2005 Ford Freestyle

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WE HAD NOTICED THAT WHEN WE SHIFTED OUR VEHICLE INTO GEAR (FORWARD OR REVERSE) THE CAR WOULD LURCH FORWARD/BACKWARD AS WE CAME OFF THE BRAKE. SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, MY WIFE HAD THE VEHICLE IN LINE AT MY DAUGHTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DRIVEWAY WAITING TO PICK HER UP. AS SHE RELEASED PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY JUMPED FORWARD AND SHE NEEDED TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO STOP IT. THE ENGINE THEN WENT INTO "FAILSAFE MODE" AND RAN ON DIMINISHED PERFORMANCE UNTIL SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME. UPON EXAMINATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON A CAR WITH 65,000 MILES. IT WAS THE FAULTY THROTTLE BODY THAT HAD BEEN CAUSING THE CAR TO UNEXPECTEDLY LURCH/SURGE FORWARD. I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT BECAUSE IT APPEARS THAT IT IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE FOR THE VEHICLE AND IT IS A FAMILY VEHICLE WHICH MEANS THAT THERE ARE MANY OF THEM SITTING IN SCHOOL PARKING LOTS AND PICK UP LANES. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE A VEHICLE THAT UNEXPECTEDLY SURGES FORWARD IN AN AREA FULL OF CHILDREN CAUSED A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN TO MY WIFE AND I. IN MY RESEARCH THERE APPEARS TO BE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS ISSUED BY FORD REGARDING THIS MATTER AND ALTHOUGH MY CAR HAD BEEN IN FOR IT 60K SERVICE JUST MONTHS BEFORE, THERE WAS NO MENTION OF A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. THE FORD DEALER WASTED NO TIME TELLING US THAT THE PART IS NOT COVERED UNDER THEIR EXTENDED POWER TRAIN WARRANTY WHICH I HAD ON THE VEHICLE. QUITE HONESTLY, THAT WAS NOT MY MAIN CONCERN AS A CHILD COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN HARMED BY THIS FAULTY THROTTLE BODY AND THE SYMPTOMS IT PRODUCES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AND CLEANED THE INJECTORS AND THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING BETTER. *TR

2005 FORD FREESTYLE SUDDEN ACCELERATION, QUICK ACCELERATION ON ITS OWN DURING IDLE OR AS SOON AS YOU LET GO OF THE BRAKE, DEALER HAS ALREADY LOOKED AT VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. THROTTLE BODY, CLEANED, NEW AIRFILTERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, THIS HAS BEEN AN OCCURRING PROBLEM FOR HE LAST 5 MONTHS VEHICLE HAS 75,000 MILES AND THE DEALER MENTIONED THEY HAVE 6 OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2005 FORD FREESTYLE HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SURGING FORWARD ESPECIALLY WHEN MOVING SLOWLY BACK AND FORTH INTO A PARKING SPOT. SOMETIMES RIGHT AFTER THE IDLE SURGES, THE IDLE WILL ALSO SUDDENLY DROP, AND NOW AT TIMES IT EVEN STALLS. THE SURGE CAUSES THE CAR TO ACCELERATE AND I'M FORCED TO MODULATE THE BRAKES TO AVOID UNEXPECTED MOVEMENT OF THE CAR. IT USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN CONDITIONS ARE WARM, THE CAR IS WARM, AND THE AC IS ON. I HAVE TAKEN THIS CAR TO FORD IN THE PAST, AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT IT. I AM TAKING IT IN AGAIN AS THE STALLING PROBLEM HAS BECOME MORE PRONOUNCED. WHEN I GOOGLED FOR PROBLEMS WITH FORD FREESTYLES DOING THIS, I FOUND OTHERS HAVE REGISTERED COMPLAINTS EXACTLY THE SAME AS MINE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE THE RPMS WOULD INCREASE WHICH PREVENTED THE TRANSMISSION FROM SHIFTING IN GEAR. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO LUNGED BACKWARDS INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE CONTACT DOES NOT KNOW IF THEY WILL REPAIR THE FAILURE OR NOT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 116,000. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE SHIFTED THE GEAR INTO REVERSE, THE ENGINE REVVED WITHOUT ANY PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. IT WAS ONLY WHEN HE APPLIED HEAVY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE DID THE ENGINE REV DOWN TO IDLE. UPDATED EVOQ 11/15/10

