2005 Ford Freestar

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/31/2019· POWER TRAIN

  JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT 05 FORD FREESTAR VAN, 3 MONTHS AGO IN MY DRIVEWAY IT REFUSED TO GO FORWARD, I PARKED IT BECAUSE I HAD SOMETHING ELSE TO DRIVE. MORNING OF DECEMBER 30, 2019 MY OTHER AUTOMOBILE TIMING CHAIN BROKE SO I'VE BEEN TRYING FRANTICALLY TO FIX THIS VAN, I'VE REPLACED AIR CLEANER SENSOR, THROTTLE BODY SENSOR, AND SPEED SENSOR. NOTHING. I HAVE REVERSE BUT NO DRIVE, ENGINE SEEMS TO RUN FINE. SO I CHECKED FOR RECALLS. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF MANUFACTURER IS STILL LIABLE. 05 FORD FREESTAR VAN, MILES 211375, VIN#[XXX]. MY NAME: [XXX] IF YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

• 12/31/2009· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING MY FORD FREESTAR I LOST POWER I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER BUT THE VAN WOULD NOT MOVE AT THAT POINT. COULD GET THE RPM'S UP BUT WOULD NOT MOVE. THE PLACE I TOOK IT TO SAID IT SEEMS TO BE THE TRANSMISSION. I CANNOT AFFORD THIS AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION HAD I BEEN GOING FASTER. THE VAN IS STILL FINANCED AND I OWE TO MUCH TO EVEN SELL IT. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME??? *TR

• 12/31/2008· POWER TRAIN

  TRAVELING NORTH ON I-75 IN MICHIGAN, OUR VAN LOST ALL GEARS AT 50-60 MPH WITH NO WARNING OR NOISE. BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THE VAN WAS IN THE RIGHT LANE ON A DOWNHILL STRETCH OF ROAD AND WE COASTED TO THE SHOULDER. THE ENGINE WOULD REV AND THERE WAS POWER, BUT NO GEARS. WE WERE GOING SKIING FOR THE WEEKEND AND WERE ABOUT 2 1/2 HOURS AWAY FROM HOME. WE WERE ABLE TO GET A WRECKER (AFTER SITTING IN THE VAN FOR 1 1/2 HOURS WITH 2 YOUNGER CHILDREN) AND TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. AFTER LOOKING AT THE CAR, THE SERVICE REP SAID THE TORQUE CONVERTER SHAFT WAS STRIPPED AND WOULD BE ABOUT $1700 TO REPAIR. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT NO ONE WAS HURT AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WERE TRAVELING WITH US TO TAKE THE CHILDREN WHILE WE RODE IN THE WRECKER. THIS IS DEFECT IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD! *TR

• 12/30/2010· POWER TRAIN

  2005 FORD FREESTAR - 2ND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. IN MARCH 2009 THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON OUR 2005 FREESTAR. NO WARNING, LIKE ALL OTHERS WITH PROBLEMS, IT WAS LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL & WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. SERVICE TECH INFORMED US THAT 2005 FREESTARS HAVE TRANSMISSION ISSUES/TORQUE PROBLEMS. OUR WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED, & WE HAD TO PAY $3200 FOR NEW TRANSMISSION. COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH NHTSA. THANKFULLY, WE PURCHASED A WARRANTY W/ THE NEW TRANSMISSION - BECAUSE IT HAS GONE OUT AGAIN! VAN HAS BEEN SITTING AT FORD DEALERSHIP FOR OVER TWO WEEKS NOW, WAITING ON FORD'S APPROVAL TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION FOR 2ND TIME, DUE TO SAME PROBLEM. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY FORD WILL NOT ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, REPAIR THE TRANSMISSIONS THAT ARE FAILING AT NO COST. I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER FORD, I KNOW I WON'T. CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN MENTIONED, I WOULD DEFINITELY BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN ONE! I GUESS FORD IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL SOMEONE DIES IN A HORRIFIC CRASH DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

• 12/29/2020· POWER TRAIN

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE AND EXAMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER HONOLULU FORD LOCATED AT 1370 N KING ST, HONOLULU, HI 96817 WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

