When shifted from p to r or d, the vehicle surges or lunges. Very difficult to control even with foot firmly on the brake. Worse when A/C is on. The engine races, and rpms increase. Vehicle was purchased used last year, at approximately 48k miles. Noticed the problem shortly after purchase, but the problem seemed almost imaginary, then went away over the winter months. The problem has returned and seems worse at this time (summer 2011). Definitely not imaginary, definitely dangerous. Occurs in parking lots and intersections, where there are often many pedestrians and vehicles in close quarters. Engine light has come on, mechanic says service codes indicate throttle problem. Hope to have this repaired tomorrow.
2006 Ford Freestyle transmission complaints
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I purchased a 2006 ford freestyle in march 2011. In may it started lunging when it was first put into gear with my foot applied on the brake. It got worse when the air had been on and the car is idling. To the point it started stalling and the transmission light came on. I took it to shop on may 31. Stayed there til fri. June 3. They replaced the throttle body. Drove it back home over an hour away just for it to happen again. Now I have to return to the shop for them to see what else they can find.
My wife was entering a parking space and the vehicle lunged forward after she had removed her foot from the accelerator. The vehicle struck a row of shopping carts and caused a crease in the right rear door.
I would like to file a complaint about our 2006 ford freestyle. Our vehicle has the CVT transmission and has started revving and jolting forward when I place the car in drive, reverse or even when I come to a stop. I have noticed since I have started using the air conditioning that the problem has gotten more frequent and more powerful. I have been sitting at a drive-thru and almost hit the car in front of me because my car jolted forward. I am afraid I am going to end up hitting another vehicle or someone if the problem continues or gets worse.
I purchased used 2006 ford freestyle in february 2011. Its been two months. I am having problems of acceleration when my foot is not on the pedal, it speeds up and have to hit the brakes. Also, my wrench light goes and engine light is now on. Dealer today states need new throttle body $800. I just drove it off the lot 2 months ago.
My 2006 ford freestyle has been lurching forward unexpectedly while my foot is on the brake. Sometimes is will then stall. It happens when pulling on or out of a parking spot. This has occurred several times in the past 6 weeks. Took care to shop, no codes to show issue and unable to replicate the problem.
When starting vehicle (2006 ford freestyle se) and placing in gear, vehicle lurches and sometimes stalls. With brakes firmly applied, vehicle does not move much, but if vehicle is already moving, it may propel forward several feet suddenly. On the reported incident date, the automobile lurched while backing out of a driveway in reverse. The car unexpectedly lurched backwards into the street, then stalled. An accident could have occurred if other cars were on the roadway. The A/C was running at the time of all occurrences.
2006 ford freestyle is having an acceleration problem. I first noticed it in the morning one I put it in reverse and had my foot on the brake the car would wand to go by itself. As it get hotter the problem occurs more. Then in 2010 the AC went out and I spent $1100 in repairs. The problem didn't occur to often in the winter however in the past month the car now accelerates forward and backward. It also accelerates when you are driving. This had not happen before. Today I was driving on a very busy street when the car lunge and then died. I started the car again and it would go very slow as if it had lost power. It turned off 3 more times and then as I pressed the gas the wrench light came on. I called the dealer and will be taking it in. However, this has been an ongoing problem and as I think about all the incidents over the past year, it seems this may be a problem that is escalated by the air condition and when temperatures rise. I have own many fords and this has never happened with one of them. I think this may be a serious defect that should be recalled.
Returning home with my children, when my 2006 ford freestyle lurched horribly, accelerating first, then dropping down to almost no power at all, with the yellow wrench light turned on, and then would barely accelerate till I got home and turned the engine off, then re-started it and the car acted relatively normal. Fortunately was on a country road, and no other cars around when incident occurred.
Car lurches on its own with my foot on the brake. Happens most in reverse when backing up out of a parking space, but has also happened several times while idling in a drive thru line. I have had several near collisions due to this problem. It happens almost always when first put into reverse. I have learned to keep my foot on the brake. It is an ongoing problem.
