NHTSA Complaint #10403209 — 2007 FORD FREESTYLE

ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS BEGINNING ON THIS DATE WHILE DRIVING UNDER 10 MILES PER HOUR, THE CAR WOULD LUNG FORWARD AND THEN WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE CAR WOULD STALL. THIS "SURGING" PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR ONCE YOU TOOK YOUR FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE AFTER BEING STOPPED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME BUT WOULD HAPPEN BEFORE YOU PRESSED THE ACELERATOR. BECAUSE OF THE SEVERITY OF THE ISSUE AND AFTER ALMOST HITTING ANOTHER CAR WHILE IN A PARKING LOT, WE TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY DIAGNOISED THE PROBLEM AND WE HAD TO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED WHICH WAS A SIGNIFICANT COST. SINCE THIS ISSUE IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION, WE WANTED TO SUBMIT OUR EXPERIENCE TO BE CONSIDERED AND SO THAT WE WOULD BE NOTIFIED IN THE CASE OF RECALL.