2006 FORD FREESTYLE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH, THE VEHICLE SPEED SUDDENLY INCREASED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WRENCH SYMBOL. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED. THE FAILURE WAS SPORADIC AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. IN ADDITION, ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHEN AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD WHILE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THERE WAS CURRENTLY AN OPEN INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE11018 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98000.

MY FORD FREESTYLE HAS BEEN LURCHING FOR YEARS. I HAVE NOW STARTED STALLING WHEN PULLING INTO PARKING SPACES, OR MAKING SHARP TURNS. MY AIR COMPRESSOR NEEDS REPLACING AND I WAS TOLD THE ERG VALVE MAY CAUSE THE LURCHING? MY ENGINE LIGHTS COMES AND GOES SPORADICALLY AND I HAVE TO GO THROUGH CARPOOL LINE OR GROCERY STORE WITH ONE FOOT ON BRAKES. I CAN'T FULLY FEEL CONFIDENT AT REDLIGHTS THAT I WON'T REAREND THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS A ISSUE WE SHOULD ALL BE STUCK WITH WHEN ITS OBVIOUS A DEFECT. I FILED A COMPLAINT QUITE AWHILE BACK BUT NOW THE STALLING AND LURCHING HAS BECOME QUITE A SAFETY ISSUE. I CAN LIVE WITHOUT AIR ALTHOUGH THE MECHANIC SEEMS TO THINK ITS ALL RELATED... PLEASE RECALL THE ISSUED PARTS! I STALL ON HILLS, WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC, I LUNGE AT RANDOM TIMES AND THEN....ITS FINE FOR THE NEXT DRIVE... THEN DANGEROUS THE NEXT! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WITH THE HEATER ACTIVATED, A BURNING ODOR EMITTED THROUGHOUT THE VENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR WAS LEAKING AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000. UPDATED 03/14/12 *BF

THIS CAR STARTED SURGING LITTLE BY LITTLE GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AS THE MONTHS WENT ON. HOTTER WEATHER SEEMED TO MAKE IT WORSE, STALLING IN DRIVE THRU'S AND LURCHING MORE. A FEW TIMES CUTTING OUT ALL TOGETHER, HAVING TO WAIT IN PARKING LOTS TO COME BACK ON. THEN IT BEGAN MAKING A HIGH PITCHED WHINING SOUND LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING TO BLOW UP IF IT GOT TO "OVER WORKED" IT SEEMED. THEN WOW "SHOCK OF ALL SHOCKS" THIS LEMON OF A CAR SIMPLY DIED WHILE FINALLY SPUTTERING IT'S LAST GASPS SOUNDING LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE MACK TRUCK AND HAD A " CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE" AS TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS OF OURS DIAGNOSED. NOW WE ARE FACED WITH REPLACING THE ENGINE, USED AT A STEAL FOR ABOUT $3000.00 TO $5000.00+ OR TAKING A HUGE LOSS SINCE WE OWE ON IT STILL. AND GEE WHAT DO WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO IF WE DO REPLACE THE ENGINE? A SAFE NON-LURCHING RIDE? NO. A FUTURE FREE FROM MORE COSTLY REPAIRS? NO. NEW THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT AND NEW TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS? I CAN'T WAIT!!! WHAT A JOKE. I HATE THIS CAR. PLEASE RECALL SOMETHING, ANYTHING TO TAKE THIS DEATH TRAP OFF MY HANDS!!! AND YES I HAVE A SMALL CHILD THAT HAS TO RIDE IN THIS BUNDLE OF SAFETY TOO. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 FREESTYLE. I HAVE A FEW MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE. ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WRENCH DASH LIGHT CAME ON AND IT SEEMED LIKE THE CAR WAS SHIFTED INTO A LOWER GEAR. I CHECKED THE SHIFTER JUST IN CASE, BUT IT WAS STILL IN DRIVE. NO MATTER HOW MUCH GAS I GAVE IT THE CAR WOULDN'T GO ANY FASTER THAN 20 OR SO MPH. I GOT OFF THE FREEWAY AND TOOK SURFACE STREETS STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE OF THEY COULD FIGURE IT OUT. I PARKED THE CAR WHILE I WAS WAITING FOR THE SERVICE PERSON, WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST YEARS BUT IF YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON EVERYTHING IS FINE SO THE DEALERSHIP CANT SEEM TO DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE. SHORTLY AFTER THAT WHEN THE SUMMER CAME THE CAR STARTED LURCHING OR SURGING WHEN AT SLOW SPEED, TYPICALLY IF WE WERE IDLING IN A DRIVE THRU OR GOING SLOWLY TO PARK OR BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. I CANT TELL YOU HOW MANY CARS AND PEOPLE I HAVE ALMOST HIT BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. AND OF COURSE WE ARE NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY SO IT WILL BE THOUSANDS TO FIX IT. LAST ISSUE IS WITH THE A/C. I JUST REPLACED THE COMPRESSOR IN AUGUST DUE TO A BENT VALVE OR SOMETHING IN THE COMPRESSOR THAT WAS NOT FIXABLE. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE ISSUE WITH THIS TYPE OF FORD, BUT AGAIN NO WARRANTY AND NO RECALL SO I'M OUT $1300 ON A CAR WITH LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS THE CAR WILL LUNGE FORWARD ON ITS OWN. IT IS USUALLY WHEN PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE OR PULLING UP TO A STOP SIGN. THIS HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE NOT PRESSING ON THE GAS AT ALL BUT LUNGES FORWARD ON ITS OWN. WHEN DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED IT DOES THE OPPOSITE AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE/PARKING BRAKE TRIES TO ENGAGE. FOR INSTANCE I WAS GOING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE ABS AND PARKING BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, THE SPEEDOMETER DROPPED TO 0, AND THE RPMS REVVED UP. MY FOOT WAS ON THE GAS THE ENTIRE TIME YET THE VEHICLE KEPT PULLING BACK LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES. *TR

