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Dash cluster died unexpectedly while driving. Found problem to be shoddy solder work on the circuit board causing multiple failures in the dash cluster and fuel system. Happened during highway driving at 60 mph.
While I am driving down the road, it feels like the vehicle shuts off. I am still able to accelerate, steer and stop; however, the lights, heater and radio shut off and all of my gauges quit working. My dashboard says "check charging system" but the source of the issue has not been found. I have already replaced the starter (was making a clicking noise at times), battery and alternator. This has happened several times on different road types and varying speeds.
All engine lights come on at various times with no working gauges, but car drives. Withing past year, had instrument cluster replaced 2 times, alternator replaced twice, injector coils & spark plugs, cleaned/replaced, battery replaced, throttle body assembly & gasket, . had diagnosed at 2 Ford dealers in different states and neither can figure out what is causing all the dashboard lights to stay on. Both dealers were adament it was the instrument cluster, which clearly it is not since the error lights are still on. Have been told it could be electrical or rcm, but there is no way to test for either. Dealer wants me to foot the (hourly / union) labor rate while they try to figure it out. Currently car is currently with local mechanic who is going over the car to figure it out. Nothing has been determined yet.
Vehicles says AWD malfunction and traction control sensor won't shut off while driving on highway. The power locks also malfunctioned shortly before the AWD malfunction, making it where it was unable to shut. The power lock was unlocked/locked a couple times fixing the issue for now.
I am having the issues that the investigation with the electric throttle body. They have a customer satisfaction program called 12N03 and it didn't last long enough for me to get the car that I purchased (this year) fixed. I have 66K miles on the car and the dealerships are using the 10 years or 150000 miles to mean that since my car is older than 10 years I don't qualify to get my car fixed to working order. When I use the key to start the car, it doesn't accelerate. The rpms lurch like the car is going to go somewhere and it doesn't and the wrench light comes on. I got this car 3 weeks ago and the dealership isn't fixing it and the Ford dealerships aren't fixing it. I had no control over whether the previous owner got the message to get it fixed or not or whether they took the car to get fixed. Now I have a car that I cannot drive and if it does "reset" (because turning it off and waiting a while used to kind of reset it to where it would work) there is a chance it will turn off on me/no longer accelerate.
- San Antonio, TX, USA
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About 1 week ago in my Ford Freestyle 2005, the instrument panel glitched and stopped working mid drive. All the odometers, fuel and lights on my dashboard turned off and wont come back on. No way to tell what speed you are going on. This seemed to have been a reported problem to Ford but nothing has been done. Very unsafe. Will be taking it in to dealership to asses it.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestyle. When the vehicle was started, the heating fan would alter in speeds despite the heat temperature being adjusted. In addition, the headlamps fluctuated simultaneously. The contact took the vehicle to christian brothers Ford Inc (1975 highway 2, East crookston, mn 56716; 218-281-1338) where it was diagnosed that the alternator needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired two separate times within one month, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 11,000. Updated 8/24/18
While driving on a city street going 25 and while driving on the freeway going 55, the lights in cluster of guages went out. The wrench icon lights up and all power goes out to the guages. All needles drop. Checked the fuzes. Nothing blown. When this happens the a.C. also stops blowing cold air.
