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Extremely Disappointed with Ford
Lisa, 08/29/2015
2005 Ford Freestyle Limited AWD 4dr Wagon (3.0L 6cyl CVT)
13 of 17 people found this review helpful
own a 2005 limited awd..duratek engine is great, but CVT trans is junk. I first noticed the car started lunging around 80k miles. Progressively got worse. Then the transmission went. MANY transmission specialists told me it's about a $6k job, and they didn't even want to touch it. Even the Ford dealership told me the car wasn't worth the fix. You can't even find a salvaged/rebuilt CVT because they are ALL junk, and if you do, no one will guarantee anything. And after reading everyone else's posts with the exact same problems, it's an absolute abomination that Ford would not do a recall. Ford is well aware of these issues, even launched an investigation, but never made the recall! I still owe about 1k on the beast, and i will probably get a few more months out of it so im gonna drive it into the ground. I've always been a Ford girl, and was especially proud that they didn't take a bailout. But Ford is still using this transmission, and their full knowledge of these issues and refusing to stand by their product has really put me off. Basically, we are getting screwed, and they don't care. I am extremely disappointed with Ford. I am no longer a Ford girl.
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Pain in the butt
AngryFreestyler, 12/16/2016
2005 Ford Freestyle SE Fwd 4dr Wagon (3.0L 6cyl CVT)
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
Car just keeps draining my pockets with repairs , pieces are mostly plastic which keeps breaking
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FORD FREESTYLE IS A PIECE OF JUNK
trishaiam1, 07/21/2012
2005 Ford Freestyle Limited AWD 4dr Wagon (3.0L 6cyl CVT)
8 of 10 people found this review helpful
Purchased this car from a auction 6 months ago. The freestyle has a smooth ride but not kid friendly at all. Easy to get dirty. I've had transmission problems since. I took it to a transmission mechanic and he said he just replaced one 6 months earlier and the lowest transmission he found was 3k used, a new one is 6k. I've emailed Ford because I am driving a Ford and not a Lexus. If I could afford a transmission that cost 3 or 6k I would've bought a Lexus. I've emailed Ford and Dan responded that he's glad I purchased the freestyle, sorry for my problems and good luck. So they are not standing behind their junk....I'm stuck with a piece of JUNK. Please don't buy this car.
Wife loves this car/
Mikey, 09/09/2019
2005 Ford Freestyle Limited AWD 4dr Wagon (3.0L 6cyl CVT)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Bought this car as a dealer demonstrator. Have had some issues. The check engine light was a headache until I got them to check fuel pump (wasn't in Ford official procedure list). Driver's seat heater went out two times, Love the car with 193,000 miles but bad transmission now.
FORD IS A 4 LETTER WORD!!!
Eric Mass, 10/05/2018
2005 Ford Freestyle SEL AWD 4dr Wagon (3.0L 6cyl CVT)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Buying the Freestyle was only the second time I bought a new car. I had much better experiences when I bought used cars. I kind of was suspicious that it only had a 3 year warranty on it. Come the 4th year the car would all of a sudden stop running. I had no power steering so it was hard to pull the car over to the side of the road. I don't remember what lead to what. This was back in 2009. I took it to a Ford dealer who said I needed a new transmission and that it would be $6000. At this time it was only 4 years old and ONLY HAD 28K MILES ON IT. I took it to another shop who used parts from the junkyard. However, they could not find a used xmission available. I suspect Ford was buying them up because THE NEW ONE THEY GIVE U IS NOT NEW BUT A REMANUFACTURED ONE!!! I remember seeing on Edmonds that a lawsuit had been started but I guess it didn't go no where. After that it has been pretty good. HOWEVER, a few years ago the dash electricity went out. I had no illumination, no gauges, no radio or air conditioning. (By the way I live in Florida.) The Ford repair shop told me I needed a new module which would be $700. I drove it for over a year w/o the repair. I filled my gas tank every two days to keep from running out. I only missed one time. I finally brought it in to repair something else and told them to fix the module. When I went to pick it up. They didn't replaced the module. That the technician thought of something to try before replacing it. Sure enough it fix it and didn't cost me anything. I unfortunately didn't ask what he did. A couple of years later it went out again. I took it back to where it was fixed before. However, the technician was no longer there. So I spent another year driving w/o gauges, radio, and A/c. I notice my battery wasn't holding a charge like it should. So I went and got a new battery. After I put it in, my dash electricity was back. So all I could figure is that the module was like a computer that has locked up. So just as u would reset a computer by cutting off the power to it and restarting it, I assume that was the same w this module. Its been working find for over a year. I will never own a Ford again. I tell people the name is a 4 letter "F" word. And if u don't want to "F'd" don't buy a Ford.
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