2005 ford freestyle lurches forward without any accelerator input or warning. I am sure that it is going to cause an accident or injury. This started at about 140,000 miles the first time, and is getting worse. Very dangerous event when it happens. From what I gather from others on line it is a problem with the throttle body. This is for sure a safety issue and flaw in the design and use of the throttle body which should be made whole and for sure be put on a recall to correct before someone is hurt. Being it happens when at an idle if could cause a collision with a vehicle in front of you, but worse than that could be a child or person walking infront of the vehicle and suddenly being hit by the lurching car.
2005 Ford Freestyle fuel system complaints
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From time to time the car surges as if the gas has been pressed really hard even though the pedal has not been pressed at all. The throttle body needs replaced.
After starting car and putting it in gear forward or reverse car will surge. Contacted ford dealership. Was told no recall. Mileage 105,000 started at 102,000.
My complaint is about a 2005 ford freestyle that has some acceleration problems when it idle and at slow speed forward and reverse. It will accelerate it self specially when using the AC and also when the front wheels are turned. It has been going on for about a year and ford service center claims that there is nothing wrong with the vehicle.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford freestyle. The contact stated that when starting the vehicle with the brakes depressed, the vehicle would lunge when in drive or in reverse. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 50,000. Updated 07/20/11*lj the dealer stated the problem was fuel related and the vehicle had to be reprogrammed. The consumer stated the vehicle seems to perform much better. Updated 09/01/11
Had this problem previously and I experienced the problem again yesterday, may 31. Outside temperature 93. Ac on. In a convenience store parking lot. Car started lurching forward. Had to apply breaks hard as to not hit a parked car. Car stalled. Restarted, happened again. After the third time of lurching forward and stalling, the check engine light came on as did the wrench on the instrument panel. Couldn't drive at highway speed but managed to get to destination. After the car sat for 3 hours, was able to drive home at normal speed. The wrench is off, but the check engine light remains. Car seemed to drive normally this morning, june 1. Rpm still a bit high. Outside temp 89. I did not run the AC yet. Plan on calling ford dealer to schedule service. Many online forums say this is a throttle body problem. I plan to ask the dealer to run a diagnostic to check the codes and will ask them to clean the throttle body and replace my air filter as well. Reported previously #10372235. Again, driving slow, car surged forward. I ran into the door frame of my garage because the car just took off.
At random times when the car is idling or at low speeds with no contact with the gas pedal, the engine surges. This occurs in forward or reverse, with or without the brake being applied. At times, the surging is severe and requires a lot of pressure on the brake to hold the car in place. Last year, it seemed to occur more often with the AC on. The compressor died, so we had it replaced, but that did not fix the issue. We have not crashed into anything but have come very close. It is troubling since it occurs at low speeds, meaning we're in close proximity to cars, people, and buildings when the engine surges.
2005 ford freestyle surges. If brakes are not immediately applied, the vehicle will hit the care in front. This occurs while stopped and waiting for traffic or traffic signal. This has been happening off and on for the last two years.
I was not aware of the throttle control module was defected until I was involved in a vehicle accident (not the cause of the accident). I did notice in the past two years that it would accelarate on its own and nothing on the instrument panel showed I had a problem. It was after the accident that I was advised by the dealer that I had a problem and since the warranty expired that it was going to cost me over $500 to fix it. I was given an information sheet showing that my type of vehicle had throttle control problems but not enough to have a recall. I really need to find out if indeed my vehicle will be recalled.
Our 2005 ford freestyle has a surging problem. After reading online this appears to be very common. Very dangerous! Seems to be related to the throttle body. Ford recommends replacing the tb.
Car surges then stalls then goes into limp mode. Happens once a month or more. If I turn the car off and restart it seems to clear and work fine.
Vehicle has stalled at least 10 times since new, dealer inspected and found no fault codes. Latest incident occurred 11/28/10.
2005 ford freestyle. Surging engine. Shuts off while driving on highway multiple times. Goes into engine safe mode. Ford knows about this throttle body issue and refuses to recall it. This is a very dangerous problem. They are waiting on many deaths and lawsuits.
