Ford Freestar Complaints (2005)

886 consumer complaints on file.

#10376604January 13, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2005 FORD FREESTAR WITH ONLY 61,000 MILES AND ALL MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED SERVICES DONE TO STAY IN WARRANTY. DIED WITH NO FORWARD PROPULSION ON HIGHWAY. VERY DANGEROUS!!! NO WARNING SIGNS AND WAS JUST SERVICED THE WEEK BEFORE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE, AS I HAVE FOUND MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET. THANK GOD THAT MY CHILDREN WERE NOT IN THE CAR AND THAT NO ACCIDENTS WERE CAUSED, BUT IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. PLEASE FIND OUT WHY THIS IS HAPPENING BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10375345January 10, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR AND SUDDENLY LOSS POWER, IT FELT LIKE IT WAS IN NEWTRAL AND COASTED OUT OF THE ROAD TO A PARKING LOT WHERE IT WAS TOW TO A SHOP. BAD TRANSMISSION, IT WILL COST ME ABOUT 3,000 TO REPAIR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10375359January 10, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DRIVING 70 MPH ON I-75 IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN, TRANSMISSION QUIT WITHOUT WARNING, STRANDED MY WIFE, THREE CHILDREN AND MYSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10375148January 7, 2011
STEERING
LOST POWER STEERING ON MY 2005 FORD FREE STAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10375154January 7, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL GARAGE AND WAS DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THEIR WAS NOT A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,150. PM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10374887January 6, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WE HAVE A 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN, I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND STARTED DOWN THE ROAD GOT UP TO 40 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY VAN COASTED TO A STOP NO GEARS. THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, BROUGHT THE VAN TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTER COSTING ME $810. I HAVE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10374862January 5, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE A 2005 FORD FREESTAR SEL, WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE VAN WILL STALL WITH NO WARNING. I HAVE PULLED THE VAN OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND PLACED THE VAN IN NEUTRAL AND RESTARTED THE VAN. WHILE THE VAN IS IN NEUTRAL THE RPM'S WILL GO UP TO AROUND 2000. WHILE PLACING THE VAN BACK IN DRIVE IT SEEMS FINE AFTER ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THE VAN IT JERKS AND AFTER GETTING UP TO ABOUT 20 MPH THE VAN WILL STALL AGAIN. I TOOK TO THE VAN THE FORD DEALER SHIP AND THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS WATER IN THE CONNECTION PLUG FOR THE PCM, THE DEALER SHIP CLEANED THE PLUG AND CONNECTION. THE DEALER SHIP RESEALED THE CONNECTION WITH SILCONE, THEY ALSO SEALED THE PLASTIC GUARD THAT COVERS THE PCM WITH SILCONE. SO FAR WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS YET. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10374718January 5, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS AN INTERNAL PROBLEM WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPLACED. THERE WERE TWO OPEN INVESTIGATIONS REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION UNDER NHTSA ACTION NUMBERS; EA09016 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER) AND PE10033 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE/TCM, PCM). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 51,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10374066January 4, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2005 FORD FREESTAR. NO WARNING, FAILED UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. LUCKILY NO OTHER VEHICLE WAS BEHIND US OR IT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $3500. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10374118January 4, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER SUDDENLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 64,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10373910January 3, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE TORQUE CONVERTER WENT OUT ON MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR 4.2L. IT HAS 83,586 MILES ON IT. I HAD NO WARNING SIGNS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10373482December 30, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10374168December 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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10373160December 28, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10372306December 23, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SUSPENSION:FRONT
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10371933December 21, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10372779December 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?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10371870December 20, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10370510December 13, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10369886December 10, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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