2007 FORD FREESTYLE Power Train Problems

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated while driving approximately 10 MPH in a parking lot, the contact depressed the brake pedal and the vehicle jolted forward. The contact stated that the vehicle was also hesitating before moving forward when the gear shifter was shifted into drive. The contact stated that the failure was a recurring failure and there was an abnormal sound coming from underneath the vehicle. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that the failure recurred at various speeds. The contact had taken the vehicle to an independent mechanic who diagnosed the vehicle and determined that there was an internal failure that had caused the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.

Mileage: 80,000

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the transmission failed to shift properly. The contact stated that the transmission warning light was illuminated. Additionally, the contact stated that the floorboard, undercarriage, and shock mounts were rusted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and determined that the VIN was not under recall. The failure mileage was unknown.

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 MPH or above, the vehicle would suddenly go into limp mode and fail to accelerate. There was a warning light that displayed a wrench however, the contact did not know what was indicated specifically. The contact had not taken the vehicle to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact stated that after researching the cause of the failure he became aware that the transmission was faulty. Additionally, that type of transmission was discontinued by the manufacturer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

THE CAR SUDDENLY STARTED MAKING NOISE THEN A WRENCH LIGHT SHORTLY AFTER CAME ON AND MOTOR/ TRANSMISSION MAYBE REVES VERY HIGH AND CAN'T DRIVE IT

Mileage: 90,000

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE 2WD CVT TRANSMISSION MAKING NOISE IN PARK AND NEUTRAL. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE INPUT SHAFT AND BEARING WAS BAD. TRANSMISSION SHOP SAID SAME THING. DID RESEARCH AND FOUND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT SAME ISSUE.

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO STALL WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT APPEARING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO PARK. THE CONTACT THEN PLACED THE VEHICLE BACK INTO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE HESITATED UPON DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE FAILED ACCELERATE ABOVE 15 MPH. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. DUE TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO RESTARTED THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE CONTACT UNREPAIRED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 97,000.

Mileage: 97,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE AND THEN DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

Mileage: 170,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND THE POWER TRAIN AND BATTERY WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT AN UNKNOWN COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE'S BATTERY AND BODY CONTROL MODULE WERE REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE11018 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 161,000.

Mileage: 161,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TRUCK CITY FORD (15301 I-35, BUDA, TX 78610) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

TRANSMISSION MAKES A BUZZIN,WHIRRING SOUND IN PARK AND REVERSE...FROM WHAT I READ ONLINE FROM MANY OTHERS..THIS NOISE PRELUDES TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD...MOST OF THE TIME CAUSING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WITH PERSONAL INJURY...FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, OR SHOULD BE BY THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OVER THE YEARS, BUT HAS YET TO OWE UP TO THE TRANSMISSION FAILURES, CAUSING A MONETARY HARDSHIP FOR THE OWNERS OF SAID VEHICLES OR THE ALMOST TOTAL LOSS OF THE VEHICLES VALUE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NHTSA TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS SUCH AS THESE, THEN DEMAND THE MANUFACTURERS START THE RECALL PROCESS TO PERMANENTLY REPAIR SAID TRANSMISSIONS ( CVT ) OR REPLACE COMPLETE UNIT AT MANUFACTURERS EXPENSE. START THE JOB YOU PEOPLE ARE PAID GENEROUSLY TO DO. U TUBE HAS MANY VIDEOS OF PEOPLE TELLING THEIR PROBLEMS, AND VIDEOS OF MECHANICS EXPLAINING THE PROBLEMS

Mileage: 168,700

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS MORE PREVALENT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BEING STOPPED OR WHEN THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS PLACED IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE A FAULT CODE, BUT WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE ONLY SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 172,000.

Mileage: 172,000

TAKATA RECALL

DRIVING DOWN STREET. MY CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS RESISTING MY GIVING IT GAS. @ WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. (THE ENGINE AND THE WRENCH) PULLED OVER AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC. FAULT CODES FOR CVT TRANSMISSION, RANGE PERFORMANCE, CONTROL SOLENOID, CONTROL SYS. NO PARTS AVAILABLE TO REPAIR. NO WAY TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION OR PURCHASE REBUILT. MUST REPLACE WITH USED TRANSMISSION THAT WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS.

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND THE THROTTLE CONTROL AND TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND POWERED OFF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO OPERATE NORMALLY; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS, OR WHEN MAKING TURNS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

Mileage: 126,000

| PURCHASED A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. IT WAS USED AT ABOUT 170,000 MILES. AFTER HAVING IT FOR A FEW MONTHS. I BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 55 MPH AND IT BEGAN TO SURGE. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND I COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. I KNOW THAT OTHERS HAVE AS WELL. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS PART HAD BEEN RECALLED. I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS TRUE. I DECIDED TO MAKE A COMPLAINT AS OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT IS WHAT THEY SUGGESTED.

Mileage: 185,000

I HAD BOUGHT A USED FORD FREESTYLE 2007 FOR A LITTLE OVER $6,000.00 WITH 102,000 MILES ON IT AND AFTER ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR LATER, I WAS GOING TO TAKE OFF FROM A STOP SIGN NEAR MY HOUSE AND WITHOUT EVEN REACHING 30 MILES PER HOUR THE SUV MADE A LOUD WINDING SOUND AND THE CVT TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND THE TRANSMISSION ICON ON THE DASH POPPED ON. I TRIED TO ROLL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT ENDED UP STUCK IN THE MIDDLE. I TRIED SHUTTING DOWN THE WHOLE CAR AND TURNING IT BACK ON WITH NO LUCK. LUCKILY FAMILY LIVED NEAR BY AND THEY HELPED ME BY PULLING IT WITH A ROPE HOME. WE HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND THE TRANSMISSION IS BAD NOW TO GET IT FIXED WOULD COST $5,000+ PRETTY MUCH TOTALING THE SUV UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE NO INSURANCE AND WE ARE LEFT WITH A $6,000.00 LEMON IN OUR DRIVEWAY THANKS FORD. WHEN LOOKING UP TO SEE IF OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE PROBLEM WE DID WE WERE SHOCKED THAT THE 2005-2007 FORD FREESTYLES HAVE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME THING AND NO RECALL WHAT IS GOING ON THEY SHOULD EITHER RECALL THE CVT TRANSMISSION OR TAKE THE SUV OFF THE MARKET. FAMILY'S WITH MORE THAN THREE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE MARKET FOR THOSE CARS AND TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING IS VERY DANGEROUS. LUCKILY I WAS NEAR HOME IN THE SUMMER MONTHS BUT WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR. WHAT IF IT WAS THE DEAD OF WINTER I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND HAD ALL MY CHILDREN WITH AND IT WAS BAD TRAFFIC EVERYONE IN THE CAR WOULD MOST LIKELY DIE. PLEASE GET THE RECALL FOR THIS WORTHLESS CVT TRANSMISSION.

Mileage: 109,000

FROM THE 1ST DAY I LEASED THE VEHICLE FROM PROGRESSIVE AUTO, I COULD HEAR IT RAVING HIGH, STEERING WHEEL REALLY HEAVY, BRAKES SEEMED STRANGE AND HEAVY TO MOVE. BUT THE SALES MAN KEPT TELLING AND SHOWING ME A REPORT THAT THE VEHICLE IS FINE, AND KEPT SAYING, ITS THE TYPE OF ENGINE IN THE VEHICLE (CVT) THAT'S WHY IT ALL SEEMS STRANGE. I KEPT GOING BACK TO THEM ADVISING THEM THAT I KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG, BUT THEY KEPT SAYING THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. FINALLY I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP, AND THEY ADVISED ME IT WAS A TRANSMISSION, BRAKES AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM. AND THIS WAS NOT EVEN 2 MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD. I WAS VERY UPSET AND WANTED TO RETURN THE VEHICLE. SO THEY DECIDED TO CLAIM TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION BY INSTALLING A USED ONE. I HAD TO GET THE OTHER THINGS FIXED MYSELF. NOT EVEN A YEAR AND SOME LATER, I HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY DIED, AS I WAS DRIVING IT STARTED TO STALL TO A POINT I ALMOST GOT INTO A CAR ACCIDENT WITH KIDS IN THE BACK, AS THE CAR KEPT JERKING AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING.THIS WAS THE WORST VEHICLE I HAVE EVER PURCHASED IN MY LIFE TIME. AND THE BEST PART, IS ONE ONE WANTS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE THAT SEEMS TO BE VERY VERY COMMON. I WISH THE PROBLEMS WERE EASILY DIAGNOSED WHEN FIRST HAPPENING, AND IT WOULD HAVE SAVED ME ALOT OF HEADACHES. I AM USUALLY A IMPORT VEHICLE INDIVIDUAL, BUT I CHOOSE FORD AS I HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT THEM. BUT NOW I WILL NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN AS IT HAS BEEN THE WORST EXPERIENCE I HAVE HAD. I NEED OVER $3000 TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION AND THE VEHICLE IS NOT EVEN WORTH THAT MUCH!

Mileage: 148,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED BELOW 30 MPH INDEPENDENTLY CAUSING AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING SOUND FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE POWERTRAIN WARNING SENOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HERTRICH FORD-LINCOLN DEALER OF MILFORD LOCATED ON 1427 BAY RD, MILFORD, DE, 19963 WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT MULTIPLE ERROR CODES INTERNALLY WITH THE TRANSMISSION, AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD RECORD THE FAILURE, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE FAILURE BUT WERE AWARE OF THE HIGH VOLUME OF COMPLAINTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 98,897.

Mileage: 98,897

ON MAY 27TH, 2017, WE WERE TRAVELING AT 50-55 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN OUR FORD FREESTYLE BEGAN LURCHING BADLY AND THE RPM BEGAN SURGING. IN A A FEW MINUTES THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT, BATTERY LIGHT, ABS LIGHT AND AIRBAG LIGHT. OUR SPEEDOMETER BEGAN FLIPPING BACK AND FORTH UNCONTROLLABLY. AT THAT POINT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT EXCEED 25-30 MPH EVEN AT FULL SPEED. WE COULD HAVE BEEN REAR-ENDED! WE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF AT A GAS STATION TO CHECK THE OIL LEVELS AND CHECK TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. WE STARTED THE VEHICLE BACK AND RETURNED HOME CAUTIOUSLY. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST LUBE PLACE AND GOT THE OIL CHANGED. WE RETURNED HOME AND RESEARCHED ABOUT THE ISSUE. MY HUSBAND (WHO IS VERY MECHANICALLY INCLINED) DECIDED TO FOLLOW A MECHANIC'S ADVICE AND CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY THOROUGHLY WITH SEAFOAM AND A TOOTHBRUSH. IT WAS FILTHY AND HAD LOTS OF DEPOSITS BUILT UP ON IT. HE UNPLUGGED THE BATTERY TO RESET EVERYTHING AND REINSTALLED THE THROTTLE BODY. IT PROVED INEFFECTIVE SO WE PURCHASED A NEW THROTTLE BODY FOR $320 FROM ADVANCED AUTO PARTS. HE INSTALLED IT TODAY AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED. WE ARE AT A LOSS AND ARE NOT SURE WHAT TO DO. THIS ISSUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. I AM A MOTHER OF 3 AND AM CURRENTLY PREGNANT WITH MY FOURTH CHILD AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE!

Mileage: 94,000

CTV TRANSMISSION. GOES INTO CREEP MODE. WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST. GEAR. TURN CAR OFF AND ON. RUNS FINE. TRANSMISSION GUY SAYS THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 104,000

AFTER STARTING THE CAR IN MY DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A LOUD 'HELICOPTER SOUND' UNDER THE HOOD (TO WHICH I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT WAS THE TRANSMISSION (CVT)). WHEN I PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE, IT VIOLENTLY RACED FORWARD, HITTING THE BRICK WALL OF MY HOUSE. I HAVE PUSHED IT A FEW FEET BACK AND HAVE NOT RESTARTED THE CAR FOR FEAR OF THIS HAPPENING AGAIN.

Mileage: 150,582

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE AWD IS SUFFERING FROM WELL KNOWN AND WIDELY REPORTED CVT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE MAKES "HELICOPTER" SOUNDS WHILE IN BOTH PARK AND NEUTRAL. MULTIPLE REPAIR SHOPS ARE WELL AWARE THAT CVT TRANSMISSION IS FAILING, AND FORD IS NOT SUPPLYING REPLACEMENT PARTS.

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND BECAME STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. THE WRENCH WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER A WHILE AND WAS DRIVEN HOME. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 224,000.

Mileage: 224,000

I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION IN MY CAR WHEN I PUT IT IN GEAR IT LUNGES ALMOST OVER POWERING THE BREAKS. IT ALSO WILL STALL IF I HAVE TO HIT THE BREAKS HARD TO COME TO A STOP REAL FAST. I WILL BE GETTING IN THE HIGHWAY AND EVERY SO OFTEN IT WILL NOT SHIFT IT JUST RUNS AT REALLY HIGH RPM. IT WILL ALSO LOOSE POWER SUDDENLY AND A WRENCH LIGHT WILL COME ON THAT LIMITS ME TO 2000 RPM AND I HAVE HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY MANY TIMES BECAUSE OF THIS. I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH AND I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD SOME OF THESE SAME PROBLEMS AND FORD WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THEM. I FEEL UNSAFE WHILE DRIVING MY CAR BUT IT IS MY ONLY TRANSPORTATION AT THE TIME SO I HAVE NO OTHER OPTION IS HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH MY AWD AND I FEEL IT CAN'T WORK BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS OF MY TRANSMISSIO .

I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS A SLOW TRUCK ON A TWO LANE ROAD. AS ACCELERATED AND PULL ALONGSIDE THE TRUCK THE CTV TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE ENGINE RACED. I WAS ABLE TO GET AROUND THE TRUCK AND GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I CALL A TOW TRUCK AND MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP FOR 8 WEEKS. I AM CONCERNED REGARDING HEAD ON COLLISIONS THAT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED AS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. IF A CAR WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROACHING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION I WOULD HAVE SUFFERED A HEAD ON COLLISION.

Mileage: 126,000

I WAS DRIVING AT A STEADY SPEED ON A SLIGHTLY HILLY ROAD WHEN THE YELLOW TOOL INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND IT APPEAR THAT THE TRANSMISSION LOST ITS CONNECTION. THE ENGINE STAYED AROUND 2000 RPM THEN DRIFTED DOWN AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL CHANGES. VEHICAL TOWED TO SHOP AND LEFT IT THERE.

Mileage: 114,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT FROM FIRST GEAR AND THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING AN ABNORMAL SOUND. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

Mileage: 74,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. WHILE THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE WAS PERSISTENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

Mileage: 80,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE PARKED VEHICLE, A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE THROTTLE CONTROL/TRANSMISSION AND THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

Mileage: 62,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF IT WOULD ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,061.

Mileage: 82,061

APRIL 2015, MY VEHICLE STARTED MAKING KNOCKING/GRINDING/TICKING NOISES ONCE IT WAS STARTED. SOMETIMES THE TRANSMISSION WOULD FAIL TO SHIFT INTO GEAR(S). I PRODEEDED TO PHYSICALLY MOVE MY SHIFTER INTO GEAR(S) A FEW TIMES. THE TRANSMISSION THEN SHIFTED INTO GEAR(S), MAKING A HARD "CLUNK" SOUND. SOUNDING LIKE THE TRANSMISSION HAD 'DROPPED' INTO GEAR; AS IF IT HAD A LOW TRASMISSION FLUID LEVEL. MIND YOU, RECENTLY, A LOCAL SHOP CHANGED MY OIL AND ALL FLUIDS WERE CHECKED AND REFILLED IF NEEDED. THE SHOP INFORMED ME ABOUT CODE P0942, BECAUSE THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THIS CODE BEFORE IN THEIR LIFE! ENGINE-CODES.COM STATES: "P0942 - HYDRAULIC PRESSURE UNIT" WITH A RATING OF 3/3 (3=HIGH). I CALLED A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED ABOUT THIS CODE; WHICH DOESN'T IDENTIFY THE ACTUAL PROBLEM/ISSUE; RESULTING IN NO SPECIFICS. ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2015, WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY VEHICLE STARTED TO SURGE, AND THE RPM'S CONTINUOUSLY FLUCTUATED (WHILE THE CRUISE WAS ON). MY VEHICLE THEN STARTED TO SHAKE, AND MADE A THUMPING/CRUNCHING NOISE, FOLLOWED WITH THE FORWARD PROPULSION CEASING TO EXIST. I FRANTICALLY TURNED MY FORE WAYS ON, AND DRIFTED UNTIL AT A COMPLETE STOP ON THE SHOLDER OF THE HIGHWAY. AGAIN, WHILE I PHYSICALLY SHIFTED GEAR(S), THE TRANSMISSION SOUNDED LOW ON FLUID, AS IF NO (VALID) SHIFTING OF GEAR(S)S AND ALSO MAINTAINED A HUMMING NOISE. FROM THE PASSENGER SEAT, MY 12 YEAR OLD SON, GRABBED MY HAND AND ASKED ME TO PRAY WITH HIM; PRAY THAT WE'D MAKE IT HOME WITHOUT GETTING HURT (OUR SAFETY). NUMEROUS TIMES OUR VEHICLE SHOOK TREMENDOUSLY WHEN OTHER VEHICLES PASSED BY. ONCE HOME, I WAS STILL CALMING MY SON DOWN, WE BOTH NEEDED TO SLEEP. THAT NIGHT, MY SON AND I EXPERIENCED A TRAMATIC (NIGHTMARE LIKE) SITUATION. NOW, FORD CUSTOMERS ARE FORCED UPON (A) SAFETY HAZZARD(S). YES, PREVENTABLE SAFETY HAZZARD(S), IF DEALT WITH ASAP.

Mileage: 130,000

THE CVT TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE. NOT SURE WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN AN INVESTIGATION AS OF YET. MY CAR STARTED OUT MAKING A HUMMING SOUND AND NOW HAS PROGRESSED TO THE POINT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. AFTER LENGTHY RESEARCH ONLINE I HAVE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AS WELL AS IN OTHER FORD VEHICLES. I HAVE READ OF FAILURES IN THESE TYPES OF TRANSMISSION AS EARLY AS 15,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM INCLUDING THE FACT THAT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT ON THIS MATTER WHICH AS FAR AS I KNOW IS STILL PENDING. APPARENTLY FORD HAS KNOWN OF THE PROBLEM, HENCE THEY STOPPED USING AND MANUFACTURING THIS TRANSMISSION MAKING THE PARTS TO REPAIR THIS TRANSMISSION OUTRAGEOUSLY PRICED. SO NOT ONLY IS FORD PROFITING FROM THE SALE OF THESE VEHICLES, NOW THEY ARE PROFITING FROM THE SALE OF THE PARTS AS WELL.NOW I HAVE MY VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR FOR AN OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE. FAILURE CAN COME AT ANY TIME UNDER ANY SITUATION WITHOUT WARNING. THIS VEHICLE CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR EVEN WORSE BODILY HARM OR EVEN DEATH WHEN THIS TRANSMISSION FAILS COMPLETELY. I AM QUITE SURE BY THE SHEAR NUMBERS OF COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ THAT SOMEONE HAS CONTACTED YOU IN REGARDS TO THIS PRODUCT. IF NOT I AM. PLEASE HELP THE SMALL GUY OUT.

Mileage: 93,200

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE AND SHIFTING INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE AT 2 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS AS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE AND THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.

Mileage: 190,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE VIN # [XXX]. HAVE HAD CAR FOR LESS THAN 2 YEARS. REPLACED BRAKES TWICE. THE THROTTLE SEEMS TO BE STICKING AND TRANSMISSION. WRENCH ON DASH. HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN. CAR WILL ACCELERATE ON OWN WHEN FOOT IS ON BRAKE. IT HAS ALSO JUMPED BACKWARDS. CONCERNED ABOUT THIS DANGEROUS VEHICLE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 101,000

PUT CAR IN DRIVE STARTED DOWN THE STREET WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING NOISE AND THE CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN. I PULLED OVER AND PARKED THE CAR THEN TURNED IT OFF, TRY TO START IT BACK UP BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE WHEN PUT IN DRIVE. IT WOULD REVERSE BUT IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. HAD TO CALL FRO A TOW TRUCK AND HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. THE FOLLOWING CODES SHOWED UP WHEN THE REPAIR SHOP CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION: PO 218, PO 701, PO868, PO871, PO961. THE FORD DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEAD. I HAVE LOOKED UP THE FORD FREESTYLE AND HAVE FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY VEHICLES WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. I COULD HAVE HAD A BAD ACCIDENT I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND TRAFFIC HAD TO VEER AROUND ME TO KEEP FROM HITTING ME. I HAD CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE WE COULD HAVE DIED. A NEW TRANSMISSION COST ME $2200.00 AND THE COST TO HAVE IT REPLACED WAS $900.00. I BELIEVE THAT I SHOULD GET SOME KIND OF COMPENSATION FOR A PROBLEM THAT YOU KNEW THE VEHICLE HAS WITH IT'S TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 100,970

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 01/20/15 FROM A USED LOT IN RALEIGH NC, 'SOMETHING YOU SHOULD NEVER DO IN THE FIRST PLACE''. I HAD JUST GOT OFF MATERNITY LEAVE AND I NEEDED A CAR SO I COULD BE ABLE TO GET TO WORK. ON THE 4TH OF APRIL 2015. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT STARTED TO JERK BACK AND MAKE A VERY LOUD ROARING SOUND. THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND JERK BACK AND FORTH IF YOU WENT OVER 20 MILES PER HOUR. I PULLED OVER TO CHECK THE CAR AND I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT SO I CALLED MY HUSBAND AND HE CAME. THE CAR COULD STILL DRIVE BUT VERY SLOWLY WHILE MAKING THE SAME SOUND SO HE DROVE VERY SLOWLY BEHIND ME. KEEP IN MIND I HAD MY TWO MONTH OLD IN THE BACK SEAT WHEN ALL OF THIS CRAZINESS WAS HAPPENING. NEXT DAY I COULDN'T EVEN DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE POOR CONDITION IT WAS IN. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO A SPECIALIZED MECHANIC FOR THIS CVT TRANSMISSION IT HAS, THEY NOTIFIED US AFTER WAITING FOUR TO FIVE HOURS TO REPLACE THIS UNIQUE ENGINE IT WOULD COST $4-$6,000 DOLLARS. THAT IS INSANE TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AFTER ONLY HAVING IT FOR TWO MONTHS AND TO REPLACE IT BECAUSE ''FORD'' IS TOO CHEAP AND INCONSIDERATE TO NOT RECALL THIS PIECE OF CRAP OF A CAR. HOW CAN FORD IGNORE THIS ISSUE THAT IT IS CAUSING WORLD WIDE. IT IS NOT JUST ONE OR TWO MINOR ISSUES IT IS THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WAKE UP FORD!! THIS IS A TERRIBLE VEHICLE TO SELL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!! I WOULDN'T EVEN SALE THIS VEHICLE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES!! MY ADVICE TO ANYONE IS TO NEVER EVER BUY ANY FORD VEHICLES!! THIS WAS A NIGHTMARE!! *TR

Mileage: 114,000

I HAVE NOT HAD A CATASTROPHIC INCIDENT, YET, BUT CERTAIN TO AFTER RESEARCHING THE ISSUE I AM EXPERIENCING FROM THE CVT TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE. SINCE ABOUT JANUARY 2015, WHILE IN PARK OR NEUTRAL, THERE IS A LOUD WHIRRING SOUND, SIMILAR TO A HELICOPTER. AFTER EXTENSIVE ONLINE RESEARCH, IT SEEMS THAT MOST, IF NOT ALL OTHERS WHO EXPERIENCED THIS SAME ISSUE EVENTUALLY LED TO CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE COLD WEATHER RELATED ISSUE WHERE ONCE DRIVE IS ENGAGED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATE AND THE CAR JUST STUMBLES WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED. LETTING IT RUN FOR ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES TEMPORARILY RESOLVES THE ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 68,000

IM NOT SURE IF THESE ARE TWO COMPLETELY SEPARATE ISSUES. STARTING AROUND 2012 THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD AFTER COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS RUNNING. NOW THE CVT TRANSMISSION HAS GONE COMPLETELY OUT AN WE ARE UNABLE TO DRIVE IT. *TR

WHEN I AM DRIVING MY CAR IT WILL START TO TAKE OFF WITHOUT ME PUSHING DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL. I AM HAVING ISSUES WHEN TRYING TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, THE CAR WILL HESITATE WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE. WHEN PUTTING THE CAR IN DRIVE OR REVERSE THE CAR WILL JUMP. *TR

Mileage: 237,000

HELICOPTER NOISE STARTED IN DECEMBER 2014. YOU HEAR THE WHIRLING SOUND IN PARK NEUTRAL AND REVERSE- SOUNDS FINE IN DRIVE. DRIVING FINE. NO LOSS OF POWER THIS VEHICLE GETS DRIVEN ABOUT 100 MILES A DAY. LAST WEEK HAD DEALER LOOK AND TELL ME THE TORQUE CONVERTER ABOUT TO BREAK. CAN ONLY FIX IT WITH COMPLETE NEW TRANNY INSTALL. $6300!!! TOOK IT TO INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION GUY AND TELLS ME SAME THING WITH LOWER PRICE. 2 HOURS LATER AFTER I STOPPED CAR AND WENT INTO STORE AND STARTED CAR UP AND THE WRENCH WAS LIT UP ON DASH. NO POWER. REVVING REALLY HIGH. BUCKING AND UNDRIVEABLE. GOT A CODE READER AND CODE P042-HYDRAULIC PRESSURE UNIT CAME UP LET CAR SIT FOR 30 MINS THEN TURNED CAR ON AND WRENCH DISPLAY GONE! MOVED CAR OUT OF ROAD TO SAFETY AND THERE IT SITS. SHOULD I BE FIXING A CAR THAT CANNOT BE GUARANTEED TO NEVER DO THIS AGAIN AS ALL CVT TRANSMISSIONS DO THIS? HOW CAN FORD BE OK WITH THIS? MY VEHICLE IS AMAZING AND ROOMY AND SAFE AND I HATE TO THINK ITS READY FOR THE JUNKYARD AT 140K. SO DISAPPOINTED WITH FORD. PLEASE JOIN ME IN HOPES THAT FORD WILL STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THIS. *JS

Mileage: 138,000

I WAS DRIVING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND ONTO A SOMEWHAT BUSY STREET. AS I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, I NOTICED I COULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN ABOUT 10 MPH DESPITE BEING IN A ZONE OF APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. AFTER TRAVELING LESS THAN A MILE AT THIS SPEED, I TURNED AROUND AND RETURN THE CAR TO THE DRIVEWAY. I THEN PROCEEDED TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, WHO REPORTED THIS WAS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE. THIS REPAIR SHOP ASKED FOR OUR PERMISSION TO TOW THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER SHOP WHO SPECIALIZES IN TRANSMISSION ISSUES. WE AGREED THEN LATER RECEIVED WORD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS "SHOT" AND THE COST TO REPAIR WOULD BE IN THE AREA OF APPROXIMATELY $4,500. WHEN I LOOKED UP THE VALUE OF THE CAR ON LINE, IT WAS SHOWING IT'S RUNNING VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AMOUNT. THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THEY WERE TOLD BY A LOCAL FORD DEALER THAT THE MODELS OF 2005 THROUGH 2007 FORD FREESTYLE'S CVT TYPE OF TRANSMISSION WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THEY WERE ALSO TOLD THAT FORD DIDN'T HAVE SUFFICIENT INVENTORY OF PARTS TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION, AND BY THE WAY THERE WAS NO RECALL NOTICE OUT ON THEM SINCE PARTS WEREN'T AVAILABLE. I AM NOW STUCK WITH A CAR THAT WILL NOT RUN, NOR CAN I SELL OR TRADE IN AS IT HAS LITTLE TO NO VALUE AT THIS TIME. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS FAULTY DESIGNED CVT TRANSMISSION'S. *TR

Mileage: 155,000

WHEN CHANGING GEARS FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR REVERSE TO DRIVE, THE CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD OR STALL. WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE RUNS HIGH AND WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN THE CAR STALLS. *TR

Mileage: 126,120

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHEN SHIFTING GEARS OR DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE JOLTED. ADDITIONALLY, THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT WOULD ONLY CIRCULATE WHILE DRIVING. WHILE AT A STOP, THE AIR CONDITIONING WOULD NOT RELEASE COLD AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION AND A DEFECT WITHIN THE AIR LINES, WHICH POTENTIALLY CAUSED THE AIR CONDITIONING TO MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

Mileage: 87,000

SO I USED TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE RPM SURGE IN MY CAR THEN A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM (CSP) CAME OUT AND I HAD THE THROTTLE BODY DEPOSITS CLEANED AS PER THE CSP12N03 IN APRIL OF 2013. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES UNTIL JULY 2014. MAJOR ISSUE- I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE ON JULY 27TH AND MY CAR BEGAN DECELERATING REALLY QUICKLY. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON DURING THIS DECELERATION AND I HAD TO COME TO A STOP IN THE V WHERE CARS ARE MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE. I HAD TO STOP BECAUSE MY CAR SLOWED SO DRASTICALLY THAT I WOULD HAVE NOT MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND WOULD HAVE GOTTEN HIT BY ANOTHER MOTORIST. WHEN I CAME TO A STOP MY CAR WAS ACTUALLY STILL RUNNING, I MANUALLY TURNED THE CAR OFF. AFTER I SAT FOR A MOMENT, I DECIDED I WOULD SEE IF MY CAR WOULD CRANK. THE CAR CRANKED AND DIED AND FINALLY STAYED CRANKED, I DECIDED TO TRY TO MOVE THE CAR. THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ON AND THE CAR DID EXACTLY WHAT A NORMAL CAR WOULD DO. I WAS ABLE TO GET UP TO SPEED AND EXIT AND DRIVE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. I TOOK IT FOR DIAGNOSTICS, THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I LIVE SAY THAT IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY (THE PART THAT HAD A CSP ON IT). I DO NOT FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY 1000 DOLLARS OR MORE TO HAVE A FAULTY PART REPLACED. OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS OTHERWISE FORD WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE PART CLEANED. I WOULD LIKE FOR FORD TO REPLACE THE PART ON MY CAR AND ANYONE ELSE'S VEHICLES THAT IS HAVING THE THROTTLE ISSUES. EVEN THOUGH AFTER SOME OF THE PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, THE ISSUE STARTS AGAIN. I NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE INVESTIGATIONS INTO FORD THROTTLE ISSUES INCLUDE YEARS 2009 AND NEWER FOR THAT LIMP MODE THING, HOWEVER, MY CAR IS A 2007 AND TOTALLY DID THE DECELERATING ON THE INTERSTATE. IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING AND I WOULD LIKE THIS ISSUE TO BECOME A RECALL FOR A REPLACEMENT. I CALLED FORD AND FILED A COMPLAINT TODAY, 9/15/2014. *TR

Mileage: 127,000

STARTED MAKING NOISE LIKE A HELICOPTER. THEN IT WOULDN'T CHANGE OUT OF GEAR. IT IS SHOWING THE WRENCH AND THE ENGINE LIGHT ON. WILL NOT SHIFT TO DIFFERENT GEARS AT ALL. I HAVE 4 GRANDCHILDREN THAT LIVE WITH ME AND THAT RELY ON ME TO GET THEM TO DR APPTS, SCHOOL, AND OTHER PLACES. I ALSO HAVE A PREGNANT DAUGHTER THAT HAS HAD TO RELY ON OTHER PEOPLE TO GET TO HER DRS APPTS. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE QUALITY OF THIS CAR. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS CARE TO ANYONE ELSE. *TR

Mileage: 112,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHILE IN NEUTRAL OR PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,631.

Mileage: 72,631

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHILE IN NEUTRAL OR PARK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,631.

