2006 Ford Freestyle

ENGINE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING ON THE GARDEN STATE PKWY. NO ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON IT HESITATED TO ACCELERATE AFTER LEAVING A TOLL BOOTH AND KICKED OFF. I WAS TOLD THE CAR HAD A CYLINDER THAT WAS NOT FIRING AND I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. UPON THE DEALERSHIP PULLING THE ENGINE THEY VERIFIED THE ENGINE WAS WELL MAINTAINED BY ME AND THE CAUSE OF THE CYLINDER BLOW OUT WAS DUE TO THE TIMING CHAIN BLOWING APART. MY SON COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED . THEIR WAS NO ENGINE LIGHT WARNING NO TRANSMISSION LIGHT AND HE HAD TO CROSS OVER 4 LANES OF HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE GARDEN STATE PKWY. I HAD THE ENGINE REPLACED AND 6 WEEKS LATER UPON PICKING UP THE VEHICLE IT NOW HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THE DAY I PICKED UP THE CAR IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 60MPH FOR ME TO ENTER TRAFFIC. IT STILL DOES NOT CLIMB STEEP HILLS. THE CAR REVS IN RPMS TO 5 AND FEELS LIKE IT IT NOW GETTING AIR OR FUEL. WHEN DRIVING ON FLAT SURFACES TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FINE. HELP

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 .

STARTING UP TRUCK THR WRENCH LIGJT COMES ON WHILE IT IDLES. IF I TRY DRIVING IT RUNS HORRIBLE. I HAVE TO SHUT IT OFF AND RESTART AND QUICKLY THROW IT INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE TO AVOID IDLING. BY THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE , FORD NEEDS TO DEAL WITH THIS AND RECALL THE FREESTYLES. WHAT A SHAME AS I LOVE MY TRUCK. MAY NEVER BY A FORD PRODUCT AGAIN IF THIS IS NOT RESOLVED. NOT HOLDING MY BREATH AS IT SEEMS FORD DOESN'T CARE SINCE THERE A LOT OF OTHERS WITH FREESTYLES WITH THE EXACT PROBLEM

WE HAVE A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CAR LOST ALL POWER. I PULLED OVER SHUT THE CAR OFF AND THAN SAY AWHILE AND STARTED BACK UP AND IT STARTED GOING AGAIN FINE. A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD IT DID THE SAME. THANK GOD I WAS NEAR A AUTO BODY SHOP AFTER PULLING OVER 6 TIMES ANYWAY MECHANIC SAID THAT THE THROTTLE BODY IS BAD. I LOOKED THIS UP AND NOTICED THERE WAS A MAJOR ISSUES WITH FORD AND THIS PART. AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL WHEN WE ASKED. BUT I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS IS MANY CARS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND LOTS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAFETY. AS YOU HAVE NO IDEA THAT THE CAR WILL RANDOMLY STOP. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED ON THAT HIGHWAY. SOMOENE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!

CAR WAS PARKED FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER RUNNING WITHOUT ISSUE FOR 20 MINUTES. WHEN STARTING AGAIN FROM THE PARKED POSITION, CAR LOST ALL POWER STEERING. WITHIN THE 2.1 MILE/6 MINUTE RIDE THAT FOLLOWED, THE POWER STEERING NEVER RETURNED. CHECKING UNDER THE HOOD REVEALED SERPENTINE BELT FAILED IN A CLEAN BREAK. THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVEN PRIOR TO REPLACING THE BELT THE NEXT DAY. ONCE THE BELT WAS INSTALLED, A QUICK RUN THROUGH THE SYSTEM FUNCTIONS INCLUDED RUNNING THE A/C. ALL SYSTEMS SEEM FUNCTIONAL UNTIL THE A/C IS ACTIVATED. WITHIN 3 SECONDS OF STARTING A/C, OBSERVED AUDIBLE MOTOR SOUND FOLLOWED BY ALL POWER FAILED (FULL SHUT-DOWN). TURNED OFF ENGINE, REMOVED KEY, WAITED 60 SECONDS, ALL WAS GOOD UNTIL AGAIN TURNING ON THE A/C, WHEN SYMPTOM OF SYSTEM FAILURE (AUDIBLE MOTOR SOUND CHANGE) OCCURRED AGAIN, A/C WAS TURNED OFF RIGHT AWAY, AND ENGINE AND ALL OTHER SYSTEMS OPERATED AS EXPECTED.

I HAVE HAD A FEW PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR LURCHING FORWARD AS I AM COMING TO A STOP. THE MOST RECENT THING WAS AS I WAS LEAVING A PARKING LOT MY RPMS WENT UP TO 5 AND THE ENGINE GOT REALLY LOUD MY CAR JUMPED FORWARD 3 TIMES ALMOST HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME! I TOOK IT IN WHERE IT HAS TO SIT AT A DEALER SHIP FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH NO RENTAL COVERAGE. ALSO THEY SAID IT IS UNDER A SPECIAL EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR RPM SURGE BUT IF IT WILL NOT DO IT FOR THEM I HAVE TO PAY $100.00! I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS CAR IS NOT BEING RECALLED!! I READ THAT SOMEONE HIT A PERSON BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM AND THEIR HAS BEEN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS.

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING PLACE, THE CAR LUNGED AND I HAD NO CONTROL. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED IN THE FORWARD GEAR. FINALLY THE BRAKES DID WORK. THIS TIME THE LURCH WAS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT THE CAR ACTUALLY STALLED OUT ON ME. I RESTARTED THE CAR AND STARTED TO DRIVE IT HOME AND THE CAR HAD NO GET UP AN GO. RAN VERY SLUGGISH WITH NO POWER. TOOK THE CAR TO AUTO SHOP WHERE I WAS TOLD IT WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. CALLED FORD DEALERSHIP WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD COST $6200.00. CAN NOT AFFORD THIS, BUT IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS WELL AS UNSAFE FOR MY TEENAGE DAUGHTERS TO DRIVE FOR THEIR LEANER'S PERMIT. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS????

ON INCREASINGLY FREQUENT OCCASIONS, MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE SEL FWD VEHICLE HAS SURGED (OR LUNGED) DURING VERY LOW/0 SPEED MANEUVERS, SUCH AS TURNING INTO, OR BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE/GARAGE; QUEUING UP IN A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN LANE, OR WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT/SIGN FOR TRAFFIC TO CLEAR; OR NAVIGATING TIGHT PASSAGES, I.E., PARKING GARAGE EXIT LANES AND DRIVE-THROUGH LANES. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE EXACERBATED BY HOT WEATHER AND/OR A/C OPERATION AND/OR STEERING WHEEL MOVEMENT. THIS PROBLEM HAD OCCURRED PRIOR TO 9/6/2011, BUT WITH VERY RARE FREQUENCY. NOW HOWEVER, I AM EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM ON AN ALMOST DAILY BASIS. I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THERE IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE DEVELOPING WITH THIS MODEL. IF I DON'T HAVE MY FOOT FIRMLY PLANTED ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR CAN SURGE (FAIRLY RAPIDLY) FORWARD OR BACKWARD A GOOD 10 - 20 FEET.