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2005 Ford Freestyle speed control problems

The 2005 Ford Freestyle has 587 speed control complaints filed with NHTSA — 29% of the year's total, and the first year with meaningful reports in this category.

587

Speed Control complaints

29%

Share of year

16

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Speed Control complaints by year

Freestyle speed control complaints by model year602 complaints2005: 587 complaints2006: 602 complaints2007: 428 complaints
Freestyle speed control complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

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…

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Speed Control · March 12, 2013 · crash

Common questions

How many speed control complaints does the 2005 Ford Freestyle have?

NHTSA has 587 complaints about the 2005 Ford Freestyle speed control — 29% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.