general problems of the 2005 Ford Freestyle - part 2

2005 Ford Freestyle while stopped a traffic light suddenly accelerated without anything touching the gas pedal. I had to apply a lot of pressure to the brake to prevent the vehicle from entering the intersection. The vehicle then died and when restarted the check engine light and wrench symbol were lit up. I took the vehicle to the dealer who said it was due to a failed throttle body. It has been 6 days and the vehicle has not been repaired due to no parts available and from what I am seeing on the internet this is a common problem and I think it could cause serious accidents if the problem is not resolved.

Car surged after starting in putting into reverse. Put foot on brake to stop. Thank goodness no one behind me. Car message center indicated "fail safe mode". Cut car off, restarted took to dealer where codes indicated I needed to replace the throttle body control at a cost of over $800. Dealer said this was one of many that had failed and all had caused a sudden surge without warning as my car also lunged into reverse with no warning. Web site also indicated many problems with this same potential safety problem on 3. 0 v6 units made in 2005. Dealer said it usually happens just after the warranty goes out and mine lasted much longer, but I feel it is unsafe to drive unless fixed.

Throttle body fails and car will jump or it will bog down. Tends to happen when backing up. Car will surge on hwy.

Car lurches when put into gear.

2005 Ford Freestyle. In the last month or so the car has begun to accelerate on it's own at low idle and this has proven to be very dangerous and we have almost hit buildings and people in parking lots because the accelerator will surge on it's own. It happens in reverse as well as forward gears. You have to apply the brake very hard to stop the surge and the car sometimes stalls out with a critical engine failure message. We took the car in to the dealer and the problem is a faulty throttle body. This is a serious hazard and the vehicles should be recalled to fix this. It's happening to thousands of people who own these cars.

I was parked with the car in park. I went to put the car in the garage. I had to turn it around first. I put car in drive and drove forward a little. Stopped put in reverse, drove backwards a little then put back in drive and just as I was stopping car lurched forward, hitting my deep freezer. The car has acted like it wanted to go forward before when I put on the brakes lightly. This has happened about 4 times but, today was the worst.

I was backing up when the vehicle started to lurch and did not want to stop. I slammed on the breaks and saw that the cel and the wrench light was illuminated and the dash displayed fail safe mode. Continued to back up carefully and then when driving forward the car died. Turned key off waiting a few seconds started the car up again and went directly to an auto parts store so that I could read the stored code. Nothing showed up so I started the vehicle up put into reverse and the same thing happened again so I grabbed the code reader and it displayed p061b and p2106. After doing some investigation it looks as if the throttle body is needing to be replaced, and from all of the reading I have done I am not the only person having this issue. The issue is also compounded by the fact that this part is on a national back order from Ford. With all of that info, I find it hard to believe there has not been a recall to fix this widespread issue.

Our 2005 Fordfreestyle has a known surging problem. Everytime it would surge we would take it to the shop to be told there was nothing wrong. Finally the car lunged 2 ft forward and shut down while sitting at a light. We hit the fuel reset button to get it working then went to the dealership; paid around $3000 to replace the fuel reset button and sensors to only have it start back up a week later. Went back to the dealership to pay another $1000. Now a month later the car is surging again. This time while driving down the road, thankfully a back road, the car just shut itself off and non of the systems worked. The brakes barely worked. We had to let the car coast to a stop. It is currently a very large and expensive lawn ornament.

The vehicle started surging without foot on the gas pedal. This occurs at low speeds or when stopping. Have had to rapidly press the brake pedal and hold it to avoid accidents. When the surging occurs, many times the vehicle goes into fail-safe engine mode which does not allow one to shift into higher gears. This caused a problem on the interstate when caught in stop and go traffic. Could not accelerate after surge-engine dying-failsafe engine mode. Check engine light stays on after occurence and failsafe engine mode was solved by pulling over, killing the motor, waiting, and then restarting. Surging is causing a stress on the transmission which now appears to have slack in it.

The vehicle periodically lurches forward or backward unexpectedly. This happens most often when shifting from park to reverse, from park to drive, reverse to drive or drive to reverse. When this unexpected acceleration occurs the car lunges forward without warning. This issue occurs on almost a daily basis.

Vehicle surges in hot weather. Throttle gets stuck.

My complain is about a 2005 Ford Freestyle that has some acceleration problems when it idle and at slow speed forward and reverse. It will accelerate it self specially when using the ac and also when the front wheels are turned. It has been going on for about a year and Ford service center claims that there is nothing wrong with the vehicle.

