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2005 Ford Freestyle engine problems

246 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2005 Ford Freestyle, which is 12% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
246 12% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
83,000 miles 224 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 1
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2005 Ford Freestyle Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 83,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 8 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 12 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 34 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 52 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 31 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 38 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 30 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 5 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 5 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 6 complaints 200k+ miles: 3 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 83,000 miles
Based on 224 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 miles8
20k to 40k miles12
40k to 60k miles34
60k to 80k miles52
80k to 100k miles31
100k to 120k miles38
120k to 140k miles30
140k to 160k miles5
160k to 180k miles5
180k to 200k miles6
200k+ miles3

What the data shows

Of the 224 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 83,000 miles, and 24% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 1 fire, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

I drove into a parking space, set for park. The car just shot forward and hit a wall. The engine riffed loud, for a few second. Could not redo the brakes. The wall was onle about 8 to 10 feet from me.the car was not in motion, because I just put it in park. It happen in a parkiong lot at cbs pharmacy. 1588 trancas street, napa, ca 94558 on march 14 2016 at 5:30 pm.there should be a police report. I had to go to the hospital, to check my back, because I had just surgery 3 weeks before, febr. 22 2016.

Reported at 73,000 miles, March 2016 CrashInjury

We started noticing the engine surge a few months ago whenever we shifted out of park or neutral. The rpm's jumped around 400-600 above idle and now are over 700-800 with the A/C on. So far, we have not experienced any damage to the vehicle. I took the vehicle to my local ford dealer, blackwell ford in plymouth, mi and was told I needed the throttle body needed replacement at a cost of over $800.00. The vehicle has 94000 miles on it and aside from that problem, we have been pleased with it.

Reported at 60,000 miles, June 2010

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