Equipment Problems of Ford Freestyle - part 1

Transmission is slipping not getting power when gas is pressed down rpms are jumping not going into gear. Making a terrible sound in park. Passenger door not closing.

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Doors will not close in cold weather. This is a safety issue that was not resolved with prior recall.

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Under carriage is completely rotten floor boards ,shock mounts, rear frame. Garage on lunenburg st. In fitchburg,MA said that it was so rotten that he couldn't find a safe spot to put the car on the lift to do exhaust work. Put in a complaint in sept 2023 with NHTSA id number 11544728. I explained to them that I had contacted Ford motor CO. And Ford didn't want to hear it. This car is problematic. Transmission does not shift properly. This vehicle never had a recall. There is dozens of consumer complaints. This vehicle is a hazard on the road and is very expensive to repair. Under carriage is unrepairable making this vehicle junk.

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Driving my 2005 Ford Freestyle today when I suddenly heard a loud explosion or crash sound overhead. At first I thought something had fallen from the sky and crashed into the top of our vehicle. I immediately slowed down and pulled the car off the side of the road. My husband was a passenger in the vehicle. He carefully got out of the vehicle and looked on top of and around the vehicle. That is when we discovered that the glass in the sunroof had literally exploded and blown out of the vehicle. The track was still in place and operating normally. The glass was completely blown out of the vehicle. Because the Ford Freestyle was only in production for 3 years (I believe), there probably are not many still in use. Thus, there are probably not many Ford Freestyle owners having or reporting this problem. Besides being scared, the potential for being hit by the exploding glass and suffering substantial injuries to our heads, eyes, face, shoulders, bodies, could have been tremendous, if not deadly. I reported the incident to Ford motor company. The vehicle has not been inspected yet by manufacturer, police, insurance, or others. There were no warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the sunroof glass failure.

I had an oil change for vehicle. Service technician listed on report of vehicle that the subframe has several holes in it and a long crack along the seam . It was serviced by the facility that does my servicing so I believe that qualifies as a dealer. I transport four children back and forth to school and am very concerned about the vehicle “ falling apart!” I understand that the taurus and the freestar have the same subframe and those have been recalled. I would think that the Freestyle should be recalled also. There were no warning lights or messages related to this problem. I have now reported this and am asking you to take action to repair this problem. Thank you!.

Says transmission data error check engine and trac control all display and only allow me to drive 20-35 mph some time I can turn the car off and back on and the codes will shut off but they come back on in the middle of the highway what usually takes me 30 minutes takes me an hour and a half to get to some times 2 hours I can't run my ac cuz that over does my alternator and heats my car I've only had it a year and it's been giving me problems 5 months after getting it I have kids and it gets rough going slow in the heat and hoping if I press to much on the gas please help I am broke and have nothing but this car left and I've spent $2000 for people to tell me nothing is wrong with it.

Front crossmember/subframe that supports the motor and transmission as well as connects controls arms for both front wheels rusted out almost causing an accident due to loss of vehicle control.

Stationary and in motion my awd malfunction light will come on, it does this multiple times a day, I just got this Ford the other day, nobody knows what the issue is, but I've seen thousands of other people have this issue. That almost caused me an accident today in the snow. Not very happy about it, and I don't want it to happen again. It's been doing this since I got it. I'm lucky it's not totaled.

The wrench light and check engine light come on out of nowhere and the car isn't drivable. We keep repairing things but then it comes up with different codes.

Well I noticed this issue a couple months ago, I bought the car back in July of 2019 with 123,000 miles. Whenever I go to park or reverse with the a/c on or anything my car lunges without me even touching the acceleration and I have to slam on the brakes not to hit anything. And today I reversed out of a parking spot and it lunges as usual and when I started driving down the road a wrench light flashed on and I wasn't getting as much acceleration as usual. I've been researching and this seems to be a problem a lot of people have had with this car. It just scares me with it lunging and speeding up on its own in drive thrus, parking lots/spots, and simply when I'm sitting and turn my wheel just a little bit it decides it wants to accelerate on its on! all this happened mostly when I just start driving, or pulling in somewhere or reversing, and sometimes when I'm stationary at a drive thru.

