3/28/2007 while driving down the freeway at 65 the wrench light came on and the car completely lost power, I had to pull over to the shoulder. I shut the car off and re-started it and the problem was gone. This was the third time. Second was yesterday my wife was backing out of the driveway and the car did the same thing. Also 3/25/2007 while pulling into my subdivision I made a left turn and got to about 15 MPH and the car shuttered and the wrench light came on again, I drove it with almost no power for another 15 yards to my driveway, shut the car off and restarted it and no problems. I purchased this car used on 3/23/2007 with 55000 miles on it. I have contacted the ford dealership where I purchased it.
2005 Ford Freestyle electrical complaints
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I own a ford freestyle. Since the first days I drove it, I cannot see the information lighted panels on the dash when outside light is normal brightness. These lighted letter panels should be made bright enough to read at a glance, so that you do not need to take your eyes off the road for long when you need the information. Other cars, in the past, and now have panels that can be read easily enough. I believe accidents are being caused by people studying these dim panels and not watching the road at a critical time. I have placed a separate compass on the dash to help myself, for example, so that I don't have to try to see the lighted compass. Ford made cars in years past that had readable panels. They should do so again. The service people at ford garages can do nothing to help this condition. Sincerely,
My 2005 ford freestyle was purchased used, under factory warranty in may of 2006. Since that time it has been in the shop eight times for the same problem. It started right after the purchase of the vehicle. After the car had been parked and the engine turned off, when trying to restart the vehicle it would click when the key was turned but not start. It would take two or three tries to get the car to start. The dealer was unable to determine the problem. Then after the car would not start on the first try, when it did start the oil light was on, the parking brake light was on, the back-up lights were on when the car was in drive, the left blinker light was on and could not be turned off, the air conditioner would not work and once the car was turned off the battery would drain and the car would not start. The dealership witnessed the problem on multiple occasions, had someone from corporate come down to work on the car and it seemed fine for about two months. Then on christmas morning we started the car and the same thing happened. It was towed to the dealership and they replaced the battery but were unable to duplicate the problem. They are now flying in a "technical engineer" to work on the car.
Dt*: the contact stated after the vehicle was shut off, intermittently it would not restart. The vehicle was towed to the dealer on several occasions, however the problem could not be duplicated. According to the service papers there was a short in the starter. The consumer also experienced hesitation upon acceleration. Updated 12/28/06.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving 50 MPH on dry roads, the instrument panel gauges raised up to the highest readings, then dropped down to the lowest and subsequently did not function. Also, while stopped at a traffic light, the vehicle surged forward without warning while the brake pedal was depressed. Finally, even though the vehicle has a continuous transmission, there was still a moderate shift shock between gears. The vehicle was taken to a service dealer, where the cause of the problems were unable to be determined. The manufacturer was also notified.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving at no particular speed, the air bag lamp illuminated and the instrument gauges fell to zero. This lasted for a few seconds, but occurred intermittently on several other occasions. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for inspection. Updated 10/06/06.
Dt*: the contact stated the vehicle was modified to allow the driver to be seated in a wheel chair. Shortly after the modification a problem began while attempting to open the door to lower the ramp. The door does not open automatically to engage the ramp for exit or entry. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer were the mother board was replaced. The replacement of the part did not remedy the problem. The vehicle was returned to the local dealer where the keyless entry remotes were replaced. The replacement of the remotes did not remedy the problem. The vehicle was taken to the original modification dealer were it was inspected and was determined the remotes were obstructed by a foreign body which was removed. This did not remedy the problem. The vehicle was then taken to an independent mobility dealer who determined the entire flooring materials needed to be removed in order to secure the lock down for the front seat wheel chair. This procedure was completed to remedy a second problem the contact was unaware existed. Additionally, the independent mobility dealer recommended replacing the mother board because of unpredictability. The dealer determined the original and replacement boards were not the appropriate application for use in the conversion. The dealer recommended the use of a completely different brand of mother board. The dealer ordered the new mother board and is awaiting shipment. Currently the only way the door and ramp can be used is by someone manually opening the door and pulling out the ramp. This process renders the vehicle impossible to use by the contact alone.
When vehicle is unoccupied at night, the headlamps blink on and off, the headlamps illuminate for milliseconds and then shut off. All power is off in the vehicle and no key or person is in the car. This happens about 10 times a minute. The battery in the morning is weak.
When lowering rear door windows above 30 miles per hour wind noise is unbearable it hurts all the passengers ears to the point you think it is going to burst your ear drum plus you can't hear unless passenger yells at you pain in ears is some severe. On steering wheel their is two places to blow horn left area is no longer working will put in shop oct.18,2005 for repairs. Also fuel mileage stinks we have averaged approximately 20 miles per gallon have spoken to dealer about problem but no results yet.
Dt: 2005 ford freestyle - the vehicle stalled while driving. This usually happened when driving up hill. Also, it happened while trying to take off from a red light. After leaving the red light it happened three more times in a span of two miles. This happened seven times to consumer, and once for the dealer. It has been to the dealership four times for repairs. The dealer was able to duplicate the problem only once, and they were unable to tell what was the cause the problem. Therefore, they were unable to fix the problem. The dealer said it might be a problem with the computer in the car. The dealership has been in contact with the manufacture , and they were unsure what the problem was. The dealer told the consumer to contact the manufacturer and consider this car a lemon. Had not contacted the manufacturer yet, but I planned to do so.
I am leasing a ford freestyle. We have found that with the child lock off, that the rear passanger doors will not open unless the driver or passange unlocks the doors with the electronic switch at any time - with the mortor running, the car in park, or the motor off and the car in park. If there should be a crash or both the front dseat driver and passanger be unable to open the door, the rear seat passangers would not be able to get out. The windows are electric which with the motoor and key in off are inoperable. We have taken the car to the local ford dealer. They tell us that they are unable to do any thing about this issue. They claim to have been into the computer and can not find any way to change the way the rear doors open. This is a definite safety issue, especially in a front end or front side crash. I have sent a description of the issue to ford through their web site.
Consumer was able to pull the vehicle off the road until the local fire department arrived to extinguish the fire. Vehicle was towed to the dealer, who informed the consumer that the cause of the fire was the alternator.
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