NHTSA Complaint #10345776 — 2006 FORD FREESTYLE

THE THROTTLE BODY IN MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE WAS CAUSING MY CAR TO EITHER STALL OR LUNGE OUT OF CONTROL. TRYING TO PULL INTO TRAFFIC, THE CAR STALLED IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THEN BEGAN WORKING AS NORMAL. A FEW DAYS LATER THE CAR BEGAN TO LUNGE FORWARD OR BACKWARD WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTED. WOULD LUNGE WHEN IN DRIVE AND STOPPED. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED WITH A NEW THROTTLE BODY. I DO NOT HAVE THE OLD ONE. FORD KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM. THEY HAVE BEEN BACKORDERED FOR MOST OF 2009 AND INTO 2010 ON THIS PART. THEY HAVE CHANGED THE REPLACEMENT PART TO A NEW ONE, WITH DIFFERENT PART NUMBER. THOUSANDS OF CARS HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE. CARS CAN STALL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, IN TRAFFIC. OR CAN SUDDENLY LUNGE FORWARD EVEN WHEN THE BRAKE IS DEPRESSED. *TR