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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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What a waste of 10 Grand
4freese, 12/07/2012
2005 Ford Freestyle SEL Fwd 4dr Wagon (3.0L 6cyl CVT)
6 of 8 people found this review helpful
We bought out Freestyle used and was assured that it was a great automobile with no known issues. After a year of owning it the car died and it has to have the CVT transmission fixed. I replaced the mechatronic unit and it still is not fixed. Dealer said that the best thing to do is light a match and drop it on the floorboard. A new trans is $6000 and a throttle body is $500. Mechatronic unit was $800. What a money pit. If it had a better transmission it would be a great car but it cannot move without this working.
Expensive, hard to get-Transmission
Stephanie, 01/06/2010
2005 Ford Freestyle SEL AWD 4dr Wagon (3.0L 6cyl CVT)
6 of 8 people found this review helpful
My transmission went out at 75,100 miles. Ford is the only supplier of that particular CVT transmission. No other company can get it. It's $5000.00
Great Car
sethjg, 03/31/2014
2005 Ford Freestyle Limited AWD 4dr Wagon (3.0L 6cyl CVT)
9 of 13 people found this review helpful
i have a 05 Limited Freestyle has 79,000 miles, bought it from my aunt and its been a great car since just dont drive it hard simple as that its a heavy car if you put the peddle to the floor constintly expect problems.. and keep it maintained the car will last for a long time and check for recalls before fixing anything.
About my 2005 Ford Freestyle SEL
bruce1458, 02/15/2015
updated 02/20/2018
2005 Ford Freestyle SEL Fwd 4dr Wagon (3.0L 6cyl CVT)
6 of 9 people found this review helpful
So far I have not have some of those problems that some Freestyle owners have. I now have 64,000 miles, and still under the Ford ESP Warranty. The ride is a bit bumpy, gas mileage should be better, My biggest problem now is the door locks freezes up when snow or when temp falls below 25 degrees, then the doors wont close. I had to hold the driver door while driving. Not good. I received a Recall letter about eight years ago took it to a Dealer and thought I was fixed, come to find out nothing was done. In Maryland sometimes we our Winter is not as bad as the western or nothern States. Otherwise not a bad car.
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