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2005 Ford Freestyle cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 587 complaints for the 2005 Ford Freestyle, 29% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
587 29% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
79,000 miles 534 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
16 and 0
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2005 Ford Freestyle Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 79,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 14 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 28 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 84 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 148 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 116 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 72 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 38 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 18 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 7 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 7 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 79,000 miles
Based on 534 complaints that include mileage. 24% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles14
20k to 40k miles28
40k to 60k miles84
60k to 80k miles148
80k to 100k miles116
100k to 120k miles72
120k to 140k miles38
140k to 160k miles18
160k to 180k miles7
180k to 200k miles7
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 534 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 79,000 miles, and 24% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 16 crashes, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

Car stalls daily three times while driving, dealer cleaned the throttle body still stalls, another dealer cleaned the maf and changed the spark plugs and change CVT transmission fluid, still stalling. Need a new throttle body it is a common defect with ford and very dangerous some one will get killed because of it. My CVT transmission start to slip and needs replacement.

Reported at 78,000 miles, March 2013 CrashInjury

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford freestyle. The contact stated while slowing down or changing gears the vehicle lunged forward. She also stated that the engine fail safe mode message illuminated and in order for the warning light to shut off the contact had to turn the vehicle completely off. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the throttle body was defective, as a result the engine mount and throttle body needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure.

Reported at 72,000 miles, June 2010

Other problems reported for the 2005 Ford Freestyle

Cruise control problems in other years

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