2006 Ford Freestyle

2006 FORD FREESTYLE. APPROX: 65,000 MILES. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON; SINCE THEN THE VEHICLE AT TIMES WILL LURCH FORWARD WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF GAS OR IF YOU ARE NOT PUSHING THE BRAKE COMPLETELY DOWN. THE RPMS RUN REALLY HIGH WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF GAS OR JUST AT IDLE. CAR LURCHES FORWARD WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. WHEN TRYING TO GET ON THE FREEWAY, CAR WILL BARELY GET GOING. I AM ASSUMING THIS IS THE THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM THAT ALL THE FORD FREESTYLES SEEM TO BE HAVING. ALSO NOTICED THAT IT SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE OFTEN WHILE SITTING AT AN IDLE FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES. HAVE NOT HAD REPAIRS YET, AS THIS PART IS VERY COSTLY AND I AM JUST LEARNING NOW THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD FREESTYLE. *TR

THE CAR WILL LUNGE FORWARD WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP OR WHEN PULLING OUT AFTER IDLING. RUNNING THE A/C MAKES THE PROBLEM WORSE AND THE CAR TRIES TO SHUT DOWN.THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE LIGHTS START TO FLICKER AND THE AIR BAG AND WRENCH LIGHTS COME ON. WHILE IN PARK THE RPMS WILL RACE TO 3 RPMS WITHOUT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR. WE HAVE REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE SMART JUNCTION BOX BUT THE CAR JUST KEEPS GETTIN WORSE. THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY WHEN THIS STARTED TO HAPPEN BUT THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG SO THEY TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT THIS WAY UNTIL IT DIED THEN TOW IT TO THEM AND THEY WOULD GO BACK TO THE SAME TICKET SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS ALMOST OUT. THAT DEALERSHIP HAS SINCE CLOSED SO NOW I'M STUCK WITH THE BILL. IF WE ONLY KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM ACTUALLY WAS. *TR

IN APRIL 2007, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BECAME JAMMED. HAD SEATBELT BUCKLE REPLACED. IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THERE WAS NOT CHARGE. ON JUNE 8, 2010 THE CHECK THROTTLE BODY LIGHT AND WRENCH WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND WE NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE IN. THE THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR MOUNT WERE BOTH REPLACED. COST OF REPAIR WAS $1023.24 THE MILEAGE AT THE TIME OF REPAIR WAS 55,234. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SURGE UNEXPECTEDLY AT TIMES IN BOTH DRIVE AND REVERSE. AT OTHER TIMES, VEHICLE WOULD HESITATES / HAD LITTLE OR NO PICK-UP WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TOOK VEHICLE IN ON JUNE 22, 2010. AN ENGINE SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND THE PCM WAS REPROGRAMMED. REPAIRS TOTALED $642.61 THE MILEAGE AT TIME OF REPAIRS WAS 55,613. WAS TOLD AT THAT TIME THE FUEL FILTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND A TRANSMISSION FLUSH WAS NECESSARY. REPLACED FUEL FILTER AND HAD TRANSMISSION FLUSH DONE JULY 1, 2010. COST WAS $200.65. MILEAGE WAS 55,695. I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPERS AND LEARNED THAT OTHERS WERE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. I WANTED TO BE ON RECORD WITH PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS CAR. FORD MANUFACTURED CARS WITH ISSUES. THEY SHOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND COMPENSATE FOR THE REPAIRS THAT PEOPLE HAD TO PAY FOR. THE REPAIRS THAT HAVE HAD TO BE DONE ON THIS CAR ARE RIDICULOUS. BETWEEN THE SEAT BELT ISSUE AND THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES, I WOULD SAY WE HAVE HAD SOME SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE AND WE MOST CERTAINLY REGRET BUYING IT. *TR

MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE HAS STARTED TRYING TO RUN AWAY WITH ME WHENEVER I'VE BEEN SITTING IN A PARKING SPACE WITH THE ENGINE ON AND THE AIR CONDITIONING ON. WHEN I PUT THE CAR INTO GEAR EITHER FORWARD OR REVERSE IT SHOOTS OUT OF THE SPACE CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO JAM ON THE BRAKES. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED LAST JUNE 2010,I CRASHED INTO A CAR THAT WAS PARKED BEHIND ME. IT DID NOT HAPPEN AGAIN FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN THE WEATHER WAS EXTREMELY HOT SO, I THOUGHT MAYBE THE HOT WEATHER HAD CAUSED IT. IT DID NOT OCCUR DURING THE WINTER. NOW THAT THE WEATHER IS GETTING HOT IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN. I AM VERY ANXIOUS EVERY TIME I HAVE TO DRIVE ANYWHERE WHEN IT'S HOT OUTSIDE. I TALKED TO MY SON-IN-LAW ABOUT IT AND HE SAID MAYBE IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION. BUT, THEY CHECK THE TRANSMISSION WHEN THEY CHANGE MY OIL AND HAVE NOT TOLD ME OF ANY PROBLEMS. *TR

2006 FORD FREESTYLE. LUNGES AT IDLE SPEED, OFTEN WITH BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO NUMEROUS REPAIR FACILITIES, INCLUDING FORD DEALERSHIPS, AND NONE CAN DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS, WHEN WILL FORD BE OWNING UP TO THIS ISSUE AND ISSUING A RECALL TO FIX IT AT THEIR EXPENSE? WE ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR STALLING WHILE IN CRUISE CONTROL AT SPEEDS OF 60MPH OR HIGHER. CONSIDER BEING ON A FREEWAY WITH NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES AT 60-70 MPH, SEMI TRUCKS AND OTHER VEHICLES SPEEDING AROUND YOU, AND TRYING TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY SAFELY. AGAIN, NO REPAIR FACILITY CAN DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *TR

WHEN PLACED IN REVERSE OR DRIVE VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED. THIS HAPPENS EVEN WHEN DRIVER'S FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE PETAL AND USUALLY WHEN A/C IS ON. TYPICALLY HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS FIRST STARTED AND PLACED INTO GEAR BUT WILL HAPPEN EVEN IF CAR HAS BEEN RUNNING A WHILE, STOPPED, AND CHANGED INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR.

VEHICLE SURGES WITH NO APPLICATION OF THE ACCELERATOR. THE SURGE SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE OR REVERSE, WITH OR WITHOUT THE BRAKE APPLIED, AND SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING IS ON ALTHOUGH NOT ALL SURGES HAVE OCCURRED WITH THE AIR-CONDITIONING ON. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND SEEMS TO OCCUR IN SPRING, SUMMER AND FALL MONTHS WHEN THE AIR-CONDITIONING HAS BEEN IN USE. THIS SURGING PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF A HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN OUT OF PARK AND PLACED IN REVERSE WHEN THE VEHICLE SURGED BACKWARD TO THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY. THE ACCELERATOR WAS NOT APPLIED TO MAKE THE VEHICLE MOVE AND THE AIR-CONDITIONING WAS NOT ON AT THE TIME OF THE SURGE ALTHOUGH IT HAD BEEN USED EARLY THAT DAY. *TR