Owners/service Manual Problems of Ford Freestyle

Loss of power with no warning while traveling at 50 mph. "wrench" indicator light comes on representing "throttle body" according to owner's manual. Indicator light for "traction control" also comes on. Car is towed to nearby auto mechanic. Next day I am told the "megatronics unit" must be replaced at a cost of $1,775. 00 (includes recalibrating). One is located at a dealer in charlotte, n. C. They are on back order through Ford. After the unit is installed, it is determined that the transmission is no longer functional and needs replacing. According to the mechanic, there was no way to know this until the megatronics unit was replaced. In other words, it cost $1,775. 00 to find out it would take another $4,500. 00 - $6,000. 00 (rebuilt vs. New) to repair. That is more than the value of the car, if it was in working order. The car is less than eight years old and averaged less than 10,000 miles per year. It has been driven primarily by my wife, a retired school teacher, and most of the mileage has been local driving. The $1,775. 00 part can't be returned because it is now considered "used", even though it has not moved one foot. I own a car that has no trade-in value and will most likely end up in a junk yard. The mechanic tells me that even if I were willing to spend the money to repair it, no one who specializes in transmissions wants to touch it because they worry about a repeat of these problems and don't want to issue any warranty with it. I have had to purchase a vehicle with absolutely nothing of value to trade. My wife and I are both in out 60's and certainly did not anticipate having to make a purchase of this magnitude at this point in our lives. I don't think it is a stretch to expect the vehicle to have gotten well over 100,000 miles before anything close to a problem of this magnitude occurring. Instead, it got 74,342.

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