general problems of the 2006 Ford Freestyle - part 1

Vehicle lurches when brakes are applied in forward and reverse. Happened many times. The wrench indicator light came on also when this happened. This happened many times when we first purchased the vehicle. I checks threads on the internet and saw this as a common problem. I personally cleaned the throttle body as shown on youtube by a gentleman and it fixed the problem for awhile. This happened recently to my wife as she was leaving her work parking lot at low speed. Lurched when put in gear with brakes applied. Car felt uncontrollable. We see that an investigation on this problem has begun so I would confer with other vehicle owners. More times and dates than I can remember that lurching has taken place. One time I had to slip it into neutral to stop the car and apply the brakes.

Vehicle will not start. Dealership claimed that the throttle body needs to be replace along with a computer update to a tune of $800+. Various posts have been found on the internet regarding a known defect with this this model year's throttle body including a "lunging issue" caused by this failed component. I would like this issue to be investigated and Ford to be responsible for the replacement and remedy of this defective component.

My 2006 Ford Freestyle is absolutely the worst made car I have ever owned! throttle body problem. . . 50,000 miles, check! ac compressor goes bad. . . . 60,000 miles, check! and now beginning at 79,000 miles the cvt transmission is trashed! $6000 to fix and you can't even get a new one! I drove it knowing it would go bad another 3000+ miles because I was destined to spend a lot of money either way. The mechanic actually suggested I trade it in when it began. Would that have been fair to whomever bought it? these are all common early mileage problems with the Freestyles! there are numerous posts about other owners with the same problems, especially these three and there are a couple more that fortunately I have dodged to this point. What is Ford going to do? just let those of us who bought Freestyles with cvt suffer. What about the fact that you stopped using the cvt transmission on the taurus x? why? I think we know based on the numerous cvt failures at such low mileage. But not low enough to be covered by warranty.

On several occasions while I was driving in route to work or the grocery store, my 06 Ford Freestyle seemed slow and sluggish to respond as I would be waiting at a red light for the green. When the light did turn green and I would press the gas pedal to go, the car would shut off. A few times there were close calls as the car behind me would be unaware I was having trouble and almost rear-end me. When the car would cut off, I would proceed to restart the car and then press the gas to go. The car seemed to respond extremely slow like I would have the gas pedal pressed to the floor and would only be able to go 20 - 25 mph. On other occasions, the car would seem to lurch forward or backward (depending on if I had the car in drive or reverse) the throttle body failure on my 2006 Ford Freestyle creates a very dangerous situation because the engine will accelerate without applying the gas pedaland will no accelerate at times when the gas pedal is pressed. After a little research I found this to be arecurring problem on 2006, and 2007 Ford Freestyle vehicles. Ford is or should be well aware the proble exist and has for some time and has done nothing about it , to add insult to injury my car has been at the Ford dealership for over a month because the parts needed to repair it [ throttlebody ] is not availiable and no one can tell me for sure when it will be people at Ford tell me that the company making the part went out of bussiness without notice, well needless to say this does not help my situation, I have notified my state and federal highway safety commishners of the problem and I would like to ask everyone with a similar problem to do the same.

Vehicle surges while in reverse and while in drive at stop lights or when backing out of a parking space. Have came close to surging out into the intersection and almost surged out into the path of another car in a parking lot.

Our 2006 Ford Freestyle lost power and began to surge irraticly. The vehicle then lost power and would not advance as if the transmission had gone out. The wrench symbol and the check engine light came on. We pulled over and shut the vehicle off. Restarting the vehicle helped the wrench light go away but the engine light remained on. Our local dealership has diagnosed the problem as a faulty throttlebody. The part was unavailable but was reassurred we could still drive the car. We started home and the problem re-occurred. Our car surged and then lost power. We were stranded on hwy 95 in 116 degree heat. Once we got home I started looking at the numerous complaints that Ford Freestyles have recieved on 2005-2007 models. We are currently waiting on the dealership to find a replacement throttlebody and schedule a repair. The car seems very unsafe when this problem occurs and Ford recommends replacing it with the same defective part.

My 2006 Ford Freestyle surges anytime it is in idle with the ac on. If placed in park with ac on it surges once placed into gear. I have written Ford and they passsed the buck to you. This has occured multiple times and continues to occur everytime I drive for more than 10 min. Consequences: multiple times I have come within inches of rear ending another car. . . One time it pushed me into on-coming traffic. . . I am waiting for you all to hold Ford accountable and make them recall the frestyle as this a defect and there is already a class action suit filed against them for this. . . I wonder how many people will have to be seriously injured or die for you all to pay attention.

