Ford Freestyle won't shift problems

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 Aug 3, 2020 · Engine, Transmission · 122,000 miles · TX

Driving just fine whenever I got it. Not even 20,000 miles later at about 122k miles the transmission is bad and going out. It drives at high RPM but low speeds and will not shift into proper gear. Makes a funny airplane noise from the transmission. This vehicle has been kept up with by me.

Filed Nov 19, 2019 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 215,000 miles · SC

Was driving check engine light came on and then a wrench showed up in far left hand corner .my vehicle quit accelerating goes to limp mode while I was still in motion on w butler rd in mauldin sc 29662 doing 40 miles an hour. It scared me.I am 70 yrs young and have been licensed to drive for 52 yrs. This situation was by far one of the worst I have ever been involved in. What if anything is being done about this situation if anything to save lives.

Filed Dec 14, 2018 · Acceleration, Engine · 194,000 miles · MO

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestyle. While driving 70 MPH, the check engine indicator illuminated and the vehicle went into limp mode. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The throttle body was replaced; however, the failure recurred. Joe machens capital city ford (located at 807 southwest blvd, jefferson city, mo 65109, (855) 929-5900) was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 194,000.

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 Aug 31, 2016 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 105,400 miles · MA

Safety complaint for ford freestyle 2006. The wrench and engine light appear on the dashboard and the engine goes to limp mode and the speed drops to 30 miles per hour from highway speed of 60 to 70 miles per hour with no warning other than the quick drop in speed and wrench light. Driving on a highway with trucks and cars going 70 miles per hour or more is beyond dangerous and asking to get hit. We have had ford service on this car but they did not have recalls for this problem. Vehicle in motion on highway. Have had car towed, pulled over to breakdown lane and traveled side roads for fear of getting hit by another vehicle. Please do something to ford corp to fix this problem before there is tragedy.

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 Jun 22, 2016 · Engine · 78,955 miles · CA

Car surged when backing out of parking space then went into limp mode. Took to the shop and it needed the throttle body replaced. I see that has been an issue with this make/model for a lot of people. Looks like there was a corrective action taken but it expired 1 yr ago. Why did ford not notify owners of this and why does a known problem have an expiration?