2007 Ford Freestyle

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE SEL PROBLEMS STARTED OUT WITH THE WRENCH LIGHT COMING ON OCCASIONALLY WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE REACHED 90 DEGREES.IT WOULD SURGE VIOLENTLY WHEN PUT IN REVERSE,AND HAD NO POWER AFTER THAT.TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND RE-STARTING WOULD CLEAR THE PROBLEM.IT NOW SURGES VIOLENTLY WHEN BACKING UP,OR MANUVERING AT SLOW SPEEDS .IT RUNS FINE ON THE OPEN HI-WAY,BUT WILL STALL AT A STOP.THE ENGINE RACES WHEN SHIFTING FROM FORWARD TO REVERSE,OR INTO PARK.I HAVE READ WHERE OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM,AND YET FORD MOTORS CONTINUES TO IGNORE THE ISSUE.I ALSO READ WHERE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SPENT BY OTHERS ,AND STILL HAVING PROBLEMS.I HAVE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY LOCAL DEALER FOR 8/08/11,AND DREADING THE COST TO REPAIR A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN APPARENT FOR SOME TIME. *TT

I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT IN MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD. MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR IN FACT IT WAS LIGHTLY PRESSED ON THE BRAKE AS I WAS EASING INTO THE SPOT. FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A HUMMING NOISE WITH THE RPM'S HOVERING ABOVE NORMAL. A REDUCTION IN POWER OCCURS AT LOWER SPEEDS ESPECIALLY WITH A/C ON. PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE, HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME MECHANICAL PROBLEMS IN THE SAME VEHICLE AS MY OWN. APPEARS FROM PREVIOUS REPORTS READ THAT THE ISSUE HAS TO DO WITH A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY.

WE PURCHASED A USED 2007 FREESTYLE IN NOV. 2010, WHEN WARM WEATHER CAME AROUND WE REALIZED THE AIR CONDITIONER DID NOT WORK SO WE HAD IT FIXED. SINCE THEN ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS OUR FREESTYLE HAS SURGED, OR LUNGED ON IT'S OWN, USUALLY AT LOW SPEEDS AND EVEN WHEN MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE. THIS HAS REALLY SCARED ME SEVERAL TIMES AS THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME I'M PARKING AND HAVE BEEN CLOSE ON THREE ACCOUNTS TO HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OR BACK OF ME. I ALSO WAS AT A STOP SIGN IN A PARKING LOT AND SOMEONE WAS WALKING IN THE CROSSWALK IN FRONT ON ME AND IT SURGED FORWARD, THANK GOODNESS NO ONE WAS HURT.

2007 FORD FREESTYLE LUNGES FORWARD WHEN WE DO NOT HAVE OUR FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. IT SEEMS TO BE WORSE WHEN THE A/C IS BEING USED (I.E.SUMMER MONTHS). THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENTS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN WE FIRST NOTICED IT. NOW WE TRY TO REMEMBER TO BE AWARE BUT WE WANT IT FIXED. WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO BE FIXED AND THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CAUSE IS. PLEASE HELP US GET THIS FIXED OR RECALLED. *TR

THIS CAR HAS BEEN LURCHING FORWARD WHEN PUT IN PARK FOR THE LAST MONTH OR SO. ON THE DATE OF THE INCIDENT, WHEN I PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE THE ENGINE HESITATED A COUPLE OF TIMES LIKE IT WAS GOING TO CUT OFF. IT LURCHED FORWARD JUST BEFORE I PULLED OUT INTO THE ROAD. AS I CAME TO A YIELD SIGN I HAD TO STOP FOR TRAFFIC. WHEN IT WAS MY TURN TO GO, THE CAR MOVED FORWARD BUT AS IF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ON (SLOW AND LABORED). I DROVE TO THE NEXT PARKING LOT AND PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AND CALLED MY HUSBAND TO COME GET ME AND WE TOOK THE CAR STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP. IT WAS SUNDAY EVENING SO WE LEFT IT THERE WITH A DETAILED REPORT AS TO WHAT HAPPENED. BY MONDAY EVENING WE PICKED UP THE REPAIRED CAR AND CONTACTED THIS ORGANIZATION. THE THROTTLE BODY -AIR INTAKE WAS REPLACED.

