2007 Ford Freestyle: stuck in gear or won't shift

Filed Dec 21, 2023 · Body · MA

Under carriage is completely rotten floor boards ,shock mounts, rear frame. Garage on lunenburg st.in Fitchburg,MA said that it was so rotten that he couldn't find a safe spot to put the car on the lift to do exhaust work. Put in a complaint in Sept 2023 with the federal safety agency ID number 11544728. I explained to them that I had contacted Ford Motor Co. and Ford didn't want to hear it. This car is problematic.Transmission does not shift properly. This vehicle never had a recall. There is dozens of consumer complaints. This vehicle is a hazard on the road and is very expensive to repair. Under carriage is unrepairable making this vehicle junk.

Filed Dec 28, 2021 · Transmission · 100,000 miles · OH

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 MPH or above, the vehicle would suddenly go into limp mode and fail to accelerate. There was a warning light that displayed a wrench however, the contact did not know what was indicated specifically. The contact had not taken the vehicle to the dealer to be diagnosed. The contact stated that after researching the cause of the failure he became aware that the transmission was faulty. Additionally, that type of transmission was discontinued by the manufacturer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

Filed May 4, 2017 · Transmission · 104,000 miles · OR

Ctv transmission. Goes into creep mode. Will not shift out of 1st. Gear. Turn car off and on. Runs fine. Transmission guy says the whole transmission needs to be replaced.

Filed Jan 3, 2017 · Transmission · 224,000 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford freestyle. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the vehicle shut down and became stuck in first gear. The wrench warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle restarted after a while and was driven home. The failure was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall. The failure mileage was 224,000.

Filed Jun 24, 2016 · Transmission · OK

I am having trouble with the CVT transmission in my car when I put it in gear it lunges almost over powering the breaks. It also will stall if I have to hit the breaks hard to come to a stop real fast. I will be getting in the highway and every so often it will not shift it just runs at really high RPM. It will also loose power suddenly and a wrench light will come on that limits me to 2000 RPM and I have had to pull off to the side of the highway many times because of this. I have been doing some research and I have come to find out that thousands of people have had some of these same problems and ford won't do anything about them. I feel unsafe while driving my car but it is my only transportation at the time so I have no other option is have also experienced problems with my awd and I feel it can't work because of the problems of my transmissio .

Filed Sep 15, 2014 · Acceleration, Transmission · 127,000 miles · AL

So I used to have problems with the RPM surge in my car then a customer satisfaction program (csp) came out and I had the throttle body deposits cleaned as per the csp12n03 in april of 2013. I have not had any issues until july 2014. Major issue- I was on the interstate on july 27th and my car began decelerating really quickly. The wrench light came on during this deceleration and I had to come to a stop in the v where cars are merging onto the interstate. I had to stop because my car slowed so drastically that I would have not made it to the shoulder of the road and would have gotten hit by another motorist. When I came to a stop my car was actually still running, I manually turned the car off. After I sat for a moment, I decided I would see if my car would crank. The car cranked and died and finally stayed cranked, I decided to try to move the car. The wrench light was no longer on and the car did exactly what a normal car would do. I was able to get up to speed and exit and drive the rest of the way home. I took it for diagnostics, the ford dealership where I live say that it is the throttle body (the part that had a csp on it). I do not feel that I should have to pay 1000 dollars or more to have a faulty part replaced. Obviously something is wrong with this otherwise ford would not have had the part cleaned. I would like for ford to replace the part on my car and anyone else's vehicles that is having the throttle issues. Even though after some of the parts have been replaced, the issue starts again. I noticed that some of the investigations into ford throttle issues include years 2009 and newer for that limp mode thing, however, my car is a 2007 and totally did the decelerating on the interstate. It was very frightening and I would like this issue to become a recall for a replacement. I called ford and filed a complaint today, 9/15/2014.

Filed Aug 9, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 112,000 miles · SC

Started making noise like a helicopter. Then it wouldn't change out of gear. It is showing the wrench and the engine light on. Will not shift to different gears at all. I have 4 grandchildren that live with me and that rely on me to get them to dr appts, school, and other places. I also have a pregnant daughter that has had to rely on other people to get to her drs appts. I am very disappointed in the quality of this car. I would not recommend this care to anyone else.

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 Jun 14, 2011 · Acceleration, Transmission · 65,000 miles · VA

With my freestyle there is an issue with the transmission or throttle control. There are times when I reverse or go forward from either a parked position or from a stopped position that the car will lunge. I have to apply the brakes sometimes to avoid hitting another auto. When I do this sometimes the car will stall and the "wrench" light will show up on the instrument panel. I have also had it not go into gear, it will lunge and then when I apply the gas the car will not shift into the next gear. The rpms will go up but even with the gas pedal to the floor it will not engage. I have taken to the car to where I have the extended warranty and they are stating that they have not heard of this problem. I have been told that without the light on there is no way to know what the problem is. This is a huge issue because there is no way to know when it will happen and you always need to be prepared to apply the brakes and this can result in a stalled vehicle which in turn could be struck by another vehicle causing bodily injury.

Filed Jul 28, 2010 · Acceleration · 50,200 miles · TX

We own a 2007 ford freestyle. Two weeks ago, my husband put the vehicle in reverse to back out of a parking space and the engine accelerated. He had his foot on the brake at the time. After that happened, the vehicle lost power and he had to turn the vehicle off and restart. When he restarted, the engine would not shift correctly and the wrench light was on. We drove approximately 2 miles to our destination and turned the vehicle off. When we restarted it to leave, the wrench light was off and the vehicle drove normally on the drive home (approximately 10 miles). We only drove the vehicle twice between that time and yesterday, when I was backing out of the garage and the engine accelerated each time I would start to ease my foot off the brake. This happened 3 times until I got out of the driveway. When I put the vehicle in drive, there were no further problems. I have not taken vehicle to a dealership for diagnosis, but yesterday I called 2 different dealerships to see if I could get information. Both of them said that it has the symptoms of a throttle body issue, and this part is on a national backorder! If that is the case, this must be a massive problem. When the first batch of this part are released, they will go to consumers who have already had their vehicle into a dealership for diagnosis. It was recommended that I leave my car at a dealership and they would have to try to make the vehicle duplicate the problem to get an accurate diagnosis. Then is would still be another 2 - 3 months to get my vehicle repaired. I am afraid to drive my vehicle while waiting for a part.