THIS IS A BIG, BIG, DEAL RELATED TO DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE. REFERENCE BULLETIN:FORD TSB 6-14-10, ISSUED JULY 24, 2006 (SUPERSEDES FORD TSB 5-23-7 ISSUED NOVEMBER 28, 2005) MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL SURGING AND UNABLE TO SHIFT AND NO REVERSE GEAR. HAVE HAD OFF AND ON PROBLEMS FOR THE PAST YEAR RESULTING IN ABOUT $2000 OF SERVICE TO FIGURE OUT WHY CAR ACTING UP, SURGING, INABILITY TO SHIFT, AT TIMES NO FORWARD OR REVERSE GEAR. ONE TIME DROVE 25 MPH TO GET HOME 20 MILES AND POLICE STOPPED ME BECAUSE SUSPICIOUS DRIVING. I TOLD HIM I WAS HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. TRANSMISSION AS IT TURNS OUT IS PERFECT. PCM IS MALFUNCTIONING INTERMITTENTLY BECAUSE OF ENGINEERING PROBLEM OF PCM SHORTING OUT.TOWED TO FORD DEALER AND SAID NEEDED $2-5000 TRANSMISSION. TOWED HOME AND SUDDENLY STARTED WORKING. INVESTIGATED THIS BULLETIN THAT THE FORD DEALER WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH AND THEY ACCEPTED MY INFORMATION DESCRIBING THE BULLETIN TO THEM. WHY HAS THIS PROBLEM NOT RISEN TO THE RECALL STATUS GIVEN THE EXTREME DANGER ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING AND LOOSING ALL CONTROL OF THE CAR CAUSING A VERY DANGEROUS PERILOUS SITUATION TO ME MY FAMILY AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD?
2005 Ford Freestar complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2005 record →
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AT SAM LEMAN FORD (1508 MORRISSEY DR, BLOOMINGTON, IL 61701, 309-938-4596) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR COMPRESSOR FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 83,000. *JS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFTER DID NOT RESPOND WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK AND THE RPMS INCREASED TO 3,000. THE CONTACT SHIFTED THE GEAR SHIFTER INTO NEUTRAL AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CALLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 131,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED. A WEEK LATER, THE VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE REVERSING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER (AUTONATION FORD SOUTH FORT WORTH, 5300 CAMPUS DR., FORT WORTH, TX 76119, (817) 522-3225) STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST BECAUSE THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,879.
I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT ON US HWY 17. VEHICLE HAS RUN FINE THEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND WOULD NOT MOVE MOTOR REVED UP WHEN YOU SELECT GEARS YOU CAN HEAR THE TRANSMISSION WORK BUT NO POWER THIS HAPPENED IN A 6 LANE HWY IN MYRTLE BEACH SC
WATER DRIPPED FROM THE WIPER BLADE COWL INTO THE PCM, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO START, DRIVE BRIEFLY, AND THEN SHUT OFF WHILE MOVING, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT HIGH SPEEDS OR WITH A LOT OF TRAFFIC AROUND, IT COULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OR DEADLY. THE MECHANIC SAYS THIS IS A PROBLEM HE SEES WITH FORD WINDSTAR VEHICLES. THE MECHANIC STATED THE PCM WAS LITERALLY UNDER WATER WHEN HE RECEIVED THE VEHICLE, DESPITE THE CAUSE BEING A FAIRLY TYPICAL RAIN STORM, AND DRYING OUT THE PCM DID NOT HELP, AS THE DAMAGE HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT, AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE AND SPEAKING WITH MECHANICS, APPEARS TO BE COMMON. FORD NEEDS TO FIX THIS ISSUE BEFORE A VEHICLE LOSES CONTROL AT HIGH SPEEDS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIGHWAY FORD (18982 JOHNNIE B HALL MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, DERIDDER, LOUISIANA 70634) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
TORT CONVERTER FAILING, I WAS DRIVING FROM VA TO NC AND MY CAR STALLED IN M DOLE OF INTERSTATE , AND I READ THAT THERE WAS A RECALL, I WAS NEEDING TO KNOW IF MY VEHICLE IS COVERED UNDER THIS ISSUE? PLEASE CALL [XXX]. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK VIOLENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE REVERSING OF THE DRIVEWAY, A METAL-TO-METAL SOUND EMERGED FROM THE THIRD ROW OF SEATS IN THE VEHICLE. THE SHEET OF METAL HOLDING THE BASE OF THE SEAT CORRODED AND FRACTURED, SENDING THE SEAT FORWARD WHERE TWO OF THE CONTACT'S CHILDREN WERE SEATED. THE DEALER AND INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DID NOT DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 210,000.
