2005 Ford Freestar complaints

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK 4 AM IN THE MORNING GOING 60 PLUS MILES PER HOUR, ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE MY VAN SLOW DOWN TO A STOP. MY ENGINE WAS STILL ON BUT THE CAR WONT GO WHEN I STEP ON THE GAS. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS TO ME BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WARNING WHAT SO EVER. ENGINE LIGHT WASN'T ON JUST COMPLETELY STALLED ON ME ON THE FREEWAY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 FREESTAR(FORD) ON THE BELTWAY AT 55MPH WHEN SUDDENLY IT STOPPED MOVING. THE ENGINE KEPT RUNNING BUT IT WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SHIFTING HARDWARE- IT SEEMS TO BE A TRANSMISSION ISSUE WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING, NO SLIPPING, NO NOISE AND NO WARNING LIGHT. VERY FRIGHTENING SINCE I HAD TO BE TOWED FROM THE BELTWAY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR WITH MY DAUGHTER ON A HOT SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING MY VAN STARTED SLOWING DOWN. I COASTED TOWARDS A NEARBY GAS STATION UNTIL THE VAN COMPLETELY STOPPED IN THE GAS STATION ENTRANCE. IT WOULD ENGAGE INTO GEAR BUT NOT MOVE AT ALL, NO MATTER HOW MUCH I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE WORKERS AT THE GAS STATION PUSHED THE VAN INTO THE STATION'S LOT. A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED AND WITHIN ONE HALF HOUR THE VAN WAS TOWED TO OUR MECHANIC'S SHOP. THE MECHANIC INFORMED MY HUSBAND THE NEXT MORNING THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION ONLY HAS 53,000 MILES AND BASICALLY STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. I AM CURRENTLY AWAITING A DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 FREESTAR SPORT VAN. WHEN IT IS RELATIVELY HOT OUTSIDE AND I'VE DRIVEN FOR ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO, THERE IS THIS LOUD SQUEALING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF MY VAN. IT IS VERY ANNOYING AND GETS LOUDER WITH TIME TRAVELED. I'VE TAKEN THIS VAN BACK TO THE DEALER FROM WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. THEY'VE REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS SAYING THAT THIS COULD BE THE PROBLEM. IT DIDN'T CHANGE, THE SQUEALING KEPT COMING. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT HE HAD DONE SOME FORM OF RESEARCH THROUGH THE INTERNET AND THINKS IT COULD BE THE WHEEL BEARING. WHAT A SCARE THIS IS!!!!! HAS ANYONE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM?? THE GARAGE WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL I CAN BRING IT IN WHILE IT IS STILL SQUEALING SO THEY CAN TAKE IT FOR A ROADTEST. IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE I'VE BOUGHT THIS VAN FROM A REPUTABLE GARAGE IN CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO. I'M SCARED TO GO ANYWHERE WITH IT ESPECIALLY WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN IN THE VAN WHEN WE GO ON HOLIDAYS. IS THERE A GREAT CONCERN HERE????----------PLEASE EMAIL ME BACK WITH SOME INFO TO [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE MAKING A TURN DRIVING 15 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND THE ENGINE REVVED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE DEALER SUGGESTED THAT THE CONTACT PURCHASE A REFURBISHED TRANSMISSION FROM FORD. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 45,000.

