NHTSA Complaint #10329283 — 2006 FORD FREESTYLE

MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE 2WD SUDDENLY LOSES POWER AND SHUTS THE ENGINE OFF, WHILE DRIVING. THIS GENERALLY HAPPENS WITHIN THE FIRST MILE OR TWO AND USUALLY AFTER A COLD START, THOUGH SOMETIMES IT IS ONLY 20-30 MINUTES SINCE THE CAR LAST RAN, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT QUALIFIES AS A COLD START. EACH TIME, I AM ABLE TO PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND THE CAR STARTS BACK UP IMMEDIATELY, ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT, THEN DOESN'T FAIL AGAIN UNTIL ANOTHER TRIP. IT DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR, HOWEVER, AND SO FAR I CAN DISCERN NO PATTERN OR PREDICT WHEN THE FAILURE WILL HAPPEN. IT IS CURRENTLY AT A FORD DEALER, WHO HAS BEEN ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND IS PRESENTLY LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION, AS THIS IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AND COULD LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I AM QUITE UPSET, AS I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR, AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT AT ALL EVIDENT DURING THE TEST DRIVE OR THE 90+ MILE DRIVE BACK TO MY HOUSE. *TR