2006 Ford Freestyle

HOT DAY - 101 DEGREES AND WE HAD THE AIR CONDITIONER ON. WHILE BACKING UP THE VEHICLE "SURGED". PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, AGAIN SURGED. WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER ACTING AS IF IT WANTED TO SHIFT, BUT COULDN'T. IT SPUTTERED THE WHOLE WAY HOME. WE TURNED OFF THE CAR, WAITING FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS GONE. WE TOOK IT FOR A DRIVE AND IT DROVE JUST FINE. ANOTHER HOT DAY, DRIVING FOR AWHILE AND IT STARTED SURGING WHEN BACKING UP AND THEN SURGED AGAIN BEFORE THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. AGAIN, WE TURNED OFF, TURNED ON, EVERYTHING IS OK. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT WE NOW KNOW IS THE MAIN COMPLAINT AND MANY OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. *TT

FORD FREESTYLE 2006 SURGING AND REVING UP WHEN PUTTING IT IN GEAR. REVERSE AND FORWARD ALMOST HAD ACCIDENT AGAIN. IT SEAMS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS MANY OWNERS. WHEN PUTTING IT IN GEAR IT REVS UP HIGH AND THEN SHUTSW ENGINE DOWN. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. ONCE RESTARTED RUNS OK UNTILL GEAR IS SELECTED AGAIN HAVE TO HOLD BRAKE AND HOPE IT WORKS RIGHT, SEEMS TO HAPPEN ALOT. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY LUNGED FORWARD WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY AND IDLER BYPASS WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED REPLACING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

ON 7/8/11, I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE WHEN MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE SUDDENLY LUNGED SEVERAL FEET BACKWARDS. I NARROWLY MISSED HITTING THE CAR BEHIND ME AND THANK GOODNESS THERE WAS NO ONE WALKING IN THE LOT BEHIND ME. THE CAR THEN DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AND AFTER A COUPLE MORE SHORT FORWARD LUNGES, I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT THE 1 MILE BACK TO MY HOME. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE FORD SERVICE PLACE WHERE THEY SAID IT NEEDS THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED. THEY SAID THEY CAN JUST CLEAN THE THROTTLE BODY, BUT IT WOULD BE A TEMPORARY FIX, SO I AM HAVING IT REPLACED. MY BILL IS APPROXIMATELY $850. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED TO FIND ONLINE THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. APPARENTLY IT HAS CAUSED A HANDFUL OF ACCIDENTS ALREADY AND IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. A CAR THAT LUNGES OUT OF CONTROL EITHER FORWARDS OR BACKWARDS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! I WILL SAVE MY RECEIPT FROM MY AUTO REPAIRS BECAUSE WHEN A RECALL IS EVENTUALLY ISSUED, I AM HOPING I CAN GET REIMBURSED. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN FORD FOR ALLOWING THIS KNOWN AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM TO CONTINUE. *TT

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE, ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, MY VEHICLE LOST POWER AND I WAS UNABLE TO PASS. COULD NOT BRING VEHICLE TO FULL POWER. TOOK TO FORD DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID IT WAS THE DRIVEABILITY AND MADE THE REPAIR. THEN ON 5/15/2011, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ENTER FREEWAY. AGAIN TAKEN TO FORD DELEARSHIP. THIS TIME THEY SAID IT WAS TRANSMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM, REPAIRS MADE. THIS PROBLEM AGAIN OCCURRED YESTERDAY, AGAIN WHEN ON FREEWAY TRAVELING AT 60 MPH, VEHICLE LOST POWER AND COULD NOT RETURN VEHICLE TO FULL POWER. I FEEL THAT MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE IN DANGER DUE TO THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THE INABILITY OF THE FORD DELEARSHIP TO MAKE REPAIRS. WE HAVE READ THAT OTHERS WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND ARE REPORTING ISSUES WITH THE THROTTLE BODY.

I HAVE A FORD FREESTYLE 2006. IT HAS A THROTTLE PROBLEM THAT CAUSES IT TO LURCH AND SOMETIMES SHUT OFF. IT OCCURS ONLY IN HOT WEATHER GENERALLY OVER 90 DEGREES (AT THIS TIME.) IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR ACCELERATES QUICKLY FROM IDLE AND OFTEN IN REVERSE OR WHILE SITTING IN IDLE AT A STOP LIGHT. I HAVE TO APPLY THE BRAKES FIRMLY TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT AND SOMETIMES THIS SUDDEN BRAKING CAUSES THE CAR TO SHUT OFF. *TT I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAVE NOT DETERMINED THE PROBLEM, MAINLY BECAUSE IT DOES NOT CAUSE THE ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON AND HELP THEM DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT HAD THE PROBLEM CORRECTED DUE TO THE FACT THEY SAY IT HAS TO BE OCCURING WHEN I BRING IT IN AND IT NEVER SEEMS TO DO IT FOR THEM. I HAVE READ OF MANY OTHERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING WHEN I TRIED LOOKING INTO THE CAUSE. IT SOUNDS LIKE MOST PEOPLE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE CONTROL. SEEMS LIKE A SERIOUS DEFECT. *TT

I HAVE EXPERIENCED A SURGE WHERE THE CAR WILL MOVE WITH YOUR FOOT ON OR OFF THE BRAKE WHILE SITTING STILL. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS WHENEVER I HAVE THE A/C ON OR WHEN I AM TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE PROBLEM IS MORE SERIOUS WHEN I AM BACKING INTO MY GARAGE AND THE CAR SURGES BACKWARD WHICH ALMOST CAUSES ME TO HIT THE BACK WALL OF MY GARAGE. THE MOST SERIOUS INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE CAR STARTED SURGING WHILE I WAS BACKING UP AT WORK AND THE CAR HIT THE BUILDING. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE BUT COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS IF MY FOOT WAS NOT ALREADY COVERING THE BRAKE. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOOK THE CAR IN. THEY DIAGNOSED THE CAR HAD A BAD MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR WITH A CODE OF (P061B) AND (P2106) THEY ALSO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS EXTREMELY CARBONED UP AND SUGGESTED THE THROTTLE BUTTERFLY WAS NOT MOVING FREELY DUE TO THE CARBON. I PAID TO HAVE IT CLEANED AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY MAY NEED REPLACEMENT IN THE FUTURE.

VEHICLE HAS SURGED AT IDLE OR VERY LOW SPEEDS MULTIPLE TIMES THIS AND LAST SUMMER. SEEMS TO OCCUR ON EXTREMELY HOT DAYS WITH A/C RUNNING FULL BLAST, AND WHEN TIRES ARE TURNED. HAS OCCURRED IN BOTH FORWARD AND REVERSE GEARS. SURGING LASTS A FEW SECONDS AND IS ONLY CONTROLLED BY VERY FORCEFULLY DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL. NO ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES HAVE OCCURRED THUS FAR, BUT THIS IS A DEFINITE SAFETY CONCERN FOR OUR FAMILY! COULD EASILY CAUSE A WRECK OR INJURY IN A BUSY PARKING LOT. LAST SUMMER THE PROBLEM WAS LESSENED BY HAVING A MECHANIC CLEANING THE THROTTLE BODY. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO MECHANIC THIS WEEK TO PERFORM SIMILAR MAINTENANCE. *TR