NHTSA Safety Recalls
Ford Freestyle Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the Ford Freestyle, across 2 model years from 2005 to 2006. The 2005 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2006 (1).
- Model years
- 2
- Recall campaigns
- 2
- Most recalls
- 2005
- Owner complaints
- 3,665
2005–2006, with a recall
2 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 3,665 complaints with NHTSA about the Ford Freestyle across 5 model years; the most, 1,459, concern the 2005.
Owners marked a crash on 101 of the Ford Freestyle complaints (3%) and a fire on 14.
Across all Ford Freestyle model years, owners name the vehicle speed control most often (at least 1,617 complaints), then the power train (1,297).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Ford Freestyle in 2011: 1,262, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Ford Freestyle is latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch, in 2 model-year listings.
The newest Ford Freestyle recall, 06V383000, was reported on October 5, 2006 and concerns the latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch.
Ford Freestyle years to avoid
Too few Ford Freestyle model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 3 of the 5 needed.
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Ford Freestyle years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Ford Freestyle
- LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH2
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING1
Ford Freestyle model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Ford Freestyle recall campaign (2)
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Ford Freestyle. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: June 30, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted