2006 FORD FREESTYLE Complaints

BACKING FROM DRIVEWAY INTO THE STREET, CAR SURGED BUT WAS ABLE TO STOP IT WHEN BRAKE APPLIED. AT THAT POINT THE VEHICLE STALLED. ABLE TO RESTART AND CONTINUE WITHOUT INCIDENT BUT WARNING "WRENCH" LIGHT WAS ON INDICATING THROTTLE / TRANSMISSION FAULT WAS DETECTED AND SERVICE REQUIRED. AFTER RESTARTING LATER THAT DAY NO PROBLEMS NOTICED AND NO WARNING LIGHT. THIS WAS THE MOST SEVERE CASE SO FAR BUT HAD NOTICED SOME SMALL SURGING IN PRIOR WEEKS BOTH IN REVERSE AND DRIVE WHEN STARTING OUT BOTH FROM COLD START AND FROM RESTART CONDITIONS. FURTHER RESEARCH SUGGESTS THIS IS A WELL KNOW THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM FOR FORD FREESTYLE / 500 / MONTEGO MODELS FROM 2005 / 2006 TIMEFRAME. SAFETY RISK IS SIGNIFICANT, CANNOT LET OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS OR ANY LESS EXPERIENCED OPERATORS DRIVE THIS VEHICLE UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS ADDRESSED. REPLACEMENT OR AT LEAST MAINTENANCE FOR THIS KNOWN FAULTY SYSTEM SHOULD BE PROVIDED AT NO CHARGE BY THE MANUFACTURER. *TR

I WAS STOPPED AND IN A LINE OF VEHICLES IN A PARKING LOT WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE ENGINE SURGED. FORTUNATELY, I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WITH SUFFICIENT PRESSURE TO KEEP THE CAR FROM LUNGING FORWARD. THIS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE IN THE PARKING LOT WITH THE ENGINE GOING INTO (LIMP MODE) FORCED LIMITED POWER MODE. I DROVE THE CAR DIRECTLY TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED. THE MECHANICS DID NOT DETECT ANY DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. SINCE THEN THERE HAVE BEEN PROBABLY SIX (6) MORE EVENTS WITHOUT THE ENGINE GOING INTO FORCED LIMITED POWER MODE. IN ALL EVENTS THE ENGINES SURGES TO APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 1500RPM AND 1800RPM WITH THE CAR IN DRIVE AND THE FOOT SECURELY ON THE BRAKE. THE EVENT GENERALLY LASTS LESS THAN 5 SECONDS. ALL EVENTS OCCURRED DURING SUMMER MONTHS. LAST EVENT WAS THIS PAST WEDNESDAY WHEN MY SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR. I WITNESSED THE EVENT AS A PASSENGER. THE TWO CODES THAT CAME UP ARE P2106 AND P061B. I PURCHASED A TESTER TO READ THE CODES. CURRENT MILEAGE IS 77995. RESEARCHING THE POTENTIAL CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM LED ME TO YOUR SITE AND PROMPTED ME TO FILE A COMPLAINT. *TR

WE WERE IN A PARKING LOT. I HAD JUST SHIFTED IN TO REVERSE AND LIGHTED UP ON THE BRAKE, AND THE CAR THROTTLED BACKWARDS. I QUICKLY PRESSED THE BRAKE AND THE CAR STALLED OR QUIT. I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND THE CAR THROTTLED BACKWARDS AGAIN. I PRESSED THE BRAKE, BUT IT DIDN'T STALL THIS TIME. I SLOWLY RELEASED THE BRAKE AND WAS ABLE TO BACK OUT OF MY SPOT. A LITTLE WHILE LATER, HAVING ARRIVED AT ANOTHER DESTINATION, ABOUT 10 MILES AWAY, I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT, IN DRIVE, AND AFTER RELEASING THE THROTTLE, TO APPLY THE BREAK AS I WAS COASTING IN, THE CAR 'THROTTLED' AGAIN. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NOT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE SPACE IN FRONT OF ME OR I WOULD HAVE PROBABLY HAD A FENDER BENDER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AS SHE WAS BRAKING TO A STOP. THE FAILURE ALSO CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SPORADICALLY STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE AIR INTAKE VALVE WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