• 12/29/2010· POWER TRAIN

  DRIVING THE VAN ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO REV AND THE VAN SLOWED DOWN WAS LUCKY TO FIND A EXIT AND COAST SAFELY TO A STOP HAD THE VAN PULLED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP SHAFT BROKE IN THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR 0VER TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS

• 12/28/2015· POWER TRAIN

  IN 2014 WE BOUGHT A FORD FREESTAR, FOUND OUT LATER THE TORQUE CONV. WAS RECALLED AND REPLACED. I TOOK THE VAN TO FORD IN OUR AREA AND THEY FLUSHED OUT THE CONVERTER $185+ AND THAT WORKED FOR A MONTH OR SO AND IT DID IT AGAIN. TOOK IT BACK TO FORD AND THEY KEPT IT A WEEK BEFORE THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I REPORTED ABOUT THIS VAN BEFORE TO STEVE KENNER NVS-215KJS 12V-006 I BELIEVE THAT IT IS NOT JUST THE TORQUE CONVERTER THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALL BUT THE TRANSMISSION TOO.I HAD TO PAY ALAN JAY FORD OF WAUCHULA, FL $4.000.00 FOR THAT TRANSMISSION. THIS IS JUST NOT RIGHT.! FORD SAID PAY US THE MONEY HERE IS A 3 YEAR WARRANTY AND GOOD BYE. MY VAN COST ME $5300.00 AND NOW I HAVE $10,000. INTO THIS VEHICLE WHICH IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!!! MY TELE IS [XXX] I HAVE AN INVOICE/REQUEST #15-6151 TIS@NHTSA.GOV LETTER BY EMAIL CAME BACK. CAN YOU HELP ME. I REALLY THINK PEOPLE ARE IN DANGER WITH THIS TYPE OF VAN. FORD NEEDS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THESE TRANSMISSIONS BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT EVEN REBUILD THAT PARTICULAR ONE SO I HAD TO GET ANOTHER NEW/REBUILT ONE. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. [XXX] [XXX] BOWLING GREEN, FL. 33834 INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *JB

• 12/28/2010· POWER TRAIN

  I WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR. RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS WARNING SIGHS SUCH AS GRINDING OF THE GEARS, SLIPPING OF THE FEARS OR LOSS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID. CAR ACTED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL THROUGH ALL GEARS. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION WITH A MECHANIC REVEALED A FAILURE OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER. *TR

• 12/28/2009· POWER TRAIN

  VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET, LUCKILY IN A 25MPH ZONE. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH MY TWO CHILDREN (INFANT AND 3 YEAR OLD). VEHICLE WOULD START IN PARK, BUT AS SOON AS A GEAR WAS ENGAGED, IT WOULD STALL. DEALER ENDED UP REPLACING THE TCM (TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE) STATING THAT WATER "SHORTED" IT OUT DUE TO A FAULTY SEAL. THE SERVICE MANAGER HIMSELF STATED THAT FORD WILL NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY ON THIS PART, EVEN THOUGH THERE SEEM TO BE COUNTLESS CLAIMS ON THE SAME ISSUE, BECAUSE THE PART WAS DAMAGED BY WATER, NOT AS A FAULT OF THE PART ITSELF. THEY WILL ALSO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FAULTY SEAL. *TR

• 12/27/2012· POWER TRAIN

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE RAPIDLY AND THEN WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

• 12/27/2009· POWER TRAIN

  WE WERE DRIVING OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR MINIVAN ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX 65MPH WHEN OUR TACHOMETER SUDDENLY SURGES THEN WE LOST ALL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE SO WE HAD TO COAST OVER THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. *TR

