Tank Assembly problems of the 2005 Ford Freestyle

Have been having ongoing problem with car lunging, sudden acceleration especially when stopped. Today it started and a warning light came on but went away when I turned the car off. Later it started surging very badly again and I put fuel cleaner in the tank when I filled it up. A few hours later I was stopped at a stop sign and it surged and moved forward a few feet and died in the road. I will be contacting a Ford dealer in the morning but when I got online to research the problem I found several complaints about similar problems that was being related to the throttle body(cleaned, replaced).

I filled up my gas tank on November 6, 2008. Thirty minutes later, while driving, my gas gauge dropped to empty and the fuel warning light came on. I was so frightened by this, so I do not know if anything else on the instrument panel was affected. My son was screaming at me to pull over and stop, but there was nowhere to stop. On November 7, I took my vehicle to the dealership to explain the problem. I have owned my Freestyle for 3 years and 4 months. It only has 28,405 miles on it. I also have the new basecare extended warranty. They charged me $94. 00 for the diagnostics. I was told the fuel sensor is bad. It will cost $400. 00 to replace it, and the extended warranty does not cover it. I had to refuse this costly job. I am troubled that the Freestyle has a defective fuel sensor, and even more upset that the extended warranty is useless.

: the contact stated a recall letter was received in December 2005. The NHTSA recall, #05v515000 was regarding the fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: mounting. The parts needed to repair the vehicle were not available at the local dealership. The vehicle has not been experiencing problems related to the recall however the contact expressed that the recall is a safety issue and needs to be addressed. The manufacturer has not been notified.