Mileage: 72,631

WHEN THE CAR IS RUNNING DURING WARM WEATHER IT LURCHES FORWARD WHILE DRIVING FORWARD OR BACKWARDS WHEN IN REVERSE. I HAVE TO KEEP MY FOOT CLOSE TO THE BRAKE TO KEEP FROM HITTING ANYONE OR ANOTHER CAR. THE CAR OFTEN STALLS WHEN THIS HAPPENS. FORD DID A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE AND HAD THE THROTTLE CLEANED FOR FREE. HOWEVER THAT DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

I HAD BOUGHT A FREESTYLE IN 2012, THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKE A NOISE FROM THE TRANSMISSION. HAD IT CHECKED OUT TO WERE I WAS TOLD IT NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED. AFTER THE SERVICE THE TRANS WAS ALRIGHT FOR ABOUT ANOTHER MONTH AND STARTED AGAIN WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY.. THE TRANS THEN PROCEEDED TO MAKE A TERRIBLE NOISE AND THEN STARTED TO SOUND LIKE A HELICOPTER AND LOST THE DRIVE GEAR. THIS TRANSMISSION IS NOT SAFE TO BE IN A VEHICLE, ALSO HAS BEEN SAID BY MANY EMPLOYEES THAT IT IS UNSAFE. I HOPE THIS CAN GET LOOKED INTO AGAIN AND BE TAKEN CARE OF! *TR

Mileage: 126,000

I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION AND HEARD A THUMP. MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS AND WOULD NOT MOVE. I JUST ABOUT CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. ONE OF THE VEHICLES BEHIND ME RAN OVER A SIDEWALK TO AVOID THIS. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS WALKING. I HAD SOME PEOPLE PUSH ME TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER. THERE THEY LET ME KNOW MY CVT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $6500. THERE WAS NO WARNING IT WAS ABOUT TO BREAK, NO NOISES OR FUNNY THINGS HAPPENED JUST DIED. *TR

Mileage: 102,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO 30 MPH AND STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE SPEED NEVER INCREASED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY ONLY WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

Mileage: 150,000

THE CAR IS LUNGING WHEN I INITIALLY PUT IT IN REVERSE AND WHEN PUT IN DRIVE, IT USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN I HAVE DRIVEN IT FOR A WHILE AND MOSTLY HAPPENS WHEN IT IS HOT OUTSIDE. WHILE SITTING PARKED WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING FOR A FEW MINUTES, I PUT IT IN DRIVE, THE ENGINE REVVED AND IT LITERALLY LUNGED FORWARD ABOUT 5 FT., I PRESSED THE BRAKE AND IT DIED. IT TOOK A FEW MINUTES TO RESTART IT. I DID TAKE IT TO THE DEALER IN 2009 AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. IN MAY OF 2010, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AGAIN AND THEY REPAIRED A HARNESS THEY SAID MAY HAVE BEEN CHAFFED AND POSSIBLY GROUNDING OUT AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF FIREWALL BUT ALSO STATED THAT IT MAY STILL HAVE PROBLEMS AND THEY WERE RIGHT. LAST YEAR, THE LUNGING STARTED AGAIN BUT NOT A LOT AND NOW, THE PROBLEM HAS RESURFACED ONCE AGAIN. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER FREESTYLE OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. I AM CONCERNED THAT I MIGHT HIT ANOTHER CAR WHEN IN A PARKING LOT OR REVERSE INTO SOMETHING OR SOMEONE. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT FORD HAS NOT PUT A RECALL ON WHATEVER IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 33,745

STARTED TO EXPERIENCE ENGINE SURGE PROBLEM THAT IS APPARENTLY PRETTY COMMON. MOSTLY OCCURS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOPPED POSITION. ALSO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CHECKED CODE AT NAPA STORE. P0109 INDICATING FUEL RAIL PRESSURE SENSOR. LOCAL MECHANIC CLAIMED IT TO BE A FUEL FILTER PROBLEM. HAD MECHANIC CHANGE FILTER, PROBLEM RESOLVED FOR VERY SHORT TIME PERIOD. ABOUT MONTH LATER SAME PROBLEM AND ENGINE CODE. REPLACED FUEL SENSOR MYSELF. PROBLEM RETURNED 2 DAYS LATER WITHOUT ENGINE CODE. FROM MY RESEARCH ON THIS SITE AND OTHERS FOUND OUT ABOUT CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 12N03. CALLED LOCAL DEALER TO LOOK INTO HAVING VEHICLE CHECKED. WAS INFORMED BY SERVICE OPERATOR THAT MY VIN DOES NOT QUALIFY BUT THEY WOULD LET ME PAY $150.00 DOLLARS TO CHECK OUT PROBLEM. I AM THINKING I WILL EXERCISE MY FREE WILL TO GET RID OF THIS VEHICLE FOR A KIA OR HYUNDAI MODEL THAT I CAN TRUST. *TR

Mileage: 84,000

I HAVE HAD MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE SINCE 2008. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A MONEY PIT. I HAVE HAD TO GET A WATER PUMP, AC COMPRESSOR, AND THROTTLE BODY, NOW IT NEEDS AN EXPENSIVE FAULTY TRANSMISSION REPLACED CALLED CVT TRANSMISSION. THE CAR IS NOW PARKED FOR SAFETY AND TO AVOID FURTHER DAMAGE. THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED IS WHILE MY FOOT COMPLETELY ON THE BREAK, THE CAR HAS DARTED FORWARD WITH OUT MY ABILITY TO STOP IT. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN WITH PEOPLE WALKING IN FRONT OF ME IN THE CROSS WALK WHILE AT THE STOP LIGHT AND MY CAR HAS DARTED AT THEM. SCARY!! TO SAY THE LEAST. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HIT SOMEONE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I DON'T DRIVE THE CAR ANYMORE BECAUSE IT SHUT OFF ON ME WHILE IN TRAFFIC, UNEXPECTEDLY, GRATEFULLY THE PERSON BEHIND ME WAS PAYING ATTENTION. I HAVE FIXED THE AC COMPRESSOR, THROTTLE BODY, AND WATER PUMP, I CANNOT POSSIBLY REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, I HAVE 3 CHILDREN AND NOW WITHOUT A CAR. I WOULD NOT FEEL SAFE EVEN AFTER IT IS FIXED. FROM READING OTHER COMPLAINTS THIS CAR IS MADE FAULTY, AND IS GOING TO FELL ME IN SOME OTHER EXPENSIVE OR DANGEROUS WAY. TO MY KNOWLEDGE FORD HAS DISCONTINUED MAKING THE FREESTYLE AND IS NOW MAKING TAURUS IN ITS PLACE. THEY SHOULD HAVE RECALLED EVERY SINGLE FORD FREESTYLE, THIS CAR IS DANGEROUS!!!!!!!!!!!! IT HAS BEEN MADE TO FAIL, I HOPE FORD CAN RESTORE MY TRUST IN THEM. I DO NOT WANT ANY OTHER FORD BECAUSE OF THIS. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SHIFTING INTO PARK OR REVERSE, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,492 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 121,692. UPDATED 08/19/14*LJ UPDATED 8/29/2017*CN

Mileage: 121,492

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SHIFTING INTO PARK OR REVERSE, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,492 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 121,692. UPDATED 08/19/14*LJ UPDATED 8/29/2017*CN

Mileage: 121,492

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE, REVERSE OR PARK, THE TRANSMISSION MADE A LOUD NOISE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST, WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE CVT TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT REPLACED. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED SEVERAL TIMES. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED AND THE FAILURE WAS CORRECTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

Mileage: 160,000

THIS HAS HAPPENED ALMOST EVERYDAY, IF YOU STOP FOR A SHORT TIME EITHER LONG LIGHT OR PULL IN SOME WHERE AND TAKE OFF THE WRENCH COMES ON AND AT THAT POINT I KNOW THE CAR WILL NOT GO OVER 54 MILES PER HOUR AND ACTS LIKE IT WON'T UP SHIFT OUT OF SECOND GEAR EVEN THOUGH I KNOW ITS A CVT , THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND DANGEROUS , FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT , UNTIL ENOUGH PEOPLE DIE OR GET SEVERELY INJURED , I MUST BE LUCKY THOUGH MINE HAPPENS ALL THE TIME I KNOW IF I SHUT THE FREE STYLE OFF AND RE START IT GOES BACK TO NORMAL FOR A WHILE ... PEOPLE NEED TO PETITION FORD .... OR START A MASS LAWSUIT AGAINST WHAT SHOULD BE A MASSIVE RE-CALL , WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT NOT JUMPING IN TO FORCE ACTION , LIKE THEY ARE NOW DOING WITH GM ..... A 35K CAR SHOULD BE BUILT SAFER, TO WORRIED ABOUT EVERYONE WEARING SEATBELTS, BUT NOT ABOUT VEHICLES THAT LUNGE FORWARD OR JUST CAN'T ACCELERATE , THE TRANSMISSION IS JUNK AND WE PAY FOR IT. *TR

Mileage: 235,000

STOPPED AT SIGNAL LIGHT, WRENCH LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHEN ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, VEHICLE RPM'S MOVED ERRATICALLY AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT DRIVE ABOVE 35MPH. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS TOLD VEHICLE WENT INTO "FAIL SAFE MODE" TRANSMISSION IS NONE REPAIRABLE AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. PREVIOUSLY HAD CAR SERVICED UNDER RECALL WITH THROTTLE. ONE DAY PRIOR, THE CAR "SURGED/LUNGED" WHEN PUT IN REVERSE. HAD RECALL DONE 12 MONTHS AGO AND JUST WENT OVER 12000 MILES SINCE WORK DONE. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD MALFUNCTIONED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

Mileage: 79,000

WHEN CAR IS RUNNING THERE IS NOISE COMING FROM TRANSMISSION, (HAS BEEN VERIFY BY A FORD DEALERSHIP) THAT IT NEEDS A TRANSMISSION. IT HAS BEEN GETTING LOUDER AND OUR EXT WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED ACCORDING TO DEALER. COST OF REPAIRS IS $6000 TO $8000. THIS SEEMS TO BE AND ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE, BUT FORD MOTOR COMPANY SAID THEY HAVEN'T HEARD OF THIS,FORD ALSO SAID WE SHOULDN'T DRIVE IT, BUT WE HAVE NO CHOICE. CAR ONLY HAS 64'000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 54,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 117,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. *TR

Mileage: 30,000

BOUGHT THIS CAR USED 2 YEARS AGO. CAR STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE, BUT WHEN PUT IN DRIVE, IT QUIETS A LITTLE. NOT RUNNING WELL AT ALL. TOOK IT TO GET IT LOOKED AT, 1ST REPLACED A BAD WATER PUMP (ALMOST 700) AND THEN WAS TOLD IT'S THE TRANSMISSION. THEY WANT $6K FOR, WHICH I DON'T HAVE. I STILL OWE $6K ON THE CAR. SO, I AM BASICALLY STUCK W A CAR THAT DOESN'T WORK AND I CAN'T SELL OR TRADE IN, NOR CAN I AFFORD TO AT THIS POINT. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE A LOUD RATTLING NOISE CAN BE HEARD. THIS NOISE STOPS TEMPORARILY WHEN THE CAR IS SHIFTED FROM "PARK" TO "DRIVE". THE NOISE THEN BECOMES PROGRESSIVELY LOUDER WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED. GAS MILEAGE HAS DECLINED WHEN DRIVING. WHEN PARKING ON ONE OCCASION THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD WITHOUT ACCELERATING THE GAS PEDAL. I TOOK THE CAR INTO A AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND THEY INDICATED THAT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF DEFECTIVE DESIGN/MATERIALS IN THE "CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION" (CVT). FORD HAS DONE NOTHING TO PROVIDE A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION AT NO CHARGE AND HAS NOT MODIFIED CVT TO CORRECT THIS OBVIOUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 70,500

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH HAD A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND INCREASE RPMS. IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER. ENGINE IDLE IN PARK MAKES A LOUD HELICOPTER SOUND WHEN ENGAGED IN DRIVE OR REVERSE SOUND IS NOT HEARD AS LOUD. AFTER DOING LENGTHY RESEARCH THIS COMMON PROBLEM WITH CVT TRANSMISSIONS BY FORD AT AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE (70,000MI).FORD HAS YET TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES VOLUNTARILY. DEALERS INSIST TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING (COMMON THEME).NO WAY THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES SHOULD HAVE CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 70,000! THIS IS A MANUFACTURER AND SAFETY ISSUE. I'M JUST THANKFUL I DIDN'T HAVE MY KIDS IN THE CAR AND TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WAS MAKING A LOUD NOISE, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED.

Mileage: 52,000

MY CAR ACCELERATES FORWARD WHEN I TRY TO PARK IT. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND LUCKY THAT IT HAS ONLY HAPPENED WHEN I'M ONLY GOING A COUPLE OF MILES AN HOUR AS I AM TRYING TO PARK. *TR

Mileage: 70,734

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE THROTTLE NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. ...UPDATED 12-24-13 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AS THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,700.

Mileage: 100,700

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE EMITTED A LOUD GRINDING SOUND. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE NOT AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENTIRE POWER TRAIN WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

Mileage: 110,000

MY CAR LUNGES WHEN I PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE FROM PARK AND ALSO WHEN I GO FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. THE LUNGE IS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO HIT A NEARBY VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 86,319

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING RECENTLY. I HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN GOOD CARE OF MY CAR AND MY MECHANIC JUST TOLD ME THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE 2007 FORD FREESTYLE TRANSMISSIONS. I CANNOT BELIEVE I HAVE TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION WHICH COSTS APPROXIMATELY $6,000.00 TO REPLACE. I WILL BE CONTACTING FORD DIRECTLY AS WELL. *TR

Mileage: 147,000

12/10/09 MILEAGE: 35,621 DEALER SERVICE FOR RATTLING NOISE IN ENGINE ON COLD START UP, DIAGNOSED AS DEFECTIVE TENSIONER ASSEMBLY, BUT WAS LIKELY THE TRANSMISSION AS SAME NOISE WAS LATER HEARD WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED. 12/08/11 MILEAGE: 53,401 DEALER SERVICE FOR NOISE IN ENGINE AT IDLE - MUCH WORSE WHEN COLD, DIAGNOSED AS FAULTY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. DEALER REMOVED AND ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND FOUND INPUT SHAFT BEARING SCORES AND INPUT SHAFT SCORED. DIFFERENTIAL SHAFT SPLINES WORN DOWN AND SPLINES ON PTU WORN DOWN AND SEIZED TOGETHER. TRANSMISSION WAS THEN REPLACED WITH REBUILT UNIT. THIS WAS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION INSTALLED IN THIS CAR 3/28/12 MILEAGE: 55,234 DEALER SERVICE FOR EXCESSIVE NOISE IN TRANSMISSION, DESCRIBED AS A GROWL. DIAGNOSED TRANSMISSION CONCERN AND NOISE WAS VERIFIED. WERE ASKED TO RETURN UNIT TO DEALER AT LATER TIME FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS 4/2/12 MILEAGE: 55,338 DEALER SERVICE FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, CORRECTED BY INSTALLING A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION INSTALLED IN THIS CAR. DEALER EXPLAINED THAT THE REPLACEMENT REBUILT TRANSMISSION CARRIED A ONE YEAR WARRANTY 7/1/13 MILEAGE: 63,301 WHILE DRIVING ON A STREET, VEHICLE PRODUCED LOUD CLUNK SOUND AFTER WHICH IT WOULD NO LONGER RESPOND TO THROTTLE INPUTS. VEHICLE COASTED TO STOP. FORTUNATELY, STREET WAS EMPTY. TRANSMISSION WAS INOPERABLE, AS VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD IN ANY GEAR UNDER ITS POWER. VEHICLE COASTED IN ANY GEAR, INDICATING THAT FINAL DRIVE LINE WAS NO LONGER CONNECTED TO TRANSMISSION OR ENGINE. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. DIAGNOSED FAILED TRANSMISSION. DEALER STATED THAT A 4TH TRANSMISSION AND REPLACEMENT OIL COOLER WERE NEEDED FOR $6,900. DURING THE DIAGNOSIS, FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP RENDERING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE AND DEALERSHIP HAD TO DRAG IT OUT OF SERVICE BAY. *TR

Mileage: 35,621

THE ENGINE REVS UP & THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD, EVEN WHEN MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE. THE ENGINE HAS EVEN REVVED UP WHILE THE CAR WAS SITTING IN PARK IN A PARKING LOT. I HAVE TO MAKE WEEKLY TRIPS OF 300+ MILES DUE TO MY CHILD'S MEDICAL CONDITION. I AM STARTING TO WORRY ABOUT OUR SAFETY IN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 100,500

OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I'VE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD JUMP A LITTLE WHEN SHIFTED INTO GEAR. OCCASIONALLY, THE SAME LITTLE LURCH WOULD HAPPEN AT A STOPLIGHT. TODAY, WHILE STOPPED AT IDLE THE ENGINE REPEATEDLY REVVED OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT 10 SECONDS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JUMP FORWARD EVEN WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED. SHORTLY AFTER, A SIMILAR PROBLEM OCCURRED, BUT NOT AS PRONOUNCED AS THE PREVIOUS EVENT. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ENGINE SEEMED TO HAVE DEGRADED AND THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY ABLE TO ACCELERATE VERY SLOWLY. *TR

Mileage: 101,000

I WAS DRIVING AT 40 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR SLAMMED INTO A LOW GEAR. WRENCH LIGHTS AND ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. DEALER SAYS PARTS ARE UNAVAILABLE TO FIX AND I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. ($7000). *TR

Mileage: 121,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DESCENDING A HILL AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

Mileage: 78,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A LOUD NOISE AND A VIOLENT JERKING MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE CONTACT NOTICED LARGE FRAGMENTS EMITTING FROM THE TRANSMISSION WITH FLUID LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

Mileage: 100,000

THE CVT TRANSMISSION IN THE 2007 FORD FREESTYLE ARE USELESS. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION WAY BEFORE TIME. I HAD A 1996 CAMRY WITH 230, 000 MILES ON IT AND I NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION OR THE ENGINE. NOW, I AM LEFT TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION THAT FORD KNEW WAS A BAD PRODUCT (HENCE, STOPPING THE MANUFACTURING OF THE FREESTYLE, REVAMPING THE TRANSMISSION AND OTHER PROBLEMS AREAS AND PUTTING IT BACK INTO ROTATION AS THE TAURUS X). I STILL OWE ALOT OF MONEY ON THIS CAR. I KNOW THAT FORD FINALLY DID A REBATE OF SORTS FOR THE POORLY DESIGNED THROTTLE BODY AND THANKFUL I HAVE RECEIVED A REFUND FOR THAT EXPENSE. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR FORD TO COMPENSATE US FREESTYLE OWNERS WITH A HORRIBLY DESIGNED TRANSMISSION? I REALLY WISHED I HAD NEVER GIVEN UP MY TOYOTA CAMRY. I FELT SAFER IN THAT CAR THAN MY FREESTYLE. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR YESTERDAY. IT IDLES SPORADICALLY ON PARK (OFTEN DIES FROM SURGING) AND LUNGES SEVERELY ON DRIVE AND REVERSE. I HAVE TO AVOID PARKING IN FRONT OF OTHER VEHICLES TO PREVENT HITTING THEM AS MY VEHICLE WILL SHOOT FORWARD IMMEDIATELY EVEN WITH MY FOOT OFF THE BREAK. I HAVE TO HIT THE BREAKS FIRMLY AND QUICKLY. IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN AND REVS HARD AT THE MOST INCONVENIENT TIMES. I'M VERY AFRAID THIS WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT! *TR

Mileage: 119,708

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THERE WAS A CLANKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,506. *TR

Mileage: 100,506

MY VEHICLE HAS 110,000 MILES ON IT. IT HAS FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS JOLTING/LAUNCING FORWARD. IT SOUNDS LIKE AN AIRPLANE. IT STALLS WHEN THE WEATHER IS HOT. WAITING PATIENTLY FOR A RECALL, FEEL THAT WILL BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND TRANSMISSION WILL FALL TO THE GROUND. WORST CAR I HAVE EVERY OWNED. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE. HAVE ALSO HAD AT ON POINT TROUBLE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THINKING SHOULD TRADE CAR IN, BUT RECENTLY PAID THE CAR OFF. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

MY FREESTYLE CVT TRANNY , I NEED TO WARM IT UP FOR ABOUT 45 MINS TO AN HOUR BEFORE IT EVEN MOVES. I HAD IT LOOKED AT BY FORD AND AAMCO TRANSMISSION AND FORD SAYS I NEED A NEW ONE FOR $6000 AAMCO SAYS JUST REBUILD IT FOR $3500.I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GET A NEW TRNS SINCE THE CAR I ONLY HAD FOR 18 MONS. *TR

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE BEGAN LUNGING WHILE SITTING IN TRAFFIC AND SOON AFTER THAT BEGAN MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. I TOOK MY CAR TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE AROUND $5000 TO PULL AND CHECK THE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS CRAZY. I HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE LUNGING FORWARD AND NOW THIS NOISE WHICH FORD STATES THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR. THE CAR ONLY HAS 50,000 MILES ON IT. I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND NOW I'M LEFT WITHOUT A CAR TO DRIVE BECAUSE I'M AFRAID I WILL DO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION OR EVEN YET HURT SOMEONE WITH THE LUNGING PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK I SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A PROBLEM THAT FORD NEEDS TO CORRECT AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

AFTER ENDURING A SUMMER FILLED WITH THE TYPICAL SURGING ISSUE, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING A LIGHT GRINDING SOUND IN PARK AND NEUTRAL. COME DECEMBER 2012, I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD CONCERNING THE THROTTLE BODY ISSUE, AND IN JANUARY 2013 TOOK IT IN FOR THE RECALL SERVICE. ABOUT A WEEK LATER, THE CVT TRANSMISSION'S GRINDING NOISE HAD GOTTEN WORSE, SO I TOOK IT INTO THE FORD DEALER HERE IN TOWN AND THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION TO THE TUNE OF OVER $6000. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I DO NOT HAVE $6000 TO PUT INTO A 6 YEAR OLD CAR THAT I STILL OWE $8000 ON (BOUGHT IT IN 2010). I'VE HAD TIRES LAST LONGER THAN THIS TRANSMISSION, WHICH IS CURRENTLY AT 62,000 MILES. UNTHINKABLE THAT FORD HAS PRODUCED SUCH A FLAWED MAJOR COMPONENT LIKE A TRANSMISSION, AND NOT STOOD BEHIND IT, OR SUPPLIES PARTS FOR IT. I AM LIVID, AND AFTER OWNING FORDS FOR OVER 30 YEARS I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I WILL GET NEXT. I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, AND THIS FREESTYLE IS INDEED A LEMON. THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, AND THE COST TO REPAIR IS NOT IN LINE WITH THE TAURUS X OF 2008 WHICH THEY INTRODUCED A TRANSMISSION THAT ACTUALLY WORKED. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

PUT CAR IN REVERSE VEH LUNGED BACKWARD ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD TOOK VEH IN TO DEALER THEY SAID THE RECALL ONLY IS FOR CLEANING THE THROTTLE I NEEDED A NEW THROTTLE. COST WAS $850 I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT IT DID NOT COVER THIS PART. I FEEL IF FORD HAS A RECALL ON THIS ITEM IT SHOULD BE REPLACED IF NEEDED. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT HAS GONE ON WITH THIS. HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITUATION IT IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. *TR

Mileage: 76,123

MY VEHICLE "LUNGES" WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE OR PARK. VEHICLE STALLS WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A LOUD NOISE WAS EMITTED FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY ACCELERATED AFTER BEING PLACED IN DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE CVT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,102. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

Mileage: 79,102

AFTER I BOUGHT MY FREESTYLE, I STARTED HAVING SERIOUS SURGING ISSUES, ESPECIALLY AFTER IDLING FOR A TIME OR WHEN TRYING TO PARK THE VEHICLE. SOMETIMES IT WOULD OCCUR DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, ENDANGERING MY LIFE AND THE LIVES OF OTHER MOTORISTS. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE TECH'S SUGGESTED REPLACING VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THE CAR A/C SYSTEM AND OTHER RELATED COMPONENTS. NO SUCCESSFUL RESOLUTION WAS EVER REACHED WITH THE DEALERSHIP, EVEN AFTER THE SUGGESTED REPAIRS WERE MADE. I CONTINUED TO HAVE SURGING ISSUES, MAKING THE CAR UNSAFE. IN JANUARY 2013, I TOOK THE CAR TO A REPUTABLE MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THE CAR WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE, SPECIFICALLY THE INPUT SHAFT. I BELIEVE THAT THE SURGING ISSUE RELATED TO THE SUBSEQUENT TRANSMISSION FAILURE. NOT ONLY IS MY CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO THE SURGING ISSUE, BUT NOW IS COMPLETELY UNDRIVEABLE DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I WAS MADE AWARE IN JANUARY 2013 THAT FORD ISSUED A TSB IN DECEMBER 2012 RELATING TO THE SURGING ISSUE AND RECOMMENDED A FIX THAT WOULD COMPLETELY RESOLVE THE ISSUE. BUT I BELIEVE THIS TSB CAME WAY TOO LATE. THE SURGING DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION AND THUS CREATED A PROBLEM WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION THAT WASN'T THERE BEFORE. FORD TOOK STEPS TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT MADE THEIR CARS UNSAFE. NOW THEY NEED TO COME FORWARD AND FURTHER ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT THE SURGING NOT ONLY MADE THE CAR UNSAFE, BUT DAMAGED THE CAR AND THEN SUBMIT MEASURES TO RESOLVE THE ISSUES OF DAMAGED TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

Mileage: 46,828

I WAS IDLING IN A PARKING LOT IN MY PARKING SPOT AND THE CAR SURGED SO STRONG I ALMOST DROVE INTO THE BUILDING IN FRONT OF ME. THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR DROVE POORLY FOR A FEW MILES. IT WAS JUMPY AND NOT VERY MUCH POWER. WE CALLED FORD AND HE RECOMMENDED PULLING THE BATTERY CABLE OFF THE BATTERY TO RESET IT AND BRING IT IN AS SOON AS WE GOT BACK FROM OUR VACATION. IT SEEMED TO DO OK FOR A WHILE THEN RANDOMLY IT WOULD SURGE WHILE IDLING.( IN 2011 MAYBE ONCE A MONTH. IN 2012 PROBABLY EVERY OTHER DAY.) BROUGHT IT TO FORD A FEW TIMES AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE IT DIDN'T DO IT WHILE THEY HAD IT. ALSO THE AIR CONDITIONER WILL RANDOMLY SHUT OFF FOR A MINUTE OR TWO THEN SUDDENLY COME BACK ON. THE LIGHTS IN THE CAR WILL DO THE SAME THING. ALSO THE DASH WARNING LIGHTS SOMETIMES ALL COME ON AT ONCE AND THEN ALL GO OUT FOR A WHILE. ( I CANT SEE MY SPEED SO I HAVE TO PULL OVER). I WAS SCARED TO LET MY DAUGHTER OR STRANGERS DRIVE MY CAR. I AM AFRAID THEY WILL GET HURT OR HURT SOME ONE. I HAVE TO ALWAYS HOLD MY BRAKE ALL THE WAY DOWN AND QUICKLY LET OFF AND PUT THE BRAKES BACK ON TO PULL INTO PARKING SPACES SO I DON'T RUN INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

Mileage: 24,000

A YEAR AGO I WAS EXPERIENCING THE LATEST RECALL ON THE THROTTLE BODY FOR FREESTYLES, TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. A YEAR LATER AFTER MANY REPEATED LUNGING OCCASIONS MY TRANSMISSION HAS NOW MADE MY CAR UNDRIVABLE. I WANT TO BRING TO ATTENTION THAT O BELIEVE AS WELL AS SOME OF MY LOCAL MECHANICS BELIEVE THIS THROTTLE BODY ISSUE TO BE A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE MANY TRANSMISSION CASES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION. I UNFORTUNATELY AM A VICTIM OF THIS. I BELIEVE FORD COMPANY SHOULD BE LIABLE FOR BOTH THESE FIXES THEY ARE PRODUCT OF FAULTY EQUIPMENT THAT THEY PUT OUT FOR CONSUMERS TO EXPERIENCE. I HAVE SEEN IN SOME CASES AS WELL AS LIVED A CASE WHERE WHILE DRIVING THESE ISSUES WITH THE THROTTLE BODY AND TRANSMISSION HAVE EITHER CASES ACCIDENTS OR NEARLY CAUSED. PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND THANK U FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

Mileage: 96,000

CAR SURGES FORWARD WHEN THE BRAKE IS APPLIED. AND WHEN DRIVING IN THE SUMMER THE CAR WILL SOMETIMES STALL AND THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

WHENEVER I PUT IT IN FORWARD OR REVERSE THERE'S A SURGE OR IN REVERSE ITS DOES A JERK. WHEN I GO IN REVERSE I CANT USE THE AIR CONDITIONER. IT CUTS THE CAR OFF AND THEN THE WRENCH COMES UP WHEN I RESTART THE CAR. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

WHILE AT REST, CAR SUDDENLY SURGES FORWARD. THEN, WHILE REVERSING MY CAR STARTED SURGING MAKING IT DARN NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE AS WELL AS PARK. IN 2011, SPENT 7000$ ON A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR A FOUR YR OLD VEHICLE WITH 75,000 MILES!!!! RIDICULOUS. NOW, THE CAR SURGES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AND TIMING IS OFF. FORD ISSUED A ONE TIME THROTTLE CLEANING. WHAT A JOKE! THANKS FORD! $150$ SERVICE THAT FIXES NOTHING AND 20,000 PEOPLE ONLINE THAT ARE OUT 5000-7000$ FOR TRANSMISSIONS GET WHAT? *TR

Mileage: 75,000

PURCHASED AN 07 FORD FREESTYLE. LESS THAN THREE YRS OLD AND HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AT $7000.00! WAS TOLD THE REVVING AND LUNGING THE VEHICLE DOES CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO EVERYONE I CAN. WHY DOES NO ONE CARE THAT THESE VEHICLES MOVE ON THEIR OWN? WHEN TOYOTA HAD THIS ISSUE, THE NEWS STATIONS WERE ALL OVER IT. A RECALL HAPPENED WITHIN MONTHS! IF YOU GOOGLE THESE ISSUES, THERE ARE MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THESE ARE FAMILY CARS! FAMILY VEHICLES WHICH DRIVE KIDS AND THEY ACCELERATE ON THEIR OWN EVEN IN REVERSE! I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER 7000.00 FOR ANOTHER NEW TRANSMISSION. FORD ISSUED A ONE TIME THROTTLE CLEANING, THAT I JUST RECEIVED IN THE MAIL. THX FORD FOR THE $150 SERVICE THAT DOES NOTHING! NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY A F.O.R.D! FOUND ON ROAD DEAD=FORD! *TR

Mileage: 64,000

WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY, RPM'S INCREASED EXCESSIVELY, PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED CAR. SEEMED FINE. ABOUT 2 MONTHS LATER, SLOWING AND TURNING AT ABOUT 20MPH, RPM'S INCREASED EXCESSIVELY AND LOST SPEED. TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, PUT INTO DRIVE, BUT CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. STALLED OUT WHEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC PERFORMED DIAGNOSTIC SAID TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TOWED TO DEALER FOR ESTIMATE - THEY SAID THAT A TRANSMISSION FROM FORD WITH A 3 YR WARRANTY IS ON BACK ORDER FOR TWO MONTHS! HAD JUST PAID THIS OFF AND OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY JUST ENDED 2 MONTHS AGO. *TR

Mileage: 116,200

THE VEHICLE LUNGES INTO GEAR - BOTH DRIVE AND REVERSE. RPMS JUMP RAPIDLY AND CAR JUMPS INTO GEAR. I NEED TO PUSH ON BRAKE WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT TO STOP IT FROM MOVING. ALSO JUMPS ERRATICALLY WHEN STOPPED SUCH AS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP SIGN. IT IS MUCH WORSE WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING IS ON. AS THE SITUATION WORSENED, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL DUE TO SURGING. UPON RESTARTING WHEN WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE. THERE IS NO RESPONSE TO THE GAS PEDAL. AFTER WAITING 10 -15 MINUTES IT WILL THEN START AND RUN FINE UNTIL NEXT TIME. I HAD TRANSMISSION TROUBLE AS A RESULT OF THIS. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED BUT THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE TECHNICIAN CLEANED OFF THE THROTTLE BODY HOUSING AND IT SEEMED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM....TEMPORARILY. WITHIN 10,000 MILES THE VEHICLE STARTED STALLING AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO RAN A SCAN AND GOT TRANSMISSION CODES. BACK TO TRANSMISSION SHOP. NOW THEY SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION WITH A USED ONE WITH 30,000 MILES. RAN FINE FOR 15 MINUTES AND WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AGAIN AND THE CAR WON'T MOVE. UPON RESEARCHING I HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ON BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND THROTTLE BODY AND HOUSING. I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE INVESTIGATING THIS AND WOULD LIKE MY COMPLAINT ADDED TO YOUR LIST! *TR

Mileage: 80,000

WE PURCHASED OUR FREESTYLE IN 07 AND LITERALLY ONLY DROVE IT FOR 3 YEARS. THE CAR STARTED TO LUNGE AND MAKE ALL KINDS OF NOISES WHEN WE TOOK IT IN AND THEY SAID OUR CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BY A COUPLE MILES LITERALLY THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR US JUST TOLD US IT WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT $5000 TO REPAIR. THAT IS HUGE WHEN YOUR STILL PAYING ON IT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS SO WE ALL CAN GET A VEHICLE WE CAN DRIVE AND NOT WORRY WE ARE GOING TO LUNGE AT THE KIDS SCHOOL WHERE YOU COULD EASILY HURT CHILDREN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED WITH A WHINING SOUND AS THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED EXCESSIVELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOTH AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHOM BOTH ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

Mileage: 127,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO DOWN SHIFT ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL RELATED TO THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

Mileage: 125,000

AT 49,660 MILES WE HAD TO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY CHANGED BECAUSE THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD AND STALLED OUT. ON JUNE 19, 2012 OUR 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WAS SERVICED WITH A TRANSMISSION FLUSH AND FLUID CHANGE, AND A MULTI-POINT INSPECTION. EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD. ON NOV. 5, 2012 IT WOULD REV UP WHEN DRIVING AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. AFTER RESEARCHING, WE FOUND OUT THAT THE CVT TRANSMISSION THAT WAS PUT IN THE 2005-2007 FORD FREESTYLE IS A DEFECTIVE DESIGN THAT POSES NUMEROUS SAFETY CONCERNS. FORD DOES NOT EVEN MAKE THE TRANSMISSION ANY MORE, SO OUR ONLY CHOICE IS TO PAY OVER $5000 FOR A USED/REBUILT ONE THAT MAY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. OUR CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD. WE HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF IT. WE NEED A RELIABLE VEHICLE AND DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX THIS. PLEASE HAVE FORD RECALL THESE FAULTY CVT TRANSMISSIONS AND HAVE MORE CONCERN FOR SAFETY AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. *TR

Mileage: 85,259

ON THE DATE SHOWN, WHILE DRIVING IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION AND ENTERING THE CEMETERY MY VEHICLE STARTED TO LURCH, LUNGE AND BUCKING. TRIED TO GIVE IT GAS BUT DIDN'T RESPOND. I THEN SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND WHEN I STARTED UPON LEAVING THE CEMETERY THE VEHICLE STARTED THIS AGAIN. I DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MAINTENANCE PERSON TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS BEING CAUSED BY A SENSOR AND THAT I COULD SHUT THE VEHICLE DOWN AND RESTART AFTER A FEW MINUTES. THIS SEEMED TO WORK FOR A WHILE THEN THE SAME PROBLEMS KEPT OCCURRING. THIS WAS MENTIONED A NUMBER OF TIMES TO THE DEALER WITH THE SAME EXPLANATION. I THINK THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS NOW CREATED ANOTHER IN THE THE TRANSMISSION ON THE VEHICLE IS GONE.

