We purchased the 2007 ford freestyle only one month ago from a dealer in blair nebraska who certified that there were no problems with the vehicle purchased. We have not owned this vehicle for more than a month. While driving today with the family (children included) down the freeway the vehicle stopped accelerating in the center of heavy traffic. Lucky no accident was caused! The vehicle started lurching and then would not go over 25 MPH. We are understanding that there are several complaints about this vehicle performing the same way with many others in class action and forums.
2007 Ford Freestyle fuel system complaints
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At a slow speed in either forward or reverse when I put my foot on the brake the engine speeds up and the car lunges forward or backwards and I have to hit the brake hard to stop it. This has happened several times and seems to be happening more often now. A couple of times the engine seeded up while the car was in park I see where ford brushes the problem off as being minor.I think this is a dangerous thing and should be corrected. If it happens while you are parallel parking it can cause an accident . Also when backing out of a parking space you could get into an accident. With over 200 complaints I think something should be done before someone is seriously injured from this defect by ford.
At first occurrence, I was pulling into a parking space. As I took my foot off the gas and placed it on the brake my car lurched forward unexpectedly. This unexpected lurching has increased in frequency and happens both in drive and reverse. There have also been incidents when the car is in park and it revs, as if I am pushing on the gas pedal. It will rev like that and idle down a few times and then the engine will stall.
2007 awd ford freestyle. Lunges forward, revs up on it's own, completely stalls out. Have learned it is the throttle body. Ford knows about this and there is no recall. Why? This is very dangerous to anyone driving this car. There is a facebook page dedicated to people in my position. Cars stalling out on highway, on railroad tracks. Mine died in an intersection. The problem is much worse when hot out and air conditioning is on high. Why isn't ford doing anything about this? Who has over $1,000 to fix this problem? Why is our safety not important enough to recall this car?
My ford freestyle has 87,000 miles. Until recently, it has been a terrific car. However, it now has had intermittent problems that (according to the code) are linked to the throttle body. The transmission and engine lights come on. The accelerator doesn't work, and then it lunges unexpectedly. After researching online, I found hundreds of others are having this issue.
Lunging & cutting off. Vehicle would occasionally lunge & required braking to keep it stationary. Begin cutting off recently. Would restart, run a few minutes and cut off again. Carried to ford dealer on 02/09/11 and problem was diagnosed as a malfunctioning fuel system throttle body.
2007 ford freestyle throttle body failure resulting in surging and erratic speed control while driving.
I was driving my wife's 2007 ford freestyle, while in reverse the car began to lunge forward when I putt it in drive. I quickly applied the brakes and the lunging quickly ceased. This happened again on 08/03/2011 this time the car shut off and the engine light came on. The dealership told me today 08/08/2011 that it is the throttle body and needs replacing. No accidents occurred from these incidents.
I was beginning backing up my wifes' 2007 ford freestyle in the harris teeter parking lot on 07/17/2011 when the vehicle suddenly accerlated and I had to hit the brakes hard to avoid loss of control. The vehicle stalled. I restarted the vehicle, put it in reverse and it accelerated suddenly again, I braked and it stalled again. I was far enough out of the parking spot to go forward by this point. I put the vehicle in drive and went forward out of the parking lot. Now I had acceleration problems as the engine did not accelerate properly- I couldn't get the motor past 3000 RPM. I called the local ford dealer on the following monday, scheduled a repair appointment and took the vehicle in for repair. The dealer replaced the throttle body assembly at a total cost of $792.16. The vehicle is again driving properly. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
Since 2007 when I bought my ford freestyle, I have had it into the ford dealer numerous (approx 10) times for investigation of the lunging forward issues as well as slow throttle response after long idle times. I have had several incident's where I have almost hit parked cars in parking lots, stalls in the middle of intersection. Each time that the vehicle was taken in the common response was "we do not find a problem at this time". In the spring of 2009 it was found that the throttle body was bad and was replaced in late summer 2009 after waiting 5 months for the part, due to a national back order of the part. Prior to having the throttle-body replaced, one of the two scenarios would happen 1-2 times a week and more frequent at 3-5 times per week just before the throttle-body was replaced. On 7/24/2011 the car lunged forward once again and then accelerated rapidly forcing me to press the brake harshly until I could get the car in neutral and shut off. This incident almost caused my to crash into the back end of a semi-trailer before I could get it shut down. At this time I have not suffered any personal injury, but have come very close to causing damage to other's property (vehicles) due to the nature of this problem. Although the throttle -body was replaced, the issue is still present in my case and I am requesting that further investigation be performed before serious injuries or death is incurred. I have noticed that these issues seem to be happening in hot and extremely hot conditions outside and have yet to experience these issues during the cooler months.
