO FIND, AND WE HAD TO PAY FOR A RENTAL CAR FOR A WEEK. INITIALLY TOLD THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER AND MAY TAKE A COUPLE MONTHS! *TR

WE OWN A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. WERE DRIVING THE CAR 700 MILES FROM HOME WHEN THE WRENCH LIGHT STARTED GOING ON/OFF. WE WERE ENTERING A FREEWAY ON-RAMP WHEN THE THROTTLE DISENGAGED AND WE WERE FORCED TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALL FOR ASSISTANCE - THANKFULLY WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT SAFELY. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP IN SAN LEANDRO, CA, AND HAD TO RENT A CAR TO GET HOME. AFTER ABOUT 1.5 WEEKS WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT METAL DAMAGE IN THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD COST US $6200 TO REPLACE IT. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 47,100 MILES ON IT. FROM WHAT WE'VE READ, THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE FREESTYLE AND NEEDS TO BE SERIOUSLY ADDRESSED BY FORD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. AFTER STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT AND GETTING READY TO MOVE THE VEHICLE IT FAILED TO MOVE. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND THE UPPER TORQUE MOUNT FAILED. THERE WAS A WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED DISPLAYING A WRENCH FOR THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE AND INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER NOR THE DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

I HAD A PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. CAR WOULD LAUNCH WITH FOOT ON BRAKE. BROUGHT TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. NOW AT 65K MILES, THE TRANSMISSION HAS A NOISE (IN PARK AND NEUTRAL). THE TRANSMISSION SHOP HAS QUOTED $5200 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. IT DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT THAT A CAR COULD NOT EASILY REACH 100K THESE DAYS. I AM AN AEROSPACE ENGINEER AND WOULD BE EMBARRASSED IF MY PRODUCT FAILED AS OFTEN AS I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS CAR. *TR

2006 FORD FREESTYLE WE CHANGE THE ACCELERATOR BODY IT LURCHED FORWARD AND IT WAS DANGEROUS ALMOST HIT A FEW CARS IN TRAFFIC WE WERE TERRIFIED OF IT WOULD NOT RIDE THE KIDS IN IT AND THE TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING A WEIRD SSSSSSSSSSSS NOISE FEW MONTHS AGO AND NOW ITS MORE OF A RRRRRRRRRRR LOUD SOUND EVERYBODY TURNS TO LOOK WHEN WE DRIVE BY WERE GONNA TAKE IT TO THE FORD DEALER TODAY WE WILL PROBABLY PAY UP THE WAS BECAUSE YOU WONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM YOU KNOW EXISTS AS ALWAYS WITH EVERYTHING THE CORPORATIONS COMEFIRST THEY HAVE THE MONEY YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED THIS IS AFAMILY VEHICLE IT HAS A THIRD ROW SEAT KIDS RIDE IN IT STILL YOU DO NOTHING .AND AS YOUR FIRST QUESTIONS INDICATE NO DEATHS NO CRASHES NOT YOUR PROBLEM RIGHT.NATIONAL SAFETY WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN YA RIGHT ,SHOULD BE NATIONAL LETS TAKE CARE OF THE CAR MANUFACTURER WITH DEEP POCKETS BEARUE. THIS IS A DEFECT AND YOU KNOW IT THE ACCELERATOR BODY AND THE CVT TRANS. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM YET YOU DO NOTHING GUESS WE WILL HAVE TO DO A CLASS ACTION WE HAVE TO DO IT OURSELVES AS ALWAYS. *TR

MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE'S ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. AFTER SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL AND PULLING OVER, I FINALLY REALIZED THAT TAPPING THE PEDAL WOULD RELEASE IT. THE DEALER "COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM". SHORTLY AFTER THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON, THE "WRENCH" LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN THE LAST LIGHT WENT ON, THE CAR WOULD SURGE FORWARD ON ITS OWN. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF THIS PROBLEM AND IN THOSE CASES, THERE WAS NO SATISFACTION. IT IS VERY FRIGHTENING TO HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE ACCELERATION OF YOUR VEHICLE ESPECIALLY WHEN 5 CHILDREN ARE WITH YOU. *TR

IN JULY 2010 OUR 2006 FORD FREESTYLE STARTED LURCHING AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING A MAJOR ISSUE. DEALER ADVISED US TO PULL OVER AND CALL A WRECKER TO TOW VEHICLE. AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF AND THEN BACK ON, WRENCH LIGHT DID NOT COME BACK ON, SO WE DROVE ADDITIONAL 5 MILES TO HOME, THEN TO DEALER 20 MILES NEXT DAY. MILEAGE ON VEHICLE 81,000. WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION AND THAT THE COST OF REPAIR WAS $600 TO $800. DEALER INDICATED A PROBLEM IN GETTING PART AS THERE HAD BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THIS FOR SOME TIME ON THE FREESTYLE. I DID NOT KEEP OLD PART, BUT LATER LOOKED UP "FORD FREESTYLE COMPLAINTS" AND NOTED THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS HAVING SAME PROBLEM, SOME OCCURRING IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE FOUND TWO LOCAL FREESTYLE OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD SAME ISSUE AND SAME REPAIR DONE. WE PUT ABOUT 30,000 MILES A YEAR ON OUR VEHICLES AND KEEP THEM FOR 3 TO 4 YEARS. I HAVE NEVER HAD A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IN THIS MILEAGE RANGE WITH ANY PREVIOUS VEHICLE, AND FEEL IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A DANGEROUS ISSUE AND PLACED ON RECALL LIST. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD ALTHOUGH HER FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE AN UNKNOWN PART WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DRIVE IN THE REVERSE GEAR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED TO COVER HALF THE REPAIR COSTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 63,000.

WHILE IDLING IN PARK WITH A/C ON, PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE OR DRIVE AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO QUICKLY ACCELERATE WITHOUT PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. HAD TO QUICKLY PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO AVOID RUNNING INTO PEOPLE/VEHICLE. EVEN WITH BRAKE PEDAL BEING APPLIED, VEHICLE TENDS TO LURCH IN REVERSE OR DRIVE. THIS BEGAN OCCASIONALLY AT AROUND 70,000 MILES BUT NOW HAPPENS CONTINUALLY. FORD DEALER SAID IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS MODEL AND IS CAUSED BY A PART THAT IS ON BACK ORDER FOR MONTHS. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO OPERATE. *TR