My 2005 ford freestyle "surges" when the engine is running but my car is not moving. I have to keep my foot on the brake when starting up the car for fear it will lunge forward, or backward, without any pressure put on the gas pedal. I am afraid to let anyone drive the car, even with me telling the person about the surges, since it is not what you would normally be thinking about when starting a car and putting it into gear. I am concerned about the safety of this situation. I have not taken the car to the dealership yet since I don't know what the charge will be for repair. The surging has occurred at least 10 times over the last 2 months. Each time I think it is just a one time thing, but now I know it is not.
2005 Ford Freestyle acceleration complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford freestyle. The contact stated that the vehicle would surge forward unexpectedly when no pressure was being applied to the accelerator pedal. The brakes were effective in stopping the vehicle during the failures. The failure was experienced on an intermittent basis when the vehicle was idled. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop where they located a failure within the egr valve and mass air flow sensor. The vehicle was not repaired. There was an investigation open under the federal safety agency action number pe11018 (vehicle speed control) that may be related to the failure. The failure mileage was 8,000 and the current mileage was 107,600. The VIN was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while stopped at a traffic light with the brakes engaged, the vehicle lunged forward and the engine revved to a very high RPM. The failure also occurred while in reverse. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 70,000.
Started car, put it in reverse, car lunged. Not the first time it has done this. Each time the lunge, either in reverse or drive, happens with no warning whatsoever. It just about always starts when the car is started or moved into gear after idling.
I have a 2005 ford freestyle that has been surging forward when I am at a complete stop & the engine fail safe mode with a wrench has shown up. I have 4 kids & this has happened on the highway with them in the car on the highway & it is very scary to lose power on the highway & try to get to the shoulder without getting hit by another car.
My 2005 ford freestyle lunges when placed in drive or reverse, it happens before the accelerator is pressed and I must stomp the brake to stop it. I have had many close calls in the past two weeks. Today a "fail safe engine mode" message came on.
Tl* the contact owns 2005 ford freestyle. The contact stated the vehicle would accelerate when the brakes were applied. The failure occurred intermittently and more frequently whenever the air conditioner was on. The vehicle was not inspected by a mechanic. The failure mileage was 62,500 and the current mileage was 72,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford freestyle. While changing gears from park to drive the vehicle suddenly lunged forward while depressing the brake pedal. The contact applied excessive force to the brake pedal in order to control the vehicle. The failure occurred intermittently and over time occurred more frequent. The engine light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle would lunge backwards when switching the gear from park to reverse as well. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. There was an investigation open under the federal safety agency action number: pe11018 (vehicle speed control) that may be related to the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.
My 2005 ford freestyle will lunge at low speeds, usually while parking in the driveway or parking lot. This happens quite frequently while the car is in drive or reverse and even caused the front end to lunge into a concrete wall of a parking garage causing minimal damage before the brakes could be applied.
My vehicle will jump ahead at different times. Most of the time it is when you put the car in gear. It lunges very quickly so you have to be aware if it at all times. The first time it happened it took me by surprise it jumped ahead so quickly. I have noticed lately when the air conditioning is in use it will jump/lunge ahead numerous times.
2005 ford freestyle began lurching forward when at a very low speed (pulling into/idling in a driveway). We were able to stop the vehicle by pressing on the brakes.
I have a 2005 ford freestyle. The vehicle randomly surges in forward an reverse. I have found many complaints online saying it is the throttle body. It seems to happen most often when first shifting out of park to reverse or forward. Happens even more often when air is on. It is very disappointing there has been nothing done about this. This vehicle is supposed to be a safe family car!! It has put my son and wife in many close calls. I hope the federal safety agency makes ford do something about this and soon!!
I own a 2005 ford freestyle sel. I am experiencing engine surges (sudden acceleration) on a daily basis. The vehicle was taken to a ford dealer where they didn't find any problems and blamed it on engine load from the AC systems. While I have not had any accidents yet I have on several occasions been forced to stand on the brake to avoid hitting other vehicles and in one case a pedestrian. Ford won't do anything because they say that they can't find anything wrong and there are not recalls.
When go to back it lunges back and if you are sitting in traffic it will lunges forward and then stall out or die and the rpms go up real high.
While idling my freestyle will accelerate without my foot being on the gas pedal. I am always afraid to take my foot off the brake while idling just waiting for the car to jump forward.
My 2005 ford freestyle sel fwd has sudden acceleration problems in both forward and reverse. This issue happens more frequently and is worse in the warmer months. This issue has been going on for the past 4 years with my vehicle. The sudden acceleration caused my freestyle to shut down and go into engine failsafe mode the last time. The acceleration issue occurs multiple times a day. The dealer says that since there is not a recall on the vehicle there is nothing that they can do that won't come out of my pocket. I am worried that the car will one day lunge forward or backwards into another vehicle or a person walking around the car. Ford needs to be forced to issue a recall and correct this problem before someone is gravely injured.
