2006 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

MY CHILDREN AND I WERE RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO AND WERE DRIVING THROUGH KENTUCKY ON THE INTERSTATE. WHILE WE WERE GOING UP A HILL THE CAR JUST STARTED TO REV AS THOUGH IT WERE STUCK IN NEUTRAL. I TRIED LOWER GEARS AND FINALLY WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE OF THE FREEWAY AND ON TO THE SIDE. THANKFULLY WE WERE ALL OKAY. AFTER LEAVING IT IN A DIFFERENT STATE FROM WHICH WE LIVE AND HAVING THE TORQUE CONVERTER REPAIRED, WE WERE ABLE TO RETURN AND DRIVE IT HOME. APPROXIMATELY 4 AND A HALF MONTHS LATER, I AM DRIVING HOME FROM A NIGHT CLASS ON ROAD THAT DOES NOT HAVE GREAT LIGHTING AND GOING UP A HILL THE SAME THING HAPPENS. THIS TIME IT IS TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP AND WE ARE TOLD THAT IT WILL COST US $2400 TO PUT IN A NEW TRANSMISSION. FROM WHAT I CAN SEE HERE BY OTHER COMPLAINTS AND OTHER WEB-SITES, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT. I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED. UNTIL THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME, THIS WAS A GREAT VEHICLE. I WOULD NOT BE SO UPSET, IF WE HAD NOT JUST HAD THIS PROBLEM REPAIRED SUCH A SHORT TIME AGO AND IF IT WERE NOT SO OVER ABUNDANT IN THESE AND OTHER VEHICLES.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 295, IN NJ MILE MARK 33 WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED SMELLING AND SMOKING. I PULLED OVER AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAME OUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT AND NEEDED REPLACED AND IT WOULD COST ME $3,500.00. FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING ONLINE THEY RECALLED THE 2004 - 2005 TRANSMISSION FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I ALSO READ THAT THE SAME TRANSMISSION IS USED FROM THE 2004 - 2007 MODELS, SO WHY WOULD IT FAIL FOR THE 2004 - 2005 BUT NOT FOR THE 2006 - 2007. I JUST MADE MY LAST PAYMENT ON THIS VEHICLE IN AUGUST OF 2013 AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT ON SEPT 2013. I AM UPSET WITH THIS ESPECIALLY HAVING A VAN FULL OF CHILDREN RETURNING FROM A TRIP. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED A LONG TIME AGO AND NOT STILL ALLOW FOR THE PROBLEM TO CONTINUE. *JB

MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE TRAVELING HOME FROM COLUMBUS OHIO, WE WERE TRAVELING ON SR 53. WHEN OUR 2006 FORD FREESTAR ENGINE STARTED INCREASING RPM'S. WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE TRANSMISSION JUST ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEURAL. WE WERE ABLE TO GET OFF ROAD BUT WAS ALMOST HIT BY SEMI BEHIND US. WE WERE STRANDED ON A COUNTRY ROAD AT 3 AM. I FINALLY CONTACTED A TOWING SERVIVE AND $120.00 LATER WE MADE IT HOME. I CONTACTED OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY SAID YES, WE NO WHATS WRONG WHAT IS YOUR VIN NUMBER? I GAVE THEM MY VIN NUMBER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WASN'T ON THEIR LIST????? IT THE SAME PROBLEM THEY KNOW THEY HAVE BUT SINCE IT WASN'T ON THEIR RECALL LIST IT WAS MY RESPONDSABILITY. THSI VAN ONLY HAS 36,000 MILES, FORD KNOWS THEY HAVE A PROBLEMAND WON'T OWN UP TO IT FINANCIALLY. THEY ARE GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED IF THIS PROBLEM ISN'T FIXED. HOW CAN A COMPANY KNOW THEY HAVE A SAFETY PROBLEM AND NOT BE LIABLE FOR THEIR POOLY DESIGNED TRANSMISSION.

