2006 Ford Freestyle: misfire or rough idle

Filed Feb 2, 2023 · Brakes, Electrical · WV

Car struggles to change gears. ABS, ENGINE, and THROTTLE warning lights on. Rough idle, car does not accelerate when shifted into drive.

Filed Apr 5, 2020 · Acceleration, Engine · 180,575 miles · CA

I bought this car from private seller. On the drive home I turned on AC and noticed a surge so I turned the air off. After getting the car home I filled the tank as it was almost empty when I purchased the car. The car began to surge forwards and backwards at an idle, and then began to surge while driving. Check engine light came on and codes indicated it was a misfire, so did a tune up (changed spark plugs and coils) only to have the issue get worse. The car is now almost stalling and surging hard. Car is very slow to accelerate and feels to have no power while attempting to get up to even in town speeds(25-30mph) car is undrivable safely at this point and I have not even owned 2 months. Surging happens at idle, low speeds, freeway speeds, and surges violently when trying to accelerate.

Filed Jul 16, 2014 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 75,000 miles · FL

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.

Filed Jul 20, 2011 · Acceleration, Electrical · 124,600 miles · MI

While putting car in reverse car surged backwards and the check engine wrench came on. Drove car home approx. Five blocks and shut car off because car was running rough. Started car back up and car ran smooth and the check engine wrench was off. I sat in parking lot for approx. Five minutes while my wife was shopping with car running and the air conditioning on. This is the second time in the last month that this car has done this. Both with the same issues. The car surges, then runs rough, then the check engine wrench comes on, then when you shut the car off and restart it the car runs smooth and the check engine wrench shuts off.

Filed Jun 14, 2011 · Acceleration · 57,000 miles · OK

My 2006 ford freestyle started to jerk and when stopped at a stop sign or pulling into traffic would accelerate uncontrollably. I had the throttle switch replaced only a month after I got the car and it began to do the same thing shortly after and the warning said misfire so I had new spark plugs put in. The following summer same problems but this time I had to have new coils put in. I drove the car for a month and while driving in traffic it would completely shut down, almost causing an accident, this happened about four times. It now has completely shut down and will not start at all. I have replaced batteries, taken it to several dealers and all say there is nothing they can do that it is "probably" a computer problem, I have since parked the car as it is unsafe and undrivable. Help!