This summer I began experiencing issues with the car suddenly accelerating and lunging forward if the car is in drive or backward if the car is in reverse. The issue usually happens when the AC is running and it is hot outside. I almost ran over a person because the car lurched so bad. The wrench light on the car came on. After restarting the car had very little power while the wrench light was on. Ford has no remedy.
2006 Ford Freestyle transmission complaints
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The throttle body in my 2006 ford freestyle was causing my car to either stall or lunge out of control. Trying to pull into traffic, the car stalled in front of oncoming traffic. Then began working as normal. A few days later the car began to lunge forward or backward when the transmission was shifted. Would lunge when in drive and stopped. Took to dealer, and they replaced with a new throttle body. I do not have the old one. Ford knows there is a problem. They have been backordered for most of 2009 and into 2010 on this part. They have changed the replacement part to a new one, with different part number. Thousands of cars have had this issue. Cars can stall at highway speeds, in traffic. Or can suddenly lunge forward even when the brake is depressed.
2006 ford freestyle, throttle body assem. Sticking and lurching. Creates a very dangerous driving situation as the vehicle will rev unexpectanly, at lights-signs in parking lots etc., loss of power on a busy freeway!!!, throttle body backlog for up to 6 months so car owner is forced to either drive or park.
Sudden acceleration while in traffic , A/C running - foot on brakes . Car engine RPM rev's up. You have to turn the car off and restart of face danger.
After idling for awhile in the heat the vehicle lunged forward while my foot was on the brake. The vehicle is a 2006 ford freestyle and if you go to the website myfordfreestyle.com you will find 8 pages of throttle body complaints. I took my vehicle into the dealer approx 4 months ago complaining of transmission issues and was told that the trans. Was fine, never did they suggest or check the throttle body. I was in a parking garage on the down exit ramp and could have lunged forward into the car in front of me. This is a serious safety issue that is an obvious problem with the freestyle. My close friend also has a 2007 freestyle and is having the same problem.
The throttle body in the 2006 ford freestyle. Unexpected acceleration, revving of the motor.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. While driving in reverse at an unknown low speed, the vehicle surged backward until the brakes were applied and the vehicle stalled. After the vehicle shut off a transmission service light illuminated on the dashboard. Upon restart the service light was no longer illuminated on the dashboard. The contact also stated that the failure occurred previously while driving forward. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where they were unable to determine the cause of failure. The failure and current mileages were 100,800.
Vehicle accelerates went first put in gear (especially reverse). Sometimes dies after the acceleration. Recurrent problem. Dealer says throttle body needs to be replaced, parts on back order.
While driving the car it would ide up and the spit and sputter alittle after wards. Brake would hardly hold car from taking off. While on vacation it would either take off or die. Took to dealer and they had to replace the throttle body on it if ord knows of this problem then why are they not fixing it? Is it like the brakes? (there is no problem with them either.......)
My 2006 ford freestyle has 74575 miles and has recently started this same surge that everyone else is complaining about..once it starts to surge forward...even with foot on the brake... It will often not pick up speed just limps along ..the limited power that everyone is complaining about. This only seems to happen with the A/C on and only if it is hot. Esp if sitting in traffic or idling. If foot is not firm on the brake it will jump ahead and sometimes the engine dies. Once it does that the wrench lights up on the dash and then there is very limited power..pressing the gas doesn't speed up the motor..it goes, just not fast. Turn it off for 5 minutes and it starts up and runs fine (??) the check engine light came on last week for 2 days and I took it to advance auto and they gave me these codes :p2106 (limited forced power) & p061b (torque converter control module) guy there said it was probably transmission and would need to be rebuilt..it has the CVT transmission but the gas mileage has never been over 22 and usually is about 20. I read lots of folks get 26+ it shifts smoothly and I am driving it daily..but am fearful of running into someone.. If so many of us are having this issue why will ford not do something about it???
