Freestyle loses power while driving on interstate, engine failsafe mode is displayed on dash, will not go over 25 MPH. Nearly taken out by a semi truck when try to make it to shoulder. Shut car off, restarted and it appears to work normally. Take it to mechanic who diagnoses a bad throttle position sensor (tps). Had mechanic clean the tps, but problem occurred again soon after. Took it to another mechanic for replacement of tps and found out part is on national backorder because manufacturer of the part is bankrupt. Ford is now re-engineering the part and it is due to arrive in late september, 2009. Have ordered the part twice, both times ford has cancelled the order. The typical reason is we did not take it to an authorized ford dealer for the repair. The closest dealer is an hour away on the interstate and we do not feel safe driving at highway speeds and cannot afford the towing charges, especially to have it sit on their lot while we wait for the part to be built sometime in september. We are able to drive for short distances on city streets with speed limits of 30 MPH or less. Car goes into engine failsafe mode quite regularly, approximately 80% of the time. Simply want ford to supply a car for us to use until the freestyle is safely drivable with a tps that will work 100% of the time. We have not been able to use the car for normal driving since june, when school let out. Very disappointed in the responses from ford customer service. Do the right thing and get this problematic tps fixed as a recall item. In the meantime, give us a chevy or toyota to drive so we can take our kids to school now that it is back in session.
2005 Ford Freestyle fuel system complaints
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During routine driving my 2005 ford freestyle's wrench light came on and the car suddenly started losing power. The RPM's would not go above 2000 or the speed of the automobile above 30. Restarting the engine does on occasion remove the warning lights completely and the automobile has apparently no ill effects. After bringing the automobile into the dealer for service I was told that it was the throttle body injection and it would have to be replaced. Only that the part was on nationwide backorder until december 7th 2009. Enclosed I given links to car care forums where owners have reported similar problems. Http://www.carcomplaints.com/ford/freestyle/2005/engine/throttle_body_malfunction.shtml http://www.myfordfreestyle.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=547 http://www.myfordfreestyle.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2814.
2005 ford freestyle has a serious surging problem similar to other 2005-2007 ford freestyles. When you put the car in reverse, it revs extremely high and it is "extremely" difficult to stop. Then when you put it in drive, it does the same thing going forward. Sometimes it shuts off completely. Ford dealers tell me the new revised "throttle body" will not be available until december and at full charge ($580).
When my wife started our 2005 ford freestyle to leave her place of employment, the engine surged in "reverse" and stalled. She restarted the engine and the car surged forward when she shifted into "drive", the "wrench light" came on "indicating engine operating in safe mode". She noted a significant loss of power and balky response. She recognized the severity of the problem and immediately drove the car to our mechanics garage. The garage in question, an independent, diagnosed the problem to be a "throttle body" issue and has determined the car is unsafe to drive as the mechanic also experienced the car surging forward. To date, the garage has been unable to locate replacement parts and I'm being told by ford customer care solution center that needed parts are on "national back-order". In the meantime, my vehicle remains undriveable and is sitting awaiting parts that may not be available for weeks or perhaps months. Ford states they are unable to do anything, other than to expedite parts on an "emergency basis". I requested that ford furnish a courtesy vehicle while my car is disabled. Ford refused to do so.
My car lunges foreword or backward when I am in a stopped position this happens intermittently, and sometimes while I'm on the freeway. The dealership has had complaints about this but the part to repair it is on a back order situation since last year. My car is in the shop now so I cannot get the VIN# until later.
2005 ford freestyle engine idles up by itself. Almost ran into someone because of the problem, it also did it twice in which I was traveling in heavy traffic and it idled down to an almost complete stop in which we just about got ran over, the check engine light comes on. I had a mechanic to plug in a obd scanner which it displayed a code which read p061b, said internal control module calculation and performance and torque. After doing a google search, I found there are more than 1000 people with the same vehicle having the same problems. Ford needs to recall these cars. The federal safety agency needs to contact ford about recalling such defective cars. Im in the process of contacting the more than 1000 people who are having the same problems and address them too a class action lawyer. To pursue against ford, and the federal safety agency if they do not contact ford about a recall, also contacting my local congressman, and my local attorney generals office.
Approx. 4 weeks ago my vehicle began surge on rpms, about 3 to 4000, while my foot was on the brake. It lunged backwards while in a parking lot and came approx. 5 feet from a pedestrian. Then the entire vehicle shut down. It then had a failsafe engine mode and check engine light on the dash. We took it to the ford dealership and was told that the issue had been fixed. However 2 days later it does the same thing while in a fast food drive-through, except this time it surged and lunged forward while my foot was on the brake. I had to apply both feet to the brake and it continued to try to drive forward while cars were in front of me. We took it back to the ford dealership and this time we were told that the throttle body needs to be replaced. After having my vehicle for 10 days I was notified that the part is on backorder and is unavailable to be fixed until november of 2009. I was also told to come pick up my car because it is safe to drive. However while backing out of my driveway later on the same day, it surges in rpms and lunges backwards. I don't understand how ford can say that it is safe to drive.