• 12/26/2014· ENGINE

  DROVE THROUGH A PUDDLE AND THE ENGINE QUIT. APPARENTLY, THE WATER SPLASHED THE ON BOARD COMPUTER (PCM). I TOWED VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY IMPLEMENTED THE FORD TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) REFERENCE NUMBER(S): 06-14-10, VEHICLE WORKED FINE UNTIL THE FALL OF 2014. NOW THE VEHICLE WON'T START AT ALL IF IT SITS OUT IN THE RAIN. IF IT DOES THE WATER GETS INTO THE PCM AND PREVENTS IT FROM STARTING. NOW IT APPEARS AS THOUGH WATER IS INTRUDING SOMEWHERE ELSE AND IT IS CONFOUNDING THE PCM (ENGINE COMPUTER) WITH MORE WATER / MOISTURE. THE CAR IS NOW WORTHLESS TO ME AND I WILL HAVE TO SCRAP IT SINCE IT CANNOT OPERATE IN A NORMAL MIDWESTERN CLIMATE. I SURELY DO NOT WANT TO SPEND ANOTHER $1500 TO $2500 TO FIX THE PROBLEM ONLY TO FIND OUT IT IS TEMPORARY. THIS IS SIMPLY A DESIGN FLAW. FORD SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND PAY OFF THE OWNERS TO HAVE THEM DESTROYED SINCE THE WET PCM CAN CAUSE THE CAR TO STALL WHEN ACCELERATING OR SIMPLY DRIVING DOWN A RAINY ROAD. *TR

• 12/26/2012· POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THIS VEHICLE HAS A CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH THE PCM SHORTING OUT DUE TO WATER ENTERING THE WIRING HARNESS THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. ONCE THE PCM SHORT CIRCUITS THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT FUNCTION CAUSING THE CAR TO LOOSE ITS' MOTION. THIS OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING AND PLACES THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE AT GREATER RISK OF BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AS THE CAR SIMPLE CEASES TO WORK. THE COMPANY HAS CURRENTLY RECALLED THIS MAKE AND MODEL TO REPLACE A DEFECTIVE TORQUE CONVERTER. ALTHOUGH THIS SEEMS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM INITIALLY, THE LONG TERM PROBLEM OF WATER SEEPING INTO THE PCM WILL CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL TIME AND TIME AGAIN. *TR

• 12/26/2006· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHEN ACCELERATING AT ABOUT 1800-2000 RPM, THE TACHOMETER MAKES A NOISE SINCE DAY ONE. *NM

• 12/23/2011· POWER TRAIN

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHERE THEY INSPECTED THE FAILURE. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

• 12/23/2011· POWER TRAIN

  MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 101 WHEN THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING. WE BARELY MADE IT OFF THE HIGHWAY BEFORE IT STOPPED. I AM NOW WAITING FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION TO BE PLACED IN MY VAN. THE VAN NEVER GAVE US ANY WARNING. IT JUST STOPPED ACCELERATING. *TR

• 12/23/2010· SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN

  FORD FREESTAR 2005. THE RADIO FLASHES PHONE AND RUNS DOWN THE BATTERY. IT WAS REPLACED BY FORD, STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THIS. NEXT, TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 71,000. THE TORQUE CONVERTER CAME APART INTERNALLY AND SENT METAL THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION DESTROYING IT. WHEN HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED BY FORD, THEY FOUND THAT THE DRIVERS CV JOINT WAS BAD. WE CHANGED THE CV JOINT/ TRANS AXLE COMBO, IT IS NOW BAD AGAIN. *LN

• 12/23/2009· POWER TRAIN

  2005 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THIS VAN IS A LEMON. MY 4 KIDS AND I WERE DRIVING, AND TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. HAD NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VAN BEFORE THIS INCIDENT,,, FORD SHOULD HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM AS I KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING FREQUENTLY TO FORD OWNERS. *TR

• 12/22/2018· POWER TRAIN

  I WAS TO THE ON US HWY 98 IN LAKELAND FL WHEN I APPROACHED THE STREET LIGHT THAT TURNED RED. WHEN I STOPPED THE CARAVAN WOULD NOT GO INTO GEARS TOWARD OR REVERSE WORKED AND I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC VERY HEAVY AND DANGEROUS POSSISION. HAD TO PUSH OF THE ROAD AND WAIT FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE HELP ARRIVED. THAN I GOOGLED RECALLS AND I SEEN THAT FORD MADE A RECALL ON THE MAKE MODEL AND YEAR OF THE CARAVAN. I AM NOT SURE OF HOW THIS POSSESS WORKS BUT THE FORD COMPANY SAYS THAT THEY WILL FIX THE ISSUES WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER.