Instrument cluster failure NHTSA preliminary evaluation #PE07058 status: Closed date opened: November 16, 2007 date closed: March 11, 2008 recall: No recall issued component(s): Electrical system: Instrument panel summary: The subject vehicles experience a loss of proper instrument cluster operation.typically, the problem appears as the needle on the gauge (speedometer, tachometer, fuel, and/or temperature) sweeps and resets intermittently.Ford reports the problem as "momentary power interruption causes the gauges to sweep and then recover to normal function."in August 2006, Ford issued a technical service bulletin (tsb 06-17-9) to provide guidelines to service technicians for diagnosis and repair of this condition.ODI's review of Ford's response to the Agency's informationrequest letter reveals that the majority of the reports to Ford (63%) indicate that the instrument cluster would experience intermittent loss of power.Ford reports that thislasts for only a few seconds.also Ford states, "the vehicle's exterior lighting would not fail to illuminate even in the event of power interruption to the cluster because the exterior lights are powered separately and do not rely on any signal from the cluster."additionally, ODI contacted complainants who affirmed the intermittent condition and that none of the exterior lights on the subject vehicles would be affected by power interruptions to the instrument cluster.ODI last received a report regarding this issue in August of 2007.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exist.further use of Agency resources does not appear to be warranted at this time.ODI will however continue to monitor the issue and will take further action if warranted by the circumstances. NHTSA: This is what happend to me lastnight on a dark hwy at 55 mph
When trying to start car. All instruments go out and battery light goes out. Nothing works. Interior lights, locks heat radio.has been in shop 6 times and have battery replaced alternator twice. Cluster repaired and smart junction box. Car is still not fixed. Has been a complete nightmare. They said had tsb out for it and it would have fixed. Didnt. Please help. Am a mother and grandmother who needs reliable car and cannot have this to keep happening. Everytime I get back from mechanic it will work for 3 days. Then dies again. Last time it broke which was yesterday it workrd for over 2 weeks.
While driving car at night lights on dashboard and instrument panel went out, ABS light came on, headlights went out but backup lights came on while car was in drive. Turn signals did not work and radio went out. Car eventually lost all power.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestyle. While driving 5 mph, the vehicle lost power, stalled, and the air bag indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was then taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 197,000. Updated 01/10/17 updated 01/11/17.
I just bought my vehicle and started noticing some issues with the car racing/idling fast. Several times it would lung forward while driving and while foot was on brake almost hitting a car, then stalled & reduced speed and wouldn't accelerate. The wrench light came on. Took it too oreillys and found it is the throttle and throttle sensor. This is a serious issue and dangerous. I want it fixed by Ford asap!
When I turn on the ac in my vehicle the vehicle starts to lunge all of a sudden and I can be at a complete stop and it does it. Also when I have my ac on my truck just turns off and it is scary because there is no warning it just turns off. I have two children and this is very scary to go through. Please help me in trying to resolve this problem so that I do not have to go through this and cause an accident. Also there is no way I can be driving without my ac with these three digit weather climates.
Recently purchased my car through an independent dealer. Started to accelerate when in park or when reversing. Battery light comes on and goes off randomly. If I cut it off and turn it on it goes away. Car jumps (accelerates) during driving. It does it all the time no matter where I am driving. Run system diagnostic on steering wheel and everything comes back okay. Purchased car for a family car and upset that this is a persistent problem with this model.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestyle. While driving approximately 45 mph, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The instrument panel illuminated intermittently. The failure recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage and VIN were unknown.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated that the vehicle lost power. In addition, the instrument panel stopped working and all the warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the alternator and battery needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.
While driving, my '05 Ford Freestyle AWD limited the air & radio turn off, along with all of the lights on the dash, all gauges bottom out & the turn signal does not work. This lasts for about 30-45 repeatedly, in quick succession. You cannot signal a turn or know speed when this occurs which is a safety issue. The battery and check engine light come on & sometimes it reads check charging system. This happens on local streets and highway driving. I believe it coming from the instrument panel itself. I have seen this same complaint from many others has I research the issue on the internet. I'm not aware of any recall, even though Ford is well aware of this safety condition. This started happening January 2016.
The instrument panel won't work.. my reverse light stay on and I can't tell what the gauges are reading seeing as they wont work. The only light that illuminates is the air bag light on the panel. My radio lights work but nothing else. I can't tell what the speed limit is nothing. How can one drive a car with the reverse lights constantly on and no dash lights" this is a family car I'V only had it a year with about 73,000 miles on it. I just spent 4,000 to have my engine fixed 4 months ago! how can this car be safe" it started 12-27-15 and is still not working today. Motion the car was in motion extremely rainy for Ohio this time of year.
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- Tacoma, WA, USA