2006 Ford Freestyle

BOUGHT NEW, PRIOR TO DELIVERY OF VEHICLE DEALER FIRST FIXED A RECALL FOR DOOR LOCK THAT JAMMED DURING COLD WEATHER FREEZING CAUSING REAR DOOR LATCH NOT TO CATCH. PROBLEM OCCURRED THE FOLLOWING WINTER OF 2008 WHEN DROPPING OFF CHILD TO SCHOOL, DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE AND FLEW OPEN AS I WAS DRIVING AWAY, NEARLY SWINGING INTO PATH OF CHILD. PULLED CAR OFF MAIN ROAD TO TRY AND CLOSE DOOR WITH SEVERAL HARD SLAMS BUT LATCH WOULD NOT CATCH DOOR. CALLED FORD RECALL CORPORATE CENTER WHO CHECKED THEIR RECORDS AND CONFIRMED THE DEALER MARKED THE RECALL AS FIXED ALREADY. I EXPLAINED TO THE FORD RECALL DEPARTMENT THAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE DEALER ACTUALLY FIXED THE PROBLEM, IT IS STILL OCCURRING AND WAS A VERY DANGEROUS HAZARD DURING WINTER MONTHS WHEN DOOR COULD SWING OPEN AND HIT ADJACENT CARS, PEDESTRIANS, LIGHT POLES AND TREES ALONG URBAN LOCAL ROADS WHERE SIDEWALKS AND POLES ARE TYPICALLY NEAR THE CURB. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FURTHER SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS ALREADY 'FIXED' UNDER THE RECALL NOTICE. I LOOKED INTO WHAT THE 'FIX' WAS AND IT WAS SIMPLY HAVING THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN DRILL A HOLE IN THE DOOR FRAME TO ALLOW CONDENSATION TO DRAIN INSTEAD OF FREEZING NEAR THE LATCH MECHANISM. I AM AN ENGINEER BY PROFESSION, AND IN MY REVIEW OF THIS REMEDIAL MEASURE, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE DRILL BIT SIZE BEING PROVIDED TO THE DEALERSHIPS FOR THIS FIX WAS NOT A LARGE ENOUGH DIAMETER TO ENSURE PROPER DRAINAGE AND AS A RESULT, THE CONDENSATION WOULD SIMPLY FREEZE ACROSS THE FULL DIAMETER OF THE DRILLED HOLE INTENDED FOR DRAINAGE. PROBLEM CONTINUES TO OCCUR DURING COLD WEATHER MONTHS EACH YEAR AND I HEARD THAT FORD IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AGAIN FOR SIMILAR PROBLEM ON SOME NEWER MODELS

I WAS BACKING OUT OF ANGLE PARKING SPACE. AS I BACKED I BUMPED CONCRETE POLE. AS I PUT CAR IN DRIVE TO GO FORWARD THE ACCELERATOR STUCK WIDE OPEN. I HAD NO CONTROL OF SPEED. I SPED FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AND CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF A PARKED PICK-UP. POLICE WERE CALLED. I WAS ONLY BRUISED AND SORE. I DID SEE A DR. AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO FOLLOW UP. MY INSURANCE CO. TOTALED THE CAR. IT WAS VERY DAMAGED ON THE DRIVER SIDE. SOMEONE COULD OF BEEN KILLED IN THIS ACCIDENT. MY DESCRIPTION DOES NOT ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS INCIDENT. POLICE AND OTHERS COULD NOT BELIEVE I WAS NOT SEVERELY HURT. IF THESES CARS ARE NOT RECALLED IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL SOMEONE DIES IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY .

WE WERE AT A STAND STILL IN TRAFFIC LEADING TO THE OFF RAMP, A VEHICLE CAME SPEEDING DOWN THE ON RAMP AND BY HIS OWN ADMISSION WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION. HE THEN RAMMED INTO THE BACK OF OUR VEHICLE AND HIT US SO HARD THAT IT TRIGGERED A MULTI CAR CRASH, 6 VEHICLES IN ALL. DURING REPAIRS OF THE VEHICLE WE WERE TOLD THAT THE ENGINE WAS EXPERIENCING IDLE SURGE. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THIS WAS NOT DUE TO THE VEHICLE ACCIDENT. WE PAID OUT OF POCKET SOME 1,700.00 AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. THE FORD DEALERSHIP HAS NOT AND WILL NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. FORD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS REPAIR AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ACTION TAKEN ON THEIR PART. I CALLED FORD CORPORATE OFFICE AND WAS TOLD DESPITE MY VEHICLE BEING INCLUDED IN THE 2005-2007 RECALL MY PARTICULAR VIN NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT LOT. NOT GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE. *TR

