2006 Ford Freestyle

ENGINE WILL REV UP WITHOUT ANY PRESSURE BEING APPLIED TO THE GAS PEDAL. HAPPENS MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN PARK AND IS PUT IN GEAR. HAPPENS IN BOTH REVERSE AND FORWARD AND CAN CAUSE YOU TO JUMP OUT IN TRAFFIC IF NOT PREPARED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKES. HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER A FEW TIMES WITH NO POSITIVE OUTCOME. ONGOING INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. LAST NOTICED YESTERDAY. *TR

UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION WHILE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THIS HAPPENS BOTH WHILE IN FORWARD AND REVERSE, AND IS A FAIRLY RARE OCCURRENCE, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW INSTANCES WHEN THIS "SURGING" OCCURS WHILE I'VE BEEN STOPPED AT BUSY STREETS. DEFINITELY A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN, AS THIS IS A FAMILY VEHICLE. LOOKING AT FORD DISCUSSION BOARDS, IT APPEARS TO BE FAIRLY COMMON IN THE FREESTYLE. WE'VE ALSO HAD LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING - THE ENGINE RPMS GO WAY UP, POWER GOES WAY DOWN & THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON (CAR GOES INTO "LIMP" MODE); TURNING THE CAR OFF & THEN BACK ON HELPED INITIALLY, BUT THE ISSUE HAS BECOME MORE COMMON & PREVALENT; CAR IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY; ONE OF THE SURGES CAUSED MY WIFE TO SIDE-SWIPE A CONCRETE POLE IN A PARKING RAMP AS SHE WAS BACKING OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE. FAILURE OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 60K MILES, BUT SUDDEN ACCELERATIONS HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 5K MILES (APPROXIMATELY). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY LURCH FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. SHE WOULD HAVE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND APPLY PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO DISCONTINUE VEHICLE ACCELERATION. SHE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, AND A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. SHE HAD THE COMPONENT REPLACED AT ANOTHER DEALER, BECAUSE THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER. A YEAR LATER THE FAILURE RESURFACED. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HER THAT THE IDLE AIR CONTROL MOTOR WAS THE CAUSE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER, SO THEY CLEANED THE COMPONENT. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD TRY TO EXPEDITE THE PART TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,321. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 47,000. UPDATE 12/14/09 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED BACK IN 2008 WHEN SHE PLACED THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, IT ACCELERATED BACKWARDS RAPIDLY. IN OCT 2009 THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. UPDATED 12/16/09*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. AT LOW SPEEDS HE EXPERIENCES UNINTENDED VEHICLE ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 69,500 THE DEALER IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS THE THROTTLE BODY, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE NEW THROTTLE BODY WON'T BE AVAILABLE UNTIL LATE NOVEMBER.

MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE WILL ACCELERATE AT TIMES WHEN MY FOOT IS NOT ON THE GAS PEDAL, EVEN IF MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. IT WILL ALSO STALL WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION, THE ENGINE WILL REV UP AND SHUT OFF. IT ALSO WILL NOT ACCELERATE AFTER STALLING OUT WHEN I PUSH ON THE GAS PEDAL. I HAD TAKEN MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP ON JULY 28, 2009 TO HAVE THIS LOOKED AT AND REPAIRED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED TO FIX MY CAR, BUT THAT THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER UNTIL DECEMBER 2009. I HAVE CALLED EACH MONTH TO GET AN UPDATE AND EACH TIME HAVE BEEN TOLD SOMETHING DIFFERENT, IN AUGUST 2009 I WAS TOLD THAT THE PART WAS BEING MANUFACTURED AND SHOULD BE IN SOON. AT THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER 2009 I WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR WAS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST AND THAT IT SHOULD BE IN BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, I WAS TOLD THE PART WOULD NOT BE MANUFACTURED UNTIL THE END OF OCTOBER WITH A DELIVERY OF LATE NOVEMBER, SO THE PROJECTED REPAIR TIME FOR MY CAR WOULD BE LATE NOVEMBER EARLY DECEMBER. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE MY CAR FOR MORE THAN 2 MONTHS, IT IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION FOR MY 3 CHILDREN. SO EARLIER THIS WEEK WE DECIDED TO CONTACT FORD DIRECTLY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE REPAIR ISSUE. WE ARE NOW BEING TOLD POSSIBLY THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER THE PART WILL BE AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. AND THEY HAVE SENT A MUTUAL RELEASE FOR ME TO SIGN IN ORDER TO HAVE A LOANER CAR TO USE UNTIL THE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. IN THIS RELEASE IT REMOVES ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR THE REPAIR FROM FORD, ITS DEALERSHIPS AND SUBSIDIARIES. IN RESEARCHING THE REPAIR ISSUE WITH MY CAR, I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS WAITING ON THE THIS SAME PART AND REPAIR AND WAS TOLD AT ONE TIME BY THE DEALER THAT THERE WERE OVER 900 CARS OF THE SAME MODEL WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND YET THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL FROM FORD. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL, AND THE ENGINE STALLED. HE ALSO HAD DIFFICULTY ACCELERATING WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER , AND A TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 130,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE SHIFTED THE VEHICLE OUT OF REVERSE HE EXPERIENCE UNINTENDED VEHICLE ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND A TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED. HOWEVER BECAUSE THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER, NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,100. BL