2005 Ford Freestyle with 64,879 miles has started to surge in and out of park and when stopping for traffic. It also surges from park when in reverse and I am going to back out of my garage. I have had this Freestyle since it was new and have maintained all regular maintenance as required. I also continue to have problems with the middle passenger seat where it will not work and have had it repaired at least 4 times now. Ford has not charged me for these repairs but it is very inconvenient to have this ongoing problem with my seat. My main concern is with this sudden surging especially in light of the recent problems that Toyota has had with its vehicles. I would welcome your investigators to my home to experience first-hand. I have not yet contacted my local Ford dealer but intend to do so this week. This problem with surging has just begun within the past 2 weeks.

2005 Ford Freestyle surges since about 20,000 miles. Now has 100,000 and surging around 5 feet, mostly in and out of parking or in stop/go traffic. My car lunged aprrox. 5 feet backwards and almost hit ladyas I was pulling out of parking space at grocery store; she screamed, jumped, and yelled at me (understandable). I would have hit her if my foot was not on the brake. No dealer could find the problem from 2006 until now, 2010. Ford has offered no help or recall on this "throttle body" problem. Nor did they offer any help on the poor design of the double back seat that gets stuck in the up position and will not lie down. They "negotiated" a $400 cost to fix down from $1,000, even though Ford has a paper on this problem. At 99,000 miles, now the dealer reports I need new throttle body assembly; transmission pan is wet; a/c compressor leaking and needs replacing. I drove my 240 dl Volvo for 10 yrs/340,000 miles. I have had all of my services and oil changes. There should be no reason this car is falling apart like this. I was a court reporter for 25 years. How can Ford not be responsible for replacing parts and gratuitously doing proper service to correct their poor design, especially when it involves products liability problems for Ford? will they become another Toyota before taking responsibility? I have never received one piece of paper warning me about the throttle body problem, which I view as quite serious; and I know the legal outcome if someone is injured or killed. This leads me to believe that Ford has a weak legal advisory committee or perhaps a legal liability dept. That may desire to know about the problems before they have to defend them in court. Something does not make sense to me here. Very disappointed and will not buy another Ford.

I began having a problem with my Freestyle surging with my foot on the brake or idling when backing out of a parking place, while stopped at a traffic light and while waiting on pedestrians to cross in front of me. It's very scary when the car starts lunging and you're afraid you're going to hurt someone. This problem first started happening in 2010. After reading about the problems with the throttle body on the internet, I took it to the shop and had them clean it. That fixed the problem until the past couple of weeks (September 2011) and now it is starting to do it again. Last year I also had a problem with it bogging down on the interstate not knowing if we were going to get rear ended or not. I hope you finish your investigation soon. Ford should be responsible for this problem and correct it before someone gets hurt.

I have 2005 Ford Freestyle. The problem is that with your foot on the brake it will surge forward or reverse depending on what gear you have it in. I've researched this online and found many people with the same problem. Something needs to be done before someone gets hurt or killed.

Vehicle Ford Freestyle se 2005, 45,000 miles on vehicle. Purchased vehicle in may 2009. In April 2010 while reversing my car stalled and "fail safe engine mode" came on with wrench symbol. Immediately turned off car, restarted car, wrench symbol was gone and fail safe engine mode was gone. A couple of days later, same thing happened when I put into reverse, fail safe engine mode came back on. After I turned car off, then back on the check engine light was on along with the symbol for emission system. Took to my dealer and had them check it out. I was told the problem was a bad throttle body, cost to fix $900 parts and labor. We told them not to fix at this time and did some research. Spoke to a mechanic friend and he recommended cleaning throttle body first to remove any carbon that could be causing blockage. We did that and problem went away. While doing this research found many online forums of other Ford customers with same make and model that have the same issue. Seems to pertain to 2005/2006 models. The problem has come back in August 2010. We are now researching buying a new throttle body and having this problem corrected.

I have a 2005 Ford Freestyle. A few months ago I started noticing that it did not accelerate properly. I would go to pull out of an intersection and the car would sluggishly move forward which was extremely dangerous. As time went on it seemed to get worse. Lately when I try to accelerate it will all of a sudden jerk forward. Finally, today when I was driving down the freeway I completely lost the ability to accelrate although the engine was still running and the "fail safe engine" signal came on. I pulled off tto the side, turned the car off and restarted it which seemed to temporarily solve the problem. I got to where I was going but on the way home it seemed very jerky and unreliable. I called a local Ford dealer and they told me it was probably the throttle body and to bring it in tomorrow. It seems as if this is an ongoing and extremely dangerous problem that the Freestyle is having. Thank god I wasn't pulling out in front of oncoming traffic when it decided to not work! I have three kids and carpool all the time. If Ford doesn't do something now they will not only have parts to replace but lawsuits to settle as well when people are seriously injured or killed as a result of their inaction.

