2004 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

VAN WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE, POWER WINDOWS WONT WORK DOOR LOCKS WORK STRANGE. PCM MODULE HAS MOSTURE ALSO HARD SHIFTING WHILE IN TRAFFIC

I HAD THE TORQUE CONVERTER RECALL PERFORMED ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO. WHILE DRIVING TODAY, THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. FORD DEALERSHIPS REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTERS WITH FAULTY TORQUE CONVERTERS.

ACCELERATING AT 35-45MPH. LOSS OF POWER AS ENGINE STARTS A GRINDING NOISE AND WONT UPSHIFT TO NEXT GEAR. INDY MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE/REBUILD TRANSMISSION .RECALL FOR TORQUE CONVERTER WAS PERFORMED BY FORD DEALER PRIOR TO PROBLEM.

DIFFERENT THINGS ARE HAPPENING. MY VAN IDLES AT A HIGHER RPM. MY VAN DOESNT WANT TO CRANK ON THE FIRST TURN OF THE KEY. MY VAN IS POSSIBLY MISS-FIRING. MY FRONT WIPER MOTOR HAS STOPPED. MY ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED. NOW MY BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON BUT THEN MAY GO OFF. MY CAR SHUTS OFF WHEN IDLES, MY BATTERY LIGHT IS ON. NOTHING BUT THE ENGINE CRANKED, BUT BATTERY LIGHT IS ON. MY BATTERY WAS REPLACED WITH IN 6 MONTHS BEFORE THIS. SOMETIMES THE SIDE DOORS DECIDE TO OPEN WHEN BUTTON IS PUSHED AND SOMETIMES THEY DO NOT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH WATER GETTING INTO THE PCM. WATER SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET INTO THIS AREA. THERE IS NOT TIME FRAME AS TO HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN DAMAGED, BUT IT IS A PROBLEM. IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. WHEN RESEARCHING THE INTERNET I FIND THAT THIS IS ALMOST EVERYONE'S ANSWER TO THEIR PROBLEM, I FEEL THAT IT IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS SOME ATTENTION FROM FORD TO RECOGNIZE AGAIN. YES SOMETIMES THESE PROBLEMS CAN BE DUE TO SOMETHING ELSE BUT WHEN ALL OF THE OTHER ITEMS HAVE BEEN FIXED OR REPLACED AND IT CONTINUES THEN IT IS A PROBLEM.

WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AS VEHICLE APPEARS TO SHIFT FROM DRIVE TO OVER DRIVE THERE IS A SHUDDER IN THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE HAD VEHICLE CHECK BY A PROFESSIONAL REPAIR FACILITY AND BEEN ADVISED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS BAD. THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL, ALTHOUGH I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM OF THE VEHICLES THAT WERE RECALLED. I AM HOPING THAT A REVISION CAN BE DONE ON THIS VEHICLE AND ALL OTHERS LIKE CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND THERE WAS NO ENGINE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. IN 2013, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN), BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED RECENTLY BECAUSE THE REMEDY WAS INSUFFICIENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 162,801.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INDICATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN) IN 2012 FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,928.

AS I PROCEEDED TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN,@ A PERMITTIBLE SPEED 25 M.P.H. I COULD HEAR NOISE EMANATING FROM THE RT. FRT. SIDE OF THE VEH. FUEL SYS. FURTHER CK'ING NEEDED. *TR

FIRST CRACK IN U SHAPED STEEL CHANNEL NOTICED WHEN I TOOK THIS VAN IN FOR OTHER RECALL REPAIRS AT YUCCA VALLEY FORD . THEY NOTIFIED ME AND I HAD IT WELDED . A FEW MONTHS LATER CRACK WAS BACK HAD IT REWELDED AND GUSSETS ADDED TO RESTRENGTHEN BOTH SIDES. LASTED SIX MONTHS TILL I TOOK TO TIRE SHOP TO HAVE FRONT END ALIGNED AND TWO NEW TIRES PUT ON. LEFT NEXT DAY FOR GIG BROKE ONE MILE FROM HOME JUST PAST THE WELD. THIS VAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CALIFORNIA CAR TO MY KNOWLEDGE. NO RUST. SAME REAR AXEL AS WINDSTAR. BAD DESIGN. VAN IS HEAVY LITTLE [XXX] STEEL CHANNEL TO HOLD ALL THAT WEIGHT IS STUPID. COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS BUILT THAT WAY. HOW COME NO RECALL FOR SAME AXEL DESIGN ON FREESTAR. PEOPLE APT TO DIE FROM THIS STUPID DESIGN. *TR INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TRANSAXLE BROKE WHILE I WAS IN A FASTFOOD DRIVE THRU. COMPLETE LOSS OF DRIVABILITY. *TR