2005 Ford Freestyle: sudden loss of power

Filed May 20, 2019 · Driver assistance, Fuel system · 150,000 miles · NY

Driving down the road and lost power the car was still running. The rear wiper doesn't work and the traction control system is malfunctioning

Filed Oct 10, 2018 · Driver assistance, Engine · 10 miles · NJ

Driving my 2005 ford freestyle and all of a sudden, the vehicle starts to rev forward and backwards. I see the "engine fail safe mode appear and a lit up wrench also appears and the engine starts stalling or surging, followed by a sudden loss of power.

Filed Feb 4, 2017 · Electrical · 145,294 miles · NC

Instrument cluster failure the federal safety agency preliminary evaluation #pe07058 status: closed date opened: november 16, 2007 date closed: march 11, 2008 recall: no recall issued component(s): electrical system: instrument panel summary: the subject vehicles experience a loss of proper instrument cluster operation.typically, the problem appears as the needle on the gauge (speedometer, tachometer, fuel, and/or temperature) sweeps and resets intermittently.ford reports the problem as "momentary power interruption causes the gauges to sweep and then recover to normal function."in august 2006, ford issued a technical service bulletin (tsb 06-17-9) to provide guidelines to service technicians for diagnosis and repair of this condition.odi's review of ford's response to the agency's informationrequest letter reveals that the majority of the reports to ford (63%) indicate that the instrument cluster would experience intermittent loss of power.ford reports that thislasts for only a few seconds.also ford states, "the vehicle's exterior lighting would not fail to illuminate even in the event of power interruption to the cluster because the exterior lights are powered separately and do not rely on any signal from the cluster."additionally, odi contacted complainants who affirmed the intermittent condition and that none of the exterior lights on the subject vehicles would be affected by power interruptions to the instrument cluster.odi last received a report regarding this issue in august of 2007.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by the federal safety agency that a safety-related defect does not exist.further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted at this time.odi will however continue to monitor the issue and will take further action if warranted by the circumstances. The federal safety agency: this is what happend to me lastnight on a dark hwy at 55 MPH

Filed Oct 10, 2016 · Acceleration, Electrical · 181,000 miles · NJ

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.

Filed Sep 20, 2016 · Airbags, Electrical · 197,000 miles · LA

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford freestyle. While driving 5 MPH, the vehicle lost power, stalled, and the air bag indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was then taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 197,000. Updated 01/10/17*lj updated 01/11/17.

Filed Apr 25, 2016 · Electrical · 130,000 miles · ME

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford freestyle. The contact stated that the vehicle lost power. In addition, the instrument panel stopped working and all the warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the alternator and battery needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.

Filed Sep 19, 2015 · Acceleration, Engine · 105,857 miles · MI

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.

Filed Aug 16, 2015 · Engine · 112,000 miles · IL

While driving down a 45 MPH road, the car lost all power, no acceleration, there was a truck behind us that almost hit us. We were able to pull over , we turned off the car and started back up and continued driving. We took the car to mechanic and they diagnostically tested it and he said immediatley four codes pulled up pointing to the electronic throttle body. With research I found out that even if you did pay for a new throttle body or cleaning, it will happen again because the throttle body malfunctions on itself, in addition throttle body works hand in hand with the transmission, type cvr which is not made anymore do to its failures. Ford failed to recall this vehicle and its electronic engine etb on a car which ford only manudactured for three years, I wonder why..... Well we could have been seriously injured, thank god we weren`t, but the investigation on the etb should be reopened for safety issues.

Filed Apr 5, 2015 · Electrical · 94,000 miles · IL

All gauges lost power for a few seconds and reset to left. Also lost lights on inside of vehicle did not effect outside lights has happened multiple times since first noticed.

Filed Feb 9, 2015 · Electrical, Lights · 136,000 miles · OH

While driving the wrench light and engine light came on. Lost all power to the accelerator pedal, refused to go above 2k roma. Turned car off and let it sit for fifteen minutes. Turned it back in and lights were still on and car wouldn't accelerate. Replaced the throttle body and the accelerator position sensor. Still giving the same codes and won't allow me to clear the codes. Previous issues with unexpected acceleration in the past. Now the battery won't hold a charge, the lights are coming on when they are all turned off and it seems the electrical system I'd going crazy. It's now february and I'm being told the throttle position sensor needs to be replaced. Since my throttle body had the cold weather system on it that means another throttle body replacement with no guarantee it will fix the issue. I can't drive the car at all. I can't back it out of its parking space without it stalling out and all the lights inside abd headlights flickering. There needs to be a recall. I've spent till much money to keep putting more into it when replacing the parts that have the code issues isn't working.

Filed Dec 10, 2014 · Suspension, Transmission · 187,000 miles · TX

For about a month now my car has been making this loud "helicopter" noise. We thought it was the alternator so I had that changed, thought it was the water pump and cooling fan, had that changed. The mechanic believes it's the torque converter within the transmission. After doing research I see this is a very very common and dangerous problem with the CVT transmission. Thankfully my car has not lost power while driving but has gone into safe mode while attempting to drive. A few weeks ago I was trying to backup and I put the car in gear and it wouldn't move. I revved the engine but instead of revving up the RPM's went down...it had happened again twice last week. I turned off the car and let it sit for awhile and it started working again. I don't feel safe driving it and it feels like it could stop at any moment. I contacted ford today but they say it's nothing they can do being there is no recall and my car is no longer under warranty (I bought it used 4 years ago). I had the throttle body cleaned about a year ago because of the surging issues and had the motor mounts replaced a month ago. Too many issues with the 2005-2007 models. I find it funny they stopped making them, then started again under the name taurus x with a different type of transmission. Seems they know they messed up. I googled my issues and found a lawsuit plus many many many complaints of the same issue. Something needs to be done as these transmissions are no longer being made and you run the risk of having the same issue if you "fix it" or rebuild it. Not safe at all and ford needs to be held accountable! Now I either have to fix it or save for a new car. We have 4 kids and need something safe.

Filed Nov 16, 2014 · Acceleration, Engine · 120,000 miles · NC

We were pulling out of a parking lot into traffic on a highway and the wrench light came on and we lost all power to the vehicle. The vehicle had to be shut off and then started back up in the middle of the road. Another incident happened on my way to work and there were cars behind me. I was able to make it to the side of the road to start it back up. The third incident happened again on my way to work and then the engine light illuminated and when I had it checked the codes p2104 and p2111 came up. The throttle body was stuck opened and in a bind. I was almost hit during the second incident and feel that this is a serious safety issue. I am glad that I wasn't on the interstate going 65 or 70 MPH. The car almost came to a complete stop on its own in the matter of a few yards.