REAR HATCH DOOR WHEN OPENED IMMEDIATELY CLOSES, WIFE WAS TRAPPED IN THE DOOR AND HAD TO BE HELPED TO REOPEN THE DOOR BY A PASSING MAN. STATIONARY IN A PARKING LOT
VEHICLE WAS ONCE UNDER RECALL FOR TORQUE CONVERTER BUT ACTUAL PROBLEM IS WATER SEEPING INTO THE PCM. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY HAS SHIFTING PROBLEMS, SUDDENLY LOSES ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING, SOMETIMES WON'T GO INTO GEAR AT ALL, AND KNOCKS AND SHUDDERS VERY INTENSELY WHILE ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE PERFORMS ALL THESE WHILE DRIVING OR STATIONARY ON ALL STREETS AT ALL SPEEDS. THE PROBLEM INITIALLY IT INTERMITTENT AND PROGRESSIVELY GETS WORSE.
HEADLIGHT LENSES HAVE FADED REAL BAD, MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT
WE OWN A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE SLIDING DOOR LOCK FAILED ON PASSENGER SIDE AND COULD NOT BE UNLOCKED ELECTRONICALLY OR MANUALLY. THE LOCAL FORD MECHANIC STATED THAT THE COST TO REPAIR WAS $600+ FOR PARTS & $300 FOR LABOR TO FIX. APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.
MY VAN JUST SUDDENLY LOST ALL DRIVE POWER. IT WONT GO FORWARD OR BACK. IT SHUDDERS AND DOESNT ACCELERATE PROPERLY.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH REAR SLIDING DOORS DID NOT WORK AND FAILED TO OPEN MANUALLY. THE FAILURE MADE IT A SAFETY HAZARD FOR REAR PASSENGERS IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 199,000.
TRANSMISSION GOES IN AND OUT OF GEAR WHEN WARM. SHIFTS PERFECTLY UNTIL WARM. FORD MINIVAN TRANSMISSIONS ARE SO BAD!!! WHY??? FORD FIX MY TRANSMISSION!!!!
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN STOPPED AT A GROCERY STORE, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WAS LOCKED AND FAILED TO UNLOCK BOTH FROM THE INTERIOR AND FROM EXTERIOR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER SHERWOOD OF SALISBURY LOCATED AT 1902 N SALISBURY BLVD, SALISBURY, MD 21801; 866-341-4841 WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THE FAILURE AND NEEDED TO BE INSPECTED. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AT 800-392-3673. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WERE TWO RECALLS BUT NO RECALL FOR THE FAILURE. A CASE NUMBER WAS PROVIDED: CAS-12779247-C5Y2K4. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.
WHILE DRIVING DOWN A CITY ROAD AT ANY SPEED, RPMS WILL SUDDENLY INCREASE SLIGHTLY, THEN VEHICLE WILL DROP IN RPMS CREATING A SOUND SIMILAR TO A HORSE NEIGHING. SOMETIMES VEHICLE WILL LOOSE ALL MOTOR POWER, WHICH WILL REQUIRE A SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL, TURNING OFF KEY THEN TURNING ON KEY, RESTARTING ENGINE. THIS WILL TYPICALLY HAPPEN WHEN TURNING ONTO A ROAD FROM A DEAD STOP, OR WHEN GOING UP HILL. THIS IS AN ON GOING ISSUE SINCE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED VIA SIDE OF ROAD DEAL ON 6/14/2017, AT 189,000 MILES. VEHICLE IS NOW AT 190000. IN FIELD OF "WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN DATE WILL BE PURCHASE DATE. HARD TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION SINCE VIDEO WOULD BE BETTER TO PROVIDE PROOF OF PROBLEM.
