2006 Ford Freestyle: sudden loss of power

Filed Jan 29, 2020 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 148,446 miles · CA

I just bought the vehicle via private seller. No issues were reported by seller. I filled vehicle and entered the freeway. A few moments later the vehicle started jolting while at a high rate of speed. I pressed the accelerator, the vehicle did not respond. The vehicle continued to jolt off/on. I exited the freeway due to feeling unsafe to continue on the freeway. Upon exiting the ramp, the vehicle stalled. I had no control of the vehicle as the breaks did not seem to work and the power steering was out. I pulled the steering wheel, as hard as I could, to the right to the shoulder of the road. Once the vehicle came to a stop. I put the vehicle in park, restarted the vehicle and continued driving cautiously. Driving at a slower rate, 35-40mph, the vehicle started to jolt again and had difficulty accelerating. After several days of this issue, I cleaned the battery terminals to ensure there was a good connection. I thought the issue was resolved. At this point I had half a tank. A couple days later, I was on empty. I filled up the vehicle for the week. My vehicle is now jolting and surging again. I was almost home, when the vehicle shut off, I lost power steering again and the breaks were not working. I again pulled the steering wheel, as hard as I could to the right, to get off the road as an oncoming car was just ahead. Once the vehicle came to a stop, I put it in park, restarted the car, entered the driveway and parked it. Today the vehicle is still jolting, surging and has a delay when pressing the accelerator. I am scared to continue driving this vehicle! I have no control after the vehicle stalls. I am scared the vehicle is going to stall, at a high rate of speed, and I am not going to be able to get off to the shoulder, turn the wheel fast enough to avoid a collision or maneuver a curve when if it stalls. I am scared I may hit a pedestrian due to no breaks.

Filed Nov 15, 2019 · Brakes, Transmission · 65 miles · MN

I was driving on the highway when suddenly the vehicle started surging and was losing power last wednesday 11/13/19. Another time, was with my whole family, the AC, cruise control, and car stereo was on when suddenly the vehicle lost power all of a sudden. I got scared because I did not want to get into an accident particularly on the highway. Ford motors please, do something about my vehicle. Also, the vehicle does not stop when it should every time I apply the breaks. Whether on the streets, the highway, making turns, and at a stoplight, it always goes an extra distance before actually coming to a full stop. The brake pads are all oem from the ford dealer in my town. I'm always worried that my vehicle will one day give me the slip and get me into a vehicular accident. Ford motors, we only have one vehicle in my family and preventing a possible vehicular accident is something your company can do especially when you have the capability and the means to do so.

Filed Jul 26, 2016 · Driver assistance, Fuel system · 90,000 miles · NC

I'm writing again. I've had a throttle body issue twice. The customer satisfaction program that ford did was a temporary fix. Ford knew this. Ford dealership mechanics have told them it doesn't solve the issue. Less than a year after I had to the c. S. P. On my car I was stranded on side of road only to find out it was the throttle body I could have it cleaned and reprogrammed again at my cost which was nearly the same cost to replace. I had it replaced at my cost. In my situation the 1st time my car lunged forward toward wall of my home. I had to use both feet and all my weight to stop it. The 2nd time I lost power and control . All while trying to get out of heavy traffic. I could not get my car off the road and in a safe position. After this problem my AC will not work unless accelerating. And my motor went out. All this before I hit 100,000 miles. I've called ford and filed complaints with the federal safety agency. All to no avail. Ford is replacing the same part for other vehicles at a full recall and no cost to the consumer my VIN# is not assoc. With recall. I feel ford and the federal safety agency is ignoring the complaints from consumers this is a major safety issue. I feel that we consumers that have this problem need to file a class action lawsuit against ford & the federal safety agency. Neither is addressing this serious safety issue. Ford needs to take responsibility & the federal safety agency needs to force them to. Continuing to ignore this issue is going to cause hearings on capital hill & a bad name for both. I will be following up with my state representative & my congress person. I intend to see that both ford & the federal safety agency stop ignoring the thousands of complaints regarding this serious safety issue. If you investigate you'll find newer models than mine have the same issue. Same part same part number, mine and others of my year are not recalled while the others are & replaced. Someone better take this serious.

Filed Jul 5, 2016 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 100,000 miles · OK

This makes the second time I have complained about this problem. It seems that ford has no plans to rectify the "throttle body" issue although there are many that have voiced the same concern with their vehicles. This issue is a severe safety risk. I have had several incidences, all involving surging, followed by a sudden loss of power. There have also been instances of sudden loss of power upon acceleration after idling at a stop sign or red light. This happens randomly and there is no warning beforehand. Once, I was passing a truck and pulled into the passing lane and the freestyle completely lost power. I was "hanging" in the passing lane with no power and no way to avert a collision had there been oncoming traffic or traffic behind me. Thank goodness, I had time to brake and force the freestyle onto the shoulder. This also happenes at stop signs and red lights when I accelerate. Very dangerous.

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 Feb 19, 2016 · Transmission · 105,000 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. While idling, the vehicle experienced a complete loss of power. The check engine and maintenance warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was able to be operated after a few minutes, but the failure recurred. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 105,000.

Filed Feb 2, 2016 · Acceleration, Engine · 90,000 miles · AL

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. The contact stated that the vehicle lunged forward without depressing the brake pedal. In addition, the vehicle experienced a loss of power sporadically while driving approximately 70 MPH. The check engine and service warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the throttle body valve was sticking and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000.

