2007 Ford Freestyle: ABS light or ABS activating

Filed Sep 3, 2020 · Brakes · 140,000 miles · IA

2007 ford freestyle. Consumer writes in regards to brake hose leak. *ld the consumer stated while driving the brakes failed, nearly causing a crash. It was determined that a breakline hose connected to the ABS ruptured. The vehicle was repaired.

Filed May 28, 2017 · Transmission · 94,000 miles · NC

On may 27th, 2017, we were traveling at 50-55 MPH with cruise control engaged on the highway when our ford freestyle began lurching badly and the RPM began surging. In a a few minutes the wrench light came on along with the engine light, battery light, ABS light and airbag light. Our speedometer began flipping back and forth uncontrollably. At that point the vehicle would not exceed 25-30 MPH even at full speed. We could have been rear-ended! We immediately pulled off at a gas station to check the oil levels and check to see what was wrong. We started the vehicle back and returned home cautiously. We took the vehicle to the nearest lube place and got the oil changed. We returned home and researched about the issue. My husband (who is very mechanically inclined) decided to follow a mechanic's advice and cleaned the throttle body thoroughly with seafoam and a toothbrush. It was filthy and had lots of deposits built up on it. He unplugged the battery to reset everything and reinstalled the throttle body. It proved ineffective so we purchased a new throttle body for $320 from advanced auto parts. He installed it today and the problem has not been solved. We are at a loss and are not sure what to do. This issue should have been recalled. I am a mother of 3 and am currently pregnant with my fourth child and I do not feel safe driving this vehicle!

Filed Jun 17, 2014 · Brakes, Electrical · 101,000 miles · CT

While driving on highway my traction control, airbag, seat belt, ABS & parking brake lights came on. I was able to drive car home, but soon after my transmission was also affected.took car to dealer and a week later, they finally found the traction control motor is gone and needs to be replaced $900.00.dealer doesn't know if the traction controller needs to be replaced too, but will test that after loading new motor. If the controller needs to be replaced ,then it's another 1,200.00 on top of everything else. Dealer originally thought it was an electrical problem which they never found and costing so much money and time.

Filed Oct 18, 2013 · Acceleration · 89,000 miles · NV

Vehicle lunges back when reversing and lunges forward when stopped at a light and getting ready to accelerate. Odometer stopped working and ABS, brake and traction control lights came on.

Filed Sep 23, 2013 · Acceleration, Engine · 98,000 miles · LA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while reversing out of a parking space, the vehicle lunged in reverse. The contact mentioned that the wrench, ABS, and check engine warning lamps illuminated and then the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 98,000 and the current mileage was 108,000. Updated 11/29/13

Filed Jan 10, 2012 · Brakes, Electrical · 63,866 miles · CO

The first incident occurred while I was at the store with my children. We were leaving the store as I put the freestyle in reverse, the engine made a loud "dropping" noise and would not reverse. I put the car back into park and looked around the outside to check for anything visible that would have caused the noise or lack of movement. I noticed the car idling at a high RPM. I got back in the car to try again with no luck. This is when the car surged forward. I then became scared and turned the car off. When I turned it back on everything was "normal" again. I drove it straight to the ford dealership. They were unable to duplicate the problems and told me to continuing driving it again until I got a light on my dash to prove to them I was having problems. They serviced my transmission at that time as well to find no issues. Unfortunately, this was not covered with the warranty so I had to pay out of pocket. Since the first incident, I have experienced this issue 5 more times, mostly while in parking lots while idle. However the last incident was 1/10/12. This surge put my vehicle in the intersection. I took the car again to the dealership. This incident had the same issues with the engine sounding like it was dropping when switching into different gears and idling high. The car would not switch out of 2nd gear while the tech test drove it with me. There was a new issue that appeared with this incident. It is a grinding noise when the gas was applied. The grind is similar to the sound the brake would make when the anti-lock were to kick in, except the brakes are not being applied. This has caused the anti-skid light and ABS light to kick on. I have maintained my car religiously since I purchased it so I do not believe this is a maintenance issue. Ford has been unable to solve these issues, charge customers for unnecessary repairs, and allow the vehicles to be driven.

Filed Oct 17, 2008 · Transmission · 30,400 miles · AR

2007 ford freestyle with 30,411 miles. Equipped with constantly variable transmission, traction control and ABS. The traction control and ABS light has come on. Normally while cruising at 65 to 70, the RPM is just under 2000 RPM. Every few hundred miles, the transmission locks up so that the RPM at 65 to 70 is about 3000 RPM. The engine speed stays proportionate to the vehicles speed as I decelerate rather than going into a free wheel mode. The only way I can get it out of this mode is to come to a complete stop or accelerate to about 4500 RPM. At best, this is wasteful of gas and could be dangerous in being required to accelerate to get it out of this mode. I have taken the car to two ford dealers. They could not duplicate the condition and there were no error codes. Because of it. This condition has not been reported to ford motor company. In their words, there is not a problem. One mechanic even said that this was normal.

Filed Sep 4, 2007 · Electrical · 14,000 miles · FL

Engine began stuttering, jerking and seemed about to stall. A/c went sporadically "wish, wish", etc. As if a person breathing hard. Lights dimmed and brightened alternately, lights on dash went black, all dials went to zero or off, check brakes light came on and off with the same pace as lights. Car stalled. Restarted right away but went through same routine again. Engine light, ABS light and skid light went on and off at same time. No other dash warning lights came on. Condition was checked at dealer but no problem found; no codes displayed. Drove another 2500 miles and no problem. Just started again 9/4/2007 and worse this time with very rapid and frequent lights going out, stuttering of and failure of engine momentarily. Seems like an electrical or computer breakdown. *jb *updated 12/12/07 *bf update 12/12/07