• 12/21/2017· SUSPENSION,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

  HEADLIGHT LENSES HAVE FADED REAL BAD, MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT

• 12/21/2010· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. *TR

• 12/21/2010· POWER TRAIN

  THE VAN LOST ALL AUTOMOTIVE POWER SUDDENLY AND WE ALMOST GOT HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND HAD TO WAIT FOR THE POLICE TO PUSH US OUT OF THE STREET. WE HAD THE VAN TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTER FOR $1700. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SPLINE OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE FORD DEALERSHIP KNEW ABOUT THE DEFECT INVESTIGATION AND TOLD US WE HAD TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AT THE DEALERSHIP TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REFUND IF A RECALL WAS ISSUED. IT COULD HAVE EASILY LOST POWER IN AN BUSY INTERSECTION OR ON A TRAIN TRACK AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. PLEASE ISSUE THE RECALL ON THIS ALREADY. IT HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR OVER TWO YEARS. WHAT IS THE HOLDUP?

• 12/20/2010· POWER TRAIN

  DRIVING DOWN THE ROADWAY AT 50 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACTED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. THERE WAS NO FORWARD OR REVERSE GEARS, THE ENGINE RAN FINE, JUST NO POWER TO THE WHEELS. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS OF THE FAILURE...NO ERRATIC SHIFTING, NOISES, ETC. WE WERE JUST DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY, NOT ACCELERATING OR DOING ANYTHING TO STRAIN THE DRIVETRAIN. IT WAS TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A STRIPPED OUTPUT SHAFT ON THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REMOVED, TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED ALONG WITH THE OUTPUT SHAFT AND SEVERAL SEALS, TRANSMISSION FLUID, ETC. TOTAL COST OF REPAIR WAS $1552. *TR

• 12/20/2008· POWER TRAIN

  2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN. 95K MILES. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING TRAVELING AT 50 MPH ON THE FREEWAY. UP UNTIL THIS POINT, EVERYTHING WAS FINE EXCEPT WE'D HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE TRANNY TO ENGAGE LONGER THAN NORMAL BEFORE APPLYING GAS: FORWARD OR REVERSE. IF WE DIDN'T, THERE'D BE A SURGE ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD CLUNK. *TR

• 12/19/2018· POWER TRAIN

  'TAKATA RECALL' 1)TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER OUTPUT SHAFT FAIL. LOSS OF CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE WHILE IN MOTION LEAVING MY HOME IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. ALMOST CAUSING MY CHILDREN AND I TO WRECK INTO A PARKED CAR.

• 12/18/2015· ENGINE

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY RATE OF SPEED, THE ENGINE BACK FIRED AND DRASTICALLY REDUCED SPEED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO HAVE TO DRIVE LESS THAN 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS AWAITING A DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,834. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 03/11/16*LJ *TR

• 12/18/2011· POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  DROVE TO THE STORE THAT DAY. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF RAIN. WHEN DONE AT THE STORE GOT IN THE VAN AND IT STARTED FINE BUT WHEN YOU PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL THE RPM WOULD RACE UP BUT THE VAN WOULD GO NO WHERE. THE FORD DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PCM SENSOR BECAUSE IT HAD WATER IN IT. IT WAS RUNNING BUT NOT LIKE BEFORE. TOOK BACK THE VAN ON 4/21/11. ENGINE RUNS FINE. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND VAN STARTED SPUTTERING LIKE IT WAS CHOKING. STOPPED THE VAN AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT RAN FINE. TWO DAYS LATER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM BUT I WAS AT A STOP SIGN AND THE VAN DID NOT WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. MY HUSBAND BARELY GOT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, IT JUST COMPLETELY DIED ON HIM ONCE. ONCE THE DEALERSHIP HAD IT THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. JUST HAD A SPEED SENSOR CHANGED ON IT ON 11/15/11 THEY HAD THE VAN FOR 8 DAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG. NOW JUST TONIGHT, WHEN YOU PUT THE VAN IN ANY GEAR THE RPMS DROP AND THE SHIFTING IS DELAYED. I AM GUESSING SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION. HOW CAN I EVER TRUST THE FORD COMPANY AGAIN? I HAVE BEEN READING TOO MANY OF THE SAME PROBLEMS. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE VAN TOMORROW TO SEE WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT AGAIN?! HELP!!! I ALSO READ I NEED TO CALL FORD FOR THEM TO HAVE SOME MANY COMPLAINTS FOR A RECALL IS THIS TRUE? *TR

