2005 Ford Freestyle lighting problems

Owners reported lighting problems in 15 complaints for the 2005 Ford Freestyle, <1% of the complaints on file.

Complaints: 15 1% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 113,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 0 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 29% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	2
20k to 40k miles	0
40k to 60k miles	2
60k to 80k miles	0
80k to 100k miles	0
100k to 120k miles	4
120k to 140k miles	4
140k to 160k miles	0
160k to 180k miles	1
180k to 200k miles	1
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 14 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 113,000 miles, and 29% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the lighting complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

When slightly raining, the light sensor seems to only work intermittently thereby not always turning on the lights in auto mode. This seems to be a problem only in rain during the day when the sensor has a hard time distinguishing when to turn on and when to turn off.

Reported at 15,000 miles, November 2006

We noticed that when going over bumps in the road, the interior lights would randomly turn on and off. At first I thought it might have been related to a door switch but after some trouble shooting, I found that it was related to the ignition switch. I found that while driving I could wiggle the key and the lights might turn on or off randomly. There was no effect to the engine. During the day I'd not noticed it but at night it is quite distracting. I've not yet replaced the switch but it is on my list.

Reported at 113,000 miles, April 2014

Lighting problems in other years

2007
2006
2005

Lighting problems across all Ford models