2007 Ford Freestyle

I TOOK MY FORD FREESTYLE INTO THE DEALER TODAY TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT BECAUSE IT WAS LURCHING AND NOT GETTING ENOUGH POWER. IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ...BAD THROTTLE BODY...AND THE MECHANIC HAD THE NERVE TO SUGGEST THAT IT ONLY HAPPENS TO CARS THAT AREN'T MAINTAINED PROPERLY BY THE OWNERS. I EXPLAINED THAT MINE IS WELL MAINTAINED AND I HAVE RECORDS TO SHOW FOR IT, THEN HE GAVE ME THE WONDERFUL NEWS THAT IT WOULD ONLY COST ME $1,188.93 TO FIX IT. HE ACTED LIKE IT WAS A REAL RARITY FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AND THAT I WAS GETTING A HUGE DEAL. HE EVEN CHARGED ME $99 FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM. THEN HE CAME BACK TO ME AND WARNED ME THAT IT COULD STOP OR "THE ENGINE COULD SEIZE" IF I DROVE IT STILL. WHEN I WOULDN'T TAKE THE BAIT, HE CALLED ME LATER AT HOME AND SUGGESTED THEY COULD GIVE ME A SMALL DISCOUNT FOR THE REPAIR. THEN HE ONCE AGAIN WARNED THAT IT'S VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. BY THE WAY, I'M A SINGLE WOMAN AND THE CAR HAS ONLY 47K ON IT. I'M FEELING PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THE INCREASED COST WAS ASSOCIATED WITH MY GENDER...SO, WHAT OTHERS WERE TOLD WOULD COST THEM ABOUT $700 OR SO, I WAS INFORMED WOULD BE ALMOST $1,200 - GUESS IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO FIX THE PROBLEM WHEN A WOMAN IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER!!! WHEN I GOOGLED THE FREESTYLE NAME I FOUND OUT THAT THIS PROBLEM IS VERY VERY COMMON WITH OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS. I'M SERIOUSLY DISGUSTED THAT FORD AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES WOULD TRY TO COVER UP OR IGNORE THIS PROBLEM AND EVEN ALLOW DRIVERS BACK ON THE ROAD WHEN THIS TYPE OF THING IS OCCURRING. IT'S AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY FREESTYLE THRU THE CARPOOL LANE AT SCHOOL. I WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY, STOP AND GO, WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE OR THE ACCELERATOR. THE CAR "LURCHED" FORWARD SUDDENLY. MY LEFT FOOT IS ALWAYS AT THE CORNER OF THE BRAKE DUE TO A PROBLEM I HAD WITH THE ACCELERATOR CABLE IN ANOTHER VEHICLE. IF MY FOOT HAD NOT BEEN ON THAT BRAKE, I WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME...OR A CHILD!!! A POLICE OFFICER STANDING RIGHT THERE, GAVE ME A VERY MEAN LOOK WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AS IT WAS A TRULY UNSAFE DRIVER. THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED TO ME THE ONE TIME. I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. THE REPAIR IT VERY COSTLY. ITS THE "THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY" , THIS SEEMS TO BE A LARGE PROBLEM WITH THE FREESTYLE. I THEN SPOKE TO A FORD CUSTOMER REPRESENTATIVE, WITH NO POSITIVE OUTCOME. UPON CHECKING THIS ONLINE, I REALIZE THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THE FREESTYLE. SO I AM "STUCK" DRIVING A VERY UNSAFE VEHICLE. I ALSO HAVE A DELAY IN THE SHIFTING OF THE CAR FROM PARK TO REVERSE, AND FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. FORD SAYS THAT IS A DIRTY TRANSMISSION, AND NEEDS TO BE FLUSHED..AGAIN PRICEY. I REALLY FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE AT RISK WITH THIS PROBLEM? THIS VEHICLE IS VERY CONDUCIVE TO CHILDREN, AND I SEE MANY OF THESE VEHICLES AT SCHOOLS. I HAVE HAD OVER 15 FORDS, AND THIS IS THE WORST SERVICE THAT I HAVE EVER HAD. I INSIST THAT SOMETHING BE DONE, BEFORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED FOR A FORD ISSUE THAT THEY ARE "AWARE" OF! *TR

2005 FORD FREESTYLE LIMITED WITH 52,000 MILES "LURCHES" IN FORWARD AND REVERSE. COST TO REPLACE THROTTLE BODY PART EXCEED $600. THIS VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. AFTER FURTHER ONLINE RESEARCH THERE ARE MANY SAME COMPLAINTS. THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE PROPERLY REVIEWED FOR RECALL BY FORD ASAP TO MINIMIZE DAMAGES AS A RESULT OF FAULTY PARTS. *TR

WE'VE HAD OUR 2007 FORD FREESTYLE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS, BUT TODAY MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER FREESTYLE AND HAD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT AN INTERSECTION. SUDDENLY IT SURGED WHILE HER FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. SHE SAID SHE STARTED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO GO REGARDLESS OF HOW HAD SHE PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR ( ENGINE DID NOT RACE ) AND FINALLY GAINED SPEED. SHE IMMEDIATELY MADE HER WAY HOME AND TOLD ME HER EXPERIENCE. I DROVE IT MYSELF AND IT (SURGING) HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I STOPPED AT A LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE TO SEE IF THEY COULD PULL TROUBLE CODES, WHICH THEY COULDN'T READ. WE THEN LEFT AND I CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT TO SEE IF IT WOULD STILL HAPPEN AND IT DID WHEN WE WERE BACKING UP AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT. WE IMMEDIATELY CAME HOME AND PARKED IT. THE REASON WE ARE WRITING THIS NOW, INSTEAD OF WAITING TO SEE WHAT A SERVICE REP WOULD SAY, IS BECAUSE UPON RETURNING HOME WE DID A SEARCH ON THE NET AND FOUND MANY STORIES OF THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. FRANKLY I'M SURPRISED WE DIDN'T HIT SOMETHING TODAY. THIS APPEARS TO BE A SERIOUS SITUATION FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR AND ISSUE AN IMMEDIATE RECALL. *TR

FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS, MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS BEEN SURGING WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE OR WHEN I GO FORWARD AFTER BEING STOPPED, AT SAY A REDLIGHT. LAST WEEK, MY VEHICLE STARTED DYING ON ME AND THE WRENCH SYMBOL WOULD COME ON AND THE SURGING WOULD BE WORSE. OF COURSE WHEN I GOT IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP THE WRENCH SYMBOL WAS NO LONGER ON SO THEY FOUND NOTHING WHEN THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED. AFTER LEAVING IT THERE FOR 5 DAYS I TOOK IT HOME AND THE NEXT DAY IT DIED AND THE WRENCH SYMBOL CAME ON AGAIN. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AFTER THE DIAGNOSTIC WAS RAN IT WAS DETERMINED IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY THAT NEEDED REPLACED. *TR

2007 FORD FREESTYLE THROTTLE BODY VEHICLE PROGRESSIVELY FEELING MORE ROUGH AT IDLING (WHILE WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT). ON AUGUST 7 2010 I BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THEN WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE SHIFTED INTO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE STARTED LURCHING FORWARD OVERRIDING MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH PANEL CAME ON WHICH INDICATED A TRANSMISSION FAULT HAD BEEN DETECTED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER WHO SAID THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS 64,446 MILES AND WAS PURCHASED NEW. IN THE PAST 2 MONTHS, THE CAR HAS DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WITH RAPID ACCELERATION THAT OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING AND IT HAPPENS IN FORWARD AS WELL AS REVERSE. IT SEEMS TO BE WORSE WHEN IT'S HOT & THE A/C IS ON. I HAVE ALMOST REAR-ENDED SEVERAL CARS WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT & ALMOST "LURCHED" INTO A PEDESTRIAN IN A PARKING LOT. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY IS BAD AND HAS TO BE REPLACED AND THE PART & REPAIR IS NOT GOING TO BE COVERED BY MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD TO BOTH THE DRIVER AND PUBLIC SINCE IT OCCURS WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND THE "LURCHING" SENDS THE CAR FORWARD OR BACKWARD AT A SUDDEN SPEED. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE TO ALERT THE PUBLIC. *TR

THIS STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO ON MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WITH 44,000 MILES. THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD WITH FOOT ON BRAKE AND THEN STALLS. IT ALSO OCCURS WHEN GOING IN REVERSE. I'VE ALMOST HIT CARS IN PARKING LOTS 3 TIMES. IT'S INTERMITTENT AND SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE WHEN IT'S HOT OUTSIDE ANT THE AC IS ON. FORD DEALERS SAYS THERE AREN'T ANY RECALLS AND I'M OUT OF WARRANTY. THEY TELL ME THERE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS AND THAT THE ISSUE IS THE THROTTLE BODY. COST OF REPAIRS IS $700-$1000. *TR

WE OWN A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. IT IS HAVING POWER SURGES WITH ACCELERATIONS WHEN IN REVERSE OR FORWARD, ESPECIALLY ON HOT DAYS WITH THE A/C GOING. WHEN WE BREAK, THE WRENCH (TRANSMISSION LIGHT) COMES ON AND THE CAR STALLS. IT IS HARD TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND STEER ONCE THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS SEVERAL FREESTYLE HAVE SAME ISSUE AND IT IS WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS IS NOT A SAFE ERROR TO HAVE, AS THE CAR ACCELERATES AND IS HARD TO CONTROL. *TR

WHEN I PUT MY CAR IN DRIVE OR REVERSE AND SOMETIMES WHILE IDLE IT WILL ACCELERATE HIGHLY WITHOUT ME TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL AND IF I DON'T HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE IT WILL JUST TAKE OFF. IT WILL THEN TRY TO GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD AND SOMETIMES GOES DEAD AND WONT LET ME RE-CRANK IT FOR A FEW MINUTES. IT STARTED OUT DOING THIS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. NOW IT DOES IT ALL THE TIME. IF IM NOT CAREFUL IM AFRAID IT WILL RAM INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE OR EVEN PERSON IF IM IN A PARKING LOT. THIS STARTED APPROX A YEAR AGO OFF AND ON AND RECENTLY STARTED DOING IT ENOUGH FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GET IT LOOKED AT. FORD DEALERSHIP SAYS ITS THE THROTTLE BODY. I SEE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL VEHICLE TYPES WITH THE SAME THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM, THERE STILL HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL AND IT CAN BE DANGEROUS. AFTER PURCHASING A BRAND NEW VEHICLE YOU WOULD THINK THE PARTS WOULD BE OF TOP QUALITY AND NOT BREAK AFTER JUST A FEW YEARS ESPECIALLY THE THROTTLE BODY. THE THROTTLE BODY IS ONE OF THE MAIN PARTS OF THE POWERTRAIN. *TR