2006 ford freestyle. Approx: 65,000 miles. Wrench light came on; since then the vehicle at times will lurch forward with just a little bit of gas or if you are not pushing the brake completely down. The rpms run really high with just a little bit of gas or just at idle. Car lurches forward when shifting from park to drive. When trying to get on the freeway, car will barely get going. I am assuming this is the throttle body problem that all the ford freestyles seem to be having. Also noticed that it seems to occur more often while sitting at an idle for just a few minutes. Have not had repairs yet, as this part is very costly and I am just learning now that this is a common problem with ford freestyle.
The car will lunge forward when slowing to a stop or when pulling out after idling. Running the A/C makes the problem worse and the car tries to shut down.the inside and outside lights start to flicker and the air bag and wrench lights come on. While in park the rpms will race to 3 rpms without touching the accelerator. We have replaced the throttle body and the smart junction box but the car just keeps gettin worse. The car was under warranty when this started to happen but they couldn't figure out what was wrong so they told me to drive it this way until it died then tow it to them and they would go back to the same ticket since the warranty was almost out. That dealership has since closed so now I'm stuck with the bill. If we only knew what the problem actually was.
In april 2007, driver's side seat belt became jammed. Had seatbelt buckle replaced. It was covered under warranty and there was not charge. On june 8, 2010 the check throttle body light and wrench warning light came on and we noticed a vibration in the engine. Took vehicle in. The throttle body and motor mount were both replaced. Cost of repair was $1023.24 the mileage at the time of repair was 55,234. A couple of weeks later, the vehicle began to surge unexpectedly at times in both drive and reverse. At other times, vehicle would hesitates / had little or no pick-up when starting from a stop. Check engine light came on, took vehicle in on june 22, 2010. An engine sensor was replaced and the PCM was reprogrammed. Repairs totaled $642.61 the mileage at time of repairs was 55,613. Was told at that time the fuel filter needed to be replaced and a transmission flush was necessary. Replaced fuel filter and had transmission flush done july 1, 2010. Cost was $200.65. Mileage was 55,695. I read an article in the newspapers and learned that others were having similar problems. I wanted to be on record with problems that we have had with this car. Ford manufactured cars with issues. They should have to address those issues and compensate for the repairs that people had to pay for. The repairs that have had to be done on this car are ridiculous. Between the seat belt issue and the transmission issues, I would say we have had some serious safety issues with this vehicle and we most certainly regret buying it.
My 2006 ford freestyle has started trying to run away with me whenever I've been sitting in a parking space with the engine on and the air conditioning on. When I put the car into gear either forward or reverse it shoots out of the space causing me to have to jam on the brakes. The first time this happened last june 2010,I crashed into a car that was parked behind me. It did not happen again for several weeks. When it happened again the weather was extremely hot so, I thought maybe the hot weather had caused it. It did not occur during the winter. Now that the weather is getting hot it's happening again. I am very anxious every time I have to drive anywhere when it's hot outside. I talked to my son-in-law about it and he said maybe it had something to do with the transmission. But, they check the transmission when they change my oil and have not told me of any problems.
My 2006 ford freestyle surges and or accelerates after it is put in gear with my foot on the brake. This happen both in forward(drive) and reverse. This has been an ongoing problem for at least since 2009.
Ford free style 2006 surges.
2006 ford freestyle. Lunges at idle speed, often with brake pedal depressed. Vehicle has been taken to numerous repair facilities, including ford dealerships, and none can determine the cause of the problem. Considering the number of identical complaints, when will ford be owning up to this issue and issuing a recall to fix it at their expense? We also have a problem with the car stalling while in cruise control at speeds of 60mph or higher. Consider being on a freeway with no power steering or brakes at 60-70 MPH, semi trucks and other vehicles speeding around you, and trying to get the vehicle off the roadway safely. Again, no repair facility can determine the cause.
Our 2006 ford freestyle lunges when your foot is not even on the accelerator.
When placed in reverse or drive vehicle suddenly and unexpectedly accelerated. This happens even when driver's foot is on the brake petal and usually when A/C is on. Typically happens when the car is first started and placed into gear but will happen even if car has been running a while, stopped, and changed into a different gear.