This vehicle transmission doesnt work and can not be fix. This problem came with the vehicle. It make noise like a helicopter. I took the car to the dealer and they told me they couldnt do anything and to call Ford motor as there is recall in this model. .

The car stops randomly at times and sometimes will not even startup. Check engine light is on and I recently hit someone in front of me due to jerking or lerching while at a stop light. Very dangerous.

When the car is parked it likes to exhilarate and if you're on pressing on the break it wants to exhilarate.

My vehicle stalls every week steering and brakes hard to control, my wife drives the vehicle. Took it to many shops, no codes stored in computer cannot find problem. I had the throttle body cleaned, replaced fuel pump, same fault. The car is unsafe hard to stop sometimes when engine shuts off. Ford dealer cannot find the problem.

My 2005 Ford Freestyle speedometer fluctuates on its on causing the car to jump forward and take off slow with very little power it does it when sitting in park with the car turned on and while driving.

We used the remote to unlock the door and the driver side mirror immediately caught on fire. Engine was not started and door was never opened. We blew the fire out. Does not appear to have harmed any other electrical parts except the mirror. Very strange. Odometer reading is only 63099 original miles.

Was stopped in traffic, then when I slowly took my foot off the brake to move, the engine revved up, then surged forward very quickly, I stepped on the brake again, but it wasn't enough to stop the car. I never touched the gas pedal. This resulted in me slamming into the car in front of me.

On several occasions, my 05 Freestyle lunges forward, transmission is engaged in the drive position and when in reverse, it also lunges. Often when stopped at a light the car will not accelerate. It will stumble all over itself and dies. I've almost been hit on a couple occasions because I couldn't get across an intersection or out of the way. On several occasions while driving, it loses power and will not accelerate. Had a a mechanic look at it. He said the throttle body was gummed up and he cleaned it. It ran good for a couple days and it's back to doing the same thing. The car only has 72310 miles on it. This problem has been going on for a couple years and has gotten significantly worse.

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?.

My 2007 Ford Freestyle sel stalled out on me when I was on the interstate and a wrench light came on I put a new throttle body on it and also new transmission filters and changed the transmission fluid.

2005 Ford Freestyle has a constant scraping sound from the transmission when I am driving it. We paid $ 200. 00 for Ford mechanic to change out the transmission fluid with new fluid kit & he did find metal & brass shavings from tranny in oil pan. Mechanic says the transmission needs to be replaced with new one but I can't afford to pay $4,000. 00 it will take to do it. I found out the cvt transmissions all sooner or later ,but mostly sooner ; fail because they are notorious for it . Bad design for that transmission & they still robbing the owners of these vehicles as I speak ! man up & pay for your mistakes like those in society must when they have robbed others and got caught. I'd like to know why it's let go thus far & who then is accountable ??.

My Freestyle accelerators/ lunges forward for "no reason" when I'm pushing on brake to park. This has happened numerous times at grocery store, wal-mary etc. Last Tuesday was the scariest. I was with my mom driving to the bank and as I was parking it accelerated much more than it normally does. We hopped the curb and almost crashed into the bank wall. My foot was on the brake! I have seen several mechanics who have no clue and can't find anything wrong. I went immediately to seen another recommend seasoned mechanic who said he had no idea what it could be and saw nothing wrong. I'm scared to drive my cat or even park it. I only park away from other cars now. If someone would have been in front of my cat at the bank, they would have been seriously injured. I googled the problem and saw other people had reported the same thing and I'm hoping that you guys can tell me what the issue was since there were numerous other complaints. Thank you so much for your time.

My car says engine malfunction and wont go over 25 mph. I also have an awd malfunction problem that we have tried to fix and doesn't seem like we can. I'm trying to wait until tax time to trade in but don't know how to get my kids from point a to b in the meantime. Mechanic tells me to get it scanned for $70. I cant afford that bs trying to raise 3 kids with another on the way.