Mileage: 69,900

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, IT LUNGED FORWARD. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT. THE VEHICLE STALLED VARIOUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE THROTTLE BODY WAS CLEANED; YET, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THE CVT TRANSMISSION, BUT FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE IT LUNGES FORWARD AND WHEN YOU PUT IT IN REVERSE IT LUNGES BACK. IF YOUR FOOT IS NOT ON THE BRAKE YOU CAN HURT SOMEONE. ITS WORSE WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON. *TR

Mileage: 51,000

WHILE STOPPED THE VEHICLE WILL LUNGE EITHER FORWARD OR BACKWARDS WITHOUT ENGAGING THE GAS PEDAL. *TR

Mileage: 114,684

NOT LONG AFTER I PURCHASED THE 2007 FORD FREESTYLE, SUMMER CAME AND I WAS USING THE AIR CONDITIONER A LOT. I NOTICED THAT WHEN THE AC WAS RUNNING, ESPECIALLY AT HIGH, THE CAR WOULD "LURCH" FORWARD AT LOW SPEEDS (PROBABLY 5 MPH OR LESS ). WHEN I WAS PARKING THE CAR, ROLLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, WITH MY FOOT HOVERING OVER THE BRAKE PEDAL, AS SOON AS I GOT TO THE PROPER SPOT, THE CAR WOULD "LURCH". WHEN I WOULD BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPACE WITH MY FOOT HOVERING ABOVE THE BRAKE, IT WOULD "LURCH". THIS PROVED TO BE A SCARY SITUATION MANY TIMES AS THERE WERE CARS PASSING IN THE PARKING LOT. MANY TIMES, I COULD HAVE HIT ANOTHER CAR. EVEN IN THE DRIVE THROUGH OF FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS WITH OTHER CARS IN LINE, MANY TIMES I HAVE ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. MANY TIMES, MY CAR HAS "LURCHED" AND STALLED. THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON, AND IF I DON'T TURN THE CAR ALL THE WAY OFF IN PARK, THE CAR DOES NOT BEHAVE PROPERLY (AS IN NO ACCELERATION) NOR DOES THE WRENCH LIGHT GO OFF. IN THE BEGINNING, I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER BEING ON HIGH. THE PROBLEM STOPPED IN THE WINTER WHEN THE AC WASN'T BEING USED. HOWEVER, IN THE SUMMER OF 2011, IT ALL STARTED AGAIN. MY AC WENT OUT, SO I HAD IT WORKED ON. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. TODAY, THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. I ALMOST HIT A CHILD IN A PARKING LOT THE OTHER DAY BECAUSE MY CAR "LURCHED". I BEGAN SEARCHING AND FOUND THAT OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME SCARY PROBLEM WITH THEIR FORD FREESTYLES. IT SOUNDS AS IF I AM MAYBE LAZY OR NOT TOO CONCERNED SINCE I HAVEN'T HAD THIS CHECKED EARLIER, BUT FRANKLY, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO SPEND ON REPAIRS, SO I KEEP HOPING IT WON'T CAUSE A DISASTROUS SITUATION. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE BEFORE IT DOES BECOME DEADLY. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

I GOT THIS CAR ON 04/2010 THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE KIDS NOPE I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS IN JAN /2011 THE TRANSMISSION WENT NOW 09/2012 SAME THING THE CAR SEEMED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL THEN LUNGED TRANSMISSION AGAIN THIS IS NOT A SAFE CAR !!!.. HAS BEEN IN SHOP AS OF 9/29/2012 TONIGHT THE AUTO SHOP CALLED ME AND SAID THE PART IS NOT IN STOCK MIGHT BE UP TILL 3 WEEKS BEFORE THEY GET IT, WONT PAY FOR A RENT A CAR FOR ME & TOLD ME I COULD COME GET THE CAR TILL THE PART COMES IN.... BUT CANT TELL ME ITS SAFE FOR ME & MY KIDS TO DRIVE IN ??SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ASAP !!! *TR

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS BEEN SURGING OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. AT FIRST IT WAS VERY INTERMITTENT. NOW IT IS ALMOST EVERY TIME I USE THE CAR. I TOOK IT INTO THE MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT FORD IS HAVING ISSUES WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION. SO FAR THERE AS NOT BEEN A RECALL. HE SAID HE CAN'T FIX IT BECAUSE HE CANNOT GET THE PARTS. MY CAR WITH LUNGE FORWARD WHEN I TURN IT ON. IT ALSO WILL SURGE WHEN I GO INTO REVERSE. TODAY WHEN I WAS DROPPING MY YOUNGEST SON AT SCHOOL IT LUNGED FORWARD IN THE AREA WHERE CHILDREN AROUND. I HAD A DIFFICULT TIME CONTROLLING THE CAR. IT NOW IS BECOMING A BIGGER SAFETY ISSUE. WHY IS FORD NOT RECALLING THIS CAR? IT IS NOT SAFE! WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF? MY CONCERN IS SOMEONE IS GOING BE SEVERELY INJURED DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. BEFORE THIS ISSUE I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH MY FREESTYLE. NOW I AM SO SCARED. FORD PLEASE HELP! *TR

Mileage: 82,510

AS I WAS STOPPING TO GET GAS, THE CAR SURGED WHEN I WAS APPLYING BRAKES. IT IS ALSO SURGING AS I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THIS IS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE. GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR. I HAVE GRANDKIDS THAT RIDE IN THE CAR WITH ME. CAN'T AFFORD TO GET A NEW CAR. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW 8/18/07 FROM PALM COAST FORD. IN MAY OR JUNE 2010 I BEGAN NOTICING THE CAR LUNGING WHEN BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPOTS OR ONCE YOU HAVE BACKED OUT AND THEN PLACED INTO DRIVE. I ALSO ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE WITH THE CAR STALLING IF PARKED ON AN INCLINE. ON 7.5.10 THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT FOR SEVERAL DAYS WITH PALM COAST FORD FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND THEY CLAIMED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR AS THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE "ISSUES." AS THIS "ISSUE" DID NOT SEEM APPROPRIATE I VISITED THE DAYTONA BEACH FORD DEALERSHIP BUT THIS WAS NOT A DOCUMENTED VISIT AS WAS THE PALM COAST FORD VISIT. THE DAYTONA FORD SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED IT WAS A JUST THE WAY THE CAR WAS DESIGNED TO PREVENT STALLING WHEN BACKING UP OR PULLING FORWARD. SO I LIVED WITH THIS PROBLEM HOPING THAT IT WOULDN'T LUNGE AND HIT SOMEONE IN A PARKING LOT. MY BROTHER FINALLY RODE WITH ME AND SAID THIS IS NOT CORRECT SO I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A NON-FORD REPAIR SHOP WHO RECOMMENDED A TUNE-UP BE ACCOMPLISHED. THIS OCCURRED OCT. 25, 2011 AND CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, NOW WHATEVER THEY ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE TUNE-UP IS NOW WEARING OFF AS THE VEHICLE HAS BEGUN IT'S LUNGING PROBLEM AGAIN IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. THAT'S WHEN I RESEARCHED AND FOUND THESE INCIDENT REPORTS SO I WANT TO REPORT MY PROBLEM TO HELP YOU DOCUMENT THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL CAR. I LIKE MY FREESTYLE BUT THERE'S DEFINITELY AN ISSUE WITH THE LUNGING SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 61,463

THE CAR SURGES WHEN YOU PUT IN GEAR, EVEN WITH YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE. IT DOES IT IN FORWARD AND REVERSE. IT IS VERY SCARY, MANY TIMES I ALMOST HIT SOMETHING. THIS PAST WINTER I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE CAR LOST POWER, I COULD NOT GO OVER 30 MILES PER HOUR. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

I HAD LEFT THE VEHICLE IDLING IN PARK WHILE I WENT TO CHECK THE MAILBOX. WHEN I GOTBACK I SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE LUNGED BACK ALMOST STRIKING A PEDESTRIAN I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND I NOTICE THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN OPEN SINCE MAY 2011 I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THERE HAVE BEEN ALOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON THE WEB. JUST AN FYI IT SEEMS TO LUNGE WHEN TAKING OFF IN FORWARD OR REVERSE. I ALSO NOTICED THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST FORD FOR THIS PROBLEM IN CALIFORNIA. *TR

Mileage: 75,642

WE HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR JUST OVER A YEAR. FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SURGING/LUNGING. IT HAPPENS WITHOUT ANY NOTICE, AND YOU HAVE TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES TO STOP IT. INITIALLY, I ONLY NOTICED THE PROBLEM WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE. THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS IT HAS STARTED LUNGING BACKWARD AND FORWARD, REGARDLESS OF HOW FAST I WAS GOING (PULLING IN, BACKING UP, OR DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT A STEADY SPEED.) ONCE, THE CAR LUNGED AS I WAS BACKING UP AND HIT ANOTHER CAR. MINOR DAMAGE. NOT REPORTED. IT IS STARTING TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN, AND THE CAR HAS ALSO BEGUN DYING IF IT HAPPENS WHOLE BACKING UP. TURNING THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTING IT SOLVES THAT. I'VE HAD TO START PARKING FURTHER BACK IN SPOTS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THIS HAS INDIRECTLY CAUSED COSMETIC DAMAGE (COMING OUT OF A STORE TWICE I'VE NOTICED SCRAPES THAT LOOK LIKE SOMEONE BACKED INTO ME.) I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS CAN BE SUCH A WIDELY REPORTED AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITHOUT A RECALL OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE ISSUE (IF YOU CALL FORD.) MY CAR HAS LUNGED FORWARD AT RED LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS TOWARD ONCOMING TRAFFIC, AS WELL AS DRIVEWAYS WITH CHILDREN NEARBY. IT MAY ONLY BE A FEW FEET, BUT EVEN THAT CAN BE DEADLY CONSIDERING WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS MOST. *TR

WHEN REVERSING OUT OF AND INTO VARIOUS PARKING SPACES, THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD WHEN I AM NOT ACCELERATING. I CANNOT DETECT A PATTERN BUT IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 6 TIMES. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, MY CAR HAS SURGED FORWARD WHEN I WAS MOVING AT VERY LOW SPEEDS WHEN MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. THIS SEEMS TO BE WORSE WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS RUNNING. ON THESE OCCASIONS, THE ENGINE SOMETIMES STALLED AND TWICE THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF AND TURNED ON AGAIN, THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT OFF AND THE CAR STARTED BUT IT SEEMED TO RUN A LITTLE ROUGH. THESE INCIDENTS SEEM TO HAPPEN MONTHS APART, BUT I HAVE LEARNED TO TURN OFF THE A/C WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. THIS CONDITION IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WHEN I AM CRAWLING THROUGH THE LINE TO PICK UP MY GRANDCHILDREN AT SCHOOL. ON THE LAST OCCASION BOTH THE WRENCH AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY. THEY DIAGNOSED A COMPUTER WIRE PROBLEM (I THINK THE COMPUTER ANALYSIS NUMBER IS 19773) AND A BROKEN "ANTI-ROLL" MOUNT. THE COST WILL BE $739.57 EVEN THOUGH IT IS STILL UNDER ORIGINAL WARRANTY TILL OCTOBER. FROM THE COMMENTS I HAVE BEEN READING ON THE INTERNET, THIS WILL STILL NOT FIX THE SURGING PROBLEM WHICH I HAD NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE UNTIL A FRIEND TOLD ME. MY HUSBAND IS A FORD RETIREE AND UNTIL NOW WE HAVE BEEN VERY PLEASED WITH OUR CAR. IT ONLY HAS 48,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 48,840

BOUGHT 2007 USED FORD FREESTYLE WITH 22,000 MILES ON JAN 31, 2009 FROM FORD DEALERSHIP REPLACED THROTTLE BODY IN JULY 2011 AND AGAIN IN MARCH 2012 DUE TO SURGING FORWARD REPLACED CONVERTER AND COMPRESSOR IN THE SAME 13 MONTH TIME PERIOD AS THE TWO THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY, TOOK TO DEALERSHIP FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSE HYDRAULIC PRESSURE UNIT FAILURE, STATED THAT PART IS NO LONGER MADE THEREFORE ONLY OPTION IS TO REPLACE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF 5600-7000 DOLLARS. THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE, HAS SURGED FORWARD MULTIPLE TIMES, WHEN TAKING OFF CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO BE T-BONED WITH MY FOUR SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR, AT TIMES WILL NOT START OR DIES AND HAVE TO PULL OVER ON SIDE OF ROAD -- MUCH MORE DETAILS DOCUMENTED IF NEEDED FOR INVESTIGATION. *TR

Mileage: 64,700

LAST YEAR MY CAR JUST STOPPED RUNNING, WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE ALTERNATOR SO WE PUT A NEW ONE IN. THAT WORKED FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT THE HUMMING NOISE RETURNED AND HAS GOTTEN LOUDER. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAR IT IS IN THE TRANSMISSION PART. IT IS QUIET AS LONG AS IT IS NOT GOING DOWN THE ROAD. AS SOON AS YOU GET ANY SPEED IT WHINES TERRIBLE. IT IS SO LOUD YOU CAN HEAR IT OVER LARGE EQUIPMENT RUNNING. THIS IS THE SECOND VEHICLE I HAVE PURCHASED FROM FORD WITH THE SAME FAILURE. IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED LIKE THE OTHER TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

LOUD WHIRRING NOISE WHICH GETS LOUDER WITH ACCELERATION AND IS REALLY LOUD GOING DOWNHILL WHEN THE ENGINE IS HOLDING BACK. ALSO HAVE TWO RUST SPOTS ON THE HOOD AND THE CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD AND HAS BEEN KEPT CLEAN AND IS WAXED AT LEAST ONCE PER YEAR. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

WHEN STOPPED VEHICLE WILL LUNG FORWARD, IDLE WILL GO UP & DOWN CAUSING THIS TO LUNG, IDLE SPEED WILL VARY FROM ABOUT 600 RPM TO 1300 RPM THIS MAKES IT HARD TO PARK AND WHEN ON THE ROAD STOPPED, TOOK TO DEALER FOR REPAIR IN AUG OF 2010 REPAIR (CHANGED THROTTLE BODY) THAT LASTED FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND STARTED AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 41,000

THE CAR STARTED MAKING A NOISE WHILE IN PARK OR NEUTRAL. AFTER A FEW WEEKS, BEGAN MAKING A WHINING NOISE WHILE GOING IN REVERSE IN ADDITION TO THE NOISE IT WAS MAKING WHILE IN PARK AND NEUTRAL. IT IS NOW IN THE TRANSMISSION SHOP AND COSTING ME $2,500 TO FIX MANY OF THE COMPONENTS WITH THE TRANSMISSION INCLUDING THE BEARINGS; TORQUE CONVERTER, FLUSH KIT AND SOME OTHER THINGS; ALONG WITH LABOR. I HAVE READ WHERE THIS TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

Mileage: 122,600

CAR LUNGES WHEN HOLDING FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHETHER IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. THE LUNGING IS GETTING WORSE. VERY SCARY. ALSO, AIR CONDITIONING DOES NOT WORK WHEN IDLING OR STOPPED; HAS BEGUN ACTING LIKE IT'S GOING TO DIE AND THEN LUNGING WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY NOW. THE CAR HAS DONE THIS SINCE I GOT IT IN 2008, BUT WAS NOT AS SEVERE AND BEING A WOMAN, WASN'T SURE IF THIS WAS JUST HOW THIS CAR ACTED FOR SOME WEIRD REASON. IT IS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE NOW. IT FEELS VERY DANGEROUS. NOW THE AIR CONDITIONER WON'T WORK WHEN CAR IS IDLING EITHER. IT WORKS GREAT WHEN GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY OR IN COOL OR RAINY WEATHER. MY LIFE IS DRIVING. I AM A HEALTHCARE CONTRACTOR AND MUST DRIVE OFTEN. I NEED MY CAR. I UNDERSTAND FROM WHAT I HAVE READ (A LOT) THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE FILING CLASS ACTION SUITS. I JUST WANT MY CAR FIXED ASAP. *TR

Mileage: 17,236

AIR CONDITIONING DOES NOT WORK WHEN DRIVING UNDER 35 MPH OR ESPECIALLY WHEN AT AN IDLE. AIR IS NOT COOL AT ALL. THEN WHEN I SPEED UP, I HAVE AIR AGAIN ALTHOUGH OCCASIONALLY CAR WILL START TO DIE AND DASH LIGHTS UP AND THEN IT SURGES AND IS FINE AGAIN WHEN GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THIS IS MOSTLY WHEN IT IS HOT OUTSIDE. WHEN COOL OR RAINING, THE PROBLEM IS BETTER. *TR

Mileage: 81,326

ON VERY HOT DAYS, THE CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD WHEN PUT INTO GEAR THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON VACATION TO OUR DESTINATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA, WITH MY WIFE, DAUGHTER, DOG, AND MYSELF AND A CAR FULL OF LUGGAGE. TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH IN THE HILLS OF WEST VIRGINIA, I APPLIED MORE THROTTLE APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF THE WAY UP ONE OF THE LARGE HILLS. THE CVT TRANSMISSION 'DOWNSHIFTED' (ACTUALLY IT DOESN'T DOWNSHIFT, RATHER IT JUST ADJUSTED IT'S RATIO QUICKLY TO IMPROVE TORQUE OUTPUT TO THE WHEELS -- I'M AN ENGINEER) AND THERE WAS A HUGE CLUNK AND THE ACCELERATOR NO LONGER AFFECTED ACCELERATION. FORTUNATELY, I HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO CREST THE TOP OF THE HILL AND COASTED DOWN THE HILL ON THE OTHER SIDE. AT 67,000 MILES, OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY OF 5 YEARS OR 75,000 MILES THAT WE PAID FORD FOR HAD JUST EXPIRED MONTHS BEFORE. THE OUTCOME? A TOW TO A FORD DEALER, A 40 MILE DRIVE TO THE NEAREST CAR RENTAL AGENCY THAT WAS OPEN (IT WAS A SATURDAY), CERTAINLY A BIG BILL COMING FROM THE FORD DEALER, AND A 6 HOUR DELAY IN REACHING OUR DESTINATION LEFT ME FRAZZLED. MAYBE THIS IS A ONE-OFF, ISSUE, I THOUGHT. HOWEVER, WHEN I GOT TO OUR DESTINATION TODAY, I WENT ON-LINE LOOKING TO SEE ABOUT TYPICAL REPAIR COSTS FOR FORD'S CVT TRANSMISSION AND INSTEAD I AM FINDING DOZENS OF SIMILAR STORIES ON-LINE ABOUT THE FREESTYLE CVT. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, I THOUGHT? HOW CAN THIS BE OCCURRING AT A MILEAGE SO FAR BELOW THE MILEAGE THAT THE OEMS DESIGN FOR (AT FORD THIS IS TYPICALLY 150,000 MILES). SOMETHING SEEMS AMISS HERE TO ME WITH NHTSA REGARDING THIS COMPONENT DESIGN AT FORD. I REALIZE THAT YOU SHOULD AND MUST PRIORITIZE THE MOST SERIOUS ISSUES FIRST REGARDING INJURY AND/OR DEATH BUT YOUR MISSION ALSO SPEAKS OF REDUCING ECONOMIC LOSSES. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO RESPOND TO ME DIRECTLY IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. AS AN ENGINEER IN THE AUTOMOTIVE MARKET FOR 20 YEARS, I AM VERY CONFIDENT THERE IS A DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING FLAW THAT CONSUMERS ARE LIVING WITH. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

I DRIVE A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE, AND MY CAR LUNGES WHILE MY FOOT IS SLIGHTLY ON THE BRAKES. I CANNOT HAVE MY AIR-CONDITIONING ON WHILE I'M ON A STAND STILL AND MY KEY IGNITION IS LOSE AND THE CAR LIGHT COMES ON OR THE CAR WILL JUST STOP. I TOLD IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ALL THEY SAY IS PAY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC AND GET IT FIXED! THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND I'M SCARED TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT ON LONG ROAD TRIP WITH MY PRECIOUS CARGO. *TR

Mileage: 147,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED AND THEN, LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE CONTROL MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

Mileage: 96,000

DURING THE WEEK OF JULY 2, 2012, WE WERE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, AND IT WAS EXCEPTIONALLY HOT. 100+ DEGREE TEMPERATURES EVERY DAY, SO WE HAD THE AIR CONDITIONING ON FULL BLAST. WHEN DRIVING THE CAR AT SLOW RATES OF SPEED -- IN PARKING GARAGES, FOR INSTANCE -- OR REVERSING OUT OF PARKING SPACES, THE CAR LUNGED AS THOUGH I'D ACCELERATED, BUT MY FOOT WAS EITHER NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR AT ALL, OR ON THE BRAKE. THE FOLLOWING WEEK, TEMPERATURES COOLED, AND THE LUNGING WAS NOT AS NOTICEABLE. THE WEEK OF JULY 16, 2012, IT WAS AGAIN HOT, AND THE SYMPTOMS STARTED AGAIN -- LUNGING WHEN DRIVING AT SLOW RATES OF SPEED, REVERSE, ETC. DURING THIS PARTICULAR WEEK, THOUGH, THE CAR WOULD STALL AS WELL. IT ALWAYS RE-STARTED, THOUGH. ON JULY 27, 2012, THE CAR AGAIN STALLED, AND THEN WOULD NOT GO MORE THAN 50 MPH. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, WE WERE TOLD WE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. FOR THE LUNGING ISSUE, RESEARCH ONLINE SHOWS THAT MIGHT BE DUE TO A DIRTY BODY THROTTLE, BUT TWO SEPARATE DEALERS SAY THAT IT'S DEFINITELY THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

MY CAR HAS BEEN LUNGING BOTH IN FORWARD AND REVERSE FOR THE PAST WEEK, AND NOW IT'S NOT REALLY ACCELERATING WHEN I PRESS DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL. A COUPLE OF TIMES I HAVE COME CLOSE TO HITTING CARS WITHOUT EVEN HAVING MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN SHE HEARD A NOSE COMING FROM THE TIRES. THE NOISE WAS MOST PROMINENT WHEN ACCELERATING. THE FAILURE PROGRESSED UNTIL THE VEHICLE BECAME UNRESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,000. UPDATED 9/17/12 *CN THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. UPDATED 09/20/2012 *JS

Mileage: 83,000

WHEN IDLING/PARKING THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE UNCONTROLLABLY. CAUSING NEAR MISSES OF OTHER CARS AND PERSONNEL. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

ON AND OFF OVER THE MONTH OF JULY 2012, WHEN I PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE TO PULL OUT OF A PARKING SPOT OR DRIVEWAY IT SURGES/JUMPS WITHOUT MY FOOT TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL. IT HAPPENS ONLY WHEN I TRY AND REVERSE. THIS KEEPS HAPPENING AND I'M AFRAID ONE DAY I'M GOING TO HIT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING AS I CAN'T CONTROL THE SURGES. ALSO ON JULY 7, 2012 THE ENGINE JUST CUT OFF ON ME WHILE REVERSING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. I WAS ABLE TO START IT BACK UP AGAIN AFTER IT DIED. IN DECEMBER 2011 I HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION PUT IN. ALSO IN JUNE 2011 I HAD TO REPLACE THE AC COMPRESSOR. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

MY CAR WILL LUNGE FORWARD WHEN MY FOOT IS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. I HAVE TO SLAM ON THE BRAKE TO STOP THE MOTION BEFORE HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME OR A PEDESTRIAN IN A PARKING LOT. I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND FOUND THERE IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION ON THIS AND THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT IT ON MY CAR. THIS IS VERY SCARY TO ME AND HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN IN A DRIVE THROUGH OR WHEN I AM BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. I AM NOT SURE WHAT I SHOULD DO NEXT. *TR

Mileage: 74,000

CAR LUNGES WHEN BRAKES, TRAVELING FORWARD SLOWLY OR EVEN WHEN SITTING STILL WITH BRAKE APPLIED. ALSO HAPPENS WHEN CHANGING FROM PARK TO DRIVE OR REVERSE. STARTED ERRATICALLY BUT PROBLEM IS ALMOST CONSTANT NOW. WE HAVE SURMISED FROM OTHER POSTINGS THIS IS A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM , HOWEVER REPLACEMENT SEEMS TO RECTIFY ISSUES TEMPORARILY BUT REAPPEARS. *TR

I WAS STOPPED AND WAITING FOR AN ON-COMING METRO BUS TO PASS. I HAD THREE PASSENGERS IN MY VEHICLE AND THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS RUNNING. THE BUS NEEDED TO MOVE INTO MY LANE TO PASS A CAR THAT WAS TRYING TO PARALLEL PARK. I HAD MY STEERING WHEEL ALREADY TURNED TO THE RIGHT AND STEPPED OFF OF MY BRAKE TO COAST A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT. WHEN I STEPPED OFF THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD AS IF I HAD STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL. THERE WAS A LINE OF PARKED CARS TO MY RIGHT, WHICH IS WHY I CHOSE TO NOT USE THE GAS TO MOVE THE CAR OVER. AFTER THE BUS PASSED, I DROVE FORWARD A FEW BLOCKS AT A LOW SPEED AND REALIZED I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND THE WRENCH LIGHT HAD COME ON. MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED BY THE MECHANIC FOLLOWING TSB 11-10-21 FOR P061B. *TR

Mileage: 83,875

MY TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON AND WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP, THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME $5000. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THESE CARS ARE KNOWN FOR THIS. THAT IS WHEN I BEGAN TO RESEARCH THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND FORD HAS NOT RECALLED THIS. I UNDERSTAND THIS WOULD COST FORD A LOT OF MONEY BUT THEY MADE A DEFECTED TRANSMISSION AND SHOULD BE LIABLE TO REPLACE THEM. THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY. PEOPLE LIKE ME CANT JUST AFFORD $5000 TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION IN A CAR. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM GOING TO DO. THIS IS LIFE ALTERING FOR ME. A SINGLE MOM OF FIVE CHILDREN AND VERY DISAPPOINTING TO FIND OUT A NAME AS BIG AS FORD IS ALLOWED TO DO THIS TO PEOPLE. *TR

Mileage: 86,846

I HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM FOR A LITTLE OVER A MONTH NOW. MY VEHICLE 'LUNGES" ON ITS OWN. IT HAS BEEN DOING IT WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE FROM PARK OR IN DRIVE FROM PARK. IT HAS NOT DONE IT WHILE DRIVING AT THIS TIME. I WILL HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND WHEN I COME OUT OF PARK IT SEEMS TO IDLE HIGH ON ITS OWN AND JERK EITHER FORWARD OR BACKWARD BY ITSELF WHILE I HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. SOMETIMES IT DOES IT HARD ENOUGH THAT THE VEHICLE WILL DIE AND I HAVE TO TURN IT OFF AND WAIT A MINUTE THEN START IT AGAIN. IM NOT SURE IF ITS SOMETHING IN THE IDLE OR TRANSMISSION OR WHAT BUT IT GETS SCARY AS ONE TIME I WAS BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AND WHILE I HAD THE BREAK ON IT WENT ON ITS OWN AND I ALMOST RAN IN FRONT OF AN ONCOMING CAR. I HAVE SEEN ALOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED. I KNOW THAT ME PERSONALLY BEING A SINGLE WORKING MOM CAN NOT AFFORD A HIGH MECHANIC BILL TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON IT. PLEASE ADVISE IF THIS IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. *TR

Mileage: 77,000

IN JUNE 2011 I HAD TO BRING MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE, I NOTICED PRIOR TO MY VEHICLE BREAKING DOWN THE VEHICLE WOULD LURCH EVEN THOU MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL (IN FORWARD OR REVERSE). THE TEMP OUTSIDE WAS IN THE LOW 90'S. I HAD BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN THE FALL OF 2010. NOW TODAY (18 JULY 2012) I AM ONCE AGAIN TAKING MY CAR IN FOR THE SAME REPAIRS (PARTS REPLACEMENT). THE TEMP YESTERDAY WAS NEAR 90, I HAD THE AIR ON AND WAS BACKING INTO A PARKING SPOT WHEN MY VEHICLE LURCHED BACK INSTANTLY WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR (I HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES) SO I DID NOT CRASH INTO THE OTHER VEHICLE IN THE STALL BEHIND THE ONE I WAS BAKING INTO. ALL THE SUDDEN THE ENGINE STALLED; I RE-STARTED THE VEHICLE (AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IS NOW ON CONSTANTLY AS IT WAS BACK IN 2011). WHEN I LEFT THE PARKING SLOT I WAS IN I ATTEMPTED TO GO HOME; THE VEHICLE LURCHED THE WHOLE TIME I WAS IN THE PARKING LOT, ONCE I WAS ON THE MAIN ROAD THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE NORMALLY; ALSO THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT WORK. AGAIN; THESE ARE THE SAME PROBLEMS I HAD IN 2011. I CREPT MY CAR TO THE SUPERIOR FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAD THE WORK DONE BEFORE. I ASKED THE SERVICE DEPT WORKER IF SHE KNEW OF ANY TECH-ISSUES OR CONCERNS AND SHE SAID NO....I WAS NOT BUYING IT. *TR

Mileage: 81,500

HAVE MULTIPLE ISSUE WITH MY FORD FREESTYLE: ENGINE SURGES/LUNGES, THEN STALLS AT LIGHTS OR DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. AFTER EXPLAINING THIS TO FORD BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED THEY KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR DAYS AND CLAIM ISSUE WAS NOT DUPLICATED...WHEN I CAME BACK TO THEM A MONTH LATER I REPLACED THE (ETC) AT FORD'S RECOMMENDATION. THEY CHARGED ME FOR THIS. AFTER ABOUT 3 YEARS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE, I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE MOUNT. THE DASH LIGHTS HAVE BEEN GOING OUT ONE BY ONE. WHEN THE FIRST ONE WENT, IT HAPPENED BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED BUT, FORD CLAIMED IT WASN'T COVERED AND WANTED TO CHARGE ME OVER $200 TO REPLACE A .10 CENT LIGHT BULB. I TOLD THEM NOT TOO AND THEY STILL CHARGED ME $50.00 FOR THE INSPECTION. THOUGH THE SURGING STOPPED FOR A YEAR AND A HALF AFTER REPLACING THE ETC, THE SURGING/LUNGING HAS RETURNED. AND SINCE THE WARRANTY HAS LONG SINCE EXPIRED AND I AM UNDER-EMPLOYED, I HAVEN'T HAD THE MONEY TO REPLACE THIS PART AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 33,000

MY FREESTYLE HAS STARTED TO LUNGE FORWARD AT TIMES WHEN IMMEDIATELY TAKING MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE IN FORWARD OR BACKWARD MOTION. AFTER MAKING A TURN TODAY IT DID IT TOO, BUT THIS TIME THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. IT HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE WEATHER HAS BEEN VERY HOT TOO. I HAVE A NEW TEENAGED DRIVER SO THIS IS DISCONCERTING.

