Ford FreestyleYears to avoid, problems & recalls

Based on 3,652 NHTSA owner complaints across 3 model years, no Ford Freestyle year stands out as one to avoid, and the strongest years are 2005, 2006 and 2007. The Freestyle has 2 safety recalls on record.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaints Best years'05 '06 '07Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints3,652Top: Vehicle speed control Safety recalls22005–2007 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: MercurySable99, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Best & worst years

Ford Freestyle years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the Freestyle median. Tap a year for its full report.

1,4591,300893

'05'06'07

Avoid
Caution
Solid
Best
Not rated

2007Solid60/100893 complaints · 0 recalls 2006Solid50/1001,300 complaints · 1 recall 2005Solid48/1001,459 complaints · 2 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Ford Freestyle problems

All model years combined: 3,652 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

1,617Vehicle speed control60 crash/fire/injury

1,297Power train26 crash/fire/injury

347Engine and engine cooling6 crash/fire/injury

330Engine10 crash/fire/injury

266Electrical system

223Fuel system, gasoline

150Service brakes, hydraulic

127Fuel/propulsion system

101Structure

46524 other systems32 crash/fire/injury

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Vehicle speed control	1617	60
Power train	1297	26
Engine and engine cooling	347	6
Engine	330	10
Electrical system	266	13
Fuel system, gasoline	223	4
Service brakes, hydraulic	150	4
Fuel/propulsion system	127	3
Structure	101	12
24 other systems	465	32

2 recalls

Ford Freestyle recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Doors: latch06V-383 · 2005–2006 · Oct 5, 2006 · 139,537 vehicles Tank assembly: mounting05V-515 · 2005 · Nov 9, 2005 · 123,206 vehicles

3 investigations

NHTSA investigations of the Freestyle

May 11, 2011
Idle instabilityPE11018 · 2005–2007 · closed Feb 7, 2013
No recall
Oct 14, 2008
TIRE VALVE CRACKINGPE08060 · 2007 · closed Apr 9, 2009
No recall
Nov 16, 2007
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILUREPE07058 · 2005 · closed Mar 11, 2008
No recall