2007 Ford Freestyle

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. I BEGAN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATING AND LUNGING FORWARD IF THE CAR IS IN DRIVE OR BACKWARD IF THE CAR IS IN REVERSE. THE ISSUE ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE AC IS RUNNING. I'VE HAD SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE I WOULD BE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND NEARLY HIT A CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF ME. MOST RECENTLY IT HAPPENED WITH THE CAR IN REVERSE. THE MOTOR ACCELERATED MORE SO THAN EVER BEFORE. I HELD THE BRAKE AND THE CAR STALLED. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON. THE CAR HAD VERY LITTLE POWER WHILE THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES ONLY TO HAVE THE NOT SO VERY NICE MAN IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO TELL ME THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CAR TO DO THE THINGS I AM DESCRIBING TO HIM. WE ARE AT THE MERCY OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND NO-ONE SEEMS CONCERNED ENOUGH TO FORCE FORD INTO PLACING A RECALL ON THESE CARS FOR THIS ISSUE. I HAVE A FRIEND THAT ALSO HAS A FORD FREESTYLE AND IT JUST COST HIM $900 OUT OF POCKET FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS SAFETY ISSUE. AT WHAT POINT DOES THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADMINISTRATION STAND UP FOR THE CONSUMER AND FORCE FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND FIX THEIR MISTAKES? IT'S JUST VERY UNSETTLING THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY CAN SELL THESE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES AND GET AWAY WITH NOT BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRODUCT THEY ARE PUTTING ON THE MARKET. *TR

2007 FORD FREESTYLE ----- I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE CAR SURGING AHEAD WHEN YOU SHIFT GEARS AND APPLY THE BRAKES. MANY OTHER CAR OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. AT MYCARSTATS.COM THERE ARE OVER 50 COMPLAINS ABOUT THE FREESTYLE AND I WOULD SAY AT LEAST 40 OF THEM RELATE TO THIS PROBLEM. THE OTHERS COMPLAINTS WERE MINOR, DOOR LATCHES ETC. IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS REALLY AN ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. APPARENTLY THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY THE THROTTLE BODY AND ACCORDING TO THE RESEARCH THE PART ALONE COST OVER $600. WHY HASN'T A RECALL BEEN MADE ON THIS PART. TOYOTA WAS JUST FINED OVER $16 MILLION FOR NOT REPORTING THEIR PROBLEM YOUR AGENCY SOON ENOUGH. ACCORDING TO THE REPORTS I READ ON-LINE THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN REPORTED TO YOUR AGENCY FOR SOME TIME NOW. IS ANYTHING GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT IT? VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

6-22-2010, VEHICLE BEGAN SURGING AND WOULD LUNGE FORWARD AT IDLE SPEED WITH FOOT ON BRAKE. WRENCH LIGHT ON DASH IS ON AND VEHICLE CONTINUES TO DO THIS IN DRIVE AND REVERSE. TOOK TO SERVICE DEPARTMENT 6-23-2010 TO HAVE CHECKED. WAS INFORMED PROBLEM WAS THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. PART IS ON BACK ORDER DUE TO MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THIS SAME PART. COST IS EST. $800 REPAIR. AM NOW HAVING TO DRIVE A VEHICLE I NO LONGER CONSIDER SAFE UNTIL PART IS AVAILABLE OR PROBLEM IS TAKEN CARE OF BY MANUFACTURE. MULTIPLE SEARCHES ONLINE FOUND THAT THIS IS A GROWING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND NO REPORTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO DATE BY MANUFACTURER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. *TR

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS LUNGING/SURGING OF POWER. I CAN HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR WILL SURGE EITHER IN FORWARD OR REVERSE. THIS HAPPENS DAILY. IN PARKING LOTS IS VERY DANGEROUS. YOU ACTUALLY HAVE NO CONTROL WHILE IT IS HAPPENING. FORD SAYS IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE IN THEIR 2006 AND 2007 MODELS ON THE INTERNET. I REALLY WISH THAT THIS MATTER IS RESOLVED WITH AN INVESTIGATION AND A SAFETY RECALL. SAFETY SHOULD ALWAYS BE NUMBER 1. *TR

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, MOVED FOOT ON ONTO BRAKE AND PUT CAR INTO DRIVE. CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD. I LOOKED DOWN TO MAKE SURE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND NOT ON THE GAS. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON WHICH INDICATES TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, BUT THEN WENT OUT. IF CAR OR PERSON HAD BEEN IN FRONT OF ME THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT. I WAS AT A FAST FOOD DRIVE THRU. *TR

CAR WILL SUDDENLY SURGE IN ACCELERATION WHEN SWITCHING FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND REVERSE TO DRIVE; THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME I GET IN IT FROM MY DRIVEWAY TO PARKING LOTS AND ALSO AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. WHEN I HAVE THE BRAKES DEPRESSED AND SWITCH GEARS THE SURGES (REVS HIGH) STALLS, THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON THEN GOES OUT BUT I HAVE LITTLE TO NO POWER WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. THIS ALL STARTED AROUND MARCH 2010 DOING IT EVERY NOW AND THEN BUT IS NOW DOING IT ALMOST EVERY TIME WE GET IN IT. THE MILEAGE IS 52,000. *TR

2007 FORD FREESTYLE LIMITED AWD. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED ON APRIL 24, 2008 THERE WAS A RECALL BY FORD AND THE REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED. THE FRONT BRAKES WERE REPLACED AND THE FRONT ROTORS WERE RE-SURFACED. ON APRIL 14, 2010, THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE A LOUD NOISE WAS EMANATING FROM THE REAR WHEELS. THE FRONT BRAKES WERE FOUND TO BE OK, BUT THE REAR ROTORS WERE FOUND TO MEASURE BELOW SPECS AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T BE TURNED. THE REAR PADS ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER STATED FOR THE BRAKES TO HAVE WORN OUT SO QUICKLY, IT SEEMED THERE MIGHT BE A DEFECT THAT FORD WAS UNWILLING TO ADDRESS. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE DRIVING 2 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TWICE. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE THROTTLE CONTROL WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE HAD NOT OCCURRED SINCE THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,581. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,605.