Accelerating on it's own and lunges forward with foot on brake. Vehicle tries to lunge mostly when going in reverse. This has been happening off and on for over the past 3 years and has gotten worse in the past months. Also, while driving on the highway, the car sputters and goes into failsafe engine mode, the car must be restarted in order to have acceleration resume. Holding off on replacing the throttle body due to high cost.
2005 ford freestyle surges forward and in reverse as though the accelerator is being depressed. Once, with my two-year old daughter in the car, I pulled into my driveway and the car accelerated into the retaining wall; the damage was simple a buckled license plate but what if this happened on a busy highway/road. Ford claims there are no problems with this vehicle line surging unexpectedly although I've described what happens in detail.
Car lunges and surges while foot is on the brake. Rpm rev when in reverse or drive with foot on the brake. It has done this repeatedly since I bought the car and has gotten progressively worse. It used to happen more in the heat now is happening frequently. Perhaps now the dealership will believe me.
Accelerating on it's own and lunge's forward with foot on brake. Vehicle tries to lunge, stalls dash displays "fail safe mode". This occurs mostly when going in reverse. This has been happening off and on for over the past 2 years and has gotten worse in the past months.
Have been having ongoing problem with car lunging, sudden acceleration especially when stopped. Today it started and a warning light came on but went away when I turned the car off. Later it started surging very badly again and I put fuel cleaner in the tank when I filled it up. A few hours later I was stopped at a stop sign and it surged and moved forward a few feet and died in the road. I will be contacting a ford dealer in the morning but when I got online to research the problem I found several complaints about similar problems that was being related to the throttle body(cleaned, replaced).
On may 2009, the car stalled while driving after hitting a bad pot hole. Car would not restart. On july 1, 2009 the car would not start after being turned off for a brief time. Mechanic said it was the same problem as before and said it appeared to be a problem with an oversensitive fuel shut off valve. Whenever we hit a bump now, the car threatens to stall and then surges. It is an ongoing problem. It stalled recently, in august 2010, when backing up very slowly, but restarted. The car does not feel reliable. Also, when the car is parked on an incline and it rains, the back of the car is flooded due to a problem with the drainage around the moon roof. This has LED to rusting in the spare tire area, which we were told is a safety hazard.
This car has an apparently well-known issue with the throttle body failing, causing: a) sudden uncontrolled acceleration from a stop, and b) sudden loss of power when traveling down the road at highway speeds. My wife experienced both problems yesterday. First, with my wife's foot on the brake, the freestyle lunged forward and almost rear-ended another car that had children loading into it, while in school carpool line. Then, while making her way immediately to the ford dealership -- with my two children -- this uncontrolled lunging from a dead stop continued at intersections; and while traveling at speed, in traffic, the car would suddenly lose all power. The sudden lunge makes it likely you'll hit a pedestrian or rear-end the car in front of you; the sudden loss of power makes it likely you'll be the recipient of a rear-end collision. The repair is costing us $730. It's the throttle body, of course. And I've asked the dealership to give me back the old part, so yes, I should have that available when I get the car back. *** important *** this is a well-known issue to both ford and the odi of the federal safety agency. There are hundreds of matching, publicly filed complaints documenting this chilling safety issue in this very same odi database to which I am submitting this mirror complaint. When should we expect to see some action from the odi/the federal safety agency and/or ford on this???????? I want my money back but I also want ford to fix this, not just on my car, but on all the other family's' cars that have this **well-known** safety defect!!!!!!!!!
When at a dead stop or accelerating slowly (as in pulling into or out of a parking space), the engine will suddenly surge, requiring hard braking. This has almost caused accidents at multiple times. This has been a problem this entire summer. The 9/2/10 date was when it was particularly bad and persistent. Ominously, the typical setting describes the situation when in the line of cars when picking up our daughters at school.
