2005 Ford Freestyle Consumer Discussions Page 4

Ford Freestyle Maintenance and Repair

Re: Lookg 2 Buy 2005 SE FWD - What to look for??? [cmuniz]

Written by: hypnosis44 on Feb 17, 2008 00:23 PM

Consumer Reports shows the Freestyle as an average used car bet for reliability - which is not bad at all - audio systems being the weakest area. The ratings are for only two years so far so bear that in mind. The transmission problems show only average for all makes - which does not distract from the total failures of some reported here. It seem to be a transmission ... Read More...

Re: engine surge [jmpowie]

Written by: saabturboid on Feb 11, 2008 11:42 AM

"My wife bought a 2005 awd Ford freestyle with 36k. On the highway driving at a steady speed from 55-65 the engine surges like 500 rpms it makes me feel car sick. It will do it for as long as you dont speed up or let off the gas." jmpowie, It is a bit difficult to tell what exactly is happening from your description but it may just be normal behavior for a CVT equipped vehicle. ... Read More...

Re: AWD Malfunction??? [fordwrench]

Written by: yoyo123 on May 05, 2008 06:45 AM

fordwrench: If you look around reports on the internet and you will see that there are many reports of major problems between 60-70k miles. Maybe "happens" was a poor choice of words. I took my Freestyle to 2 Ford dealerships and got different answers. The first one in Southwest Florida is the biggest in the area and I think I remember reading that they are the biggest ... Read More...

2005 Ford Freestyle Low Oil Pressure Problem

Re: 2005 Ford Freestyle Low Oil Pressure Problem [rhondak]

Written by: barnstormer64 on Feb 21, 2008 06:13 PM

Mine comes on occasionally when I start, but it's only for about 1/2 second. Are you using synthetic oil? That's what I use, and I'm wondering if that's the cause of it. I'm assuming your oil level is OK? Read More...

2005 Ford Freestyle Low Oil Pressure Problem

Written by: rhondak on Feb 21, 2008 08:55 AM

Recently my 2005 Ford Freestyle (38k miles) has been starting rough in cold weather. The oil pressure low light comes on for about 5 seconds, then it stops and idles fine. What could be wrong? Read More...

Ford Freestyle Real World MPG

very weird gas gauge

Written by: simplyme on Feb 10, 2008 01:12 PM

we have a 2005 ford freestyle awd limited , great car love the spaciousness the gas mileage is just odd when we first got it in the city it was averaging 16.0-17.4 in the city and like 18.0 in the highway i was like oh my god thats terrible well we drove it for a while couple tanks later, well a few weeks ago i made the discovery that if u hit the gas more often your gas mileage ... Read More...

Ford Freestyle Maintenance and Repair

engine surge

Written by: jmpowie on Feb 10, 2008 04:32 AM

My wife bought a 2005 awd Ford freestyle with 36k. On the highway driving at a steady speed from 55-65 the engine surges like 500 rpms it makes me feel car sick. It will do it for as long as you dont speed up or let off the gas. The car has been doing it for the 3 months she has owned it. We have brought it back to the dealer 3 times and they could make it do it and said there is a ... Read More...

05 freestyle dashlights

Re: 05 freestyle dashlights [hulksrage]

Written by: passat_2002 on Jan 24, 2008 00:04 PM

Sounds familiar.. and covered elsewhere if you bothered to do a search. There are a couple of Technical Service Bulletins on the Instrument Panel of 2005 Freestyle's that were manufactured before a certain date in February 2005. See your Ford dealer. Read More...

Ford Freestyle Maintenance and Repair

Re: 05 Freestyle Electrical Problems [pdbhawk]

Written by: passat_2002 on Jan 22, 2008 00:08 PM

I believe there are several tsb's on the 2005 Freebie Instrument panel. See your dealer. http://www.ford-trucks.com/tsb/tsb.php/m-FORD/d-FREESTYLE/y-2005/t-06179 Read More...

Ford Freestyle - Taurus X

2006 Freestyle SE AWD owner

Written by: hoodoo on Sep 29, 2007 03:05 PM

Bought this car certified used with 10k miles from Ford dealer in Sept 2006, it was about 10 months old; has about 26k miles now; needing new tires for winter; Conti tires are so-so; we really like it a lot having 2 kids, wife, hubby with room to spare usually; the engine and CVT don't seem to be any big deal; handles well, very smooth on hwy, takes bumps well, very roomy ... Read More...