NHTSA Complaint #10850831 — 2006 FORD FREESTYLE

ENGINE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING ON THE GARDEN STATE PKWY. NO ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON IT HESITATED TO ACCELERATE AFTER LEAVING A TOLL BOOTH AND KICKED OFF. I WAS TOLD THE CAR HAD A CYLINDER THAT WAS NOT FIRING AND I NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. UPON THE DEALERSHIP PULLING THE ENGINE THEY VERIFIED THE ENGINE WAS WELL MAINTAINED BY ME AND THE CAUSE OF THE CYLINDER BLOW OUT WAS DUE TO THE TIMING CHAIN BLOWING APART. MY SON COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED . THEIR WAS NO ENGINE LIGHT WARNING NO TRANSMISSION LIGHT AND HE HAD TO CROSS OVER 4 LANES OF HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE GARDEN STATE PKWY. I HAD THE ENGINE REPLACED AND 6 WEEKS LATER UPON PICKING UP THE VEHICLE IT NOW HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THE DAY I PICKED UP THE CAR IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 60MPH FOR ME TO ENTER TRAFFIC. IT STILL DOES NOT CLIMB STEEP HILLS. THE CAR REVS IN RPMS TO 5 AND FEELS LIKE IT IT NOW GETTING AIR OR FUEL. WHEN DRIVING ON FLAT SURFACES TRANSMISSION SHIFTS FINE. HELP