Car lurches usually when putting it into drive or reverse. Last week it lurched into oncoming traffic while pulling out of sonic drive-in, then it lost power scaring the bejesus out of the whole family. Fortunately traffic was able to stop in time for us to limp out of the way. Took it to a dealership they said the electronic throttle body needed to be replaced. Got to checking and it appears to be a re-occurring theme with this car. Worried if I spend the $500-$900 to have it repaired it will do it again down the road in a year or two or 30,000 miles.

For about 2 months I had been experiencing some minor surging when car was put into reverse but thought it might have been bad gas or needed a new fuel or air filter. First major incident was in August when I started my car and put in reverse to back out of parking space. Before I took my foot off the brake, the car accellerated backwards and then stalled suddenly. This happened at least 3 times while I was in the parking lot before the car finally began to work properly and I could drive it home again. Both wrench and check engine lights were on.

The car often lungs, revs up, without warning or having your foot on the accelerator. It seems to be getting more consistant. It does not matter if the ac is on or not.

I have a 2006 Ford Freestyle and when ever I drive it it accelerates when your stopped at stop signs, traffic lights,coasting through parking lots, etc. I have just recently hit the car in front of me while waiting at a traffic light I was slowing down to stop when the car accelerated causing the car to lunge forward hitting the car in front of me before I had time to stop. This has become very dangerous. I took it to a Ford dealer with no results. I called the Ford mfg. And they told me they were aware of the problem but nothing was being done about it. I have ask several owners of the Freestyle about this and they said they were having the same problem. I have checked on the internet and found complaint after complaint about this problem and the high cost of trying to fix it. I have went to several repair shops with no guarantees. The Ford dealer I took it to charged me $140. 00 then told me there was nothing wrong with the car. I feel this should be something the Ford motor CO. Should be recalling. Thank you.

Vehicle surged forward while parking and backward while exiting parking space. Has continued to occur since.

2006 Ford Freestyle lungs forward or reverse when car is put in drive or reverse and break ir released it will set a orange wrench indicator that can be reset by shuting off car this is very dangerous in parking lots have nearly hit other cars.

First sign was when leaving a mall parking space; placed car into reverse to back up, motor surged and car leaped backwards unexpectedly nearly striking a passing car and pedestrians. Put transmission into'd' to pull back into space and transmission dash indicator illuminated and the car died. Various iterations of restarting the engine, putting the car in gear and then either surging under full power or dying until we got to an auto parts store to see if they could read any codes for the problem. The shop was very nice but unable to determine anything conclusive so we limped along to the nearest Ford dealership where we learned the throttlebody had failed.

Car accelerated unexpectedly, to the point of having to hold the brake while the tires were still spinning in the gravel. After this the dashboard wrench and check engine light came on. Car also stopped while in traffic several times. After taking car to Ford dealership for service, we were told the throttle body was malfunctioning and caused this problem. While the car is still under warranty we were advised this part was not covered under the warranty at a cost of $700. 00 to us. We have no problem with the dealership, our problem is with Ford motor company. Why is there no recall!! this is a dangerous situation.

I have a 2006 Ford Freestyle I pulled off the interstate stopped at a stop sign when I went to pull away the car lunged forward almost hitting another car and died 3 times the check engine light came on. I went to pull back on the interstate and had no power had my foot to the floor and could barely get to 30 mph. I am an automotive tech took the car to work and pulled the codes po61b internal control torque calculation and p2106 throttle control system. After researching the codes I found that alot of people have experienced the same problem with the same codes and had to replace the throttle body. I am replacing the throttle body but realize this is a common and dangerous problem that Ford is not taking care of or even acknowledging there is a problem. Knowing that the throttle bodies were on back order not long ago means to me they are in big demand so there must be a problem.

The vehicle's engine cut out after a stop several times, when restarted, vehicle behavior was erratic during acceleration. Dealer determined the electric throttle body was bad and replaced the component.

My mom owns a 2006 Ford Freestyle. It had a throttle body failure that cost her $835 to replace on 7-21-2011. This is outragous!!!! it's understandable that mechanical things will fail but this is an obvious safety issue. The car began to "surge" and lurch forward, mainly when parking. My mom actually bumped the front of the car port!!! the vehicle also died multiple times while sitting at red lights over the course of about 3 weeks. . . When she needed to take off, it stalled and would not accellerate. . . This is an extreem safety hazard and Ford needs to make this right! reimburse my mom! she's on a fixed income and can't afford to pay for Ford's mistakes, not to mention she could have had an accident causing damage to her vehicle or someone else, or worse yet personal injury to her or someone else!!!!!! do the right thing. . . Step up an recall this throttle body. . . There is already a TSB out on it. . (05-25-13) so it's a known issue. What will it take to get this fixed?. . . Does someone have to get hurt or killed????.

When hot outside, vehicle accelerates on its own at idle without touching the accelerator pedal.

