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Bad transmission
Mike Bridges, 09/24/2010
2006 Ford Freestyle SEL 4dr Wagon AWD (3.0L 6cyl CVT)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Don't buy ford freestyle. The transmission will go out. Our transmission went out and it is going to cost 3,000 to 5,000 dollars to fix.
Transmission failure
Rob, 09/27/2008
2006 Ford Freestyle Limited 4dr Wagon (3.0L 6cyl CVT)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
My wife bought this car new to carry kids/dog/groceries and liked the third seat and the gas mileage. Didn't get the AWD to get better gas mileage, although we should have. At 31,000 miles, the transmission failed in heavy traffic, freeway driving in a driving rain. Suddenly in neutral and no forward power after a catastrophic weld failure in the CVT trasnmission. Thankfully under warranty but repairs would have been $3500. Now forced to trade the car or buy the extended warranty for $2000. Would not buy another one.
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family car
Benjamin Wallace, 11/02/2016
updated 11/03/2017
2006 Ford Freestyle Limited 4dr Wagon AWD (3.0L 6cyl CVT)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Great room without sitting up on the air like most SUVs. Very comfortable, especially on long trips. Does have a bad blind spot on drivers side rear. Plenty of power but because of transmission it is deceiving. Can not feel transmission change gears with CVT. Plenty of room in back seat but 3rd row is for toddlers or small kids only. Loads of room with 3rd row laid flat. Update. Transmission had to be replaced as many in the AWD models do. Ford does nothing about it and does not claim an issue. Traded car with 102000 miles due to replacement transmission having issues.
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Over-all Excellent Vehicle
ownedmanycars, 12/18/2012
2006 Ford Freestyle SEL 4dr Wagon (3.0L 6cyl CVT)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
Purchased it used with 80,000kms {50,000miles} on it. Drove it for about 2 years then was written off when someone smashed into it. It was hit when it had 155,000kms {97,500miles}. No major issues. Maintained regularly. Drove it across Canada & the US without any issues. Awesome fuel mileage too for a vehicle of it's size. Wish we would have bought another to be honest. Only issue we had was the fault of the garage; we had the fuel filter replaced and they didn't put one clip back on which cases the gas line to pop off at the filter. The garage covered the tow, put another new filter and get new clips and installed them; no issues otherwise.
Best of the Crossovers
FRtyme, 06/25/2006
2006 Ford Freestyle Limited 4dr Wagon (3.0L 6cyl CVT)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
Researched many vehicles, Crossover/SUV's, but for the price could not beat the Freestyle. Interior does not look plastic. It is finished off nicely. Very comfortable and roomy. Power is more than adequate and handling is superb. Fun to drive. Only drawback I have found, there is a reflection of the dash in the windshield during the daylight hours. I can live with it. Great car, Ford should push it more then they do. They have a winner here.