TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OR WHILE STOPPED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE FOLLOWED BY STALLING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 129,956.
2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WE OWN A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, WE HAVE HAD A VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL PROBLEM. IT FIRST STARTED IN 2007 WHEN THE CAR STARTED TO LUNGE BACKWARDS WHEN SHIFTED INTO REVERSE BY SIMPLY SHIFTING THE CAR INTO GEAR, WITHOUT RELEASING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO FORD IN 2008 (UNDER WARRANTY) WHERE WE WERE TOLD THE "PROBLEM" WAS FIXED AND SO WE TOOK THE CAR HOME. THE PROBLEM ONLY APPEARED TO BECOME WORSE THAN BEFORE. FORD WAS ONCE AGAIN CONTACTED AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD TAKE THE CAR AND TAKE CARE OF IT. THEY SAID THAT THE PROBLEM WAS HOW THE COMPUTER WAS NOT RESET/RECALIBRATED. EVENTUALLY, THE LUNGING PROBLEM CONTINUED AND SO WE WENT BACK FORD, WHERE WE WERE TOLD THE GUARANTEE HAD EXPIRED. CORPORATE FORD WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED HOW THEY AGREED WITH THE DEALER. THE LUNGING HAPPENED ONLY SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH UNTIL IT SLOWLY STARTED OCCURRING ON A DAILY BASIS WHERE WE (THE DRIVERS) KNEW TO NEVER REMOVE THE BREAK PEDAL COMPLETELY IN ORDER NOT TO CRASH INTO OTHER CARS OR PEOPLE. THE PROBLEM IS NOW OCCURRING BOTH WHEN IT GOES BACKWARD AND FORWARD. NOW, THE CAR NOT ONLY LUNGES BUT IT STALLS AND THE CAR GOES INTO FAILURE ENGINE MODE. THE WRENCH LIGHT ALSO COMES ON AND DOES NOT TURN OFF. WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND TURNED BACK ON THE WRENCH LIGHT DOES NOT LIGHT UP AND NOTHING SEEMS TO BE WRONG AGAIN. BECAUSE OF THIS, MECHANICS TELL US THAT NOTHING IS WRONG, AFTER SPENDING SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS FOR EVERY DIAGNOSTIC. AFTER READING NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME EXACT ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL CAR, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE BUT WE REFUSE TO REPLACE IT AS IT IS, NOT ONLY, A COSTLY REPAIR (+$800) BUT IT WAS ALREADY "FIXED" OR "REPLACED" BY FORD WHEN THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY. *TR