• 12/18/2007· POWER TRAIN

  MY CAR SHOWED NO SIGNS OF ANYTHING WRONG..NOT EVEN A LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON. I WAS DOING ABOUT 40MPH AND IT WAS AS IF SOMEONE THREW ME INTO NEUTRAL AND THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE IN EITHER DIRECTION AT ALL. *TR

• 12/17/2008· SUSPENSION

  FRONT HUB WHINING ON MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR. *TR

• 12/17/2007· POWER TRAIN

  2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN WENT INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55MPH ONCE IT STOPPED IT WOULD NOT MOVE. ONLY HAS 38500 MI. DEALER SAYS IT NEEDS NEW TORQUE CONVERTER FOR ONLY $1200-$1500 AND IT'S OUT OF WARR. I WENT ONLINE AND FOUND OUT I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH PROBLEMS. IT'S LESS THAN 3YR OLD BUT 2500MI OVER WARR. NOW I KNOW WHY EVERYBODY IS BUYING FOREIGN CARS. *TR

• 12/17/2007· POWER TRAIN

  ON DEC 15,2007 MY PREGNANT WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN WERE GOING SHOPPING. AS THEY WERE DRIVING UP A INCLINE THE VEHICLE JUST STARTED RACING AS IN NEUTRAL. MY WIFE PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AS BEST SHE COULD DUE TO A LOW SHOULDER,STILL IN THE ROAD. SHE REMOVED THE KIDS AND BROUGHT THEM UP AN EMBANKMENT SO IF THE VEHICLE WAS HIT THEY WOULD BE SAFE. A FRIEND TOWED US TO A LEVEL SPOT AND I CHECKED THE LINKAGE AND FLUID LEVELS. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO PROBLEM WITH EITHER AND THERE WAS NO SIGN THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE TRANSMISSION JUST QUIT AND UPON RESEARCHING I FOUND OUT THAT THIS ISN'T AN ISOLATED PROBLEM AND THAT I'M NOT ALONE. IF THIS HAPPENED AT A BUSIER TIME I THINK IT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL BECAUSE OF THE LARGER INCREASED TRAFFIC. PLEASE HELP AS THIS IS ARE PRIMARY VEHICLE AND MY WIFE IS DUE IN MARCH. *TR

• 12/16/2011· POWER TRAIN

  I DO NOT WRITE IN UNLESS BUT MY PROBLEM IS FAILS WITH CODE P0715 TRANSMISSION AND REVERSE CAM SENSOR I CHANGE SPEED SENSOR TRANSMISSION AND THE PROBLEM REMAINS TO UNCOVER THE PCM CONTROL TO CHECK THE CONTINUITY I MET YOU, AS YOU HAVE WATER INTRUSION AS WELL AS GREEN PARTICLES AROUND A PIN INPUT .CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER IN COMBINATION WITH VOLTAGE,THERE ARE RESISTANCES UNDER 10000 HOMS ADDITION OF SEVERAL PINS THAT RELATION WITH SOLENOID OF TRANSXALE. *TR

• 12/16/2007· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION BROKE @ 50,000 MILES WITHOUT WARNING. I JUST BOUGHT THIS VAN 8 MONTHS AGO, AND NOW IM MAKING PAYMENTS ON A VAN I CANNOT DRIVE. *TR

• 12/14/2011· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT REQUIRED. CONVERTER FAILED WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT AN INTERSECTION. LUCKILY IT WAS LATE EVENING AN NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC OR MY ENTIRE FAMILY COULD HAVE BEEN HIT. *TR

