Electrical System Problems of Ford Freestyle - part 1

Car struggles to change gears. Abs, engine, and throttle warning lights on. Rough idle, car does not accelerate when shifted into drive.

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Vehicles says awd malfunction and traction control sensor won't shut off while driving on highway. The power locks also malfunctioned shortly before the awd malfunction, making it where it was unable to shut. The power lock was unlocked/locked a couple times fixing the issue for now.

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My mom's 2006 Ford Freestyle, surges forward when using the air conditioner or defroster. There has been many times it has done this almost rear ending the vehicle in front of hher. This has been going on since beet and my deceased father have own it. (2010?) her instrument panel goes bonkers now, and sometimes the car won't start and the panic alarm goes off when we get out of the car.

I am having the issues that the investigation with the electric throttle body. They have a customer satisfaction program called 12n03 and it didn't last long enough for me to get the car that I purchased (this year) fixed. I have 66k miles on the car and the dealerships are using the 10 years or 150000 miles to mean that since my car is older than 10 years I don't qualify to get my car fixed to working order. When I use the key to start the car, it doesn't accelerate. The rpms lurch like the car is going to go somewhere and it doesn't and the wrench light comes on. I got this car 3 weeks ago and the dealership isn't fixing it and the Ford dealerships aren't fixing it. I had no control over whether the previous owner got the message to get it fixed or not or whether they took the car to get fixed. Now I have a car that I cannot drive and if it does "reset" (because turning it off and waiting a while used to kind of reset it to where it would work) there is a chance it will turn off on me/no longer accelerate.

I left work at 8:10 p. M. Starting driving home and my battery light came on while driving on a major highway and then everything shut down radio a. C. All gauges windows power locks lights . I was panicked I had just picked up the car the afternoon before from the Ford dealership for a recall fix because this same thing happened already I was told the recall fix would solve the problem obviously it did not. Now Ford wants to charge a diagnostic fee to find the problem after failing to fix the problem to begin with . This is a real safety issue and should be dealt with I am a mom and a grand mother and always have a child in my car this issue should be a great concern to Ford .

Car accelerating when ac in on and after ac has been of after that 1 day use. Ac not working property. Sensor issues. Electrical issues, example window no longer rolls down. Taken it to different mechanics but they can't find the problem. Know it's turning off all in a sudden and having issues with the car brakes to kick in. Had that check but they said everything is good, brakes and etc. . . . Have already put around $5,000 and still not getting it to work safely. Also stearing wheel gets stuck as if you can't turn the wheels on the car and then turns of after seconds.

My car surges and the rpms move without touching the gas. It tries to throw me into traffic when at stoplights and stop signs. It tries to throw me at people when driving slowly through parking lots. I have to put my car into neutral while at stops so that my family or other family's don't die because of a malfunction that Ford had with the car when they sold it. I was never told about the malfunction and they say I'm years past the warenty and 20000 miles past the warenty milage. So because my car is 20000 over I guess it's okay for my car to kill me and my children or other people?.

About 1 week ago in my Ford Freestyle 2005, the instrument panel glitched and stopped working mid drive. All the odometers, fuel and lights on my dashboard turned off and wont come back on. No way to tell what speed you are going on. This seemed to have been a reported problem to Ford but nothing has been done. Very unsafe. Will be taking it in to dealership to asses it.

While driving on a city street going 25 and while driving on the freeway going 55, the lights in cluster of guages went out. The wrench icon lights up and all power goes out to the guages. All needles drop. Checked the fuzes. Nothing blown. When this happens the a. C. Also stops blowing cold air.

My car randomly surges. This usualy happens at low speeds when the car is at or close to idle. The car will sugre like the gass is being pressed but it is definetly not. It also surges randomly when shifted into different gears park,reverse,neutral. It is very dangerous as it is inpredictable.

This car has many problems. I wouldn't buy this car again. I have invested too much money for repairs. The air bag sensor keeps coming on. The car has no speed after I had the transmission replaced. The lights on dash are off and on.

