TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. ALSO, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE WHILE IN REVERSE WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PARK. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD AND ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AFTER REMOVING HIS FOOT FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL. THERE WAS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE11018 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THE WIRING HARNESS LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD IN THE ENGINE HAD A SHORT IN AN LOCATION THAT WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,000.
2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
OUR 2006 FREESTYLE WAS PURCHASED IN 2008 AND HAD NO ISSUES FOR THE FIRST YEAR,HOWEVER, AFTER THAT WE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT. THE ENGINE WILL RACE AND THE VEHICLE WILL LUNGE FORWARD OR BACKWARD, DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT IS IN A FORWARD GEAR OR REVERSE, YOU MUST HAVE YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE ANYTIME YOU PUT THE VEHICLE IN GEAR. WHILE THIS MOSTLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE ENTERING OR EXITING A PARKING SPACE, IT HAS ALSO OCCURRED WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR WAITING TO PULL ONTO THE HIGHWAY. QUITE OFTEN THE VEHICLE WILL EVEN DIE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED WHEN THE VEHICLE LUNGES WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. SOMETIMES WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE WRENCH AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS WILL COME ON, AFTER TIME THEY WILL GO OFF. OCCASIONALLY AFTER THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE WILL SEEM TO HAVE LOST SOME OF IT'S POWER AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE NORMALLY, SOMETIMES PULLING OFF OF THE ROAD AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE WILL CAUSE IT TO RUN CORRECTLY. THE VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT WHEN IT STARTED ACTING UP AND NOW HAS OVER 100,000 MILES AND IS STILL HAVING THESE PROBLEMS, SO I DON'T THINK THE MILEAGE ACTUALLY HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. WE HAVE NOT SEEN WHERE THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE OR WHETHER THE A/C IS ON HAS ANY EFFECT ON THIS PROBLEM. AFTER LOOKING ON THIS SITE AND SEEING THAT THE FIRST COMPLAINT OF THIS PROBLEM WAS WRITTEN IN 2008 IT JUST AMAZES ME THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE! THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT, HAD WE KNOWN THIS WAS A PROBLEM BEFORE WE PURCHASED OUR VEHICLE, WITH CERTAINTY WE WOULD NOT HAVE ENDANGERED OUR FAMILY'S SAFETY AS WELL AS THAT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC BY PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE. *TR
