As I was driving to take my children to school I was pulling forward on a parking spot and all of a sudden it started accelerating like if I was pushing the gas but I was not I was pushing on the brake. On a separate occasion I was going to the store with my children and the same thing happen I was about to pull into a parking spot and it started plunging forward I was pressing on the brake and it wouldn't do a thing. This issue has been happening for about a month. The wrench light comes on and when I turn of the car it disappears so when I take it to a mechanic they don't find anything wrong with it I did research with the ford freestyle and their is a lot of people with this same issue, they all say about the throttle. I'm very concern that one of this day something worst may happen and I'm with my children please do something about this before something worst happens to people.
2006 Ford Freestyle acceleration complaints
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I had just started the engine, A/C on,and was attempting to back out of a parking stall.the vehicle seemed to be working normal.engine temp-normal,fuel-3/4 full, no indicator lights were on, engine rpms about 750. With my foot firmly on the service brake pedal,I put the transmission into reverse.the vehicle powered backwards about 5 feet and I began to turn the vehicle towards the right.the engine speed immediately raised, but my foot was hovering above the brake pedal & not touching the accelerator pedal.I stomped hard on the brake pedal to avoid hitting the vehicles parked beside & directly behind me.the vehicle stopped after powering backwards another 5 feet after applying the service brakes.no collision occured.I immediately looked at the dashboard and saw the rpms were at 2250+ while trans still in reverse & service brakes fully applied.I shutoff the engine while trans in reverse and then moved trans into park. A loud click was heard coming from the hood area and the vehicle lunged forward.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. The contact stated that the vehicle abruptly accelerated without the contact depressing the accelerator pedal. There were no warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle operated normally once the brake pedal was depressed. The failure occurred on several occasions. The dealer could not duplicate the failure, but stated that the throttle body needed to be cleaned and the computer needed to be reprogrammed. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 118,000.
Shortly after we purchased the car on jan 01, 2008 we began to have issues with lunging and high idling. Car was taken to dealership several times before they cleaned the throttle body sensor. It was ok for a few months and started back. We took it back and they replaced the tbs and another part. Car worked great for a while, but had to have the tbs cleaned again in 2011 and 2012 and is now doing the same thing again and more. Now it is extreme. I work about 6 miles from home and have to stop several times to turn the car off and back on to reset the wrench that comes on in order to reset the high idle. If I don't, when I hit the gas, the RPM's go up to 4 and 5k only doing 30 MPH. The check engine light is also on. I have had it checked and the error code is p0701 indicating transmission and tb issues. The car also lunges forward a great deal and I have to stay back a safe distance in order to be sure if it lunges I don't hit anyone. The issue is far beyond the throttle body sensor. It has to also do with the CVT transmission which ford knows is a lemon. Please push this issue so that they will have to recall the faulty parts and protect the safety of the families in their vehicles. If I had another means of transportation I would certainly not be in this car.