The driver side passenger door seal is faulty, letting water get into the door causing it to freeze and rust. The electrical for the driver heated seat keeps malfunctioning causing it to keep breaking. The levers that flip the second and third row seating have become faulty and will no longer work. Lastly, the all-wheel drive component on my vehicle stopped working while I was driving. It was during the winter and the roads were icy so it caused me to have less traction and fish tail.

Safety complaint for Ford Freestyle 2006. The wrench and engine light appear on the dashboard and the engine goes to limp mode and the speed drops to 30 miles per hour from highway speed of 60 to 70 miles per hour with no warning other than the quick drop in speed and wrench light. Driving on a highway with trucks and cars going 70 miles per hour or more is beyond dangerous and asking to get hit. We have had Ford service on this car but they did not have recalls for this problem. Vehicle in motion on highway. Have had car towed, pulled over to breakdown lane and traveled side roads for fear of getting hit by another vehicle. Please do something to Ford corp to fix this problem before there is tragedy.

I just bought my vehicle and started noticing some issues with the car racing/idling fast. Several times it would lung forward while driving and while foot was on brake almost hitting a car, then stalled & reduced speed and wouldn't accelerate. The wrench light came on. Took it too oreillys and found it is the throttle and throttle sensor. This is a serious issue and dangerous. I want it fixed by Ford ASAP!.

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. While driving at a low speed, the vehicle shook while making a turn and stalled. The failure usually occurred when the air conditioner was activated. The vehicle was able to restart and was taken to a mechanic who diagnosed that the electronic throttle body failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN and failure mileage were not available.

When I turn on the ac in my vehicle the vehicle starts to lunge all of a sudden and I can be at a complete stop and it does it. Also when I have my ac on my truck just turns off and it is scary because there is no warning it just turns off. I have two children and this is very scary to go through. Please help me in trying to resolve this problem so that I do not have to go through this and cause an accident. Also there is no way I can be driving without my ac with these three digit weather climates.

Recently purchased my car through an independent dealer. Started to accelerate when in park or when reversing. Battery light comes on and goes off randomly. If I cut it off and turn it on it goes away. Car jumps (accelerates) during driving. It does it all the time no matter where I am driving. Run system diagnostic on steering wheel and everything comes back okay. Purchased car for a family car and upset that this is a persistent problem with this model.

I will be driving and either the ac will be on or the dvd system will be in use and the consol turns black and the lights go off on the dashboard and the engine revs and sometimes it says check charging system. This happens while I am driving on the freeway. The lights will turn back on in the dashboard and then the airbag light is blinking. It is very cornering as I drive my children in this car. I am afraid it is going to happen and I will be unable to stop and either cause an accident or hurt my children and myself because of the electrical system just shutting down. This should be a recall and should be fixed by Ford. It is a safety issue. This has started happening with more regularity since 1/2016.

The front passenger stretched his legs and managed to kick the exposed fuel shut off switch under the glove box and above the right side kick panel which disabled the car traffic and it would not restart. The driver was able to coast of the road and was picked up by aaa. Have there been any other reports of this event. The car was on the right side of an interstate. Had it been in the left lane there could have been a serious accident. Do you have any reports of such an event. I have not been able to locate any at this point.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestyle. While driving 5 mph, the vehicle lost power, stalled, and the air bag indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was then taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 197,000.

The instrument panel won't work. . My reverse light stay on and I can't tell what the gauges are reading seeing as they wont work. The only light that illuminates is the air bag light on the panel. My radio lights work but nothing else. I can't tell what the speed limit is nothing. How can one drive a car with the reverse lights constantly on and no dash lights? this is a family car I'v only had it a year with about 73,000 miles on it. I just spent 4,000 to have my engine fixed 4 months ago! how can this car be safe? it started 12-27-15 and is still not working today. Motion the car was in motion extremely rainy for ohio this time of year.

Tl-the contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 mph, the vehicle made a wobbling motion and the traction control warning indicator illuminated. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 109,000. Mf.

I got into the car to start it and the engine light was on, and I smelled smoke, the car was parked in my garage.