I own a 2005 ford freestyle. We have been experiencing a problem with our car going intofail safe mode. This has happen backing up after first starting out, but has also occurred coming to a stop at intersections. The vehicle lunges forward or backward and then displays the fail safe. In fail safe, the vehicle will not accelerate. The vehicle must be turned off and restarted to correct the condition. The "lunging" and/or lack of acceleration when needed in safe mode are dangerous situations. I have not yet sought repairs. This issue has occurred quite often lately. I will be forced to seek professional assistance as it becomes progressively worse. I purchased the vehicle new in march 2006. The mileage is now 54,280. This condition first began within the past 6 months.
2005 ford freestyle limited awd, approx 80,000 miles. With foot on brake, car surges or lunges when not pressing on the accelerator. This is a dangerous condition that needs a recall fix put in place. Noticed that the RPM gauge jumps up about 200 to 300 RPM, enough to overcome the brakes. This happens in forward or reverse. This is dangerous to pedestrians and when entering intersections. This happens intermittently, and has occurred weekly over the last 3 summer months for us. The consequences of failure are that the vehicle is not under driver control for about 4 seconds, surging the vehicle forward or reverse. To correct the failure, I have replaced the air filter (no effect) and inspected the maf (clean), done some internet research, and will be contacting the ford dealer. The best 3rd party description I have seen is that the electronic throttle fails when vehicle is placed in gear with the A/C on. In failure mode, the throttle has been seen to open at 16 to 18% with no foot on the accelerator. Others say ford has a newly designed throttle part that is hard to get and costs $800. Some say a computer firmware update is also needed with the new part to correct this dangerous condition.
Issues occurs about 6 times in last two weeks. Car stalls while driving. Car have to pull car over to side of road and turn off. Restarts on second try. Took to ford dealership and the said the throttle body needs to be replaced. $855. Car is 5 years old and has 72k miles.
I have 2005 ford freestyle. The problem is that with your foot on the brake it will surge forward or reverse depending on what gear you have it in. I've researched this online and found many people with the same problem. Something needs to be done before someone gets hurt or killed.
Throttle body fails and car will jump or it will bog down. Tends to happen when backing up. Car will surge on hwy.
2005 ford freestyle lunged backward when put in gear. Even with the brake applied the car moved a few feet. This has occurred on three separate occasions. Fortunately, there was no person or object in my path. The car was taken to the ford dealership and the throttle body was replaced. The car has 60,700 miles on the odometer.
I have a 2005 ford freestyle with 3.0 liter engine that has an electronic throttle body. The car has surged forward several times while sitting at stop signs or red lights almost hitting other cars in front of me. It has also stalled out pulling through intersections. It never showed a check engine light. We had ford change the plugs and an oxygen sensor. The very next day it started again. Took it back to ford who then said the throttle body was bad and they were on severe back order are not sure when a replacement will be available.
2005 ford freestyle. In the last month or so the car has begun to accelerate on it's own at low idle and this has proven to be very dangerous and we have almost hit buildings and people in parking lots because the accelerator will surge on it's own. It happens in reverse as well as forward gears. You have to apply the brake very hard to stop the surge and the car sometimes stalls out with a critical engine failure message. We took the car in to the dealer and the problem is a faulty throttle body. This is a serious hazard and the vehicles should be recalled to fix this. It's happening to thousands of people who own these cars.
Vehicle ford freestyle se 2005, 45,000 miles on vehicle. Purchased vehicle in may 2009. In april 2010 while reversing my car stalled and "fail safe engine mode" came on with wrench symbol. Immediately turned off car, restarted car, wrench symbol was gone and fail safe engine mode was gone. A couple of days later, same thing happened when I put into reverse, fail safe engine mode came back on. After I turned car off, then back on the check engine light was on along with the symbol for emission system. Took to my dealer and had them check it out. I was told the problem was a bad throttle body, cost to fix $900 parts and labor. We told them not to fix at this time and did some research. Spoke to a mechanic friend and he recommended cleaning throttle body first to remove any carbon that could be causing blockage. We did that and problem went away. While doing this research found many online forums of other ford customers with same make and model that have the same issue. Seems to pertain to 2005/2006 models. The problem has come back in august 2010. We are now researching buying a new throttle body and having this problem corrected.
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