I was driving on the pennsylvania tpke and suddenly lost speed. Went from 70mph to 35mph. My wife and I nearly hit the windshield. The wrench light came on. Stopped on the side immediately and turned off the engine. When I started it again, wrench light was gone and the car drove fine. Took it to ford dealer who first could not replicate the problem. Every now and then I would have the same problem occur, but after taking it to the dealer, they could not replicate the problem and could not find it on the computer. One day that happened, I drove for a good 20 min at 30mph to get to the dealer with the wrench light on so they can diagnose it and not make me look like I am crazy. They finally got the code and said I need a new transmission that costs $6,000. Wrench light came on for a while after that whenever I accelerated a little, and I would loose power again. Now whenever I start the car, the wrench light is on and it is difficult and almost impossible to accelerate. I have to drive it for about 10 minutes with the light on before I turn off the engine so I can have it go away when I start the car again. The situation is getting worse, and ford dealer person I spoke to says they know of the problem. I have read so many complaints online about the exact same issue. I was told to file a complaint and you might help with a recall for this problem.
2006 ford freestyle. The car accelerates on its own, requiring me to use the brake hard. Also, when the car starts to back up or in slow forward speeds (such as parking) , the engine shuts off on its own. Ford has identified it as a throttle body problem. The part is on national backorder with no estimation of when my car can be repaired. I have looked into this and a lot of people are having similar issues. Please force ford to make this part and issue a recall.
My 2006 ford freestyle lunges forward. It was several weeks from the first time this occurred to the second time, but now it is doing it almost all of the time. When it is hot outside and the engine is warm the throttle has a mind of it's own. It seems to happen most frequently when parking such as shifting from park to drive, park to reverse, or drive to reverse, but have also had it happen when stopping at an intersection. The vehicle just tries to run away with itself, the limited power light comes on and a couple of times it has stalled when this occurred. The problem is the throttle body. Had the codes ran at the ford service department at my local dealer and they said they have seen over 20 cases of this same issue. I live in a very rural area and I didn't even think there were that many freestyle's in this area. I was told by the dealer to file a complaint, and they maybe they would recall the defective part. I believe this part needs recalled as a matter of safety. Last week I almost hit a man in a grocery store parking lot as I put the vehicle in reverse to back out of a parking spot. He was walking behind the vehicle and I had my foot on the brakes but when the car decided to throttle by itself the braked did give a little and the man proceeded to use vulgar language and some sign language.
Our 2006 ford freestyle lunges/surges when going from park to drive or park to reverse. It is occurringgg more frequently and with greater surges. This has also happened when driving at slow speeds such as pulling the car into the garage or a parking space. The vehicle has been doing this for at least 1 year and has approximately 84,000 miles on it. We have replaced the brakes pads and rotors with better than oem parts on the advice from our non-dealer mechanic so our brakes hold the vehicle pretty well when these surges occur. However it still lunges or surges and we feel that it is becoming increasingly unsafe to operate.
After starting, and shifting into reverse, car surges backwards without acceleration. Increasing frequency and severity (speed). Dealer is replacing throttle body.
Engine will rev up without any pressure being applied to the gas pedal. Happens more frequently when vehicle has been in park and is put in gear. Happens often enough that I am concerned about the safety of my family, as it is a family car. My local mercury dealer service department says that I need a new throttle body.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. The vehicle lunged forward and backward whether or not the brakes were depressed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. She stated that the transmission failed. The failure and current mileages were 90,000.
When pulling into parking spaces, or out of the driveway, and/or reducing speed to stop, my 2006 ford freestyle 58k will suddenly lunge forward. When you prevent the sudden acceleration by applying the brake, the wrench light will come on and sometimes it will stall. The ford dealer stated that it was carbon build-up and told me to put a can or two of sea foam in the gas tank. After running two tanks of gas, problem still persists. Major safety issue. Ford needs to support their customers and recall/fix the defect.
Cvt ( transmission) is failing in my 2006 ford freestyle ford knows off this ! And no recall too fix it !!!
