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2006 Ford Freestyle electronic stability control (esc) problems

18 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electronic stability control (esc) on the 2006 Ford Freestyle1% of all complaints for this model year.

18
Electronic Stability Control (esc) complaints
1%
share of all complaints
94,321 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Was driving check engine light came on and then a wrench showed up in far left hand corner .my vehicle quit accelerating goes to limp mode while I was still in motion on w butler rd in mauldin sc 29662 doing 40 miles an hour. It scared me.I am 70 yrs young and have been licensed to drive for 52…

    filed Nov 19, 2019

  • My mom's 2006 ford freestyle, surges forward when using the air conditioner or defroster. There has been many times it has done this almost rear ending the vehicle in front of hher.this has been going on since beet and my deceased father have own it.(2010?) her instrument panel goes bonkers now…

    filed Oct 18, 2018

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

Electronic Stability Control (esc) problems in other Freestyle years

YearReportsShare
2007 Freestyle51%
2005 Freestyle161%
Freestyle electronic stability control (esc) 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.