2006 Ford Freestyle

2006 FORD FREESTYLE IS HAVING AN ACCELERATION PROBLEM. I FIRST NOTICED IT IN THE MORNING ONE I PUT IT IN REVERSE AND HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE CAR WOULD WAND TO GO BY ITSELF. AS IT GET HOTTER THE PROBLEM OCCURS MORE. THEN IN 2010 THE AC WENT OUT AND I SPENT $1100 IN REPAIRS. THE PROBLEM DIDN'T OCCUR TO OFTEN IN THE WINTER HOWEVER IN THE PAST MONTH THE CAR NOW ACCELERATES FORWARD AND BACKWARD. IT ALSO ACCELERATES WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING. THIS HAD NOT HAPPEN BEFORE. TODAY I WAS DRIVING ON A VERY BUSY STREET WHEN THE CAR LUNGE AND THEN DIED. I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND IT WOULD GO VERY SLOW AS IF IT HAD LOST POWER. IT TURNED OFF 3 MORE TIMES AND THEN AS I PRESSED THE GAS THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WILL BE TAKING IT IN. HOWEVER, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND AS I THINK ABOUT ALL THE INCIDENTS OVER THE PAST YEAR, IT SEEMS THIS MAY BE A PROBLEM THAT IS ESCALATED BY THE AIR CONDITION AND WHEN TEMPERATURES RISE. I HAVE OWN MANY FORDS AND THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED WITH ONE OF THEM. I THINK THIS MAY BE A SERIOUS DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

RETURNING HOME WITH MY CHILDREN, WHEN MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE LURCHED HORRIBLY, ACCELERATING FIRST, THEN DROPPING DOWN TO ALMOST NO POWER AT ALL, WITH THE YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT TURNED ON, AND THEN WOULD BARELY ACCELERATE TILL I GOT HOME AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, THEN RE-STARTED IT AND THE CAR ACTED RELATIVELY NORMAL. FORTUNATELY WAS ON A COUNTRY ROAD, AND NO OTHER CARS AROUND WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED. *TR

CAR LURCHES ON ITS OWN WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. HAPPENS MOST IN REVERSE WHEN BACKING UP OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, BUT HAS ALSO HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE IDLING IN A DRIVE THRU LINE. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL NEAR COLLISIONS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. IT HAPPENS ALMOST ALWAYS WHEN FIRST PUT INTO REVERSE. I HAVE LEARNED TO KEEP MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. IT IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. *TR

I WAS WAITING IN LINE TO PICK MY DAUGHTER UP FROM SCHOOL TODAY. WHEN SHE GOT IN THE CAR I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE AND MY CAR LUNGED FORWARD AND ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I HAD TO PUSH DOWN ON THE BRAKE TO STOP MY CAR FROM CRASHING INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO TAKE MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE FOR A SECOND TIME AND TO DRIVE AROUND THE OTHER CAR, MY CAR LUNGED AGAIN AND ALMOST STALLED.

2006 FORD FREESTYLE. APPROX: 65,000 MILES. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON; SINCE THEN THE VEHICLE AT TIMES WILL LURCH FORWARD WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF GAS OR IF YOU ARE NOT PUSHING THE BRAKE COMPLETELY DOWN. THE RPMS RUN REALLY HIGH WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF GAS OR JUST AT IDLE. CAR LURCHES FORWARD WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. WHEN TRYING TO GET ON THE FREEWAY, CAR WILL BARELY GET GOING. I AM ASSUMING THIS IS THE THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM THAT ALL THE FORD FREESTYLES SEEM TO BE HAVING. ALSO NOTICED THAT IT SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE OFTEN WHILE SITTING AT AN IDLE FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES. HAVE NOT HAD REPAIRS YET, AS THIS PART IS VERY COSTLY AND I AM JUST LEARNING NOW THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD FREESTYLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ACTIVATED AND THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IDLE, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY LUNGE OR SURGE FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10. UPDATED 07/08/11 *BF UPDATED 07/22/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS RELEASED, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY IN HOTTER TEMPERATURES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEVER TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000. UPDATED 06/17/11*LJ UPDATED 06/21/11

THE CAR WILL LUNGE FORWARD WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP OR WHEN PULLING OUT AFTER IDLING. RUNNING THE A/C MAKES THE PROBLEM WORSE AND THE CAR TRIES TO SHUT DOWN.THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE LIGHTS START TO FLICKER AND THE AIR BAG AND WRENCH LIGHTS COME ON. WHILE IN PARK THE RPMS WILL RACE TO 3 RPMS WITHOUT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR. WE HAVE REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE SMART JUNCTION BOX BUT THE CAR JUST KEEPS GETTIN WORSE. THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY WHEN THIS STARTED TO HAPPEN BUT THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG SO THEY TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT THIS WAY UNTIL IT DIED THEN TOW IT TO THEM AND THEY WOULD GO BACK TO THE SAME TICKET SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS ALMOST OUT. THAT DEALERSHIP HAS SINCE CLOSED SO NOW I'M STUCK WITH THE BILL. IF WE ONLY KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM ACTUALLY WAS. *TR

IN APRIL 2007, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BECAME JAMMED. HAD SEATBELT BUCKLE REPLACED. IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THERE WAS NOT CHARGE. ON JUNE 8, 2010 THE CHECK THROTTLE BODY LIGHT AND WRENCH WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND WE NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE IN. THE THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR MOUNT WERE BOTH REPLACED. COST OF REPAIR WAS $1023.24 THE MILEAGE AT THE TIME OF REPAIR WAS 55,234. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SURGE UNEXPECTEDLY AT TIMES IN BOTH DRIVE AND REVERSE. AT OTHER TIMES, VEHICLE WOULD HESITATES / HAD LITTLE OR NO PICK-UP WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TOOK VEHICLE IN ON JUNE 22, 2010. AN ENGINE SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND THE PCM WAS REPROGRAMMED. REPAIRS TOTALED $642.61 THE MILEAGE AT TIME OF REPAIRS WAS 55,613. WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME THE FUEL FILTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND A TRANSMISSION FLUSH WAS NECESSARY. REPLACED FUEL FILTER AND HAD TRANSMISSION FLUSH DONE JULY 1, 2010. COST WAS $200.65. MILEAGE WAS 55,695. I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPERS AND LEARNED THAT OTHERS WERE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. I WANTED TO BE ON RECORD WITH PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS CAR. FORD MANUFACTURED CARS WITH ISSUES. THEY SHOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND COMPENSATE FOR THE REPAIRS THAT PEOPLE HAD TO PAY FOR. THE REPAIRS THAT HAVE HAD TO BE DONE ON THIS CAR ARE RIDICULOUS. BETWEEN THE SEAT BELT ISSUE AND THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES, I WOULD SAY WE HAVE HAD SOME SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE AND WE MOST CERTAINLY REGRET BUYING IT. *TR