IT WAS BELOW FREEZING OUT AND SOME OF MY PASSENGER DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN AND THE ONE THAT DID OPEN WOULD NOT CLOSE AGAIN. I SEE THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS PART FOR THE 05 FREESTYLES BUT FORD WILL NOT PERFORM THE RECALL FIX ON MY 06 FREESTYLE BECAUSE THE BUILD DATE DOES NOT MATCH THE RECALL SPECIFICATIONS. THE RECALL I AM REFERRING TO IS 06S45. MY CAR WAS BUILT A WEEK OR TWO AFTER THE END OF THAT SPECIFIC RECALL EVENT. I AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME DOOR LOCK ISSUES IN COLD CLIMATE. FORD REFUSES TO FIX THIS SAFETY ISSUE FORCING MY FAMILY INTO UNSAFE SITUATIONS WHEN IT IS COLD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN ABNORMAL MILDEW SMELL WAS EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DETAILED. THE CONTACT DECIDED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE DOOR STRIKER WAS LEAKING AND CAUSING WATER TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE FLOORBOARD WAS DAMP. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE DOOR STRIKER, THE FLOORBOARD CARPET AND THE SPARE TIRE COVER. THE REMEDY FAILED TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A THIRD TIME. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE SUN ROOF DRAINING LINES WERE DEFECTIVE, CAUSING THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TO FLOOD WHEN ON AN INCLINE. THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE SUN ROOF ASSEMBLY AND THE REAR DRAINAGE LINES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

MY DAUGHTER HAD A WRECK, SHE REAR-ENDED A TRUCK WHO RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIRBAG ON MY VEHICLE DID NOT DEPLOY ALTHOUGH THE SEATBELT DID LOCK UP. THERE HAD BEEN NO WARNING LIGHT STATING THAT THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE AIRBAG. I HAVE WRITTEN TO FORD ABOUT THIS MALFUNCTION BUT THEY JUST SAY THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE AIRBAGS. I TOLD THEM THAT UNFORTUNATELY NO ONE WILL KNOW IF THERE IS A PROBLEM UNTIL THEY HAVE AN ACCIDENT. I FEEL THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE PART AND NEEDS INVESTIGATION. *TR

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE HAS LURCHED FORWARD OR BACKWARD WITHOUT HAVING MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. APPLYING THE BRAKE HAS STOPPED THE CAR. THE REAR BUMPER WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT HIT A LIGHT POLE. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN IT'S WARMER OUTSIDE AND WHEN RUNNING THE AIR CONDITIONING. I'M VERY CONCERNE SOMEONE MIGHT GET INJURED. MY WIFE HAS ALSO HAD THIS HAPPEN TO HER ON MULTIPLE OCCASION. I'VE READ A NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET. I BELIEVE THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED. I'M A MECHANICAL ENGINEER BY DEGREE AND CAN STATE WITH CERTAINTY THAT THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION ESPECIALLY IN A PARKING LOT WHERE IT MOST FREQUENTLY HAPPENS. I WON'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO BACKUP THE VEHICLE IF SOMEONE IS NEARBY IN CASE IT HAS ONE OF THESE FITS. PLEASE KEEP ME POSTED ON ANY RECALL UPDATES. DO THE RIGHT THING, FORCE THE MANUFACTURER TO OWN UP TO THE PROBLEM AND TAKE CARE OF IT. I TOOK IT IN TO HAVE IT FIXED, BUT NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW OR IS WILLING TO SAY WHAT'S WRONG. THEY JUST OFFER TO CHANGE OUT A LOT OF PARTS IN THE HOPES OF HITTING UPON THE PROBLEM. THAT'S TOO EXPENSIVE OF AN APPROACH. DOES FORD KNOW THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM? WILL THEY SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THEIR DEALERSHIPS OR THE CONSUMERS? *TT

NOT SURE ON DATE WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD START LUNGING EVEN WHILE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. PROBLEM WORSENED OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO WHERE IT WOULD CUT OFF MULTIPLE TIMES. ALSO PROBLEM WOULD GET WORSE WHILE AIR CONDITION WAS ON. ONE DAY PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT ONE DAY THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD CAUSING ME TO HIT A PARKING BLOCK. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE FRONT BUMPER ONLY. EVENTUALLY IT GOT TO WHERE WE WERE UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. HAS BEEN PARKED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. WILL CRANK UP FOR A COUPLE SECONDS AND WILL CUT OFF. *TR