Ford Freestyle Is Probed by U.S. Over Unintended ‘Lunging’
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Ford Motor Co.’s Freestyle crossover SUVs are being investigated by the U.S. auto-safety regulator after 238 complaints about unintended “lunging” at low speeds when the driver’s foot isn’t on the gas pedal.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating about 170,000 Freestyles, model years 2005 through 2007, after 18 crashes attributed to the defect, including one that resulted in a minor injury, the agency said yesterday in a posting on its website.