• 12/14/2011· POWER TRAIN

  THE DRIVE SHAFT (HALF SHAFT) SPLINES BROKE. 7 MONTHS AFTER THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED. *TR

• 12/13/2010· POWER TRAIN

  WIFE WAS DRIVING THE 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN AND CAME UP TO A STOP LIGHT. THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN SO SHE STEPPED ON THE GAS AND THE VAN MOVED FORWARD A FEW FEET AND THEN NOTHING. THANKFULLY SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE SHE PUT IT IN PARK AND BACK INTO DRIVE AND THE VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VAN MADE NO NOISE TO INDICATE ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. *TR

• 12/12/2011· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FORWARD OR IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE COULD ONLY BE DRIVEN IN DRIVE ONE OR DRIVE TWO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHERE THE CRANKSHAFT AND SPEED SENSORS WERE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AS IF WATER WAS SPLASHING AROUND. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT SOMEHOW, WATER WAS GETTING GETTING ON THE SENSOR, BUT THE MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND WHERE THE WATER LEAK ORIGINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY STALL. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

• 12/10/2010· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE, IT WAS NOTICED THAT RPM OF THE VEHICLE ROSE INSTANTLY ON ITS OWN. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS DEPRESSED THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE NO LONGER WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. THE NEXT EXIT TO A HIGHWAY WAS USED AS THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. A NEARBY POLICEMAN ARRIVED AT THE SCENE TO ASSIST BY PUSHING MY VEHICLE TO A NEARBY GAS STATION TO PREVENT OTHER VEHICLES FROM HITTING ME. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE A DIAGNOSIS REVEALED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY IN SHOP AND EXPECTED REPAIRS SHOULD BE DONE IN ONE WEEK. THERE WERE NO SIGNS LEADING UP TO THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT DRIVE ANY DIFFERENT BEFORE THE EVENT THAN IT DID A YEAR AGO. FAILURE OCCURRED AROUND 92,500 MILES. *TR

• 12/10/2009· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. REPAIR SHOP ADVISED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED AND STRIPPED THE SPLINES. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

• 12/09/2012· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO BE ACTING UP TRYING TO MAINTAIN HIGHWAY CRUISING SPEEDS, 55-65 MPH. KEPT SHUTTERING AND VIBRATING. BALISE FORD IN HYANNIS MA FOUND A PROBLEM IN THE TRANSMISSION. THEY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS TIME. DURING THAT TIME THEY REMOVED THE TRANSMISSION UNDER THE DIRECTION OF FORD ESP EXTENDED WARRANTY CENTER APPROXIMATELY 8 TIMES, REPLACING A NEW AND DIFFERENT PART EACH TIME THEY REMOVED THE TRANSMISSION AND REINSTALLED IT. AFTER THE REPAIR "ATTEMPT" EXCEEDED THE REPLACED VALUE, FORD ESP EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM DECIDED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WITH A FORD FACTORY REBUILT TRANSMISSION. AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED THE VEHICLE STARTED DOING THE SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN. WE THEN GOT A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE AND INQUIRED. COME TO FIND OUT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS THE PROBLEM AND THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION FROM FORD FACTORY HAD ONE OF THE BAD CONVERTERS AND THAT NEEDED TO REPLACED AS SOON AS PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. THE NEW CONVERTER CAME IN AND WAS INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY AUGUST 2012. LATE NOVEMBER 2012 THE VEHICLE, NOW WITH 46,000 ONE OWNER PAMPERED MILES ON IT IS DOING THE SAME THING. THE VEHICLE SHUTTERS WHEN FLOATING IN AND OUT OF GEARS WHEN TRYING TO MAINTAIN HIGHWAY SPEEDS, 55 - 65 MPH. WHEN THIS OCCURS YOU CAN FEEL THE RUMBLE IN THE VEHICLE AND THE TACHOMETER NEEDLE JUMPS AROUND. THIS VEHICLE IS MY MOTHER'S ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND SHE IS A 72 YEAR OLD WOMAN WHO HAS HAD 2 TOTAL KNEES REPLACEMENTS. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW FOR HER THINKING IT WOULD BE A DEPENDABLE VEHICLE, AND WITH HER LOW AMOUNT OF MILES DRIVEN YEAR, ASSUMED IT WOULD LAST AN EASY 10 YEARS. NOT THE CASE. I AM AFRAID TO HAVE HER USE THIS VEHICLE AND FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND FIX IT ONCE AND FOR ALL OR REPLACE THE VEHICLE FOR US. *TR