I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND WAITED FOR TRAFFIC TO PASS. WHEN IT WAS SAFE TO PULL OUT, I DID SO, MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN. I THEN HAD TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN, AND ABOUT HALF WAY INTO THE TURN LANE MY ENGINE REVVED UP AND THEN THE VAN BEGAN TO SLOW. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC COMING AND I WAS ABLE TO VEER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. ONCE SAFELY STOPPED, I WENT THROUGH ALL OF THE GEARS , BUT THE VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, AND THERE WAS NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND THEN NOTHING! I TOOK THE VAN TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION AFTER ONLY 80,000 MILES. I REQUESTED TO GET THE FAILED TRANSMISSION, BUT WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHARGE ME AN ADDITIONAL $600 CORE CHARGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO INDEPENDENTLY DECREASE IN SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS PLACE OF RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE VAN MOVED JUST ENOUGH TO GET US PAST THE INTERSECTION. WHEN I STEPPED ON THE PEDAL AGAIN IT DID NOT RESPOND WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE REVVING OF THE NEEDLE. IT WAS LIKE IF THE VAN WAS IN NEUTRAL. WE AVOIDED THE HEAVY TRAFFIC AND COASTED TO AN EMPTY LOT. WE TRIED TO REVERSE AS WELL AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE VAN. PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT WE HAD NO TYPE OF WARNING THAT THIS MAY OCCUR. EVERYTHING WAS WORKING PROPERLY. IT JUST SUDDENLY GAVE OUT. MY HUSBAND, SISTER-IN-LAW, 3 YEAR OLD NIECE, AND MYSELF WHERE STUCK OUT IN THE HEAT UNTIL WE COULD GET SOMEONE TO TOW THE VAN BACK TO OUR HOUSE. THE MILEAGE IS CURRENTLY AT 87,000. WE ARE CURRENTLY WAITING ON A MECHANIC TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. I AM AFRAID THE COST WILL BE SKY HIGH AND I KNOW WE CAN'T AFFORD THIS. *TR

WE HAVE A 2005 FORD FREESTAR, WE WERE DRIVING ALONG AND SUDDENLY LOST POWER TO THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE STILL RAN, BUT WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY GEAR. WHEN WE TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE SHOP, THEY SAID THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED. *TR

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE DOING 70 MPH, I WAS TRYING TO PASS A SLOWER CAR MY VAN STARTING REVVING BUT I WAS SLOWING DOWN. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT. I HAD IT TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD PRETTY MUCH EXPLODED. I HAD NO WARNING THAT THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS. THERE WERE METAL PIECES IN THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED. *TR

SHORTLY AFTER PROCEEDING THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE LEFT LANE, AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, MY VEHICLE SIMPLY QUIT MOVING. THE ENGINE WOULD REV, BUT THE VEHICLE CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP. HOW I DIDN'T GET REAR ENDED AT THAT TIME, OR AS I SAT WAITING FOR ASSISTANCE, IS A COMPLETE MIRACLE. THE CAR WOULD SHIFT IN GEARS, HOWEVER WOULD NOT MOVE. A FIREMAN ENDED UP STOPPING AND SITTING BEHIND ME WITH HIS LIGHTS ON TO AVOID A COLLISION. EVENTUALLY, A POLICEMAN ARRIVED, HAD ME PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, AND "PUSHED" ME WITH HIS PUSH BAR ABOUT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD TO AVOID A ROAD HAZARD. THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED NOT REBUILDING THE EXISTING TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH 2005 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSIONS, AND WAS ABLE TO GET ME A 2007 TRANSMISSION WITH 10,000 MILES. HOPEFULLY THIS ONE WILL LAST LONGER. *TR

NO SIGN OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WIFE WAS DRIVING HERSELF AND KIDS TO SCHOOL WHILE I WAS AWAY ON BUSINESS TRAVEL AND AS SHE WAS DRIVING IN A 40MPH ZONE, SHE SUDDENLY NOTICED THAT THE VAN WAS SLOWING DOWN EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS REVVING HIGH. SINCE SHE WAS DRIVING ON A 2-LANE ROAD THAT HAD NO SHOULDERS, SHE PULLED THE VAN AS CLOSE TO THE CURB AS SHE COULD EVEN THOUGH THE VAN WAS STILL CAUSING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. WIFE TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, RESTARTED THE ENGINE, TRIED TO PUT THE VAN IN DRIVE, REVERSE, 1ST AND 2ND BUT ALL OF THESE ATTEMPTS FAILED TO MAKE THE VAN MOVE IN ANY DIRECTION. AFTER THE LOCAL FORD DEALER REFUSED TO ASSIST MY WIFE, WHO WAS ALONE WITH THE KIDS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, SHE WAS ABLE TO CONTACT A LOCAL MECHANIC THAT ASSISTED WITH TOWING THE DISABLED VAN TO HIS SHOP. UPON ANALYZING THE PROBLEM, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THERE WERE PARTS OF THE TRANSMISSION LAYING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE MECHANIC REMOVED THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION AND REPLACE IT WITH A REMANUFACTURED, FORD UNIT. OTHER WORK PERFORMED BY THE MECHANIC INCLUDED FLUSHING ALL COOLER LINES AND COOLER PRIOR TO INSTALLATION. THE FINAL COST FOR PARTS AND LABOR FOR THE RE-MANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION WAS $2990.23. *TR

MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING IN OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHEN SHE PULLED OUT ON TO A BUSY STATE ROUTE, THE CAR JUST STOPPED GOING, SHE WOULD PUSH ON THE GAS AND THE ENGINE WOULD REV, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. SHE WAS ALMOST HIT BY CARS THAT WERE ALREADY TRAVELING ON THE ROAD AT 55MPH. AFTER SAFELY PULLING THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE RD, SHE HAD TO WAIT FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF WHILE I GOT OFF WORK TO COME AND MEET HER. WE WERE ABLE TO SWITCH THE CAR INTO THE DIFFERENT GEARS. PARK WOULD NOT ALLOW THE CAR TO MOVE WHILE NEUTRAL ALLOWED THE CAR TO MOVE. WE THEN TOWED THE CAR HOME WITH IT IN NEUTRAL. AFTER SOME EXTENSIVE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET WE DISCOVERED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR FORD VANS. APPARENTLY THE TORQUE CONVERTERS ARE GOING BAD ON THEM AROUND 60-80K MILES. AFTER TALKING TO NUMEROUS MECHANICS, THEY ALL AGREED THAT IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER. WHILE I AM TRYING TO SAVE UP THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR, MY CAR IS SITTING DEAD IN MY DRIVEWAY AND IS USELESS. REPAIR LOOKS TO COST ANYWHERE FROM $1000-$1500. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED IN 2005 FORD FREESTAR. VEHICLE HAS 66,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE, TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND FAILED. NO WARNING. *TR

2005 FORD FREESTAR COMPLETELY LOST POWER TO THE DRIVETRAIN WHILE TRAVELING IN A 45 MPH ZONE. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT OR STRANGE NOISES COMING FROM THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. MY WIFE WAS LUCKY TO HAVE GOTTEN THE VEHICLE OUT OF TRAFFIC BEFORE SHE WAS REAR-ENDED WHICH WOULD HAVE OBVIOUSLY CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 62,000 MILES ON IT AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED, INCLUDING A TRANSMISSION FLUSH AT 42,000 MILES. FORD DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AND DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL WITH OTHER FORD OWNERS. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 FORD FREESTAR THAT I RECENTLY PURCHASED AT A USED CAR DEALERSHIP 6 MONTHS AGO. TODAY I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 75 IN PLANO, TX WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND THE RPM WENT UP AND THE TRANSMISSION DIED. I HAD TO CROSS LANES ON A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY AND COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND I HAD CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I IMMEDIATELY DID SOME RESEARCH AND NOTICED THIS ISSUE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FORD FREESTAR MINI-VANS. SOMEONE NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE BEFORE LIVES ARE LOST. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,326 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,344.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE ON MY WAY TO WORK ONE MORNING GOING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY IN THE FAST LANE PASSING A CAR, MY MOTOR JUST REVS. I COAST TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE (THIS WAS DURING 8:00AM RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC). THEN I WAS STRANDED THERE FOR OVER AN HOUR WAITING FOR MY BOSS TO COME PICK ME UP. LATER THAT AFTERNOON I HAD THE VAN TOWED TO A GARAGE AND HOOKED UP TO DIAGNOSTICS WHICH SAID THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS OUT AND THEN TOWED HOME AT A COST OF $225. MY VAN WHICH I LOVED UP UNTIL THAT DAY IS SITTING AT MY HOUSE WAITING TO BE REPAIRED WHICH I CAN NOT AFFORD AT THIS TIME. IT MAKES ME SICK TO HAVE TO PAY THE CAR PAYMENT AND FIX IT TOO. AND BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED I MISSED THREE DAYS OF WORK AND NOW NO LONGER HAVE TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM WORK, WHICH MAY TURN END UP HAVING MY BELOVED VAN REPOSESSED AND END UP LOSING MY JOB. I HOPE THEY GET THE RECALL OUT THERE ASAP SO I CAN GET THIS FIXED!!! *TR

