Vehicle Speed Control Problems of Ford Freestyle - part 2

Car will stall out while idling, accelerating or decelerating (apparently fail safe mode). May or may not start again after shutting off and restarting. Alternatively, engine will roar when applying gas pedal, with no acceleration; or will jolt/shudder while moving from second to third gear. New fuel pump already installed. All electrical connectors already gone over at dealer. Twice new inertia shutoff valves installed. ($800) if this is related to the throttle body, I want to be included in the class action.

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While veichle is stationary, the engine revs between 500-1000 rpm. Transmission seemed to have stopped shifting and made the rpm go all over the place. While turning at a slow speed it seemed to make the issue worse. Was told it needs a new transmission.

My car just stops I was told it was the throdel body but fixing it ws only trmparey I have 6 kids in my car at all times it is very scarey I never know when it will happen.

Upon utilizing the drive through of a fast food restaurant, the breaks were being feathered to creep up to the window; the 2006 Ford Freestyle lunged forward unexpectedly and almost hit a women and her kid crossing in front of the car; I moved the car from the drive through and stopped at the edge of the parking lot before continuing onto the side street; at this time when I moved my foot off the break the car again unexpectedly lunged forward sticking the nose of my car out into traffic, cars swerved into the far lane to avoid colliding with the front of my car. I immediately brought the car to the Ford service dealer. Upon arriving at the Ford dealership it was diagnosed that the throttle body was failing, additional research revealed that Ford issue an extended warranty for a cleaning of the throttle body; however the dealership indicated that the throttle body needed to be replaced as it is faulty, the cleaning wouldn¿t suffice.

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While driving car at night lights on dashboard and instrument panel went out, abs light came on, headlights went out but backup lights came on while car was in drive. Turn signals did not work and radio went out. Car eventually lost all power.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated that the vehicle continued accelerating without the accelerator pedal being depressed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body assembly was faulty. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 150,000.

My Ford Freestyle has begun to surge in acceleration when after I am stopped with my foot on the brake, and then I let it off first to go, it surges ahead or backward, depending on forward or reverse with no pressure at all on the accelerator. Repeat, I do not put my foot on the accelerator, and it suddenly surges forward or backward with no warning, though I can hear the engine and as well as feel it once it surges. This is intermittent, and seems to occur when the ac is on. The mileage is 123,000, and it has happened about 5 times now, but it is intermittent. We were once in many situations: stopped idling at a light when it was time to go, stopped in a drive thru lane when it was time to go, stopped in a parking lot briefly waiting for pedestrians, so basically stopped for at least a few moments---and once while reversing from a parking space. This is a major safety issue. Please reply ASAP to my email: actualideal@yahoo. Com. I will be out of the country and will not be reachable by phone and all messages left on my cell phone will be long since deleted automatically before I would return to get them. Please let me know if there has been anything found on this, since I see a large number of other people on this site have been having problems for a lot of years. This last happened when we last drove the vehicle on September 4th 2016. We have not as yet tried to have this fixed.

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. While approaching a stop, the vehicle surged without warning while the brake pedal was being depressed. The failure occurred randomly. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The manufacturer informed the contact that the vehicle had reached the 10 year warranty and no assistance would be provided. The failure mileage was approximately 169,000.

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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...

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Freestyle. While driving 35 mph, the accelerator pedal failed to respond when depressed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the throttle body failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 151,420.

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Freestyle. While driving forward or in reverse, the vehicle randomly surged. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 65,000.

Long story short. . . . My vehicle will increase throttle on it's own when sitting at a light in traffic or without traffic. Sometimes when I release the brake to take off it will throttle up just before and then stall out. I am only able to restart the car if I turn of the air conditioning. Today as with many other days, the throttle increased while attempting to slowly back out of a parking space. I slammed on the brakes to get the car to stop as the throttle contiued to increase and then stall out. I have noticed severely increasing incidents of this happening and am scared to drive my car. I have no other options. Please help me with this issue. I don't want to die or kill someone else because the car seems to have a mind of its own and my efforts to control the car are futile at times.

Vehicle accelerates (surges) when stopped, especially when parking or reversing.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestyle. When the vehicle was placed in reverse or drive, it would surge forward or backwards. On several occasions, when the accelerator pedal was depressed, the vehicle failed to respond. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 64,241.

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. While driving at a low speed, the vehicle shook while making a turn and stalled. The failure usually occurred when the air conditioner was activated. The vehicle was able to restart and was taken to a mechanic who diagnosed that the electronic throttle body failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN and failure mileage were not available.

Having vehicle surging and stalling when decrease speed - found your action number pe11018 that describes my issue. Never received a letter from Ford sent in 2012 that issues a free fix for this. We have been at current address 20+ years. Fix is to 150k miles and we are at 156k - Ford is refusing to fix. Please help as it is a danger to my family to be driving this vehicle and I would have never known about the "recall" if not for a Ford forum when I was researching the issue.

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. When the contact released the brake pedal while at a stop, the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 141,404.

When vehicle is stationary on the brake it will try to accelerate on its own while not even on the gas pedal in reverse and drive.

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.