• 12/08/2009· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR LIMITED 4.2L WITH SEVERAL KIDS, THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING LEAVING HER STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE HAD TO TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER WHERE WERE TOLD THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED CAUSING EXTENSIVE TRANSMISSION DAMAGE. THE VAN WAS OUT OF COMMISSION FOR ALMOST A WEEK WHILE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. MANY OF THESE SAME VEHICLES HAVE HAD THIS EXACT ISSUE. *TR

• 12/08/2009· POWER TRAIN

  AFTER TURNING CORNER AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE VEHICLE SUFFERED TRANSMISSION FAILURE/LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER. STEERED VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP, WHICH REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER. 7 MONTHS LATER TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP AGAIN AND SHOP FOUND TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. AS OF 11/2009, VEHICLE HAS HAD TOTAL OF APPROX. 5 TRIPS TO REPAIR SHOP, INCLUDING ORIGINAL INCIDENT. TORQUE CONVERTERS FAILED AND WERE REPLACED IN EACH SUBSEQUENT REPAIR. TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO "SLAM" INTO GEAR WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK. SOMEWHAT BETTER AFTER REPAIRS BUT NOT TOTALLY RESOLVED. VEHICLE IN GARAGE OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL IT CAN BE TRADED IN/REPLACED. DO NOT BELIEVE VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

• 12/08/2009· POWER TRAIN,EQUIPMENT

  THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAS GONE OUT ON OUR FORD FREESTAR VAN. TWO TIMES ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS LEAVING MY WIFE STRANDED AND TERRIFIED! THIS TIME I EXPERIENCED IT AND TOOK IT TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP MYSELF. THERE SEEMS TO BE A REAL PROBLEM HERE 40000 TRANSMISSION GOES, 90,000 AND 97,000 PLEASE HELP! *TR

• 12/08/2008· POWER TRAIN

  YESTERDAY, 12/7/08, I PULLED OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, SWITCHED GEAR FROM REVERSE TO FORWARD AND APPLIED GAS. OTHER THAN REVVING OF ENGINE, NOTHING HAPPENED. IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE ANY GEARS. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP TODAY AND THEY REFERRED ME TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. I CONTACTED THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO HELP AS THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. 2005 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 51,000 MILES (DECEMBER 7, 2008) SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS FAILURE OF REASONABLE ASSURANCE OF FUNCTIONALITY OF VEHICLE. *TR

• 12/07/2009· POWER TRAIN

  DRIVING ON I-10 IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE, MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN SUDDENLY (AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING) LOST FORWARD POWER. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT THERE WAS NO TRUST. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A NEARBY SERVICE STATION AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND IT APPEARS THAT MY SITUATION IS VERY SIMILAR THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FILED ABOUT THE LOST TORQUE IN THIS PARTICULAR MODEL YEAR CAR. MY CAR HAD ONLY 68,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

• 12/07/2009· STRUCTURE

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE REAR POWER LIFTGATE, FOLLOWED BY A FORCEFUL CLOSURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE MALFUNCTION. RECALL 06V069000, STRUCTURE BODY HATCHBACK/ LIFTGATE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE REMEDY WAS INSUFFICIENT AND FAILED TO ADDRESS THE RECALL DEFECT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 77,000.