Throttle body, the car will surge randomly at stoplights or backing up with no warning. Very dangerous to drive.
Sitting at a red light and the car lurched forward when foot was on the brake. Almost got hit in the middle of an intersection. Car then immediately went into failsafe mode and would not go over 30 MPH. Took it to dealer and was determined that throttle body assembly needed to replaced. Then was told a week later that the part was backordered and would not be available for over 90 days. Dealer then told me it was ok to drive. No way I'm putting my family in this car which could gas forward on it's own as it is a drive by wire system. Many people reporting the same problems. Ford even has a technical service bulletin issued regarding this problem--tsb 05-25-13. Same problem happened to volvo's which use same parts. Hopefully more reports of this will cause ford to recall the part! And also after every two fill ups the fuel level sending unit goes bad.
Sitting at a red light and the car lurched forward when foot was on the brake. Almost got hit in the middle of an intersection. Car then immediately went into failsafe mode and would not go over 30 MPH. Took it to dealer and was determined that throttle body assembly needed to replaced. Then was told a week later that the part was backordered and would not be available for over 90 days. Dealer then told me it was ok to drive. No way I'm putting my family in this car which could gas forward on it's own as it is a drive by wire system. Many people reporting the same problems. Ford even has a technical service bulletin issued regarding this problem--tsb 05-25-13. Same problem happened to volvo's which use same parts...go to vexedvolvo.org for more information. Hopefully more reports of this will cause ford to recall the part!
Car surges forward in reverse and forward at low speeds. Have had several near misses in parking lots and at traffic lights. You must be ready to apply brakes very quickly at all times when traveling a low speeds. Took to ford dealer they have determined it is a bad throttle body , they have informed me it is on backorder and do not know at this time when it will be in.
2005 ford freestyle, twice failed to accelerate as merging into traffic, warning lights came on, indicating immediate need for diagnostics-taken to dealer-failure of electronic throttle body assembly-none available until nov. Of this year, told to just take vehicle home and try to drive it-even though unsafe due to unpredictable nature of failure of ability to accelerate.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford freestyle. When attempting to start the vehicle, it would sporadically fail to start. The vehicle was towed to a local repair shop and the technician stated that the fuel pump was the cause of the failure. The manufacturer would not assume responsibility because the VIN was excluded from the federal safety agency campaign id number 05v515000 (fuel system, gasoline:storage:tank assembly:mounting). In addition, the representative added that the parts were on back order so they were unable to replace the component. The vehicle has not been properly repaired. The failure mileage was 49,500 and current mileage was 55,000.
Fuel level sending unit fails every 2 fill ups.
2005 ford freestyle_- bought in 2007 has approx 19,000 miles on it bought extended service warranty for upto 100,000- approximately june 2008 check engine light came on and information center said "half fuel life op" took to dealer they changed out the fuel pump and the light came back on about 1 week later while on vacation. Took it back to the shop they changed out the other fuel pump as it has 2. It did it again shortly afterwards. They have changed the sending unit and then the fuel gauge started freaking out- showing half a take when full and going up instead of down after driving it. It has had the software redownloaded in the computer and I don't even know what all. It has been in the shop well over 30 days and is in there again for the same issue.
I filled up my gas tank on november 6, 2008. Thirty minutes later, while driving, my gas gauge dropped to empty and the fuel warning light came on. I was so frightened by this, so I do not know if anything else on the instrument panel was affected. My son was screaming at me to pull over and stop, but there was nowhere to stop. On november 7, I took my vehicle to the dealership to explain the problem. I have owned my freestyle for 3 years and 4 months. It only has 28,405 miles on it. I also have the new basecare extended warranty. They charged me $94.00 for the diagnostics. I was told the fuel sensor is bad. It will cost $400.00 to replace it, and the extended warranty does not cover it. I had to refuse this costly job. I am troubled that the freestyle has a defective fuel sensor, and even more upset that the extended warranty is useless.
My 2005 ford freestyle, 54k miles, would intermittently surge or hesitate when pressing the accelerator. This weekend the car would go into fail safe mode and shut down, when starting from a stop or slowing to a stop. The dealer has replace the throttle body today and I posted a note on the freestyle forum to warn others about this potentially dangerous situation. I was contacted by don willson, of the vexed volvos.org about this same issue in volvos!!!! I was told that the engine in my ford was designed by volvo. It appears that they are still have the same issue with faulty throttle bodies that tell the car to shut down.