CAR LUNGES FORWARD WHEN IT IS HOT OUTSIDE AND AIR CONDITIONING IS ON. WHILE FOOT IS ON BRAKE, THE CAR LUNGES WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD. I WAS IN A CAR LINE TO PICK UP MY KIDS FROM SCHOOL AND IT WAS 105 OUTSIDE AND I HAD THE AIR ON. WHEN THE FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE THE CAR REVS UP AND TRIES TO MOVE FORWARD. IT HAS DONE IT A COUPLE TIMES IN THE PAST, BUT VERY SOFTLY (MOSTLY WHEN PUTTING IT INTO REVERSE). THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND IT WOULDN'T STOP. I WAS SCARED TO DEATH THAT I WOULD HIT A CAR OR A CHILD WALKING TO THE CARS. ONLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY FOOT WAS ON THE BREAK DID I NOT MOVE MORE THAN A COUPLE INCHES, THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE IT STOP WAS TO TURN THE CAR OFF. I WAS STUCK IN THE CAR LINE AND HAD TO TURN MY CAR ON TO MOVE EVERY COUPLE MINUTES AND WAS SO SCARED THAT I WOULD HIT SOMEBODY/SOMETHING. I DIDN'T SEE THE TACHOMETER MOVE VERY MUCH BUT THE FORCE OF THE CAR WAS SCARY. THE WRENCH LIGHT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BOTH CAME ON. FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. OF COURSE, FORD SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE FRESTYLE MODEL AND THAT I NEED TO HAVE MY THROTTLE BODY LOOKED AT WHICH IS NOT COVERED BY THEM AS I'M OUT OF WARRANTY. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I'M TAKING MY CAR TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC. I CAN'T TRUST FORD. I?VE ALREADY HAD MY CVT TRANSMISION REPLACED WITH FORD (IN 2010) AS IT COMPLETELY FAILED AND OF COURSE THAT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY TOO. FILE WITH PE11018. *TR

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY COMPLAINING TO INCIDENT PE11018. MY FORD FREESTYLE 2006 IS DOING EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A RECALL ISSUED. HOW MANY INCIDENTS DOES IT TAKE BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN BY FORD? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SURGED WHILE SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD ONLY OCCUR WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED NOT TO RUN THE AIR CONDITIONER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED WAS REVERSING FROM A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT THEN CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE MASTER AIR FLOW SENSOR AND THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED CAR LUNGED FORWARD AT SHUT DOWN, DIED COMPLETELY. 30 MINUTES LATER WAS ABLE TO TURN IT OVER. MECHANIC SAID IT NEEDED THROTTLE BODY BUT IT WAS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER UNTIL AUGUST 2009. SO HAD TO DRIVE IT HOME. HAPPENED QUITE A BIT THROUGHOUT THAT TIME UNTIL I REALIZED THAT IT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH HAVING THE A/C ON. IT HAPPENS EVEN WITHOUT THE A/C ON SOMETIMES AT LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS, AND IN PARKING LOTS, AND ALSO WHEN IN REVERSE IT LUNGES IN THAT DIRECTION AS WELL; SOMETIMES AT VERY HIGH RATE WHICH IS SCARY. HAVE 3 CHILDREN AND CANNOT FATHOM WHY THIS CAR HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. I STILL OWE MONEY ON IT AND NOW IT IS SITTING IN MY MECHANICS GARAGE BECAUSE THE CVT TRANSMISSION WENT OUT.. 5 WEEKS NOW AND I DO NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX THE CVT TRANSMISSION THAT ALOT OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT VEHICLE WOULD SURGE FORWARD WHEN SITTING AT A COMPLETE STOP OR WHEN TRYING TO PARK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEY HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKES EXTREMELY HARD IN ORDER TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 127,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.