Filed Aug 27, 2015 · Electrical · 107,055 miles · NC

My car lunged forward several times. At at least one point it lunged with such force that I had to put both feet on the break and push with all my might to stop it from hitting my house when pulling in to park. Under ford's so called research it said normal break pressure stopped the worse case scenario, a lie. My child was in the car with me and she was very scared. I had had problems prior but was thinking maybe bad gas. I call ford to find out that I had a "recall" "customer satisfaction program" which was a one time fix to clean and reprogram the throttle body. Some ford service department employees are frustrated with this issue because they know its just a "band aid" fix. It doesnt take care of the problem, which is a safety issue. My band aid fix didn't last a year. Found myself broke down with my child on the road with no control a yr later. You wonder what was the problem. Throttle body this time had to be replaced at full cost to me!!! My car lost power quickly and had no control with power steering etc. Couldn't get my car off the road. Was broke down right in a 2 lane state road with cars going 55mph. And barely getting over to keep from hitting me. Another lie told by ford where they say it doesn't effect having control of your car. Want to know whats odd. A family member had to take their vehicle to the dealership because their mechanic could not fix it, why? Throttle body went bad, full cost to her also. I'm complaining again due to finally getting the paperwork which the dealership said they couldn't give it to me at that time and a friend whom my husband carpools to work with is having the same symptoms, when checking his VIN# his car is under that csp. However his can be replaced at ford cost but we will see. They were on a highway with speed limit 70mph. Very dangerous. I feel ford is failing and the federal safety agency is satisfied with ford's bs.

Filed Aug 27, 2015 · Electrical · 113,677 miles · NC

On march 15, 2014 while driving my ford freestyle my car completely lost power on a 2 lane state road. I lost power steering to be able to completely get my car off the road. My child and I were broke down in the evening 40 miles from home and cars were coming fast behind us barely getting over even though I had my flashers on. I thought maybe my gas gauge stopped working and I was out of gas. By the grace of god someone we knew drove past us and came back. They went and got gas for the car thinking maybe the same issue. Nothing helped to restart the car. I had it towed to a mechanic that we know. He put it on the computer and low and behold it's the throttle body that needs replaced, the same part that I understood a year before was replaced. I was told it was replaced because there was a recall. I find out later it was not replaced that it was actually a customer satisfaction program that I call is a cya for ford. The only thing required of the dealership is to clean and reprogram, something only a ford dealership can do. I thought it must be under warranty cause I had the work done less than a year. Only to find out that ford just authorized a band aid fix and that my throttle body would have to now be replaced and my cost. Prior to this my car almost lunged us into the side of our house as I was pulling into our carport. Not the normal breaking that ford tells the federal safety agency in their report. I had to put all my might with both feet on the breaks to stop my car from running into our house. Also not the other bs lie ford tells nhsta that the car looses power but does not loose control of power steering and breaks. On both occasions that I had a problem all of what ford tells the federal safety agency is not an issue is definitely a safety issue. Im appalled that the federal safety agency has to wait for someone to die to stop believing the bs lies ford is giving them. Do something.

Filed Jul 21, 2015 · Acceleration · 110,000 miles · IL

We have a 2006 ford freestyle I was driving on the highway at 70 miles per hour and the car lost all power. I pulled over shut the car off and than say awhile and started back up and it started going again fine. A few miles down the road it did the same. Thank god I was near a auto body shop after pulling over 6 times anyway mechanic said that the throttle body is bad. I looked this up and noticed there was a major issues with ford and this part. As far as I know there has not been a recall when we asked. But I have seen many complaints about this is many cars. This is very dangerous and lots have complained about the safety. As you have no idea that the car will randomly stop. I could have been killed on that highway. Somoene needs to do something about this!

Filed Jun 29, 2015 · Electrical, Steering · 110,170 miles · CT

Car was parked for about 10 minutes after running without issue for 20 minutes. When starting again from the parked position, car lost all power steering. Within the 2.1 mile/6 minute ride that followed, the power steering never returned. Checking under the hood revealed serpentine belt failed in a clean break. The car was not driven prior to replacing the belt the next day. Once the belt was installed, a quick run through the system functions included running the A/C. All systems seem functional until the A/C is activated. Within 3 seconds of starting A/C, observed audible motor sound followed by all power failed (full shut-down). Turned off engine, removed key, waited 60 seconds, all was good until again turning on the A/C, when symptom of system failure (audible motor sound change) occurred again, A/C was turned off right away, and engine and all other systems operated as expected.

Filed Jun 11, 2015 · Fuel system · 150,000 miles · IL

My vehicle has been surging (the gas) when I am at a complete stop for about a month and this week the car began to lose power while driving. The motor seemed to rev up, but the car didn't go anywhere very quickly. I took the car to a mechanic and he did a "3 part induction" on the vehicle. I am hoping that this will cure the problem since when I put "3 part induction" into the search engine in the computer I came up with a ford freestyle problems page with quite a few other people with the same issues. So I spent $150 for a cleaning and if that does not work I understand that I'll need to spend over $1,000 for replacement of the parts. I have also recently had brake issues. I just had my brake rotors and pads replaced 6 months ago for almost $600. Took the car back the other day because so much brake dust on the wheels. Back brakes are getting too hot and grinding.I was told the the hoses and the calipers on the back are both bad. They want $800 to replace them - then since the brake pads have a lifetime warranty they will replace them again. Going broke over here.....