WHEN I PUT CAR IN REVERSE, DRIVE, OR WHEN CAR IS SITTING IDLE THERE IS A SUDDEN ABRUPT THROTTLE IN THE TRANSMISSION GAS. THE ACCELERATION IS SO ABRUPT THAT IT CAUSES THE CAR TO MOVE WITH FORCE WITHOUT HAVING TO PRESS THE GAS. THERE WERE A FEW INCIDENCES WHERE I ALMOST RAMMED THE OBJECTS IN FRONT AND BEHIND ME, FROM THE SUDDEN THROTTLES/ACCELERATION. IVE NOTICED THAT IF IM SITTING BEHIND THE WHEEL AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND I HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BREAK AND IF I MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. *JS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY 2005 FORD FREESTYLE NOT ONLY HAS AN ISSUE W/ LUNGING, BUT HAS RECENTLY BEEN GOING INTO "FAILSAFE MODE", IN WHICH ACCELERATION IN THE CAR IS COMPLETELY CUT OFF. I WAS ALMOST HIT BY AN 18 WHEELER WHILE TRYING TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE B/C I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE MY CAR TO MOVE TO SAFETY. ONCE I WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I TURNED THE CAR OFF & THEN RESTARTED. I WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE, BUT IT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN EVERY FEW MILES UNTIL I REACHED HOME. THE FEELING OF HAVING NO CONTROL OF A VEHICLE MOVING AT 65MPH LEFT ME SHAKING. LUCKILY I DID NOT HAVE MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR AT THE TIME. THE FACT THAT FORD KNOWS THERE IS AN ISSUE AND HAS FAILED TO MAKE ANY EFFORT TO CONTACT THE OWNERS OF THE FORD FREESTYLE HAS LEFT ME FEELING DISMAYED AND I NO LONGER HAVE THE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR VEHICLES. *TR
