2006 Ford Freestyle

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

WHEN MY WIFE ARRIVED AT HER DESTINATION, SHE COULD NOT RELEASE HER SEATBELT. THIS WAS THE DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT LATCH MECHANISM THAT HAD FAILED. SHE WAS ABLE TO FINALLY WORK HER WAY OUT FROM UNDER THE SEATBELT BY GETTING SOME EXTRA SLACK IN THE BELT. WE FINALLY WERE ABLE TO GET THE MECHANISM TO RELEASE. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND WITHOUT THINKING, I PUT THE SEATBELT ON. WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE DEALER, I WAS UNABLE TO RELEASE THE SEATBELT! I HONKED THE HORN UNTIL THE SERVICE MANAGER CAME OUT TO SEE WHAT ALL THE NOISE WAS. THE SERVICE MANAGER WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE BELT RELEASED. THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. WE ORDERED A NEW LATCHING MECHANISM ($ 195.00 /W/ LABOR) MY EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER IT BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY ITEM. THIS WAS THE LATCH MECHANISM END THAT THE BELT CLICKS INTO. VEHICLE HAS 55,000 MILES. IT WAS MOST CERTAINLY A SAFETY DEFECT! *TR

THREE TIMES I HAVE EXPERIENCED LUNGING IN MY CAR WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE OR REVERSE. MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE AND NOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. MY THEN HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, NOT SHIFTING FROM FIRST GEAR REGARDLESS OF SPEED OR RPM. AFTER HAVING THE COMPUTER CODES CHECKED THERE WAS AN ERROR WITH THE TRANSMISSION, THE TECH RESET THE COMPUTER CODES AND THE CAR TEMPORARILY RAN FINE. THEN THE PROBLEM RETURNED AND PERSISTS. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM I DISCOVERED THAT IT IS NOT SOMETHING LIMITED TO THE TRANSMISSION BUT SEEMS TO INCLUDE THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE AIR CONDITIONER AS WELL. *TR

THE CAR WHEN YOUR AT A STOP OR LOW SPEED, IN DRIVE OR REVERSE THE CAR WILL TRY TO LURCH. WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IT'S FINE BUT WHEN YOU COME TO A STOP THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. A COUPLE OF TIMES THE CAR WOULDN'T GO RIGHT AWAY BUT EVENTUALLY IT WOULD SOMETIMES AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN THE WRENCH WOULD BE GONE AND WOULD BE ABLE TO GO. SOUNDS LIKE SOMETIMES THE CAR ISN'T SHIFTING RIGHT.THE LURCHING IS REALLY NOTICEABLE WHEN THE A/C IS ON. CAN'T HAVE THE A/C ON WHEN AT A STOP OR IT WILL LURCH. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. MONTHS BEFORE I WENT TO 2 FORD DEALERS ABOUT A PROBLEM OF THE CAR SURGING AT STOP LIGHTS AND ALSO WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AT STOP SIGNS. THE THIRD DEALER IN AUGUST THAT I HAD WENT TO STATED THE THROTTLE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACED, MY EXTENDED WARRANTY HAD JUST EXPIRED IN APRIL OF 2011. THE CAR HAD JUST TURNED 60,000 MILES. THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT UNDER THE WARRANTY. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SURGING PROBLEM BUT THIS CAR DEALER SAID IT DID NOT FIT MY VIN NUMBER. I WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT MY CAR AND VIN FIT THE RECALL AND COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE FIRST TWO DEALERS IN THE JACKSONVILLE AREA IGNORED THE MATTER. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD VEHICLE AND I HAVE BEEN FAITHFULLY RIDING IN THEM FOR YEARS. I HOPE THIS HELPS OTHERS TO BE ADAMANT AND TO HAVE THEIR VEHICLE CHECKED FOR THE THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM AS MAYBE A SOLUTION FOR THEIR CAR SURGING AT STOP SIGNS . I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE AMERICAN FORD DEALERSHIP. I HOPE NO ONE HAS THE CLOSE CALLS OF HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THEM DUE TO THIS CAR SURGING FORWARD PROBLEM AS I HAVE. *TR

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.

2006 FORD FREESTYLE WITH 69,000 MILES, WHILE PUTTING IN FORWARD OR REVERSE VEHICLE WOULD LURCH AND RPM'S WOULD RISE TO AROUND 3500 FORD STATES IT'S AN THROTTLE BODY MODULE PROBLEM.. REPLACED THROTTLE BODY MODULE AND NOW VEHICLE WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR. DEALERSHIP NOW STATES ITS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. MANY REPORTED PROBLEMS WITH THE FREESTYLE FOR EXACT PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. *TR

VEHICLE HAS BEEN LUNGING WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE FROM PARK, AND WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE FROM PARK. KINDA SCARY ACTUALLY! THIS SUMMER, IT GOT SEVERE DURING THE HEAT WAVE WHILE USING THE A/C; VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE THEN STALL OUT. CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO COMPLAIN, AND WAS TOLD THE CAR HAS TOO MANY MILES ON IT. CALLED THE FORD NATIONAL COMPLANT LINE TO REPORT SAME; WAS TOLD "IT HAS NOT BEEN A REPORTED PROBLEM". WHEN I SEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON LINE, I FOUND THAT TO BE A FALSE STATEMENT. *TT