Mileage: 100,000

I HAVE HAD THE THROTTLE REPLACED LAST YEAR AROUND JUNE 2011 AND LATELY (ONLY A YEAR LATER JULY 2012) THE THROTTLE IS ACCELERATING ON ITS ON OWN ONCE AGAIN WHEN I'M PARKING MY VEHICLE AND WHILE BACKING OUT (REVERSE). WHY ISN'T THIS ON A RECALL LIST BY NOW??? *TR

Mileage: 83,000

THE VEHICLE ROUTINELY LURCHES FORWARD WHILE MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE AND THE ENGINE IS IDLING. THIS BEGAN DURING THE SUMMER OF 2009, AND CONTINUES TODAY. IT IS ESPECIALLY COMMON DURING WARM WEATHER. SOMETIMES AFTER THIS HAPPENS, THE ENGINE WILL STALL AFTER I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND TRY TO ACCELERATE ON MY OWN. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF SITTING IN THE HEAT (90+ F) THE CAR FAILED TO START. THE ENGINE NEVER TURNED OVER, OR MADE ANY SOUND INDICATING THE STARTER WAS EVEN DOING ANYTHING. AFTER CLOSING THE DRIVERS DOOR AND TURNING OFF THE A/C, THE ENGINE STARTED UP AS IT WOULD NORMALLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. *TR

Mileage: 77,400

BOUGHT VEHICLE USED 8 DAYS AGO. ON TWO OCCASIONS, ONCE YESTERDAY AND ONCE TODAY, THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO THROTTLE UP WITH GAS PEDAL NOT APPLIED AND FOOT ON BRAKE. BOTH INSTANCES WERE IN A PARKING LOT. ON BOTH INSTANCES...OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS OVER 100 DEGREES F AND THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON IN BOTH FRONT/BACK MODES. I SIMPLY PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND AS I WAS TURNING OUT OF PARKING SPOT, FOOT ON BRAKE MANEUVERING TURN...THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. STARTLED ME ON BOTH OCCASIONS. I WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT SOME DISTANCE HAD OCCURRED. FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF ME. THE "LUNGE" ALMOST FEELS LIKE YOU "STOMPED" THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR FOR JUST A SECOND. THAT IS THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE DISCREPANCY FEELS LIKE. I'M VERY WORRIED...JUST PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE. IT'S THE WEEKEND, SO I WILL BE IN CONTACT WITH A DEALERSHIP FIRST THING. *TR

Mileage: 65,250

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND SHIFTED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY LUNGED BACKWARD WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR. THE MALFUNCTION ALSO OCCURRED WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE. THE FAILURE RECURRED SPORADICALLY IN HOT WEATHER TEMPERATURES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE THROTTLE BODY WAS CLEANED; HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED SIX MONTHS LATER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,223. UPDATED 08/07/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WILL STALL ANYWHERE AND THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES. THE VEHICLE MUST BE RESTARTED IN ORDER TO DRIVE NORMAL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT ALWAYS ILLUMINATE DURING FAILURE. UPDATED 08/14/2012 *JS

Mileage: 24,223

VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. I HAVE HAD THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED IN 2011. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES AT 30,000 MILES. THE DRIVER SIDE BACK DOOR WILL NOT LOCK WITH THE KEY REMOTE. ON JULY 6 2012 WITH AC ON DRIVING SLOWLY OUT OF A PARKING LOT CAR WOULD NOT GO. IT STARTED UP AND I WENT ABOUT 20FT AND CAR JUST DIED. ON JULY 10, 2012 TOOK IT TO DEALER IN VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. ON TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2012 I WAS TOLD IT WAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE POWERTRAIN AND THE COST WOULD BE $1600. I WENT BALLASTIC AND ASKED TO SPEAK TO MANAGER AND THEN ASKED FOR NUMBER TO FORD COMPANY. I TALKED WITH SOMEONE THERE EXPLAINED MY FINANCIAL SITUATION AND WAS GIVEN A CLAIM NUMBER AND SAID SOMEONE WOULD GET BACK TO ME IN FOUR (4) DAYS ABOUT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS NOT WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. I TOLD THE FORD REP, THAT I HAD BEEN LOOKING ON THE INTERNET ABOUT ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT MY 2007 FREESTYLE AND ASKED WHY THERE WAS NOT A RECALL ON THIS CAR. ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2012 DEALER CALLED AND SAID THE PROBLEM WAS NOT THE $1600.00 DEAL BUT A PIGTAIL (WHATEVER THAT IS) AT THE TUNE OF $600.00. I AM AFRAID OF THIS CAR AND I AM LOOKING TO GET RID OF IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *TR

Mileage: 63,000

WHEN I STARTED BACKING UP MY CAR WITH THE A/C ON IT START TO LUNG AND EVEN SHUT OFF AT TIMES. I LOVE TO BACK IN MY PARKING SPACE AND THIS HAD NEVER HAPPENED SO THIS WAS A SURPRISE TO ME. I PULLED FORWARD THEN CUT THE WHEEL AND THE MOMENT I WOULD PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE IT WOULD LUNG WHEN MY FOOT IS ON THE BREAKS LIGHTLY. I WAS SO FRIGHTEN BY THIS I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE OIL CHANGE PLACE TODAY (7-11-12) TO SEE IF SOMETHING WAS DONE WRONG WHEN THEY CHANGE THE OIL. THEN I TOOK IT TO THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC ON 7-11-12 TOO; WHICH ALL HE COULD DO FOR ME WAS FLUSH THE THROTTLE TO SEE IT THAT CAN HELP THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 62,025

MY CAR (2007 FORD FREESTYLE) WAS STOPPED AT THE DRIVE THROUGH AND A LOCAL EATERY. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR STARTED SURGING/LUNGING SEVERAL TIMES. I ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. IT SCARED ME. THE WRENCH LIGHT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR CUT OFF. I HAVE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT OF COURSE THE THROTTLE BODY WAS NOT COVERED. UPON INVESTIGATING MY PROBLEM, I FOUND OUT THE LUNGING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHER FREESTYLES AND AN INVESTIGATION HAD BEEN STARTED. WILL THERE BE A RECALL? THIS REPAIR COST ME ALMOST $700 AND I FEEL THAT FORD SHOULD PAY FOR THIS REPAIR. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED! *TR

Mileage: 67,000

MY FORD FREESTYLE IS CONSTANTLY LUNGING OR SURGING WHEN I GO FROM IDLING TO DRIVING. THIS HAPPENS MOST OFTEN WHEN I AM BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. MANY TIMES AFTER SURGING THE VEHICLE CUTS OFF. *TR

Mileage: 47,000

VEHICLE SUDDENLY SURGES FROM STOPPED POSITION WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR BEING DEPRESSED, OCCURS IN FORWARD AND REVERSE WITHOUT WARNING, PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. *TR

Mileage: 135,000

VEHICLE SPEED SURGED WITHOUT TOUCHING ACCELERATOR. I HAD TO DEPRESS BRAKING HARD TO STOP VEHICLE. VEHICLE CUT OFF AND WHEN RESTARTED THE THROTTLE LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH ENGINE LIGHT. VERY DANGEROUS. *JS

Mileage: 77,469

WAS DURING THE DAY OF MY NIECE WEDDING DAY. AFTER WE LEFT FROM THE CHURCH AND HEADED TO MCDONALD'S FOR A QUICK BITE SINCE WE TRAVEL FROM A LONG DISTANCE TO GET THERE ON TIME. MY WIFE AND I SAT AT THE PARKING LOT WITH THE AC ON CAUSE IT WAS VERY HOT THE DAY. WHEN WE FINISH ARE SMALL MEAL I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND SLOWLY RELEASE THE BRAKES AND THE CAR JUST LUNGE SO FAST IN REVERSE THAT I ALMOST HIT THIS PERSON WHO WAS ALMOST 15 TO 20 FEET AWAY AND MY WIFE STARTED TO SCREAM. WE COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT JUST HAPPEN. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPEN. NOW, EVERY TIME I PUT IT IN REVERSE OR DRIVE YOU CAN FEEL AND SEE THE CAR RPM GO UP. I DIDN'T BOTHER TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER CAUSE THEY WILL NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I HAVE READ SO MUCH OF THIS PROBLEM BEING TAKEN TO THE FORD DEALER THAT THEY ARE CHARGING SO MUCH MONEY BY CHANGING ALL KIND OF PARTS AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT RESOLVE. I JUST WISH SOME ONE WHO HAS SOME CLOUT WOULD BE READING ALL THIS PROBLEM AND TELL THE FORD DEALER, HEY WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR, FOR SOMEONE TO BE KILL. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS BEEN LUNGING FORWARD OR BACKWARD WHEN IDLING OR AT VERY LOW SPEEDS, BOTH IN DRIVE AND REVERSE. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN PULLING THE CAR IN OR OUT OF A PARKING SPACE OR WHEN SLOWING AT AN INTERSECTION. IT WILL LUNGE SEVERAL FEET SOMETIMES, AND I HAVE NEARLY HIT PARKED CARS AND ONCE NEARLY HIT A PEDESTRIAN. I HAVE TO SLAM ON THE BRAKE TO STOP THE CAR FROM HITTING THINGS! I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD! THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED BY FORD, BEFORE MANY PEOPLE GET INJURED! *TR

Mileage: 60,000

IF YOU HAVE YOUR A/C ON AND LEAVE YOUR CAR IDLING FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES THEN WHEN YOU PUT IT IN REVERSE OR DRIVE, IT SURGES A FEW FEET LIKE 4 TO 5 FT UNLESS YOU REALLY HOLD THE BRAKE DOWN. IT REALLY SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE AS TIME GOES ON. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

THIS VEHICLE WILL LURCH FORWARD, SOMETIMES SEVERAL FEET WHEN I HAVE BEEN STOPPED WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. IF I LIFT MY FOOT, THE CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD BEFORE I TOUCH THE ACCELERATOR. REAPPLYING THE BRAKES WILL STOP THE CAR, BUT SOMETIMES HAVE TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE BEFORE IT WILL STOP LURCHING. LAST OCCURRENCE WAS WHEN I WAS IN LINE AT CARWASH AND WAS MOVING THE CAR FORWARD SLOWLY. EACH TIME I MOVED FORWARD, IT LUNGED. I HAVEN'T YET HIT ANYONE OR ANYTHING BUT THIS IS DANGEROUS AND I KNOW FROM RESEARCHING THAT SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED SIMILAR INCIDENTS, THIS IS NOT NORMAL, IT IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

I WAS BACKING MY WIFE'S CAR IN AND IT STARTED ACCELERATING WITHOUT ME PRESSING THE GAS, ACTUALLY MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE THANK GOODNESS. WE PROMPTLY TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, AND THAT IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND OF COURSE IT WAS SUPPOSEDLY NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THEN THEY CHARGED ME $900 TO FIX IT.I HAVE SINCE DONE LOTS OF RESEARCH ONLINE AS WELL AS IN PERSON AND HAVE COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF THIS SAME COMPLAINT FOR THE 2005-2007 FORD FREESTYLE. I HAVE ALSO FOUND THAT ALMOST EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD A FAILED THROTTLE BODY HAS HAD MULTIPLE FAILED THROTTLE BODY'S AS WELL AS A/C COMPRESSOR FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS A CVT TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE HOTEL, THE VALET PARKING DRIVER ALMOST HIT THE CAR ON THE FRONT BECAUSE OF SUDDEN ACCELERATOR OF THE TRANSMISSION. I ALSO ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR AFTER THAT. *JB

Mileage: 111,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS DEPRESSED ON A FEW OCCASIONS. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE FAILURES RECURRED AND BECAME MORE SEVERE. THE FAILURE WAS COMMON WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IDLE OR PARKED UNDER THE SUN FOR A WHILE. THE POWER TRAIN AND ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST OR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,040.

Mileage: 55,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE HESITATED, SURGED, AND EMITTED A LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ALREADY REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY ONCE. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED A SECOND TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000.

Mileage: 19,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND A LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED, INDICATING THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NEED A NEW THROTTLE BODY AND A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

THE CAR TAKES OFF EVEN WHEN IN PARK. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. MY HUSBAND OR I CAN BE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT, STOP SIGN, EVEN IN PARK IN OUR DRIVEWAY AND THE CAR WILL HAVE A SURGE OF GOING FORWARD. THIS PROBLEM IS EXTREMELY BAD ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START THE CAR OR IF WE ARE IDLING WITH OUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE. IT IS VERY SCARY. I REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

ABOUT A WEEK AFTER I BOUGHT MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE IT STARTED LUNGING WHEN PLACED IN GEAR (DRIVE OR REVERSE). IT IS THE SAME AS THE MANY MANY OTHER 05-07 FREESTYLES I HAVE RED ABOUT. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. SOME DAY THIS MAY RESULT IN A DEATH. THE FREESTYLE IS A FAMILY CAR, WHICH MEANS THERE ARE CHILDREN AROUND IT. THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD WANT DONE IF THIS CAR ATTACKED YOUR CHILD. LIFE IS WORTH MUCH MORE THAN A RECALL ON A FLAWED CAR. *TR

Mileage: 72,567

AS HAS BEEN REPORTED BY OTHERS, THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE UNEXPECTEDLY AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN IN REVERSE AND DRIVE, WHILE THE BRAKE IS ENGAGED OR I'M JUST LETTING OFF THE BRAKES. I HAVE TO MASH THE BRAKES HARD AND KEEP THEM ENGAGED FOR SEVERAL SECONDS UNTIL THE ACCELERATION SLOWS TO NORMAL. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN THE A/C IS ON. *TR

Mileage: 44,000

WHILE HOLDING BRAKE AND SHIFTING TO DRIVE OR REVERSE THE RPM'S INCREASE CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE, ALMOST HIT A MAN IN A PARKING LOT,HAVE CAME CLOSE TO CAR'S ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. WAS HAPPENING OCCASIONALLY BUT NOW IT'S EVERY TIME YOU DRIVE THE VEHICLE. ALSO THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER DURING ACCELERATION,THEN THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. YOU HAVE TO STOP AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF. THEN RESTART ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

VEHICLE LUNGES ABOUT 1 FT WHILE FOOT IS ON BREAK NO REASON IN DRIVE OR REVERSE WITH NO GAS PRESSURE, LUNGES ABOUT 6 FEET WITHOUT FOOT ON BREAK NO WARNING OR REASON, VEHICLE JERKS AND STALLS AND LOSES POWER AFTER LUNGING 1-2 FT IN REVERSE, THROTTLE /TRANSMISSION LIGHT WILL TURN ON AND OFF. WHEN PUT ON THE DIAGNOSTIC THE COMPUTER THE CAR COMPUTER WILL NOT KEEP CODE, I LIVE IN A FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS KIDS PLAY IN THE STREET!!!! FORD NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY!! *TR

Mileage: 109,000

DRIVING VEHICLE WITH A/C ON, VEHICLE JERKS FORWARD OR BACKWARD DEPENDING IF IN REVERSE OR DRIVE, CONTROL PANEL LIGHTS UP AND CAR SHUTS DOWN OR LOSES POWER WHILE DRIVING. HAVE TO SHUT CAR OFF AND RESTART AND LIGHT WILL GO OUT AND POWER WILL RETURN. AS LONG AS A/C IS ON, VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. ALMOST HAVE HIT OTHER CARS IN PARKING LOT AND ROAD DUE TO IT ACTING UP. VERY UNSAFE, FORD NEEDS A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED!! *TR

WHILE BACKING FROM PARKING SPACE CAR LUNGED BACKWARD LIKE IN ACCELERATION. SECOND TIME WAS PUT INTO DRIVE AND STARTED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT HAD PEDAL BEING PRESSED. EACH TIME THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

JUST ABOVE IDLE THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD WHETHER WE ARE MOVING FORWARD OR IN REVERSE. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS BEEN ACCELERATING WITHOUT THE GAS PEDAL BEING PRESSED. IT USUALLY OCCURS WHEN IN REVERSE. IT DOES NOT DO IT EVERYTIME. THE LAST FEW DAYS IT HAS BEEN DOING IT IN DRIVE AS WELL. TODAY IT WAS ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE WARNING LIGHT TO COME ON. I WAS ABLE TO STOP MY VEHICLE WITH THE BRAKES. THIS IS GETTING WORSE AND I AM AFRAID IT MAY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 83,000

I PURCHASED A USED FORD FREESTYLE 2007 MODEL IN APRIL AND AFTER HAVING THE CAR THAT I LOVE AND FELT SAFE WITH MY CHILDREN IN, IT BEGAN TO ACT CRAZY!! IT LUNGES WHEN PULLING IN TO PARK OR BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. IT SCARES ME NOW TO PUT MY KIDS IN IT!!! TODAY AFTER IT LUNGED A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK AT THE STORE I ALMOST HIT A PARKED CAR AND COULDN'T CONTROL THE FREESTYLE!! IT SEEMS TO BE WORSE IF THE AIR IS ON. AFTER ONE OF THE LUNGING FITS TODAY A WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN THERE WAS NO POWER AT ALL. I PULLED OVER TURNED IT OFF AND RESTARTED IT THE LIGHT WENT OUT AND POWER CAME BACK! SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE!!! *JS

Mileage: 80,324

WHEN TRANSMISSION IS PLACED INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE, THE ENGINE WILL SURGE AT IDLE SPEED. IT CREATES A VERY SCARY SITUATION ESPECIALLY IN PARKING LOTS. THE SURGE USUALLY HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT AND THEN CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME, USUALLY AT IDLE SPEED. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR AND THEY SAID IT NEED A NEW THROTTLE BODY. I'VE SEEN HUNDREDS OF OTHER POSTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE WITH MODEL YEARS 05-07 FREESTYLES. *JS

Mileage: 88,000

THE TRANSMISSION CAUSES PERFORMANCE ISSUES. THE TRANSMISSION JERKS, RATTLES, DOESN'T PULL, CAUSES THE ENGINE TO STOP WHILE TRAVELING OR PARKED IN TRAFFIC. CAUSES SUDDEN JERKING WHILE DRIVING, BACKING UP AND STARTING OFF. IT ALSO JERKS VIOLENTLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PUT IN DRIVE OR REVERSE EVEN BEFORE STARTING TO DRIVE. WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSIONS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO BE SLOW TO CHANGE SPEED. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD CAUSE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE JERKS SO VIOLENTLY THAT IT RISK HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE OR PEDESTRIAN. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

THROTTLE BODY SYSTEM PROBLEM. CAR LUNGING AT LOW SPEEDS AND WHEN THE DRIVER IS NOT PRESSING THE ACCELERATION PEDAL; SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED. MORE APPARENT WHEN THE VEHICLE'S AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM IS ON OR WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED SHARPLY. PAST LOYAL FORD CUSTOMER. THIS WAS A BRAND NEW PURCHASE. PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN AFTER THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED IN 2008. I HAVE HAD ALL I CAN TAKE; VISITED DEALERSHIP TODAY (3-02-212)! PLEASE FORD CORRECT THIS FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR CUSTOMERS. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

WHILE APPROACHING A RED STOP LIGHT UNDER LIGHT BRAKING FROM 35 MPH, I LESSENED THE PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO REDUCE THE RATE OF DECELERATION. AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE ENGINE RPM SURGED UP AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AT ALL TIMES AND I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY BRING THE VEHICLE TO A FULL STOP WITHOUT ENTERING THE INTERSECTION. AT NO TIME DURING THE INCIDENT WAS ANY PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE ACCELERATOR AS MY RIGHT FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION WERE COLD (EXTERNAL TEMP @ 34 DEGREES F) AND I HAD TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY .5 MILES AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE WITH ABOUT A 30 SECOND WARM UP PERIOD. *TR

Mileage: 76,070

THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. *TT

Mileage: 90,000

I BOUGHT MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE AWD IN JUNE 2011 WITH APPROXIMATELY 72,000 MILES ON IT. IT STARTED HAVING A WHINING NOISE - ALMOST LIKE A PUMP - AFTER THE 75000 MILE MARK PASSED. I WAS NOT ABLE TO PURCHASE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE AFTER 75K MILES. I ADDRESSED THE NOISE COMPLAINT WITH A MECHANIC AND AFTER REPLACING THE POWER STEERING PUMP, THE NOISE DID NOT SUBSIDE. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR NO REASON; BUT THEN GO OFF ONCE THE CAR WAS RESTARTED. THE NOISE INCREASED SLIGHTLY, AND 2 DAYS AFTER THE INCREASE IN NOISE, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED SUDDENLY. I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES PER HOUR ON THE ROAD, AND THE WRENCH LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS BOTH WENT ON AND THE RPM'S WENT THROUGH THE ROOF WHILE ACCELERATION SLOWED. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE I HAD ENOUGH SPEED GOING FROM SECONDS BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. NO OTHER GEARS WORKED. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE GARAGE, I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY WRECKED; AND THIS PROBLEM IS ONE THAT THE TRANSMISSION TECHNICIAN HAS SEEN OFTEN FROM FORD FREESTYLE'S. I CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO ASSISTANCE THAT THEY COULD OFFER ME. ONLINE AUTOMOTIVE FORUMS ARE PACKED WITH COMPLAINTS FROM CUSTOMERS WHO HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES TO MINE - TRANSMISSIONS FAILING LONG BEFORE THEY SHOULD; AND OFTEN IN A TIMEFRAME WHEN NO EXTENDED WARRANTY IS AVAILABLE. NOW, I CANNOT REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH A USED ONE BECAUSE IT IS LIKELY IT WILL FAIL AGAIN; AND MY ONLY LOGICAL PURCHASE IS TO GET A FORD REMANUFACTURED ONE FOR $4000+ BECAUSE IT IS THE ONLY ONE WITH A 3 YEAR WARRANTY. LOSING A TRANSMISSION IS DANGEROUS - HAD I BEEN GOING UPHILL SLOWLY; BEEN DRIVING IN BAD WEATHER; OR IN ANY OTHER LIKELY SITUATION, IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. *TR

Mileage: 80,234

HOW MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE TO BE MADE BEFORE A RECALL IS MADE. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE. FOR OVER 2 YEARS, I HAVE ASKED MY FORD DEALERSHIP ABOUT RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE BECAUSE I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE OTHER COMPLAINANTS. I HAD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION AFTER MY WARRANTY RAN OUT BUT I COMPLAINED ABOUT IT WELL BEFORE IT RAN OUT. NO ONE SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING UNTIL AFTER THE WARRANTY RAN OUT. I MADE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE WHICH MAY HAVE NOT BEEN RECORDED UNDER MY VIN. MY COMPLAINT DATE AND MILEAGE IS INACCURATE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN MY FIRST COMPLAINT WAS. MY VIN HISTORY WILL TELL IT ALL IF PROPER RECORDS WERE KEPT. MY THROTTLE SIGNAL JUST CAME ON TODAY AND I HAVE TO TAKE IT BACK IN TO SEE ABOUT THAT. WE NEED A RECALL NOW! DON'T WAIT UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE!!! *TR

Mileage: 60,000

THIS CAR HAS A BAD SURGE PROBLEM ESPECIALLY WHEN THE FAN IS ON. MY FOOT WILL BE ON THE BRAKE AND IT WILL JUST LUNGE FORWARD. I CANNOT RUN THE AIR IN THE SUMMER OR THE CAR WILL JUST CUT OFF MORE NOTICEABLY WHEN I AM TURNING A CORNER. I HAVE HAD THE THROTTLE CLEANED AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

BOUGHT A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE IN MARCH 2011 AND STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS SHORTLY AFTER. WAS TOLD IT HAS CVT AND IT ACTS UP SOMETIMES. MY PROBLEMS ARE LUNGING, ROUGH IDLE, ENGINE DYING. HAVE BEEN JUST DEALING WITH IT AND USING RECOMMENDED FUEL AND OCCASIONAL INJECTOR CLEANER. THIS WEEKEND( JAN 8 2012) I WENT TO CHANGE AIR FILTER, CHECK TIRE PRESSURE, ETC. I FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIONS IN THE MANUAL TO RESET THE IDLE TRIM AND NOW THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL. IT WILL IDLE WITH NO A/C, BUT THE GAS PEDAL DOES NOTHIN. WHEN YOU TURN A/C ON IT DIES. WE HAVE NOT HIT ANYONE OR ANYTHING, BUT HAVE COME CLOSE ONCE OR TWICE. WE DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE ANTICIPATION THAT ITS GONNA MOVE WITHOUT WARNING. ANY ASSISTANCE WILL BE APPRECIATED. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

MULTIPLE TIMES WAITING ON TRAFFIC AT STOP LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS OR JUST WAITING TO TURN. MY FORD FREESTYLE WILL LURCH FORWARD NEARLY STRIKING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME OR PROPELLING ME INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND ONCE NEARLY STRIKING MY WIFE WHILE SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE. THE FREESTYLE WILL ALSO STALL IN TRAFFIC WHILE CROSSING INTERSECTIONS OR SIMPLE PULLING AWAY FROM STOPS. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

CAR LUNGES AT STOPS AND LOW SPEEDS. *KB

Mileage: 31,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HAVING THE BRAKES APPLIED, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD AND THE ENGINE RPM'S WOULD INCREASE DRASTICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM HAD FAILED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT WOULD HEAR A LOUD NOISE FROM THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT HE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 74,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 74,000

THE FIRST TIME THE PROBLEM OCCURRED, I WAS WAITING IN A LINE TO EXIT A PARKING LOT SO I WAS IDLING WHEN THE CAR SURGED FORWARD. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND THE CAR STALLED OUT. I WAS ABLE TO RE-START BUT THEN IT WOULD SURGE AGAIN. I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT. THE CAR CHUGGED A BIT BUT WHEN I GOT GOING IT WORKED FINE. A FEW DAYS LATER, WHEN IDLING, THE CAR WOULD EITHER CHUG AND STALL OR SURGE. THE PROBLEM WAS PARTICULARLY BAD ONE DAY AND HAD BEEN DOING IT A FEW TIMES. WE THEN WERE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY AND IT WAS LIKE THE CAR WASN'T GETTING ANY GAS, IT TOOK AWHILE TO GET THE CAR OVER 25 MPH. WE TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY WEREN'T SURE WHAT THEY PROBLEM WAS BUT THE READOUT SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY BUT THEY WEREN'T FAMILIAR WITH ANYONE ELSE HAVING THE PROBLEM. IT SEEMS THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN IT IS VERY HOT AND THE AIR CONDITIONING IS RUNNING. *KB

Mileage: 79,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY LUNGE FORWARD WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE THROTTLE WAS REPLACED. A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE POWER TRAIN LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NECESSARY TO REMEDY THE FAILURE WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FIRST FAILURE, BUT NOT THE SECOND FAILURE. NO ASSISTANCE WAS PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

Mileage: 60,000

WE PURCHASED THE 2007 FORD FREESTYLE ONLY ONE MONTH AGO FROM A DEALER IN BLAIR NEBRASKA WHO CERTIFIED THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE PURCHASED. WE HAVE NOT OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. WHILE DRIVING TODAY WITH THE FAMILY (CHILDREN INCLUDED) DOWN THE FREEWAY THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING IN THE CENTER OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. LUCKY NO ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED! THE VEHICLE STARTED LURCHING AND THEN WOULD NOT GO OVER 25 MPH. WE ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE PERFORMING THE SAME WAY WITH MANY OTHERS IN CLASS ACTION AND FORUMS. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

THE CAR STARTED LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. I TOOK IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS BAD. THERE HAVE BEEN ALOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS CAR AND THERE IS NOT A RECALL AT THIS TIME. *TR

Mileage: 73,196

THE CAR STALLS OUT AND I GET THE WRENCH ON MY DASHBOARD. THE CAR WILL RESTART AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND RUNS FINE AT THAT POINT. THIS APPARENTLY MEANS THAT THERE IS A POWERTRAIN FAULT DETECTED. WHEN THE DIAGNOSTICS WERE RAN THEY PULLED THE CODE U0401 AND THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE ALOT OF FREESTYLES AND MERCURY'S WITH THIS CODE AND THAT IT WOULD BE $280.00 TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

THROTTLE BODY ISSUES (POSSIBLY TRANSMISSION AS WELL) CAUSE INTERMITTENT SURGING, UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION PATTERNS, STALLING OR ALL THREE. THIS IS ESPECIALLY PRONOUNCED WITH A/C RUNNING. THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURED I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE IN A CROWDED MALL PARKING LOT. THE SUDDEN SURGE AS I WAS BACKING OUT AT IDLE (NOT DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR AT ALL) NEARLY CAUSED ME TO HIT A PEDESTRIAN. DEALER "COULD NOT REPLICATE" THE ISSUE BUT SUGGESTED A THOROUGH CLEANING OF THROTTLE BODY. HAVE DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES SINCE FIRST INCIDENT AND CLEANING DOES HELP FOR A SHORT WHILE BUT THE SURGING RETURNS WITHOUT WARNING. CLEARLY A DANGEROUS ISSUE, AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN AND I'VE LEARNED (ONLINE) THIS IS COMMON IN THESE VEHICLES. *TT

Mileage: 50,000

UNEXPECTED POWER SURGES WHEN VEHICLE IS STOPPED. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND WE HAVE HAD A FEW NEAR MISSES. WHILE THE BRAKE IS APPLIED, THE VEHICLE WILL LURCH FORWARD. IT DOES THIS OFTEN, AND SEEMS LIKE IT DOES IT MORE IN HOT WEATHER. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER BEFORE THE WARRANTY RAN OUT AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE POWER SURGE, SO THEY COULDN'T FIX IT. I COULD TELL THEY HAD HEARD OF THIS BEFORE, BUT DID NOT WANT TO ADDRESS IT. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

MY CAR WOULD SURGE FORWARDED WITH OUT ME PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. I TOOK IT IN AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING BECAUSE IT DIDN'T DO IT CONSTANTLY EVENTUALLY THE CAR STOPPED AND WOULD START AND THEY SAID I NEEDED A THROTTLE BODY. MY WARRANTY WAS UP AT 50,000 MI AND I HAD 52,000 I HAD TO PAY $1000 OUT OF POCKET FOR A PROBLEM THEY COULDN'T DETECT EARLIER. NOW MY TRANSMISSION HAS GONE BAD I HAVE THE CVT TRANSMISSION AND THE INTERNAL SHAFT HAS GONE BAD AGAIN MY WARRANTY WAS UP AT 60,000 MILES AND I HAVE 64,000 I HAVE SPOKEN TO ONE OF THE MECHANICS AT A FORD DEALER AND HE SAID THEY HAVE BEEN THIS COMPLAINT FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE 2005-2007 FORD FREE STYLES THEY THINK IT MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS BUT THEY REFUSE TO DO A RECALL. SO NOW I AM OUT OF POCKET $4000. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

