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#267 of 300 Re: Electronics [happygalaz] by sacs

Sep 03, 2011 (7:19 pm)

Replying to: happygalaz (Aug 22, 2011 8:26 am)
I have a 2006 Freestyle and my instrument cluster went out in late July and remained in active for about 16 hours. The next morning I went out and it all worked. I took it to the Ford dealer along with the indications I had, i.e. no rpm, no speed, no gauges and the fact that the backup lights remained on no matter what gear it was in. They replaced the instrument cluster. Today that cluster had been in there a little over a month and when I started it up all the same indications are back along with the car running rough. Since the cluster is under warranty that is the good news but I'm afraid of what the real problem is. I've owned the car about a year and have had 3 electrical problems with it.

#268 of 300 Re: Recomendations?!! [rong5] by bobw3

Sep 09, 2011 (10:37 am)

Replying to: rong5 (Aug 31, 2011 1:52 pm)
Of course you'll get a mostly negative response from the folks here, but remember there are thousands of Freestyles out there with zero problem, so just because you're reading about a dozen folks here with problems, don't let that be the deciding factor.
 
What happens is that people with problems will search online and find these forums for answers to their problems and then post. For the thousands of people without any problems, they're not going online to forums like this to post how great their car is.
 
As an example, the Honda Odyssey Edmunds Transmission Problems forum has almost 2000 posts.

#269 of 300 Re: Recomendations?!! [hotbite] by stevedebi

Sep 09, 2011 (12:13 pm)

Replying to: hotbite (Aug 31, 2011 6:49 pm)
"Seriously, though, DO NOT BUY THIS CAR!!! I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do with mine. I cannot sell it in good conscience knowing what a danger it is. If you love your family, do not put them in this car! "
 
If you really have that much distrust in the vehicle, trade it in to a dealer and get a different car.

#270 of 300 Re: Recomendations?!! [stevedebi] by ascdriver

Sep 10, 2011 (11:15 am)

Replying to: stevedebi (Sep 09, 2011 12:13 pm)
I agree with prev. post & would emphasize the DO NOT DRIVE THIS CAR part!!! By continuing to drive it you will become part of the problem. I have a Freestyle 2007 with "ditto" all the same defects. The "lunging" is bad enough but it is the acceleration problems & power loss we all are having when we approach intersections or making any turns that becomes the perfect setup for accidents with injury or death. I'm >upset with Ford right now but I do know I won't be able to blame them if I keep driving my Freestyle & cause an accident. I would like to know statistics or investigations done on accidents involving Freestyles. The defect with our Freestyles would probably look like driver's error and dismissed.

#271 of 300 Re: Recomendations?!! [rong5] by drew62

Sep 18, 2011 (10:38 am)

Replying to: rong5 (Aug 31, 2011 1:52 pm)
I have an 06 Freestyle and have not had any problems related to the throttle body... I currently have the traction control light on and getting it looked at this week... but I love this car! many have had some problems which I cross my fingers on. My car has 114,000 on...
 

#272 of 300 Traded mine! by creed26566

Sep 24, 2011 (7:02 pm)

I traded mine in and had to go back to the ford dealer to cancel the Warranty. My salesman at the Ford dealership said to me "I am so glad you sold that car". What does this tell you! And then he had the nerve to say "Bring your new Honda to us we can do the service on it" I was like u have to be kidding me.

#273 of 300 Re: Recomendations?!! [drew62] by happygalaz

Sep 24, 2011 (7:31 pm)

Replying to: drew62 (Sep 18, 2011 10:38 am)
I just put another 3k on mine after the repairs and now have 108K on it and am so gratefuol that I did not trade it in. I went through the mountains in AZ and Utah for trout fishing and elk hunting for two weeks, used the car hard, most of the time up and down from 6 to 9.5K feet, greasy mud, traction control and lots of low gear use. Cold at night and hot in the day. I LOVE this car!

#274 of 300 Keeping fingers crossed by dunhillcondado

Sep 26, 2011 (5:42 pm)

Back in 2007, we bought my mother a off rental 2006 Freestyle. Knock wood, we have had no irregular issues with it. She now has just shy of 52k.

#275 of 300 Re: Recomendations?!! [ascdriver] by catlvr53

Oct 12, 2011 (11:28 am)

Replying to: ascdriver (Sep 10, 2011 11:15 am)
My 2007 Freestyle lunged horribly and sometimes stalled. The dealer never found anything. Then it got better Then it got worse. Finally, after taking it again and them finding nothing, about 6 mos later it came to a dead stop and wouldn't start,. Not the starter or anything but another dealer (in MD) found the "ineritia switch" was bad. Now it is fine- no more lunging. so you might check that.. I also was afraid I was going to kill someone, seriously, with the lunging forward.

#276 of 300 Re: Recomendations?!! [catlvr53] by hotbite

Oct 12, 2011 (12:26 pm)

Replying to: catlvr53 (Oct 12, 2011 11:28 am)
How long has it been fixed? The lunging comes and goes with my car. If you have long-term success with it, then I'll check into it. Also, if you don't mind my asking, how much did it cost to repair?

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