NHTSA Complaint #10410333 — 2007 FORD FREESTYLE

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR WANTING TO ACCELERATE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I WAS IMAGING UNTIL WHILE AT WALMART WHEN I PUT THE IN REVERSE = CAR SURGED BACKWARDS WHILE FOOT ON THE BRAKE - ABOUT HIT A CHILD - WHEN PUT IN FORWARD GEAR = CAR SURGED - JERKED - HAD NO RPMS. AT TIME OF PURCHASE I DRILLED THE SALES MANAGER ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION AND STATED THAT I DID NOT WANT THE SAME PROBLEMS AS EXPERIENCED WITH MY WINDSTAR. WAS TOLD DIFFERENT TYPE OF TRANSMISSION, UPDATE - NOT GEAR DRIVEN - SOLVED THE PROBLEMS = HAVE NOT HAD COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION -(DEFINITELY A LIE - FOUND COMPLAINTS ON LINE0 AT FORT MILL FORD IN FORT MILL, SC. ONCE THIS PROBLEM STARTED, HAD NO RPM TO SPEAK OF - DROVE WITH THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR - MAX SPEED I COULD REACH WAS APPROX. 35 TO 40 MPH. AFTER RESEARCHING, IT WAS FOUND THAT FORD KNEW THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FROM FIRST COMPLAINT (SEE ON LINE) UNLESS YOU FORCE THE ISSUE - FORD DEALERS DENIES UNTIL BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION THE RESEARCH I DONE ON THE PROBLEM - THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT THIS HAS SOLVED THE PROBLEM. FORD SHOULD BE FORCED TO DO A COMPLETE RECALL - REIMBURSE THOSE THAT HAD TO PAY FOR THIS ERROR WHICH FORD WAS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE DUE TO THE COMPLAINTS ON LINE. FORD NEEDS TO PROVE THAT THEY HAVE SOLVED THIS ISSUE. *TR