THE 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WILL SOMETIMES LURCH FORWARD OR BACKWARDS FROM A STOP. IN ALL CASES THE CAR WAS INITIALLY AT A STOP WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, BUT BEFORE PLACING MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR, THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD IF IN DRIVE OR BACKWARDS IF IN REVERSE. THE CAR USUALLY LURCHED ABOUT FIVE FEET BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO STOP IT. SOMETIMES THE LURCHING WAS FOLLOWED BY THE VEHICLE STALLING AND IN THE WORST CASE THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE SERVICE REQUIRED LIGHT BOTH TURNED ON AND I WAS UNABLE TO RE-START THE VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. THE LURCHING SEEMS TO BE MORE OF A PROBLEM ON HOT DAYS. *TT

Mileage: 63,851

THE FIRST TIME THE PROBLEM OCCURED WAS SOON AFTER I PURCHASED MY CAR. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE WHEN THE CAR WAS IN PARK, AND THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD. SINCE THAT TIME, THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE CAR HAS ALSO LUNGED BACKWARDS WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE. AT TIMES, THIS HAS CAUSED THE CAR TO DIE. IT SEEMS TO BE WORSE WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING IS ON. *TT

Mileage: 48,000

WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE OR REVERSE TO DRIVE, THE CAR RANDOMLY SURGES FORWARD EVEN WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS NOT DEPRESSED. IT ALSO OCCURS WHEN STOPPED OR MOVING SLOWLY FORWARD SUCH AS AT A STOPLIGHT OR WHEN PARKING. THE PROBLEM IS MORE PRONOUNCED WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON. IT IS A CONCERN THAT THIS SURGING PROBLEM MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AT SOME TIME. *KB

Mileage: 40,125

ON ABOUT 10 OCCASIONS MY FORD FREESTYLE HAS LUNGED FORWARD OR BACKWARD WHILE IN REVERSE WITHOUT ME ENGAGING THE GAS PEDAL. IT WILL STOP IF THE BRAKE IS APPLIED BUT IT OFTEN CATCHES ME OFF GUARD. ABOUT HALF OF THE TIMES THE CAR THEN CUTS OFF (ONCE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN ONTO A VERY BUSY STREET). THE CAR WILL RESTART BUT OFTEN CUTS OFF ABOUT 2 MORE TIMES BEFORE DECIDING TO RUN CORRECTLY. USUALLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND WRENCH SYMBOL WILL ILLUMINATE. THIS IS A VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. ON ONE OCCASION, AFTER DROPPING OF MY MOTHER AT A STORE I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE AND THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD COMING QUITE CLOSE TO MY MOM WHO WAS CROSSING IN FRONT OF MY CAR. AFTER TAKING THE CAR TO A MECHANIC, THE P061B CODE CAME UP FOR INTERNAL CONTROL MOD TORQUE CALCULATION PERFORMANCE. WHEN WE GOOGLED THIS CODE I WAS SHOCKED AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE POSTED ON VARIOUS WEBSITES ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME! *KB

Mileage: 70,000

AT A SLOW SPEED IN EITHER FORWARD OR REVERSE WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE ENGINE SPEEDS UP AND THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD OR BACKWARDS AND I HAVE TO HIT THE BRAKE HARD TO STOP IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE OFTEN NOW. A COUPLE OF TIMES THE ENGINE SEEDED UP WHILE THE CAR WAS IN PARK I SEE WHERE FORD BRUSHES THE PROBLEM OFF AS BEING MINOR.I THINK THIS IS A DANGEROUS THING AND SHOULD BE CORRECTED. IF IT HAPPENS WHILE YOU ARE PARALLEL PARKING IT CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT . ALSO WHEN BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE YOU COULD GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. WITH OVER 200 COMPLAINTS I THINK SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED FROM THIS DEFECT BY FORD. *TR

Mileage: 30,600

FOR THE PAST YEAR, WHEN THE CAR IS AT IDLE, BUT NOT IN PARK, WITH FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR, THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY, AND WITHOUT DRIVER ACTION, SURGE OR LURCH FORWARD. OR IF IN REVERSE, IT WILL SURGE BACKWARD. IF FOOT IS FIRMLY ON BRAKE, THE LURCH WILL NOT CAUSE MOVEMENT OF TIRES, JUST BODY OF CAR AS THE BRAKES RESTRAIN MOVEMENT. BUT IF IT OCCURS IN THE INSTANT THE DRIVER IS MOVING THE FOOT FROM ACCELERATOR TO BRAKE, OR WITHOUT THE BRAKE BEING FIRMLY DEPRESSED BEYOND WHAT IS NEEDED TO RESTRAIN MOVEMENT WHILE AT IDLE, THE SURGE CAN BE 2-5 FEET BEFORE THE DRIVER IS ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKE AND CEASE THE MOVEMENT. WE HAVE ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN COMING OUT OF A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT CROSSING IN FRONT OF CAR AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH DRIVE-THROUGH. WE WERE AT A STOP TO RECEIVE FOOD WITH FOOT ON BRAKE ENOUGH TO STOP FORWARD MOVEMENT WHILE AT IDLE BUT NOT ENOUGH TO STOP WHEN SURGE OCCURRED. WE HAVE ALMOST HIT NUMEROUS CARS WHILE TRYING TO PARK, ESPECIALLY DURING PARALLEL PARKING ATTEMPTS. THE CONDITION COMES AND GOES. AT TIMES WHEN IT IS "ACTING UP" THE CAR ALSO LOSES ITS ABILITY TO PROPERLY ACCELERATE IN RESPONSE TO DEMAND FOR GAS AND SPEED. PUSH ON ACCELERATOR BUT THE CAR WILL NOT RESPOND EXCEPT AT ONLY A VERY SLOW RATE, TAKING MANY SECONDS TO REACH A TOP SPEED OF 25-30 MPH. THIS HAS CAUSED SAFETY ISSUES WHEN IT OCCURS WHILE PULLING OUT IN FRONT OF ON-COMING TRAFFIC, EVEN THOUGH DOING SO AT WHAT SHOULD BE A SAFE DISTANCE. MY WIFE IS NOW REFUSING TO DRIVE THE CAR WHEN THE CONDITION IS OCCURRING DUE TO HER FEAR OF IT ACTING ON ITS OWN. IT STARTED IN THE 80,000 MILE RANGE. OUR CAR NOW HAS ABOUT 102,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 83,000

AT FIRST OCCURRENCE, I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE. AS I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS AND PLACED IT ON THE BRAKE MY CAR LURCHED FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS UNEXPECTED LURCHING HAS INCREASED IN FREQUENCY AND HAPPENS BOTH IN DRIVE AND REVERSE. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN INCIDENTS WHEN THE CAR IS IN PARK AND IT REVS, AS IF I AM PUSHING ON THE GAS PEDAL. IT WILL REV LIKE THAT AND IDLE DOWN A FEW TIMES AND THEN THE ENGINE WILL STALL. *TR

MY FORD FREESTYLE HAS 87,000 MILES. UNTIL RECENTLY, IT HAS BEEN A TERRIFIC CAR. HOWEVER, IT NOW HAS HAD INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS THAT (ACCORDING TO THE CODE) ARE LINKED TO THE THROTTLE BODY. THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON. THE ACCELERATOR DOESN'T WORK, AND THEN IT LUNGES UNEXPECTEDLY. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, I FOUND HUNDREDS OF OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE LUNGES FORWARD EVEN WHEN YOUR FOOT IS ON THE BRAKES. AS YOU SHIFT INTO REVERSE OR FORWARD WITH YOU FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE LUNGES AHEAD. TAKEN IT TO 3 DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIPS IN AUSTIN TEXAS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I NEED INJECTOR FLUSH AND GAS AND AIR FILTERS CHANGED WHICH MAY RESULT IN PROBLEM GOING AWAY. ANOTHER DEALER WANTS TO CHANGE THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY BLAMING THE PROBLEM ON ETHANOL IN THE GASOLINE. THEY ALSO WANT TO DO THE PREVIOUS SERVICES AS WELL. COSTS HAVE RANGED FROM 616.00 TO 1200.00. FOUND NUMEROUS FORUMS ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH HUNDREDS OR MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEMS BUT FORD IS SAYING THAT THIS IS NOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM OR THAT THEY DO NOT SEE MANY OF THESE ISSUES. THE PROBLEM OF LUNGING HAS BEEN MORE APPARENT OVER THE LAST 10,000 MILES (CAR IS AT 86000MILES) THERE DOES NOT SEEM. *TR

Mileage: 85,933

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A USED, WELL MAINTAINED 2007 FORD FREESTYLE LAST FALL. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE RAN FINE LAST FALL, OVER THIS SUMMER WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER BEING USED, THE FORD WILL UNEXPECTED LUNGE FORWARD WHEN IDLING OR AT A STOPLIGHT WHEN THE AIRCONDITIONER KICKS ON, WHICH IS DANGEROUS. IT ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH WHEN PULLING INTO MY GARAGE THIS SUMMER. YOU MUST FIRMLY HAVE YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE AT ALL TIMES, THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER VEHICLE I HAVE EVER DRIVEN, AND IS DANGEROUS. *TR

Mileage: 68,000

I PURCHASED A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE LAST YEAR AND WITH ONLY 68000 MILES IT IS NOW UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS MY CAR STARTED LUNGING FORWARD WHEN I WOULD PRESS ON BRAKE WITH THE CAR IN EITHER REVERSE OR DRIVE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS MY DOING SOMEHOW BUT NOW I KNOW DIFFERENTLY. IT HAPPEN ONE TIME WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING, WE WERE GOING ON VACATION, WE HAD STOPPED AT A GAS STATION TO GET A DRINK WHEN THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STALLED AND LOST POWER AND DIE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. MY HUSBAND AND I DECIDED NOT TO TAKE THE CAR FOR WE WERE NOT SUREWHAT WAS HAPPENING AND COULD NOT AFFORD TO BE STRANDED SOMEWHERE AND BREAK DOWN. IT REALLY STARTS ACTING UP WHEN IT IS REALLY HOT OUT OR IF IT IS PARKED AND IS IDLING FOR A LITTLE IT WITH THE AC RUNNING. AFTER IT HAS IDLED FOR A LITTLE BIT YOU PUT THE CAR IN EITHER DRIVE OR REVERSE AND IT WILL LUNGE FORWARD. ONE TIME I ALMOST HIT A PERSON WALKING IN FRONT OF MY CAR AT A DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE NOW TOO SCARED TO DRIVE IT. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GREAT CAR FOR MY FAMILY BUT NOW JUST WANT OUT OF IT FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY.. *TR

VEHICLE LUNGES WHEN BRAKE IS RELEASED. VEHICLE WILL MOVE FORWARD OR REVERSE ONCE VEHICLE IS PUT IN GEAR AND THE BRAKE IS RELEASED AND ALSO WHEN STOPPING FOR EXAMPLE AT A RED LIGHT, ONCE BRAKE IS RELEASED THE VEHICLE WILL JERK FORWARD WITHOUT STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR. *KB

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE LUNGES FORWARD & BACKWARD UNCONTROLLABLY. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED AT FORD DEALERSHIP ON 10-21-2010 AND WAS DIAGNOSED AND ADVISED TO REPLACE ALL PLUGS AND 1 COIL AND 7 BOOTS, MILEAGE 78,436. COMPLETED THE SERVICE AS ADVISED, COST $931.35. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON JUNE OF 2011. HAD SAME DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSE AND THE SAME DIAGNOSIS CAME BACK BUT EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT OK. I HAD THE DEALERSHIP REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY AT MY REQUEST BECAUSE OF SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE UNCONTROLLABLE LUNGING AND OTHER FORD FREESTYLE'S HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AT MILEAGE 85,976 AT A COST OF $740.41. TODAY, 8-18-2011 WITH MILEAGE AT 87,600, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE LUNGING UNCONTROLLABLY. BASED ON THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION, I BELIEVE THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. ADDITIONALLY, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A MISDIAGNOSIS OF THE INITIAL PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE REIMBURSED BOTH COSTS. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU NEED FURTHER INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION. THANK YOU. *KB

Mileage: 78,769

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A USED 2007 FORD FREESTYLE FROM A USED CAR DEALERSHIP. AFTER OWNING THE CAR FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, I WAS SITTING IN A DRIVE-THRU LINE WHEN I NOTICED MY CAR STARTED SURGING FORWARD WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. I BECAME CONCERNED THAT I MIGHT HIT THE CAR AHEAD OF ME SO I GOT OUT OF LINE AND PARKED THE CAR. AFTER SOME DOWN TIME I WAS ABLE TO RE-START THE CAR AND FOR THAT NIGHT HAD NO OTHER PROBLEMS. NOW OVER THE LAST MONTH I HAVE NOTICED THE SURGING MORE AND MORE OFTEN AND AM CONCERNED I WILL BE IN A SITUATION WHERE I CAN'T JUST GET OUT OF LINE AND SOME DAMAGE WILL HAPPEN OR INJURY. I HAVE FOUND BY RESEARCHING ON-LINE THAT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE FORD FREESTYLE AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO REPORT THAT I FEEL CONTINUED DRIVING OF THIS VEHICLE MAY BE DANGEROUS BUT, IT IS THE ONLY VEHICLE I HAVE TO DRIVE AND HAVE NO OTHER CHOICES. *KB

Mileage: 44,000

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE AND ITS JUST GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AS THE MILEAGE GOES UP. THE CAR SEEMS TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN. I CANT EVEN USE MY A/C OR HEATER AS THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO LUNGE FORWARD HARD AND EVENTUALLY THE CAR CUTS OFF CAUSING ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHT TO CUT ON. WHILE BACKING INTO MY PARKING GARAGE I RAN INTO THE BUILDING BECAUSE THE CAR LUNGED BACK BY ITSELF, THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS, COULD CAUSE ME TO HIT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING VERY BADLY. IM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE BUT DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CHOICE, HAVE TO GO TO WORK. THIS IS SCARY, I NEED HELP WITH THIS. JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR DON'T HAVE THE CASH TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. *KB

Mileage: 54,000

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE . THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT IN MY CAR. I HAVE EXPERIENCE UNCONDITIONAL "SURGING" WHILE THE CAR WAS IN GEAR. I HAVE GONE WITHOUT RUNNING THE AIR CONDITIONER, THINKING THAT WAS THE "CAUSE" OF THE CAR SURGING (TAKING OFF). THE INCREASE ACCELERATION (REVVING) OF THE SPEEDOMETER AND RPM GAUGES WERE VERY ALARMING. THE OCCURRENCES WERE MANY THROUGHOUT THE TWO YEARS OF ME DRIVING THE CAR. THE WRENCH APPEARED WHILE I WAS DRIVING, THE CAR DIED. I PULLED OVER AND STARTED THE CAR BACK UP. IT HESITATED AFTER TWO TRIES, IT FINALLY TURNED OVER. I PRECEDED TO GO TO T MY NEXT DESTINATION THREE HOURS LATER, AFTER TRANSPORTING THE ATHLETES THAT I COACH, THE CAR STOP AS WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD (ON GOING TRAFFIC) .THERE IS WHERE "EVERYTHING " WENT PIECES. THE CAR WAS NOT GETTING ANY GAS, IT WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE NOR REVERSE. I WAS SCARED AND DEVASTATED, THE KIDS WERE FRIGHTENED, SCREAMING OUT THAT WE WERE GOING TO DIE. I AM PRAYING THAT FORD WOULD MAKE A JUSTIFIABLE DECISION ON RECALLING THIS MAKE AND MODEL BEFORE "TRAGEDY" STUMBLE UPON THEIR COMPANY, CONFUSED & CONCERN. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

PCM HAS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED 4 (POSSIBLY 5) TIMES; MILEAGE ON 2007 FORD FREESTYLE SEL HAS 41,124 MILES. LAST PCM AND THROTTLE BODY REPLACED AT OVER 37,000 MILES. IST REPAIR AUGUST 2010; 2ND REPAIR OCTOBER 2010; 3RD REPAIR DECEMBEER 2010; 4TH REPAIR JUNE 2011; 5TH REPAIR AUGUST 2011. DIES WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD - TWICE ON I75 AT 70MPH. NO RPM'S, NO ACCELERATION, WRENCH APPEARS AND CAR WILL NOT DRIVE. FORD ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WILL TOW VEHICLE AND LAST EMAIL STATED VEHICLE IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY (POWERTRAIN WARRANTY IS 5 YEARS/60,000 MILES)? EACH DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS BUT I HAD TO PAY A DEDUCTIBLE UNDER THE EXTENDED GM MAJOR REPAIR PLAN. SHOULD NOT HAVE PAID. FORD REFUSES TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY. BOUGHT VEHICLE USED AT ONLY 32,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 41,124

WE OWN A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHEN WE COME TO A STOP, FOR INSTANCE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE ENGINE WILL REV UP AND THE VEHICLE WILL LURCH FORWARD. THIS OFTEN CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO THEN STALL. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IF WE ARE RUNNING THE AIR CONDITIONER. NOW WE SHUT THE AIR CONDITIONER OFF WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN. WE HAVE AVOIDED ANY INCIDENTS SO FAR. ALTHOUGH MANY TIMES HAVE HAD TO APPLY EXTREME PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES TO KEEP FROM LURCHING INTO A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US. THE VEHICLE WILL STILL LURCH, BUT SO FAR WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP IT IN TIME. AS I SAID BEFORE THE PRESSURE WE HAVE TO APPLY TO THE BRAKES IS EXTREME. THIS ALSO WILL HAPPEN WHEN BACKING UP. THE ENGINE WILL REV UP AND THEN DIE. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE FORWARD WHILE ACCELERATING, AND SURGE BACKWARD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE. ALSO, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER; HOWEVER, THEY DID NOT PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. A PRIVATE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY AND THAT HE SHOULD TAKE IT TO THE DEALER FOR CONFIRMATION. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

Mileage: 36,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE LUNGES FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING WE THOUGHT IT WAS WHEN THE A/C WAS RUNNING BUT IT HAPPENS WITHOUT I THE A/C ON. WE HAVE ALMOST HIT A FEW CARS WHEN IN TRAFFIC. I KNOW THAT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THIS SITUATION, BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE FIXED. WE CANT BE HAVING THIS HAPPENING WITH OUT SON IN THE CAR. *TT

Mileage: 99,000

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WHICH THE FORD DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED IT FROM NEW HAS COMPLETED ALL THE UP KEEP ON IT AS PART OF THE DEAL OF TIRES FOR LIFE WHICH IS GOOD SINCE THE FORD EATS THE TIRES AND BRAKES BUT THIS PROBLEM STARTED WHEN I WOULD PRESSING ON THE BRAKES AND IT WOULD LUNGE FORWARD BUT IT WOULD ONLY DO IT EVERY NOW AGAIN BUT IT TOOK A WHILE BEFORE MY HUSBAND WITNESSED IT HIMSELF. THEN ONE VERY HOT DAY MY AIR CONDITION JUST STOPPED WORKING. I STOPPED AT THE GAS STATION AND LET IT IDLE WHILE INSIDE AND WHEN I CAME OUT AND PUT IT IN REVERSE IT LUNGED THEN JUST QUIT ALL TOGETHER AND A WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THE PANEL. AFTER CALLING MY HUSBAND I TRIED TO START IT BACK UP AND IT STARTED BUT IT HAD NO POWER WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PULL OUT FROM THE GAS STATION AT A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION AT THE MALL WITH ME PUSHING THE PETAL TO THE FLOOR IT DIED AGAIN. AFTER RESTARTING IT THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS OFF BUT THE GAS MILEAGE WENT FROM 23 TO 15 WITH LITTLE TO NO POWER BUT WHEN I WOULD LET OFF THE PETAL IT WOULD LUNGE FORWARD AS IF I PUSHED ON THE GAS PETAL AND WOULD TAKE OFF AND GO FASTER. I HAD 5 CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND MY HUSBAND OUT OF TOWN. I HAD TO DRIVE IT HOME AND I THINK THAT WAS THE LONGEST TRIP EVER. I WAS SCARED OF HITTING SOMEONE OR BEING HIT WHEN IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN I WOULD PUSH ON THE GAS FROM A RED LIGHT. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP YESTERDAY AND TODAY I GOT THE QUOTE FOR 1200.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WHICH IS SAID TO BE FOR A NEW THROTTLE BODY, STARK PLUGS, AND INTAKE GASKETS. WHEN THEY COMPLETED THE LAST OIL CHANGE ABOUT A MONTH AGO EVERYTHING WAS FINE SO IT SEEMED. I HAVE 5 CHILDREN AND NOW I HAVE NO VEHICLE THAT I CAN TRUST TO TAKE THEM TO THEIR PRACTICES. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND MAY TRADE IT IN BECAUSE AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH TODAY AND FINDING OUT THAT ALOT OF OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND GENERAL SAFETY CONCERNS AND THAT AFTER HAVING THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACE IT IS NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM LONG TERM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE FORWARD, WHILE THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT WAS ACTIVATED, THEN THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY STALL AND HE WOULD NOTICE A WARNING LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 30,000. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 9/13/11 *CN THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED IF THE AC WAS ON, THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE FORWARD. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER MODELS STARTING FROM 2006 AND UP HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION BODY VALVE. UPDATED 10/05/11

Mileage: 30,000

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES SUDDEN UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION (OR LURCHING) WHEN IDLING OR MOVING AT A VERY SLOW SPEED. OCCURS IN FORWARD OR REVERSE DIRECTIONS, OCCURS MORE FREQUENTLY IN HOT WEATHER. *KB

Mileage: 71,000

OUR 2007 FORD FREESTYLE SURGES UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN IDLING. THE DEALER STATES THAT THE THROTTLE BODY IS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *KB

Mileage: 52,000

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE THAT LUNGES WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GAS , WHEN I PARK AND SIT FOR A MOMENT AS SOON AS I PUT IT IN DRIVE IT LUNGES FORWARD, SOMETIMES WHEN IM GOING TO PARK IN A PARKING LOT AND STOP AND LET OFF THE GAS IT LUNGES FORWARD , I DO NOT KNOW WHY IT DOES THIS BUT SOME ONE WILL GET HURT IF THIS IS NOT FIXED AND FORD DEALER CANT TELL ME WHY IT DOES THIS . *KB

Mileage: 98,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN SHE HEARD A HUMMING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS, WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THE INPUT SHAFT BEARING FAILED AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE OVERHAULED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,150.

Mileage: 69,150

OUR 2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS BEGUN LURCHING WHEN AT A SLOW SPEED BOTH IN REVERSE AND IN DRIVE. TONIGHT IT LURCHED FORWARD WHILE I WAS PARKING AND I NEARLY HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THIS KIND OF THING HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHILE BACKING UP. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY. IT THEN DISPLAYED THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH, WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE MANUAL MEANS THERE'S A TRANSAXLE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 59,396

OUR 2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS BEGUN LURCHING WHEN AT A SLOW SPEED BOTH IN REVERSE AND IN DRIVE. TONIGHT IT LURCHED FORWARD WHILE I WAS PARKING AND I NEARLY HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THIS KIND OF THING HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHILE BACKING UP. IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY. IT THEN DISPLAYED THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH, WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE MANUAL MEANS THERE'S A TRANSAXLE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 59,396

2007 FORD FREESTYLE LUNGED TWICE IN MAY, 2011 WHILE PULLING INTO PARKING SPOT. INCIDENT HAPPENED AT 55,000 MILES. SLAMMED ON BRAKES AND DID NOT HIT NEIGHBORING VEHICLES. EARLY IN JUNE 2011, HAD OUR AC REPLACED WHICH WAS NOT WORKING. IMMEDIATELY AFTER AC WAS WORKING AGAIN, CAR LUNGED, WRENCH LIGHT APPEARED AND VEHICLE STALLED DURING A LOW SPEED TURN. CAR PROCEEDED TO LUNGE AND SURGE REGULARLY WHEN IT WAS PUT IN REVERSE OR DRIVE. WITH FOOT FIRMLY ON BRAKE AND PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK, RPMS WOULD GO BETWEEN 3000 AND 5000. THEN CAR WOULD DIE. WITH EXPERIMENTING, CAR WOULD NOT DO IT WHEN AIR CONDITIONING WAS TURNED OFF. WE RESEARCHED INTERNET AND LEARNED ABOUT SURGING AND THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS. HAD FUEL INDUCTION SERVICE PERFORMED AND HAVE NOT HAD RECURRENCE IN 90+ DAYS. DID NOT REPLACE THROTTLE BODY YET BUT SUSPECT IT WILL BE CLOGGED UP AGAIN WITH TIME AND MILEAGE. WE CAN'T PREDICT WHEN THE SURGING WILL HAPPEN. WE WILL NOT LET OUR TEENAGER DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. IT IS VERY UNSAFE AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED FOR THIS REASON. *KB

Mileage: 55,000

ON MONDAY JULY 25, 2001 THE TRANSMISSION IN OUR 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WOULD NOT CHANGE GEARS. WHEN WE WOULD TRY TO ACCELERATE THE ENGINE WOULD REV TO VERY HIGH RPM'S BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY. WE PULLED OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP. WE ARE NOW BEING TOLD THE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, A REPAIR THEY ARE SAYING WILL COST A MINIMUM OF $5800.00.

Mileage: 103,000

VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD AT SLOW SPEED I.E. PARKING LOT. ALSO OCCURS WHILE BACKING AND SOMETIMES SHUTS OFF. VERY DANGEROUS IF SOMEONE HAPPENS TO BE AROUND VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. *TR

Mileage: 60,500

CAR WAS REPORTED TO STALL ON A HOT DAY WHILE THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON. WHEN CAR WAS PUT INTO REVERSE OR DRIVE THE CAR STALLED AND THEN WENT INTO FAILSAFE MODE (WRENCH LIGHT). CAR DID NOT APPEAR TO LURCH FORWARD AS HAS BEEN REPORTED. PROBLEM HAPPENED ONE TIME. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

CAR WOULD LUNGE FORWARD ON ITS OWN 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. *TR

Mileage: 70,112

MY 2007 FOR FREESTYLE IS HAVING LUNGING ISSUES. I OFTEN NOTICE IT WHEN IT'S VERY HOT AND THE AIR CONDITIONER IS RUNNING AND/OR WHEN I'M PARKING. I'VE ALSO NOTICED THE WRENCH LITE APPEAR A FEW TIMES. OTHER TIMES, MY CAR LOOSES POWER COMPLETELY AND SHUTS OFF. OTHER TIMES, IT FEELS LIKE I AM LOOSING POWER WHEN I'M DRIVING. ALMOST AS IF THE CAR IS DOWN SHIFTING TO A LOWER GEAR. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

OWN 2007 FORD FREESTYLE -- HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH CAR ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN, STALLING, ETC. -- HAD TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY $750 -- YES, I DO HAVE THE OLD PART. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE LURCHES FORWARD/BACKWARD AND CUTS OFF WHEN BEING MOVED FROM A PARKED POSITION. HOWEVER, ON FRIDAY IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC MY VEHICLE CUT OFF COMPLETELY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AND I WENT IN TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANES. THANKFULLY MY FOUR CHILDREN WERE NOT IN THE CAR AND THE LIGHT FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS RED AT THE TIME AND I WAS NOT HIT. I WAS TOLD BY THE FORD DEALERSHIP THAT IT WAS DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WHICH I HAVE NOW HAD REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE KEEPS LUNGING AND MY TRANS STOPPED SHIFTING. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

I OWN A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. AFTER THE SECOND YEAR OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ACCELERATOR. IT WOULD ACCELERATE WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP SIGN/LIGHT/OR PARKING AND ALSO WHEN I WOULD GO IN REVERSE. AT TIMES IT WOULD SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. I WENT IN FOR SERVICE AT FORD AND THEY COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT THE PROBLEM SINCE IT DIDN'T OCCUR ALL THE TIME. LATELY THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE I WENT IN FOR SERVICE AND THEY FINALLY FIGURED OUT IT WAS THE THROTTLE. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH COVERED THE $800 + BILL ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL. I WAS VERY FORTUNATELY I DIDN'T GET INTO AN ACCIDENT OVER THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

I OWN A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE LIMITED. STARTING LAST YEAR, THE CAR BEGAN LUNGING FORWARD AND BACKWARD, DEPENDING ON WHAT GEAR I WAS IN. WE HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT BY OUR TRANSMISSION GUY. THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND CLEARED THE CHECK ENGINE CODE FROM THE COMPUTER. THE CAR RAN FINE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR UP TO THIS POINT. IT IS NOW JULY OF 2011 AND THE SAME ISSUES ARE HAPPENING YET AGAIN. THIS ISSUE IS PARTICULARLY BAD DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE A/C IS RUNNING. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE COMMON OCCURRENCE AMONG THESE VEHICLES AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FORD ISSUE A RECALL TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 89,800

CAR'S ACCELERATION FALTERS OR APPEARS SOMETIMES UNEXPECTEDLY. *TT

Mileage: 55,000

STARTED MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE IN A PARKING LOT PUT IT IN REVERSE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT LUNGED BACKWARDS ALMOST HITTING A PEDESTRIAN. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS NOW BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE WAS ALMOST HIT. IT USUALLY DOES IT WHEN SHIFTING INTO FORWARD OR REVERSE FROM NEUTRAL TOOK IT INTO DEALERSHIP IT FIRST STARTED AND THEY DID SOME SORT OF SOFTWARE UPDATE ( THEY CLAIM) BUT IT HAS NEVER FIXED THE PROBLEM. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *TT

Mileage: 65,588

WHEN DRIVING MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WITH A/C ON THE CAR WILL SURGE OR ACCELERATE. WHEN SURGES OCCUR BRAKES MUST BE APPLIED QUICKLY. THIS OCCURS AFTER IDLING AS WELL. I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED IGNITION FAILURE, SLOW ACCELERATION, ENGINE LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT WARNINGS. FIRST EXPERIENCED IT IN SUMMER 2010 AND TOOK IT TO MY DEALER FOR A CHECK, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY ISSUES. ANOTHER MECHANIC ALSO STATED THAT THIS WAS COMMON IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL. THIS SEEMS TO OCCUR DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS, WHENEVER THE CAR IS DRIVEN SINCE I AM EXPERIENCING AGAIN THIS SUMMER, 2011. *TT

Mileage: 47,000

I PURCHASED A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE ON MAY 05 2011 AND STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITHIN THE SECOND MONTH OF HAVING THE CAR BUT I ALSO HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHEN YOU TURN THE WHEEL SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT, AND I TOLD THE FINANCE PERSON AND HE SAID OK WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT AND THEY NEVER DID. THEN NOW WE ARE IN THE THIRD MONTH OF HAVING THIS VEHICLE, AND NOW IT CUTS OFF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ME BACKING UP AND THE AC ON AND I WOULD HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART AGAIN. THEN THE CAR ACTS AS THOUGH ITS REVVING UP AND YOU COULD BE AT A STOP LIGHT AND IT WILL REV UP AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO REALLY PLACE YOUR FOOT HARD ON THE BRAKE TO KEEP IT FROM HITTING ANOTHER CAR IN FRONT OF YOU. TOOK THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE FIRST TIME THEY DID NOT KNOW. THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK UP AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. THE LAST TIME THEY TELL ME ITS THE THROTTLE BODY AND THEN THE GENTLEMAN PROCEEDED TO TELL ME THAT'S BEEN A BIG PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS SINCE THEY HAVE CAME OUT. SO THIS COMPANY KNOWS THEY ARE SELLING LEMONS TO PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T EVEN CARE. *KB

Mileage: 105,000

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WILL LUNGE IN FORWARD AND REVERSE. IT STALLED LAST NIGHT WHEN IT WAS IN REVERSE AND THIS HAPPENED. IT IS HAPPENING MORE OFTEN. THIS IS VERY FRIGHTENING AND COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *KB

