2005 Ford Freestyle brakes problems

Filed Jan 31, 2021 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 257,000 miles · PA

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.

Filed Jan 31, 2021 · Acceleration, Brakes · 159,229 miles · ME

Just got the car and it stalled on me today, accelerated and shut off in the middle of the road. Alot going on iv read other people's comments about the ford causing accidents I don't want that to happen to me I'm a new driver

Filed Jan 11, 2017 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 224,000 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford freestyle. While driving 55 MPH, the traction control and all wheel drive warning indicators illuminated. An independent mechanic diagnosed that the brakes and wheel sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 224,000. ...updated 03/13/17 *bf

Filed Oct 30, 2014 · Airbags, Brakes · 1 miles · FL · crash

I was driving my infant son home from the hospital after cardiovascular surgery. It was a light drizzle following a period of heavy rain. The roads were wet but there was no standing water. Cars were braking in front of me to make a left hand turn. I applied my brakes, the pedal was up, but there were no brakes. The vehicle did not even begin to stop. I pushed them again and again and there was still no braking of the vehicle causing a rear end collision with the car in front of me who rear ended the car in front of him. Note: the airbags never deployed! I had to take my infant back to the hospital via ambulance to have him checked out because of the prior surgery. The dealership said the car did not throw any codes and that there was no way to test the anti-lock brakes and no way to prove that they failed. I am a very cautious driver, always leave plenty of space to stop between me and the cars in front of me. I have never had an accident or moving violation, and yet the response that I received from the dealership was "well the front ends are made to collapse in the event of an accident".. That is not the issue. The accident should never have happened because the vehicle should have stopped. There was more than enough space to stop, I was applying the brakes, and did so multiple times to try to get them to work (so obviously I had plenty of space to stop) and yet the car would not even slow down. A vehicle should stop when you apply the brakes, anti-lock mode or not! Someone could have been killed and one of those people could have been my infant son!!!!!

Filed Jul 16, 2014 · Acceleration, Brakes · 68,000 miles · PA

* acceleration problems when parking or reversing at low speeds when the A/C is running on any fan level. - during high exterior temperatures when vehicle AC is on, vehicle drastically lunges forward if in drive - or backwards if in reverse. Research online states that this is a common problem among ford vehicles, therefore if ford does not act swiftly to correct this obvious safety defect in their manufacturing, I will contact my congressional/senate representatives. These vehicles transport children, and ford should do the right thing and not ignore these problems like chevrolet and toyota did. "man-up" ford!

Filed May 28, 2014 · Brakes, Engine · 20,000 miles · NY

It should have been a sign when the brakes wore out at less than a year and less than 9,000. The car would idle high and jump before stepping on the gas. The car would get a jump start before I wanted it to move. A noise could be heard while the car was in park. However, it did change noises as I change gears. Driving the car would sound like it was roaring. During the winter time, the car was not good with the gears/transmission as it felt like it was slipping in the transmission and not sticking in the gear. The car is presently in the service station of the place I purchased the car and I have been advised the vehicle needs a transmission and catalytic converter. The car has a little over 62,000 miles and has been maintained.

Filed Jan 4, 2014 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 80,914 miles · MD

Twice in snow storms while creeping along at <5 MPH and applying the brakes (gently pumping) to negotiate a hill the brake pedal became extremely hard to push and seemed non functional. I believe this is repeatable and is somehow related to low speed on a down grade while pumping the brakes. I could not discern whether the engine idle was gaining but the vehicle was unstoppable until I reached the bottom of the grade. Once reaching the base of the hill the problem mysteriously goes away. A mechanic could not find anything wrong with the physical brakes. I believe it is traction and anti-lock brake control related.

Filed Nov 20, 2012 · Brakes, Engine · 94,500 miles · MO

The car lunges forward. It happen in forward or reverse gear. Ac in on position. It has happen when car starts moving or while it is moving at lower speeds. No accidents, just close calls. In driveways, drive thru's. Moving on streets and parking lots. Having to apply brakes harder. Car stalls at hotter outside temperatures.

Filed Oct 15, 2012 · Acceleration, Brakes · 86,000 miles · MO · crash · 1 injury

Was coming up to a stop light and the car started to accelerate. When I put on brakes, it accelerated more. To avoid hitting 3 cars in front of me, I went over a curb, up a hill and over and embankment. The car finally stopped in the middle of a side street. The impact of coming off the embankment blew 2 tires and totaled out the bottom of my car. The insurance company has totaled the car. As far as the speed of the car, I was doing 35 until the acceleration failed and when I put on the brakes, it went faster. I read on your website where ford was having problems with lunging and this sounds like what happened with my car. Especially when I read from others that have posted there problems with this. I do believe that ford needs to do a recall before someone gets hurt bad. I did go to the er to get checked out but besides seat belt burn, I was fine.

Filed Aug 11, 2012 · Acceleration, Brakes · 99,000 miles · CA

We were backing up in a parking lot and the car accelerated to where we had to slam on the brakes, luckily no one was behind us or we could have caused an accident. It is lurching forward when we are at slow speeds for no reason, I am worried that if someone is in front or back of us we will hit them. This happened about 2 summers ago but a part was replaced and it had not been a problem again until now. I have noticed that it becomes an issue on hot days when my A/C is on.