WAS DRIVING TO WORK CAR PICKED UP SPEED TO WHERE THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THEN THE CAR JUST WENT OFF. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED THE REVERSE POSITION THE VEHICLE LUNGED BACKWARDS DESPITE THE BRAKES BEING DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE WRENCH SAFETY MODE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURS WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT IS ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

ON JULY 16,2010 MY FREESTYLE LUNGED FORWARD WITH MY SON AND HIS TWO CHILDREN AFTER A BALL GAME. THEY WERE IN A LINE OF CARS TRYING TO GET ON THE ROAD HOME. AFTER DRIVING A FEW MILES IT QUIT RUNNING AND DIED. IT HAD TO BE TOWED IN. SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPLACED AIR FLOW SENSOR AND OTHER THINGS AND SAID IT WAS OK. ON AUGUST 10, 2010 I WAS TRYING TO GET ON HIGHWAY AND MY CAR LUNGED AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY TRIED TO CONTACT FORD MOTOR. GOT NO RESPONSE, SO THEY REPLACED THROTTLE CONTROL. THEN IN MAY OF 2011 MY AIR CONDITIONER WAS REPAIRED AND WHILE DRIVING SLOW, MY CAR LUNGED AGAIN. YOU CAN TELL WHEN IT IS GOING TO ACT UP. WHEN YOU PUSH ON BRAKES YOU HAVE TO PRESS REALLY HARD TO GET IT STOPPED. TOOK IT BACK TO SERVICE AND THEY DROVE IT AND IT NEVER HAPPENED ON THEM. THEY SAID THE ENGINE WOULD IDLE UP WHEN DRIVING SLOW AND RUNNING AIR CONDITIONER. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE TO APPLY SO MUCH PRESSURE ON THE BRAKES YOU RAISE UP OFF YOUR SEAT SOMETHING NOT RIGHT.THESE AUTOMOBILES ARE DANGEROUS. I AM ON A FIXED INCOME SINCE I LOST MY HUSBAND AND CANNOT AFFORD TO TRADE CARS. I AM STUCK WITH IT. *TR

I WAS IN MYRTLE BEACH SUMMER OF 2010 WHEN I WAS BACKING MY VEHICLE OUT OF A PARKING SPACE IT LUNGED BACK ALMOST CAUSING A WRECK. THEN WHEN I WENT FORWARD DID THE SAME STALLED. CHANGED FUEL FILTER AND EVERYTHING. ABOUT 1 MONTH LATER DID IT AGAIN. I SEEMS TO DO IT WHEN THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE IS WARM. THIS IS VERY SCARY AND NOT SURE WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR FORD TO RECALL. I GUESS SOMEONE HAS TO DIE AND THEY HAVE TO BE SUED. *TR