2006 FORD FREESTYLE Complaints

VEHICLE LURCHES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN FORWARD AND REVERSE. HAPPENED MANY TIMES. THE WRENCH INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON ALSO WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THIS HAPPENED MANY TIMES WHEN WE FIRST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I CHECKS THREADS ON THE INTERNET AND SAW THIS AS A COMMON PROBLEM. I PERSONALLY CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY AS SHOWN ON YOUTUBE BY A GENTLEMAN AND IT FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR AWHILE. THIS HAPPENED RECENTLY TO MY WIFE AS SHE WAS LEAVING HER WORK PARKING LOT AT LOW SPEED. LURCHED WHEN PUT IN GEAR WITH BRAKES APPLIED. CAR FELT UNCONTROLLABLE. WE SEE THAT AN INVESTIGATION ON THIS PROBLEM HAS BEGUN SO I WOULD CONFER WITH OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS. MORE TIMES AND DATES THAN I CAN REMEMBER THAT LURCHING HAS TAKEN PLACE. ONE TIME I HAD TO SLIP IT INTO NEUTRAL TO STOP THE CAR AND APPLY THE BRAKES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE STARTED THE ENGINE BUT THE RADIO, INTERIOR LIGHTS AND POWER WINDOWS BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE WIRING FROM THE SIDE VIEW MIRRORS HAD FAILED, AND CAUSED THE FUSE BOX AND RELAY TO MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT BOTH COMPONENTS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29,2013 I NOTICED A NOISE IN MY ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC HE SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND TO CALL THE DEALER. WE CALLED THE DEALER THEY SAID TO GET A TRANSMISSION IT WOULD BE A REMANUFACTURED ONE USING OUR OLD ONE FOR THE CORE AND WOULD BE ABOUT 48 HUNDRED DOLLARS HOWEVER THEY CAN'T GET ONE. I NOW HAVE A CAR I CAN'T DRIVE OR SELL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 68 MPH, THE CBT TRANSMISSION CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE PCM TRANSMISSION CONTROL HAD EXCEEDED THE CURRENT CONDITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE MILEAGE WAS 79,957. THE CONSUMER STATED TWO DAYS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE VEHICLE SOUNDED AND ACTED LIKE IT WAS STUCK IN GEAR. SO, THE ONLY WAY TO ALLEVIATE THE ISSUE, WAS TO PULL OVER, TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN.

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, CAR DID A SMALL SURGE FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF POWER. WRENCH AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ONCE CAR WAS TURNED OFF, IT RESTARTED WITH NO WRENCH OR ENGINE LIGHT AND SEEMED OK. IT PROGRESSIVELY GOT MORE FREQUENT. THROTTLE BODY HAD BEEN CHANGED, NOW BEING TOLD THE TRANSMISSION IS SHOT AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

CAR LOSES ACCELERATION POWER SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING OR IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING. CAR SURGES FORWARD AND STALLS BEFORE WRENCH LIGHT APPEARS. *TR

EXPERIENCED A DROP IN THROTTLE RESPONSE GOING THROUGH A CURVE/INTERSECTION AND REDUCED POWER...PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD...SWITCHED OFF IGNITION AND RESTARTED. *TR HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME SITUATION OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS AND FOUND A FORD RECALL TO CLEAN THE THROTTLE BODY AND REPROGRAM THE CONTROLLER. DEALERSHIP NOW TELLS ME THAT THE REPAIR IS TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY AT A COST OF OVER $800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD HAVE TO BE CLEANED UNDER A VOLUNTARY RECALL. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED HESITATION WHILE ACCELERATING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 143,000. MAH

MY CAR WAS MAKING A STRANGE NOISE IN PARK, WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE THE NOISE WOULD STOP. SOUNDED LIKE A AIRPLANE WHILE IDLING. WHEN I ASKED TO HAVE IT CHECKED WHILE HAVING OIL CHANGED, WAS TOLD IT WAS TRANSMISSION NOISE AND DUE TO CVT TRANSMISSION AND WILL NOT EFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF TRANSMISSION UNTIL I FEEL IT SLIPPING GEARS. HAVE SEEN THAT FORD HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND WONDER WHY THEY HAVEN'T STOOD BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND REPAIRED THIS ISSUE. I AM A WIDOWED MOM AND DON'T HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LYING AROUND TO HAVE THIS FIXED. BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FOR BEING ABLE TO HELP TRANSPORT MY SONS BOY SCOUT TROOP TO THEIR EVENTS AND AFRAID TO DO SO WITH CONCERN OF BRAKING DOWN THIS SCOUTS IN MY CAR. WISH THEY WOULD FIX THIS ISSUE SO CUSTOMERS WOULD NOT PUT OUT POCKET TO FIX, THEY KNOW THE PROBLEM EXISTS FIX IT. *TR