NHTSA Complaint #10413510 — 2006 FORD FREESTYLE

THE CAR ACCELERATES WITHOUT ANY PROMPTING OR WARNING. THERE ARE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THIS IS HAPPENING IN. ONE SITUATION THAT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES IS SITTING IN A LINE SUCH AS A DRIVE THRU AND IDLING WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD. ANOTHER SCENARIO IS PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERSE AND THE CAR LURCHES BACKWARDS. SITTING AT A RED LIGHT OR STOP SIGN BEHIND THE LINE OF A CROSSWALK AND THE CAR HAS LURCHED FORWARD WITH FOOT ON BRAKE AND NARROWLY MISSED A PEDESTRIAN. I TEND TO PUT IT IN PARK WHEN AT A LIGHT OR IN A DRIVE THRU. I HAVE REPORTED IT TO FORD AND THEY DISCREDITED MY CLAIM SAYING IT WAS AN ISSUE I NEEDED TO REPAIR AND DID NOT CONSTITUTE A RECALL. HOW WHEN THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAVE MADE COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THEIR CARS. THIS IS NOT A SYSTEM THAT WORE OUT. IT NEVER WORKED PROPERLY IN THE FIRST PLACE. MAYBE THE ISSUE IS IT IS A COST REPAIR IN THE THOUSANDS. *KB