Ford Freestar

Owners filed 2,533 complaints across 4 model years of the Ford Freestar. The 2004 drew the most (1,227); the 2007 the fewest (64).

Model years4

Complaints2,533

Recalls14

Fires21

Deaths1

Every Ford Freestar model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2007	64	2	1	2	Power Train	Routine
2006	356	3	4	3	Power Train	Above average
2005	886	4	2	8	Power Train › Automatic Transmission	Above average
2004	1,227	5	14	16	Power Train › Automatic Transmission	Fatalities reported

Which Ford Freestar years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 2004 is the weakest year on record, with 1,227 complaints concentrated in the power train › automatic transmission. It carries 5 recalls.

Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.