Tl-the contact owns a 2006 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated that while driving at 35 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 150,000. Aw.

The car completely turn off while driving on the freeway. There is also a feel of power lost on take off while. Driving. And I have read there's been concerns about the throttle body malfunction.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Ford free style. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 40 mph, the vehicle stalled,causing the vehicle to loss power in steering. The vehicle was unable to restart. The vehicle was not taken in for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was left behind on the side of the road. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000. Kc.

Today (08/26/2015) while emerging into oncoming traffic my car refused to accelerate. It would never rise above 20 mph. Thankfully I was down the street from my mechanic. An otherwise two minute drive took fifteen minutes of my allowing the car to just coast because it would never accelerate when I pushed on the gas. After praying and finally making to the shop, he placed the diagnostic mac of thine on it only to inform me that it is the electronic throttle body was opened. I searched for a recall or something to offset the cost but I have been unsuccessful thus far. This was a very frightening experience and thankfully one where I didn't get injured due to cars almost hitting me, running up on my bumper even with the flashers on, it's not fair that this complaint is closed. What if someone got seriously injured or even died because the car just suddenly refused to accelerate. Or even began to surge out into traffic. This matter needs to be re evaluated for the safety of all the customers who own this vehicle.

Car was parked for about 10 minutes after running without issue for 20 minutes. When starting again from the parked position, car lost all power steering. Within the 2. 1 mile/6 minute ride that followed, the power steering never returned. Checking under the hood revealed serpentine belt failed in a clean break. The car was not driven prior to replacing the belt the next day. Once the belt was installed, a quick run through the system functions included running the a/c. All systems seem functional until the a/c is activated. Within 3 seconds of starting a/c, observed audible motor sound followed by all power failed (full shut-down). Turned off engine, removed key, waited 60 seconds, all was good until again turning on the a/c, when symptom of system failure (audible motor sound change) occurred again, a/c was turned off right away, and engine and all other systems operated as expected.

The contact owns a 2004 Ford Freestyle. While driving at 45 mph, the vehicle lost power and stalled. The vehicle was able to be restarted. The vehicle was driven to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The dealer stated that the electronic throttle body sensor failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 113,000.

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Driving down the interstate in traffic the engine stalls wrench light came on, leaving me with no power to control my speed. As my car quickly reduces speed on a major interstate I attempt to get over to the shoulder out of harms way. This is happened 4 times, the latest time our check engine light came on and stays on. P2104, p2100, p2112, and p0325 codes are present. I have seen Ford has recalled 1. 6 million electronic throttle body in Ford escape, Mercury mariner, and Mercury milan vehicles with the same 3. 0l engine and same electronic throttle body. All Ford has to do is to list the Ford Freestyle as one of these recall vehicles for the etb to be repaired/replaced. This is a very scary situation to be in with children in the car and you have no power to you accelerator to get out of the way of speeding vehicles all around you!! I don't know what to do, very expensive to replace the etb.

I just buy a 2006 Ford Freestyle and since day one I have savety problem with this car , some time the speed change with out my knowledge , it goes from 40 to 45 or try to spedd wit out me hitting on the gas . Everyday the car stop and turn off no matter speed I`am driving on. I went to many garage and Ford dealer and they told me is a problem they having with most Ford 2006 Freestyle . I think for the safety of all people who using this 2006 Ford Freestyles with their family on borad , with their kids on board and to save a lifes we have to recall this cars . This 2006 Fordstyle can`t be fixe or repair . . . . .

All gauges lost power for a few seconds and reset to left. Also lost lights on inside of vehicle did not effect outside lights has happened multiple times since first noticed.

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 thin 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.

I have two 2007 Ford one is a Freestyle and the other is a sport trac and they are having the same problem. The inside lights come on and off by themselves. They stay on for a few minutes then they click back off then back on and off again. The Freestyle does not have a auto switch for the lights but the sport trac does. It happens all the while that you are driving which in the state of texas if the inside lights are on while driving you can get a ticket.