2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

AFTER 2 HOURS OF DRIVING, I TRIED TO PASS A CAR ON THE TURNPIKE, THE CAR MADE A LOUD NOISE AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT WENT INTO NEUTRAL. TOOK THE CAR TO THE SHOP, THEY SAY THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS BROKEN, FORD REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER DUE TO THE RECALL ON JANUARY OF 2014, BUT NOW THEY ARE SAYING THAT THE ISSUE IS NOT THE TORQUE CONVERTED, THEY STATE THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT. *JS

COMING INTO MY PARKING LOT, I LOST POWER STEERING. IT APPEARS THAT I HAVE A LEAK. BUT BEFORE THIS HAPPENED, I HAD SOME ODD SOUNDS HAPPENING AND SOME OTHER MINOR ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE THAT AT THE TIME SEEMED UNRELATED. THEN I LOST MY STEERING. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED IN '09, SO I EXPECTED A FEW ISSUES ALONG THE WAY. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST MAJOR ISSUE I HAVE HAD, AS I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANNY RECALL ISSUE REPAIRED ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO AGO. (WHAT IS IT WITH FORD THINKING IT IS MORE COST EFFICIENT TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET HARMED THAN TO FIX A PROBLEM?!!! UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE NOT HAD THE INCOME TO BUY A NON-FORD VEHICLE, BUT MARK MY WORDS, WHEN I DO HAVE THE INCOME, I WILL NO LONGER BE A FORD DRIVER.) NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE HAD TO GET RECALL WORK DONE EITHER, I NOW HAVE TO GET THE REAR SEAT FIXED YET, BUT CANNOT DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER TO GET IT FIXED BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE POWER STEERING! IRONIC? HHMMMM...I WONDER. MY CAR HAS BEEN SITTING SINCE JAN 6 2014. NO MONEY TO FIX IT UNTIL NOW. THANKS FORD -PLEASE NOTE: SAID WITH SARCASM. *TR

I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THE FAILURE OF A COMPANY AND A VAN. I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2005 FORD FREESTAR FOR MY FAMILY OF FIVE THAT HAS BEEN THE WORST DECISION OF MY LIFE. A MONTH AFTER I EXPERIENCED WHAT TOO MANY OTHER OWNER HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED. WATER IN THE PCM, THIS ALMOST RESULTED IN A CRASH AND INJURY TO ME AND MY FAMILY. STALLING OUT WITHOUT WARNING AT ANY SPEED. THIS KNOWN ISSUE HAS GONE ON TOO LONG WITHOUT ANY RESPONSE FROM FORD COMPANY. I AM NOT A BELIEVER IN SOMEONE HAS TO DIE FOR THERE TO BE CHANGE. ALSO DON'T APPRECIATE THE COST OF THIS JOB OVER $1000. I WAS FORTUNATE TO NOT BE ON THE HIGHWAY AND CRASH. ALTHOUGH THEN WE MIGHT GET OUR MONEY BACK. THIS HAS ALSO LED TO OTHER ISSUES THAT HAS BECOME A CHAIN REACTION OF FAILURE. I WILL KEEP MY RECEIPT FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE TO. *TR