2005 FORD FREESTAR, 72,147 MILES. ENTERED HOV AND CAR CAME UP TO SPEED THEN RPMS INCREASED AND NO ENGAGEMENT OF TRANSMISSION. HAD TO AVOID TRAFFIC, COAST TO STOP. PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, THEN TRIED TO RE-ENGAGE TRANSMISSION. TRIED REV, D, 3, 2, AND ENGINE SEEMED TO ONLY BE IN NEUTRAL. STRANDED TWO HOURS DURING RUSH HOUR ON DC BELTWAY WAITING FOR TOW TRUCK. CAR AT REPAIR SHOP WAITING FOR ESTIMATE. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN - SAME FAILURE - ABOUT 2 YEARS APART - TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER AND SHAFT FAILURE. DECEMBER 2007, JUST CAME UP TO A STOP SIGN AND LOST POWER. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY WARNING. AFTER STOPPING, THE ENGINE STILL RAN BUT THE FORWARD OR REVERSE GEARS WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE ENGINE WOULD JUST REV UP. LUCKILY IT WAS UNDER 75,000 MILES AND OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERED THIS REPAIR. ON APRIL 27, 2010, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VAN AND AGAIN COMING TO A STOP SIGN, WENT TO PROCEED, AFTER STOPPING AND NO POWER. WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BUT KNOW OUR WARRANTY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 85,000 MILES ON IT. PLUS, DUE TO THE ECONOMIC TIMES IN OUR SMALL TOWN, OUR FORD DEALER IS OUT OF BUSINESS. WE TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT IT'S OUR TORQUE CONVERTER ONCE AGAIN. THIS DEFECT HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING AND LUCKILY WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF POWER. *TR

AFTER LEAVING A STOPLIGHT AND ACCELERATING TO 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE STARTED TO RACE AND THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING. I WAS ABLE TO ROLL TO A STOP AT WHICH TIME I FOUND THAT NONE OF THE GEARS WOULD WORK, INCLUDING REVERSE. I WAS TOWED EVENTUALLY BY AAA AND HAVE A "BALLPARK" ESTIMATE OF OVER $1,100 FOR REPLACEMENT OF A TORQUE CONVERTER. I JUST RETURNED FROM A DRIVE FROM BOSTON TO D.C. AND BACK, AND CANNOT IMAGINE THE DANGER TO MYSELF AND OTHERS HAD THIS HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON THAT TRIP. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANYTHING BEING WRONG, NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO CHANGE IN PERFORMANCE, IT JUST STOPPED WORKING. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE 2005 FREESTAR - 49000 MILES. *TR

CAR IS KEPT IN GARAGE. ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICES ARE UP TO DATE. DROVE IT FINE YESTERDAY. TODAY, VEHICLE STARTED FINE, GEAR SHIFT WORKS FINE BUT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING. TRANSMISSION SEEMS LOCKED IN NEUTRAL. WHEN A GEAR IS SELECTED, THE CAR JUST REVS WITHOUT GOING ANYWHERE. SAME IN ALL GEARS. *TR

