2006 Ford Freestyle

WHEN SLOWING TO ENTER A PARKING SPACE OR ON EXIT FROM A PARKING SPACE THE CAR WOULD SUDDENLY IDLE / REV UP TO A HIGH SPEED RPM AND QUICKLY ACCELERATE FORWARD. THIS WOULD TEND TO OCCUR WHEN YOU ARE MOVING BETWEEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE BRAKE, THE CAR WOULD LURCH FORWARD WITHOUT CONTROL. THIS REQUIRED THE DRIVER TO SLAM ON THE BREAK TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM HITTING ADJACENT CARS, PEDESTRIANS AND CURB. THIS ALSO OCCURS WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP AT CONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES AND AT HIGHER ALTITUDES. THE PROBLEM HAS CAUSED THE CAR TO STALL AND TO TRIGGER A COMPUTER FAULT THAT LIMITED THE FUNCTION OF THE TRANSMISSION. TURNING THE CAR OFF AND ON AGAIN CLEARED THE ERROR.

2006 FORD FREESTYLE STRONGLY SURGED/LUNGED A DISTANCE OF 5 FEET FORWARD FROM STOP IMMEDIATELY AFTER PUTTING VEHICLE IN GEAR AND WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKES. IF A PEDESTRIAN OR OTHER VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN FRONT OF THE CAR, WE WOULD HAVE HIT THE PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICLE. THE SAME HAS HAPPENED COUNTLESS TIMES IN BOTH FORWARD AND REVERSE. FORD DEALER IS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE SPECIFIC CORRECTIVE ACTION NOR HAS FORD MOTOR COMPANY ISSUED A RECALL DESPITE THOUSANDS OF REPORTS ON THE INTERNET OF THIS PROBLEM AND POTENTIAL DANGER AND INJURY. *TR

I OWN A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE AND I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. THE MOST PREVALENT AND FRUSTRATING ISSUES ARE ONES I'VE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT...THE CAR LUNGING FORWARD OR BACKWARD (HAPPENS MORE WHEN A/C HAS BEEN ON), HIGH RPMS WITH PEDAL TO FLOOR AND THE CAR GOING NOWHERE (WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON). THE FIRST TIME THE RPM ISSUE HAPPENED I WAS ON MY WAY UP TO LANCASTER, CA DRIVING UP A VERY STEEP HILL. I HAD MY 2 YEAR OLD SON WITH ME AND THE CAR WOULD BARELY GO. I WAS ABLE TO PUT ON MY HAZARDS AND GET OFF THE FREEWAY AND MADE IT TO A PARK-AND-RIDE. AFTER I SHUT THE CAR OFF FOR AWHILE AND STARTED IT AGAIN IT WAS FINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED QUITE A FEW TIMES SINCE THEN; THE MOST RECENT WAS LAST MONTH (JULY 2011). ALSO, MOSTLY WHEN GETTING ON THE FREEWAY AND HAVING TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC, THE CAR WILL REV AT A VERY HIGH RPM AND NOT GO DOWN UNLESS I PULL OVER/GET OFF FREEWAY AND TRY THE ACCELERATION A LITTLE SLOWER. IF THE RPMS STAY HIGH IT SOMETIMES CAUSES THE WRENCH LIGHT TO COME ON AND PROBLEM WITH THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND CAR GOING NOWHERE COMES INTO PLAY. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE ANY WORK DONE ON THE CAR TO TRY TO RELIEVE THE PROBLEMS DUE TO FINANCIAL ISSUES. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THESE SAME PROBLEMS AND I JUST HOPE THAT SOMETHING CAN BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE SERIOUSLY GETS HURT. *TR

MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE SURGES ANYTIME IT IS IN IDLE WITH THE AC ON. IF PLACED IN PARK WITH AC ON IT SURGES ONCE PLACED INTO GEAR. I HAVE WRITTEN FORD AND THEY PASSED THE BUCK TO YOU. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AND CONTINUES TO OCCUR EVERYTIME I DRIVE FOR MORE THAN 10 MIN. CONSEQUENCES: MULTIPLE TIMES I HAVE COME WITHIN INCHES OF REAR ENDING ANOTHER CAR...ONE TIME IT PUSHED ME INTO ON-COMING TRAFFIC...I AM WAITING FOR YOU ALL TO HOLD FORD ACCOUNTABLE AND MAKE THEM RECALL THE FREESTYLE AS THIS A DEFECT AND THERE IS ALREADY A CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED AGAINST THEM FOR THIS...I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR DIE FOR YOU ALL TO PAY ATTENTION., *TR

WHEN AT A STOP LIGHT OR AT A DRIVE THRU CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD WHEN IN DRIVE. FOOT IS USUALLY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AT THE TIME, BECAUSE IT HAPPENS WHEN I LET OFF THE BRAKE TO ACCELERATE BUT THE CAR ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN. THE RPMS GO FROM 1 TO 4 WITH NO FOOT ON THE ACCELERATER. AIR CONDITIONING IS ALWAYS ON WHEN IT HAPPENS. IT ALSO HAPPENS IN PARKING LOTS. IT IS ALWAYS WHEN AT A STOP, GETTING READY TO GO. LUCKILY I NOW KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AND UNDER WHAT CONDITION AND HAVE NOT HIT ANYONE.

2006 FORD FREESTYLE WITH APPROXIMATELY 80,000 MILES BEGAN VIOLENTLY LURCHING FORWARD FROM A PARKED POSITION WITHOUT THE DRIVER'S FOOT BEING ON THE GAS PEDAL (WAS ACTUALLY ON BRAKE WHICH PREVENTED THE CAR FROM GOING MORE THAN A COUPLE OF FEET FORWARD). THIS WAS A SUDDEN AND POWERFUL LURCH, THAT EVEN THE BRAKE COULD NOT TOTALLY STOP. HAVING AIR CONDITIONING ON EXACERBATED THE PROBLEM. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND MANY FORUMS, COMMENTS AND EVEN A FACEBOOK PAGE WITH FREESTYLE OWNERS EXPERIENCING IDENTICAL PROBLEMS, ALL STEMMING FROM A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM. WE CLEANED ACCUMULATION OUT FROM FLAP LEADING INTO THROTTLE BODY AND THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED FOR A FEW WEEKS. WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE NOW WILL NOT MOVE AS THERE IS NO RESPONSE WITH FOOT ON ACCELERATOR. THE IDLE REMAINS BELOW 1,000 RPMS AND THE CAR IS SLUGGISH TO THE POINT OF NOT MOVING. FOUND OUT THAT REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY AT A COST OF SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS IS THE ONLY SOLUTION, BUT EVEN THAT IS NOT A PERMANENT FIX, ACCORDING TO MANY REPORTS ONLINE. THIS IS BECAUSE THE PART IS ONLY MANUFACTURED BY FORD AND THE ITEM WILL CONTINUE TO FAIL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT IDLE SPEEDS UNEXPECTEDLY. THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.