My 2006 Ford Freestyle lurches and surges. When put into gear my Freestyle will lurch violently and while driving it will surge power. While sitting and in gear power surges and lurches forward forcing the driver to press the brake hard to keep the car from jumping forward. While cruising power will surge without input from the driver.

2006 Ford Freestyle lunges with foot on the brake and not on the accelerator. This is unpredictable and random. It happens in reverse and drive.

Ford 2006 Freestyle is accelerating on it own in reverse and drive. I do not have my foot on the gas. The car lunges forward and then stalls.

Engine revs and vehicle lurches while placing the car in reverse, even with foot firmly on the brakes. Appears to be worse when air conditioner is on. Vehicle has lost virtually all power while driving. When this happens, you can floor the gas peddle but the vehicle won't go over 10-15mph. Pulling over to the side of the road, turning vehicle off, waiting 15 seconds or so, then restarting, seems to reset the vehicle to a more functionable level. The vehicle also has an extensive exhaust smell and it is currently at the shop for a $566 repair for the diagnostic exam and that diagnosis indicating that the egr valve needs to be replaced. I called Ford and they do not have a current recall for the egr valve, or throttle body-which seems to be a correlated problem within the two.

While starting my car and attempting to back up, it started sputtering, wouldn't reverse, and then the engine reved and it lurched backwards. I immediately hit the brake and put it in park. The engine altered between sputtering, lunging, and then it reved on it its own while in park and with no acceleration. I turned off the ignition, waited a minute, and started it again, this time with no problem. About 2 weeks later, the same incident happened while I was trying to pull forward in a parking lot but this time the engine kept stalling. I had it towed to the auto dealer who tried recalibrating a computer sensor but warned that it "may be the throttle body but that would be very unusual. " after another incident, the dealer replaced the throttle body (this past Monday) but same incident happened last night, this time leaving us stranded in the middle of a four lane road. After several attempts at turning off and then turning on the car, we were able to hobble to a parking lot where we turned off the car and sat for 5 minutes. It was then fine, and we drove home. We did notice that the a/c would cut in and out on its own during the 30 minute trip home. It is the shop again as I write this.

Noticing our 2006 Ford Freestyle rpm's suddenly surging when running at low rpm's and then turning the steering wheel. Problem is increased when air conditioning is on. Was very close to crashing our Freestyle into the shelving in the garage. Also have had incidents where the fan motor on the rear seat climate control will surge to high then go almost to off, surge again and then stabilize at the desired fan speed. Have not taken action on a repair yet.

We purchased a brand new 2006 Ford Freestyle in March, 2007. On June 14, 2011, and to a lesser extent, periodically since vehicle purchase, the vehicle's engine surged while my foot was on the brake pedal; the vehicle failed to accelerate to normal speed; and, it acted like it didn't want to shift into next gear. The June 14, 2011 occurrence was the worst one, plus, the wrench light came on. Our local Ford dealership diagnosis is that the throttle body needs to be replaced. . . At only 37,200 miles. Repair estimate from the dealership to replace the part is $836. 48. Dealership also determined that an engine mount bracket/gasket needs to be replaced for cost of $424. 00; rear brakes will be needed within 5,00 miles for $374, if new rotors are needed; and, new battery is needed now for a cost of $138. . . All this at only 37,200 miles. We foolishly purchased an extended warranty when we bought the vehicle. Ford tells us that the warranty only covers the power train, and since the throttle body is considered to be electronic, the warranty will not apply. We were led to believe that it was a bumper-to-bumper extended warranty when we agreed to purchase the warranty. We are very unhappy campers! no more extended warranties for us. We believe that Ford should be responsible at least for the throttle body replacement, in full. We are afraid to drive the vehicle now, and even when it is "repaired" we will still be afraid because of the history of the Freestyle problems that we have read about online. Please help! thanks.

My vehicle was lurching at slow speeds when pulling into parking spots or parallel parking. In some instances it actually revved up high and I had to slam on the brakes for fear of running into something. With the air conditioner or heater on it's much worse. I took it to the dealer and they told me it was the throttle body but at the time my car only had roughly 48000 miles on it. The car had too few miles on it to have this type of problem, so I looked on the internet and found that many other owners of this vehicle have been having the same issues.

On June 10, 2011 I allowed my son and daugter in-law along with there two small children to use our 2006 Ford Freestyle to drive to there vacation destination in nags head nc. They stopped in woodbridge va to spend the night. After obtaining a motel room they used the car to go to a resturant to eat and at this time while driving the car it began to accelerate and surg forward. Applying the brake seemed to have know effect on the condition. My son called me and ask what I thought he should do and I told him to take it to a local Ford dealer in the morning. On the morning of June 11 2011 he drove the car to cowles parkway Ford in woodbridge va. They reported to him that the car had a faulty throttle body and it would have to be replaced at a cost of $969. 00. The part was replaced and they proceeded to nags head nc. After some investigation on my part I decovered that Ford motor company knew that this problem existed but to the best of my knowledge did not inform owners. I would not have sent my family on a vacation with this car if I had known that this potetially dangerous situation could arise.

