Ford Freestyle loss of power problems

Filed Jan 29, 2020 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 148,446 miles · CA

I just bought the vehicle via private seller. No issues were reported by seller. I filled vehicle and entered the freeway. A few moments later the vehicle started jolting while at a high rate of speed. I pressed the accelerator, the vehicle did not respond. The vehicle continued to jolt off/on. I exited the freeway due to feeling unsafe to continue on the freeway. Upon exiting the ramp, the vehicle stalled. I had no control of the vehicle as the breaks did not seem to work and the power steering was out. I pulled the steering wheel, as hard as I could, to the right to the shoulder of the road. Once the vehicle came to a stop. I put the vehicle in park, restarted the vehicle and continued driving cautiously. Driving at a slower rate, 35-40mph, the vehicle started to jolt again and had difficulty accelerating. After several days of this issue, I cleaned the battery terminals to ensure there was a good connection. I thought the issue was resolved. At this point I had half a tank. A couple days later, I was on empty. I filled up the vehicle for the week. My vehicle is now jolting and surging again. I was almost home, when the vehicle shut off, I lost power steering again and the breaks were not working. I again pulled the steering wheel, as hard as I could to the right, to get off the road as an oncoming car was just ahead. Once the vehicle came to a stop, I put it in park, restarted the car, entered the driveway and parked it. Today the vehicle is still jolting, surging and has a delay when pressing the accelerator. I am scared to continue driving this vehicle! I have no control after the vehicle stalls. I am scared the vehicle is going to stall, at a high rate of speed, and I am not going to be able to get off to the shoulder, turn the wheel fast enough to avoid a collision or maneuver a curve when if it stalls. I am scared I may hit a pedestrian due to no breaks.

Filed Nov 15, 2019 · Brakes, Transmission · 65 miles · MN

I was driving on the highway when suddenly the vehicle started surging and was losing power last wednesday 11/13/19. Another time, was with my whole family, the AC, cruise control, and car stereo was on when suddenly the vehicle lost power all of a sudden. I got scared because I did not want to get into an accident particularly on the highway. Ford motors please, do something about my vehicle. Also, the vehicle does not stop when it should every time I apply the breaks. Whether on the streets, the highway, making turns, and at a stoplight, it always goes an extra distance before actually coming to a full stop. The brake pads are all oem from the ford dealer in my town. I'm always worried that my vehicle will one day give me the slip and get me into a vehicular accident. Ford motors, we only have one vehicle in my family and preventing a possible vehicular accident is something your company can do especially when you have the capability and the means to do so.

Filed May 20, 2019 · Driver assistance, Fuel system · 150,000 miles · NY

Driving down the road and lost power the car was still running. The rear wiper doesn't work and the traction control system is malfunctioning

Filed Oct 10, 2018 · Driver assistance, Engine · 10 miles · NJ

Driving my 2005 ford freestyle and all of a sudden, the vehicle starts to rev forward and backwards. I see the "engine fail safe mode appear and a lit up wrench also appears and the engine starts stalling or surging, followed by a sudden loss of power.

Filed Aug 12, 2017 · Engine · 250,000 miles · WA

Engine will stall (cold or warm condition) resulting in a total loss of engine power. Vehicle will take some time for it to restart. Car may then run for several minutes while driving down the road or stall out upon riving off.

Filed Feb 4, 2017 · Electrical · 145,294 miles · NC

Instrument cluster failure the federal safety agency preliminary evaluation #pe07058 status: closed date opened: november 16, 2007 date closed: march 11, 2008 recall: no recall issued component(s): electrical system: instrument panel summary: the subject vehicles experience a loss of proper instrument cluster operation.typically, the problem appears as the needle on the gauge (speedometer, tachometer, fuel, and/or temperature) sweeps and resets intermittently.ford reports the problem as "momentary power interruption causes the gauges to sweep and then recover to normal function."in august 2006, ford issued a technical service bulletin (tsb 06-17-9) to provide guidelines to service technicians for diagnosis and repair of this condition.odi's review of ford's response to the agency's informationrequest letter reveals that the majority of the reports to ford (63%) indicate that the instrument cluster would experience intermittent loss of power.ford reports that thislasts for only a few seconds.also ford states, "the vehicle's exterior lighting would not fail to illuminate even in the event of power interruption to the cluster because the exterior lights are powered separately and do not rely on any signal from the cluster."additionally, odi contacted complainants who affirmed the intermittent condition and that none of the exterior lights on the subject vehicles would be affected by power interruptions to the instrument cluster.odi last received a report regarding this issue in august of 2007.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by the federal safety agency that a safety-related defect does not exist.further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted at this time.odi will however continue to monitor the issue and will take further action if warranted by the circumstances. The federal safety agency: this is what happend to me lastnight on a dark hwy at 55 MPH

Filed Oct 10, 2016 · Acceleration, Electrical · 181,000 miles · NJ

While driving car at night lights on dashboard and instrument panel went out, ABS light came on, headlights went out but backup lights came on while car was in drive. Turn signals did not work and radio went out. Car eventually lost all power.

Filed Sep 20, 2016 · Airbags, Electrical · 197,000 miles · LA

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford freestyle. While driving 5 MPH, the vehicle lost power, stalled, and the air bag indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was then taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 197,000. Updated 01/10/17*lj updated 01/11/17.

Filed Jul 26, 2016 · Driver assistance, Fuel system · 90,000 miles · NC

I'm writing again. I've had a throttle body issue twice. The customer satisfaction program that ford did was a temporary fix. Ford knew this. Ford dealership mechanics have told them it doesn't solve the issue. Less than a year after I had to the c. S. P. On my car I was stranded on side of road only to find out it was the throttle body I could have it cleaned and reprogrammed again at my cost which was nearly the same cost to replace. I had it replaced at my cost. In my situation the 1st time my car lunged forward toward wall of my home. I had to use both feet and all my weight to stop it. The 2nd time I lost power and control . All while trying to get out of heavy traffic. I could not get my car off the road and in a safe position. After this problem my AC will not work unless accelerating. And my motor went out. All this before I hit 100,000 miles. I've called ford and filed complaints with the federal safety agency. All to no avail. Ford is replacing the same part for other vehicles at a full recall and no cost to the consumer my VIN# is not assoc. With recall. I feel ford and the federal safety agency is ignoring the complaints from consumers this is a major safety issue. I feel that we consumers that have this problem need to file a class action lawsuit against ford & the federal safety agency. Neither is addressing this serious safety issue. Ford needs to take responsibility & the federal safety agency needs to force them to. Continuing to ignore this issue is going to cause hearings on capital hill & a bad name for both. I will be following up with my state representative & my congress person. I intend to see that both ford & the federal safety agency stop ignoring the thousands of complaints regarding this serious safety issue. If you investigate you'll find newer models than mine have the same issue. Same part same part number, mine and others of my year are not recalled while the others are & replaced. Someone better take this serious.

Filed Jul 5, 2016 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 100,000 miles · OK

This makes the second time I have complained about this problem. It seems that ford has no plans to rectify the "throttle body" issue although there are many that have voiced the same concern with their vehicles. This issue is a severe safety risk. I have had several incidences, all involving surging, followed by a sudden loss of power. There have also been instances of sudden loss of power upon acceleration after idling at a stop sign or red light. This happens randomly and there is no warning beforehand. Once, I was passing a truck and pulled into the passing lane and the freestyle completely lost power. I was "hanging" in the passing lane with no power and no way to avert a collision had there been oncoming traffic or traffic behind me. Thank goodness, I had time to brake and force the freestyle onto the shoulder. This also happenes at stop signs and red lights when I accelerate. Very dangerous.