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#243 of 300 Re: 2007 Ford Freestyle Transmission [dhfreeone] by stevedebi

Mar 11, 2011 (9:10 am)

Replying to: dhfreeone (Mar 10, 2011 8:43 pm)
"Consider Class Action Lawsuit. People have won against Saturn for the same transmission. I am also having the same problem now wiyh only 38,000 miles on my 2006 Ford Freestyle. I will be pursuiing this also. My car is actually at the dealership right now. "
 
I don't think the Saturn transmission is the same as the Ford. So far as I know only Ford (and some European models) used the German steel belt for their CVT.
 
Good luck in any case.

#244 of 300 Re: To hammer57 [sowen8] by snomama

Mar 28, 2011 (5:02 pm)

Replying to: sowen8 (Feb 28, 2011 5:24 pm)
Did you get you instrument cluster replaced? and the big question is did it solve the problem. My 05 freestyle justed started the same thing. I live in a town with 3 mechanic shops none of whom I trust including my Ford dealership. I would take my car So before I drive to the next city to have work done I want to do my research.

#245 of 300 Yes, Hammer57 by sowen8

Mar 28, 2011 (8:24 pm)

It did fix the problem....haven't had so much as a hiccup out of the old girl. Be in for sticker shock though.....it cost me $819 to get it fixed.

#246 of 300 Re: 2007 Ford Freestyle Transmission [stevedebi] by emmaurer

Apr 07, 2011 (8:28 am)

Replying to: stevedebi (Mar 11, 2011 9:10 am)
I am currently having the same problem. I had my car in the shop at $66,000 miles and told them I was having transmission problems, at the same time I found out I also had a throttle body problem....The dealership is trying to say it's one in the same. My RPM's fluctuate greatly and when I try to quickly pickup speed (like to merge with highway traffic) the RPM's go way up and then don't drop down until you let of the gas a little...almost like a manual transmission. I live in Texas so I am not sure if I would have to file class action here or not...this needs to be addressed, most 2005-2006 have this problem, and mid way through 06 I think they figured it out because in 07 they stopped using this transmission. That should tell you something.

#247 of 300 Re: 2007 Ford Freestyle Transmission [emmaurer] by emily_in_texas

May 25, 2011 (12:31 pm)

Replying to: emmaurer (Apr 07, 2011 8:28 am)
I had the exact same problem, had my 2006 Freestyle in and had the entire transmission replaced because I was told there were metal shavings in it and not even 2 miles down the road the transmission powered down again... I had the throttle body assembly replaced and haven't had a bit of problems out of it since!!! My husband is NOT a mechanic but replaced the part in something like 5 minutes, and we bought the part online for half the price the dealership wanted for it. My car was in the Ford dealership THREE TIMES without a proper diagnosis. Talk about frustrating. Thanks FORD for selling a car that your mechanics can't work on, and not helping when you have massive repetetive problems in all of the Freestyles. Pathetic.

#248 of 300 Re: middle seat latch problems [catmoura] by akcall

Jun 07, 2011 (8:15 am)

Replying to: catmoura (Jul 01, 2006 9:26 pm)
Yes , my passenger seat middle row is stuck! They dealer ship even took a crow bar to it and it will not come up. They said that they will have to take the entire seat out....

#249 of 300 Re: middle seat latch problems [akcall] by emmaurer

Jun 09, 2011 (3:49 pm)

Replying to: akcall (Jun 07, 2011 8:15 am)
Don't let them take the seat out...if you go to www.safecar.gov you can find service bulletins on our vehicle...atleast 17 of them, the bulletins are put out by ford and they tell about problems with the vehicle...you can find one on the seat and take it to the dealer and tell them that is what the problem is...it is a warrantee covered item so if your still under the warranty you can get it done. Not sure how much it costs otherwise. Just an fyi...their is a class action lawsuit that has been filed against Ford for the throttle body problems hoping they get the tranny one filed too. Good luck!!

#250 of 300 Re: Same old story, [northlakes] by emmaurer

Jun 09, 2011 (4:22 pm)

Replying to: northlakes (Dec 10, 2006 8:09 pm)
It's mostly the 2005-2007 that have so many problems...glad yours works great...wish mine didn't leave me abandoned 150 miles from the nearest dealership and in the dessert...it was like a scene from a movie and I certainly wasn't laughing. I hope your Freestyle continues to be reliable. Good Luck!!

#252 of 300 Traded in my lemon by chsmrh

Jul 14, 2011 (3:45 pm)

I traded my 2007 Freestyle in today! I bought the car new and within six months the passenger leather seat came apart at the seams and had to be replaced. At least it was covered by warranty. At 2 1/2 years ( and 2000 miles over warranty) The air conditioner compressor and the air conditioning clutch went out-because of metal shavings. That was a $2000.00 repair. I also had to get new tires and new brakes. The car started lunging this spring when I put it in reverse or in drive without my feet being on the gas ( danger, danger). Last week the transmission starting acting up. The car would power down and just chug along. I noticed from these posts that the next thing to happen would probably be that the car would cut off while driving. I decided to get out while I could, otherwise a $25,000 car would end up costing $50,000 with all the repair costs! What was Ford thinking?

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