2007 Ford Freestyle

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A USED 2007 FORD FREESTYLE AND NOTICED THAT IT STARTED "LURCHING" INTERMITTENTLY AFTER BEING STOPPED. IT WOULD GO LURCH IN DRIVE OR REVERSE, IT DIDN'T MATTER. RECENTLY, IT WOULD NOT START. THINKING IT WAS THE BATTERY, I REPLACED IT WITH A BRAND NEW ONE AND IT WOULD NOT STAY RUNNING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A BAD THROTTLEBODY. I AM STILL WAITING ON MY CAR TO BE FIXED. *TR

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WITH 58,334 MILES ON IT HAS BEGUN TO SURGE AT LOW SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN SHIFTS FROM FORWARD TO REVERSE DURING PARKING. IT IS WORSE ON HOT WEATHER DAYS AND THE AIR CONDITIONER RUNNING. IT HAS CAUSED NEAR MISSES WITH PEOPLE AND OTHER VEHICLES. I SEE MY VEHICLE IS NOT ALONE AND WONDER WHY THIS HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED WITH A RECALL. ARE WE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO BE KILLED FIRST? *TR

WE OWN A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WITH 61,000 MILES. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW IN 2007. THE CAR HAS RECENTLY DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WITH UNINTENDED RAPID ACCELERATION WHICH OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING AND CAN HAPPEN IN FORWARD GEAR OR REVERSE. WE ADDITIONALLY HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL SITUATIONS WHERE THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE NORMALLY -EVEN WITH FULL THROTTLE PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY HAVE DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THROTTLE BODY DEFECT AND SAY THAT IT MAY TAKE 3 WEEKS FOR PART TO BE SHIPPED. SO THAT REPAIR CAN BE MADE. THEY FURTHER STATE THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. THIS ERRATIC BEHAVIOR OF THE VEHICLE IS A SAFETY HAZARD TO THE DRIVER AND THE PUBLIC SINCE IT APPEARS TO OCCUR WITHOUT ANY WARNING. *TR

2007 FORD FREESTYLE.... I WAS SETTING AT A STOP SIGN WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND JUST AS I WAS EASING MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE TO PULL OUT THE GAS SURGED AND PUT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THE CAR DIED. IT WAS NOT A MAJOR ROAD AND WITH QUICK THINKING I GEARED TO PARK TURNED THE KEY OFF AND STARTED IT BACK UP AND PULLED OVER INTO A PARKING LOT WHILE SETTING IN THE PARKING LOT IT DONE THE SAME THING. IF THIS HAD BEEN MY WIFE OR SON OR DAUGHTER DRIVING THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A DEADLY EVENT. SIMILAR EVENTS ARE POSTED ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED PROMPTLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR WOULD NOT DISPLAY THE AMOUNT OF GASOLINE IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE FUEL TRANSPONDER WAS DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED THE PART. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE CONTINUOUSLY RECURRED AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSPONDER THREE TIMES BUT TO NO AVAIL. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED WHEN FIRST STARTING THE VEHICLE, THERE WOULD BE AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS AND THE VEHICLE WOULD ABNORMALLY ACCELERATE FORWARD OR IN REVERSE DEPENDING ON WHAT GEAR THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE THE VEHICLE IN. THE DEALER DID NOT BELIEVE THE VEHICLE WAS DISPLAYING THE FAILURE THE CONTACT DESCRIBED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION FAILURE WOULD OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ACTIVE. THE AIR CONDITIONER BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER REPAIRED NOR DIAGNOSED FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 32,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 77,000.

MY WIFE DRIVES A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE AND HAS LATELY BEEN EXPERIENCING THE VEHICLE LUNGING/SURGING AT LOW IDLE GOING FORWARD OR BACKWARD. TODAY SHE ALMOST CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE. WHEN I RESEARCHED IT ONLINE, MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, AND THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR IS BACK-ORDERED FOR WEEKS. I HOPE IT DOESN'T TAKE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR EVEN A DEATH FOR THIS TO BE ADDRESSED. I'M WRITING FORD AT THE SAME TIME, BUT DON'T KNOW WHAT HELP TO EXPECT SINCE MANY ON THE BLOGS WITH THE VEHICLES SAY THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY SATISFACTION FROM FORD. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN YOU ABOUT IT. *TR

2007 FORD FREESTYLE WITH 36,000 MILES LAST SUMMER BEGAN "LURCHING" WHEN PULLING INTO/OUT OF PARKING SPACE. THIS SUMMER NOW AT 57,000 MILES THE LURCHING IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. IT OCCURS PRIMARILY WHEN THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE COMBINED: 1) ENGINE IS WARM, 2) A/C IS ON, 3) AT COMPLETE STOP WITH BRAKES APPLIED AND 4) TURN THE STEERING WHEEL IN PREPARATION FOR A TURN. REVIEWED SEVERAL OWNER FORUMS FOR THE PROBLEM AND SEVERAL OWNERS REPORT SAME PROBLEM WITH ANSWER FROM FORD BEING "REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY". PROBLEM- THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT HARD TO FIND. TOOK MINE IN FOR SERVICE AND REPORTED ABOVE PROBLEM TO SERVICE DEPT. ANSWER WAS "NEED NEW THROTTLE BODY". WILL TRY TO FIND ONE, ON BACK ORDER. "CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE" PER FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT. AFTER EVALUATION CONDITION IS WORSE. CAR NOW IDLES BELOW 500 RPMS, AND FLUCTUATES CONSTANTLY, EVEN W/O A/C ON (WORSE WHEN A/C ON). A/C COMPRESSOR WAS JUST REPLACED THIS SUMMER AND THE CONDITION WORSENED WHEN THE COMPRESSOR WAS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER STATED SINCE FILING THE COMPLAINT, SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP AND HAD THE FUEL INDUCTION SERVICE DONE FOR $125.00. IT HAS BEEN 5 WEEKS AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RETURNED. IT APPEARED THAT THE DIRTY FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM PREVENTED THE THROTTLE BODY FROM GETTING THE AIR IT NEEDED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. UPDATED IVOQ 09/13/10 *TR

I OWN A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE, AND TWO DAYS AGO, WHILE DRIVING, IT BEGAN LOSING POWER, THEN ACCELERATING FAST FORWARD AND BACKWARD. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP, ONLY TO BE TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY SEEMS TO BE BAD. I WAS GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE FORD DEALER TO SEE IF THIS IS COVERED UNDER THE 80,000MI. EMISSIONS WARRANTY. I SAW ALOT OF OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PART AND THE SAME VEHICLE, SO I WONDERED IF IT WAS RECALLED BY FORD, BUT DID NOT SEE THAT IT HAS BEEN. I CAN NOT DRIVE MY VEHICLE, AS THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE IF IT OVER ACCELERATES WHEN I HIT THE GAS. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 69,000MI ON IT. *TR