Mileage: 70,000

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING IS ON THE CAR WILL JUMP FORWARD. THE WRENCH LIGHT WILL COME ON AND I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON TO GET RID OF THE LIGHT. YESTERDAY IT DID THE SAME THING AND NOW THE ENGINE LIGHT IS STAYING ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF. SO FAR I HAVE KEPT FROM HITTING ANYTHING BY REACTING QUICKLY AND SLAMMING ON MY BRAKES OR TURNING THE AIR OFF OR SITTING WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE BUT ONE OF THESE DAYS I MAY HIT A CAR OR A PERSON. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *KB

Mileage: 32,102

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE LUNGES IN BOTH FORWARD AND REVERSE OCCASIONALLY. USUALLY HEAVILY APPLYING THE BREAK WILL STOP THE CAR. THIS TYPICALLY HAPPENS AT VERY LOW SPEEDS WHEN I AM PARKING THE CAR OR GETTING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE (AT THE GROCERY STORE, ECT...). THE INSTANCES OCCUR MORE OFTEN IN THE SUMMER TIME, IN HOT WEATHER AND WHEN THE A/C IS ON. IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT OCCURS OFTEN IN PARKING LOTS OR AT SCHOOL WHEN I AM DROPPING MY KIDS OFF, AS THERE ARE LOTS OF PEDESTRIANS. I HAVE SUBMITTED A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT ON THIS ISSUE, BUT HAVE HEARD NOTHING. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS. *KB

Mileage: 80,112

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS LURCHED FORWARD WITHOUT ME STEPPING ON THE GAS. TYPICALLY IT HAPPENS AS I AM IDLING AND I GO TO STEP ON THE BRAKE (FORCING ME TO BREAK HARD), OR WHEN I AM EASING UP ON THE BREAK (I.E., INSTEAD OF SLOWLY MOVING, THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD). *KB

Mileage: 49,000

WHEN MY FORD FREESTYLE IDLES (IT SEEMS MOSTLY IN HOT WEATHER) FOR MORE THAN EVEN 2 MINUTES WHEN I PUT IT IN GEAR FORWARD AND REVERSE THE CAR LUNGES EVEN IF MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE. IT DOES THIS EVERY TIME THE WEATHER IS HOT OR IF MY CAR IDLES FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME. I HAVE JUST BEGAN RESEARCHING WHAT THE PROBLEM COULD BE AND SEE MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. I HAVE NOT YET REPLACED ANY PARTS. MOST OF WHAT I READ STATED TRANSMISSION TROUBLE OR THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS IS THE CAUSE. *KB

Mileage: 54,000

MY CAR HAS BEEN LUNGING FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR. LAST WEEK, WHEN I GOT IN, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I IMMEDIATELY STARTED DRIVING TO THE DEALER. I LOST POWER FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN MY CAR WOULD HARDLY SHIFT. THE LUNGING WAS THE REALLY SCARY THING, AND NOW THEY ARE SAYING MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AND IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY BY ONE MONTH. *KB

Mileage: 53,000

ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO I BOUGHT A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. ONE DAY WHEN ME, MY DAUGHTER, AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER WENT SHOPPING , IN WARNER ROBINS GEORGIA MY CAR STOPPED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND CUT OFF . WE JUST ABOUT HAD PEOPLE HIT US IN ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. SO I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND DROVE INTO THE PARKING LOT AND CALLED THE PEOPLE I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM. THEY TOLD US TO BRING THE CAR TOO THEM. WELL A COUPLE DAYS LATER WHEN I WAS SUPPOSE TO TAKE THE CAR TO THEM IT TURNED OFF TWO TIMES IN ONE DAY! I HAD BOUGHT ALL OF THE AVAILABLE WARRANTY I COULD BUY WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR, BUT TODAY THE DEALERSHIP CALLED ME BACK AND SAID THAT IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY, AND THAT NO MATTER IF YOU FIX IT, IT CAN CONTINUE TO MESS UP (AND IT IS NOT ON THE WARRANTY!!!) , AND THE COST OF THE PART TO FIX IT IS 670.00. I AM UNSATISFIED AND SCARED TO DRIVE IT AND I FEEL LIKE ITS A BIG SAFETY RISK!!! I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE DRIVING IT WITH IT TURNING OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. IT MAKES ME SCARED AND I AM NERVOUS FOR MY FAMILY!! I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE BODY FOR THERE 2007 FORD FREESTYLE!! *KB

Mileage: 91,096

WHEN I AM GOING AT A LOW SPEED THE CAR GOES DEAD. EXAMPLE BEING WHEN I TURN IN MY DRIVEWAY OR INTO A PARKING SPACE. ALSO THE CAR SURGES AND JUMPS FORWARD OR SOMETIMES BACKWARDS WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE OR PARK. IT IS BEGINNING TO HAPPEN ALL THE TIME AND IS DANGEROUS! I AM SO FRUSTRATED I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I ACTUALLY RAN ACROSS A SITE WHERE TONS OF OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I DO NOT HAVE 750.00 PLUS TO PAY ON FIXING SOMETHING THAT FORD IS WELL AWARE THEY FOULED UP AND DID NOTHING ABOUT. AS WITH ALL THE OTHER CASES MY A/C QUIT LONG AGO. I FEEL THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND A RECALL ISSUED SO THEY CAN PAY FOR THE REPAIR OF AN ITEM THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOLD IN PROPER WORKING ORDER. THANK YOU. *KB

THE WRENCH LIGHTS COME ON AND THE VEHICLE IDLES UP WHEN AT STOP LIGHT OR JUST STOPPING VEHICLE LUNGES FORWARD WITH USE OF BRAKE. CAN'T USE A/C VEHICLE WILL LUNGE ALSO AND THEN SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. VERY UNSAFE... *KB

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE REVS UP BY ITSELF. WHEN BACKING INTO MY PARKING SPACE I HAVE TO KEEP MY FOOT ON BRAKES BACK UP VERY VERY SLOWLY DUE TO THE CAR WANTING TO LUNG BACK ON ITS OWN. NOT ABLE TO USE MY A/C OR HEATER. WHEN A/C IS ON THE CAR REALLY REVS UP AND THEN EVENTUALLY CUTS OFF WITH ALL THE LIGHT BEING LIT UP , THE WRENCH AND ENGINE LIGHTS UP, THEN I HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE CAR CUTS BACK ON. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS WHEN IM WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT THE CAR WILL LUNGE FORWARD BY ITSELF, I COULD HIT SOMEONE ACCIDENTALLY OR I COULD JUST RUN INTO ANOTHER CAR. THE CAR SEEMS TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN, ITS SCARY. I PAY FOR THIS CAR AND I CANT EVEN USE THE A/C OR HEATER MY KIDS AND I JUST HAVE TO SUFFER. I CANT AFFORD ALL THESE PROBLEMS AS I HAVE SIX CHILDREN TO FEED. THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM IT COULD BE LIFE OR DEATH. *KB

Mileage: 50,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE CROSSOVER - THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY LUNGE FORWARD, SOMETIMES THE MOTOR SHUTS DOWN AND THE "RED WRENCH" LIGHT COMES ON. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FREQUENTLY IN THE LAST MONTH. I HAVE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAY THEY THINK IT MAY BE DUE TO THROTTLE PROBLEMS. ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT DONE AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO WHEN THE ABOVE HAPPENS, I HAVE NOTICED WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON HIGH, IT HAPPENS. THIS MAY BE COINCIDENTAL BUT NEVERTHELESS I HAVE NOTICED THE SURGE WHEN THE AIR CONDITION IS ON. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE INTERNET FOR OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM AND THERE CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE MANY PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THERE IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS IN THAT IF YOU DO NOT CURRENTLY HAVE YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR WILL LUNGE FORWARD (POSSIBLY HITTING ANOTHER CAR, A PEDESTRIAN OR HAVE EVEN HAVING A DEADLY ACCIDENT). THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED A RECALL BY FORD AND REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE BY FORD. THIS SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HARMED. *KB

Mileage: 40,000

SURGING AND LURCHING FORWARD WHILE PARKING OR SLOWING DOWN. I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR AND A PERSON ON THE SIDE WALK. TWO DIFFERENT INCIDENTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES AND BECOMES MORE FREQUENT AND POWERFUL EACH TIME. THE WRENCH LIGHT HAS COME ON THE DASH BOARD NOW. 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. *KB

Mileage: 56,000

SURGING AND LURCHING FORWARD WHILE PARKING OR SLOWING DOWN. I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR AND A PERSON ON THE SIDE WALK. TWO DIFFERENT INCIDENTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ABOUT A DOZEN TIMES AND BECOMES MORE FREQUENT AND POWERFUL EACH TIME. THE WRENCH LIGHT HAS COME ON THE DASH BOARD NOW. 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. *KB

Mileage: 56,000

MY FORD FREESTYLE SURGES IN DIRECTION THE TRANSMISSION IS IN. IF IN DRIVE IT WILL SURGE FORWARD, IF IN REVERSE IT WILL SURGE BACKWARDS. THIS OCCURS EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I'M AFRAID I AM GOING TO HIT A PEDESTRIAN WHILE TRYING TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. I'M ALSO CONCERNED WHEN MY DAUGHTER USES THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF HER INEXPERIENCE. THIS PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED TO BE THE THROTTLE BODY AND IS MOST PREDOMINANT DURING WARM WEATHER OR WHEN THE VEHICLE IS THOROUGHLY WARMED UP. HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH OUR 2006 FORD FREESTYLE AND WAS WAITING FOR A REPLACEMENT THROTTLE BODY WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED IN AN ACCIDENT. NOW HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH OUR 2007 MODEL. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE SEL W/ APPROX 71K MILES. VEHICLE RPMS SURGE AT IDLE OR VERY LOW SPEED WHILE IN DRIVE (SUCH AS MANEUVERING INTO A PARKING SPOT). VEHICLE STALLS AFTER PUTTING IN REVERSE, THEN FORWARD GEAR, THEN REVERSE AFTER IDLING FOR A WHILE W/ AC ON. AFTER RE-STARTING, DOES NOT GET ABOVE 35 MPH (MECHANIC LIGHT COMES ON AND . UNTIL YOU TURN THE CAR OFF FOR A WHILE -THEN RESTART. THE OPERATES MORE NORMALLY. FUEL GAUGE LIGHT DOESN'T LIGHT AND THE FIRST 1/3 OF THE RPM RANGE IS NOT LIT WHEN THE ABOVE AFOREMENTIONED STALLING PROBLEM OCCURS (THEN COMES BACK ON). NOBODY HURT YET. TONIGHT I EMAILED FORD, GIVING THEM MY VIN AND ASKED THEM TO PURSUE A RECALL. PLEASE PRESS THEM TO DO THAT, CLEARLY THERE IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. TODAY THE SURGING NEARLY HURT A CHILD IN A PARKING LOT; THANK GOD MY WIFE'S FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. *TR

Mileage: 70,500

DURING LOW SPEEDS, IDLING SPEEDS, CAR ACCELERATES OR SURGES. MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN AIR CONDITIONING IS RUNNING OR IN IDLE MODE IN DRIVE UP LINES. WRENCH WARNING LIGHT COMES ON. IF I TURN CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON IT USUALLY REMOVES THE PROBLEM. OCCURS WHEN GOING FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. *TT

Mileage: 86,000

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SURGING FORWARD AND BACKWARDS WHEN I TRY TO PARK AND BACKUP. THIS ALSO OCCURS AT STOPLIGHTS AND SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL CUT OFF. EVEN WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES THE CAR STILL TRYS TO SURGE. ITS LIKE IT ACCELERATES ALL ON ITS OWN AND AT TIMES IT HAS EVEN BEEN HARD TO STOP THE CAR DUE TO ISSUE. IT WAS ONLY HAPPENING OCCASIONALLY BUT NOW ITS HAPPENS QUITE A FEW TIMES A WEEK. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS CAR DUE TO THIS PROBLEM..

Mileage: 67,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHEN BRAKING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD MOST FREQUENTLY OCCUR WHEN THE HEATER OR AIR CONDITIONING WAS ACTIVATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS DEBRIS IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND DISCOLORATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO SURGE FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

MY CAR LUNGES ON ITS OWN. IT HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY WHILE DRIVING. WHEN BACKING OUT THE DRIVEWAY, PULLING THROUGH A DRIVE THROUGH, OR TURNING FROM A STOP. I HAVE COME VERY CLOSE TO HITTING OTHER VEHICLES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. *TT

Mileage: 79,000

THE CAR LEAPED FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE PULLING UP TO A STOP SIGN. THIS HAPPENED ON 7/02/2011 FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE HAD THIS OCCUR SEVERAL MORE TIMES IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, ALWAYS WHILE STOPPING OR PARKING THE CAR. IN ONE INSTANCE THE CAR WOULD OF STRUCK A LIGHT POLE, HAD THERE NOT BEEN A CURB THERE. THIS SEEMS TO OCCUR WHETHER THE CAR IS COLD OR HAS RUN FOR AWHILE. WE ARE NOW HAVING TO DRIVE THIS CAR LIKE IT MAY LEAP FORWARD AT ANYTIME. FORD NEEDS TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE SOME IS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

Mileage: 52,000

ON 07/21/2007, I PURCHASED A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WHICH WAS USED AS A DEMO. RECENTLY AT 50,500 MILES I HAVE BEEN HEARING A LIGHT THUMPING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE AREA WHILE IDLING. PER MY VISIT OF MID JUNE 2011 TO THE DEALER SERVICE AREA, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE ONLY REQUIRED A TRANSMISSION SENSOR TO BE REPLACED. SINCE THE LAST VISIT, I HAVE CONTACTED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TWICE AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE SENSOR IS ON BACK ORDER. I COULD HEAR THAT HESITATION IN THEIR VOICE LIKE AS IF THEY ARE KEEPING SOMETHING FROM ME. I DON'T LIKE THIS. THE VEHICLE ALSO LUNGES UNEXPECTEDLY AND THIS IS OF GREAT CONCERN TO ME. I AM JUST GLAD THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND. I HAVE JUST BEEN VERY LUCKY. IN REGARDS TO THE NOISE, I AM SPECULATING A FAULTY CVT TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

WHEN I PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE, IT WILL SUDDENLY LURCH BACKWARD WITHOUT ME PUTTING MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. IT OCCURS OCCASIONALLY, BUT NOT ALWAYS. I HAVE LEARNED TO ANTICIPATE THIS AND ALWAYS KEEP MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE UNTIL I AM SURE THE AREA BEHIND THE CAR IS CLEAR. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SINCE MY DAUGHTER WILL SOON BE DRIVING. THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR A NEW AND INEXPERIENCED DRIVER. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

2005 AND 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. IN WARM WEATHER THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY SURGE WHEN STOPPED WITH THE BRAKE APPLIED, SLOWING WITH THE BREAK, OR REVERSING WITH THE BRAKE PRESSED. BELIEVED TO BE THE THROTTLE BODY AND CONFIRMED BY AUTO REPAIR SHOP. RESEARCH HAS REVEALED TONS OF OWNERS WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE BODY ON THESE VEHICLES. SEEMS QUITE DANGEROUS TO HAVE YOUR CAR LURCH OUT INTO AN INTERSECTION. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE LUNGING AND SUDDEN ACCELERATION AT IDLE SPEED ON OUR 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHEN MOVING IN A PARKING LOT, IT IS VERY APPARENT, PARTICULARLY AS YOU CHANGE FROM REVERSE TO FORWARD. YOU REALLY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION, AND KEEP YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE DOES LUNGE. WE RECENTLY HAVE HAD ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON VACATION. THE LITTLE "WRENCH" APPEARED NEAR THE END OF OUR TRIP AND THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO BE LOSING "POWER" TO THE WHEELS. AFTER THE VEHICLE COOLED DOWN, IT OPERATED NORMALLY AND THE WRENCH DID NOT APPEAR AGAIN, YET. *TR

Mileage: 52,500

MY FREESTYLE WHICH I PURCHASED NEW HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES FOR LUNGING. WHEN IT LUNGES IT THROWS THE WRENCH LIGHT. LAST INCIDENT IS THE INCIDENT DATE BELOW. *TR SAME AS PE11018

Mileage: 44,030

2007 FORD FREESTYLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED. MY WIFE AND I HAVE BOTH HAD THIS HAPPEN AND WE'VE ALMOST HIT PEOPLE AND PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. FORD DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY BUT REFUSED TO FIX IT WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND NOW WANTS TO CHARGE US HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX IT. *KB

Mileage: 10

WE WERE SITTING IN SOME STOP AND GO TRAFFIC WITH THE A/C ON AND THEN THE CAR STARTED TO JUMP FORWARD AND HAS CONTINUED TO DO SO. VERY CONCERNED SINCE THIS IS MY FAMILIES DAY TO DAY CAR WHICH MY 2 VERY YOUNG CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS IN. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THIS SINCE THIS HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR A VERY LONG TIME. *KB

Mileage: 64,000

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR WANTING TO ACCELERATE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I WAS IMAGING UNTIL WHILE AT WALMART WHEN I PUT THE IN REVERSE = CAR SURGED BACKWARDS WHILE FOOT ON THE BRAKE - ABOUT HIT A CHILD - WHEN PUT IN FORWARD GEAR = CAR SURGED - JERKED - HAD NO RPMS. AT TIME OF PURCHASE I DRILLED THE SALES MANAGER ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION AND STATED THAT I DID NOT WANT THE SAME PROBLEMS AS EXPERIENCED WITH MY WINDSTAR. WAS TOLD DIFFERENT TYPE OF TRANSMISSION, UPDATE - NOT GEAR DRIVEN - SOLVED THE PROBLEMS = HAVE NOT HAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION -(DEFINITELY A LIE - FOUND COMPLAINTS ON LINE0 AT FORT MILL FORD IN FORT MILL, SC. ONCE THIS PROBLEM STARTED, HAD NO RPM TO SPEAK OF - DROVE WITH THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR - MAX SPEED I COULD REACH WAS APPROX. 35 TO 40 MPH. AFTER RESEARCHING, IT WAS FOUND THAT FORD KNEW THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FROM FIRST COMPLAINT (SEE ON LINE) UNLESS YOU FORCE THE ISSUE - FORD DEALERS DENIES UNTIL BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION THE RESEARCH I DONE ON THE PROBLEM - THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT THIS HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM. FORD SHOULD BE FORCED TO DO A COMPLETE RECALL - REIMBURSE THOSE THAT HAD TO PAY FOR THIS ERROR WHICH FORD WAS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE DUE TO THE COMPLAINTS ON LINE. FORD NEEDS TO PROVE THAT THEY HAVE SOLVED THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 41,000

97,000 MILES. I HAVE REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY TWICE, NEW TRANSMISSION- HOLE I N THE DRIVE SHAFT. 3 REAR BRAKE JOBS- THE 1ST ON WAS BY RECALL. CRACKED MOTORHEAD 12,000 MILES AFTER NEW TRANSMISSION. THE WHOLE CAR SHAKES, SQUEAKS, AND POPS SINCE THE TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN. FROM THE CV JOINTS AND BACK BRAKES. *TR

Mileage: 75,019

97,000 MILES. I HAVE REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY TWICE, NEW TRANSMISSION- HOLE I N THE DRIVE SHAFT. 3 REAR BRAKE JOBS- THE 1ST ON WAS BY RECALL. CRACKED MOTORHEAD 12,000 MILES AFTER NEW TRANSMISSION. THE WHOLE CAR SHAKES, SQUEAKS, AND POPS SINCE THE TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN. FROM THE CV JOINTS AND BACK BRAKES. *TR

Mileage: 75,019

OUR PROBLEMS WITH OUR 07 FORD FREESTYLE STARTED OCCURRING ABOUT A MONTH AGO. I STARTED TO NOTICE THAT WHEN I WENT TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC, MY CAR SORT OF STUTTERED, THEN TOOK OFF. IT HAS DONE THAT SEVERAL TIMES NOW WHERE IT IS CRUCIAL TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY, AND I HAVE BEEN SO AFRAID OF GETTING HIT BECAUSE OF IT. IT IS LIKE PUSHING ON THE GAS AND NOT REALLY GETTING MUCH OF A RESPONSE WHERE THERE SHOULD BE. SO THE MOST RECENT INCIDENCE OCCURRED WHEN I WAS LEAVING THE STORE WITH A FRIEND AND MY CHILDREN. I PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE TO EXIT MY PARKING SPOT, AND MY CAR TOOK OFF AGGRESSIVELY. I HAD TO KEEP APPLYING THE BREAK TO KEEP FROM HITTING ANYONE OR OTHER CARS. WHEN I LET OFF THE BRAKE IN THE DRIVE GEAR, MY CAR QUICKLY ACCELERATED WITH NO APPLICATION OF THE GAS PEDAL. THIS COULD BE SEVERELY DANGEROUS TO MYSELF, MY FAMILY, AND TO OTHER PEOPLE! PLEASE RECALL THESE CARS.

Mileage: 70,300

THE ENGINE SURGES DURING BRAKING AT LOW SPEEDS IN EITHER REVERSE OR DRIVE. IT CAUSES THE CAR TO LURCH FORWARD OR BACKWARD (DEPENDING ON GEAR) THEREFORE BRAKE MUST BE FIRMLY APPLIED TO MAINTAIN SAFE CONTROL. IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE THERE IS NO WARNING AND YOU ARE NOT ACTIVELY CONTROLLING THE CAR OTHER THAN APPLYING THE BRAKE. IT OCCURS VERY FREQUENTLY. HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY ON 2007 FORD FREESTYLE AND AM GOING TO HAVE IT REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE LURCHES WHEN AIR IS ON MAKING SMALL TIGHT TURNS OR INCREMENTS. *TR

Mileage: 101,234

FORD FREESTYLE 2007 I HAVE HAD 2 THROTTLE BODIES REPLACED CAR CONTINUES TO SURGE IN FORWARD COMING OUT OF REVERSE. JUST WAITING FOR A BIG WRECK FORD DOES NOT CARE WHAT CAN I DO. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

2007 FREESTYLE LUNGES FORWARD AFTER PUTTING IT IN GEAR. REQUIRES A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE IN ORDER FOR IT NOT TO DO AN COMMANDED FORWARD MOVEMENT. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

I JUST PURCHASED A FORD FREESTYLE 2007 AND TOOK IT TO A TACH DAY AFTER THE PURCHASE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR SURGES AND CUTS OF AND THEN WILL LOOSE POWER. TECH ADVISED ME HE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG TEST DROVE IT SEVERAL TIMES AND IT NEVER HAPPENED AFTER WE GOT HOME WITH THE CAR IT BEING TO DO IT A FEW MORE TIMES THIS SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WILL GET YOU KILLED OR YOUR FAMILY KILLED I SURE HOPE FORD REALIZES IF SOMEONE DOES GET HURT BUT THE CAR SURGING LIKE THIS THAT THE COMPANY WILL BE AT FAULT AND I HOPE THEY FIX THE ISSUE SOON FOR GOOD. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

I OWN A 2007 FROD FREESTYLE. I HAVE HAD TROUBLE SINCE THE SUMMER I BOUGHT IT IN 2010 WITH LUNGING FORWARD AND UNEXPECTED ACCELERATIONS. IT DOES THIS WORSE IN THE SUMMER. I ALMOST RAN OVER THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AT A DRIVE THRU THE FIRST TIME. I HAVE HAD IT DO THIS MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN TRYING TO PARK, CAUSING MANY NEAR MISS FENDERBENDERS. I HAVE STOPPED AT CROSSWALKS AND HAD IT LUNGE AND ALMOST RUN OVER PEOPLE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULDNT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE AS TIME GOES BY AND I AM SCARED TO DRIVE IT. *TT

Mileage: 75,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE LUNGES AT LOW SPEEDS IN BOTH FORWARD AND REVERSE. I NOTICED THIS ACTIVITY FOR ABOUT A YEAR BUT THOUGHT THAT MAYBE MY FOOT WAS SLIPPING OFF THE BRAKE. I FINALLY TESTED IT ENSURING THAT I WAS NOT PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR IN ANY WAY. THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD AFTER FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, AND LUNGES IN REVERSE. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY, BUT NOW WITH INCREASING REGULARITY. IN PRESSING THE BRAKE HARD TO PREVENT AN ACCIDENT, THE CAR STALLS. *TT

Mileage: 70,000

CAR SURGES WHEN AT A STOP OR WHEN TRYING TO PARK. SOME TIMES THE SURGE IS SO STRONG IT IS HARD TO KEEP FROM HITTING PEOPLE OR OBJECTS. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

LURCHING OUT OF CONTROL CAR HAD TO BE HELD WITH EXTREME FORCE ON THE BRAKES. TOOK TO DEALER JUNE 15, 2009 REPLACED THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSY. COST $732.86 JUNE 15, 2011 CAR HAS BEEN LURCHING AGAIN, ALMOST TOOK OUT OUR KITCHEN WALL, HOLDING BRAKE HARD SAVED HOME. *TR

Mileage: 55,649

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE SOMETIMES LURCHES WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE, REVERSE OR PARK, QUITS SOMETIMES WHEN I'M BACKING UP OR PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT AND ALSO SURGES SOMETIMES WHEN I ACCELERATE. THE WRENCH LIGHT WILL COME ON, BUT USUALLY GOES OFF WHEN I TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTART IT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND SOMETIMES IT GOES OFF AFTER A FEW MINUTES, BUT OTHER TIMES IT STAYS ON FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME EVEN IF I TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT. THIS PROBLEM STARTED LAST JUNE AND I TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I DIDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM OVER THE WINTER, BUT THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED WITH THE WARMER TEMPERATURES AND IS GETTING WORSE. THE PROBLEM IS DEFINITELY WORSE WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON AND I CAN ALMOST COUNT ON HAVING A PROBLEM AFTER THE CAR HAS IDLED FOR A FEW MINUTES. *TR

WITH MY FREESTYLE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION OR THROTTLE CONTROL. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I REVERSE OR GO FORWARD FROM EITHER A PARKED POSITION OR FROM A STOPPED POSITION THAT THE CAR WILL LUNGE. I HAVE TO APPLY THE BRAKES SOMETIMES TO AVOID HITTING ANOTHER AUTO. WHEN I DO THIS SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL STALL AND THE "WRENCH" LIGHT WILL SHOW UP ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. I HAVE ALSO HAD IT NOT GO INTO GEAR, IT WILL LUNGE AND THEN WHEN I APPLY THE GAS THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR. THE RPMS WILL GO UP BUT EVEN WITH THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR IT WILL NOT ENGAGE. I HAVE TAKEN TO THE CAR TO WHERE I HAVE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY ARE STATING THAT THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WITHOUT THE LIGHT ON THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AND YOU ALWAYS NEED TO BE PREPARED TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THIS CAN RESULT IN A STALLED VEHICLE WHICH IN TURN COULD BE STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSING BODILY INJURY.

Mileage: 65,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE; CONTINUAL SURGING FORWARD AND BACKWARD; STALLING; INABILITY TO ACCELERATE; WRENCH AND ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON; UNABLE TO REPAIR BECAUSE EVERYTIME IT HAPPENS, BY THE TIME I GET IT INTO SERVICE, IT IS RUNNING WELL AGAIN. MORE RECENTLY SPOKE WITH SERVICE AFTER OCCURRENCE AND HE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM, REPAIRS THEM ALL THE TIME SO I AM SCHEDULED FOR AN $800 THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT TOMORROW; THE PROBLEM LEAVES ME VULNERABLE WHILE DRIVING SO I AM UNABLE TO WAIT FOR RECALL, IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. *TR

Mileage: 60,527

I AM FILING A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE FORD "FREESTYLE" MODEL YR. 2007. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN DECEMBER 2009 FROM A REPUTABLE USED CAR DEALERSHIP. I DISCOVERED FROM THE SALESMAN THERE WERE ONLY A FEW LEFT AS THE CAR HAD BEEN DISCONTINUED BY FORD. WHAT BEGAN HAPPENING ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, I NOTICED THE CAR WOULD, AS I FIRST DESCRIBED, "POPPED" WHEN I LET OFF THE BRAKE FROM AN IDLE, AND WOULD SURGE FORWARD. I TOLD MY HUSBAND ABOUT THE PROBLEM HE TOLD ME TO WAIT AND SEE IF THE PROBLEM WOULD WORK OUT. BUT, IT BECAME FAR MORE DRAMATIC WHEN I WAS IN "CARPOOL" EVEN AFTER TURNING OFF THE AC (A PROBLEM IN TX.), THE CAR WOULD SURGE FORWARD SO QUICKLY MY CHILDREN WOULD BE AFRAID AS WELL. I WAS TERRIFIED BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY CHILDREN AND I WAS AFRAID THAT I WOULD LOSE CONTROL. (THIS IS A VERY SCARY SCENARIO). MY HUSBAND TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP SOON THEREAFTER WHERE WE WERE TOLD AFTER A FEW DAYS OF DIAGNOSTICS THAT THE CAR HAD NO IDENTIFIABLE ISSUES. THE PROBLEM HAS NEVER 'CORRECTED' ITSELF AND HAS WORSENED. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL 'NEAR MISSES' FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT. I HAVE A VERY REAL AND SCARY PROBLEM AND I FEEL MY CHILDREN ARE AT RISK. *TR

SURGES UP TO 2000 RPM WHEN SLOWLY TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE, DRIVEWAY, ETC. BRAKES HAVE TO BE FORCEFULLY APPLIED TO AVOID THE VEHICLE SURGING FORWARD AND HITTING SOMETHING OR SOMEONE. *TR

Mileage: 97,000

UNEXPECTED LUNGING FORWARD OR REVERSE AT LOW SPEEDS, WITH BRAKES APPLIED. *TR

Mileage: 72,874

2007 FORD FREESTYLE SURGES UP TO 2000 RPM WHEN SLOWLY TURNING INTO A PARKING SPACE, DRIVEWAY, ETC. BRAKES HAVE TO BE FORCEFULLY APPLIED TO AVOID THE VEHICLE SURGING FORWARD AND HITTING SOMETHING OR SOMEONE. *TR

Mileage: 66,000

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WHICH IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH SUDDENLY LURCHING FORWARD WHEN STOPPING. IF I TURN THE CAR OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN THE PROBLEM DISAPPEARS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE AND IT IS A SERIOUS ISSUE (I BARELY AVOIDED RUNNING INTO SOMEONE AT A DRIVE THROUGH BECAUSE OF THIS). THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED WHEN SIMPLY TAKING MY FOOT OFF THE BREAKS AND NOT EVEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

VEHICLE SURGES WITHOUT DRIVER'S FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. ENGINE REVS AND VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD UNTIL BRAKES APPLIED AT WHICH TIME ENGINE MAY DIE. A WARNING LIGHT MAY OR MAY NOT ILLUMINATE ON THE DASHBOARD AS A "WRENCH" SYMBOL. WHEN THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, THE WARNING LIGHT DESIGNATED BY A "WRENCH" SYMBOL GOES OUT. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

THROTTLE BODY ON 2007 FORD FREESTYLE AND TRANSMISSION BAD AND CAR KEPT LUNGING FORWARD. DEALERSHIP WILL REPAIR BUT THERE HAD BEEN MANY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

THIS STARTED LAST YEAR, WHEN WARM WEATHER STARTED, TRIED TO BACK UP AFTER VEHICLE HAD BEEN IDLING FOR AWHILE, FREESTYLE STALLED OUT AND TRIED TO JUMP, ABOUT THREE TIMES IN A ROW, BEFORE WE COULD GET IN DRIVE. THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ON GOING INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT HAPPENS IN WARM WEATHER. TOOK A FRIEND TO THE HOSPITAL ON 05/25/11. DROVE TO EAST GATE FROM MY HOUSE TO PICK HER UP, STOPPED AT FAST FOOD PLACE, HAD TO WAIT FOR FOOD, NOTICED GAUGE NEEDLES ALL JUMPED UP AND THEN FELL BACK DOWN WHILE WAITING W/A/C AND ENGINE RUNNING IN PARK. PULLED OUT, WENT TO DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, GOT INTO PARKING GARAGE, VEHICLE STARTED TO LURCH WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE. I SLAMMED BOTH FEET ON BRAKE, TO KEEP FROM HITTING ANYONE, OR ANYTHING, VEHICLE STALLED. I RESTARTED, AND KEPT BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE AGAIN TRIED TO LURCH OUT, AND THEN DIED. THIS HAPPEN 3 OR 4 TIMES IN SUCCESSION, FINALLY GOT VEHICLE UNDER CONTROL, AND PARKED IT. IT WAS PARKED ABOUT 30 MINUTES, DROVE BACK TO EASTGATE, AND THEN HOME. WRENCH AND TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON AT TIME OF INCIDENT. IT WAS STILL ON WHEN I GOT HOME. IT WENT OFF AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS. ON 5/30/11, DROPPED OFF FRIEND FROM WORK, ON MY WAY HOME, TALKED IN CAR FOR AWHILE WITH ENGINE AND A/C RUNNING WHILE IN PARK. UPON DRIVING TO MAIN ROAD, VEHICLE STALLED, RESTARTED NO ACCELERATION, WHEN I HIT THE GAS, VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. PULLED OVER TO SIDE, TURNED EVERYTHING OFF, REMOVED KEY, RESTARTED AND DROVE HOME. DEALERSHIP CALLED TODAY, SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND WILL COST ME ABOUT $600.00 TO INSTALL A NEW THROTTLE BODY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING, AFTER READING INFO ON EDMUNDS.COM UPDATED 06/0/8/11*BF

Mileage: 36,000

I OWN A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE SEL AND THIS EVENT HAS HAPPENED 5 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND TURNING ON THE AIR CONDITIONING, WHEN THE CAR IS SHIFTED FROM PARK TO EITHER REVERSE OR DRIVE, THE CAR'S ENGINE WILL SURGE AND IMMEDIATELY THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AS WELL AS ANOTHER INDICATOR LIGHT WILL COME ON. THERE WERE TWO OCCASIONS WHERE MY WIFE TOLD ME THAT IF SHE HAD NOT HAD HER FOOT FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, SHE WOULD HAVE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. I'VE READ THAT THIS IS A PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE. I'VE ALSO READ THAT THE REPAIR FOR THIS IS QUITE EXPENSIVE. MY WIFE AND I BOTH LOVE THIS VEHICLE AND WISH TO KEEP IT. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE THAT LUNGES FORWARD OR BACKWARD DEPENDING ON WHAT GEAR IT IS IN. I SAW WHERE FORD WAS LOOKING INTO THIS FOR A POSSIBLE RECALL, MINE DOES THIS ON OCCASION. BUT 5/30/11 MINE DID IT VERY BADLY AND THE CAR DIED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRANSMISSION LIGHT BOTH CAME ON. I DID GET THE CAR STARTED AND BACK INTO A PARKING SPOT, WITH IT LUNGING FORWARD AND MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. THE CAR IS AT CARMAX NOW AS I HAD BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THEY OFFER. WAITING ON THE OUTCOME. *TR

Mileage: 84,000

THE ENGINE SURGES WHEN IDLING AS WELL AS LURCHES FORWARD (WHILE IN DRIVE THRU LANE) AND IT LURCHES IN REVERSE. IT IS A MAJOR CONCERN WHEN PARKING AND BACKING OUT OF SAID LOCATION. IT HAS ALREADY CAUSED ME TO HIT A CONCRETE PILLAR IN THE PARKING GARAGE! *TR

Mileage: 25,000

OWN A FORD FREESTYLE 2007. WHEN I PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE, WHILE THE A/C WAS ON, THE CAR "LUNGED" FORWARD AND THE "WRENCH" LIGHT CAME ON THE DASHBOARD. I CHECKED MY MANUAL AND IT REFERRED TO THE THROTTLE BODY POSSIBLY HAVING AN ISSUE. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF A/C AND SHUT CAR OFF. I THEN RESTARTED CAR AND THE WRENCH HAS NOT APPEARED SINCE.

