NHTSA Complaint #10353500 — 2006 FORD FREESTYLE

I HAVE A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE WITH 52,000 MILES ON IT. LAST SUMMER, IT BEGAN LURCHING WHEN STOPPED OR MOVING SLOWLY. IT CONTINUED TO GET WORSE UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN IT BEGAN DOING IT SO BADLY, THE VEHICLE JUST DIED. WHEN IT WAS RESTARTED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING VERY ROUGH. I DROVE TO AUTOZONE AND THE TWO ENGINE CODES WERE P0106 AND P0109. THEY ERASED THEM AND FOLLOWING THE FORD FREESTYLE FORUMS, I PURCHASED SOME THROTTLE-BODY CLEANER. ONCE HOME, I CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE HELPED THE ISSUE, ALTHOUGH IT STILL IS SURGING SOME. IT'S CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT FORD NEEDS TO HONOR THIS ISSUE AS A RECALL AND NOT EXPECT ME TO PAY $700 AT THE DEALER TO HAVE IT FIXED. *TR