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2005 Ford Freestyle body & structure problems

Owners reported body & structure problems in 62 complaints for the 2005 Ford Freestyle, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
62 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
78,000 miles 47 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
5 and 0
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2005 Ford Freestyle Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 78,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 7 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 9 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 9 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 78,000 miles
Based on 47 complaints that include mileage. 32% 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 miles5
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles7
60k to 80k miles9
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles9
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 47 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 78,000 miles, and 32% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 4 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

In august 2012, my 2005 freestyle surged while in reverse with my wheels at full cut as I was backing out of my driveway, as I have been doing for the last 40 years. As I took my foot off of the gas pedal to apply the brake to switch to drive from reverse, the car surged in reverse, and the right corner of my rear bumper impacted my neighbors truck behind his front door, causing me to report the accident to my insurance company to repair his vehicle.

Reported at 57,000 miles, August 2012 Crash

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