The vehicle is experiencing a surge in the engine performance at a low speed and also when shifting into drive, neutral, reverse & park. The surge of the engine causes the vehicle to lunge forward or rearward (depending on what gear is selected) and when put in neutral or park a sharp increase in engine RPM's is experienced to the extent that the engine stalls. This problem is a constant occurrence, not intermittent or every once in a while.
I purchased at 2005 ford freestyle in 2006. My vehicle now has 88,800 miles on it as of 07/18/11. Over the past year my vehicle has began accelerating when I shift the vehicle into a forward or reverse gear. My foot is always firmly on the brake. Recently, I have been turning the A/C on low and watching the RPM's before I shift into gear. My car will still jump on me and the motor will accelerate even at 500 RPM"s. I will not go through a drive thru because this is where my car will cause the most problems and I never know when my vehicle will begin to malfunction. I have called 2 ford dealerships and they are aware of this issue, but they would have to duplicate the problem before they can diagnose anything. They state it could be a number of issues. I am reluctant to take it in cause I know that I will be spending lots of money and the problem will not be resolved. I think ford needs to isolate the problem and fix it. This seems to be very similar to the issues that some of the ford taurus's had in the past. This car is just a revamped ford taurus....different look same problems!
My 2005 ford freestyle ltd/ has experienced idle surges several times in past 2 years of ownership. The most recent occurance on 7-15-2011.
Tl* the contact owns 2005 ford freestyle. The contact stated the vehicle accelerated unexpectedly. The contact attempted to exit a driveway and when the vehicle was shifted into reverse, the vehicle surged backwards. The contact crashed through a fence and did not stop until crashing into another vehicle. There were no injuries. The vehicle was destroyed in the crash. The failure mileage was 41,000. Updated 08/11/11 *bf updated 08/31/11 *bf updated 09/07/11 updated 3/08/2012
Tl* the contact owns 2005 ford freestyle. The contact stated that the vehicle began to surge forward, and while turning to avoid another vehicle, the contact crashed into a curb and fire hydrant. A police report was filed, but no injuries were reported. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where it was not yet repaired. The failure and current mileages were 95,000. The VIN was unavailable.
The vehicle periodically lurches forward or backward unexpectedly. This happens most often when shifting from park to reverse, from park to drive, reverse to drive or drive to reverse. When this unexpected acceleration occurs the car lunges forward without warning. This issue occurs on almost a daily basis.
2005 ford freestyle lunging the vehicle lunges suddenly and unexpectedly without having foot applied to gas pedal. This happens in forward and reverse, at low speeds. The RPM indicator climbs high when this is occurring. The only solution seems to be keeping foot applied to brake at all times when traveling at idle speeds. This lunging effect has recently appeared in the past few months.
While attempting to parallel park, my 2005 ford freestyle, accelerated on its own and almost caused me to collide with the car behind me. I have had over 10 incidents where my car has accelerated on its own. Today when it happened the car ended up stalling and the check engine light came on. This has become a safety issue and seems to be happening more frequently. I will contact my local ford dealer to see what what steps ford is taking to resolve this issue.
My 2005 ford freestyle is surging after I put it in reverse as to back up in the parking lot. It lunges very fast and forcibly so that if I do not have a strong hold on the brake it will move. It also happens in forward position if I am not moving or moving very slowly say in a parking lot or drive thru. The air conditioning and or turning seems to make it worse. It does not happen everytime but happened very forcibly the other day. I am very concerned that it will lunge out of control and hit something or somebody. I have children in my car often including my infant. It seems to me to be some sort of safety defect which needs to be looked into.
My 2005 ford freestyle has had increasing problems with unexpected lunging. This has occured numerous times when parked or stopped. Usually I can press the brakes and control the movement. Recently, however, I was in a long line of cars leaving a multistoried parking garagae on july 3rd of this year. As we moved down toward the exit, the car became increasingly difficult to manage, lunging repeatedly, and even braking as usual did not stop the lunge. I barely missed the car in front of me, and was grateful that no pedestrians crossed in front of my car.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while at a complete stop, the brake pedal was firmly engaged and the vehicle began to lunge forward unexpectedly. The failure occurred on five different occasions. The authorized dealer was notified and informed the contact that there was not a recall pertaining to the failure. Also, the dealer advised the contact to bring the vehicle in to have the failure diagnosed. There was an open investigation associated with the federal safety agency action number pe11018 (vehicle speed control). The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford freestyle. The contact was braking to a traffic stop and with the brakes depressed, the vehicle lunged forward abnormally. The dealer was contacted and advised that he had never heard of the failure described. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 20,000 and the current mileage was 95,000.
2005 ford freestyle is experiencing sudden acceleration. We first experienced the problem soon after purchase, but the throttle body was cleaned (or so we were told) and the problem went away until recently. Now it does it frequently and with a new driver in the family we are fearful about the safety of the car. The driver of this car must be very aware of its tending to accelerate / surge. The car has twice shut down in safe engine mode when it surged while backing out of a parking space.
Ford freestyle lunging wife nearly hit someone on a bike.
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