2007 Ford Freestyle Fuel System Problems

AUTO WAS REPAIRED 2008 BY NON FORD DEALER BEFORE THE RECALL HAPPENED FOR PROBLEM OF AUTO SURGING FORWARD AND BACKWARDS. THEN FORD REIMBURSED THE MONEY $700.00 OF REPAIR. NOW CAR HAS 110K MILES AND IS SURGING FORWARD AND BACKWARDS AGAIN . VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME AND FAMILY. I WOULD LIKE FOR FORD TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE AGAIN. ORIGINAL REPAIR WAS FOR THE CAR SURGING FORWARD AND BACKWARDS AND I FEEL THAT WITH ONLY 110K MILES ON IT, I SHOULD NOT BE EXPERIENCING THIS DANGEROUS ISSUE AGAIN!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT NOTICED FUEL RUNNING DOWN THE INCLINE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A FRACTURE ON THE FUEL TANK. ALSO, BOTH FUEL PUMPS WERE CORRODED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

WHEN SHIFTING TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE, VEHICLE HAS A HIGH ACCELERATION AND BRAKING NEEDS TO BE DONE VERY HARD TO CONTROL .

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. *TR

STARTED TO EXPERIENCE ENGINE SURGE PROBLEM THAT IS APPARENTLY PRETTY COMMON. MOSTLY OCCURS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOPPED POSITION. ALSO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CHECKED CODE AT NAPA STORE. P0109 INDICATING FUEL RAIL PRESSURE SENSOR. LOCAL MECHANIC CLAIMED IT TO BE A FUEL FILTER PROBLEM. HAD MECHANIC CHANGE FILTER, PROBLEM RESOLVED FOR VERY SHORT TIME PERIOD. ABOUT MONTH LATER SAME PROBLEM AND ENGINE CODE. REPLACED FUEL SENSOR MYSELF. PROBLEM RETURNED 2 DAYS LATER WITHOUT ENGINE CODE. FROM MY RESEARCH ON THIS SITE AND OTHERS FOUND OUT ABOUT CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 12N03. CALLED LOCAL DEALER TO LOOK INTO HAVING VEHICLE CHECKED. WAS INFORMED BY SERVICE OPERATOR THAT MY VIN DOES NOT QUALIFY BUT THEY WOULD LET ME PAY $150.00 DOLLARS TO CHECK OUT PROBLEM. I AM THINKING I WILL EXERCISE MY FREE WILL TO GET RID OF THIS VEHICLE FOR A KIA OR HYUNDAI MODEL THAT I CAN TRUST. *TR

AFTER STARTING THE 2007 FORD FREESTYLE IT IDOLS ABOUT 1000RPMS. UPON PUTTING IT INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE WHEN YOU LIFT OFF THE BRAKE THE CAR WILL REV UP THE ENGINE TO ABOUT 2000RPMS AND SPEED FORWARD OR BACKWARD. THIS REV OF THE ENGINE LAST APPROXIMATELY 1 SECOND AND THEN THE CAR RETURNS TO NORMAL IDOL SPEED. THIS CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH IF YOU DO NOT ANTICIPATE THE ACCELERATION YOU COULD HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD OR BACKWARDS AT IDLE SPEED. *TR

12/20/12- VEH IDLES HIGH AND WANTS TO ACCELERATE WHEN BRAKING AS ADVISED BY A RECALL AND FORD DEALER STACHER CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY AND REPROGRAMMED THE PCM.PROGRAM CODE; 12N03 REPAIR TYPE-31 WRTY CLAIM. CUSTOMER CODE A99. 4/25/13---VEH IS SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. HAD NEW THROTTLE BODY PUT ON AT FIRESTONE. CAR CUT OFF AND STALLED A FEW TIMES. FIRESTONE REINSTALLED OLD THROTTLE BODY AND WHEN WE TOOK THE VAN BACK TO FORD DEALER AND THEY AGAIN VERIFIED CONCERN AND PERFORMED IDS DIAGNOSIS, CODE PO613B, SECURE MAP SENSOR HOSE AND ROAD TESTED 26 MILES. DID NOT STALL,STATED IT MAY HAVE OTHER ISSUE. INVOICE COST $93.00 4/30/13----VEH SHUT OFF 4 OR 5 TIMES. SATCHER DEALER DROVE VAN AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. 4/31/13 RECEIVED CAR FROM DEALER AND AFTER DUPLICATING PROBLEM RETURNED CAR BACK TO DEALER. 5/2-3/13 - RENTED ENTERPRISE VEHICLE. INVOICE COST $98+. 5/07/13 ADVISED TO COME GET THE CAR AFTER 10 DAYS WITHOUT LOANER CAR . NO PAPERWORK GIVEN ALTHOUGH REQUESTED. WHEN CALLED AND ASKED FOR PAPERWORK ADVISED THERE WAS NONE. WHEN ASKED OF WORK PERFORMED THEY SAID THEY REPROGRAMMED PCM. 5/26/13 CAR STOPPED AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES AND WHEN TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER THEY HOOKED IT TO AN ONBOARD COMPUTER. CAR DRIVEN FOR 5 WEEKS WITHOUT IT STOPPING AGAIN. 7/17/13 - DEALER REQUIRES COMPUTER BACK AND WAS TAKEN OFF THE CAR. SITUATION IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE ACCELERATION IS UNPREDICTABLE AND ENGINE POWER SHUTS DOWN AT ANY TIME.. *TR

