2006 FORD FREESTYLE Complaints

THE VEHICLE LUNGES WHEN IN LOW GEARS GOING FRONTWARD AND BACKWARD. BRAKING STOPS THIS, BUT BRAKE HAS TO BE APPLIED HARDER THAN USUAL. I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS BEFORE TO NO AVAIL. BECAUSE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, MY MECHANIC COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. USUALLY THIS HAPPENS AT VERY LOW SPEEDS LIKE AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, IN PARKING LOTS, ETC. *TR

FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO 10/02/12 I BEGAN TO HAVE INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH MY FREESTYLE LUNGING FORWARD IN DRIVE AND YOUR FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE, OR LUNGING BACKWARDS AT SLOW SPEEDS IN THE SAME SCENARIO. IT HAD GOTTEN SO BAD THAT TROUBLES STARTED BLEEDING OVER INTO THE GEARS NOT CATCHING WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. IT WAS THROWING TONS OF CODES, SO I ENDED UP HAVING IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY READ THE CODES AND SAID THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND HOPEFULLY AFTER IT'S REPLACED THE OTHER CODES WILL GO AWAY. SO AFTER A BILL OF $1038. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS FIXED, OR WAS IT? MY PROBLEMS ONLY CONTINUED, NOW WE WERE INTO THE CVT TRANSMISSION. WITH MY CAR STILL THROWING TONS OF CODES, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANNY WAS BAD. AS I HUNG MY HEAD LOW, KNOWING WHAT THIS INVOLVED, I KEPT TRYING TO RESET THE CODES AND SEE HOW LONG SHE WOULD GO BEFORE SHE GAVE UP AGAIN. 3 TOWS LATER AND TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP, I ENDED UP WITH A $3000 REBUILT TRANSMISSION :-( THE THROTTLE BODY IS A KNOWN ISSUE, BUT YET FORD DOESN'T HAVE A RECALL AND IS ALLOWING ITS LOYAL CUSTOMERS TO PAY OUT THE YING-YANG FOR THIS THING. THE TRANNY, THE SAME THING, BECAUSE IT'S A CVT 'VERY SPECIAL AND NO ONE WORKS ON THEM' LOL, TONS OF PEOPLE HAVE DONE THE SAME THING AND ONLY HAD THE OPTION TO REPLACE THE TRANNY. I AM SO UPSIDE DOWN IN MY CAR AND TRIED LIKE HELL TO GET INTO ANOTHER ONE BUT TO NO AVAIL, DID I MENTION I ONLY HAVE 75,000 MILES ON MY CAR?! THIS IS A TRAGEDY TO ME. I'VE BEEN A LOYAL FORD OWNER FOR MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND IT SADDENS ME TO SEE SO MANY CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE THE SAME CAR AND ARE GETTING SHAFTED BECAUSE 'BIG MONEY' DOESN'T WANT TO ADDRESS AN OBVIOUSLY DANGEROUS ISSUE. HOPING THAT BY STATING MY CONCERNS AND WHAT I HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT SOMETHING WILL BE DONE. I HAVE MY RECEIPTS AND THAT'S GREAT AND ALL BUT I'M ALSO OUT $4,000...IN THIS ECONOMY, THAT SUCKS FOR ME. *TR

I PULLED INTO MY GARAGE, PLACED THE CAR IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF, RETURNED IN 30 MINUTES, STARTED RIGHT UP, PLACED TRANSMISSION IN REVERSE, HEARD AND FELT A LARGE BANG, WHINING NOISE FROM ENGINE, WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I DROVE IT. I HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP, REPLACED THE COMPUTER, RECODED, REFLASHED, NOTHING WORKED. I WAS TOLD IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. NEW TRANSMISSION ESTIMATE IS $7000.00...FORD SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR A FLAWED DESIGN...I WAS FORTUNATE IN THAT MY TRANSMISSION FAILED IN MY GARAGE, OTHERS WERE NOT SO LUCKY. PLEASE DONT WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE'S FAMILY IS KILLED BEFORE YOU FORCE A MUCH NEEDED RECALL ON SOME SERIOUSLY BAD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. *TR

VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW AS EXIT OFF FREEWAY, RPMS INCREASED AGAINST BRAKING SYSTEM. VERY DANGEROUS AND WOULD NOT SLOW. ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. ALSO, CONTINUES TO WORSEN, LUNGIN FORWARD AND IN REVERSE. *TR

ON INCREASINGLY FREQUENT OCCASIONS, MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE SEL FWD VEHICLE HAS SURGED (OR LUNGED) DURING VERY LOW/0 SPEED MANEUVERS, SUCH AS TURNING INTO, OR BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE/GARAGE; QUEUING UP IN A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN LANE, OR WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT/SIGN FOR TRAFFIC TO CLEAR; OR NAVIGATING TIGHT PASSAGES, I.E., PARKING GARAGE EXIT LANES AND DRIVE-THROUGH LANES. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE EXACERBATED BY HOT WEATHER AND/OR A/C OPERATION AND/OR STEERING WHEEL MOVEMENT. THIS PROBLEM HAD OCCURRED PRIOR TO 9/6/2011, BUT WITH VERY RARE FREQUENCY. NOW HOWEVER, I AM EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM ON AN ALMOST DAILY BASIS. I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THERE IS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE DEVELOPING WITH THIS MODEL. IF I DON'T HAVE MY FOOT FIRMLY PLANTED ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR CAN SURGE (FAIRLY RAPIDLY) FORWARD OR BACKWARD A GOOD 10 - 20 FEET.

LOST POWER FROM THE ENGINE CAUSING LOST SPEED. UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. ENGINE SPUTTERED. SINCE THE FIRST EPISODE, I HAVE HAD CONTINUED EPISODES. TYPICALLY WORSE WHEN THE ENGINE WARMS UP. CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE ON A TRIP OF ABOUT 75 MILES. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP. WE HAVE REPLACED IGNITION COIL, SPARK PLUG, INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS, THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WITHOUT IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR REVVED UP. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON .TOOK TO SHOP THE NEXT DAY HAD THE FOLLOWING CODES. P0871,P0961,P0701. TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AT THE TUNE OF 6000.00. *TR

2006 FORD FREESTYLE EXPERIENCED UNEXPECTED IDLE SPEED ACCELERATION OR LUNGING. THESE LUNGE WAS SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED, THE FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE WAS AT IDLE. THIS ISSUE WAS INTERMITTENT AND OCCURRED UNEXPECTEDLY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BOTH IN DRIVE AND REVERSE - AND THIS ACCELERATION WHEN OR SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED INTO GEAR. AGGRESSIVE BRAKING STOPPED THE ACCELERATION. ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD BECAUSE THROTTLE REVVING THE ENGINE. SITTING IN THE CAR LINE TO PICK UP CHILDREN AT SCHOOL IS WORRISOME. THROTTLE BODY REPLACED TWO TIMES PRIOR TO THIS DATE. FORD DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THROTTLE BODY NEEDS REPLACED AGAIN. THIS IS UNREASONABLE TO HAVE REPLACED SO MANY TIMES. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES IN MY LIFE, CURRENTLY ONE WITH OVER 200,000 MILES 12YRS OLD, HAVE NEVER REPLACED A THROTTLE BODY. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD MUCH LIKE THE RECENT TOYOTA ACCELERATOR ISSUE. THROTTLE BODY SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM OR SHOULD BE COVERED FOR REPLACEMENT BY FORD FOR LIFE OF VEHICLES. *TR