SEVERAL TIMES MY VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD WHEN MOVING AT SLOW SPEEDS OR BRAKING. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING FORWARD AND REVERSE. MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN THE A/C IS ON. EVEN WHEN MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE . I CAN HEAR THE ENGINE REVVING WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING - EVEN THOUGH MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE.IT ALSO LOSES POWER ON THE FREEWAY AND BECOMES VERY SLUGGISH IN ACCELERATION.THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN DRIVING 10 MPH AND UP. ALSO I HAD A MINOR ACCIDENT,THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BY ITSELF AND I HIT A WALL IN MY GARAGE. ALSO, IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD AND WHEN PUT IN REVERSE IT WOULD ACCELERATE--THIS HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC DURING RUSH HOUR. WE FINALLY TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT, THEY TOLD US IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND OUR MASTER TECH GUARANTEE DID NOT COVER THE EXPENSE. ALL THEY DID WAS CLEAN THE THROTTLE UP (IS EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE PROBLEMS LATER) BECAUSE THE COST WAS OVER $700 AND WE CANNOT AFFORD IT AT THE TIME. SO, AFTER WE TOOK IT OUT OF THE SHOP THE CAR IS NOW ONLY ACCELERATING TO NO MORE THAN 4000

SEVERAL TIMES MY VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD WHEN MOVING AT SLOW SPEEDS OR BRAKING. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING FORWARD AND REVERSE. MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN THE A/C IS ON. EVEN WHEN MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE . I CAN HEAR THE ENGINE REVVING WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING - EVEN THOUGH MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE.IT ALSO LOSES POWER ON THE FREEWAY AND BECOMES VERY SLUGGISH IN ACCELERATION.THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN DRIVING 10 MPH AND UP. ALSO I HAD A MINOR ACCIDENT,THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BY ITSELF AND I HIT A WALL IN MY GARAGE. ALSO, IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD AND WHEN PUT IN REVERSE IT WOULD ACCELERATE--THIS HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC DURING RUSH HOUR. WE FINALLY TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT, THEY TOLD US IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND OUR MASTER TECH GUARANTEE DID NOT COVER THE EXPENSE. ALL THEY DID WAS CLEAN THE THROTTLE UP (IS EXPECTED TO HAVE MORE PROBLEMS LATER) BECAUSE THE COST WAS OVER $700 AND WE CANNOT AFFORD IT AT THE TIME. SO, AFTER WE TOOK IT OUT OF THE SHOP THE CAR IS NOW ONLY ACCELERATING TO NO MORE THAN 4000 RPMS.

UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION. VECHICLE "SURGES" UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE FOOT IS ON BRAKE. WHILE DRIVING YESTERDAY ON I-275 (N) AT THE I-96 JUNCTION, TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY AND HAD TO SLOW DOWN AND IN SOME CASES, STOP THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE "LUNGED" UNEXPECTEDLY SEVERAL TIMES WHILE FOOT WAS FIRMLY ON BRAKE. VECHILE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" ICON TURNED ON AS WELL AS A " WRENCH" ICON ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ODOMETER. ONCE THE ICONS APPEARED THE VECHILE "STALLED" AND NEEDED TO BE RESTARTED. PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF FREEWAY, TURNED ENGINE OFF AND WAITED APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES. RESTARTED VECHILE AND NOTICED THAT THE "CHECK ENGINE" ICON REMAINED ON BUT THE SMALL "WRENCH" ICON WAS OFF. DROVE HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. GOING TO FORD DEALERSHIP THIS MORNING. *TT