DRIVING ALONG AT 35 MPH SUDDENLY THE ENGINE REV'S AND WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR COMPLETELY LOSES PULLING POWER WE COAST INTO A PARKING LOT THE CAR CRANKS BUT WONT MOVE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG IN MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR MINIVAN AT ABOUT 40 MPH AND THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SURGES AND REVS OUT. THERE WAS NO POWER AND THE VAN COASTED TO A STOP. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE AND THE VAN WOULD NO LONGER MOVE .THERE WAS NO WARNING OR CHECK LIGHT NO SOUNDS OR SMELLS NOTHING. THE THING JUST DIED SUDDENLY FOR NO APPARENT REASON .THIS IS A WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE WITH RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 FORD FREESTAR WITH 43,000 MILES ON IT. WHILE LEAVING THE PARKING LIT,THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR REVERSE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD GARAGE. THEY SAID I NEEDED A TORQUE CONVERTER. THE COST IS $1500 DOLLARS. *TR

ON FRIDAY, 4/16/10, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH WHEN MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN SUDDENLY SPIKED IN RPM'S AND THEN STARTED COASTING. IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC...I HAD TO MAKE IT SAFELY ONTO THE SHOULDER. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND LET IT SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES, IN HOPES THAT IT WOULD BE FINE AFTER COOLING DOWN. IT CRANKED UP FINE, BUT WHEN PUT INTO GEAR, IT DID NOTHING. IT WOULDN'T GO BACKWARD OR FORWARD. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE SHOP WHERE I FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL. IN FACT, ITS SO COMMON, THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS HARD TO COME BY AND IF I DO FIND ONE THE COST WILL BE ABOUT $2500 TO REPAIR. DO YOU SEE A PROBLEM HERE? ALSO, I WAS TOLD THAT FORD HASN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM YET, SO THE VEHICLES THAT ARE GETTING A NEW TRANSMISSION ARE GETTING ANOTHER FAULTY ONE. SO NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO REPLACE IT ONCE, BUT EVERY FEW YEARS. CAN WE PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. *TR

I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT ON MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR. TWO DAYS AGO WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VAN ONLY HAS 75,000 MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE VAN JUST LOST POWER. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE (CAUSED AN ACCIDENT). I HAVE RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND HAVE FOUND THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM WITH FORD FREESTARS. IT IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AND WILL COST APPROX. $3000.00 TO FIX. THIS UNACCEPTABLE FOR SUCH A NEW VEHICLE AND SEEMS TO BE VERY COMMON FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN I-77 IN ROCK HILL SC WHEN WITH NO WARNING THE VAN FELT LIKE IT POPPED OUT OF GEAR. LUCKILY I WAS BEGINNING TO EXIT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED OR ME AND MY 3 CHILDREN COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. TURNS OUT THE TRANSMISSION BLEW! NO WARNING,NOTHING. $2200.00 LATER I HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION. AFTER RESEARCHING I FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH FORD FREESTARS. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FILED WITH YOUR AGENCY. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INVESTIGATION. BY THE WAY, MY VAN ONLY HAD 71,000 MILES. *TR

2005 FORD FREESTAR, TRANSMISSION. ON SATURDAY 4/17/2010 MY VAN WORKED FINE. ON MONDAY MORNING I WENT TO TAKE IT TO WORK AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. AND REVERSE WOULD NOT WORK. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT BACK HOME. BUT TODAY WHEN I TRIED TO FINE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. THE ENGINE WOULD JUST STALL. AND I COULD NOT GET IT BACK HOME. I WAS ABLE TO PUSH IT BACK HOME BUT DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE IT. THIS PROBLEM HAD NO WARNING OF ANYTHING BEING WRONG. I HAVE READ OTHER PEOPLES PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE HAD AND MINE IS THE SAME. *TR

2005 FORD FREESTAR 70,000 MILES WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY WHEN VEHICLE LOST POWER. LUCKILY SHE SAFELY COASTED OVER TO THE SHOULDER. LOCAL FORD DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE AND STATED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND PRICE WAS $3000. VEHICLE HAD NO NOTICEABLE PROBLEMS WITH SHIFTING OR ANY TRANSMISSION ISSUES PRIOR TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

