2007 Ford Freestyle

2007 FORD FREESTYLE BEGAN SURGING WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL A FEW MONTHS AGO. INCONSISTENT, MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN A/C IS RUNNING. ALSO SURGES RIGHT WHEN RELEASING BRAKE PEDAL (FROM STOPPED POSITION OR MOVING VERY SLOWLY EITHER FORWARD OR BACKWARDS). SIGNIFICANT RISK OF THE CONDITION LEADING TO A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, STATIONARY OBJECT, OR EVEN PEDESTRIAN. PLEASE HELP! *TR

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE IS CURRENTLY AT SHAMALEY FORD DEALERSHIP DUE TO THE VEHICLE INCREASING GAS SPEED ON ITS OWN. THIS PROBLEM WAS FIRST NOTICED IN 2008 AND THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY THE SHAMALEY FORD DEALERSHIP. IN 2008 THE VEHICLE INCREASED GAS SPEED ON ITS OWN AND ALMOST STRUCK MY CHILD. THE DEALERSHIP IDENTIFIED THE THROTTLE BODY AS THE PROBLEM, BUT IT WAS NOT REPLACED. WE CONTINUED TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE WITH THE VEHICLE INCREASING SPEED NORMALLY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN ITS HOT OUTSIDE. I CONTINUED TO REPORT THIS PROBLEM TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP BUT THEY SAID THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. IN JULY 2011 I WAS OPERATING THE VEHICLE DURING NOON TIME AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AS I ATTEMPTED TO PARK THE VEHICLE AND I ALMOST STRUCK SOME PEDESTRIANS. THE SHAMALEY FORD DEALERSHIP HAS INFORMED ME THAT THE THROTTLE BODY ON THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT MY OWN EXPENSE. I RESEARCHED YOUR WEBSITE AND NOTICED THAT THEIR IS CURRENTLY OTHER COMPLAINTS MADE AGAINST THE SAME TYPE OF FORD VEHICLE. DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS THE ENGINE SPEED INCREASES UNEXPECTEDLY ON A DAILY BASIS. I BELIEVE THEIR SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS DEFECTIVE PART BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR POSSIBLY KILLED. FORD STOPPED MAKING THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME DEFECTIVE PARTS AND SEVERAL MECHANICAL AND ENGINEERING FLAWS. PLEASE HELP US MAKE FORD MOTOR CO. UNDERSTAND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE FORD FREESTYLES'. CUSTOMERS SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFECTIVE PARTS. *TR

PCM HAS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED 4 (POSSIBLY 5) TIMES; MILEAGE ON 2007 FORD FREESTYLE SEL HAS 41,124 MILES. LAST PCM AND THROTTLE BODY REPLACED AT OVER 37,000 MILES. IST REPAIR AUGUST 2010; 2ND REPAIR OCTOBER 2010; 3RD REPAIR DECEMBEER 2010; 4TH REPAIR JUNE 2011; 5TH REPAIR AUGUST 2011. DIES WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD - TWICE ON I75 AT 70MPH. NO RPM'S, NO ACCELERATION, WRENCH APPEARS AND CAR WILL NOT DRIVE. FORD ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WILL TOW VEHICLE AND LAST EMAIL STATED VEHICLE IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY (POWERTRAIN WARRANTY IS 5 YEARS/60,000 MILES)? EACH DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS BUT I HAD TO PAY A DEDUCTIBLE UNDER THE EXTENDED GM MAJOR REPAIR PLAN. SHOULD NOT HAVE PAID. FORD REFUSES TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY. BOUGHT VEHICLE USED AT ONLY 32,000 MILES. *TR

VEHICLE LUNGES WHEN FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE OR WHEN FOOT IS REMOVED FROM THE BRAKE AT LOW SPEEDS. IT IS MOST OFTEN WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING IS ON. IT HAS HAPPENED SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2007, BUT THE FORD SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT IF IT WAS NOT HAPPENING WHEN THEY DROVE IT. IT HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE AND THE WRENCH/SERVICE LIGHT NOW COMES ON WHEN IT HAPPENS. HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT SERVICE SHOP WHO SAID THE AC WAS OPERATING OUTSIDE PARAMETERS AND THAT WAS CAUSING THE LUNGING, AND TO HAVE THE COMPUTER RE-FLASHED BY THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD AND STALL AT ANY TIME. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 48,469 UPDATED 08/24/11*LJ THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AND THE PCM WAS REPROGRAMMED. UPDATED 08/29/11

I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT IN MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD. I WAS EASING INTO THE SPOT. FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS LUNGE WITH THE RPM'S HOVERING ABOVE NORMAL. 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. THIS HAPPENS IN BOTH DRIVE OR REVERSE.

WE OWN A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHEN WE COME TO A STOP, FOR INSTANCE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE ENGINE WILL REV UP AND THE VEHICLE WILL LURCH FORWARD. THIS OFTEN CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO THEN STALL. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IF WE ARE RUNNING THE AIR CONDITIONER. NOW WE SHUT THE AIR CONDITIONER OFF WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN. WE HAVE AVOIDED ANY INCIDENTS SO FAR. ALTHOUGH MANY TIMES HAVE HAD TO APPLY EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES TO KEEP FROM LURCHING INTO A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US. THE VEHICLE WILL STILL LURCH, BUT SO FAR WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP IT IN TIME. AS I SAID BEFORE THE PRESSURE WE HAVE TO APPLY TO THE BRAKES IS EXTREME. THIS ALSO WILL HAPPEN WHEN BACKING UP. THE ENGINE WILL REV UP AND THEN DIE. *TR

OUR 2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS BEGUN TO DISPLAY AN ISSUE WITH SURGING WHICH APPEARS RELATED TO INCIDENTS WHERE THE WRENCH DASH BOARD WARNING LIGHT COMES ON SHORTLY THERE AFTER. IT DOES SEEM TO OCCUR ON VERY HOT DAYS WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS RUNNING. DURING ONE INCIDENT THE CAR HAD BEEN RESTARTED AFTER BEING PARKED, WAS IDLING IN GEAR FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD, THEN STALLED. UPON RESTART THE WRENCH DASH BOARD LIGHT STAYED ON. THE ENGINE LACKED POWER AND WOULD GO A MAXIMUM OF 40 MPH EVEN WITH THE GAS PETAL FULLY DEPRESSED. ONCE AT HOME, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR AN HOUR. IT RESTARTED FINE, WITHOUT THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT, AND DROVE FINE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. BOTH UNEXPECTED SURGING AND LOSS OF POWER EVENTS HAVE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, WITH MULTIPLE DRIVERS. RECENTLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS STAYED ON. THE VEHICLE DRIVES BUT SEEMS TO LACK ITS USUALLY LEVEL OF POWER AND WILL SOMETIMES STALL OUT WHILE IDLING AT A RED LIGHT. CAR RESTARTS AND DRIVES FINE FOR A WHILE WHEN ANOTHER STALL OUT OCCURS AT SOME OTHER LIGHT (UNPREDICTABLE). TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE 08/08/11 BECAUSE IT FEELS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. FORD DEALER REPORTS THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE MASS AIR SENSOR (QUOTED $1,250 TOTAL). IN THE SHOP WAITING ON PARTS.