2006 Ford Freestyle

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

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED THE RPM'S BEGAN TO INCREASE AND DECREASE EXCESSIVELY. SHE ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STALL WHILE DRIVING FORWARD OR IN REVERSE. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS RESTARTED, IT WOULD FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

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

I HAVE A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. OVER THE PAST 4-6 MONTHS I HAVE NOTICED THE CAR SURGING AND LURCHING FORWARD AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP WITH MY FOOT STILL COMPLETELY ON THE BRAKE. I HAVE ALMOST COLLIDED WITH VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME AS WELL AS PEDESTRIANS IN THE CROSSWALK! THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS IN REVERSE BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND STOPPING TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE. THE CAR WILL SURGE OR LURCH BACKWARDS AND IF YOU ARE NOT COVERING THE BRAKE WHILE IN DRIVE OR REVERSE, THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FRONTIER FORD IN SAN JOSE, CA AND THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THIS PROBLEM AS A BAD THROTTLE BODY. FROM MY RESEARCH, THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE & MODEL VEHICLE. I BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM MAY VERY WELL LEAD TO A SERIOUS TRAGEDY IF THIS COMMON PROBLEM IS NOT RECALLED. PLEASE HELP US OWNERS OF THESE CARS REMAIN SAFE AND NOT KILL SOMEONE BECAUSE OF THIS FAILURE! A RECALL IS BADLY NEEDED !!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE STOPPED, THE ENGINE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN RPMS. THE VEHICLE THEN SURGED FORWARD UNTIL HEAVY PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY CASING HAD OVERHEATED AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. UPDATED 01/11/2011*LJ UPDATED 03/02/11

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