ACCELERATING ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. FORTUNATELY I HAD ENOUGH ACCELERATION TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WAS AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP THE WEEK BEFORE FOR ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND MAINTENANCE CHECK AT WHICH TIME THEY TOLD ME TRANSMISSION FLUID CHECKED OUT FINE AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ANOTHER 10,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION ONLY HAS 66,500 MILES ON IT CURRENTLY. HAVE DONE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE REGULARLY ON VEHICLE AT SAME DEALERSHIP SINCE WE BOUGHT IT NEW WITH LESS THAN 100 MILES ON IT IN 2005. *TR

2005 FORD FREESTAR LIMITED -- VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING AND LOSES POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. VEHICLE HAS HAD ACCELERATION AND REVVING OF ENGINE WHEN IDLING IN NEUTRAL, AND ALSO SOMETIMES NO REVERSE GEAR. SOMETIMES IT JUST FAILS TO START. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTED TO BE REPAIRED BY TWO DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIP MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENTS AND ANOTHER LOCAL MECHANIC. ALL PROBLEMS APPEAR TO BE RELATED TO THE COMPUTER (PCM) AND/OR TRANSMISSION. THE COMPUTER (PCM) HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE BY FORD IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. WATER KEEPS GETTING INTO THE PCM COMPARTMENT AND CAUSING HAVOC. THEY DON'T SEEM TO KNOW HOW TO STOP IT, AND THE PROBLEM KEEPS REPEATING ITSELF. LAST TIME, TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD TO CALL 911 WHEN WE STOPPED FOR A RED LIGHT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I STEPPED ON THE GAS, BUT THE VAN DID NOT GO FORWARD. CARS WERE NOW RACING PAST OUR STOPPED VAN, ON BOTH SIDES, AT HIGH SPEED. WE WERE SITTING DUCKS. WE CALLED 911 TO GET POLICE OUT TO STOP TRAFFIC FOR FEAR OF BEING REARENDED AT HIGH SPEED. MYSELF, WIFE AND THREE KIDS (10,7,2) WERE STUCK THERE. GOOD SAMARATIN RISKED HIS LIFE AND STOPPED ALL TRAFFIC BEHIND US WHILE I CARRIED KIDS OUT OF VAN TO SAFETY. OTHERS HELPED PUSH THE VAN OFF THE ROAD. VAN HAS BEEN AT DEALERSHIP SINCE THEN FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, BUT THEY SAY "CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM" (WHEN THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS). I ASKED THEM TO OPEN COMPUTER AGAIN TO CHECK FOR WATER BUT THEY REFUSE -- SAYING I

I HAD JUST LEFT MY DRIVEWAY. AS I WAS PULLING ONTO CALABASH DRIVE FROM A STOP SIGN AT MAPLEWOOD DRIVE MY VEHICLE LOST SPEED. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING I LOST CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSMISSION. SINCE I WAS ONLY TRAVELING APPROX. 25 MPH I WAS ABLE TO DRIFT INTO A DRIVEWAY. I TRIED ALL THE GEARS AND HAD NO RESPONSE FROM ANY. I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND WAITED APPROX. 2 MINUTES AND RESTARTED IT. I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE APPROX 100 FEET BEFORE I AGAIN LOST CONTACT WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I REPEATED THIS PROCEDURE 4 TIMES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO PULL BACK INTO MY DRIVEWAY. I CONTACTED A TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED THERE. I HAD TO HAVE A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER INSTALLED WHICH COST ME A TOTAL OF $991.84 I HAD NO WARNING OF THIS OCCURRENCE AS THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN EARLIER THAT DAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 45 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ACCORDINGLY. THE VEHICLE WAS DRAGGING AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE, APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED AND ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,826 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 127,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I WAS DRIVING ALONG I-55 IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS AT 65 MPH. ALL OF A SUDDEN, WITH NO WARNING WHATSOEVER, MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR MINIVAN REVVED UP - THE TACHOMETER NEEDLE FLEW UP TO BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 RPM - AND ALL POWER WAS LOST IMMEDIATELY. ALL I COULD DO WAS COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. LUCKILY, THERE WERE NO VEHICLES TRAVELING VERY CLOSE BEHIND ME - WITH THE LOSS OF POWER, ANY VEHICLE NEAR ME WOULD HAVE CRASHED INTO MY VEHICLE. I ENDED UP SPENDING 2 HOURS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD - WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK... AND HAD THE VAN TOWED APPROXIMATELY 60 MILES TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP BACK IN THE TOWN IN WHICH I LIVE. THE FORD DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT THE MAIN INPUT SHAFT WAS BROKEN AND THE VAN WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION INSTALLED - TO THE TUNE OF APPROXIMATELY $3400. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE AT THIS POINT WHETHER WE WANT TO PUT THIS MUCH MONEY INTO FIXING THIS CAR AND AFTER READING THE DISCUSSION FORUMS ABOUT THE TROUBLE THAT MANY CONSUMERS ARE HAVING MORE THAN ONE TIME, WHETHER WE WILL EVER TRUST THIS VEHICLE AGAIN. *TR