• 12/07/2009· POWER TRAIN

  I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN ON 11/21/09 WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. I STEERED THE VAN ONTO THE SHOULDER OF I-35, CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD IT HAULED TO SEBALD'S MOTORS IN ASKOV, THE CLOSEST FORD DEALER. THEY COMPLETED REPAIRS ON THE TRANSMISSION AMOUNTING TO #2,210.18. *TR

• 12/07/2009· POWER TRAIN

  I WAS TRAVELING ON A 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WITH MY WIFE AND 2 DAUGHTERS. I NOTICED THE TACHOMETER WAS SURGING, THEN IT PEGGED. THE VAN BEGAN TO SLOW. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE TACH JUST INCREASED BUT NO INCREASE IN SPEED. I TRIED DIFFERENT GEARS BUT THE SAME RESULT. LUCKILY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS SUNDAY MORNING. I WAS ABLE TO COAST ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND INTO A VACANT PARKING LOT. THERE I TRIED REVERSE AND ALL OTHER GEARS BUT THE VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. THIS WAS THE FIRST SUCH INCIDENT. THE VAN HAD APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES. I CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANIES ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THEY HAD THE VAN TOWED TO MATTHEWS FORD, WHICH IRONICALLY JUST ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM THE PARKING LOT WE STOPPED IN. THEY DETERMINED THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. IT COST $1800 TO REPAIR THAT WE PAID FOR ENTIRELY. FORD DID NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN LIKELY. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE BUT NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE BY FORD TO CORRECT IT OR COMPENSATE THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

• 12/06/2011· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THIS VAN HAS A BAD COMPUTER BOARD (PCM) DUE TO RAINWATER THAT IS ALLOWED TO FUNNEL UNDER THE HOOD DUE TO POOR DESIGN OF THE HOOD. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS BEING AFFECTED BY THIS AS WELL. THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED SHIFTING INTO GEAR, FOLLOWED BY ALL SORTS OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE MECHANIC SAID THE PCM WAS FULL OF WATER AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE ARE NUMEROUS MESSAGE BOARDS ON THE INTERNET DISCUSSING THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH FORD FREESTARS RANGING FROM 2004-2007 MODEL YEARS. FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THESE VANS AS THIS CAUSES THE ENGINE TO STALL AND THIS COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME - IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION, ON THE HIGHWAY, ETC. THIS COULD HAVE DEVASTATING RESULTS IF IT HAPPENS AT THE WRONG TIME. ALSO, FROM WHAT I'VE READ ON THESE MESSAGE BOARDS - THIS IS A REPEAT PROBLEM!!!! ONCE YOU FIX THIS YOU WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM IN A YEAR OR TWO. NHTSA SHOULD DO SOME RESEARCH OUTSIDE OF FORMAL COMPLAINTS FILED AS I'M SURE MOST PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THE PROPER ROUTE TO GO. A SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCH (THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO CONTACT OR RESPOND TO INDIVIDUAL REPORTS) WOULD DIRECT YOU TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE! *TR

• 12/06/2010· POWER TRAIN

  MY '05 FREESTAR DIED ON SEPT. 25 WHILE I WAS ON MY WAY TO KENTUCKY TO MY SONS GRADUATION FROM ARMY BASIC TRAINING. I WAS COMING OVER A BRIDGE THAT I COULDN'T PULL OVER ON WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED PULLING. LUCKILY, I WAS GOING FAST ENOUGH IT HAPPENED AND COMING DOWN A HILL TO PULL OVER WHEN IT DIED. I HAD IT SERVICED LAST YEAR IN SEPT. HAD A TUNE-UP IN FEBRUARY AND HAD THE OIL CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES. MY FAMILY AND I, WHICH CONSISTED OF MY HUSBAND, MOTHER, FATHER, DAUGHTER AND HER 9 MONTH OLD BABY AND SISTER-IN-LAW, HAD TO RENT A CAR IN ALABAMA TO CONTINUE ON TO KENTUCKY TO MY SONS GRADUATION. I HAD TO PAY AAMCO THE GRAND TOTAL OF $2400 TO REBUILD A TRANSMISSION, THAT THE FORD PLACE TOLD ME SHOULD NOT HAVE WENT OUT. I CALLED THE NATIONAL FORD COMPANY AND THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY NO HELP. *TR