OUR CAR HAS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ACCELERATED ON IT'S OWN. MOSTLY WHEN IT IS HOT OUT. IT WILL ACCELERATE EITHER IN REVERSE OR FORWARD WITHOUT EVEN HAVING OUR FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. ON 6/21/2012 IT ALMOST FORDCED US OUT INTO AN INTERSECTION. *TT

JUST BOUGHT A USED 2007 FORD FREESTYLE AND HAD IT FOR 3 DAYS, AND HAD THE ALREADY DOCUMENTED LUNGING/STALLING ISSUE. *TR

WE PURCHASED THE 2007 FORD FREESTYLE ONLY ONE MONTH AGO FROM A DEALER IN BLAIR NEBRASKA WHO CERTIFIED THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE PURCHASED. WE HAVE NOT OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. WHILE DRIVING TODAY WITH THE FAMILY (CHILDREN INCLUDED) DOWN THE FREEWAY THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING IN THE CENTER OF HEAVY TRAFFIC. LUCKY NO ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED! THE VEHICLE STARTED LURCHING AND THEN WOULD NOT GO OVER 25 MPH. WE ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE PERFORMING THE SAME WAY WITH MANY OTHERS IN CLASS ACTION AND FORUMS. *TR

2007 AWD FORD FREESTYLE. LUNGES FORWARD, REVS UP ON IT'S OWN, COMPLETELY STALLS OUT. HAVE LEARNED IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY. FORD KNOWS ABOUT THIS AND THERE IS NO RECALL. WHY? THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO ANYONE DRIVING THIS CAR. THERE IS A FACEBOOK PAGE DEDICATED TO PEOPLE IN MY POSITION. CARS STALLING OUT ON HIGHWAY, ON RAILROAD TRACKS. MINE DIED IN AN INTERSECTION. THE PROBLEM IS MUCH WORSE WHEN HOT OUT AND AIR CONDITIONING IS ON HIGH. WHY ISN'T FORD DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? WHO HAS OVER $1,000 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM? WHY IS OUR SAFETY NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO RECALL THIS CAR? *TR

LUNGING & CUTTING OFF. VEHICLE WOULD OCCASIONALLY LUNGE & REQUIRED BRAKING TO KEEP IT STATIONARY. BEGIN CUTTING OFF RECENTLY. WOULD RESTART, RUN A FEW MINUTES AND CUT OFF AGAIN. CARRIED TO FORD DEALER ON 02/09/11 AND PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A MALFUNCTIONING FUEL SYSTEM THROTTLE BODY. *TR

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE LURCHES AT IDLE. IT ALSO CUTS OFF WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING IS RUNNING AND I TURN THE WHEEL SHARPLY. *TR

I WAS BEGINNING BACKING UP MY WIFES' 2007 FORD FREESTYLE IN THE HARRIS TEETER PARKING LOT ON 07/17/2011 WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCERLATED AND I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES HARD TO AVOID LOSS OF CONTROL. THE VEHICLE STALLED. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, PUT IT IN REVERSE AND IT ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AGAIN, I BRAKED AND IT STALLED AGAIN. I WAS FAR ENOUGH OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT TO GO FORWARD BY THIS POINT. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND WENT FORWARD OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. NOW I HAD ACCELERATION PROBLEMS AS THE ENGINE DID NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY- I COULDN'T GET THE MOTOR PAST 3000 RPM. I CALLED THE LOCAL FORD DEALER ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, SCHEDULED A REPAIR APPOINTMENT AND TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY AT A TOTAL COST OF $792.16. THE VEHICLE IS AGAIN DRIVING PROPERLY. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *TT

MY FORD FREESTYLE HAS 87,000 MILES. UNTIL RECENTLY, IT HAS BEEN A TERRIFIC CAR. HOWEVER, IT NOW HAS HAD INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS THAT (ACCORDING TO THE CODE) ARE LINKED TO THE THROTTLE BODY. THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON. THE ACCELERATOR DOESN'T WORK, AND THEN IT LUNGES UNEXPECTEDLY. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, I FOUND HUNDREDS OF OTHERS ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE. *TR

MY 2007 FORD FREESTYLE HAS BEEN HAVING AN ISSUE WITH LURCHING FORWARD WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. SEVERAL CLOSE MISSES OF REARENDING SOMEONE DUE TO THIS ISSUE. FORD NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE AND RECALL THESE VEHICLES. IT IS AN SAFETY ISSUE AND FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT IT FOR SOMETIME. *TT

MY VEHICLE LURCHES WHEN IDLING AND JUMPS IN RPM UNEXPECTEDLY AFTER SLOWING WHICH IF YOU ARE NOT ON THE BRAKES CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO MOVE UNCONTROLLABLY AND RAPIDLY. *TR

DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

ON THE DATE SHOWN, WHILE DRIVING IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION AND ENTERING THE CEMETERY MY VEHICLE STARTED TO LURCH, LUNGE AND BUCKING. TRIED TO GIVE IT GAS BUT DIDN'T RESPOND. I THEN SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND WHEN I STARTED UPON LEAVING THE CEMETERY THE VEHICLE STARTED THIS AGAIN. I DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MAINTENANCE PERSON TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS BEING CAUSED BY A SENSOR AND THAT I COULD SHUT THE VEHICLE DOWN AND RESTART AFTER A FEW MINUTES. THIS SEEMED TO WORK FOR A WHILE THEN THE SAME PROBLEMS KEPT OCCURRING. THIS WAS MENTIONED A NUMBER OF TIMES TO THE DEALER WITH THE SAME EXPLANATION. I THINK THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS NOW CREATED ANOTHER IN THE THE TRANSMISSION ON THE VEHICLE IS GONE.