My 2007 Ford Freestyle cuts off repeatedly after almost every red light stop. I saw a lot of complaints about this matter with different Ford Freestyles and no one seems to know the cause. Mainly anytime I apply the brakes the cut shuts off and puts myself and family in life- threatening situations. Also, the vehicle idles high while my feet on on the breaks.

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated that while depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle was accelerating independently without warning. In addition, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart. The failures recurred various times. The vehicle was taken to independent mechanic where the failure was undetermined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 156,000.

My vehicle enters engine failsafe mode in the middle of driving, experiences idle issues and the throttle body is responsible. I don't understand why there is not a recall present - when researching the issue you find many consumers with the same problem. I took my vehicle in to the dealership and they confirmed that it was the throttle body but that I would have to pay for repairs. My children have been put in serious danger due to the sudden engine shut off with no warning at various speeds including interstate driving. The engine failsafe happens while driving in town, while on the interstate, while accelerating, there is no warning or specific pattern.

Tl-the contact owns a 2006 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle accelerated and decelerated independently. The contact stated that the check engine light would be illuminated once the failure occurred. The contact also stated that when the air condition was engaged the vehicle would lunge forward. The vehicle was taken to be diagnosed. The dealer was unable to reproduce a vehicle fault code. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 150,081. Ah.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated that while driving 35 mph, all of the dashboard lights would not illuminate and that all of the gadges for fuel, speed and oil temperature stopped working. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 131,596. Ad.

The car completely turn off while driving on the freeway. There is also a feel of power lost on take off while. Driving. And I have read there's been concerns about the throttle body malfunction.

1. Driving car at 45mph. . Came to red light. When pushing a celerator to floor , car suddenly does not respond to pressure on gas pedal. Will not pick up speed. Notice check e gine on display panel and wrench symbol came on and words "engine in failsafe mode" display. 2. When standing still, engine yrunning. . . Foot on brake . Engine idling. . . Car begins to lunge forward, engine revs up when lunging. 3. During 90 degree weather, driving at 55 mph, turned on ac. Car immediately lost power and failsafe mode light came on.

We have a 2006 Ford Freestyle I was driving on the highway at 70 miles per hour and the car lost all power. I pulled over shut the car off and than say awhile and started back up and it started going again fine. A few miles down the road it did the same. Thank god I was near a auto body shop after pulling over 6 times anyway mechanic said that the throttle body is bad. I looked this up and noticed there was a major issues with Ford and this part. As far as I know there has not been a recall when we asked. But I have seen many complaints about this is many cars. This is very dangerous and lots have complained about the safety. As you have no idea that the car will randomly stop. I could have been killed on that highway. Somoene needs to do something about this!.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated that when the accelerator pedal was applied, the vehicle did not pick up speed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer several times for various repairs and they were not able to replicate and diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Freestyle. While driving at low speeds in traffic, the vehicle began to independently surge forward without warning. The contact had to turn the steering wheel towards the median to avoid crashing into another vehicle. The vehicle stalled, but was able to be restarted. The failure recurred. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 170,000.

While accelerating up a hill ,felt a surge then deceleration to 25-30 mph. This has happened a number of times. Mechanic research codes and said it was the throttle body. Pe11018.

Tl- the contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated that the vehicle violently jerked forward with no warning and also when the vehicle was placed in to park, it independently lunges forward. The vehicle was not inspected and diagnosed and was to be taken to a dealer to determine the failure. The contact was not included in NHTSA action number: pe11018 (vehicle speed control). The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the provided no remedy. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000. Dyd.

I purchased the 2005 Ford Freestyle used. Issues: (1) shortly after purchasing the transmission light came on, then I took it to a transmission shop, who replaced the fluid, which seemed to fix the problem. (2) random surges of power, which almost resulted in a few accidents and was severely frightening (corrected before a recall) (3) this past winter problems with shutting the front doors, then with out warning ( with two children in the back sets ) the back passenger door few open when I turned the corner. The children screamed, I was thankful that a child was not severally injured and then, I had call someone to pick us up. I called Ford and was told I was the only complaint! later at a children's recreation, I parked next to a woman with children driving the same model. I asked her if she experienced door issues, she stated both doors flew open with the children in the back seats, and stated her husband lubed the doors down. (4) now the transmission will randomly decide not to move, but if I turn the free style on and off it might go into gear. No transmission light on indicated an issue. My opinion is the 2005 Ford Freestyle was created to market toward families, the design and marketing worked, but as a result several families are now in danger.

Tl-the contact owns a 2006 Ford free style. The contact stated that while reversing out of the driveway, the vehicle accelerated independently and the contact had to slam on the brake to a complete stop. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician diagnosed that the throttle body needed replacement. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 209,120. Pam.

I have 2007 Ford Freestyle, on multiple occasions when you have the brake pressed waiting to back up or start forward the car surges and lunges forward like it's trying to go on it's own. We have had the throttle system cleaned and it helped for a little bit now it's getting worse. And recently it does the lunging surge then the wrench light comes on and the car loses all power and cuts off , you have to put it in gear , restart the car and try again. I'm scared with the surging that I'm going to get in a accident. Ford says it's not a recall and they investigated and don't know the cause.