Vehicle purchased used 10/2013 from national used car retail chain. *records, via ford dealership (as of 07/2014), indicate tb issue (ref. The federal safety agency pe11018) addressed under ford csp 12n03; 08/13 [tb cleaned & programming edited by 2nd local ford dealer.] initial incident occurred 10/2013, less than 72 hours after purchase, codes indicated; as per retail chain repair shop*, a misfire on cylinder 6. Repair made via dealer warranty, replacing plug & associated parts.drove car from date of repair, including highway, long distances & locally w/o notable incident. Later, service light began to flash on & off; no codes present. Assumed indicator short. Eng. Light & svc. Lights came on & went off periodically but never readable for codes. Car then began to make noises occasionally upon start up similar to solenoid failure & exhibit "dieseling" upon ignition. Weather related? Then; 03/2014, entered highway, accelerating to 60/MPH - at half mile up, car "shut down"; RPM flat, speedometer flat, pedal non-reactive, steering impaired, no electricity. Coasted to divide in highway; cranked vehicle, turned & crossed to shoulder; stopping & starting several times. Moving 10/MPH to safety. Still no codes. Thought clog in fuel system/ trash in gas. Next attempt to drive, filled tank, new gas; no indicator lights, no problems. Then: incident:05/2014: cranked & backed out of driveway, placed g.shift in d.. Nothing...no movement, RPM flat,speedometer flat. Service & engine light came on. Rolled back in drive, car sat for several days. Cranked it, eng, & svc. Lights still on; drove to parts store. Codes present indicate tb malfunction. Problem not covered via purchase agreement. Ford says; "problem solved". Part/ $500 plus labor.payment:$475/mo. Afraid to drive it. Don't want to be the stalled car hit from behind @ 65/MPH by a big rig statistic to fix it. It is still broken.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. The contact stated that the vehicle suddendly accelerated without any warnings. The contact mentioned that the vehicle would fail to start if the A/C was on. The contact had to power the vehicle off and restarted it multiple times but the failure recurred. The vehicle was to be inspected, diagnosed and repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 MPH, the service and check engine warning lights illuminated before and the vehicle became resistant to acceleration. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that the throttle body assembly was defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired and the defect was remedied. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The failure mileage was 98,326. Updated 10/24/14
Car gives codes for safemode and there is no solution.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while attempting to park, the engine rpms increased as the vehicle accelerated independently without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was advised that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 121,000 and the current mileage was 141,000.
Vehicle surges forward unexpectedly.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle suddenly lost acceleration power. The vehicle was shut down and restarted and resumed normally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the throttle body was faulty. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 85,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was not able to be restarted. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, who stated that the throttle body sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 147,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while driving at any speed, the vehicle would randomly lunge forward in drive and in reverse without warning. The vehicle also stalled multiple times as the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who was not able to replicate the failure. The vehicle continued to jerk violently and stall without warning. The contact had to put the vehicle in neutral to restart the vehicle multiple times. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was to be inspected and repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 125000.
I filed a complaint about 2 years ago regarding my vehicle lunging forward. I received a notice to bring my car the ford dealership for throttle body repair. Since taking my vehicle into the dealership for repairs I have noticed that my vehicle is hesitating. When you press on the accelerator the vehicle does not increase speed more than 8 to 10 miles when you push the accelerator to the floor. I have taken this vehicle to 2 different dealership that specialize in ford product but not the ford dealership. I have been told that my transmission needs to be rebuilt and I was told at another dealership that it was in desperate need of replacing or rebuilding. I feel as though ford knows the problems that the owners are facing and need to step their game up. I have another year and a half before this vehicle will be paid in full. I feel at this point that ford assembled all of these vehicles and should be held accountable for selling these lemons. When you start looking at complaint after complaint from different customers all over the world then you know there is a bigger problem. I feel all the money that I have invested and still investing to save my credit has turned me away from ford vehicles of any kind at this point.
I have been having problems with the throttle body of the vehicle for the past 2 years. It seems to want to lunge forward and back on its own. The idol is screwed up as well. Ford issued a customer service 12n03 in december 2012. Since it was serviced at this time, it still has been occurring frequently. It is a dangerous situation when you do not know if you will hit someone if the car lunges forward or back on its own. I now have it in the shop for the third time to replace the throttle body completely, which will now cost me over $800. Ford needs to take responsibility and fix this problem on the car!!!!!!!!
Throttle accelerating while brakes are applied lunging forward shutting off trouble getting up hills trying to accelerate but won't go past 30 MPH transmission light is on wrench light is on traction control light is on.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while coming to a stop, the vehicle lunged forward. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician cleaned the throttle body. The remedy failed to repair the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 70,000.