AFTER WET WEATHER THE NIGHT BEFORE, VEHICLE RUNNING ROUGH (TO THE POINT OF NEAR STALL), HESITATING TO BURN FUEL PROPERLY TO GET UP TO SPEED AND NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. VEHICLE WAS THEN PARKED, RE-STARTED AND ACTED NORMALLY. WITHIN THE PAST WEEK, EACH DAY AFTER RAIN THE CAR REPRODUCES THIS ISSUE AND ONLY AFTER EXPOSURE TO RAIN. YESTERDAY I NOTED GAP IN COWL TO SHEET METAL ABOVE PCM AS WELL AND ALSO NOTED THAT A BODY SEAL NEXT TO THE PCM WAS SOAKED. IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTERNET COMPLAINTS ABOUT PCM BEING EXPOSED/FLOODED WITH WATER. THIS IS A SERIOUS CONCERN AS TO THE DAMAGE IT CAN DO TO THE VEHICLE'S MOST EXPENSIVE COMPONENTS (ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, ETC) AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY PRODUCE AN ACCIDENT ON THE ROAD SHOULD OTHER ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOR SURFACE. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AS THIS VEHICLE AGES, MORE OF THE POPULATION OF PRODUCED VEHICLES WOULD BE EXPOSED TO THIS CONCERN AS GASKETS LOSE EFFECTIVENESS DUE TO COMPRESSION SET, DETERIORATION OF SEAL, THE PLASTIC THE SEAL IS ATTACHED TO WARPS, ETC. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 127,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT HUB, ROTORS, AND WHEEL BEARINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH TOWN AT 30 MILES PER HOUR, ENGINE STALLED, LOST POWER STEERING AND SPEED CONTROL. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRANSAXLE LIGHT WAS BLINKING. THANK GOODNESS I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR I BELIEVE ONE BAD PART HAD BEEN REPLACE WITH ANOTHER AS THE TORQUE CONVERTER PART HAD BEEN REPLACED AND HERE IT WAS DOING THE SAME THING ALL OVER AGAIN LESS THAN 1 YEAR LATER. I FIGURED I HAD NO OPTIONS, WHAT COULD I DO, HAD IT TOWED. I JUST FEEL IF THEY ARE USING INADEQUATE PARTS TO REPLACE BAD PARTS THE DANGER CONTINUES TO APPLY AND THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. *TR

I ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN OVER. WHEN IT DID START THE RPMS WERE GOING UP AND DOWN . WHEN I TRIED TO PUT CAR IN REVERSE IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL FORWARD. ( I WAS PARKED ON A SLIGHT DECLINED DRIVEWAY). AFTER READING ABOUT SIMILAR PROBLEMS I CHECKED THE PCM (POWER CONTROL MODULE. IT WAS FILLED WITH WATER !!! AFTER UNPLUGGING THE PCM AND ALLOWING IT TO DRY OUT I PLUGGED IT BACK IN AND THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THE PCM IS LOCATED IN A BAD LOCATION CAUSING IT TO HAVE PROBLEMS WHEN IT RAINS OR SNOWS. I MADE A TEMPORARY FIX BY PUTTING SILICONE CAULKING AROUND THE COWLING WHERE I BELIEVE THE WATER IS GETTING IN.... *TR

THIS IS ABOUT A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHEN ACCELERATING, SPECIALLY IN RAINY CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE MAKES A SCREECHY NOISE AND LOSES POWER. THE SCREECHY NOISE SOMETIMES STOPS AND THE VEHICLE IS ABLE TO CONTINUE MOVING. USUALLY WHEN IT'S WET/RAINY THE ENGINE LOSES POWER AND VIBRATES. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS AND STRESSFUL BECAUSE IT USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS SLOWER VEHICLES ON THE LEFT LANES AND WHEN THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER WE ATTEMPT TO MOVE TO THE RIGHT LANE'S SHOULDER. LUCKY THAT THIS HAPPENED WHEN TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AT 6AM. AFTER RESTARTING THE ENGINE I DROVE ON SIDE ROADS TO REACH MY DESTINATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST TWENTY TIMES SINCE 2013. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT HAD EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY WITH THE GEARS SHIFTING INTERMITTENTLY AND HAD HEARD A GRINDING NOISE MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE HAD JERKED VIOLENTLY AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING MORE THAN ONCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHO DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERVER. THE VEHILCE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT WAS INCLUDED IN 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN) BUT HAD BEEN TOLD MORE THAN ONCE BY THE LOCAL DEALER THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE WAITING FOR THE PART FOR THE REPAIR. TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. ADDITIONALLY, THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD OFTEN BECOME RESISTANT WHEN THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT GEARS AND THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL GRINDING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN) BUT WAS CONSTANTLY TOLD THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.