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The car is self accelerating!! it is very scary. It does it when I am on drive trying to slow down and stop or when I have been parked and try to backup slowly to move in reverse. It therefore, happens mostly at red lights, stop signs, and in parking lots. I am terrified the car will run over a person crossing the street or walking behind my car in a parking space. When the car self accelerates, it does it suddenly and forcefully. In that split second I slam on the brakes to avoid running over a crossing pedestrian or winding up at crossroads and cause an accident. When I step on the brakes, the car shakes and dies. I have to quickly restart the car again. This constant dying and restarting of the car at red lights and parking lots had drained my battery. This exact self accelerating problem happened in 2011. It was "fixed" at the maxwell Ford dealership in 5000 south I-35 78745. They said it was the throttle. I had a new ac compressor put in recently and suddenly the problem came back. The last four years the ac has not worked well. I wonder if there is a a connection between the proper functionality of both parts - the throttle and the ac. I am desperate to have it repaired again, and of course at no expense of mine since it has been obviously a continuous factory/design defect. Please help, I have less than $200 in my account and I depend on my car for my livelihood.

Door latches freezing every winter and doors will not latch and stay shut. Also went to Ford website and realized there was a recall for fsa title: engine idle rpm surge extended warranty field service action number: 12n03. I was unaware of this recall and my car does this quite frequently and I am afraid the tens years is up for this to be taken care of. When pull up to a stop sign or red light, sometimes the engine will rev really high and lurch forward causing me to stomp on brake pedal really hard.

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.

Transmission issues. Started making awful noises and low acceleration. Went to mechanic and told the transmission is shot.

Anytime it rains my vehicle fills with water. I have mold starting in my vehicle. I took it to Ford dealership for recall work but it still leaks horrible bad. This car is mostly stationary. We have had rain the last two days and it has been sitting in the drive way. I checked it today and it is full of water. This has happened since I purchased the vehicle in 2013.

Car is lunging forward and backwards.

If we change gears with the a/c on the car lunges when we're trying to come to a stop. It lunges as we're parking or pulling up to a stop sign or stop light. After stopping it will continue to lunge without warning if it is in drive. . . It will even lunge as we try to shift to park. We are afraid we will hit someone walking in a cross walk or hit the car in front of us while parking. During lunging you can hear the engine rev louder. Lunges while stopping and while being stopped. This has been happening for several years. I've read other posts with people saying the same thing happening. Here is one example. . Read more...

Our 2007 Ford Freestyle is lunging when it is idling or at low speeds, especially when you turn the steering wheel. This happens in forward and reverse. It has been happening increasingly for the past few months. There has not been an accident yet, but several close calls. It is difficult to control and not always predictable. We are very cautious where we park and try to avoid parking next to cars(nearly impossible) and especially expensive vehicles because it is likely this will cause us to hit another vehicle at some point.

When driving down a 4 lane high way the car lost gas pedal check transmission light came on. This could have been fatal. With other vehicle speeds up to 65 mph behind my car. . . Have had several garages look at it and still cant figure out the problem. Now a tow bill labor and other compounding exspences.

I bought a 2005 Ford Freestyle last year 2015,for my daughter for her first starter vehicle. Just last night the door latches started freezing up and the door wont close and opens while driving. Apparently there is a recall for this so I called Ford. They told me the recall was taken care of in 2006. The previous owner may have had a garage to keep it protected from cold but I don't have that option. Since the repair was already done they wont take care of it and it is my problem to repair. I would thing this is a dangerous safety issue and they would want to take care of it since the first fix didn't work. My daughter is 17 and now I have to worry about the door opening while she is driving every time its cold and causing an accident or being injured herself.

Throttle body in car check engine and wrench lights come on , the vehicle will not move even when put in gear I have to let car warm up for at least 45 min then cut car off n on a couple times the rpm not moving speedometer not moving.

Door latch is frozen closed and cannot get drivers side door to open. Dismantled entire car to fix issue.