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When driving the car suddenly lurches forward. I have had the car 3 days and it has done this twice. Both times I was on city streets driving up a slight incline. The first time I was driving about 35 mph. Two different towns two different hills. The first was a freeway overpass and the second was just a street on a hill. Today I had just pulled out from a stop sign and was accelerating up the hill between 20-30 mph it lurched/surged again!
My 2007 Ford Freestyle is lunging when I am stopped and take my foot off brake pedal. Very dangerous situation as this could easily caused other property damage or even bodily injury should someone be walking in front of my vehicle. I see that there have been numerous complaints with regards to this problem. The lunging seems worse when it is hot outside and car ac is on. If vehicle is allowed to idle in hot weather for more than 5-10 minutes the wrench light will generally come out and engine will die. An accident could easily occur which would not be the fault of the driver.
Well I noticed this issue a couple months ago, I bought the car back in July of 2019 with 123,000 miles. Whenever I go to park or reverse with the A/C on or anything my car lunges without me even touching the acceleration and I have to slam on the brakes not to hit anything. And today I reversed out of a parking spot and it lunges as usual and when I started driving down the road a wrench light flashed on and I wasn't getting as much acceleration as usual. I've been researching and this seems to be a problem a lot of people have had with this car. It just scares me with it lunging and speeding up on its own in drive thrus, parking lots/spots, and simply when I'm sitting and turn my wheel just a little bit it decides it wants to accelerate on its on! all this happened mostly when I just start driving, or pulling in somewhere or reversing, and sometimes when I'm stationary at a drive thru.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated that the vehicle seized and the power train and battery warning indicators illuminated. The contact attempted to start the vehicle, but was unsuccessful. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed the vehicle and determined that an unknown computer needed to be replaced. The vehicle's battery and body control module were replaced; however, the failure recurred. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The contact referenced NHTSA action number: PE11018 (vehicle speed control). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 161,000.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. While driving 25 mph, the vehicle accelerated and the throttle control and transmission warning indicators illuminated. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road and powered off the engine. The vehicle was restarted and was able to operate normally; however, the failure recurred. In addition, the vehicle would accelerate without warning at traffic lights, stop signs, or when making turns. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic for diagnostic testing or repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 126,000.
- Florissant, MO, USA
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My car randomly surges. This usualy happens at low speeds when the car is at or close to idle. The car will sugre like the gass is being pressed but it is definetly not. It also surges randomly when shifted into different gears park, reverse, neutral. It is very dangerous as it is inpredictable.
My Freestyle accelerators/ lunges forward for "no reason" when I'm pushing on brake to park. This has happened numerous times at grocery store, wal-mary etc. Last Tuesday was the scariest. I was with my mom driving to the bank and as I was parking it accelerated much more than it normally does. We hopped the curb and almost crashed into the bank wall. My foot was on the brake! I have seen several mechanics who have no clue and can't find anything wrong. I went immediately to seen another recommend seasoned mechanic who said he had no idea what it could be and saw nothing wrong. I'm scared to drive my cat or even park it. I only park away from other cars now. If someone would have been in front of my cat at the bank, they would have been seriously injured. I googled the problem and saw other people had reported the same thing and I'm hoping that you guys can tell me what the issue was since there were numerous other complaints. Thank you so much for your time.
The car is self accelerating!! it is very scary. It does it when I am on drive trying to slow down and stop or when I have been parked and try to backup slowly to move in reverse. It therefore, happens mostly at red lights, stop signs, and in parking lots. I am terrified the car will run over a person crossing the street or walking behind my car in a parking space. When the car self accelerates, it does it suddenly and forcefully. In that split second I slam on the brakes to avoid running over a crossing pedestrian or winding up at crossroads and cause an accident. When I step on the brakes, the car shakes and dies. I have to quickly restart the car again. This constant dying and restarting of the car at red lights and parking lots had drained my battery. This exact self accelerating problem happened in 2011. It was "fixed" at the maxwell Ford dealership in 5000 South I-35 78745. They said it was the throttle. I had a new ac compressor put in recently and suddenly the problem came back. The last four years the ac has not worked well. I wonder if there is a a connection between the proper functionality of both parts - the throttle and the ac. I am desperate to have it repaired again, and of course at no expense of mine since it has been obviously a continuous factory/design defect. Please help, I have less than $200 in my account and I depend on my car for my livelihood.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. While approaching a stop, the vehicle surged without warning while the brake pedal was being depressed. The failure occurred randomly. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The manufacturer informed the contact that the vehicle had reached the 10 year warranty and no assistance would be provided. The failure mileage was approximately 169,000.
Unknown reason: On Dec.28 2016 I@ 1535 I was driving on interstate #30 in Arkansas. I was driving @ a speed of 70 mph when all the power went off in my car. I was unable to turn on flashers or restart car. Behind me was a 18 wheeler and on my right side was a car. I immediately began to lose speed. It just so happened that the other drivers noticed I was in trouble. Both drivers put their hazard lights on and slowed traffic enabling me to steer the car ( with no power) to the shoulder. I put the car in park turned the radio and heater off and tried to restart it. It did restart but I left the radio and heater off. I was 34.1 mi from home. I prayed all the way home and did not drive over 60 mph.( I could have been killed !!!). when I finally arrived at home, I put my car in park and the car turned itself off. The car keys were still in the on position! I have checked the Ford website online, NHTSA website, called the customer relationship center @ 1-866-436-7332 and riser Ford Lincoln in hot springs, ark @ 1 -888 -547 -3820 ( this is where I bought the car) trying to find recall notices. If there are some please let me know. Thank you.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. While driving at a low speed, the vehicle shook while making a turn and stalled. The failure usually occurred when the air conditioner was activated. The vehicle was able to restart and was taken to a mechanic who diagnosed that the electronic throttle body failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN and failure mileage were not available.... updated 08/23/16
Having vehicle surging and stalling when decrease speed - found your action number PE11018 that describes my issue. Never received a letter from Ford sent in 2012 that issues a free fix for this. We have been at current address 20+ years. Fix is to 150K miles and we are at 156K - Ford is refusing to fix. Please help as it is a danger to my family to be driving this vehicle and I would have never known about the "recall" if not for a Ford forum when I was researching the issue.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration when the brake pedal was depressed. The failure occurred without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 138,836.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. When the contact released the brake pedal while at a stop, the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 141,404.
My 2007 Ford Freestyle cuts off repeatedly after almost every red light stop. I saw a lot of complaints about this matter with different Ford Freestyles and no one seems to know the cause. Mainly anytime I apply the brakes the cut shuts off and puts myself and family in life- threatening situations. Also, the vehicle idles high while my feet on on the breaks.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated that while depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle was accelerating independently without warning. In addition, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart. The failures recurred various times. The vehicle was taken to independent mechanic where the failure was undetermined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 156,000.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. While driving approximately 30 mph, the accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle failed to accelerate past 2 mph. The check engine warning indicator illuminated. The failure recurred three times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was previously repaired under a manufacturer's recall; however, the remedy failed to prevent the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 102,000. The VIN was unavailable.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. While driving at approximately 35 mph, the vehicle began to accelerate without the accelerator pedal being depressed. While the air conditioner was activated, the vehicle accelerated without warning. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body and the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure was persistent. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Freestyle. The contact stated that the vehicle violently jerked forward. In addition, when the vehicle was placed into park, it independently lunged forward. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was not included in NHTSA action number: PE11018 (vehicle speed control). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000.
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- Everett, WA, USA