2007 Ford Freestyle

Typical pattern

0.8% of complaints about the 2007 Ford Freestyle came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2007 vehicle — around the middle of the 268 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 4.8 yr in service. The most-reported system is speed control (428 complaints), typically at 4.8 yr or about 65,000 miles.

Complaints: 1,250
Median age at failure: 4.8 yr
Median mileage: 70,000 n=1138
Crash / fire / tow: 3.8% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System

0y2y4y6y8y10y12y14y

Speed control

428 reports · 65,000 mi

4.8 yr

Power train

367 reports · 72,874 mi

4.8 yr

1.9%

Engine

93 reports · 90,000 mi

5.8 yr

5.4%

Engine cooling

76 reports · 61,000 mi

4.3 yr

2.6%

Fuel system

44 reports · 65,000 mi

4.3 yr

Other

43 reports · 72,000 mi

4.8 yr

Electrical system

39 reports · 71,722 mi

4.9 yr

7.7%

Fuel / propulsion

33 reports · 83,000 mi

5.8 yr

9.1%

Service brakes

17 reports · 99,000 mi

6.3 yr

Service brakes, hydraulic

16 reports · 33,713 mi

4.3 yr

Fuel system, other

15 reports · 57,500 mi

3.9 yr

In owners’ own words

Electrical system 50,000 mi 2.8 yr in service

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GAUGES AND WARNING INDICATORS, INCLUDING THE SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER, HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. ALL OF THE LIGHTS ARE ILLUMINATED, EVEN IF THERE ARE NO FAILURES. AS A RESULT, HE IS UNABLE TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE VEHICLE OR HOW FAST HE IS TRAVELING. THROUGH RESEARCH, THE CONTACT FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME DEFECT AND BELIEVES THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 50,000. UPDATED 08/28/09. *LJ UPDATED 08/31/09.*JB

Electrical system 50,000 mi 3.8 yr in service

WHILE SLOWING DOWN, BACKING UP OR PARKING, WITH THE AC ON, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SURGES 500-800 RPM'S. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED WITH THE AC OFF. THE DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS NORMAL OPERATION, BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF AUTO IT IS; AUTOMATIC. UPDATED 07/05/11 *BF UPDATED 08/04/11

Electrical system 80,000 mi 4.8 yr in service

THE CAR STALLS OUT AND I GET THE WRENCH ON MY DASHBOARD. THE CAR WILL RESTART AFTER A FEW MINUTES AND RUNS FINE AT THAT POINT. THIS APPARENTLY MEANS THAT THERE IS A POWERTRAIN FAULT DETECTED. WHEN THE DIAGNOSTICS WERE RAN THEY PULLED THE CODE U0401 AND THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE ALOT OF FREESTYLES AND MERCURY'S WITH THIS CODE AND THAT IT WOULD BE $280.00 TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. *TR

Power train 8,000 mi 3.3 yr in service

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. HE STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO FAIL AT 8,000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 30 MPH WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES; HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO FAILURE CODES. THE DEALER UPGRADED THE SOFTWARE, AND CLEANED THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; HOWEVER THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,496. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Other Freestyle model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.