Vehicle revs up when turning into a tight parking space. Feels like a surge which requires faster than normal braking to stop. The car does stop but it feels like the car suddenly has someone on the accelerator and brake at the same time for a moment or two.
2005 Ford Freestyle transmission complaints
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Sitting at stop light, engine surges and lurches into "fail safe" mode. Car slips out of gear into neutral, and limps to a stop. Has occured multiple times, especially in the heat of summer. Taken car into multiple shops, have never received consistent answer. Answers range from transmission failure to a bad computer, or a sensor.
I was driving and stopped at a red light. I had my foot firmly on the brake. The car suddenly surged forward almost two feet. I pulled into a restaurant and it did the same thing at the drive thru window. It then shut off and when I turned it back on it went into safety mode. Took to ford dealer and they took some money off for the repair - throttle body, etc. Have also had over 1,000 in brake repairs and now the air conditioner isn't working; looks like the compressor. Why hasn't this car been recalled? This is getting ridiculous.
I own a 2005 ford freestyle sel with just over 77,000 miles. I have had numerous problems with my vehicle lunging at low speeds (driving forward and reverse) and one time where it lunged, stalled and entered into safe mode while backing up. The air conditioning was on during the incidents. I use the brakes to stop it from lunging but that is because I expect it to happen. To someone who is unaware of the problem might not react the same as I do. It is quite possible that had I not been aware of the problem and reacted properly that I could of hit a pedestrian or another vehicle. To get my vehicle out of safe mode I cycled my key a couple of times with the last time actually taking the key out of the ignition and the vehicle returned to normal driving.
Car lurches when placed in reverse. Needed to stomp brakes to prevent crashing. This has happened twice in the past month. Lurching stops if car is turned off for a while.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford freestyle. The contact stated that when shifting into reverse, the vehicle would lunge backward with the illumination of the fail safe mode error message. The vehicle would then stall. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the throttle body was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 43,824 and the current mileage was 60,100. This would also happen when stopped at a stop sign or light. Although lunging forward. Updated 09/29/2011 *ln
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford freestyle. The contact stated that the vehicle would lung forward when shifting gears and then stall. The dealer diagnosed and replaced a filter in the vehicle but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 72,000 and current mileage was 95,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Vehicle lunges when coming to a stop or attempting to park while the air conditioning is on.
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.
I own a 2005 ford freestyle with 74k miles. A few months ago I noticed that while shifting from p to d or r with the foot on brake pedal the car would lunge forward/backward with enough force that it would move a foot or two. This has happened a few times but intermittently. The last time the wrench light also came on but disappeared after I restated the car. The problem started about 6 months ago with 65k. Luckily all times I either caught the lunging on time and increased the brake pedal pressure or I was lucky that no car was in front/back. One time my friend saw the lunging while waiting for me to finish parking and was very concerned about the possibility of me hitting someone accidentally. I haven't taken it to the mechanic yet thinking that it's just an electronic mishap that would disappear upon restarting the car, but I just found out that many freestyle owners are having similar problems!
While going about 75mph on interstate i459, my ford freestyle slowed down according to the driver behind me and I was rear ended in heavy traffic. This may have been due to transmission problems.
Stopped after driving a long distance (6 hours) on a major highway to purchase a cup of coffee and after pulling into the parking spot my car lunged forward while stopped. My foot was directly on the brake and I pushed even harder on the brake and my daughter checked my foot location as well. I was firmly on the brake and no where near the gas pedal and I shifted into neutral and pushed harder on the brake and the car stopped. Probably would have jumped the curb had I not been able to stop it. In the shop at my ford dealer now and they are telling me that I need the throttle body replaced. No money from ford is available for this nor from my extended warrently and now I must make a decision whether to take my car back without doing the repair that I cannot affort to do now. I believe this should be a covered safety expense as the price is over 500.00+ and I am paying for another repair that was done while under warrently for the shift issue that needed a new shifter bezel. This was done at 32,000 miles and had never been totally fixed but now needs to be replaced once again at 300.00 estimated cost. Hope that ford will help all of us out asd this is a dangerous issue with the lunging forward.
My 2005 ford freestyle would lurch forward or backward if my foot was not firmly on the brake when idling or shifting into gear. This is especially problematic when the AC is on..
My 2005 ford freestyle lunges forward at slow speeds, in forward and reverse, without me initiating it! This has almost caused me to rear end cars when parking in parking lots, and when stopping at stop lights! This scares me to death! I just recently purchased this car used, now I see why the previous owner got rid of it! I have two small children. I have a four month old and a 3 year old! I bought this vehicle to have something safe to drive them around in. Now im wishing I would have bought something else!
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.
Vehicle lunging into reverse 1. Events to make it happen: put the vehicle into reverse with foot on brake and sometimes the vehicle will accelerate rapidly 2. Occurs whether or not the engine is hot, but usually the weather is warm. 3. When first noticed the problem in 2008, was told the part to replace was the throttle body position sensor assembly and the part would be unavailable for 12 months. Never replaced the parts. Learned to keep foot on brake.