My 2007 ford freestyle lurches at idle. It also cuts off when the air conditioning is running and I turn the wheel sharply.
My 2007 ford freestyle keeps lunging and my trans stopped shifting.
2007 ford freestyle lunges at low speeds when foot is not on gas pedal. Investigations point to throttle body needs replacing.
Our2007 ford freestyle is doing something exactly as described by many other owners on the internet. Not every time, but intermittently, when you put the car in drive or reverse the engine revs and the car surges a few feet. More often than not when it does this our foot will be on the brake. Initially I thought I must have had part of my foot on the accelerator. I now know for sure that no part of my foot is on the accelerator when this is happening. We are having to be very careful when driving the car, because of this dangerous situation. If you don't have your foot hard on the brake when putting it into gear, and if there was a person or a vehicle in front or behind you, you would hit them. Initially it may only happen once or twice a month, but now it is happening more frequently. When we first brought it to a ford dealership they said they had no idea why this was happening. Now that our extended warranty has expired, we are just finding out that there are many other people out there with the same dangerous problem happening. I have read that it is because of a faulty throttle body unit. I am working with a new dealership to try to get it fixed. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)
The car leaped forward unexpectedly while pulling up to a stop sign. This happened on 7/02/2011 for the first time. We had this occur several more times in the next few days, always while stopping or parking the car. In one instance the car would of struck a light pole, had there not been a curb there. This seems to occur whether the car is cold or has run for awhile. We are now having to drive this car like it may leap forward at anytime. Ford needs to get this taken care of before some is seriously injured.
My 2007 ford freestyle has been having an issue with lurching forward when the brakes are applied. Several close misses of rearending someone due to this issue. Ford needs to investigate and recall these vehicles. It is an safety issue and ford has known about it for sometime.
My vehicle lurches when idling and jumps in RPM unexpectedly after slowing which if you are not on the brakes causes the vehicle to move uncontrollably and rapidly.
97,000 miles. I have replaced the throttle body twice, new transmission- hole I n the drive shaft. 3 rear brake jobs- the 1st on was by recall. Cracked motorhead 12,000 miles after new transmission. The whole car shakes, squeaks, and pops since the transmission was put in. From the cv joints and back brakes.
Unexpected vehicle surging, near misses have occurred, happens in reverse and drive.
Car surges when at a stop or when trying to park. Some times the surge is so strong it is hard to keep from hitting people or objects.
Lurching out of control car had to be held with extreme force on the brakes. Took to dealer june 15, 2009 replaced throttle body and motor assy. Cost $732.86 june 15, 2011 car has been lurching again, almost took out our kitchen wall, holding brake hard saved home.
Defective throttle body.
While backing out of a parking spot the car attempted to accelerate while my foot was on the brake pedal. This car has done a similar thing six additional times since the first incident. Things common to the incidents were that the engine was at idle speed or just above, warm outside temperature with A/C on, steering wheel being turned in 6 of 7 incidents. Electronic throttle apparently receives signal to apply too much power. Was told at dealership that adding injector cleaner with each tank of gas may help, but it has not. Replacement throttle bodies are not available and have a lead time of many months. Will a new replacement be a modified design? I'd take a mechanical throttle body any day over this mess. This is a threat to property and life. I will not allow my wife to drive this car as I feel it would be inviting a crash. Car is also not very marketable if you're trying to sell in hot weather with a demo drive while A/C is on.