ON JUNE 5TH 2017 WE HIT A DEER WITH OUR VAN ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. AFTER THE DEER HIT THE VAN THE DEER SPUN AROUND AND WENT UNDER THE VAN. THE VAN WAS DRIVEABLE AND THERE WEREN'T ANY FLUIDS LEAKING. ON OUR WAY HOME THAT SAME NIGHT WHEN YOU WOULD GET UP TO 60 MILES PER HOUR IT WOULD JERK REALLY BAD IN THE TRANSMISSION. WELL WHEN WE HAD THE DAMAGE ON THE SIDE OF THE VAN FIXED WE HAD THEM LOOK AT IT. THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM THEN. WE TOOK IT BACK TO THEM AGAIN AND IT WAS GETTING WORSE. THEY FIGURED OUT THAT IT MOW HAD A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER.
TORQUE CONVERTER AND OUTPUT SHAFT. WHEN ACCELERATING INTERNAL SHAFT SPLINES SOUNDS STRIPPED WITH NO POWER TO GO . TACHOMETER IN TAKE OFF REVES UP WHEN CHANGING GEARS.
2005 FORD FREESTAR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO UNSATISFACTORY CUSTOMER SERVICE AT DEALERSHIP AND UNRESOLVED VEHICLE PROBLEMS. *SMD CONSUMER SENT ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ON AFTER MULTIPLE REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO STALL. THE TORQUE CONVERTER WENT OUT AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS TRADED IN. *JS *JS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO NHTSA. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOCKS ON THE VEHICLE DOORS BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 68,145.
VEHICLE WAS MAKING A SOUND KIND OF LIKE A MISFIRE IN THE AIR INTAKE OR BACK FIRE IN THE EXHAUST. LISTENED SEVERAL TIMES AND SOUNDED LIKE THE NOISE WAS ACTUALLY COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. TOOK IT FOR A DIAGNOSIS TO J&A TRANSMISSION IN MORRIS, IL THEIR DIAGNOSIS WAS IT'S THE TORQUE CONVERTER WHICH IS A RECALL FOR THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL BUT FORD IS UNWILLING TO HELP US BE SAFE AND REPAIR THE ISSUE SINCE OUR VIN ISN'T LISTED IN THEIR SYSTEM FOR THE RECALL. NHTSA ISSUED THE RECALL FOR ALL 2004-05 MODELS. SEE PE09-033
"REAR SEAT LATCHES SUBJECT TO CORROSION". AFTER ORIGINAL SALE, THIS VAN WAS MODIFIED BY RIDE-AWAY(RICHMOND) TO TRANSPORT WHEELCHAIR-DEPENDENT PASSENGERS IN THE REAR AREA. THE ENTIRE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOWERED, FUEL TANK ETC. MOVED TO BELOW REAR SEAT AREA, AND A HINGED BENCH SEAT WAS INSTALLED OVER THE SPARE TIRE COMPARTMENT. THE ORIGINAL REAR SEATS NO LONGER EXIST, NOR DO THEIR ATTACHING POINTS. THE CAR WAS SERVICED AT BATTLEFIELD FORD, MANASSAS, VA., ON AT LEAST THREE OCCASIONS WHEREIN THEY WERE REQUESTED TO REMOVE THIS VEHICLE FROM THE REAR SEAT LATCH REPLACEMENT RECALL. BATTLEFIELD FORD HAS ELECTED NOT TO COMPLY, AND I KEEP GETTING NOTICES OF NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE RECALL. HELP!
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE THIRD ROW SEAT BACK INTO AN UPRIGHT POSITION, THE SEAT FAILED TO LATCH. THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE METAL AROUND THE SEAT LATCH WAS RUSTED. THE CONTACT THEN NOTED THAT THE REAR WHEEL WELLS ALSO SHOWED SEVERE RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO A DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 162,015.
WHILE DRIVING THE RPM WOULD DROP TO ZERO AND NO POWER WOULD GO TOWARDS MOVEMENT. THEN RPM WOULD SUDDENLY JUMP TO OVER 1500 CAUSING MY VAN TO LURCH AND JUMP EVEN WHILE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. I WAS DRIVING WITHIN THE CITY, SPEED OF 30 MPH.
WHEN IT'S RAINING OR WET SNOW OUTSIDE THE VAN STARTS TO CHUG. THIS CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO HAVE LOSS OF POWER AND IT BECOMES JERKY. THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTS TO FLASH. IT ONLY DOES THIS WHEN IT'S WET OUTSIDE- IT HAPPENS ON THE FREEWAY, DIRT ROADS, PAVED IN TOWN ROADS.... I'M SURE IT IS THE ELECTRICAL BOX UNDER THE HOOD GETTING WET FROM A MANUFACTURE OVERLOOK- I'VE READ THIS WAS AN ISSUE AND BECAUSE IT HASN'T CAUSED A DEATH IT'S NOT SOMETHING FORD HAS TO FIX? I HAVE CHILDREN AND I WILL NOT ALLOW MY FAMILY TO BE A LOSS BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURE ISSUE. FORD SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THE FIX.
VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING WILL NOT ENGAGE ANY GEARS. SHIFTS GEAR WITH NO PROBLEM, BUT IT WILL NOT MOVE WHEN SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, REVERSE, ETC. WE ARE UNABLE TO USE ANY MOMENTUM TO MOVE OFF THE ROAD SAFELY. UPON RESEARCH IT MAY BE RELATED TO THE TORQUE CONVERTER RECALL FROM 2009. VEHICLE HAS 154,700 MILAGE. WE WERE AT A STOPLIGHT WHEN MOTIVE POWER FAILED, MOVING AT ABOUT 10 MPH.
MY TRANSMITION TURN MY CAR OFF IN THE HIGHEST MY ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS GOING ON
2005 FORD FREESTAR RECALL I HAVE A 2005 FORD FREESTAR AND DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT HAD BEEN RECALLED. I WAS DRIVING AN HOUR AWAY FROM MY HOME WHEN COMING DOWN AN EXTREMELY BUSY OFFRAMP THE TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED WORKING. IT TOOK ME AN HOUR AT LEAST TO GET THE VAN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS PEOPLE WERE HONKING AND FLYING DOWN THE OFFRAMP. I HAD MY TWO KIDS WITH ME AND THEY WERE TERRIFIED. I LOOKED UP THE SYMPTOMS OF MY VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED THE RECALL OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND HOW IT CAN KILL THE TRANSMISSION IMMEDIATELY SO I FELT CONFIDENT FORD WOULD HELP S THE VAN HAD A RECALL ON THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND I HAD IT TOWED TO PHIL LONG IN SPRINGS, BECAUSE IT QUIT SHIFTING IN THE SPRINGS, AND THEY TOLD ME TODAY IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. I DID RESEARCH AND ITS DOING THE SAME THING ALL 05 FREESTARS WERE DOING TO GET RECALLED. THE GUY AT THE SERVICE PLACE ALSO SAID THAT IT HAD ALREADY BEEN FIXED WHICH WAS NOT TRUE BECAUSE I RAN THE VIN PREVIOUSLY TEN HE TOD ME IT WAS THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION BUT I DON'T TRUST THEM. I SHOULD STILL HAVE A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER PUT IN AS WELL RIGHT? I CALLED A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THE LADY WHO ANSWERED THE PHONE SAID THAT SHE DOUBTED MY VEHICLE WAS RECALLED BUT I ASSURED HER I HAD ALREADY CALLED AND CHECKED SO SHE TOLD ME TO HAVE IT TOGETHER. I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. WHEN I HAD THE VAN TOWED TO PHIL LONG IN COLORADO SPRINGS THEY WERE VERY RUDE. INITIALLY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HELP BUT I EXPLAINED THE ROW TRUCK DRIVER ALREADY LEFT IT. THEY ASKED US TO WA
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. UPON PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR WHEEL WELL WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE REAR WHEEL. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE METAL PART OF THE SEAT BRACKET FROM THE WHEEL WELL AND CONTINUED DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. RECENTLY, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V081000 (SEATS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,000.
ON NOVEMBER I WAS GOING SHOPPING WITH MY TWO KIDS,OUT OF THE SUDDEN MY VAN STOPPED IN THE INTERSECTION OF WASHINGTON AND MILES, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, I PUSHED IT TO THE SIDE OFF THE ROAD. IT DIDN'T TURN ON SO I CALLED THE TOW TRUCK. WE'RE BEING TRYING TO FIXED IT BUT NOW IT JUST DOESN'T SHIFT. IT IS UNKNOWN AS TO WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE TRUNK OF THE VEHICLE, THE HYDRAULIC LOCK FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,765.
HAD THE TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED AS PER RECALL AT 53692 MILES. TWO YEARS AND 12000 MILES LATER THE VAN LOST POWER ON THE ROAD. DEALER ESTIMATED $1300 TO DIAGNOSE AND $3000 IF IT IS THE TRANSMISSION.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR AXLE HAD A DENT AND CAUSED THE BRAKE LINES TO RUB AGAINST THE TIRE. THE REAR AXLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 169,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY FORCE TO THE STEERING WHEEL IN ORDER TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.
BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO HESITATE OR SHUDDER. PULLED ONTO INTERSTATE AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTED VERY SLUGGISHLY AND STARTED SLIPPING. PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. WITH TRANSMISSION IN GEAR, ENGINEERING JUST REVED. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED HOME. THE NEXT MORNING THE VEHICLE WOULD MOVE BUT CONTINUES TO SHUDDER/SLIP. WENT ONLINE AND DISCOVERED RECALL. HAD RECEIVED NO NOTICE FROM FORD.
IN MOTION AND IN DRIVE ON STATE ROUTE 309 THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING LOST ALL ABILITY TO MOVE. WE HAD MYSELF, MY HUSBAND, MY THREE DAUGHTERS (17, 10, AND 1) PLUS OUR NEW BORN SON IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE COASTED TO A NEAR BY GAS STATION BUT NOT BEFORE BEING VERY CLOSE HIT IN THE BACK BY A SEMI TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK, THEN DRIVE AGAIN TO SEE IF THE VEHICLE WOULD GO INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO GO INTO GEAR. THE OTHER GEARS ON THE VEHICLE WERE TESTED ONLY TO CONFIRM THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR OR MOVE. AT THIS TIME FORD CORPERATE HAD BEEN CONTACTED AND THEY SUGGESTED WE PAY TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD REPAIR GARAGE. (WE HAS JUST GOT THE VEHICLE BACK 4 DAYS PRIOR TO THE INABILITY TO MOVE, TO HAVE A POWER TRAIN SENSOR THEY DIAGNOSED AS BAD BECAUSE THE POWER TRAIN LIGHT HAD BEEN BLINKING AND THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN JERKING WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE.) UNABLE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD, DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK, WE HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLE HOME.
PROBLEMS WITH WATER GETTING IN THE ECM HAD 3 TRANSMISSIONS SHOP SAY MY TRANSMISSION NEEDED REBUILD SO I HAD IT REBUILT AND IT'S STILL SLIPPING BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH ONLY OTHER THING IT CAN BE IS A WET ECM TRANSMISSION SHOP CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT COST ME 1600 ALREADY AND STILL SLIPPING GOT TO BE THE ECM. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION JUST QUIT WORKING SHUT IT OFF THEN WAS WORKING AGAIN HAS TO KILL SOMEONE BEFORE IT'S RECALLED.
MY FREESTAR WAS RECALLED FOR A PROBLEM WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER,( MY VEHICLE NEVER REALLY HAD GOOD PICK-UP) ANYWAY THE TRANS WENT AND A FORD DEALER IN NY STATE (WATKINS GLEN) REPAIRED IT IT STILL DIDNT HAVE ANY PICK -UP NOW ABOUT 1.5 YEARS LATER IM HAVING SAME PROBLEM MY VANS BEEN SITTING NOW FOR A YEAR COULD THEY HAVE INSTALLED ANOTHER FAULTY TORQUE CONVERTER? WHAT CAN I DO?08
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 5 MPH. THE TRANSAXLE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND AN UNFAMILIAR WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
TAKATA RECALL - 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN 135,000 MILES..... TRANSMISSION FAILURE 3 (MARCH 2012) (JULY 2007) TIMES IN 11 YEARS. RECALL ISSUED FOR SAME EXACT VAN BUILT AT OTHER PLANT BUT DOES NOT COVER MY VAN. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS AS FORD SAYS THAT THEY USE THE SAME PARTS AT ALL LOCATIONS. WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AND LOST ALL POWER (BREAKS, STEERING ECT.). HAVE ALMOST WRECKED MULTIPLE TIMES DUE TO THIS ISSUE. WE HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND HAVE ONLY BEEN TOLD HOW SORRY THEY ARE THAT WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS. DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER ACCUSED US OF SAID VEHICLE IN AREA WITH LOST OF WATER.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH DOWN A STEEP DECLINE, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE. THE CONTACT LOST SLIGHT STEERING CONTROL ON THE MOUNTAINOUS ROAD. AFTER REGAINING CONTROL, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. ADDITIONALLY, WITHIN THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED; HOWEVER, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE IN THE DESIRED GEAR SELECTION UNTIL SEVERAL HOURS LATER. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON A SEPARATE OCCASION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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