NHTSA Complaint #10466928 — 2005 FORD FREESTYLE

PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE FACING RESTAURANT, WITH FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL, CAR LUNGED FORWARD. CURBING KEPT ME FROM HITTING PEOPLE WALKING INTO RESTAURANT. A/C COMPRESSOR REPLACED A FEW DAY PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENCE; HOWEVER, CAR HAS BEEN LUNGING SINCE A/C COMPRESSOR WAS REPLACED. THE DAY THE AC COMPRESSOR WAS REPLACED AND I DROVE THE CAR OFF OF THE FORD DEALERSHIP LOT, MY CAR LUNGED PULLING INTO PARKING SPACE AT THE POST OFFICE -- I THOUGHT THE FLOOR MAT HAD GOTTEN CAUGHT ON THE GAS PEDAL AND WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM THE LUNGING HAPPENS BOTH GOING FORWARD AND BACKWARDS. TOOK CAR BACK TO FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE A/C COMPRESSOR WAS INSTALLED; GENTLEMAN AT "QUICK LUBE" DESK SAID HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE FREESTYLE OR AT LEAST HE HAD NEVER WRITTEN UP A SERVICE REPORT FOR THIS PROBLEM. HAVE DISCOVERED ON-LINE NUMEROUS ENTRIES REGARDING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE FREESTYLE. FEEL FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CORRECTING THIS PROBLEM. *TR