Vehicle is surging at low idle. Last night I had to press very firmly on the brake to avoid being forced into on coming traffic while exiting a parking lot. Another time I had to brake very hard to avoid hitting the steel security gate while exiting my work parking garage. I has happened on other occasions but these two have been the scariest.
Own a 2005 ford freestyle that lunges when the air conditioner is turned on. I've had this problem for several years now with no resolution. It lunges after I've been sitting in idle at a traffic light or if I am backing up. So far I've not had an accident , but just wonder when my luck will run out. Sometimes the car will stall out and go in to engine fail safe mode. Also I will have my foot firmly on the brake and the car seems to over ride this action and lunges/accelarate on its own.
The car surges while idling and when place in drive-the car shuts off and restarts in safe mode and the transmission wrench comes on--you can shut the car off and wait a few seconds and restart and the wrench goes away--this has happened 2 times in the last 2 weeks--first noticed the problem 5/21/11. The car has over 90,000 miles on.
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.
I experienced an uncommanded and overcompensating throttle response while backing up. At the time the air conditioner compressor was engaged and the steering wheel about one turn from full lock. I was able to control the vehicles speed with the brakes and no incident resulted, however without a timely response the outcome may have turned out differently. The "wrench light" illuminated during the occurrence but turned off after restarting the car. The throttle does serge slightly at highway speed but is barley noticeable compared to a load placed on the engine at idle. Looking back several years, we also have experienced some starting problems, which I think is related. I believe there is a problem with the throttle body unit, part # 5f9z9e926b. The problem is inconsistent. I have not yet replaced the unit, only cleaned it, which is not a solution.
Problem started about 2 yrs after buying vehicle used. Wife shifted into reverse to back out of parking spot and vehicle attempted to move backwards fast. Wife had to basically stand on brake to get it to stop. Vehicle cut off and went into"fail-safe" mode. It scared her the first time it happened, but she learned quickly to expect it especially if it is very warm outside or A/C is running. It happened to her several more times then it happened to me(I rarely drive the car). The engine seems to RPM up and then there is a lurch -happens most often in reverse, even with your foot on the brake. Brake must be pressed hard. My wife estimates it happens about 5% of the time. Other than that has been a great car, very comfortable and roomy
2005 ford freestyle lunges unexpectedly while placed in gear or moving at slow speeds.
First, let me start by saying that I like my ford freestyle. It is a comfortable car with a smooth ride. The event occurred one week ago on sunday may 15th. It was a sunny day, good driving conditions at about 1pm. I was exiting the church parking lot with the radio and air conditioner on. I was in a line of cars waiting to turn onto the main street. The vehicle was in gear in the "d"(drive) position. The car was not moving, and my foot was in mid-air (neither on the accelerator nor on the brake) as I was anticipating the car in front of me to move in a few seconds. Suddenly, the engine revved slightly and the car lunged forward about one foot before I could apply the brake. I was very surprised, as this was the first time it had happened. Fortunately, I had left about 10 feet room between my car and the car in front of me. ( I am absolutely positive that I did not touch the accelerator pedal, nor did the floor mat) ironically, a few days later, I read an article in our newspaper about a current investigation of about 200 ford freestyles with similar problems. I am very concerned about this potentially serious safety problem that seems to be affecting the ford freestyle. Thank you for investigating this matter.
When I back out of a parking space, the car lunges backwards without me pressing on the gas. This started about 6 months ago. Originally it was intermittent. Now it happens all of the time. Originally, it only happened when the car was in reverse. Now after I have backed out of my parking space and put the car into drive, the car lunges forward. Now that I know what to expect, I'm very careful because especially in a small parking lot, it would be very easy to hit another car. This is an ongoing incident.
Our ford freestyle had its A/C repaired and since then has been surging at low idle or while backing out of parking spaces. On may 21, 2011 it was the hottest day since the A/C was repaired and the surging was worse. It did it three consecutive times and then the car died. I got it started and 'limped' home. Took it to the dealer as they seem to be the only ones who know anything about the type of transmission on this. I did some research and now see where the ntsb is investigating this same issue.
Sudden acceleration- vehicle will lunge forward or backwards when vehicle is stopped or when first put into gear. This happens more frequently when the weather is warm. The vehicle can be stopped with extra brake application. This happens all the time in warm temperatures. I have not had this problem looked at, the vehicle is out of factory warranty and after researching this online it seems like people who have had this repaired continue to have issues.
Only had one event before the failure of the transmission,while backing into the driveway at a low speed the vehicle lunged backward nearly running into my garage,one week later my transmission went out and had to be replaced at a cost to me of $5,000 dollars. The dealer that sold me the vehicle told me that there was a service bulletin on the problem but no recall.
Transmission totally failed in cold weather, stranding me.
Car lunges forward and backwards even while holding the brake, accelerates on own. Wrench lights up then dies.
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