I wanted to respond to the person under the miscellaneous area of complaints about the wrench light coming on and their vehicle stalling. I experienced this same problem a year ago. I was originally told I was not using proper motorcraft filter and paid for the service after my vehicle was towed. This happened about 3 more times each time calling the service dept and each time it was inspected by dealer who found no problem. Finally, after explaining exactly when the problem was occurring - only in stop and go situations - in and out of parking spaces and such and returning it to the shop one more time did they find a problem. They had to replace the entire throttle body and I've never had a problem since.
Dt*: the contact stated a recall letter was received in december 2005. The federal safety agency recall, #05v515000 was regarding the fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: mounting. The parts needed to repair the vehicle were not available at the local dealership. The vehicle has not been experiencing problems related to the recall however the contact expressed that the recall is a safety issue and needs to be addressed. The manufacturer has not been notified.
Dt: the contact states there is the federal safety agency recall campaign 05v515000 concerning the fuel system. The parts needed to repair the vehicle are not available at the local dealership. She spoke to the manufacturer, who confirmed the parts were not available.
For a few days, our family had been vacationing in the mountains of ruidoso, new mexico. Before heading home to texas, we filled the gas tank in our 2005 ford freestyle. Shortly after leaving ruidoso on our way home, the fuel gauge suddenly went from full to empty. We stopped by the side of the road not knowing if something had happened to our fuel tank but knowing that we should have a full tank of gas. The fuel gauge would jump intermittently from indicating that there was gas to empty which continued the entire trip. The check engine light came on the control panel and also a message to check the engine. This continued the entire time. When we returned home, we immediately took the car to the ford dealership to be repaired. After keeping it a day, they informed us that ford was aware of the problem with the fuel gauge on the freestyle but didn't know what to do about it. So, we were told that we would just have to deal with it until ford comes up with a solution which will probably take a few months. The check engine message and light, they said, must be related to this. We are concerned about this greatly because we need a reliable car and distances are far in this part of the country. Waiting a few months for a repair of something essential does not seem to be a viable option but pollard ford in lubbock, texas has given us no other choice.
Dt: on june 24, 2005 consumer was driving when gas gauge went from almost full to empty. Consumer stopped at gas station, and the vehicle only took a couple dollars of gas. Consumer then drove down a mountain to get to ford dealer and fuel gauge went to empty again. Consumer continued to the dealer, who told consumer that the fuel pump was not working properly. Dealer replaced fuel pump. But it still did not work properly. When vehicle attempted pull out it hesitated for a while before taking off. Consumer stated that ford gave her an extra mileage warranty, extending it to 75,000 miles. Consumer picked car up on july 8, 2005, and there was still a problem will fuel gauge until july 10, 2005. Consumer said that after fueling vehicle she noticed that gauge did not work. Vehicle did not accelerate. She assumed that the fuel pump was defective again.
I recently purchased a new 2005 ford freestyle. We have found this to be a very ood automobile except for one notable defect. This defect is described below.*ak the automobile's specifications indicate that is has a 19 gallon fuel tank. The fuel gauge and instrumentation panel computer all calculate fuel usage based upon a 16 gallon fuel tank. For example, if the fuel gauge indicates 1/2 full, the fuel used is approximately 7.5 to 8 gallons. The fuel gauge will be at empty (and low fuel light come on) at 15.5 to 16 gallons of fuel used. After numerous phone calls, a local ford sales manager indicates that the ford freestyle has a 3 gallon reserve in the tank. All cars I've owned have a 0.5 to 1 gallon fuel reserve but never anything as large as 3 gallons. The owners manual addresses this issue on page 260 as follows: "the advertised capacity is the amount of the indicated capacity and the empty reserve combined. Indicated capacity is the difference in the amount of fuel in a full tank and a tank when the fuel gauge indicates empty. Empty reserve is the small amount of fuel remaining in the fuel tank after the fuel gauge indicates empty" is 3 gallons a small amount of fuel? This amount of fuel provides almost 60-72 miles of additional driving range based upon the projected fuel consumption. 3 gallons is almost 16% of the total fuel capacity!!! The bottom line is that this must be considered false advertising at a minimum. Numerous websites (edmunds.com, etc.) will publish driving range of this car based upon a 19 gallon fuel tank. Based upon the fuel gauge, computer and low fuel indicators, the driving range would be reduced by ~16%. We believe this is a design defect. Dealers acknowledge that their is no technical problem. We hope that you can make ford motor company aware of this condition and indicate that a they should fix the problem via a technical service bulletin.
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