2007 Ford Freestyle

THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES - MORE FREQUENT DURING SUMMER MONTHS - THE ENGINE LUNGES (BOTH IN DRIVE AND REVERSE) WHEN MY FOOT IS FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE. OCCASIONALLY, WHEN IN REVERSE, IT WILL LUNGE, THEN THE ENGINE WILL DIE. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTART IT THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. FORD SAYS THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. HOPEFULLY IT WILL NOT CONTINUE TO LUNGE WHEN PEOPLE ARE STANDING IN A CROSSWALK. *TR

I OWN A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. IT HAS IN RECENT WEEKS BEGUN TO UNEXPECTEDLY SURGE IN BOTH DRIVE AND REVERSE. THIS IS NOT A "LITTLE" SURGE BUT A POWERFUL LUNGE IN WHATEVER DIRECTION THE WHEEL IS TURNED. IT IS ALWAYS AT LOW SPEED, AND VERY RANDOM IN WHEN IT OCCURS. IT IS VERY UNNERVING AROUND PEDESTRIANS AND ALSO IN TIGHT SPACES LIKE A GARAGE. *TR

BOUGHT A USED 2007 FORD FREESTYLE LIMITED 3.0 DURATEC ENGINE, CVT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. HAD FORD DEALER TUNE-UP THE ENGINE, REPLACE FRONT CRANKSHAFT SEAL ON ENGINE AND REPLACE THE CVT FLUID & FILTERS AS WELL AS PERFORM A MULTI-POINT INSPECTION. AFTER WORK PERFORMED (WHICH REQUIRED THE REMOVAL OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD W/THROTTLE BODY ATTACHED FOR THE TUNE-UP) THE VEHICLE NOW SURGES BADLY WHEN IN REVERSE PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPOT. DOES SO QUITE POWERFULLY AND IS VERY DANGEROUS TO ANY LIFE & PROPERTY THAT IS AROUND THE VEHICLE WHEN SURGING OCCURS UNEXPECTEDLY. NO DOUBT IN MY MIND HAD MY WIFE BEEN DRIVING SHE WOULD HAVE PANICKED AND THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOSS OF LIFE OR PROPERTY. FORTUNATELY I WAS DRIVING AND MANAGED (JUST BARELY) TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. TOOK BACK TO DEALER TO DIAGNOSE AND WAS QUOTED THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE R/R'D. WAS TOLD BY SERVICE MANAGER FORD WAS WELL AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT HAS FAILED TO RESPOND WITH A RECALL. *TR

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE BACK BRAKES. HAD THOSE REPLACED JULY08. IN JULY09 I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE IT ACCELERATED AND LURCHED FORWARD ALMOST HITTING THE CAR BESIDE ME. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT A WEEK. THEN EVERY TIME I PUT IT IN REVERSE IT WOULD DIE THEN THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND WAS REPLACED. IN FEB. 2010 I WAS INFORMED THAT MY BACK BRAKES WERE COMPLETELY GONE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ASAP. IN JUNE10 THE CAR STARTED MAKING A FUNNY NOISE IN PARK AND NO LIGHTS IN THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL HAD COME ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE INPUT SHAFT BEARING WAS OUT. WHICH MEANS A NEW TRANSMISSION. IN OCTOBER10, AS I WAS TURNING RIGHT INTO AN INTERSECTION DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I HAD THE PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. AND, THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AGAIN. *TR

2007 FORD FREESTYLE SURGED FORWARD AS I WAS STOPPED FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE "WRENCH" LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT. I WAS TOLD THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE INDICATED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL ASSEMBLY MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE INSTALLATION WOULD COST ABOUT $700. THE PART WAS ORDERED IN LATE JULY. IT IS NOW OCTOBER AND THE PART HAS NOT ARRIVED. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RE-OCCURRED. IT WAS VERY HOT THAT DAY AND THE A/C WAS ON. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE THAT I HAVE HAD FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW. I FIRST EXPERIENCED MY CAR NOT ABLE TO GO OVER TWENTY MILE PER HOUR ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. I GOT IT HOME SHUT IT OFF AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE TILL ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. WHEN MY CAR IS IN PARK AND WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE IT MAKES A FUNNY WINDING SOUND AND ABOUT A WEEK AGO MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT AND ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN AND SHE COULDN'T EVEN DRIVE IT ANYMORE IT WAS HURKY JERKY AND GOT IT BACK TO THE HOUSE. NOW I TAKE IT IN AND THE MECHANIC SAYS ITS THE TRANSMISSION. THE COMPUTER IS SAYING THAT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH A TRANSMISSION AS WELL. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM A LITTLE MORE IT SEEMS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH FORD NOT DOING ANYTHING TO START A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM COULD OF HAVE BEEN ALOT WORSE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND HAD A HORRIBLE CRASH BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM.. MY CAR ONLY HAS A LITTLE OVER 67000 MILES ON IT AND SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS ALREADY AND ESPECIALLY AFTER I KEEP UP WITH THE MAINTENANCE ON THIS VEHICLE. IT IS GOING TO COST ME OVER 4000 DOLLARS TO GET THIS FIXED ON SOMETHING FORD HAS SEEM COMING AND IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT THIS. THIS IS PROBABLY THE REASON THEY STOPPED MAKING THIS MODEL ONLY AFTER THREE YEARS. IF SOMEONE COULD LOOK INTO THIS FOR ME ,THAT WOULD BE GREAT!!!!!!!!! *TR

WE PURCHASED A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE EARLIER THIS YEAR. SHORTLY, AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IT STARTED LUNGING FORWARD WHILE THE BRAKE WAS BEING HELD DOWN. IN ADDITION, THE LUNGING WOULD ALSO OCCUR WHEN THE CAR WAS IN REVERSE AND THE BRAKE WAS BEING HELD. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF INSTANCES, WHERE THE CAR STALLED AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES, AND THEN RESTARTED THE CAR. THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALERSHIP, WHO TOLD US NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. IMMEDIATELY AFTER PICKING UP THE CAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP IT STARTED THE LUNGING. I READ ON A FORUM THAT OTHER FORD FREESTYLE OWNERS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. SOME OF THE OWNERS HAD GOTTEN A FUEL INDUCTION SERVICE. WE WENT TO A DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIP FOR THE FUEL INDUCTION SERVICE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN LUNGING SINCE WE HAD THE SERVICE. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE THAT HAS A TENDENCY TO SURGE WHEN IDLING IN DRIVE OR REVERSE WHEN MY FOOT IS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. I HAVE LEARNED TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND NOT LET ANYONE ELSE DRIVE THE CAR. IT STARTED AT AROUND 40,000 MILES AND VISTA FORD IN OXNARD TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I NOW HAVE 95,000 MILES ON IT AND IT DOES IT DAILY. IT IS WORSE WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS HIGHER AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IT HAS STALLED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON AS WELL AS THE WRENCH. TURNING THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTARTING THE CAR MAKES THE WRENCH GO AWAY BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON. THE LIGHT EVENTUALLY GOES OFF WHEN I GET THE CARE BACK TO A LOWER ELEVATION. IT HAS BEEN WORSE WHEN THE CARE IS ABOVE 4000 FEET ELEVATION. I HAVE HAD FORDS ALL MY LIFE AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. THEY HAVE DONE RECALLS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE A LOT LESS DANGEROUS THAN THIS. THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO DO A RECALL ASAP OR SOMEONE IS GOING THE BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. *TR