NHTSA Complaint #10413600 — 2007 FORD FREESTYLE

THROTTLE BODY REPLACED 6/7/10 DUE TO LUNGING WHILE CAR WAS BEING PARKED AND ONE OCCURRENCE IN REVERSE, AS WELL AS CAR DIEING WHEN PULLING OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THERE WERE MANY OCCURRENCES OF LUNGING AND ACCELERATION PAUSE BEFORE TAKING INTO DEALERSHIP. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT IN THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE ISSUE. NEXT TIME WE WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE AND THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. CAR SEEMED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY UNTIL JULY 2011. EXACT SAME BEHAVIOR IS NOW TAKING PLACE LUNGING TYPICALLY WHEN IDLING THEN MOVING TO ACCELERATION AND THEN STOPPING SUCH AS AT A LIGHT OR PARKING. ALSO, PAUSED ACCELERATION (POTENTIALLY COULD DIE, ACTS LIKE IT WILL) WHEN PULLING OUT FROM A STOPPED POSITION. AGAIN, I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE. I AM WAITING FOR A MONITOR TO BE PLACED ON THE CAR TO CONFIRM ACTIVITY AND PROBLEM PARTS. EVERYONE WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH ASSUMES THE THROTTLE BODY IS THE ISSUE AGAIN BUT BEING SUCH AN EXPENSIVE PART, CONFIRMATION WOULD BE PREFERRED BEFORE REPLACING AGAIN. *KB