2007 Ford Freestyle

12/10/09 MILEAGE: 35,621 DEALER SERVICE FOR RATTLING NOISE IN ENGINE ON COLD START UP, DIAGNOSED AS DEFECTIVE TENSIONER ASSEMBLY, BUT WAS LIKELY THE TRANSMISSION AS SAME NOISE WAS LATER HEARD WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED. 12/08/11 MILEAGE: 53,401 DEALER SERVICE FOR NOISE IN ENGINE AT IDLE - MUCH WORSE WHEN COLD, DIAGNOSED AS FAULTY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. DEALER REMOVED AND ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND FOUND INPUT SHAFT BEARING SCORES AND INPUT SHAFT SCORED. DIFFERENTIAL SHAFT SPLINES WORN DOWN AND SPLINES ON PTU WORN DOWN AND SEIZED TOGETHER. TRANSMISSION WAS THEN REPLACED WITH REBUILT UNIT. THIS WAS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION INSTALLED IN THIS CAR 3/28/12 MILEAGE: 55,234 DEALER SERVICE FOR EXCESSIVE NOISE IN TRANSMISSION, DESCRIBED AS A GROWL. DIAGNOSED TRANSMISSION CONCERN AND NOISE WAS VERIFIED. WERE ASKED TO RETURN UNIT TO DEALER AT LATER TIME FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS 4/2/12 MILEAGE: 55,338 DEALER SERVICE FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, CORRECTED BY INSTALLING A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION INSTALLED IN THIS CAR. DEALER EXPLAINED THAT THE REPLACEMENT REBUILT TRANSMISSION CARRIED A ONE YEAR WARRANTY 7/1/13 MILEAGE: 63,301 WHILE DRIVING ON A STREET, VEHICLE PRODUCED LOUD CLUNK SOUND AFTER WHICH IT WOULD NO LONGER RESPOND TO THROTTLE INPUTS. VEHICLE COASTED TO STOP. FORTUNATELY, STREET WAS EMPTY. TRANSMISSION WAS INOPERABLE, AS VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD IN ANY GEAR UNDER ITS POWER. VEHICLE COASTED IN ANY GEAR, INDICATING THAT FINAL DRIVE LINE WAS NO LONGER CONNECTED TO TRANSMISSION OR ENGINE. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. DIAGNOSED FAILED TRANSMISSION. DEALER STATED THAT A 4TH TRANSMISSION AND REPLACEMENT OIL COOLER WERE NEEDED FOR $6,900. DURING THE DIAGNOSIS, FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP RENDERING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE AND DEALERSHIP HAD TO DRAG IT OUT OF SERVICE BAY. *TR

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS HAD IDLING PROBLEMS SINCE ABOUT 80,000 MILES. IT CURRENTLY HAS 94,000 AND THE DEALERSHIP WOULD ONLY CLEAN THE THROTTLE BODY DESPITE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. I HAVE ALSO HAD REPLACED SEVERAL BRAKE PADS/ CALIPERS/ TIRES AS THEY SEEM TO WARE VERY EASILY. I'VE REPLACE MY RIGHT SIDE CALIPER TWICE ALREADY. THE LAST TIME MY CAR STARTED SMOKING ON A HIGHWAY OUT OF NO WHERE AS IT SEIZED UP. ALSO AFTER DRIVING FOR 20-30 MIN MY CAR STARTS MAKING A WHINING NOISE AS SLOWING DOWN AN TURNING. STEERING FLUID HAS BEEN CHECKEDAND IS OK. POSSIBLY THE CVT WHICH I HAVE VERY RECENTLY FOUND OUT I' M FAR FROM THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE APPEARS TO HAVE DEFECTIVE PARTS WHICH ARE CAUSING SAFETY ISSUES AND I WANT IT ADDRESSED . *TR

AFTER STARTING THE 2007 FORD FREESTYLE IT IDOLS ABOUT 1000RPMS. UPON PUTTING IT INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE WHEN YOU LIFT OFF THE BRAKE THE CAR WILL REV UP THE ENGINE TO ABOUT 2000RPMS AND SPEED FORWARD OR BACKWARD. THIS REV OF THE ENGINE LAST APPROXIMATELY 1 SECOND AND THEN THE CAR RETURNS TO NORMAL IDOL SPEED. THIS CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH IF YOU DO NOT ANTICIPATE THE ACCELERATION YOU COULD HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I'VE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD JUMP A LITTLE WHEN SHIFTED INTO GEAR. OCCASIONALLY, THE SAME LITTLE LURCH WOULD HAPPEN AT A STOPLIGHT. TODAY, WHILE STOPPED AT IDLE THE ENGINE REPEATEDLY REVVED OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT 10 SECONDS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JUMP FORWARD EVEN WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED. SHORTLY AFTER, A SIMILAR PROBLEM OCCURRED, BUT NOT AS PRONOUNCED AS THE PREVIOUS EVENT. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ENGINE SEEMED TO HAVE DEGRADED AND THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY ABLE TO ACCELERATE VERY SLOWLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DESCENDING A HILL AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.