DRIVING DOWN ROAD AT 40 MPH. VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ALL DRIVE POWER. NO FORWARD, OR REVERSE AVAILABLE WHEN TRANSMISSION SHIFTED BETWEEN ALL GEAR POSITIONS. ENGINE WOULD REV NORMALLY AND ENGINE RUNNING FINE. TRANSMISSION WHEN OUT. NO DRIVE POWER. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE TORQUE CONVERTER/TRANSMISSION RECALL THAT WAS DONE ON THE 2005 AND 2006 FREESTAR. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,000. UPDATED 9/4/13 *CN THE VEHICLE WAS REAPIRED AT A COST OF $ 1,550.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE RPM READING INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY IN MY FORD FREESTAR 2006 AND THE MINIVAN SEIZED, I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND I HAD DRIFTED OFF ONTO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WERE THE GRASS AND A FEW TURNS HELPED SLOW DOWN MY VEHICLE. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY JUMP OUT OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. WHEN THE VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED, I JUMPED OUT AND AN AMBULANCE ASSISTED PUTTING OUT THE FIRE. THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON ABOUT 2 MINUTES BEFORE THIS OCCURRED, GIVING ME NO WARNING SIGNS. I FOUND OUT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. IN 2011, THE SAME THING OCCURRED, ENGINE AND CAR COMPLETELY FAILED. WHEN I TOOK IT IN - IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. I HAD TO BUY ANOTHER TRANSMISSION IN LESS THAN A YEAR. FORD WAS NOT WILLING TO ASSIST ME OR TALK TO ME ABOUT IT. I CALLED SEVERAL TIMES COMPLAINING ABOUT SAFETY AND THE POSSIBLE ACCIDENTS IT COULD HAVE CAUSED. NONE THE LESS, IN 2012, THE TRANSMISSION WENT AGAIN. THANK GOODNESS IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. SAME THING, CAR COMPLETELY SEIZED WHILE DRIVING AGAIN. IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN!! THREE YEARS OF GETTING A TRANSMISSION - SOMETHING IS WRONG AND NOONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. MY TRANSMISSION LIGHT WENT OFF AGAIN - I AM AFRAID TO EVEN DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER. THIS IS RIDICULOUS - WHO IS HELPING THE CONSUMER AND PROTECTING THEM AGAINST THIS? MY KIDS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE VEHICLE NOW IN CASE THE CAR SEIZES ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SHOULDER WHERE IT WAS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

THE SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE. THE VAN DOES NOT SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. IF IT DOES SHIFT, IT IS A VERY HARD SHIFT. SOME TIMES NEED TO BACK OFF ON GAS SO IT SHIFTS. ONCE IN SECOND GEAR, VAN RUNS GOOD. REVERSE IS SPORADIC AS WELL. SOME TIMES IT WANTS TO. SOMETIMES NOT SO MUCH. CHANGED TRANSMISSION FILTER. DID NOT CORRECT THE SITUATION. DID SOME RESEARCH TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD ISSUES LIKE I AM HAVING TO FIND OUT THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL BUT PREVIOUS 2 YEARS. NOT SURE WHY THIS YEAR HAS NOT HAD A RECALL TO FIX THE TORQUE CONVERTER, BUT I AM HOPING THAT THERE WILL BE A RECALL SOON.... IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED.... *TR

WHILE DRIVING, COMING TO A STOP SIGN, I STOPPED, WHEN COMMENCING TO GO THROUGH THE STOP SIGN, VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. I TRIED PUTTING VEHICLE IN REVERSE, I MOVED APPROX 2 FEET AND COULD NOT MOVE ANYMORE IN ANY GEAR. I RECEIVED HELP TO PUSH INTO A PARKING SPACE AWAY FROM TRAFFIC UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. AFTER RESEARCHING, I FOUND THAT A RECALL EXISTS ON THE FAULTY TORQUE CONVERTERS WHICH COULD AFFECT THE TRANSMISSION ALSO ON THE 2004 AND 2005 FORD FREESTAR AND IT IS THE SAME EXACT FAULTY PART AS ON MY VEHICLE. FRUSTRATINGLY MY VEHICLE THE 2006 FREESTAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN FORDS RECALL PROGRAM, BUT IT SHOULD BE. FORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT OCCUR ON THE HIGHWAY IN A MORE DANGEROUS SITUATION. I AM CURRENTLY ON DIALYSIS AND MY WIFE WITH PARKINSON'S THIS IS ADDING TO OUR OVERALL DECLINING HEALTH WITH THIS ADDITIONAL STRESS. NOW I FOUND OUT WE MAY HAVE TO SPEND AN ADDITIONAL $3000 TO FIX OUR VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL FORD CUSTOMER FOR 45 YEARS. *TR