2005 FORD FREESTYLE HAS BEEN SURGING AND LURCHING WITHOUT DEPRESSING GAS PEDAL. WHILE STOPPED BUT IN EITHER DRIVE OR REVERSE, ONCE FOOT IS REMOVED FROM BRAKE PEDAL, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATES WITHOUT WARNING. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED, THE WRENCH LIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT WENT INTO FAILSAFE MODE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY. THE PART WON'T BE IN STOCK UNTIL AUGUST AND THE DEALER IS RECOMMENDING THE VEHICLE NOT BE DRIVEN UNTIL THE THROTTLE BODY IS REPLACED. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT HAD A PEDESTRIAN BEEN IN FRONT OF OR BEHIND MY CAR WHEN IT ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING AND WITHOUT THE GAS PEDAL BEING PUSHED. *TR

05 FORD FREESTYLE SURGES AT LOW SPEEDS, PARTICULARLY IN REVERSE AND/OR WHEN THE AC IS TURNED ON. CAR BEGAN STALLING WHILE DRIVING. AUTO MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE CAUSE WAS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BUT NOT AVAILABLE FROM FORD FOR MANY MONTHS. VERY DANGEROUS CONSIDERING CAR CAN STALL OR SURGE AT ANY MOMENT. *TR

MY VEHICLE HAS HAD A HABIT OF LURCHING FORWARD IN AN INVOLUNTARY MOTION. MANY TIMES I'VE GONE FROM PARK TO DRIVE, WITH BRAKES APPLIED, THE RPM INCREASE AND A STRONG LURCH FORWARD IS DONE. EVEN WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED IT NEARLY FORCES ITSELF TO GO FORWARD WHEN I THRO IT IN REVERSE, IT WILL REPEAT THIS INVOLUNTARY ACTION. WHEN I AM AT A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN IT WILL WANT TO DO THE SAME ACTION FORWARD. I FEAR I WILL SOME DAY HIT A VEHICLE OR PEOPLE IN PARKING LOT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO MY FORD DEALER AND THE COMPUTER DOES NOT GIVE ANY FAULTS. I HAVE TAKEN IT SOME FOUR TIMES FOR THE SAME THING. IN ADDITION, I KEEP INFORMING THEM OF THE POWER STEERING. IT MAKES LOUD HUMMING AND GRINDING NOISE, BUT THE DEALER KEEPS TELLING ME THEIR IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM. THE AIR CONDITIONER ALSO HAS A FAULT, WHEN NOT IN USE IT WILL RUN BY ITSELF AND BLOW COLD AIR. I HAVE TO TURN IT ON AND OFF UNTIL IT STOPS BLOWING. ONCE IT DID IT WITH THE ENGINE OFF. I HAVE ALSO COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER BUT WITH THE SAME RESULTS, THEIR IS NOTHING WRONG. I KEEP ASKING MYSELF, HOW CAN I MAKE THE FORD AUTO MAKER RESPONSIBLE IS THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD AND HITS ANOTHER CAR OR WORSE, I CAN HIT A PEDESTRIAN? *TR

2005 FORD FREESTYLE SURGES AND LUNGES FORWARD WHILE FOOT IS BRAKE. SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES THE RPMS SURGE AND THE CAR STARTS LUNGING FORWARD PULLING ME OUT INTO THE INTERSECTION. THE CAR THEN SHUTDOWN FOR A SECOND AND WENT INTO LIMP HOME MODE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND BACKUP BEFORE I WAS HIT BY THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED BUT THE PART WAS ON A 3 MONTH BACK ORDER. DEALER WOULD NOT ADVISE ME THE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE! *TR