2006 Ford Freestyle

WAS SITTING IN CAR IN A PARKING LOT WITH AC RUNNING WAITING FOR MY WIFE. AS I BEGAN TO BACK UP I PUT FOOT ON BRAKE TO LET CAR GO BY WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO SURGE AND MY FOOT WAS NO WHERE NEAR GAS PEDAL. THEN THE CAR SHUT OFF BY ITSELF AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. LATER WE WERE WAITING IN A LINE AT A DRIVE-THRU AS WE WAITED IN LINE I HAD CAR IN DRIVE BUT FOOT ON BRAKE. THEN THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD AND I COULD HAVE HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE CAR DIED AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED ANOTHER TIME. I TOOK IT TO AUTO PART STORE TO DIAGNOSE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. IT GAVE ME CODE P2106 AND WHICH IS THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM-FORCED LIMITED POWER. *TR

I HAD JUST STARTED THE ENGINE, A/C ON,AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING STALL.THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO BE WORKING NORMAL.ENGINE TEMP-NORMAL,FUEL-3/4 FULL, NO INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ON, ENGINE RPMS ABOUT 750. WITH MY FOOT FIRMLY ON THE SERVICE BRAKE PEDAL,I PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE.THE VEHICLE POWERED BACKWARDS ABOUT 5 FEET AND I BEGAN TO TURN THE VEHICLE TOWARDS THE RIGHT.THE ENGINE SPEED IMMEDIATELY RAISED, BUT MY FOOT WAS HOVERING ABOVE THE BRAKE PEDAL & NOT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL.I STOMPED HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO AVOID HITTING THE VEHICLES PARKED BESIDE & DIRECTLY BEHIND ME.THE VEHICLE STOPPED AFTER POWERING BACKWARDS ANOTHER 5 FEET AFTER APPLYING THE SERVICE BRAKES.NO COLLISION OCCURED.I IMMEDIATELY LOOKED AT THE DASHBOARD AND SAW THE RPMS WERE AT 2250+ WHILE TRANS STILL IN REVERSE & SERVICE BRAKES FULLY APPLIED.I SHUTOFF THE ENGINE WHILE TRANS IN REVERSE AND THEN MOVED TRANS INTO PARK. A LOUD CLICK WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE HOOD AREA AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. *TR

ENGINE SURGING UNEXPECTEDLY AND VIOLENTLY IN GEAR AT IDLE. I HAVE HAD THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED THREE TIMES, AND ON 7-2-2014 IT HAS BEGUN THIS SURGING AGAIN. FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP LINE HAS CONFIRMED TO ME THAT THE VEHICLE HAS NOT CLEARED OFF OF THEIR DATABASE ( I NEVER RECEIVED THE CSP-12N03 LETTER), AND THE COVERAGE FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE PART HAS EXPIRED AS OF 5-31-2013. FORD ASKED ME TO KEEP ALL OF MY RECEIPTS WHEN I REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY FOR THE FOURTH TIME SO THAT IF FORD ENACTS A NEW COVERAGE, I WILL HAVE MY PAPERWORK IN ORDER. NO PROMISE OF A NOTICE LETTER HOWEVER. *TR

WE WERE AT A STAND STILL IN TRAFFIC LEADING TO THE OFF RAMP, A VEHICLE CAME SPEEDING DOWN THE ON RAMP AND BY HIS OWN ADMISSION WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION. HE THEN RAMMED INTO THE BACK OF OUR VEHICLE AND HIT US SO HARD THAT IT TRIGGERED A MULTI CAR CRASH, 6 VEHICLES IN ALL. DURING REPAIRS OF THE VEHICLE WE WERE TOLD THAT THE ENGINE WAS EXPERIENCING IDLE SURGE. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THIS WAS NOT DUE TO THE VEHICLE ACCIDENT. WE PAID OUT OF POCKET SOME 1,700.00 AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. THE FORD DEALERSHIP HAS NOT AND WILL NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. FORD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS REPAIR AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ACTION TAKEN ON THEIR PART. I CALLED FORD CORPORATE OFFICE AND WAS TOLD DESPITE MY VEHICLE BEING INCLUDED IN THE 2005-2007 RECALL MY PARTICULAR VIN NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT LOT. NOT GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE. *TR

AS OUTLINED IN THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST FORD FILED IN CALIFORNIA, OUR CAR EXPERIENCED A "SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED CVT TRANSMISSIONS FAILURE". THIS RESULTED IN A "SUDDEN LOSS OF FORWARD PROPULSION AND DELAYED ACCELERATION" WHEN MERGING ONTO A 40 MPH STREET. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, THE WRENCH LIGHT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL DASH LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED HIGH RPM'S WITH LITTLE FORWARD MOVEMENT. WE TOOK THE PROBLEM TO AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER WHO RECOMMENDED REPAIRS TO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM COSTING US $2,000 EVEN THOUGH IT KNEW ABOUT THE SYSTEMIC TRANSMISSION DEFECT THE FORD GENERAL MANAGER STATED IN A PHONE CALL THIS MORNING (6 13 2014) HIS SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS HAD TWO OTHER FORD FREESTYLES IN THEIR SHOP PRESENTING THE EXACT ISSUES AS OUR CAR. FOLLOWING FORD PROTOCOL RESULTED IN A "FINAL" DIAGNOSIS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE. POINT BEING, THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP ADMITTEDLY HAD PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE CVT TRANSMISSION FAILURES YET DID NOT RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO US AT THE ONSET OF THE SYSTEMIC DEFECT. THE VEHICLE SITS IN OUR DRIVEWAY. IT IS NOT SAFE TO OPERATE AS WE ELECTED NOT TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE CVT TRANSMISSION AT A QUOTED COST OF $5,000 PLUS INSTALLATION. *JS

THE THROTTLE BODY ISSUE WITH FORD FREESTYLE HAS AFFECTED US TWICE WITH THE SAME CAR. THE INITIAL TIME IS MENTIONED ABOVE, AND THE PART WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BY FORD. THE ISSUE HAS RESURFACED AND IT MAKES THE CAR VERY DANGEROUS IF YOU ARE NOT MASHING THE BRAKE DOWN AT IDLE BECAUSE THE CAR WILL LUNGE OR LURCH UNCONTROLLABLY. IT ACCELERATES RAPIDLY AT IDLE WITHOUT CONTROL. THE LURCHING OCCURS ESPECIALLY BAD WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS RUNNING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THERE WAS A LOSS OF POWER AS THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO EXIT TO THE SHOULDER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND THE OUTPUT SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE INSPECTED AND REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.