I BEGAN HAVING INTERMITTENT TROUBLE STARTING THE VAN IN FEB. 2010 DURING A RECORD SNOW WEEK. I CONTRIBUTED IT TO THE COLD WEATHER AND BAD CONDITIONS. IN MARCH THE PROBLEM CONTINUED VERY SPORADICALLY WITH NOT STARTING ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT. ON MARCH 5TH THE VAN ENGINE CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. ON MARCH 7TH, WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR THE VAN CUT OUT 4 TIMES IN A 2 BLOCK PERIOD. WHEN THE ENGINE CUT OFF IT WOULD BE WITHOUT WARNING WITH LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THE VAN WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE CENTER WHERE I WAS TOLD IT WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE. IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY BY 121 MILES. FORD IS CURRENTLY REFUSING TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. I HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUES ON THE MAKE AND MODEL. *TR

2005 FORD FREESTAR - MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY KIDS AND THE CAR JUST STARTED LOSING ITS ACCILERATION. AND THEN WOULD NOT MOVE. SHE IS RIGHT NOW ON THE HIGHWAY WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, IT HAPPENED TO ME A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND I TOOK IT INTO FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED ON ALL THESE VEHICLES.

ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2010 MY WIFE WENT TO LEAVE THE DRIVEWAY WITH OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR WITH MY TWO SONS. THE MINIVAN WOULD START THEN DIE. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP CALLED AND TOLD ME THAT THE PCM HAD WATER AND CORROSION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. REGARDLESS OF THE CURRENT TSB FOR THIS ISSUE THEY SAY IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE PREMIUM WARRANTY THAT I PURCHASED AND THAT I MUST PAY IN FULL FOR THIS PROBLEM WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY $940. THANKFULLY THIS HAPPENED AT HOME AND NOT SOMEWHERE OUT ON THE ROAD. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT FORD IS FULLY AWARE OF AND REFUSES TO REMEDY SO THE OWNER IS STUCK HOLDING THE BILL. THIS SAFETY ISSUE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY THE NHSTA BOARD TO FORCE FORD TO FIX THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.

DRIVING AT 65 MPH UNDER CRUISE CONTROL RPM SURGED UP. TAPPED BRAKES AND ENGINE APPEARED DISCONNECT FROM DRIVE WHEELS. COASTED TO THE SHOULDER AND STOPPED. COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. COULD NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR INCLUDING REVERSE. TRANSMISSION FLUID MARK WAS ABOVE FULL MARK. RESULT WAS FAILURE IN THE TORQUE CONVERTER SPLINE.

