Ford Freestyle
Registered from 2005 to 2007.
About this model
The Ford Freestyle is a crossover utility vehicle that was sold by Ford from 2005 to 2009. Largely marketed as the successor to the Ford Taurus station wagon, the Freestyle was the CUV counterpart of the Ford Five Hundred and Mercury Montego four-door sedans. Sharing the Ford D3 platform with the Five Hundred and Montego, the Freestyle was produced with both front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive configurations and six- or seven-passenger seating.
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Crash test
| Rollover | ★★★★☆ |
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 1796 kg · 2860 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway |
| 2006 | 1735 kg · 2860 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway |
| 2005 | 1796 kg · 2860 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 10.7 motorway |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Idle instability
Preliminary evaluation, opened May 2011, closed February 2013.
Tire valve cracking
Preliminary evaluation, opened October 2008, closed April 2009.
Instrument cluster failure
Preliminary evaluation, opened November 2007, closed March 2008.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Ford filed 9 bulletins about the 2007 Freestyle.
- Engine and engine cooling: 2
- Power train: 2
- Electrical system: 1
- Engine: 1
- Service brakes, air: 1
- Service brakes, hydraulic: 1
- Tires: 1
- Motorcraft® Continuously Variable Chain-Type Transmission Fluid (XT-7-QCFT in non-Canadian markets, CXT-7-LCF12 in Canada) is no longer manufactured and will only be available until inventory… · May 2024
- The Powertrain Control/Emissions Diagnosis (PC/ED) manual has been revised for diagnosing electronic throttle bodies (ETBs). The ETC_ACT and ETC_DSD PIDs should not used to diagnose possible ETB… · August 2017
- Ford: see document search button for owner letter. momentary engine idle rpm surge may be intermittent and may occur, due to deposits buildup in throttle body, at low speeds, while parking or… · April 2013
- Ford mercury service campaign: see document search button for owner letter. certain 2005 through 2007 fwd and awd ford five hundred, freestyle and mercury montego vehicles - rear brake wear. also… · November 2007
- Mil with dtc p0106 and/or p0109. *kb · July 2007
- Rear brake drag, noise, dust, and/or premature pad wear. *kb · April 2007
- Transmission shifter binding / high effort bezel replacement. *kb · March 2007
- Premature shoulder (toe) wear on inside edge of the front tires. *kb · February 2007
1 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.