2006 Ford Freestyle: engine failure

Filed Mar 21, 2016 · Engine · 52,342 miles · VT

Engine lost power while driving on the garden state pkwy. No engine lights came on it hesitated to accelerate after leaving a toll booth and kicked off. I was told the car had a cylinder that was not firing and I needed a new engine. Upon the dealership pulling the engine they verified the engine was well maintained by me and the cause of the cylinder blow out was due to the timing chain blowing apart. My son could have been killed . Their was no engine light warning no transmission light and he had to cross over 4 lanes of high speed traffic to get to the shoulder of the garden state pkwy. I had the engine replaced and 6 weeks later upon picking up the vehicle it now has a transmission problem the day I picked up the car it would not accelerate over 60mph for me to enter traffic. It still does not climb steep hills. The car revs in rpms to 5 and feels like it it now getting air or fuel. When driving on flat surfaces transmission shifts fine. Help

Filed Jun 2, 2014 · Engine, Steering · 120,000 miles · IN

My engine blew and had to be rebuilt. I then had to have the transmission rebuilt 2 months after getting it back. The inner tie rod ends went out. There was a number of .there things that went wrong at the same time. It was as though the vehicle started falling apart at 120000 miles.

Filed Jun 2, 2012 · Acceleration, Transmission · 80,100 miles · HI

After starting engine, placed in reverse and vehicle suddenly surged backward while my foot was still on the brake. Later, engine was periodically surging forward as I kept my foot on the brake while in rush hour traffic until the "wrench" light came on the instrument panel at which time the engine died. Restarted engine and idled smoothly until I put it in drive and started lurching forward again as "wrench" light came on again. Idle RPM was fluctuating between 400 to 1,000 RPM with my foot on the brake. Had to keep left foot on brake with right foot on accelerator to keep engine running without bucking. Moved to side of road and turned off engine to wait out traffic. Restarted about 15 minutes later and drove home with no more problems, but noticed that it periodically bucks when idling so had car serviced and they said that the computer had reset itself. Still does it periodically.

Filed Feb 7, 2012 · Acceleration, Engine · 90,000 miles · OK

This car started surging little by little getting progressively worse as the months went on. Hotter weather seemed to make it worse, stalling in drive thru's and lurching more. A few times cutting out all together, having to wait in parking lots to come back on. Then it began making a high pitched whining sound like the transmission was going to blow up if it got to "over worked" it seemed. Then wow "shock of all shocks" this lemon of a car simply died while finally sputtering it's last gasps sounding like a diesel engine mack truck and had a " catastrophic engine failure" as two different mechanics of ours diagnosed. Now we are faced with replacing the engine, used at a steal for about $3000.00 to $5000.00+ or taking a huge loss since we owe on it still. And gee what do we have to look forward to if we do replace the engine? A safe non-lurching ride? No. A future free from more costly repairs? No. New throttle body replacement and new transmission replacements? I can't wait!!! What a joke. I hate this car. Please recall something, anything to take this death trap off my hands!!! And yes I have a small child that has to ride in this bundle of safety too.

Filed Sep 5, 2011 · Engine, Transmission · 42,000 miles · KY

Vehicle will lunge or accelerate unexpectedly while sitting in traffic, stop light or any low speed. It will happen in drive or reverse. Almost caused a rear end collision at traffic light. Engine died after lunging on one occasion after I applied brakes hard to stop from jumping into traffic from parking lot.

Filed Aug 8, 2011 · Acceleration · 73,000 miles · VA

Car was stopped at a red light, while releasing brake pedal, car surged forward on its own. This took place at three consecutive stoplights in one afternoon. One week later, backing car up in parking lot, when brake pedal was released, car surged backward on its own. When changing from reverse to forward, car engine died. Waited a few moments and car restarted. Wrench light on dash was then on. Took to dealership and they replaced etb electronic throttle body.

Filed Jul 29, 2008 · Engine · 40,000 miles · UT

I experienced a sudden and unexpected surging or acceleration of my 2006 ford freestyle on several occasions back in december 2007. The car had other engine problems and the entire engine was replaced in may of 2008. However, over the last month I have experienced continuing sudden surging problems and at a gas station recently, I nearly rear ended the car in front of me due to the surging. It happens most often when it starts up or when it is idling and then I start to go and the accelerator surges. This could be extremely dangerous, especially if a person was near my car when it surges unexpectedly. Ford cannot seem to fix the problem. The surging is now happening daily.