Vehicle surges with no application of the accelerator. The surge seems to occur when the vehicle is in drive or reverse, with or without the brake applied, and seems to occur when the air conditioning is on although not all surges have occurred with the air-conditioning on. This problem is intermittent and seems to occur in spring, summer and fall months when the air-conditioning has been in use. This surging problem has occurred several times over the past couple of years. The most recent incident occurred when the vehicle was parked in a driveway in front of a home. The vehicle was taken out of park and placed in reverse when the vehicle surged backward to the end of the driveway. The accelerator was not applied to make the vehicle move and the air-conditioning was not on at the time of the surge although it had been used early that day.
On sat. May 14 my ford freestyle 2006 lunged forward after stopping and before putting the car into "park". On sun. May 15 my ford freestyle 2006 lunged forward again while at a sit still between stopping and putting the car in park!!!
My 2006 ford freestyle lurches forward when I take my foot off the brake. Generally happens when idling and only in warm weather. It actually jumps forward and have to press my foot all the down on the brake hard to try to control it. I never get close behind anyone for fear of jumping into them. I've so far not had any accidents although have had many close calls, including almost running into pedestrians crossing a parking lot. Very very scary. Sometimes the car will stall after a huge lurch. I took it into ford 2 years ago to explain but they said nothing was wrong with it. I beg to differ on that.
Vehicle lunges after putting it in gear.
Car lunges forward, or reverse, from stop or low speed, especially when air conditioner is on. I was pulling into a parking spot 2 weeks ago in a parking garage with a concrete wall in front of the car and nearly hit the wall when the car lunged forward as the air conditioner compressor cycled on. This is a big problem pulling into my garage as I have to be very careful not to run into the back wall of the garage and end up in my house. The car did not do this when newer and has been building up to much more of an issue the past several months.
Sunday, may 8, 2011-2006 ford freestyle se was parked and running with wife in front passenger seat and daughter in child seat in the back while I was in a computer store purchasing a hard drive connector. When I returned to the car, my wife had the air conditioning on due to the temperature rising while sitting idling in the sun. I put the car in reverse to back out of my parking spot and had the brake on while coasting back, and then the car jumped...like I was pressing the gas pedal. Immediately, I depressed the brake much harder. Then the "wrench" shaped light illuminated on my dashboard but the car did not stall. I then continued to back out of the spot and then put it in drive to drive home. The wrench light stayed on and the car didn't seem to respond to the gas pedal like normal. I had the gas pedal almost fully depressed to get to 35 miles per hour. My goal was to get the limping car to my driveway about 2 miles away. Once the car was parked in my driveway, I turned it off, then immediately restarted the car. Once it restarted, the wrench light was no longer displayed and the car drove normally. The cars computer had to be "reprogrammed" at the ford dealer three days prior because the car all of the sudden would not start. Only 34,000 miles on the car.
My 2006 ford freestyle had a major surge problem at low speed, often when turning into a park place. Some times it shut the car off and sets the check engine light. This has happened many, many times.
Vehicle transmission failed without warning while driving on highway on may 10, 2011. Vehicle was towed to a local repair shop. Was told that this particular transmission (CVT) has a high failure rate, is usually not repairable, and is very expensive to replace (over $5,600). Transmission can only be replaced with the same problematic transmission which will likely fail again, and is only available from ford, and even requires special tools to work on it. Vehicle only has 71k miles on it and is properly maintained. Contacted ford who refused to help, and contacted dealership where purchased who refused to help. Transmission problem is well documented all over the internet, yet there is no recall to help consumers. Ford should not be allowed to get away with sticking american families with this defective and poorly manufactured product.
Tl* the contact own a 2006 ford freestyle. The contact was driving approximately 20 MPH and stopped at a traffic stop. The contact attempted to accelerate from the stop bu the vehicle would not respond. The engine was turned off and restarted as the vehicle resumed normally. The dealer replaced the transmission with a rebuilt transmission yet the failure recurred within 1,000 miles and the vehicle was repaired a second time. Most recently, the contact stated that while applying the brakes, the vehicle lunged forward abnormally. The dealer advised that the transmission throttle could possibly have contributed to the failure. The vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was 34,000.
Transmission failure.
I have an 06 freestyle that surges forward or backward without pressing the accelerator. This has happened numerous times especially when running the A/C. I have to make sure and stay away from other cars at a red light for instance or the car would lunge in the them. I was told it was the throttle body. Haven't been able to replace.
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