2005 FORD FREESTYLE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE AT A STOP WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD SUDDENLY SURGED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE CONTACT WAS AT A STOP AND SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE AND NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED AND HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 134,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. UPDATED 06/05/12*LJ THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE WHEN STOPPED AND WHEN PUT IN REVERSE AFTER BEING STOPPED. UPDATED 06/06/12 *JS

SCARY CAR. A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN CAR IS IDLE/FOOT ON BRAKE THE CAR WOULD SURGE FORWARD ON ITS OWN. THIS IS CREEPY. FIRST TIME HAPPENED WHEN PARKING IN FRONT OF A WALL. LUCKILY, I HAD ENOUGH ROOM TO NOT HIT THE FRONT. I JUST CAME HOME AND ROLLED INTO PARKING SPACE. MY FOOT WAS STILL ON THE BRAKE BUT OUT OF NOWHERE IT JUST WENT BY ITSELF SO MY NATURAL RESPONSE WAS TO BRAKE REALLY HARD. IT SLOWED THE SURGING, BUT DANG IT! IT SCARED THE BEGEZZY OUT OF ME. IF I WASN'T ALERT, I THINK THAT WALL WOULD DAMAGE THE FRONT CAR...LET ALONE HIT SOMEONE(S) IF THEY ARE IN FRONT OF THIS IDLE CAR. SECOND TIME WHEN MY HUSBAND ROLLED INTO THE MALL'S PARKING SPACE AND IT DID IT TOO. I SAT NEXT TO HIM AND IT WAS JUST FREAKY WEIRD. IT HAPPENED 3 OTHER TIMES ALSO. FORD BETTER RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM SEEING HOW MANY COMPLAINTS ARE POSTED ONLINE ALREADY. I HAD TO LOOK IT UP ONLINE AND FOUND A MAJOR CAR MAGAZINE STATED IT WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM. IF THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, I THINK I WILL HAVE TO SWITCH TO ANOTHER CAR MAKER. THIS FORD FREESTYLE 2005 AWD LIMITED IS A SCARY CAR: AIR CONDITIONER AND IDLE/FOOT ON BRAKE = SURGING OR LUNGING FORWARD. *TR

SCARY CAR. A COUPLE OF TIMES WHEN CAR IS IDLE/FOOT ON BRAKE THE CAR WOULD SURGE FORWARD ON ITS OWN. THIS IS CREEPY. FIRST TIME HAPPENED WHEN PARKING IN FRONT OF A WALL. LUCKILY, I HAD ENOUGH ROOM TO NOT HIT THE FRONT. I JUST CAME HOME AND ROLLED INTO PARKING SPACE. MY FOOT WAS STILL ON THE BRAKE BUT OUT OF NOWHERE IT JUST WENT BY ITSELF SO MY NATURAL RESPONSE WAS TO BRAKE REALLY HARD. IT SLOWED THE SURGING, BUT DANG IT! IT SCARED THE BEGEZZY OUT OF ME. IF I WASN'T ALERT, I THINK THAT WALL WOULD DAMAGE THE FRONT CAR...LET ALONE HIT SOMEONE(S) IF THEY ARE IN FRONT OF THIS IDLE CAR. SECOND TIME WHEN MY HUSBAND ROLLED INTO THE MALL'S PARKING SPACE AND IT DID IT TOO. I SAT NEXT TO HIM AND IT WAS JUST FREAKY WEIRD. IT HAPPENED 3 OTHER TIMES ALSO. FORD BETTER RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM SEEING HOW MANY COMPLAINTS ARE POSTED ONLINE ALREADY. I HAD TO LOOK IT UP ONLINE AND FOUND A MAJOR CAR MAGAZINE STATED IT WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM. IF THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, I THINK I WILL HAVE TO SWITCH TO ANOTHER CAR MAKER. THIS FORD FREESTYLE 2005 AWD LIMITED IS A SCARY CAR. *TR

WHEN STOPPED OR MOVING SLOW TO MAKE A TURN THE ENGINE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN , THIS HAPPENS GOING FORWARDS OR IN REVERSE AND HAPPENS MORE WITH THE AC TURNED ON. *JS

SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE PARKING OR MANEUVERING AT LOW SPEEDS. FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE LIGHTLY AND VEHICLE WILL LUNGE FORWARD AS IF THE ACCELERATOR WAS DEPRESSED BUT IT WASN'T. CAR UNDER CONTROL WITH APPLIED BREAK BUT COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT IF LATE APPLYING BREAK. *JS

THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN OUR FORD FREESTYLE. WE ARE FINDING OUT THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO MANY FORD FREESTYLES WITH THE CRV TRANSMISSION. FORD KNOWS THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT RECALL THESE CARS. I AM DONE WITH FORD CARS FOREVER. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SITTING IN A DRIVE-THRU WINDOW, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AS THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED EXCESSIVELY. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WASRNING LAMP WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 123,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD BEHAVE ERRATICALLY AND THEN COMPLETELY STOP WORKING FOR 10-30 SECONDS, AFTER THIS THE WRENCH AND SEAT BELT LIGHT STAY ON. THEN THEY RESET AND ALL GAUGES WORK NORMALLY AND THEN THIS REOCCURS. DURING THESE OCCURRENCES THE ENGINE WOULD ACT SLUGGISHLY AND THERE WOULD BE SLOWER ACCELERATION. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR 3+ MONTHS AND TODAY THE GAUGES HAVE ALL STOPPED WORKING, THE SAME 2 ICONS ARE LITE AND NOW THE REVERSE LIGHTS STAY ON WHETHER THE CAR IS IN PARK, DRIVE, NEUTRAL OR REVERSE. THE TURN SIGNALS, LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ALL WORK BUT DO NOT DISPLAY ON THE DASH. SEEN THE TSB'S FROM FORD, THE INVESTIGATION DONE BY NHTSA PE07058, THIS NEEDS TO BE RE-OPENED AND A RECALL PERFORMED BY FORD. *TR

MY FAMILY AND I WERE ON A SUMMER VACATION TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 70 MPH. MY VAN WAS SET ON CRUISE CONTROL. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE MOTOR REVVED UP EXTREMELY HIGH AND I TAPPED THE BRAKES WHICH DISCONNECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL. I THEN STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE ENGINE JUST REVVED UP LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL BUT IT WAS STILL IN DRIVE. I COASTED TO A STOP ALONG SIDE THE ROAD. I TRIED REVERSE AND DRIVE AND NOTHING. SO I PUT IT IN PARK WHICH DID STOP THE CAR FROM ROLLING AND WAITED FOR A TOW. $3041.11 AND 3 DAYS LATER, I HAD A ANOTHER TRANSMISSION INSTALLED AND HEADED HOME. *TR