I have a 2005 Ford Freestyle purchased in 2009. My wife has had the car 'stall' in busy traffic 4-5 times over the past two months (Feb-Mar 2010). The Ford dealership in waldorf maryland diagnosed the problem as a throttle body assembly needing replaced. I've consulted the internet regarding this failure and found that hundreds of Ford Freestyles have the same issue. My car has 105k miles on it. We bought it with 80k miles on it. Please force Ford to recall this car and fix this part. It is unsafe for a family style vehicle like the Freestyle. Ford wanted $800 to replace the part. I believe this is a travesty and is exactly why american car manufacturing is in the straits they are in. Please do something for the country and force Ford to be responsible.

On 1/25/10 while driving car begins to studder and then shuts down. Wrench light came on and was able to coast to emergency lane. Unresponsive to throttling when running. Eventually restarted and was able to limp home (problem occurred 2 more times before arriving home 10 miles down the road). Took to dealership next day (after 4 occurrences in 3 miles). Diagnostics ran, bad throttle body but none available yet. Should be able to order and be in dealership in about a week. While going home from dealership, car began to surge at times and studder at others, eventually stalled and vehicle had to be turned off and restarted before throttle would respond. This is a very unsafe problem as I have been in fast moving traffic each time its happened (45-55 mph) with out 4 children in the car. I have to quickly turn on the flashers and hope to get off the road but I haven't been lucky every time, getting stuck once in the lane while going up hill and vehicle attempted to roll backwards due to loss of throttle. I do wonder how many complaints and documented problems at dealerships have to be seen before Ford can issue a recall.

Car would "surge" when shifted into reverse. Had to break to stop. Also, would stall out when shifted back from reverse into drive. This happened repeatedly over the course of a year. Ultimately had to have entire throttle body assembly replaced to correct problem.

Fuel gauge will drop to zero and the check engine light stays on. I paid $109 for Ford to tell me it will cost $500 to fix faulty fuel modules which is known by Ford to be faulty in 2006. They will not fix it at there cost.

My 2005 Ford Freestyle has a bad throttle body. See the other 1000 complains for the same problem. Ford is aware that this is a major problem. Ford refused to do anything. They want me to prepaid for a part that is not available. Ford has no replacement parts until sometime in December. My car is unsafe to drive. It will go in fail safe mode while driving down the highway.

2005 Ford Freestyle has a serious surging problem similar to other 2005-2007 Ford Freestyles. When you put the car in reverse, it revs extremely high and it is "extremely" difficult to stop. Then when you put it in drive, it does the same thing going forward. Sometimes it shuts off completely. Ford dealers tell me the new revised "throttle body" will not be available until December and at full charge ($580).

Car would hesitate when pushing on gas pedal, then suddenly catch and accelerate after some time pressing on the accelerator. Had it checked previously with the suggestion to replace fuel filter. After a few months, problem got worse, another service station found the throttle body needed to be replaced, the throttle position sensor was bad. Had it replaced at a cost of $672. 33 parts and labor. Found out this problem is shared by many Ford Freestyle owners, checked with local Ford dealer if a recall had been done or a technical service bulletin, was told not and they would not do anything for me about it.

When my wife started our 2005 Ford Freestyle to leave her place of employment, the engine surged in "reverse" and stalled. She restarted the engine and the car surged forward when she shifted into "drive", the "wrench light" came on "indicating engine operating in safe mode". She noted a significant loss of power and balky response. She recognized the severity of the problem and immediately drove the car to our mechanics garage. The garage in question, an independent, diagnosed the problem to be a "throttle body" issue and has determined the car is unsafe to drive as the mechanic also experienced the car surging forward. To date, the garage has been unable to locate replacement parts and I'm being told by Ford customer care solution center that needed parts are on "national back-order". In the meantime, my vehicle remains undriveable and is sitting awaiting parts that may not be available for weeks or perhaps months. Ford states they are unable to do anything, other than to expedite parts on an "emergency basis". I requested that Ford furnish a courtesy vehicle while my car is disabled. Ford refused to do so.

2005 Ford Freestyle locked up a year ago and was told it was a throttle body assembly that needs replacing but it's on national backorder. We were told it was safe to drive but it surges some and still no part! after research, this seems to be happening to everyone. What is Ford waiting for, people to die before they get this resolved?????.

