NHTSA Complaint #10660066 — 2007 FORD FREESTYLE

I WAS DRIVING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND ONTO A SOMEWHAT BUSY STREET. AS I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, I NOTICED I COULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN ABOUT 10 MPH DESPITE BEING IN A ZONE OF APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. AFTER TRAVELING LESS THAN A MILE AT THIS SPEED, I TURNED AROUND AND RETURN THE CAR TO THE DRIVEWAY. I THEN PROCEEDED TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, WHO REPORTED THIS WAS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE. THIS REPAIR SHOP ASKED FOR OUR PERMISSION TO TOW THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER SHOP WHO SPECIALIZES IN TRANSMISSION ISSUES. WE AGREED THEN LATER RECEIVED WORD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS "SHOT" AND THE COST TO REPAIR WOULD BE IN THE AREA OF APPROXIMATELY $4,500. WHEN I LOOKED UP THE VALUE OF THE CAR ON LINE, IT WAS SHOWING IT'S RUNNING VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AMOUNT. THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THEY WERE TOLD BY A LOCAL FORD DEALER THAT THE MODELS OF 2005 THROUGH 2007 FORD FREESTYLE'S CVT TYPE OF TRANSMISSION WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THEY WERE ALSO TOLD THAT FORD DIDN'T HAVE SUFFICIENT INVENTORY OF PARTS TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION, AND BY THE WAY THERE WAS NO RECALL NOTICE OUT ON THEM SINCE PARTS WEREN'T AVAILABLE. I AM NOW STUCK WITH A CAR THAT WILL NOT RUN, NOR CAN I SELL OR TRADE IN AS IT HAS LITTLE TO NO VALUE AT THIS TIME. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS FAULTY DESIGNED CVT TRANSMISSION'S. *TR