I drive a 2006 Freestyle. Just weeks after buying it from used dealer the vehicle started lunging when I would attempt to stop or be at a slow pace. Example being in parking lot and trying to park it would lung from about 1000 rpm to 4000-5000 rpms. This would throw my car forward. I did tap a car that day but no body damage. Also the car will be driving down the road and the wrench comes on and motor shuts down. There is no warning and has been very scary when merging into 75mph traffic with no where to go. On the 6th of June 2011 the throttle body was replaced. However within the 30 days all symptoms were occurring again. I had the compressor go out which cost $1000 to replace. On 12/02/11 I took the vehicle back to the shop, they ran codes and found it was the transmission. I have many accounts of the lunging and the wrench shut down issue. It has become very regular and makes my car very unreliable.

Returning home with my children, when my 2006 Ford Freestyle lurched horribly, accelerating first, then dropping down to almost no power at all, with the yellow wrench light turned on, and then would barely accelerate till I got home and turned the engine off, then re-started it and the car acted relatively normal. Fortunately was on a country road, and no other cars around when incident occurred.

Car lurches on its own with my foot on the brake. Happens most in reverse when backing up out of a parking space, but has also happened several times while idling in a drive thru line. I have had several near collisions due to this problem. It happens almost always when first put into reverse. I have learned to keep my foot on the brake. It is an ongoing problem.

Upon starting the car and putting it in either reverse or forward, the engine would race and either lunge forward or backward. Whilst driving, the engine would sputter and stall. This was more prevalant when the air condition was turned on. On starting the car, I had to place my foot with a lot of pressure on the brake pedal to ensure that the car did not lunge. This was a very dangerous problem as I have two small children in the car and they could be hurt if the car stalled in heavy traffic and was struck. The dealer said that this was not under warranty and that they understood the problem but Ford has not issued a recall on the part. It was rather expensive to replace this part. I am urging the government to issue a recall on this part before someone gets seriously hurt or killed. The part in question is the throttle body.

My car began having problems lunging forward while I was stopped at a school zone cross-walk waiting for children to cross. It lunged forward and stopped just inches from hitting 4 children. It terrified me!!!! it happened several times that day and the next day until I could get it in the shop. I was told it needed the throttle body replaced by the Ford mechanics but luckily I got by with just a throttle body cleaning. The car no longer lunges forward. About the same time, the car had problems feeling like it wouldn't get past 2nd gear and it wouldn't accelerate. I still don't know what caused this. A few months later the car started making a strange clicking noise that would get faster when I would accelerate then slower when I would brake. It quit making the noise by the time I could take it to get it looked at a few days later. The air conditioner won't get cold unless the car is in motion. The heater does the same thing. It only seems to happen on extreme temperature days. Then spontaneously, both these problems seemed to fix themselves. Just this week, my car backfired 2 times, then the next morning when I started it, it smelled horrible! I turned it off immediately, then the next day, it wouldn't start. Took it to my Ford mechanic, and he said everything checked out ok. He now thinks there is something wrong with the computer system. Everything I have read on the internet suggests that these have been huge problems for many Ford Freestyle owners. And yet no recall? come on Ford!! you have lost many loyal customers over this!! please help all of us to get a recall issued for this car!! I am a single mother of three children, and if I get stranded, I, like many people, have nobody to call and no way to pay if I get stranded. Please help before someone gets seriously injured or even killed. Many other probs but no room to list.

The automobile surges when initialing engaging into either reverse or drive. Extreme pressure needs to be applied to the break to prevent the car from surging 5 to 10 feet, either backwards or forwards depending on which gear is selected. Took the car to danvers Ford in danvers, massachusetts. There service manager stated he had not heard of any surging problems. No error codes were detected. He contacted Ford motor company and the recommended the "throttle body" be replaced. For obvious safety reasons reasons, we complied and replaced the throttle body at an out-of-pocket expense to us of roughly $650.

Vehicle accelerates, without depression of gas pedal. Lunge forward at stop lights while brake pedal is depressed. It surges in reverse as well, even with the brake pedal is depressed and the gas pedal is vacant. I called dealership, and they said it was the throttle body, it needs to be replaced and it would cost up to $1000. This is a huge safety hazard and it is common to all Ford Freestyles. It is most definitely a manufacturing flaw and it is only a matter of time before someone dies. The car already has surged into a pole once, it is getting bad.