Ford Freestyle owners have reported 3 problems related to mid/rear seats assembly (under the seats category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Ford Freestyle based on all problems reported for the Freestyle.
The 60 part of the 60/40 middle seat is stuck in the folded down position. The latch was always difficult to use. I had to really yank on it to get it to engage. Now it is just broken. I can only seat 1 person in the middle seat and the passengers in the 3rd seat can exit out of only 1 door. The replacement part is expensive and from reading other postings, it will break again. It appears to be a design flaw.
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2005 Ford Freestyle, 2nd row seat pivot hinge failure to allow seat to fold forward. Constitutes compromised safety of third row passengers to exit safely, quickly or at all. There is no way to open tailgate from inside of the vehicle. Ford contends that the pivot hinge is a "wear out item". Item should never fail.
Middle seats in Ford 2005 Freestyle. The latches broke in both seats. While folding the small middle seat to reach the back seat area, it would not release and open up for use. The cables and bars (s) bent. The seats have always opened hard, and we had to fiddle with them since I bought the car, to latch and unlatch, in sept 2005. Both latch units have been replaced. Old parts may not be avail.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
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| Seats problems | |
| Mid/rear Seats Assembly problems | |
| Front Seat Head Restraint problems |