2005 Ford Freestyle defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2005 Ford Freestyle. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Idle instability
  Preliminary Evaluation PE11018 · opened May 11, 2011 · closed Feb 7, 2013

  On November 29, 2012, Ford Motor Company (Ford) initiated Customer Satisfaction Program 12N03 to extend warranty coverage terms for repair of engine idle RPM surge caused by throttle body deposits in all model year (MY) 2005 through 2007 Ford Freestyle, Five Hundred and Mercury Montego vehicles.The program extends the …

• INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE07058 · opened Nov 16, 2007 · closed Mar 11, 2008

  The subject vehicles experience a loss of proper instrument cluster operation.typically, the problem appears as the needle on the gauge (speedometer, tachometer, fuel, and/or temperature) sweeps and resets intermittently.ford reports the problem as momentary power interruption causes the gauges to sweep and then recove…