This started last year, when warm weather started, tried to back up after vehicle had been idling for awhile, freestyle stalled out and tried to jump, about three times in a row, before we could get in drive. This seems to be an on going intermittent problem that happens in warm weather. Took a friend to the hospital on 05/25/11. Drove to east gate from my house to pick her up, stopped at fast food place, had to wait for food, noticed gauge needles all jumped up and then fell back down while waiting w/A/C and engine running in park. Pulled out, went to downtown cincinnati, got into parking garage, vehicle started to lurch when I took my foot from the brake. I slammed both feet on brake, to keep from hitting anyone, or anything, vehicle stalled. I restarted, and kept both feet on the brake, the vehicle again tried to lurch out, and then died. This happen 3 or 4 times in succession, finally got vehicle under control, and parked it. It was parked about 30 minutes, drove back to eastgate, and then home. Wrench and transmission light came on at time of incident. It was still on when I got home. It went off after a couple of days. On 5/30/11, dropped off friend from work, on my way home, talked in car for awhile with engine and A/C running while in park. Upon driving to main road, vehicle stalled, restarted no acceleration, when I hit the gas, vehicle stalled again. Pulled over to side, turned everything off, removed key, restarted and drove home. Dealership called today, said it was the throttle body and will cost me about $600.00 to install a new throttle body. This is a safety issue that many people are having, after reading info on edmunds.com updated 06/0/8/11
I have taken my 2007 ford freestyle to two separate dealers for surging. Neither dealer admitted hearing of this issue before. The car will surge urge to almost 2000 rpms and then die back to around 500 rpms and struggle to run. It will repeat this until the car is shut off and restarted. In the 4 years of ownership this has happened at least a dozen times as recently as last friday. My wife refuses to drive the vehicle as it will do this at intersections and she does not trust the car to be able to accelerate when needed. I thought I was the only one having these issues according to the dealer service department.
2007 ford freestyle lunges forward when brakes are applied. It sounds as it I am revving up the motor, even though I am not accelerating and the brake is applied. It is worse when the air conditioner is running.
2007 ford freestyle started surging on highway and the wrench icon came on on the dashboard. We slowed down a drove home because it was snowing. Took it to repair shop and were charged 600.00 to repair the throttle body. Checked the internet and this seems to be a problem with this vehicle.
2007 freestyle sel awd w/50,000 miles surges at low speeds and stalls at high speeds. The wrench light comes on and the vehicle enters "limp" mode until vehicle is restarted. The dealership was unable to recover error codes when I took it in for diagnostics. However, based on my verbal description of the problem alone he suggested replacement of the entire throttle body assembly, saying "this is a very common issue for the freestyle, 500, and edge." I am still deciding whether to spend the $1000 they quoted me for replacement (a firestone service center quoted me $750). For one, I can't understand how such a dangerous malfunction is allowed to go unaddressed. Two, how can the throttle body assembly, which controls the entire powertrain, not be covered by a powertrain warranty? And three, if it is such a common problem that by verbal description alone, a dealer knows a major component needs replacement, why is this not being addressed by ford at a national level? Here's my vote of no confidence.
Vehicle began surging on highway and throttle was not responding properly. Took the vehicle to donnell ford, boardman, ohio on 12/8/10 and was told the throttle boy needed replaced and vehicle was unsafe to drive. Cost to repair was $860.00.
Bought a used 2007 ford freestyle limited 3.0 duratec engine, CVT automatic transmission 2 weeks prior to incident. Had ford dealer tune-up the engine, replace front crankshaft seal on engine and replace the CVT fluid & filters as well as perform a multi-point inspection. After work performed (which required the removal of the intake manifold w/throttle body attached for the tune-up) the vehicle now surges badly when in reverse pulling out of parking spot. Does so quite powerfully and is very dangerous to any life & property that is around the vehicle when surging occurs unexpectedly. No doubt in my mind had my wife been driving she would have panicked and there would have been a loss of life or property. Fortunately I was driving and managed (just barely) to maintain control. Took back to dealer to diagnose and was quoted the throttle body needed to be r/r'd. Was told by service manager ford was well aware of the issue but has failed to respond with a recall.
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