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Ford Freestyle CVT Transmissions

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#228 of 420 CVT Christmas gift by notfreestyle

Jan 04, 2010 (2:31 pm)

My 2006 Freestyle died the day after Christmas as well. 72K miles. Same issue as above, running fine then all of a sudden their was nothing when the accelerator was to the floor. It's currently in the Ford shop after I could not find anyone else to touch it. $5700 later I am sure it will be fine. I have not been told there would be a parts issue at this point. The coverage on the new one is 100,000 miles. I find that odd since the first one was only 60,000.
 
lesson learned at this point is buy the extra coverage, only buy Ford trucks. I have owned a few and they have been great. I've owned one car and is been a problem. I also work with a guy who had a CVT go out on him in a Nissan at 40K miles.

#229 of 420 freestyle by dominicano51

Mar 05, 2010 (7:25 pm)

Hi,
 
After reading all the talk about the cvt on the freestyle my question is what is the best way to get one? mine makes noise in P or N but when in gear it goes away and i can drive perfect, is obvious that is going to fail sooner than later.
 
I am looking for a used one since i can have it replaced for 400 dollars and maybe finding one used for 800.00.
 
I would like to see a lawsuit in reference to this since ford makes replcement parts expensive.

#230 of 420 06 FORD FREESTYLE by dominicano51

Mar 07, 2010 (6:17 pm)

IS THE CVT ON THE 500 THE SAME ON THE FREESTYLE ASSUMING BOTH ARE FWD. EITHER 05,06,07 YEARS.
 
FOUND ONE USE BUT IS FROM A 500 2005

#231 of 420 Re: 06 FORD FREESTYLE [dominicano51] by coldcranker

Mar 08, 2010 (9:34 am)

Replying to: dominicano51 (Mar 07, 2010 6:17 pm)
Call any Ford dealership parts department on the phone to be sure.
Any answer given on this forum may be wrong, but I think its probably identical. Maybe.

#232 of 420 Re: 06 FORD FREESTYLE [dominicano51] by icedragon

Mar 19, 2010 (6:16 am)

Replying to: dominicano51 (Mar 07, 2010 6:17 pm)
The trans problem is the 3 shafts in the trans. Also have the same problem and was told they are 800.00 a piece and have to be ordered. Ford knew about this problem and thinks it is a joke. Everyone should get together and file a class action law suit against ford.

#233 of 420 Re: 06 FORD FREESTYLE [icedragon] by sinder

Mar 19, 2010 (7:02 am)

Replying to: icedragon (Mar 19, 2010 6:16 am)
Icedragon......I'm ALL in if you can get it started. Dropped $5500 on a tranny 67k miles. I am mad as hell !!!!

#234 of 420 Re: 06 FORD FREESTYLE [icedragon] by stevedebi

Mar 19, 2010 (8:33 am)

Replying to: icedragon (Mar 19, 2010 6:16 am)
"The trans problem is the 3 shafts in the trans. Also have the same problem and was told they are 800.00 a piece and have to be ordered. Ford knew about this problem and thinks it is a joke. Everyone should get together and file a class action law suit against ford. "
 
I'm am truly sorry for those reporting in this Forum that their transmissions failed, but I don't think any lawyer would touch this one. All Ford would have to do is point to the CU statistics showing that the FS CVT has a better reliability rating than conventional transmissions. End of case.
 
Any transmission can have parts go bad, perhaps during fabrication or assembly. Ford issued a free brake fix when it discovered that the pads had gotten wet in storage, resulting in premature wear. So they do respond when they know there was a problem in the vehicle. But there has been no wide-spread transmission failures among the FS fleet. We need to remember that this forum will attract those with problems, and is not representative of the entire FS community. I, for example, did not have any trouble with my 2006 FS.
 
I'd still be mad if I HAD encountered any problems, and maybe I would not have bought another Ford product, but there it is, numbers don't lie.

#235 of 420 Re: 06 FORD FREESTYLE [stevedebi] by coldcranker

Mar 19, 2010 (4:58 pm)

Replying to: stevedebi (Mar 19, 2010 8:33 am)
I agree that trans problems are horrible. However, it is true that the percentage of trans failures in Freestyles is lower than average across all 2005-2007 makes/models for comparison. The only way a class action lawsuit can succeed is if the failure percentage is high enough and Ford had a design flaw. I don't think thats the case here. I still would like to know what makes some of them fail. I'm an engineer so I have an odd curiousity about things like that.
 
When icedragon says the problem is the 3 shafts in the CVT tranny, do you know what is going on there? Are the shafts themselves breaking? Metal parts can fail when a few (small percentage) have metallurgical flaws introduced during forging or casting. I wish we had a good failure analysis on any weaknesses the tranny might have.

#236 of 420 Ford CVT Transmission by zipper4

Apr 19, 2010 (3:15 pm)

I also have a 2006 freestyle and my trans went out at 64000 miles ,4000 miles after extended warranaty ran out. I have seen all the posts and i agree ford should take care of this problem.Then 2 weeks after mine went out my mother-inlaws neighbors went out at 59000 miles.There must be a problem since Ford stopped putting in cvt trans in there 07 models. I'm in for a class action if we can get enough owners.

#237 of 420 Re: Ford CVT Transmission [zipper4] by stevedebi

Apr 19, 2010 (3:36 pm)

Replying to: zipper4 (Apr 19, 2010 3:15 pm)
"I also have a 2006 freestyle and my trans went out at 64000 miles ,4000 miles after extended warranaty ran out. I have seen all the posts and i agree ford should take care of this problem.Then 2 weeks after mine went out my mother-inlaws neighbors went out at 59000 miles.There must be a problem since Ford stopped putting in cvt trans in there 07 models. I'm in for a class action if we can get enough owners. "
 
Did you read the entire thread?
 
- They stopped putting in the CVT transmissions because they developed a cheaper 6 speed transmission in cooperation with GM.
- The CVT has been more reliable than conventional transmission of the same years, according to Consumer Reports. This makes a successful lawsuit unlikely.

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