The Lemon Index$800 middle bill · most between $700 and $900
Higher than the $600 middle bill owners of all 76 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 63,000 miles (103 reports).
Ford Freestyle owners reported paying a median of $800 for a throttle body replacement, with the middle half of bills between $700 and $900. That's from 113 owner reports (113 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5004%
- $500–$1,00077%
- $1,000–$2,50019%
- $2,500–$5,0000%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 113 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2005 Ford Freestyle40$800 middle bill
- 2006 Ford Freestyle50$800 middle bill
- 2007 Ford Freestyle23$800 middle bill
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2006 Ford Freestyle389 complaints name it30% of that year's complaints
- 2005 Ford Freestyle363 complaints name it25% of that year's complaints
- 2007 Ford Freestyle236 complaints name it26% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a throttle body / loss of power. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engine codes that can lead here: P2135 P2111 P2112 P2101 P2119 P0121 P0122. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Ford Freestyle reliability by year
- Throttle body replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Ford Freestyle owners reported
Transmission replacement (46) · Brake repair (13) · AC compressor replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11282935, 10662974, 10633375, 10629456, 10629004, 10629003, 10566872, 10564957, 10551153, 10533378, 10525371, 10523360 and more.
Quick answers
How much does throttle body replacement cost on a Ford Freestyle?
Ford Freestyle owners reported a median of $800, and the middle half paid $700 to $900, from 113 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Ford Freestyle throttle body replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Ford Freestyle middle bill of $800 is higher than the $600 owners of all 76 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Ford Freestyle repair costs come from?
From 113 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Ford Freestyle years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2006 (389), 2005 (363), 2007 (236) Ford Freestyle named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.