The problems started when I was backing out of a parking space. The car surges whether it is in drive or reverse...will continue to accelerate even when brake is applied. I have had to shut the car off completely to get it to stop. Other times it will surge, then stall completely. In addition to this happening after restarting, the car won't accelerate normally. This happened while trying to get through an intersection. Not safe.
2006 ford freestyle had surging problem in reverse -- revved-up from 900 to nearly 2500 RPM of its own accord, shot backward, then cut out -- happened with increasing frequency and severity -- on date below it happened in a parking lot and caused the car to hit a pole -- on a previous date it cut out while backing out onto a street from a parking space, endangering my passengers -- the dealer had to replace throttle body -- he said it was a "known issue" -- why isn't this a safety recall?
2006 ford freestyle is surging and lurking while parking or at stop lights and while in reverse.
My 2006 ford freestyle surges forward (or back) when taken out of park. Occurs more frequently when placed into reverse. Occasionally, the car will also stall after surging when the brakes are slammed to stop the car and a yellow wrench light will appear on dash. Brought to dealership and they can not replicate. No codes. Has happend about 20 times in the past year.
No crashes, but very concerned that the car lunges forward often. It also has experienced power failure on 4 occasions in the 4 years I have had it. For example, often when I am in a parking lot and put the vehicle into either drive or reverse it lunges. I always keep my foot very firmly on the brake and it groans sometimes under the strain. When I pull into my garage slowly, with foot on brake I go to put into park and it will try to lurch forward when coming to a stop. It is like it does not want to stop. I am very careful and have not hit anything but am worried as this seems to be happening more regularly. I took it into the dealer in august of 2009 and they said they could not find the problem or duplicate it. I took it in again today june 3, and they could not find in their records where I had it in last year. I showed them my receipt as proof. I have been told it is a throttle body problem, but they will not just clean it, they say it needs to be replaced at a cost of $700 to me and is not covered under my warranty. (said it is injection system, not my powertrain). I have only 44,000 miles on this vehicle, and it was doing this at 34000 last year (actually even before that it did it, but that is the first time I took it in for this problem). The problem happens more commonly as time goes by. I am listing as the 'incidence date' the most recent one, but its happened for two years now. Last week it stalled out at a drive through window.
My 2006 ford freestyle occasionally experiences engine rev and sudden acceleration when operated at low speeds, usually when the AC is in use. Occurs only after idling or operating at low speeds in excess of 3 minutes. Each time I had sufficient clearance to avoid an accident, but it's been close. It has happened a total of 5 times in the past 6-8 weeks, pretty much since it had gotten warm enough to use the AC. Never happened in the past 3+ years of ownership until this year. Most recent occurrence was yesterday, 30 may 2010.
Sudden acceleration when putting car into drive or reverse. Seems to happen most often when running the AC. Parking and pulling out of parking spaces is very dangerous as acceleration happens at slow speeds when usually in close proximity to other cars and people. 2006 ford freestyle with 60,000 miles.
I have a 2006 ford freestyle it has a problem in surging and lurching most in reverse you have to hit the brake to stop and then it stalls and a warning light with a symbol of a wrench comes on my wife took it in and was told it was the battery??? Which we had put in... But it still did this is a real issue.. This has been happening for about 10 months now. I cleaned the throttle body butterfly the other day so not sure if that will help.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. While traveling at a speed of 70mph the contact noticed that her vehicle suddenly made an unknown noise and had begun to coast in neutral, causing the contact to pull to the side of the road. The contact shut off the vehicle.and after restarting the vehicle she noticed that the vehicle would not accelerate. The vehicle was towed to her residence. The contact called the dealership and was informed over the phone that the CVT in the transmission may have caused the failure. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or serviced at the time of the complaint. The current and failure mileages were 63000.
Cvt transmission in 2006 ford freestyle failed.cost to repair estimated by ford dealer 3000.00. Ford canada and wells ford of stirling ontario refused any responsibility. Vehicle is now 4 thousand kms over warranty however whining noise in vehicle was reported to the dealer when warranty was still effect.
Transmission shut down as I was driving along highway.
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