Mileage: 150,257

MY CAR AFTER BEING IN PARK, WHEN PLACED INTO DRIVE LURCHED FORWARD. ONCE I STARTED THE ENGINE DID NOT SEEM TO GO QUITE RIGHT AND I HAD AN ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT APPEAR. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF CAR AND THE LIGHT WAS OFF WHEN I RESTARTED IT AND IT ACTED FINE. I HAVE HAD 3 SUBSEQUENT SIMILAR INCIDENCES...THE LURCHES HAVE HAD ME COME CLOSE TO HITTING A CAR AND A PERSON. THE LIGHT ALWAYS GOES AWAY WHEN I TURN OFF THE CAR AND TURN IT RIGHT BACK ON. *TR

Mileage: 52,500

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE STARTED JUMPING OR LUNGING WHEN I WOULD BE PARKING. I WOULD HAVE MY FOOT FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE AND WAS ABOUT TO PUT THE GEAR IN PARK WHEN THE CAR WOULD JUST JUMP OR LUNGE FORWARD. I WOULD PUSH HARDER ON THE BRAKE AND IT WOULD STOP. FORTUNATELY, I DID NOT HIT A CAR OR WALL IN FRONT OF ME. AFTER THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER A THREE WEEK PERIOD, I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE THIS WEEK AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE. IT COST ME $856.64 AT MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. *TR

Mileage: 61,000

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE STARTED MAKING A "REVVING UP" TYPE SOUND WHEN CAR WAS IN PARK OR REVERSE. IT WOULD FEEL LIKE IT WAS GOING TO LUNGE FORWARD IF I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT ECT. IT STALLED OUT ON ME AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WOULD COME ON. IT WOULD START BACK UP. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER ASAP WHEN THIS STARTED HAPPENING. I HAVE APPROX 80,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND WAS TOLD I WAS PAST MY WARRANTY DUE TO MILEAGE AND THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE 5 YR WARRANTY. THE DEALER HAD ME CALL FORD TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP ME OUT WITH ADJUSTING THE COST OF REPAIR. NEEDLESS TO SAY-THIS APPEARED TO BE A SCAM TO GET YOUR CAR REPAIRED AT THE DEALER. I AM NOW LOOKING AT $2500 IN REPAIRS TO FIX A BAD BEARING IN MY TRANSMISSION. THIS CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED ON THESE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS! FORD NEEDS TO STAND BY THEIR CUSTOMERS! I WONDER WHY THEY STOPPED MAKING FREESTYLES? WHO IS GOING TO BAIL US OUT ON THESE REPAIR BILLS? *TR

Mileage: 80,000

VEHICLE SURGES WITHOUT HAVING FOOT ON ACCELERATOR. *TR

Mileage: 76,000

VEHICLE OCCASIONALLY LURCHES WHEN PARKING OR BACKING UP WITHOUT ANY PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR (IN MOST CASES MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE). IN THE PAST IT HAS LURCHED FORWARD, THEN STALLED WHEN MAKING A TIGHT TURN INTO A PARKING SPACE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON. USUALLY AFTER SHUTTING THE CAR DOWN AND WAITING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES THE ENGINE WILL RESTART. THE ONLY PATTERN TO THE LURCHES APPEARS TO BE TIGHT TURNS AND PERHAPS HIGH OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES LURCHES FORWARD DURING NORMAL SHUT DOWN EVEN ON COOL DAYS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALER TWICE IN JUNE OF 2010. THE FORD DEALER'S MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FORD DEALER'S MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT REPLACED AN AIR FLOW METER ON THE FIRST VISIT AND SAID THAT THEY COULD FIND NOTHING ELSE WRONG ON THE SECOND. THE PROBLEM CONTINUES TO PERSIST. ONLY CONSTANT VIGILANCE AND LUCK HAVE PREVENTED AN ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE SURGING. OUR FREESTYLE HAS THE SURGING ISSUE. FIRST STARTED LAST YEAR WHEN WE TURNED ON THE AIR, THE FORD SURGED AND THREW 2 RODS. FORD REBUILT THE ENGINE, LUCKILY STILL UNDER WARRANTY. SINCE THEN IT HAS DONE THE SURGE AT LEAST FIVE MORE TIMES, IT SEEMS TURNING ON THE DEFROST, AIR CONDITION, OR WHEN THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE STARTS, IT HAPPENS. I HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO FORD 2 ADDITIONAL TIMES AND THEY CANNOT SEEM TO FIND NOTHING WRONG. *TR

Mileage: 46,000

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WILL JUMP FORWARD OR BACKWARD WHEN PUT INTO GEAR. IT IS WORSE WHEN THE AIRCONDITONER IS ON OR IF YOU HAVE HAD YOUR FOOT ON THE BREAK WHILE THE CAR IS IN GEAR. AT TIMES WHEN IT JUMPS IT CAUSES THE CAR TO GO DEAD AND IT WILL HAVE TO BE RESTARTED. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR IN 2010. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

OUR 2007 FORD FREESTYLE IS EXHIBITING VEHICLE LUNGING AND/OR ENGINE REVVING WHEN A FOOT IS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR, AND OCCASIONALLY AT LOW SPEED WHEN IT IS.. THIS IS NOW OCCURRING DAILY, AND HAS WORSENED SINCE HAVING ONE REPAIR (REPLACED ENGINE/TRANSMISSION MOUNT) DONE LAST WEEK. *TR

Mileage: 59,080

I OWN A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE THAT WAS SURGING WHEN IN DRIVE OR REVERSE I HAD TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT I KEPT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE UNTIL THE SURGE WAS OVER IT WOULD ALSO STALL THE ENGINE SOMETIMES WHEN IT SURGED. I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND HAD TO WAIT TWO WEEKS FOR THE PART TO COME IN. THE DEALER PROVIDED ME WITH A LOANER BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE CAR BECAUSE IT WAS BECOMING WORSE. I WOULD SHAKE YOU AROUND AT TIMES THE SURGE WAS SO STRONG. IT SEEMED OK WHEN WE PICKED IT UP BUT I HAVE PUT ABOUT 8000 MILE ON IT SINCE THE REPAIR AND I AM STARTING TO NOTICE THAT IT IS STARTING TO ACT UP AGAIN NOT TO A BAD POINT YET BUT THAT IS HOW IT STARTED OUT THE FIRST TIME. THE REPAIR WAS 650.00 AND IT IS LOOKING LIKE IT WILL HAVE TO BE REPAIRED AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 46,901

CAR LUNGES ACCELERATES FORWARD AND BACKWARDS WHILE DRIVING IN AND OUT OF DRIVEWAY OR PARKING SPACES. IT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE LAST YEAR. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

WE OWN A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. IT HAS ROUGHLY 51,000 MILES ON IT WHICH HAVE BEEN ALL CITY/HIGHWAY MILES. WE HAVE NEVER TOWED WITH THIS VEHICLE. WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH SURGING FOLLOWED BY LACK OF POWER FOR ABOUT A MONTH. TO GET POWER BACK, YOU MUST PUT THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND WAIT FOR IT THE POWER TO KICK BACK IN. WE TOOK OUR VEHICLE IN TO LITHIA FORD IN BOISE, ID WHERE WE RESIDE AND WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND HAVE HAD IT MAINTAINED. THEY INFORMED US THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. OF COURSE, THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH IT IS REQUIRED FOR THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE. THE ESTIMATED COST IS $954! I GUESS WE ARE LUCKY THAT IT HAS NOT FAILED ON US YET AS THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS FRIGHTENING STORIES ABOUT THIS TYPE OF FAILURE. WE WILL NEED TO HAVE IT REPLACED WITHIN THE WEEK AND WILL BE RETAINING THE OLD PART. HOWEVER, THIS APPEARS TO BE A SYSTEMIC ISSUE WITH FORD FREESTYLES AND CERTAINLY A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE OWNED A FORD ALL OF MY DRIVING LIFE AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME, AM REGRETTING BUYING THIS ONE. WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU TAKE NOTE OF THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER FREESTYLE OWNERS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE 2007, AND IMMEDIATELY OPEN AN INVESTIGATION ON BEHALF OF US CONSUMERS. THANK YOU! *TR

Mileage: 53,267

I HAD MY BRAKES REPAIRED THIS SPRING. TWO WEEKS AGO I HAD TO HAVE MY A/C COMPRESSOR REPLACED. ON 5/8/11 I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE WITH MY FOOT APPLIED GENTLY TO THE BRAKE WHEN MY FORD FREESTYLE SUDDENLY SURGED AND THEN SHUT OFF. WHEN I RESTARTED IT THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS LIT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW THROTTLE BODY, NOT COVERED UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY AS IT IS OUTSIDE THE ENGINE. I RESEARCHED THESE ISSUES ONLINE WHEN I GOT HOME AND THERE ARE MANY DISCUSSIONS REGARDING ALL OF THESE ISSUES. SOME EVEN STATE AFTER REPAIR THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO SURGE AND HAS EVEN HIT OTHER VEHICLES. *TR

Mileage: 50,600

HTTP://WWW.MYFORDFREESTYLE.COM/FORUMS/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?F=1&T=2951&START=45 - IS THE LINK FOR THE SEVERAL DIFFERENT CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE FORD FREESTYLE. QUESTION - WHY IS FORD NOT FORCED TO DO A RECALL ON THE FREESTYLE DUE TO SURGING FORWARD AND BACKWARD. OTHER CAR MANUFACTURES ARE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE. YESTERDAY ON MAY 8, 2011 - 2007 LIMITED FORD FREESTYLE - WAS IN WALMART PARKING LOT - PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE - SURGED BACKWARD - CAR JUST ABOUT HIT A CHILD IN THE PARKING LOT IF I WAS NOT QUICK TO PUT ON BRAKES. TOOK OUT OF GEAR - PUT BACK IN REVERSE - SMALL SURGE BACKWARD. TO DRIVE FORWARD - PUT CAR IN GEAR - JERKED - ABOUT TO FAIL BUT FINALLY SURGED FORWARD - NOISE AS IF GEAR ARE STRIPPING - DROVE TO STOP LIGHT - MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN - CAR JUST ABOUT SHUT DOWN - MY HUSBAND AND GRANDCHILDREN IN THE CAR. - THANKFUL NO CARS WERE BEHIND ME. DANGEROUS ON THE ROAD AND IN PARKING LOTS - BE HIT OR HIT PEOPLE OR OTHER VEHICLES. - PER ALL THE COMPLAINTS POSTED APPEARS THERE IS A THROTTLE PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND REPLACEMENTS ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY. GOING TO THE MEDIA TO SEE IF THIS WILL GET SOMEONE ATTENTION. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE- THE TRANSMISSION HAS A BEARING GOING THAT IS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO SLIP. THIS CAR IS ONLY 4 YRS OLD. WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING YOU FEEL THE ENGINE REVVING UP. FORD WILL NOT STAND BEHIND ITS WARRANTY ON THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. I ALSO HAVE HAD THE WRENCH LIGHT GO ONE. THE CAR IS STARTING TO LOSE POWER WHEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, I ALSO HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE MIDDLE SEAT NOT GOING DOWN PROPERLY. IT WAS REPLACE ONCE WHEN THE CAR WAS FIRST DELIVERED AND WILL NOT GO DOWN AGAIN. I ALSO HAVE PAINT PEELING OFF LEFT SIDE OF HOOD. THIS STARTED WHEN THE CAR WAS LESS THAT 2 YRS OLD. FORD WILL NOT HELP WITH ANY OF THE COSTS TO FIX ANY OF THE ABOVE. I AM LOCATED IN OHIO. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

OUR 2007 FORD FREESTYLE (70124) BEGAN MAKING A NOISE IN PARK AND NEUTRAL. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE CVT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $4384 WITH LABOR AND FLUSH $5618.87 TO REPAIR. AFTER READING OTHER ACCOUNTS HERE I ALSO RECOGNIZE THE LURCHING FORWARD. TRIED TO TRADE VEHICLE BUT COST OF REPAIR TAKES AWAY TRADE IN VALUE. WE WILL WAIT FOR A PUSH PULL AND DRAG SALE AND TRY TO GET AT LEAST ENOUGH FOR IT TO GET ANOTHER VEHICLE. WAS TOLD THAT THE NEW REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION CARRIES A 100,000 MILE WARRANTY. WHY DID THE CURRENT TRANSMISSION HAVE ONLY 60,000 MILE WARRANTY. WE WERE TOLD FORD IS THE ONLY PLACE TO GET THE NEW TRANSMISSION. WIN WIN SITUATION FOR FORD AT CUSTOMER EXPENSE. ONE SOLUTION FOR FORD TO CONSIDER IF THEY CANNOT DO A RECALL IS TO REFINANCE VEHICLES FOR TRANSMISSION REPAIR AT COST. THEY SHOULD NOT JUST ABANDON THEIR CUSTOMERS. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE, IT HAS BEEN LURCHING AND ACCELERATING AND THEN STALLING OFF AND ON OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS. WE HAVE HAD IT CHECKED OUT TWICE AND THE MECHANICS CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG. LAST WEEK THE CAR STARTED HAVING A HIGH PITCHED WHINING SOUND, HAD THE WHEEL BEARING CHECKED, NOTHING WRONG. THEN THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY JUST QUIT GOING FORWARD, THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE. HAVING IT TOWED TO THE DEALER, PRETTY SURE IT IS THE CVT TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAS 78,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH NEAR THE FRONT. IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY WITH 120,000 MILES. BROUGHT IT IN TO MECHANIC THINKING IT WAS A WHEEL BEARING OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. ACCORDING TO FOUR SEPARATE REPAIR SHOPS IT IS THE TRANSMISSION. LOWEST COST TO FIX, THAT I COULD FIND, IS 4300 DOLLARS, WHICH IS MORE THAN HALF OF WHAT I STILL OWE ON IT. FOR SOMETHING TO COST THAT MUCH TO REPAIR IS A SHAME. I CAN UNDERSTAND CAR PARTS FAILING, EVEN TRANSMISSIONS, BUT NOT FOR THAT MUCH. I HAD A TRANSMISSION FAIL IN ANOTHER FORD, A COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE THIS ONE, AND IT WAS 2000 DOLLARS TO FIX. EXPENSIVE, YES, BUT NOT OVER 4000 FREAKIN DOLLARS. I COULD HAVE THE ENTIRE ENGINE REPLACED ON THIS 2007 FREESTYLE FOR CHEAPER THAN THE TRANSMISSION. FORD COULD AT LEAST OFFER SOME KIND OF BREAK ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS IF NOT A RECALL. I AM AWARE OF A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH THESE FREESTYLES. IF SOMETHING DOESN'T HAPPEN FOR THESE SOON, I WILL NOT BE SAD TO NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN. *LN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A CLANGING SOUND IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT GEARS AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE TO ANY GEAR. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO PUSH THE VEHICLE INTO A PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

Mileage: 81,000

NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE. TOOK IT TO DEALER FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS BAD, DO TO A BENT SHAFT.

Mileage: 84,134

2007 FORD FREESTYLE IS STALLING, AND STOPPING IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY, THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT SHIFTING, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, MANY OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. RPM IS RACING. I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES I HAVE CALLED FORD MANY TIMES AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO THEM. TODAY, 1-31-2011, THE FORD FREESTYLE 2007, SHUT COMPLETELY OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF I-85. THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN CAR CRASH IF I DIDN'T THINK QUICKLY ON WHAT TO DO. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS, FORD SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE BECAUSE OF SO MANY OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I BOUGHT FORD FREESTYLE ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO,NOW I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE THROTTLE AND ESPECIALLY THE TRANSMISSION WHICH STALLS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. ALSO, WHEN ON THE INTERSTATE IT DOES THE SAME THING. HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND GOING TO HAVE TO GET SOME MAJOR WORKED DONE ON THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE: WRENCH LIGHT ON DASHBOARD CAME ON INDICATING THROTTLE CONTROL/TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. CAR STALLED AND SURGED FOR 4 MILES. THROTTLE BODY REPLACED AT 36,819 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 36,819

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WAS DELIVERED IN JANUARY, 2007. IN MARCH 2008, THE TRANSMISSION WENT AND THE DEALER HAD THE FREESTYLE UNTIL THE END OF MAY, 2008. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT "PEOPLE" WERE FLOWN IN FROM "DETROIT." THEN, IN AUGUST, 2009, THE TRANSMISSION WENT ON THE MASS PIKE AT 65 MPH. I CALLED THE DEALER AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT THE NEW TRANSMISSION ONLY HAD 11,000 MILES ON IT. (AS AN ASIDE, NO ONE WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT I HAD ANY CONTACT WITH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT IN 2008.) I CALLED FORD. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT A "FORD PROBLEM" BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FIXED BY FORD, BUT RATHER BY THE "TRANSMISSION SHOP AROUND THE CORNER." FORD'S PROBLEM HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY SINCE THEM AND I CONTINUE TO PAY FOR FORD'S PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 83,000

2007 FREESTYLE SEL AWD W/50,000 MILES SURGES AT LOW SPEEDS AND STALLS AT HIGH SPEEDS. THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE ENTERS "LIMP" MODE UNTIL VEHICLE IS RESTARTED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER ERROR CODES WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR DIAGNOSTICS. HOWEVER, BASED ON MY VERBAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM ALONE HE SUGGESTED REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY, SAYING "THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE FOR THE FREESTYLE, 500, AND EDGE." I AM STILL DECIDING WHETHER TO SPEND THE $1000 THEY QUOTED ME FOR REPLACEMENT (A FIRESTONE SERVICE CENTER QUOTED ME $750). FOR ONE, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW SUCH A DANGEROUS MALFUNCTION IS ALLOWED TO GO UNADDRESSED. TWO, HOW CAN THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY, WHICH CONTROLS THE ENTIRE POWERTRAIN, NOT BE COVERED BY A POWERTRAIN WARRANTY? AND THREE, IF IT IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM THAT BY VERBAL DESCRIPTION ALONE, A DEALER KNOWS A MAJOR COMPONENT NEEDS REPLACEMENT, WHY IS THIS NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY FORD AT A NATIONAL LEVEL? HERE'S MY VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

2007 FREESTYLE SEL AWD W/50,000 MILES SURGES AT LOW SPEEDS AND STALLS AT HIGH SPEEDS. THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE ENTERS "LIMP" MODE UNTIL VEHICLE IS RESTARTED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER ERROR CODES WHEN I TOOK IT IN FOR DIAGNOSTICS. HOWEVER, BASED ON MY VERBAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM ALONE HE SUGGESTED REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY, SAYING "THIS IS A VERY COMMON ISSUE FOR THE FREESTYLE, 500, AND EDGE." I AM STILL DECIDING WHETHER TO SPEND THE $1000 THEY QUOTED ME FOR REPLACEMENT (A FIRESTONE SERVICE CENTER QUOTED ME $750). FOR ONE, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW SUCH A DANGEROUS MALFUNCTION IS ALLOWED TO GO UNADDRESSED. TWO, HOW CAN THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY, WHICH CONTROLS THE ENTIRE POWERTRAIN, NOT BE COVERED BY A POWERTRAIN WARRANTY? AND THREE, IF IT IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM THAT BY VERBAL DESCRIPTION ALONE, A DEALER KNOWS A MAJOR COMPONENT NEEDS REPLACEMENT, WHY IS THIS NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY FORD AT A NATIONAL LEVEL? HERE'S MY VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES - MORE FREQUENT DURING SUMMER MONTHS - THE ENGINE LUNGES (BOTH IN DRIVE AND REVERSE) WHEN MY FOOT IS FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE. OCCASIONALLY, WHEN IN REVERSE, IT WILL LUNGE, THEN THE ENGINE WILL DIE. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTART IT THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. FORD SAYS THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. HOPEFULLY IT WILL NOT CONTINUE TO LUNGE WHEN PEOPLE ARE STANDING IN A CROSSWALK. *TR

Mileage: 58,776

I OWN A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. IT HAS IN RECENT WEEKS BEGUN TO UNEXPECTEDLY SURGE IN BOTH DRIVE AND REVERSE. THIS IS NOT A "LITTLE" SURGE BUT A POWERFUL LUNGE IN WHATEVER DIRECTION THE WHEEL IS TURNED. IT IS ALWAYS AT LOW SPEED, AND VERY RANDOM IN WHEN IT OCCURS. IT IS VERY UNNERVING AROUND PEDESTRIANS AND ALSO IN TIGHT SPACES LIKE A GARAGE. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE BACK BRAKES. HAD THOSE REPLACED JULY08. IN JULY09 I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE IT ACCELERATED AND LURCHED FORWARD ALMOST HITTING THE CAR BESIDE ME. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT A WEEK. THEN EVERY TIME I PUT IT IN REVERSE IT WOULD DIE THEN THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND WAS REPLACED. IN FEB. 2010 I WAS INFORMED THAT MY BACK BRAKES WERE COMPLETELY GONE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ASAP. IN JUNE10 THE CAR STARTED MAKING A FUNNY NOISE IN PARK AND NO LIGHTS IN THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL HAD COME ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE INPUT SHAFT BEARING WAS OUT. WHICH MEANS A NEW TRANSMISSION. IN OCTOBER10, AS I WAS TURNING RIGHT INTO AN INTERSECTION DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I HAD THE PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. AND, THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 32,611

BOUGHT A USED 2007 FORD FREESTYLE LIMITED 3.0 DURATEC ENGINE, CVT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. HAD FORD DEALER TUNE-UP THE ENGINE, REPLACE FRONT CRANKSHAFT SEAL ON ENGINE AND REPLACE THE CVT FLUID & FILTERS AS WELL AS PERFORM A MULTI-POINT INSPECTION. AFTER WORK PERFORMED (WHICH REQUIRED THE REMOVAL OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD W/THROTTLE BODY ATTACHED FOR THE TUNE-UP) THE VEHICLE NOW SURGES BADLY WHEN IN REVERSE PULLING OUT OF PARKING SPOT. DOES SO QUITE POWERFULLY AND IS VERY DANGEROUS TO ANY LIFE & PROPERTY THAT IS AROUND THE VEHICLE WHEN SURGING OCCURS UNEXPECTEDLY. NO DOUBT IN MY MIND HAD MY WIFE BEEN DRIVING SHE WOULD HAVE PANICKED AND THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOSS OF LIFE OR PROPERTY. FORTUNATELY I WAS DRIVING AND MANAGED (JUST BARELY) TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. TOOK BACK TO DEALER TO DIAGNOSE AND WAS QUOTED THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE R/R'D. WAS TOLD BY SERVICE MANAGER FORD WAS WELL AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT HAS FAILED TO RESPOND WITH A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 153,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE SURGED FORWARD AS I WAS STOPPED FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE "WRENCH" LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT. I WAS TOLD THE DIAGNOSTIC CODE INDICATED THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL ASSEMBLY MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE INSTALLATION WOULD COST ABOUT $700. THE PART WAS ORDERED IN LATE JULY. IT IS NOW OCTOBER AND THE PART HAS NOT ARRIVED. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RE-OCCURRED. IT WAS VERY HOT THAT DAY AND THE A/C WAS ON. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE THAT I HAVE HAD FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW. I FIRST EXPERIENCED MY CAR NOT ABLE TO GO OVER TWENTY MILE PER HOUR ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. I GOT IT HOME SHUT IT OFF AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE TILL ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. WHEN MY CAR IS IN PARK AND WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE IT MAKES A FUNNY WINDING SOUND AND ABOUT A WEEK AGO MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT AND ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN AND SHE COULDN'T EVEN DRIVE IT ANYMORE IT WAS HURKY JERKY AND GOT IT BACK TO THE HOUSE. NOW I TAKE IT IN AND THE MECHANIC SAYS ITS THE TRANSMISSION. THE COMPUTER IS SAYING THAT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH A TRANSMISSION AS WELL. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM A LITTLE MORE IT SEEMS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH FORD NOT DOING ANYTHING TO START A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM COULD OF HAVE BEEN ALOT WORSE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY AND HAD A HORRIBLE CRASH BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM.. MY CAR ONLY HAS A LITTLE OVER 67000 MILES ON IT AND SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS ALREADY AND ESPECIALLY AFTER I KEEP UP WITH THE MAINTENANCE ON THIS VEHICLE. IT IS GOING TO COST ME OVER 4000 DOLLARS TO GET THIS FIXED ON SOMETHING FORD HAS SEEM COMING AND IS DOING NOTHING ABOUT THIS. THIS IS PROBABLY THE REASON THEY STOPPED MAKING THIS MODEL ONLY AFTER THREE YEARS. IF SOMEONE COULD LOOK INTO THIS FOR ME ,THAT WOULD BE GREAT!!!!!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 67,000

WE PURCHASED A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE EARLIER THIS YEAR. SHORTLY, AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IT STARTED LUNGING FORWARD WHILE THE BRAKE WAS BEING HELD DOWN. IN ADDITION, THE LUNGING WOULD ALSO OCCUR WHEN THE CAR WAS IN REVERSE AND THE BRAKE WAS BEING HELD. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF INSTANCES, WHERE THE CAR STALLED AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF AND WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES, AND THEN RESTARTED THE CAR. THE WRENCH LIGHT WENT OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALERSHIP, WHO TOLD US NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. IMMEDIATELY AFTER PICKING UP THE CAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP IT STARTED THE LUNGING. I READ ON A FORUM THAT OTHER FORD FREESTYLE OWNERS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. SOME OF THE OWNERS HAD GOTTEN A FUEL INDUCTION SERVICE. WE WENT TO A DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIP FOR THE FUEL INDUCTION SERVICE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN LUNGING SINCE WE HAD THE SERVICE. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

TRACTION CONTROL AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON. DEALERSHIP REPLACED AWD PUMP UNDER WARRANTY. LIGHTS ARE STILL COMING ON. DEALERSHIP SAYS PROBLEM IS "DEM" MODULE IN REAR AXLE. DEM IS NOT CONSIDERED A POWERTRAIN PART AND DEALERSHIP WANTS $5000 TO FIX IT. *TR

Mileage: 63,000

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE THAT HAS A TENDENCY TO SURGE WHEN IDLING IN DRIVE OR REVERSE WHEN MY FOOT IS NOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. I HAVE LEARNED TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND NOT LET ANYONE ELSE DRIVE THE CAR. IT STARTED AT AROUND 40,000 MILES AND VISTA FORD IN OXNARD TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I NOW HAVE 95,000 MILES ON IT AND IT DOES IT DAILY. IT IS WORSE WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS HIGHER AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IT HAS STALLED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON AS WELL AS THE WRENCH. TURNING THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTARTING THE CAR MAKES THE WRENCH GO AWAY BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON. THE LIGHT EVENTUALLY GOES OFF WHEN I GET THE CARE BACK TO A LOWER ELEVATION. IT HAS BEEN WORSE WHEN THE CARE IS ABOVE 4000 FEET ELEVATION. I HAVE HAD FORDS ALL MY LIFE AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. THEY HAVE DONE RECALLS FOR ITEMS THAT ARE A LOT LESS DANGEROUS THAN THIS. THEY DEFINITELY NEED TO DO A RECALL ASAP OR SOMEONE IS GOING THE BE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

CVT TRANSMISSION ON 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WAS MAKING A NOISE IN PARK AND REVERSE, DEALER SAID TRANSMISSION NEEDED A PART THAT WAS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER BUT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. A FEW DAYS LATER, WE EXPERIENCED A MORE SEVERE TRANSMISSION ISSUE WITH THE CAR SURGING FORWARD WHEN REVERSE OR DRIVE IS ENGAGED. IN ADDITION, THE CAR IS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE OVER 30 MPH AND ONCE FOOT IS OFF THE ACCELERATOR, THE CAR QUICKLY LOSES SPEED. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD PROBLEM I HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION AND THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 45,000 MILES. CURRENT STATUS: PART CONTINUES TO BE ON BACK ORDER AND DEALER CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS BEEN TERRIBLE IN TERMS OF PROVIDING LOANER CAR AND STATUS UPDATES ETC... *TR

Mileage: 42,000

VEHICLE SURGES OR LUNCHES FORWARD AT LOW SPEEDS. CAR ALSO DIES WHEN GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

I BOUGHT A USED 2007 FORD FREESTYLE FROM WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A REPUTABLE DEALER TWO WEEKS AGO. I HAVE NOW BEEN TOLD AFTER HAVING PROBLEMS WIT THE CAR ACCELERATING IN REVERSE WHEN I LET OFF THE BRAKE, AND HAVING THE WRENCH LIGHT COME ON THE DASH, THAT I HAVE A FAILED THROTTLE BODY/ TRANSMISSION THAT WILL COST IN THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO FIX. I HAVE RESEARCHED ON LINE SINCE THEN AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THOUSAND OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION/THROTTLE BODY ON THIS CAR IS DEFECTIVE AND FORD SHOULD REPLACE IT IMMEDIATELY! WHY IS THIS NOT ON A RECALL LIST?? *TR

