# 2004 Ford Freestar - high idle

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-freestar-high-idle/135187>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford\
**Created:** [February 23, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-freestar-high-idle/135187 "2019-02-23T02:11:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![st.huges](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@st.huges](https://community.cartalk.com/u/st.huges)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-freestar-high-idle/135187/1 "2019-02-23T02:11:10Z")

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what causing forester to idle very high  
as though i am pressing the gaspedal

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-freestar-high-idle/135187/2 "2019-02-23T02:23:07Z")

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What is your car, year, mileage, engine, transmission and is the check engine light on?

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-freestar-high-idle/135187/3 "2019-02-23T02:28:42Z")

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The header says Ford but Forester is a Subaru model . What is the RPM number in neutral ?

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 3:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-freestar-high-idle/135187/4 "2019-02-23T03:33:21Z")

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Please make up your mind

Either the car is a 2004 Ford Freestar or a Subaru Forester

It can’t be both

If it’s a Freestar, the symptoms seem to point at a faulty iac valve, which the vehicle definitely has

If it’s a Subaru, who knows, because you didn’t even list a model year

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**Author:** ![tcmichnorth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcmichnorth/32/25126_2.png) [@tcmichnorth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcmichnorth)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 4:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-freestar-high-idle/135187/5 "2019-02-23T04:54:14Z")

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Could be a vacuum leak in either a Forester or a Freestar.