2006 Ford Freestyle

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING UP AN INCLINE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 70 MPH. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTION BUT THE ENGINE RPMS CONTINUED TO INCREASE AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE ENGINE HAD TO BE SHUT TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 82,000. UPDATED 03/23/12*LJ UPDATED 04/09/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WHILE THE GEAR WAS PLACED IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE ALSO ACCELERATED WHILE IN DRIVE WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000. UPDATED 01/03/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION ONLY HAPPENED WHEN THE ENGINE WAS COLD. UPDATED 01/04/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD ABNORMALLY WHILE SITTING AT A COMPLETE STOP WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN ROUTE TO WORK OR THE GROCERY STORE, MY 06 FORD FREESTYLE SEEMED SLOW AND SLUGGISH TO RESPOND AS I WOULD BE WAITING AT A RED LIGHT FOR THE GREEN. WHEN THE LIGHT DID TURN GREEN AND I WOULD PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO GO, THE CAR WOULD SHUT OFF. A FEW TIMES THERE WERE CLOSE CALLS AS THE CAR BEHIND ME WOULD BE UNAWARE I WAS HAVING TROUBLE AND ALMOST REAR-END ME. WHEN THE CAR WOULD CUT OFF, I WOULD PROCEED TO RESTART THE CAR AND THEN PRESS THE GAS TO GO. THE CAR SEEMED TO RESPOND EXTREMELY SLOW LIKE I WOULD HAVE THE GAS PEDAL PRESSED TO THE FLOOR AND WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO GO 20 - 25 MPH. ON OTHER OCCASIONS, THE CAR WOULD SEEM TO LURCH FORWARD OR BACKWARD (DEPENDING ON IF I HAD THE CAR IN DRIVE OR REVERSE) THE THROTTLE BODY FAILURE ON MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE THE ENGINE WILL ACCELERATE WITHOUT APPLYING THE GAS PEDALAND WILL NO ACCELERATE AT TIMES WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED. AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH I FOUND THIS TO BE ARECURRING PROBLEM ON 2006, AND 2007 FORD FREESTYLE VEHICLES. FORD IS OR SHOULD BE WELL AWARE THE PROBLE EXIST AND HAS FOR SOME TIME AND HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT , TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY MY CAR HAS BEEN AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOR OVER A MONTH BECAUSE THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR IT [ THROTTLEBODY ] IS NOT AVAILIABLE AND NO ONE CAN TELL ME FOR SURE WHEN IT WILL BE PEOPLE AT FORD TELL ME THAT THE COMPANY MAKING THE PART WENT OUT OF BUSSINESS WITHOUT NOTICE, WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS DOES NOT HELP MY SITUATION, I HAVE NOTIFIED MY STATE AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY SAFETY COMMISHNERS OF THE PROBLEM AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE WITH A SIMILAR PROBLEM TO DO THE SAME. *TR

THE 2006 FORD FREESTYLE THAT MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT IN WINTER OF 2008, WAS A GREAT CAR FOR THE FIRST YEAR. WE NOTICED AFTER THE FIRST 12-13 MONTHS THAT IT WAS HAVING A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE, AS IN... THE CAR WOULD START REVVING WHILE AT IDLE... YOU COULD BE STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT AND IT WOULD LUNGE SO HARD THAT IT WOULD PUSH ITSELF HALF A CAR LENGTH INTO THE INTERSECTION BEFORE YOU COULD STOP IT. IF IT WERE IN REVERSE IT WOULD LUNGE EVEN HARDER. WE HAD TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT THE COULD NEVER RECREATE THE ISSUE ACCORDING TO THEM. THEN 1 MONTH OUT OF WARRANTY THEY COULD ALL OF THE SUDDEN RECREATE THE ISSUE AND IT COST US $825 FOR A NEW THROTTLE BODY. WE REPLACED IT, AND WE HAVE KEPT ALL RECEIPTS INCASE OF A RECALL. THE CAR WAS GOOD AGAIN FOR ANOTHER 12 MONTHS, THEN IT STARTS DOING IT AGAIN... AGAIN THE FORD DEALERSHIP CANNOT SEEM TO RECREATE THE ISSUE. THEN TODAY THEY CAN AMAZINGLY ASSESS EVERYTHING AND TELL US THAT WILL COST US $1300+ TO FIX YET ANOTHER THROTTLE CONTROL ISSUE. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL BY THE COMPANY HERE... THERE IS ALREADY A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN CALIFORNIA AGAINST FORD FOR 2005-2007 FREESTYLE . MY WIFE IS SCARED TO DEATH TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ANYMORE. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF OTHER FREESTYLE OWNERS WITH THE EXACT ISSUE HERE. SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE TO FIX THIS. *TR

THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY SURGE EVEN WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS. SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN WE ARE BRAKING. HAS NOT ACTUALLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT YET BUT WORRIED IT COULD. TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER AT ONE POINT (JONES WEST FORD) BUT THEY SAID THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A PROBLEM AND WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING. THE RESET THE COMPUTER ON THE CAR AND THOUGHT THAT WOULD MAYBE HELP BUT IT STILL CONTINUES TO THIS DAY AND THAT HAS PROBABLY BEEN CLOSE IF NOT MORE THAN 2 YEARS AGO. I HAVE READ THAT PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SIMILAR TYPE OF PROBLEM ALTHOUGH MY SISTER WHO HAS A 1995 HAS NOT SO IT MUST NOT BE IN EVERY ONE THAT WAS MADE. *TR

GOOD DAY, WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE THE VEHICLE STOPPED, PUSHED TO THE SIDE AND TRIED STARTING. IT NEVER FULLY RECOVERED THE SPEED, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT DOWN TO THE GAS STATION, WHERE I TALKED TO SOMEONE AND I HAD TO MAKE IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS MY FIRST TIME. THERE HAS BEEN JERKING IN THE PAST, PEDAL STICKING, AND ACCELERATION OF THE VEHICLE. NOW THERE ARE WORK ISSUES AND NO ONE HAS THE MONEY TO BUY ANOTHER CAR, AND FROM SEARCHING THIS SITE AND OTHERS, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS. IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF THEY WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM, SEEING AS THEY STOPPED MAKING THE CAR AFTER 2006, AND THERE ARE VERY FEW PARTS. THIS VAN HAS SOME ISSUES, AND THE DEALERSHIP I TOOK IT TOO WANTS TO CHARGE ME FOR EXPERIMENTATION ON MY CAR, THROTTLE BODY, AND THEY SAID IF IT WAS NOT THE THROTTLE BODY, THEN IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE I THOUGHT ALL DEALERSHIP ARE SUPPOSE TO BE HONEST AND LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON. THEY DID NOT TELL ME ANY OF THIS AND THEY STILL WANT TO CHARGE ME 8,000 DOLLARS, AND IT IS A RIP-OFF. MORE PEOPLE NEED TO WRITE IN ABOUT THIS VEHICLE AND THE FORD AND THE TRANSPORTATION DIVISION NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE, FOR TAKING GREAT PEOPLES HARD EARNED MONEY, HAVE A GREAT DAY. *KB