2007 Ford Freestyle: hesitation when accelerating

Filed Jan 14, 2025 · Transmission · 80,000 miles · NJ

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated while driving approximately 10 MPH in a parking lot, the contact depressed the brake pedal and the vehicle jolted forward. The contact stated that the vehicle was also hesitating before moving forward when the gear shifter was shifted into drive. The contact stated that the failure was a recurring failure and there was an abnormal sound coming from underneath the vehicle. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that the failure recurred at various speeds. The contact had taken the vehicle to an independent mechanic who diagnosed the vehicle and determined that there was an internal failure that had caused the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.

Filed Sep 2, 2020 · Transmission · 97,000 miles · CO

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while driving 55 MPH, the vehicle started to stall with the check engine warning light appearing on the instrument panel. The contact immediately pulled over and placed the vehicle into park. The contact then placed the vehicle back into drive and the vehicle hesitated upon depressing the accelerator pedal. The vehicle failed accelerate above 15 MPH. The following day, the contact attempted to start the vehicle however, the vehicle failed to start. Due to the failure, the contact had the vehicle towed to an independent mechanic who restarted the vehicle however, the vehicle was diagnosed with a possible transmission failure. The vehicle was returned to the contact unrepaired. The failure persisted. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer had been notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 97,000.

Filed Mar 6, 2020 · Transmission · 170,000 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while driving at 45 MPH, the vehicle hesitated while depressing the accelerator pedal. The contact stated that the transmission warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was first towed to the residence and then driven to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the throttle body was defective. The vehicle was not repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 170,000.

Filed May 12, 2015 · Acceleration, Electrical · 12,000 miles · MS

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford freestyle. The contact stated that the check engine warning lamp flashed several times and then went off. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was not able to replicate and diagnose the failure. When the vehicle was in reverse, it independently surged backwards and the contact had to quickly apply the brake pedal each time the failure occurred. The contact also stated that the vehicle hesitated numerous times upon starting and then stalled. The contact had to apply the brake pedal while at a stop due to the vehicle independently moving forward. The vehicle was not inspected and diagnosed. The contact was not able to drive the vehicle for several months due to the intermittent failures. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 12,000.

Filed Mar 23, 2015 · Engine, Transmission · 237,000 miles · IL

When I am driving my car it will start to take off without me pushing down on the gas pedal. I am having issues when trying to put the car in reverse, the car will hesitate while driving in reverse. When putting the car in drive or reverse the car will jump.

Filed May 15, 2013 · Acceleration · 71,000 miles · MA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford freestyle. The contact stated that the vehicle hesitated at start up and suddenly accelerated. The failure was experienced numerous times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who cleaned the throttle body however, the failure was not corrected. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 71,000 and the current mileage was 72,159.

Filed Jun 28, 2012 · Acceleration · 85,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH and merging onto the highway, the vehicle started hesitated without any warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the throttle body was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was no longer under warranty. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 85,000 and the current mileage was 95,000.

Filed Jun 26, 2012 · Brakes, Transmission · 55,000 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford freestyle. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled while driving on various occasions. The contact also stated that the vehicle hesitated to accelerate when the accelerator was depressed on a few occasions. In addition, the vehicle intermittently failed to respond when the brakes were applied. The failures recurred and became more severe. The failure was common when the vehicle had been idle or parked under the sun for a while. The power train and engine warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to dealer for a diagnostic test or repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 55,000 and the current mileage was 5,040.

Filed Jun 25, 2012 · Transmission · 19,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford freestyle. The contact stated that while driving 25 MPH, the transmission failed. The vehicle hesitated, surged, and emitted a loud noise. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for an inspection and they stated that the automatic transmission assembly needed to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified and they stated that the vehicle was already repaired under warranty once. The contact would have to pay to have it repaired a second time. The failure mileage was 19,000.

Filed Oct 5, 2011 · Acceleration · 39,180 miles · OH

My wife was running her routes, making stops for groceries, pet food, etc. It was a sunny and warm day. As she came home, during the last mile, she noticed car behaving erratically (vehicle's speed seemed to slow down, then speed up, slow down, whatever it wanted). She knew immediately something was wrong because it has never done this before. We have owned it for 2+ years and she is the primary driver. She pulled into our driveway. The garage is 90deg to the driveway and requires driving beyond the garage door entry, then a short backing up and turn of the wheel to align it for pulling in. When she came to a stop, then put into reverse, the car began to really act up, lunging, hesitating,,. She was able to manage reversing the vehicle with running into our barn or into the yard and got it into the garage. She immediately called me several times at work and left me messages on various phone numbers. I think it shook her up pretty badly. We have 3 young children and we do not want to see them or anyone hurt. We did our homework before purchasing this vehicle and decided not to get the awd model because the repair rates were slightly higher. Last night I immediately suspected this to be the culprit though. Before doing any diagnostics, I thought to check a few websites and phone a friend. There are obvious design features that diminish the reliability and quality of this vehicle as related to the most basic feature we expect a car to do - stop when we want it to, go when we want it to. And when these types of issues surface so early in a product's life, why is the federal safety agency allowing them to persist. Is it waiting to see 'how many more will come' or raise the priority after someone has been fatally injured? What if this happened while I was in the car line to drop my daughter off for school,, and the kid in front of us was just stepping out of their car??

Filed Aug 13, 2011 · Transmission · 100,000 miles · GA

I have a 2007 ford freestyle . The transmission has gone out in my car. I have experience unconditional "surging" while the car was in gear. I have gone without running the air conditioner, thinking that was the "cause" of the car surging (taking off). The increase acceleration (revving) of the speedometer and RPM gauges were very alarming. The occurrences were many throughout the two years of me driving the car. The wrench appeared while I was driving, the car died. I pulled over and started the car back up. It hesitated after two tries, it finally turned over. I preceded to go to t my next destination three hours later, after transporting the athletes that I coach, the car stop as we were traveling down the road (on going traffic) .there is where "everything " went pieces. The car was not getting any gas, it would not go into drive nor reverse. I was scared and devastated, the kids were frightened, screaming out that we were going to die. I am praying that ford would make a justifiable decision on recalling this make and model before "tragedy" stumble upon their company, confused & concern.

Filed Aug 5, 2011 · Acceleration · 60,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford freestyle. The contact stated that when the vehicle was placed into reverse it would stall. The vehicle would also intermittently hesitate when attempting to accelerate from stops. An engine fail safe mode indicator light would also illuminate on the instrument panel. The dealer had not been notified. The manufacturer informed the contact that they were currently investigating the failure. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000 and the current mileage was 65,000.