2005 FORD FREESTAR, WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. ONCE IT DID, AND I BEGAN DRIVING, CAR JUST STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND PULL OVER TO SAFER AREA. NO PREVIOUS SIGNS OF A PROBLEM.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AT SPEEDS OF 25 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE CONTACT?S ATTEMPTS TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS INDICATING THAT THERE WAS A FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTY'S FOR THE FAILURE. REPAIRS WILL BE MADE AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

ON MARCH 19TH, I TRAVELED TO PORT LAVACA (30 MILES) TO SEE MY AUNT AND TAKE HER OUT TO EAT. AFTER PICKING HER UP AT HER HOME WE WERE ON HWY. 35 TRAVELLING ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE DROPPED TO 20 MPH AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER IT ENOUGH TO MOVE RIGHT INTO A DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS ON, BUT WOULD NOT DRIVE. I SAT IN SHOCK WITH MY MOTHER, MY DAUGHTER, AND MY AUNT. I NEVER HAD ANY WARNING THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING OUT. NO NOISE, NO TROUBLE SHIFTING GEARS, NOTHING. I HAD THE VAN PICKED UP AND TAKEN BACK TO VICTORIA AND IT IS NOW AT THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WAITING FOR US TO GATHER THE MONEY FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION (A LITTLE OVER $3000).

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE APPROX 25 MPH, VEHICLE HAD SLIGHT SURGE THEN CAME TO A STOP. WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. ACTED AS IF IT WAS ALWAYS IN NEUTRAL. OCCURRED ONLY ONCE, CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP. INDICATING FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER. NEED TO REPLACE TORQUE CONVERTER AND OVERHAUL TRANSMISSION FOR $2500.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO REV AND THE RPMS INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. HE STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THE FAILURE TO BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 54,000. UPDATED 05/11/10. *LJ

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE APPROX 25 MPH, VEHICLE HAD SLIGHT SURGE THEN CAME TO A STOP. WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. ACTED AS IF IT WAS ALWAYS IN NEUTRAL. OCCURRED ONLY ONCE, CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP. INDICATING FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER. NEED TO REPLACE TORQUE CONVERTER AND OVERHAUL TRANSMISSION FOR $2500.

WE EXPERIENCED 3 FAILURES OF THE POWER TRAIN MODULE OF OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN FROM OCTOBER 2009 TO MARCH 2010. THE 1ST AND 3RD FAILURES OCCURRED AFTER RAIN. FORTUNATELY, ALL THREE TIMES WE WERE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS, AT TIMES OF DAY WITH LIGHT TRAFFIC AND DID NOT HAVE CHILDREN IN THE VAN. ON THE OCTOBER 9 THE FAILURE RESULTED IN THE VAN BUCKING THEN SHUTTING OFF WITHOUT WARNING WITH VERY LIMITED ABILITY TO STEER THE VAN. WE WERE TOLD THAT MOISTURE HAD ENTERED THE POWER TRAIN MODULE. THE MODULE WAS DRIED AND PASSED DIAGNOSTIC TESTS. ON OCTOBER 22 THE VAN WOULD NOT REVERSE AND JERKED GOING INTO GEAR. THE MODULE REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. WHEN ASKED, FORD DENIED THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM. ON MARCH 15, 2010 THE VAN AGAIN BUCKED THEN SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THIS TIME I NARROWLY AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT ON A RURAL ROAD WITH NO SHOULDER AND TREES CLOSE ON EITHER SIDE. THE POLICE PARKED BEHIND THE VAN BLOCKING THE LANE OF TRAVEL UNTIL AAA ARRIVED. I WAS TOLD THE NEW MODULE FAILED DUE TO MOISTURE. THE MODULE WAS DRIED AND PASSED DIAGNOSTIC TESTS. AGAIN FORD DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE PART AND EVEN PUT THEIR 'TRANSMISSION EXPERT' ON THE PHONE TO TELL ME SO. UPON CHECKING THE INTERNET, WE DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM WITH THIS PART IS, IN FACT, KNOWN. WE INFORMED FORD WHO AGAIN DENIED THE PROBLEM UNTIL WE POINTED OUT THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FILED WITH NHTSA. THEN FORD DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAD A BULLETIN ON THE PART BUT, AS WE KNEW, THERE WAS NO RECALL. FORD TOLD US THAT A WARPE

2005 FORD FREESTAR. 67066 MILES LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING. ENGINE STARTS NONE OF THE GEARS WORK. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT DRIVE *CN

TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC.