Cruise Control problems of the 2006 Ford Freestyle

My husband used the cruise control on the highway and experienced a loss of power. We are unable to use the cruise control at all. This is also a problem when getting on the highway or passing. Trying to pass can be terrifying when you are in the left hand lane and lose power,you have to find a way to pull to the right hand lane ,get off the road, and shut off the engine. When you start back up you have power again. I know that we are not the only ones with this problem I also know that they have had a recall for the same problem with a different model.

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Freestyle. The contact was driving up an incline with the cruise control set at 70 mph. The contact applied the brakes to disengage the cruise control function but the engine rpms continued to increase and the vehicle did not respond. The engine had to be shut to correct the failure. The failure was experienced several times. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer to have a diagnostic performed nor repaired. The failure mileage was 80,000 and the current mileage was 82,000.

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Freestyle. While the contact was driving 65 mph with the cruise control activated, the rpms increased to 5,000 and would not move. The contact pulled to the side of the road and turned the vehicle off. The contact then restarted the vehicle. The vehicle had not been repaired. The contact also stated that when the air conditioner was on and the vehicle was coming to a stop, the rpms increased to 2,000 and the vehicle stalled. The failure mileage was approximately 68,000.

My Ford Freestyle 2006 keeps surging forward in low speed and out of park conditions. 1st time it happened I thought my foot hit the gas pedal accidentally. But it happened the 2nd time a couple of days later as I was leaving a gas pump. As soon as I realized that the car was jumping forward, I slammed my foot on the brakes which caused the car to die. I restarted it and went on my way thinking it was just a weird occurrence. The 3rd time it happened I was driving 5miles per hour in my children's school parking lot. Car surged suddenly and I had to veer for the soccer field to avoid other traffic. As soon as I slammed on the brakes, the car died again. I immediately called the Ford dealership and was told that I couldn't be seen until 5days later b/c they were booked. I was incredulous b/c this seemed to me to be a dangerous matter. I called another dealership where the service person insulted me by intimating that 1) I must have had my cruise control on - I did not or 2) that my mat was tangled in my accelerator or 3) "sometimes ladies have their purse by their feet and maybe my purse was pushing on the accelerator without me knowing. " I had to ask him if he thought I was an idiot for calling since he wasn't taking my concerns for a mechanical safety issue seriously. I called a friend who's a mechanic who went onto the Ford website and found out that several customers were having the same issue with sudden acceleration and posted their concerns on the Ford website. I would have thought that a problem which could result in a major accident for the car's occupants or passers-by would have been taken more seriously and Ford would have had letters mailed to all the affected customers of that malfunction. At this point, I made the appointment and await what they plan on doing about it but, was already forewarned that I still have to pay for the diagnostic and repairs b/c my car is out of warranty since its 4yrs old and standard warranties are for 3yrs.