2006 Ford Freestyle: jerking or lurching

Filed Jul 6, 2020 · Acceleration · 120,000 miles · CA

Car lurches forward when parking. It is worse if the AC is on.

Filed Sep 25, 2019 · Engine · 189,597 miles · NE

The wrench on left side of dashboard comes on and when I shift into drive or from drive to park transmission jerks. Have had it looked at but never find anythang. Does it more when it's hot out or when engine gets warm. Love my ford freestyle just hard to take trips outa town. Happens while driving. Can't drive over 50 MPH and if I am I have to pull over shut off vehicle and wait a few minutes and start it back up. Sometimes I have to repeat that a few times

Filed Jun 16, 2017 · Transmission · 55,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. Upon starting the vehicle, it jerked independently forward and backward, depending on the gear the vehicle was in at the time. The failure occurred even while the brake pedal was depressed. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or mechanic. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000.

Filed May 16, 2017 · Transmission · 175,000 miles · PA

While driving the wrench light will randomly come on and the rpms go crazy and the car struggles to shift gears. After restarting the car, it will drive fine for a while - sometimes weeks - before it happens again. After it happens a few times, the engine light will turn on but will go back off after driving a little or restarting it a few times. Now, a few days ago it started jumping and struggling to move from a complete stop, no wrench light this time. Turning the car off & letting it sit for a couple minutes helped & I got to work. Then on my way home, I made it 5 of the 7 miles before it started acting up again. This time sluggish acceleration from a complete stop. After sitting for a couple days, the car drove smoothly for 3 miles, stopped at a light and car jerked again then limped forward. Pulled over & restarted the car and it drove smoothly for a little then very sluggish acceleration again. Once it got moving, it was good, until the next complete stop. I managed to get a block from home and park the car and I'm waiting to take it to the repair shop 2 blocks away. Hopefully after letting the car sit for a day it will make it there with no problem...

Filed Nov 16, 2015 · Transmission · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle jerked and slowed down independently. In addition, the check engine warning light illuminated. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Nov 14, 2015 · Transmission · 156,000 miles · GA

We own a 2006 ford freestyle and are only the 2nd owners of this car! We bought it in 2011 and are at our boiling point with it! The previous owners had to get the transmission rebuilt, we had owned the car for less than a year and had to get the transmission rebuilt again at almost $4,000! Now 3 years after we fixed the transmission we are back at the same juncture where our transmission is causing us a problem again! I took it in because it was overheating and I ended up having to have the radiator and a portion of the water hose replaced at almost $1000! Two days later I'm driving and as I pull off from a light I notice the car does a pretty heavy jerk forward! I thought I hit the pedal too hard so I didn't think much of it! But on my way back home each time I take off at a light my car is heaving forward and then it starts jerking a little violently and finally as I'm heading to the shop it starts stalling out and feeling like it's not catching gears to change! I have checked against other complaints for this same car and apparently this is a common issue, unfortunately, it looks like it's time for ford motor company to step up to the plate and stop making your faithful car owners go for broke fixing an issue that is clearly a manufacturing issue/defect! They need to look into all the complaints and issue a recall and fix this problem once and for all free of charge! Most people do not have thousands of dollars sitting around to fix their transmission every 3 years! We need our car fixed immediately as this is our only family car! Please fix this issue for us!!!!!

Filed Oct 13, 2015 · Brakes, Transmission · 162,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. While driving approximately 50 MPH, the vehicle jerked and accelerated when the brake pedal was depressed. The failure recurred ten times. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where the failure was not determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 162,000.

Filed Oct 5, 2015 · Transmission · 176,000 miles · KY

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. While driving over 60 MPH, the vehicle independently downshifted and then jerked forward. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic; however, the mechanic declined to diagnose the failure because he thought it was recalled. The dealer stated that there were no recalls for the failure. The manufacturer was not alerted of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 176,000.

Filed Sep 9, 2015 · Engine · 180,100 miles · NY

On my 2006 freestyle, that I purchased on 4/01/2014 from northway motor car in latham, ny,it suddenly jerked forward and shut off today. Upon trying to restart the vehicle ran on an unstable idle and both my service engine and engine wrench light appeared on the dash. The freestyle would not move, upon putting it into gear it ran low idle and then shut down. Once my local garage ran a diagnostic test it referenced the throttle body being bad?? So now looking up recalls I find natsa action number :pe11018. Of course the extended warranty program 12n03 is only to 10 years or 150,000 miles. Great !!! I now have 180,100 miles and a loan for still over $3000. I am under the 10 year mark but over the milage, despite buying this from a major car dealer who could have had this problem fixed before selling it to me when it only had 148,322miles !!!! I am stuck with looking at a vehicle that doesnt run and wont untill I shell out over $750 for parts and labor on a natsa action that should still be covered !! Is there any help for me or way to get this service done per the csp 12n03 ?? Please advise asap !! I am disabled and retired do to the disability and have a very limited budget.

Filed Jul 1, 2015 · Transmission · 103,000 miles · TX

Car jerked and hesitated trying to put in reverse. Engine light came one. Had more issues with transmission while driving with hesitation and jerking. 3 mechanics unable to identify codes issued caused by engine light or identify cause of problems. Took car back 2nd time to transmission shop and did an indepth inspection which found little metal shavings in the fluid in the transmission. The mechanic researched and found that was an inherent issue with the CVT transmission which is why they stopped making it. Difficult/expensive to repair due to parts not available. From 2nd mechanic that is a master ford mechanic, this car is not repairable. 1 of the mechanics said that these cars should not be sold and are, or should be, on a list of unsaleable cars by dealerships. We bought ours from a dealership just 9 months ago and not our money is down the drain. Did not check reliability before bought vehicle and found that this transmission has many complaints. If this was such a bad transmission that it is no longer made, why is it not recalled and the vehicles that have it. This is deceptive practices for dealers to sell these vehicles with such a known issue for a part that will eventually fail in all vehicles at some point. Especially when the transmissions are not able to make it to 100k miles. That is a bad transmission and these should be recalled before more consumers spend their money foolishly or someone is injured when the transmission causes issues while driving. We have been advised by the mechanics not to drive it on the freeway so as to prevent crashes due to the transmission failure.

Filed Jun 24, 2015 · 100,000 miles · MI

I have had a few problems with the car lurching forward as I am coming to a stop. The most recent thing was as I was leaving a parking lot my rpms went up to 5 and the engine got really loud my car jumped forward 3 times almost hitting the car in front of me! I took it in where it has to sit at a dealer ship for a couple of days with no rental coverage. Also they said it is under a special extended warranty for RPM surge but if it will not do it for them I have to pay $100.00! I dont understand how this car is not being recalled!! I read that someone hit a person because of this problem and their has been several accidents.

Filed May 14, 2015 · 124,500 miles · NY

While backing out of a parking place, the car lunged and I had no control. This has also happened in the forward gear. Finally the brakes did work. This time the lurch was significant enough that the car actually stalled out on me. I restarted the car and started to drive it home and the car had no get up an go. Ran very sluggish with no power. Took the car to auto shop where I was told it would need a new transmission. Called ford dealership was informed that a new transmission would cost $6200.00. Can not afford this, but it is unsafe to drive as well as unsafe for my teenage daughters to drive for their leaner's permit. What are my options????