NHTSA Complaint #10454854 — 2006 FORD FREESTYLE

FIRST, DURING A FAMILY VACATION THE WRENCH LIGHT KEPT COMING ON AND THE 2006 FREESTYLE WOULD HAVE NO ACCELERATION LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE TO GET THE REQUIRED SPEED TO PASS. THIS RESULTS IN SLOWING TRAFFIC DOWN CAUSING ROAD RAGE WITH OTHER DRIVERS IN THE VICINITY. ON ONE OCCASION ONE OF OUR TEENAGERS WHO IS LEARNING TO DRIVE EXPERIENCED THIS AND WILL NOT DRIVE THE CAR FOR THIS REASON. ALSO, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN ROUTE TO WORK OR THE GROCERY STORE, MY 06 FORD FREESTYLE SEL LIMITED SEEMED SLOW AND SLUGGISH TO RESPOND AS I WOULD BE WAITING AT A RED LIGHT FOR THE GREEN. WHEN THE LIGHT DID TURN GREEN AND I WOULD PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO GO, THE CAR WOULD STALL/SHUT OFF. A FEW TIMES THERE WERE CLOSE CALLS AS THE CAR BEHIND ME WOULD BE UNAWARE I WAS HAVING TROUBLE AND ALMOST REAR-END ME. WHEN THE CAR WOULD CUT OFF, I WOULD PROCEED TO RESTART THE CAR AND THEN PRESS THE GAS TO GO. THE CAR SEEMED TO RESPOND EXTREMELY SLOW LIKE I WOULD HAVE THE GAS PEDAL PRESSED TO THE FLOOR AND WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO GO 20 - 25 MPH. ON OTHER OCCASIONS, THE CAR WOULD SEEM TO LURCH FORWARD OR BACKWARD (DEPENDING ON IF I HAD THE CAR IN DRIVE OR REVERSE) THE WRENCH LIGHT COMING ON MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION BECAUSE THE ENGINE WILL ACCELERATE WITHOUT APPLYING THE GAS PEDAL AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE AT TIMES WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED. PEOPLE AT FORD TELL ME THAT THE COMPANY MAKING THE VALVE BODY PART WENT OUT OF BUSINESS WITHOUT NOTICE, WHICH DOES NOT HELP MY SITUATION ANY. SO WHAT IS TO BE DONE? I HAVE NOTIFIED MY STATE AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY SAFETY COMMISSIONERS, NHTSA, AND MY FRIEND WHO ALSO OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE OF THE PROBLEM AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE WITH A SIMILAR PROBLEM TO DO THE SAME. PLEASE EXPLAIN,WHAT IS TO BE DONE? *TR