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2006 Ford Freestyle fuel/propulsion system problems

53 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel/propulsion system on the 2006 Ford Freestyle4% of all complaints for this model year.

53
Fuel/propulsion System complaints
4%
share of all complaints
85,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I bought this car from private seller. On the drive home I turned on ac and noticed a surge so I turned the air off. After getting the car home I filled the tank as it was almost empty when I purchased the car. The car began to surge forwards and backwards at an idle, and then began to surge while…

    filed Apr 5, 2020

  • I just bought the vehicle via private seller. No issues were reported by seller. I filled vehicle and entered the freeway. A few moments later the vehicle started jolting while at a high rate of speed. I pressed the accelerator, the vehicle did not respond. The vehicle continued to jolt off/on. I…

    filed Jan 29, 2020

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Fuel/propulsion System problems in other Freestyle years

YearReportsShare
2007 Freestyle334%
2005 Freestyle413%
Freestyle fuel/propulsion system problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.