Bought an early 05 FWD, love the car, its handling, ride, comfort but does have common known problems many Freestyle owners experience, Too much rear brake bias so goes through rear brakes every 20k. Had 2nd row seat replaced, instrument cluster replaced, and now lost transmission input shaft and bearing at 60k. Extended warranty essential for these, CVT is over $5000 new. I do love the smoothness and accel of CVT. I would buy one again and I would get the extended warranty again.