OUR 2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS BEGUN TO DISPLAY AN ISSUE WITH SURGING WHICH APPEARS RELATED TO INCIDENTS WHERE THE WRENCH DASH BOARD WARNING LIGHT COMES ON SHORTLY THERE AFTER. IT DOES SEEM TO OCCUR ON VERY HOT DAYS WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS RUNNING. DURING ONE INCIDENT THE CAR HAD BEEN RESTARTED AFTER BEING PARKED, WAS IDLING IN GEAR FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD, THEN STALLED. UPON RESTART THE WRENCH DASH BOARD LIGHT STAYED ON. THE ENGINE LACKED POWER AND WOULD GO A MAXIMUM OF 40 MPH EVEN WITH THE GAS PETAL FULLY DEPRESSED. ONCE AT HOME, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR AN HOUR. IT RESTARTED FINE, WITHOUT THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT, AND DROVE FINE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. BOTH UNEXPECTED SURGING AND LOSS OF POWER EVENTS HAVE RECURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, WITH MULTIPLE DRIVERS. RECENTLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS STAYED ON. THE VEHICLE DRIVES BUT SEEMS TO LACK ITS USUALLY LEVEL OF POWER AND WILL SOMETIMES STALL OUT WHILE IDLING AT A RED LIGHT. CAR RESTARTS AND DRIVES FINE FOR A WHILE WHEN ANOTHER STALL OUT OCCURS AT SOME OTHER LIGHT (UNPREDICTABLE). TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE 08/08/11 BECAUSE IT FEELS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. FORD DEALER REPORTS THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE MASS AIR SENSOR (QUOTED $1,250 TOTAL). IN THE SHOP WAITING ON PARTS.
2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY CAR LURCHES FORWARD IF MY FOOT IS NOT FULLY ON THE BRAKE OR WHEN I BEGIN TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NOW ON. I WAS RUNNING MY AC IN 100 DEGREE WEATHER THIS LAST TIME. *KB