Vehicle lurches when brakes are applied in forward and reverse. Happened many times. The wrench indicator light came on also when this happened. This happened many times when we first purchased the vehicle. I checks threads on the internet and saw this as a common problem. I personally cleaned the throttle body as shown on youtube by a gentleman and it fixed the problem for awhile. This happened recently to my wife as she was leaving her work parking lot at low speed. Lurched when put in gear with brakes applied. Car felt uncontrollable. We see that an investigation on this problem has begun so I would confer with other vehicle owners. More times and dates than I can remember that lurching has taken place. One time I had to slip it into neutral to stop the car and apply the brakes.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while driving approximately 68 MPH, the cbt transmission caused the vehicle to accelerate without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the PCM transmission control had exceeded the current condition. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the problem. The approximate mileage was 79,957. The consumer stated two days after the vehicle was purchased, the wrench light illuminated. When the wrench light illuminated, the vehicle sounded and acted like it was stuck in gear. So, the only way to alleviate the issue, was to pull over, turn the vehicle off and back on again.
Car loses acceleration power suddenly while driving or immediately after starting. Car surges forward and stalls before wrench light appears.
Experienced a drop in throttle response going through a curve/intersection and reduced power...pulled to the side of the road...switched off ignition and restarted. *tr had experienced the same situation over the past three months and found a ford recall to clean the throttle body and reprogram the controller. Dealership now tells me that the repair is to replace the throttle body at a cost of over $800
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 MPH, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis. The technicians stated that the throttle body would have to be cleaned under a voluntary recall. After the repair, the contact experienced hesitation while accelerating. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 143,000. Mah
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while applying the brakes, the vehicle surged forward. The failure was recurring. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis where it was stated that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 157,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while sitting idle at a traffic stop, the vehicle accelerated independently. The contact was able to control the failure by applying the brakes. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they stated that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 68,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while driving under 5 MPH, the vehicle accelerated automatically with no warnings when he attempted to park. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and the mechanic cleaned the throttle housing but it did not fix the problem. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 89,000. The approximate current mileage was 93,000.
Car lunges forward when at a stop but still on drive, brakes must be immediately applied or the car will take off by itself. Happens more when the shift is in the drive position but is being held by the brake for a period of time like in a line, a drive thru, or long traffic light. Very scary!
Transmission went out at 50,000 miles apx. After googling I found this is common with this car. I also am currently dealing with what I think its a throttle body issue. I did a search on edmunds.com and found a 12 page thread of people have similar issues. The car with revved up and lurched backwards and also forwards which is very scary and dangerous. I've had issues with getting the car to go above a certain speed as well. I will put the car into reverse and ease my foot off the brake and not even touch the gas pedal and fly backwards. I am terrified that one of these days I will not be able to stop the car. I am going to have it fixed but from reading others experiences it only solves the problem for a year or two and then they are back to the start again. It seems even this website has over 5 pages of complaints don't you think it is time to do something?
As of this part friday, I had the motor mount torque insert replaced. There was bad shifting, lunging & loss of gas mileage for the past few months. I have noticed that this was not happening in the cooler weather; just since it has gotten hotter & having to run the A/C on maximum. The car was lunging by itself in reverse & drive. Drove it home; did great. Ran alot of errands today & the emission/transmission light came on; vehicle stalled, no compression. A bit of whining (transmission issues) I will get it into the mechanic monday a.m., but from previous comments from other owners, this is a common problem. Again, definitely not a good thing w/a 2 1/2 year old in the vehicle almost all the time. Checked to see if any recalls & ford says nothing. Looks as though the last update was in the end of 2012. Maybe ford is going to pull this together & take care of business. This is a great car other than that.
Vehicle is lunging forward while in park and also the transmission. There has not been an accident involving this vehicle yet but the way it is going it is a matter of time.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. The contact stated that the vehicle lunged forward when it was first started. In addition, when traveling at highway speeds the vehicle would lose power. The contact had to stop, shut off the vehicle and restart whenever the failure occurred. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer where the throttle body was cleaned and the PCM was re-programmed, but the failure still recurred. The failure mileage was 87,000 and the current mileage was 95,000.
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