2005 Ford Freestyle, we went to florida back on 07/2009 it was very hot. The car started jerking, than it accelerated on its own. Than it almost stopped. Than it would not go faster than 35. And than it accelerated unexpectedly which we almost ran into the back of someone. When we arrived back home to nc we took it too the Ford dealer who said it was the computer module. We took it in and left it for repair. The service manager called and said that we had a walmart air filter, and it needed a Ford air filter. They tried to say that was the problem. But before we got the car back, we received a post card from the dealer saying our computer module that was ordered from the dealer has arrived. So the dealer told us it was the air filter when in fact it was the computer module. We beleive the dealer replaced the computer module but told us it was the air filter to avoid a costly recall. I have found on this website that this vehicle was recalled it certain parts of the USA for this reason but not in our region. The recall was due because in warmer climates this problem may occur. All of this vehicles should be repaired, because someone with this vehicle may travel to areas that are warmer than other during business trips or vacation trips.

2005 Ford Freestyle is having the same problems Toyota is having. Our car started accelerating on its own. Dale jarrett Ford replaced the computer. And since than the problem stopped. They told us that they didn't replace the computer. But we received a card in the mail from them that our computer module is in and ready to be installed.

Car surges forward in reverse and forward at low speeds. Have had several near misses in parking lots and at traffic lights. You must be ready to apply brakes very quickly at all times when traveling a low speeds. Took to Ford dealer they have determined it is a bad throttle body , they have informed me it is on backorder and do not know at this time when it will be in.

Sitting at a red light and the car lurched forward when foot was on the brake. Almost got hit in the middle of an intersection. Car then immediately went into failsafe mode and would not go over 30 mph. Took it to dealer and was determined that throttle body assembly needed to replaced. Then was told a week later that the part was backordered and would not be available for over 90 days. Dealer then told me it was ok to drive. No way I'm putting my family in this car which could gas forward on it's own as it is a drive by wire system. Many people reporting the same problems. Ford even has a technical service bulletin issued regarding this problem--TSB 05-25-13. Same problem happened to Volvo's which use same parts. . . Go to vexedvolvo. Org for more information. Hopefully more reports of this will cause Ford to recall the part!.

Normal driving. Lunges forward and in reverse. Replaced throttle body at my expense ($800. 00).

Freestyle loses power while driving on interstate, engine failsafe mode is displayed on dash, will not go over 25 mph. Nearly taken out by a semi truck when try to make it to shoulder. Shut car off, restarted and it appears to work normally. Take it to mechanic who diagnoses a bad throttle position sensor (tps). Had mechanic clean the tps, but problem occurred again soon after. Took it to another mechanic for replacement of tps and found out part is on national backorder because manufacturer of the part is bankrupt. Ford is now re-engineering the part and it is due to arrive in late September, 2009. Have ordered the part twice, both times Ford has cancelled the order. The typical reason is we did not take it to an authorized Ford dealer for the repair. The closest dealer is an hour away on the interstate and we do not feel safe driving at highway speeds and cannot afford the towing charges, especially to have it sit on their lot while we wait for the part to be built sometime in September. We are able to drive for short distances on city streets with speed limits of 30 mph or less. Car goes into engine failsafe mode quite regularly, approximately 80% of the time. Simply want Ford to supply a car for us to use until the Freestyle is safely drivable with a tps that will work 100% of the time. We have not been able to use the car for normal driving since June, when school let out. Very disappointed in the responses from Ford customer service. Do the right thing and get this problematic tps fixed as a recall item. In the meantime, give us a chevy or Toyota to drive so we can take our kids to school now that it is back in session.

Approx. 4 weeks ago my vehicle began surge on rpms, about 3 to 4000, while my foot was on the brake. It lunged backwards while in a parking lot and came approx. 5 feet from a pedestrian. Then the entire vehicle shut down. It then had a failsafe engine mode and check engine light on the dash. We took it to the Ford dealership and was told that the issue had been fixed. However 2 days later it does the same thing while in a fast food drive-through, except this time it surged and lunged forward while my foot was on the brake. I had to apply both feet to the brake and it continued to try to drive forward while cars were in front of me. We took it back to the Ford dealership and this time we were told that the throttle body needs to be replaced. After having my vehicle for 10 days I was notified that the part is on backorder and is unavailable to be fixed until November of 2009. I was also told to come pick up my car because it is safe to drive. However while backing out of my driveway later on the same day, it surges in rpms and lunges backwards. I don't understand how Ford can say that it is safe to drive.

2005 Ford Freestyle, car has unexpected acceleration when placing car in reverse and/or drive. Car inspected at Ford garage. Nothing reported.