Mileage: 74,000

CAR SURGES FORWARD AT LOW SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE AC IS ON, AND SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE IT IS TRYING TO KEEP MOVING UNDER ITS OWN POWER EVEN WHEN MY FOOT IS ONLY ON THE BRAKE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NOT ON SO I'M TOLD NOTHING IS WRONG. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE SUDDEN LURCHING IN FORWARD AND REVERSE . SOME TIMES FOLLOWED BY ENGINE STALL AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT STOP SIGNS, WHILE IN DRIVE THIS, AND BACKING ABOUT OF PARKING SPOTS. IT WAS TAKEN TO CERTIFIED MECHANIC. THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM (THEY SAID THAT CODE DID NOT SHOW) I T IS NOW IN THE SHOP AGAIN AS IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

FORD FREESTYLE '07 LESS THAN 36K MILES...VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHILE FOOT WAS ON BRAKE PEDAL...VEHICLE THEN DIED IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY. COULD NOT DRIVE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC WHILE ON HIGHWAY BECAUSE FEAR OF RAMMING INTO VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME. HAPPENED ONE TIME BEFORE WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL...VEHICLE SURGED BACKWARDS. HAVE VEHICLE AT FORD DEALERSHIP NOW...AWAITING ANALYSIS. *TR

Mileage: 33,713

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WITH APPROXIMATELY 56-60,000 MILES WOULD LURCH FORWARD OR BACKWARD AFTER SITTING IN PARK FOR A COUPLE MINUTES (WARMUP, ETC.). I ALWAYS COVER MY BRAKE WITH MY LEFT FOOT FORTUNATELY WHICH PREVENTED ME FROM MOVING TOO FAR. THIS WOULD ALMOST WITHOUT EXCEPTION MAKE THE 'CHECK ENGINE' LIGHT COME ON AND IT WOULD RUN VERY ROUGH. I WOULD HAVE TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND THEN RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE LOCAL DEALER DID DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR THE THROTTLE BODY CONTROL (WHAT I WAS TOLD) UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. IT COST ME MY DEDUCTIBLE BUT THAT TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM FOR NOW. IT MAY HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE 'DRIVE BY WIRE' CONTROLS/COMPUTER FOR THE THROTTLE BODY. WHATEVER IT WAS THE REPAIR SEEMED TO HAVE TAKEN CARE OF IT FOR NOW. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE THAT "SURGES" WHEN IT IS PUT INTO REVERSE OR INTO DRIVE, THIS OCCURS ON A DAILY BASIS. IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN & THIS MAKES ME FEEL VERY UNSAFE. AFTER TAKING IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED REPLACING. THERE HAPPENED TO BE A CAR EXACTLY LIKE MINE IN THEIR SHOP HAVING THE EXACT SAME REPAIR. I DID SOME RESEARCH & FOUND THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A UNIVERSAL PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE FROM PARK OR NEUTRAL, THE TRANSMISSION TAKES SEVERAL SECONDS TO ENGAGE AND WHEN IT DOES IT LURCHES FORWARD OR BACKWARD WITH NO INPUT TO THE GAS PEDAL. YOU MUST HAVE YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND BE READY TO PRESS DOWN HARD TO KEEP THE CAR FROM LUNGING FORWARD OR BACKWARD. ALSO, WHEN CREEPING FORWARD IN PARKING LOTS OR OTHER SLOW MOVING SITUATIONS AND APPLYING A SMALL AMOUNT OF THROTTLE, THE CAR WILL LUNGE FORWARD AT A MUCH GREATER SPEED THAN WHAT COMMANDED AT THE GAS PEDAL. THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE IN PARKING LOTS THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE OR CARS, POTENTIALLY CLOSE BY THAT COULD BE STRUCK. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN SHIFTING INTO FIRST GEAR AT 25 MPH OR MORE, THE VEHICLE WOULD ABNORMALLY ACCELERATE WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED. THE FAILURE WOULD ALSO OCCUR WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION AND ADVISED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

Mileage: 73,000

MY CAR LUNGES FORWARD OR BACKWARDS EVEN IF THE BRAKE IS FIRMLY ENGAGED. IT IS EVEN WORSE IF THE CAR HAS BEEN IDLE FOR A FEW MINUTES. IT WILL THROW A WRENCH IN THE WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH, STALL OUT AND I HAVE TO TURN THE CAR OFF THEN ON AGAIN. IT SEEMS TO BE WORSE IF IT'S HOT OUTSIDE. THIS CAR IS VERY DANGEROUS. YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT LUNGING FORWARD. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND ON HERE. *TR

Mileage: 59,000

I TOOK MY FORD FREESTYLE INTO THE DEALER TODAY TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT BECAUSE IT WAS LURCHING AND NOT GETTING ENOUGH POWER. IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ...BAD THROTTLE BODY...AND THE MECHANIC HAD THE NERVE TO SUGGEST THAT IT ONLY HAPPENS TO CARS THAT AREN'T MAINTAINED PROPERLY BY THE OWNERS. I EXPLAINED THAT MINE IS WELL MAINTAINED AND I HAVE RECORDS TO SHOW FOR IT, THEN HE GAVE ME THE WONDERFUL NEWS THAT IT WOULD ONLY COST ME $1,188.93 TO FIX IT. HE ACTED LIKE IT WAS A REAL RARITY FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AND THAT I WAS GETTING A HUGE DEAL. HE EVEN CHARGED ME $99 FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM. THEN HE CAME BACK TO ME AND WARNED ME THAT IT COULD STOP OR "THE ENGINE COULD SEIZE" IF I DROVE IT STILL. WHEN I WOULDN'T TAKE THE BAIT, HE CALLED ME LATER AT HOME AND SUGGESTED THEY COULD GIVE ME A SMALL DISCOUNT FOR THE REPAIR. THEN HE ONCE AGAIN WARNED THAT IT'S VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. BY THE WAY, I'M A SINGLE WOMAN AND THE CAR HAS ONLY 47K ON IT. I'M FEELING PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THE INCREASED COST WAS ASSOCIATED WITH MY GENDER...SO, WHAT OTHERS WERE TOLD WOULD COST THEM ABOUT $700 OR SO, I WAS INFORMED WOULD BE ALMOST $1,200 - GUESS IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO FIX THE PROBLEM WHEN A WOMAN IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER!!! WHEN I GOOGLED THE FREESTYLE NAME I FOUND OUT THAT THIS PROBLEM IS VERY VERY COMMON WITH OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS. I'M SERIOUSLY DISGUSTED THAT FORD AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES WOULD TRY TO COVER UP OR IGNORE THIS PROBLEM AND EVEN ALLOW DRIVERS BACK ON THE ROAD WHEN THIS TYPE OF THING IS OCCURRING. IT'S AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TR

Mileage: 47,000

I WAS DRIVING MY FREESTYLE THRU THE CARPOOL LANE AT SCHOOL. I WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY, STOP AND GO, WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE OR THE ACCELERATOR. THE CAR "LURCHED" FORWARD SUDDENLY. MY LEFT FOOT IS ALWAYS AT THE CORNER OF THE BRAKE DUE TO A PROBLEM I HAD WITH THE ACCELERATOR CABLE IN ANOTHER VEHICLE. IF MY FOOT HAD NOT BEEN ON THAT BRAKE, I WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME...OR A CHILD!!! A POLICE OFFICER STANDING RIGHT THERE, GAVE ME A VERY MEAN LOOK WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AS IT WAS A TRULY UNSAFE DRIVER. THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED TO ME THE ONE TIME. I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. THE REPAIR IT VERY COSTLY. ITS THE "THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY" , THIS SEEMS TO BE A LARGE PROBLEM WITH THE FREESTYLE. I THEN SPOKE TO A FORD CUSTOMER REPRESENTATIVE, WITH NO POSITIVE OUTCOME. UPON CHECKING THIS ONLINE, I REALIZE THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THE FREESTYLE. SO I AM "STUCK" DRIVING A VERY UNSAFE VEHICLE. I ALSO HAVE A DELAY IN THE SHIFTING OF THE CAR FROM PARK TO REVERSE, AND FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. FORD SAYS THAT IS A DIRTY TRANSMISSION, AND NEEDS TO BE FLUSHED..AGAIN PRICEY. I REALLY FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE AT RISK WITH THIS PROBLEM? THIS VEHICLE IS VERY CONDUCIVE TO CHILDREN, AND I SEE MANY OF THESE VEHICLES AT SCHOOLS. I HAVE HAD OVER 15 FORDS, AND THIS IS THE WORST SERVICE THAT I HAVE EVER HAD. I INSIST THAT SOMETHING BE DONE, BEFORE PEOPLE ARE KILLED FOR A FORD ISSUE THAT THEY ARE "AWARE" OF! *TR

Mileage: 52,535

2005 FORD FREESTYLE LIMITED WITH 52,000 MILES "LURCHES" IN FORWARD AND REVERSE. COST TO REPLACE THROTTLE BODY PART EXCEED $600. THIS VEHICLE IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. AFTER FURTHER ONLINE RESEARCH THERE ARE MANY SAME COMPLAINTS. THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE PROPERLY REVIEWED FOR RECALL BY FORD ASAP TO MINIMIZE DAMAGES AS A RESULT OF FAULTY PARTS. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

WE'VE HAD OUR 2007 FORD FREESTYLE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS, BUT TODAY MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER FREESTYLE AND HAD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT AN INTERSECTION. SUDDENLY IT SURGED WHILE HER FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. SHE SAID SHE STARTED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND COULDN'T GET THE CAR TO GO REGARDLESS OF HOW HAD SHE PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR ( ENGINE DID NOT RACE ) AND FINALLY GAINED SPEED. SHE IMMEDIATELY MADE HER WAY HOME AND TOLD ME HER EXPERIENCE. I DROVE IT MYSELF AND IT (SURGING) HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I STOPPED AT A LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE TO SEE IF THEY COULD PULL TROUBLE CODES, WHICH THEY COULDN'T READ. WE THEN LEFT AND I CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT TO SEE IF IT WOULD STILL HAPPEN AND IT DID WHEN WE WERE BACKING UP AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT. WE IMMEDIATELY CAME HOME AND PARKED IT. THE REASON WE ARE WRITING THIS NOW, INSTEAD OF WAITING TO SEE WHAT A SERVICE REP WOULD SAY, IS BECAUSE UPON RETURNING HOME WE DID A SEARCH ON THE NET AND FOUND MANY STORIES OF THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. FRANKLY I'M SURPRISED WE DIDN'T HIT SOMETHING TODAY. THIS APPEARS TO BE A SERIOUS SITUATION FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR AND ISSUE AN IMMEDIATE RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 46,698

FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS, MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS BEEN SURGING WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE OR WHEN I GO FORWARD AFTER BEING STOPPED, AT SAY A REDLIGHT. LAST WEEK, MY VEHICLE STARTED DYING ON ME AND THE WRENCH SYMBOL WOULD COME ON AND THE SURGING WOULD BE WORSE. OF COURSE WHEN I GOT IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP THE WRENCH SYMBOL WAS NO LONGER ON SO THEY FOUND NOTHING WHEN THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED. AFTER LEAVING IT THERE FOR 5 DAYS I TOOK IT HOME AND THE NEXT DAY IT DIED AND THE WRENCH SYMBOL CAME ON AGAIN. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AFTER THE DIAGNOSTIC WAS RAN IT WAS DETERMINED IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY THAT NEEDED REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS 64,446 MILES AND WAS PURCHASED NEW. IN THE PAST 2 MONTHS, THE CAR HAS DEVELOPED A PROBLEM WITH RAPID ACCELERATION THAT OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING AND IT HAPPENS IN FORWARD AS WELL AS REVERSE. IT SEEMS TO BE WORSE WHEN IT'S HOT & THE A/C IS ON. I HAVE ALMOST REAR-ENDED SEVERAL CARS WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT & ALMOST "LURCHED" INTO A PEDESTRIAN IN A PARKING LOT. I TOOK THE CAR TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY IS BAD AND HAS TO BE REPLACED AND THE PART & REPAIR IS NOT GOING TO BE COVERED BY MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD TO BOTH THE DRIVER AND PUBLIC SINCE IT OCCURS WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND THE "LURCHING" SENDS THE CAR FORWARD OR BACKWARD AT A SUDDEN SPEED. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE TO ALERT THE PUBLIC. *TR

Mileage: 64,446

2007 FORD FREESTYLE THROTTLE BODY VEHICLE PROGRESSIVELY FEELING MORE ROUGH AT IDLING (WHILE WAITING AT A STOP LIGHT). ON AUGUST 7 2010 I BACKED OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THEN WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE SHIFTED INTO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE STARTED LURCHING FORWARD OVERRIDING MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH PANEL CAME ON WHICH INDICATED A TRANSMISSION FAULT HAD BEEN DETECTED. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER WHO SAID THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 35,000

THIS STARTED ABOUT A MONTH AGO ON MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE WITH 44,000 MILES. THE CAR LUNGES FORWARD WITH FOOT ON BRAKE AND THEN STALLS. IT ALSO OCCURS WHEN GOING IN REVERSE. I'VE ALMOST HIT CARS IN PARKING LOTS 3 TIMES. IT'S INTERMITTENT AND SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE WHEN IT'S HOT OUTSIDE ANT THE AC IS ON. FORD DEALERS SAYS THERE AREN'T ANY RECALLS AND I'M OUT OF WARRANTY. THEY TELL ME THERE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS AND THAT THE ISSUE IS THE THROTTLE BODY. COST OF REPAIRS IS $700-$1000. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

WHEN I PUT MY CAR IN DRIVE OR REVERSE AND SOMETIMES WHILE IDLE IT WILL ACCELERATE HIGHLY WITHOUT ME TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL AND IF I DON'T HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE IT WILL JUST TAKE OFF. IT WILL THEN TRY TO GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD AND SOMETIMES GOES DEAD AND WONT LET ME RE-CRANK IT FOR A FEW MINUTES. IT STARTED OUT DOING THIS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. NOW IT DOES IT ALL THE TIME. IF IM NOT CAREFUL IM AFRAID IT WILL RAM INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE OR EVEN PERSON IF IM IN A PARKING LOT. THIS STARTED APPROX A YEAR AGO OFF AND ON AND RECENTLY STARTED DOING IT ENOUGH FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO GET IT LOOKED AT. FORD DEALERSHIP SAYS ITS THE THROTTLE BODY. I SEE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL VEHICLE TYPES WITH THE SAME THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM, THERE STILL HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL AND IT CAN BE DANGEROUS. AFTER PURCHASING A BRAND NEW VEHICLE YOU WOULD THINK THE PARTS WOULD BE OF TOP QUALITY AND NOT BREAK AFTER JUST A FEW YEARS ESPECIALLY THE THROTTLE BODY. THE THROTTLE BODY IS ONE OF THE MAIN PARTS OF THE POWERTRAIN. *TR

Mileage: 47,000

WE OWN A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. IT IS HAVING POWER SURGES WITH ACCELERATIONS WHEN IN REVERSE OR FORWARD, ESPECIALLY ON HOT DAYS WITH THE A/C GOING. WHEN WE BREAK, THE WRENCH (TRANSMISSION LIGHT) COMES ON AND THE CAR STALLS. IT IS HARD TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND STEER ONCE THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS SEVERAL FREESTYLE HAVE SAME ISSUE AND IT IS WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS IS NOT A SAFE ERROR TO HAVE, AS THE CAR ACCELERATES AND IS HARD TO CONTROL. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

PUTTING VEHICLE INTO DRIVE CAUSED VEHICLE TO "LURCH" FORWARD AT HIGH RPM. WRENCH IDIOT LINE CAME ON, CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 30MPH. HAD TO TURN CAR OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND RESTART VEHICLE TO CLEAR CONDITION AND MAKE CAR DRIVABLE. *TR

Mileage: 51,882

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE LIMITED EXPERIENCED UNEXPECTED SURGING FORWARD AND SURGING WHILE IN REVERSE. INCIDENT HAPPENED TWICE IN THE SAME DAY. WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. CAR WAS TAKEN TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP FOR EVALUATION. DIAGNOSTICS INDICATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS BAD AND NEEDED REPLACED. WE WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF REPLACEMENT THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLIES FOR THIS MODEL AND THAT THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. ESTIMATED TIME FRAME THE DEALERSHIP EXPECTED THE PART WAS MID AUGUST. A GENERAL INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED MANY SIMILAR STORIES OF FORD FREESTYLE OWNERS WITH SIMILAR YEAR CARS WITH SIMILAR MILEAGE I SUGGEST AN INVESTIGATION BE CONDUCTED INTO WHY THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF THIS PART IE TO MANY SIMILAR MODEL CARS WITH FAULTY PARTS TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND. THIS POSES AS SAFETY CONCERN FOR MY FAMILY AS UNEXPECTED SURGES COULD LEAD TO FATAL ACCIDENTS. *TR

Mileage: 74,000

FIRST: I DRIVE A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE . VIN # 1 SECOND: I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH CAR SURGING FORWARD AFTER ONLY A FEW MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. TOOK THE CAR INTO LOCAL FORD DEALER TO TELL THEM THE PROBLEM IN 08 AND THEY COULDN'T GET THE PROBLEM TO OCCUR WHILE DRIVING. TOOK IT BACK IN 09 AGAIN WITH SAME PROBLEM HAPPENING A LITTLE STRONGER FORWARD...STRONG SURGE FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE AS WELL AS JUST STARTING OFF FROM STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT. BOTH OF THESE VISITS WERE WHILE MY CAR WAS IN WARRANTY!!!!! LAST WEEK WHILE HAVING A PASSENGER IN MY CAR MY CAR PULLED ME ,WITH FOOT ON BRAKE INTO AN INTERSECTION. NO ACCIDENT...ONLY SCARED. WHILE DRIVING TO DEALERSHIP AC WENT OUT. LIKE AN ELECTRICAL SURGE...ALL ODOMETERS TAPPED OUT. CAR CONTINUED TO RUN...LEFT AT DEALERSHIP FOR THE WEEKEND FOR THEM TO TELL ME THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY, WHICH IS ON BACKORDER FOR 3 WEEKS. ALSO TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME EVEN THOUGH I HAD TAKEN IT IN 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM...2 OF WHICH WERE WHILE IN WARRANTY! THAT AFTERNOON WHILE PULLING INTO WALGREEN, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, IT PULLED ME UP ON A CURB...WHEN I BACKED OUT TO LEAVE FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE THE ODOMETERS TAPPED OUT AND THE CAR SHUT OFF COMPLETELY!!! WITH THE WRENCH LIT UP. STARTED CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT....NO PROBLEM STARTING. POWER STEERING FELT SLUGGISH. DROVE BACK TO MY OFFICE. CALLED FORD CORPORATE TO BE TOLD THE SAME THING THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AS WELL. I HAVE READ ON-LINE THAT THERE ARE TONS OF ISSUES WITH THIS THROTTLE BODY AND OBVIOUSLY FORD DOESN'T CARE THAT IT IS NOT ONLY A PROBLEM BUT A SAFETY ISSUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH FORD AND THE REFERENCE # IS [XXX] . THANK YOU. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 27,000

VEHICLE DID NOT SEEM TO SHIFT AS IT SHOULD. WOULD WANT TO SPEED UP ON ITS OWN OR CUT OFF. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE TRAVELING. HAD TRANSMISSION CHECKED AND IT WAS FINE. FOUND IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY, THE PART IS ORDERED AND HAS BEEN SEVERAL WEEKS. PERSONAL INVESTIGATION ON LINE INDICATES NUMEROUS OTHER OWNERS OF THE 2005 THROUGH 2010 MODEL HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AND HAD LONG DELAYS IN GETTING PARTS. MY CONCERN IS IT COULD SPEED UP ON ITS ONE AND CAUSE A WRECK OR CUT OFF. EITHER SITUATION COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS TO ME AS WELL AS OTHERS. *TR

Mileage: 64,471

LUNGING AND LURCHING AT LOW SPEEDS. DEALER DIAGNOSED AS THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY DEFECTIVE. REQUIRED $525 "PRE-PAYMENT" BEFORE ORDERING AND FORD CANNOT PROVIDE ETA. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY CONFIRMED THIS. THROTTLE BODY DEFECTS ARE A KNOWN PROBLEM...AND THEN WE ARE ASKED FOR PRE-PAYMENT FOR A PRODUCT WITH NO DELIVERY DATE. SOMETHING IS WRONG HERE.... *TR

Mileage: 86,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS TO 6,000 AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. WHEN RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE TO STOP THE ACCELERATION AND WHEN RESTARTING, THE WARNING LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE TRANSMISSION AND THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 78,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000.

Mileage: 78,000

I OWN A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE AND AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN I AM STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE. IT HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HIT OTHER OBJECTS. I AM TAKING THE CAR IN ON THURSDAY TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. *TR

Mileage: 82,966

VEHICLE ACCELERATES 300-400 RPM AFTER TAKING FOOT OFF BRAKE IN FORWARD AND REVERSE. HAPPENS 70% OF THE TIME. CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE RIGHT IE, SOMEONE BEHIND THE CAR COULD BE INJURED. DEALER INDICATED TRANS HAS DELAYED ENGAGEMENT AND IN FAIL MODE, HAD CODE U0401 EEC TEST PINPOINT TEST FOUND PCM POWER RELAY MAKING BAD CONNECTION, CORRECT CONDITION CLEAR CODE ROADTEST. STILL DOES THE SAME THING BUT NOW WORSE HAPPENS MORE OFTEN. *TR

Mileage: 34,000

AT 36,000 MILES I BEGAN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATING AND LUNGING FORWARD IF THE CAR IS IN DRIVE OR BACKWARD IF THE CAR IS IN REVERSE. IT HAPPENED ONCE THEN. THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENED AT 39,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN OCCURRING REGULARLY EVER SINCE. NOW AT 40,000 MILES. THE ISSUE USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN THE AC IS RUNNING AND IT IS HOT OUTSIDE. I TOOK IT TO FORD DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE AFTER KEEPING IT FOR 3 DAYS. THE SERVICE GUY SAID IT WAS PROBABLY THE THROTTLE BOTTLE ISSUE THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN HAVING. I'VE HAD SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE I WOULD BE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND NEARLY HIT A CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF ME. MOST RECENTLY IT HAPPENED WITH THE CAR IN REVERSE. THE MOTOR ACCELERATED MORE SO THAN EVER BEFORE. I HELD THE BRAKE AND THE CAR STALLED. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON. THE CAR HAD VERY LITTLE POWER WHILE THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON. FORD HAS NO REMEDY. THE PART IS UNAVAILABLE. AM I SUPPOSED TO DRIVE THIS CAR? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT ACCELERATES AND HITS SOMEBODY. MY WIFE AND CHILDREN ARE DRIVING MY CAR UNTIL THIS IS RESOLVED. I WILL NOT PUT THEM IN HARMS WAY EVEN THOUGH FORD CLEARLY HAS. I EXPECT FORD TO RECALL AND REPLACE THIS PART IMMEDIATELY. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. I BEGAN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATING AND LUNGING FORWARD IF THE CAR IS IN DRIVE OR BACKWARD IF THE CAR IS IN REVERSE. THE ISSUE ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THE AC IS RUNNING. I'VE HAD SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE I WOULD BE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND NEARLY HIT A CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF ME. MOST RECENTLY IT HAPPENED WITH THE CAR IN REVERSE. THE MOTOR ACCELERATED MORE SO THAN EVER BEFORE. I HELD THE BRAKE AND THE CAR STALLED. WHEN I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON. THE CAR HAD VERY LITTLE POWER WHILE THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON. I'VE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES ONLY TO HAVE THE NOT SO VERY NICE MAN IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO TELL ME THAT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CAR TO DO THE THINGS I AM DESCRIBING TO HIM. WE ARE AT THE MERCY OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND NO-ONE SEEMS CONCERNED ENOUGH TO FORCE FORD INTO PLACING A RECALL ON THESE CARS FOR THIS ISSUE. I HAVE A FRIEND THAT ALSO HAS A FORD FREESTYLE AND IT JUST COST HIM $900 OUT OF POCKET FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS SAFETY ISSUE. AT WHAT POINT DOES THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADMINISTRATION STAND UP FOR THE CONSUMER AND FORCE FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND FIX THEIR MISTAKES? IT'S JUST VERY UNSETTLING THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY CAN SELL THESE DEFECTIVE VEHICLES AND GET AWAY WITH NOT BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRODUCT THEY ARE PUTTING ON THE MARKET. *TR

Mileage: 34,000

VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, MOVED FOOT ON ONTO BRAKE AND PUT CAR INTO DRIVE. CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD. I LOOKED DOWN TO MAKE SURE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND NOT ON THE GAS. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON WHICH INDICATES TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, BUT THEN WENT OUT. IF CAR OR PERSON HAD BEEN IN FRONT OF ME THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT. I WAS AT A FAST FOOD DRIVE THRU. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

CAR WILL SUDDENLY SURGE IN ACCELERATION WHEN SWITCHING FROM PARK TO REVERSE AND REVERSE TO DRIVE; THIS HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME I GET IN IT FROM MY DRIVEWAY TO PARKING LOTS AND ALSO AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. WHEN I HAVE THE BRAKES DEPRESSED AND SWITCH GEARS THE SURGES (REVS HIGH) STALLS, THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON THEN GOES OUT BUT I HAVE LITTLE TO NO POWER WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. THIS ALL STARTED AROUND MARCH 2010 DOING IT EVERY NOW AND THEN BUT IS NOW DOING IT ALMOST EVERY TIME WE GET IN IT. THE MILEAGE IS 52,000. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE ACCELERATES SUDDENLY WHEN MOVING FROM PARK TO REVERSE, ALSO WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURING FOR THE LAST MONTH. *TR

Mileage: 63,000

RPMS INCREASE AND CAR LUNGES EVEN WITH FOOT ON BRAKE. TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED AND I WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL. PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE, NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AS IT STALLED WHEN THE BRAKE WAS PUSHED HARDER WHEN IT LUNGED WHILE WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. HAS NEARLY CAUSED MINOR ACCIDENTS MANY TIMES WHEN IN PARKING LOTS OR TIGHT LOCATIONS. WHEN IT STALLS, THE WRENCH LIGHT FLASHES. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE APPEARS TO BE HAVING SOME KIND OF IDLE ISSUE. AS I PUT THE CAR IN GEAR, THE RPMS JUMP AND CAUSE THE CAR TO LUNGE. THE RPMS JUMP WITH THE CAR IN PARK, IF THE STEERING WHEEL IS EVEN TURNED A TINY BIT. IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE CAR ISN'T GETTING ENOUGH POWER UNTIL SOMETHING IS ACTIVATED. MY CONCERN IS WITH THE LUNGING. I'M AFRAID IT'S GOING TO PROJECT ME INTO ANOTHER CAR OR SOMETHING ELSE. I'VE NOT HAD ANY SERVICE LIGHTS COME ON OR ANYTHING. THIS ISSUE JUST STARTED. MY CAR HAS 85K MILE ON IT, SO IT'S NOT UNDER WARRANTY. AS I BEGAN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, I FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. I APPEARS TO BE TIED INTO THE THROTTLE BODY. IF THIS IS TRULY AN ISSUE WITH THIS CAR, WHY HASN'T A RECALL BEEN MADE ON THE PART. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD, ESPECIALLY FOR A CAR BUILT FOR FAMILIES. *TR

Mileage: 84,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE WITH 66K MILES, PURCHASED AT 50K MILES. FROM BEGINNING THE CAR WOULD OFTEN LURCH HARD FORWARD OR BACKWARD WHEN PUTTING INTO GEAR. MY WIFE AND I LEARNED TO FIRMLY HOLD THE BRAKE WHEN MOVING THE CAR. THE CONDITION HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND TODAY THE "WRENCH" LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 40 MPH. AFTER SEARCHING FORD FREESTYLE FORUM, I DISCOVER THIS IS A WELL KNOWN CONDITION TO FORD AND FORD FREESTYLE CUSTOMERS. FORD HAS NOT TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. MOST CUSTOMERS REPORT A BAD THROTTLE BODY WHICH FORD COULD NOT PROVIDE (MOST OF 2009). THIS CERTAINLY QUALIFIES FOR A RECALL. WE LIKE THE VEHICLE BUT LOOKS LIKE IT'S TIME TO GET RID OF IT. SHAME ON FORD! *TR

Mileage: 66,000

A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. IT WAS ONLY A FEW THOUSAND MILES OUT OF WARRANTY AND BARELY 3 YEARS OLD. THIS IS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION THAT EVERYONE IN THE INDUSTRY SEEMS TO BE FULLY AWARE OF AND FORD REFUSES TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. HOWEVER, FORD IS HAPPY TO CHARGE ME $5000 TO HAVE IT FIXED BY THEM. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THEIR LACK OF INTEGRITY OF STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. HE STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO FAIL AT 8,000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 30 MPH WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES; HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO FAILURE CODES. THE DEALER UPGRADED THE SOFTWARE, AND CLEANED THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; HOWEVER THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,496. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 8,000

2007 FORD FREESTYLE WITH 30,411 MILES. EQUIPPED WITH CONSTANTLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION, TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS. THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS LIGHT HAS COME ON. NORMALLY WHILE CRUISING AT 65 TO 70, THE RPM IS JUST UNDER 2000 RPM. EVERY FEW HUNDRED MILES, THE TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP SO THAT THE RPM AT 65 TO 70 IS ABOUT 3000 RPM. THE ENGINE SPEED STAYS PROPORTIONATE TO THE VEHICLES SPEED AS I DECELERATE RATHER THAN GOING INTO A FREE WHEEL MODE. THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET IT OUT OF THIS MODE IS TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP OR ACCELERATE TO ABOUT 4500 RPM. AT BEST, THIS IS WASTEFUL OF GAS AND COULD BE DANGEROUS IN BEING REQUIRED TO ACCELERATE TO GET IT OUT OF THIS MODE. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO TWO FORD DEALERS. THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE CONDITION AND THERE WERE NO ERROR CODES. BECAUSE OF IT. THIS CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY. IN THEIR WORDS, THERE IS NOT A PROBLEM. ONE MECHANIC EVEN SAID THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. *TR

Mileage: 30,400

VEHICLE IS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE LTD WITH CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION. THE HALDEX TRACTION CONTROL COUPLER BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR WHEELS SEEMS TO WORK NORMALLY WHEN ON SLICK PAVEMENT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL 'ACTIVE' LIGHT ON THE DASH FLASHES TO SHOW IT IS WORKING. HOWEVER, THE SAME LIGHT COMES ON ON DRY PAVEMENT AND WILL NOT GO OFF UNTIL THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF. IT MAY COME ON EACH DRIVING CYCLE, OR ONLY OCCASIONALLY OR EVEN WHILE PARKED AND IDLING. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE PUMP IN THE HALDEX COUPLER BUT THE ERRONEOUS TC LIGHT STILL COMES ON AT RANDOM TIMES. OTHERS ON THE FORD FORUMS HAVE REPORTED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AND AND OBDII CODE OF P1889 (OIL PUMP FAILURE.) *TR

Mileage: 8,000

VEHICLE IS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE LTD WITH CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION. THE HALDEX TRACTION CONTROL COUPLER BETWEEN THE FRONT AND REAR WHEELS SEEMS TO WORK NORMALLY WHEN ON SLICK PAVEMENT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL 'ACTIVE' LIGHT ON THE DASH FLASHES TO SHOW IT IS WORKING. HOWEVER, THE SAME LIGHT COMES ON ON DRY PAVEMENT AND WILL NOT GO OFF UNTIL THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF. IT MAY COME ON EACH DRIVING CYCLE, OR ONLY OCCASIONALLY OR EVEN WHILE PARKED AND IDLING. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE PUMP IN THE HALDEX COUPLER BUT THE ERRONEOUS TC LIGHT STILL COMES ON AT RANDOM TIMES. OTHERS ON THE FORD FORUMS HAVE REPORTED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AND AND OBDII CODE OF P1889 (OIL PUMP FAILURE.) *TR

Mileage: 8,000