2004 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S THIRD ROW REAR SEAT WAS UNATTACHED TO THE ANCHOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V081000 (SEATS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. MA 10/5 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE THIRD ROW SEAT BRACKETS WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SEAT BRACKETS WERE CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BE SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V081000 (SEATS) BUT THE DEALER DECLINED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH TURNING INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE TWO REAR WHEELS DETACHED WITHOUT WARNING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 210,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY 4 CHILDREN ALL BUT ONE IN A CAR SEAT, MY CAR JUST DIED WITHOUT WARNING, MY CAR STARTING ROLLING BACKWARDS BEFORE I HAD EVEN REALIZED IT SHUT DOWN. IN PANIC I GOT THE CAR STOPPED AND PUT INTO PARK AND GOT HAZARDS ON AND THEN TRIED STARTING CAR AND IT FIRED RIGHT BACK UP. I BROUGHT IT TO MECHANIC TO BE TOLD ITS THE AIR FILTER, CHANGED THAT THEN GOT TOLD ITS THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR, REPLACED THAT THEN WAS TOLD THAT'S NOT IT. FINALLY SOMEONE SAID ITS THE PCM!! NO ONE CAN DO IT BUT FORD SO I CALLED FORD, FORD SAYS THAT CANNOT DO IT!! GO FIGURE, SO I AM NOW SCRAMBLING FOR THE MONEY AND FOR THE PARTS AND FOR THE MECHANIC TO FIX THIS. AND FROM WHAT I CAN FOLLOW FROM THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ITS NOT JUST ME THIS HAPPENING TO OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THIS IS A FAULTY MAKE AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO COME OUT OF THE CUSTOMERS POCKET ANYMORE. FORD SHOULD PICK UP THE PIECES.

MY CAR HAS SPENT 10 DAYS AT FORD TO BE SERVICED AFTER HAVING THE SAFETY RECALL SERVICE FOR THE TORQUE CONVERTER PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEHAVING UNPREDICTABLY, SOMETIMES STALLING OUT WHILE IDLED, STALLING OUT WHILE IN MOTION, SOMETIMES IDLING WITH HIGH OR LOW RPMS. THE DEALERSHIP TOOK IT BACK IN TO CHECK THE TORQUE CONVERTER, THEY THEN SAID IT WASN'T THE TORQUE CONVERTER BUT THE THROTTLE BODY, THEY THEN CLEANED THAT AND SAID IT'S NOT THE THROTTLE BODY, IT'S THE PCM. THE PCM IS TAKING ON WATER FROM A FLAWED DESIGN OF THE ABOVE PCM WHERE WATER IS RETAINED AND EVENTUALLY LEAKS ON TO THE CONNECTOR. THIS OF COURSE IS NOT COVERED BY FORD, AND CAN COST UP TO $1200 TO REPLACE. THIS ISSUE CREATES A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SYMPTOMS MAKING IT HARD TO IDENTIFY THE ORIGIN OF THE PROBLEM. CAUSING EXTENDED STAYS FOR MAINTENANCE. THIS SHOULD BE RECTIFIED BY FORD AND NOT IT'S CUSTOMERS AS THERE'S NO WAY THIS FLAW CAN BE CAUSED BY USER ERROR, IT'S A DESIGN FLAW THAT SHOULD NOT EXIST.

2ND TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. WAS DRIVING WHEN THE VAN STARTED BUCKING/SPUTTERING/SURGING. IT WOULD DIE AND THEN FIRE RIGHT BACK UP JUST TO DO IT ONCE AGAIN. SOAKED PCM CONNECTOR WAS TO BLAME BOTH TIMES. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FLAW BY FORD AND NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. I'M GLAD I WAS NOT ON THE INTERSTATE OR IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION.

FOLLOWING THE SAFETY RECALL REPLACEMENT OF MY 2004 FORD FREESTAR'S TORQUE CONVERTER MY VAN LOST ALL POWER WHILE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION GOING APPROXIMATELY 15MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF A PROBLEM (NO LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD, NO ODD NOISES, NOTHING). THE VEHICLE JUST LOST ALL POWER AND CAME TO A STOP, LUCKILY I WAS JUST SHY OF THE CROSS-TRAFFIC. THERE ARE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF THIS VEHICLE IF IT DIES AFTER GETTING THE PROBLEM PART, THE TORQUE CONVERTER, REPLACED AS A RESULT OF A SAFETY RECALL. UPON BRINGING IT BACK TO A FORD DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE REPLACEMENT PART REINSPECTED, I WAS TOLD THERE ARE NO CODES BEING THROW BY THE COMPUTER AND THE CAR IS FINE. CLEARLY THE CAR IS NOT FINE IF IT'S STALLING OUT WITHOUT WARNING WHILE IN MOTION. I'M VERY FRUSTRATED.

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS RAINING OUTSIDE AND AS I WAS DRIVING ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR JUST DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY NO WARNING ,NO NOTHING JUST DIED I ALMOST WAS REAR ENDED, I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO SAID THE PCM IS NOT SEALED PROPERLY AND GOT WET AND FRIED OUT THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT FORD WOULD SEE TONS OF THESE COMPLAINTS LIKE I HAVE SEEN ONLINE SAME PROBLEMS AND PUT PEOPLE LIVES AND THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES IN DANGER WITH THIS POOR MANUFACTURING. WHAT CAN I DO ??? THANK YOU [XXX] VIN UNAVAILABLE INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR*JB

STARTED SPUTTERING, JERKING, AND STALLING PCM WAS WET CAUSING ALL KINDS OF HAVIC LOST POWER GOING INTO A TURN AND ALMOST WENT INTO A DITCH FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THIS ONGOING PROBLEM AND GET IT FIXED BEFORE SOMETHING MAJOR HAPPENS ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING AND FORD KNOWS IT IS THERE FAULT AND THEY HAVE A PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED A YEAR AGO COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE ALMOST WENT INTO A DITCH TRYING TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD NO PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION UNTIL I HAD FORD REPLACE TORQUE CONVERTER DUE TO RECALL