2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL OF THE WARNING LAMPS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,102 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,373. UPDATED 03/15/13*LJ UPDATED 04/23/2013 *JS

TRYING TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, VAN WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE. RESTART VAN, PUT IT INTO REVERSE & IT FALTERS & STALLS. RESTART &GOT VAN INTO DRIVE,BUT IT WILL NOT ACCELERATE UNTIL 3000 RPMS, THEN JERKS INTO DRIVE & STALLS AGAIN. HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC I HAVE USED FOR OVER 20 YRS. VAN SHOWS NO CODES.REPLACE BATTERY, HAVE THROTTLE BODY CLEANED, CAM SENSOR IS TESTED, SHOWS NOT PROBLEMS. VAN STARTS & RUNS FOR ONE DAY. SAME EXACT ISSUE HAPPENS AGAIN. HAVE IT TOWED A SECOND TIME. AGAIN, NO CODES COME UP.MECHANIC FLUSHES OUT THE TRANNY,& VAN RUNS AGAIN FOR 50 MILES W/O INCIDENT. BUT AGAIN, TRYING TO LEAVE FOR WORK NEXT DAY, VAN DISPLAYS THE EXACT SAME ISSUES. NO TORQUE TO MOVE THE VAN, CONSTANT STALLING AS SOON AS IT IS TAKEN OUT OF DRIVE. WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL OR STARTS & MOVES VERY HESITANTLY INTO REVERSE, CATCHES GEAR & JERKS, STALLS ONCE AGAIN. TOW AGAIN TO A FORD DEALER. TOLD THE PROB IS THE RECALLED TORQUE CONVERTER. HAVE IT REPLACED, AND VAN DOESN'T MAKE IT THE 12 MILES HOME. THE VAN LOST COMPLETE POWER ON A HIGHWAY & I WAS ALMOST HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC. TOW BACK, NOW BEING TOLD THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACEMENT, OVER $3,000 BECAUSE METAL FROM THE RECALLED PART HAS DISLOGGED INTO TRANNY. I AM NOW FINDING THRU MY OWN RESEARCH THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM RELATING TO THE PCM, WHICH REPLACING TRANNY DOESN'T SOLVE THE ISSUES. FORD IS OFFERING NO HELP OR COMPENSATION AM A SINGLE MOM OF 2 KIDS, 1 IS DISABLED,& NOW BEEN FIRED FROM MY JOB BECAUSE I CAN'T GET THERE 28 MILES AWAY. THE VAN IS STRANDED AT THE DEALER, BECAUSE I HAVE NO MONEY TO FIX OR TOW AGAIN. I AM AT MY WITS END. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE &REPLACE THIS VAN!!!! REPAIRING THE TORQUE CONVERTER, CAM SENSOR, OR TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SOLVE THE PCM PROBLEM, WHICH IS NOT SEALED PROPERLY, & AFTER NUMEROUS REPAIRS, WILL MALFUNCTION AGAIN> MY Q TO FORD IS:DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FOR U TO DO SOMETHING? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND MULTIPLE WARNING LAMPS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE PCM MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 176,000.

ENGINE STAYS IN THIRD GEAR ON HIGHWAY ,WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID WON'T SPRAY AND POWER LOCKS DON'T WORK WITH BUTTON ON DOORS OR KEY FOB. GETTING 11 MILES A GALLON BECAUSE WON'T SHIFT INTO FOURTH GEAR AND THAT'S A HIGHWAY TRIP! *TR

DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE! SYMPTOMS OF A WET PCM MODULE MANIFESTS ITSELF IN MANY FORMS. WE'VE EXPERIENCED MOST OF THEM BY THIS POINT IN OUR ~3 YEAR BATTLE WITH OUR FREESTAR. RANDOMLY, OUR VAN WOULD NOT: START, GO INTO REVERSE, GIVE WARNING LIGHTS, DRIVE FORWARD WITHOUT STALLING, ALLOW CERTAIN SYSTEMS TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. IN OTHER SITUATIONS, IT WOULD: RUN ROUGHLY, BREAK DOWN, REV UP UNEXPECTEDLY, CREATE TRANSMISSION ISSUES, ETC. SEALS WEAR DOWN AND ALLOWS WATER TO ENTER INTO THE COMPUTER, DUE TO ITS LOCATION UNDER THE WINDSHIELD. ONE OF THE GREATEST PROBLEMS OF ALL IS THE LACK OF DIAGNOSTICS FOR THIS ISSUE. WE'VE HAD OUR VEHICLE TOWED IN, ONLY TO FIND DIAGNOSTIC CODES DID NOT SHOW UP WHEN THE VAN WAS CHECKED OUT. SURPRISINGLY, THE CAR WOULD USUALLY START UP AND DRIVE WITHOUT A PROBLEM AFTER BEING TOWED INTO THE MECHANIC. AFTER SEVERAL TOWING EXPERIENCES, WE SIMPLY DECIDED TO LEAVE OUR CAR STRANDED FOR A DAY OR TWO IF POSSIBLE AND RETURN LATER TO DRIVE IT AWAY WITHOUT A PROBLEM. WE'VE REPLACED PUMPS, COILS, TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS, PLUGS, WIRES.. IN AN EFFORT TO GET THE VAN TO WORK PROPERLY. FINALLY, ONE MECHANIC DID ON-LINE RESEARCH AND FOUND THE PCM PROBLEM WITH THE 2005 FREESTAR. AFTER FINDING WATER IN THE COMPUTER HOUSING, HE SUGGESTED THAT WE BUY A REBUILT ONE (FORD DOES NOT SUPPLY PCM'S FOR THIS VAN ANYMORE) TO SEE IF THAT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, THE FORD DEALERSHIP HAD TO INSTALL THE COMPUTER SO THAT THE PROGRAMMING COULD BE COMPLETED. OTHERWISE, THE ORIGINAL KEYS WOULD NOT WORK. IN SUMMARY, THE PCM DID SOLVE THE PROBLEMS, UNTIL THE NEXT WEATHER EVENT. THEN, THE PROBLEMS STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN. WE HAVE NOW HAD THE COMPUTER REPLACED, DRIED, AND/OR SEALED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WATER KEEPS GETTING INSIDE. THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND OTHER MECHANICS HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY IN AN EFFORT TO SEAL THE PCM. RECALL AND CLASS ACTION NEEDED! *TR

ENGINE STUTTERS, WON'T RUN STEADY, IDLES OVER 2000RPM IN NEUTRAL, CONTINUALLY DIES, WHEN ENGINE DIES STEERING HARD(NATURALLY), WON'T GO IN REVERSE, THIS PROBLEM CAUSES NUMEROUS PROBLEMS THAT ARE NOT SAFE WHEN IT DOES IT ON THE ROAD. THE PROBLEM IS APPARENTLY IN MOISTURE IN THE PCM. TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED IN 2012. HAS NOT DONE THE PROBLEM FOR A YEAR AND DID IT AGAIN TODAY( HAS NOT RAINED IN MORE THAN A WEEK) JUST GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND STARTS CUTTING OUT AND DIES! HAS DONE THIS MANY TIMES SINCE 2010. FORD KNOWS ABOUT IT! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL HOWEVER, THE REPAIR FAILED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE TECHNICIAN INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY OTHER RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

THIS INFORMATION IS A COLLECTION OF INCIDENTS THAT ULTIMATELY FIT TOGETHER. I HAVE NOTICE THAT THE FLOOR BOARD OF MY VAN WAS WET. SINCE I HAVE 3 KIDS I JUST SHRUGGED IT OFF. THIS PAST WEEK I NOTICE THE FLOOR MATS WEREN'T WET ONLY THE CARPET BENEATH IT WAS SOAKED. MY KIDS DON'T SPILL JUST UNDER THE MATS. THE WATER MUST BE ENTERING FROM THE OUTSIDE IN. THE VAN WAS ACTING WEIRD ON AND OFF -NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT UNTIL IT STARTED HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY. JUNE 2012, I GOT THE P1340 CODE THAT THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR HAD GONE BAD, I REPLACED IT, WENT OUT AGAIN, I WAS TOLD IT COULD HAVE BEEN A FAULTY PART, CHANGED IT AGAIN, WENT OUT AGAIN, DECIDED THIS IS BEYOND ME. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY "FIXED" THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND ANOTHER PART THAT WAS CAUSING THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR NOT TO WORK. ($900) IT BROKE AGAIN BECAUSE THE PART THEY PUT IN WAS DEFECTIVE. THEY REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE PART AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AGAIN. AFTER THEY HAD THE CAR FOR 2 WEEKS THEY FOUND ANOTHER SMALL PROBLEM. ($130) I INSISTED AT THE TIME THAT THEY DIDN'T MAKE THE PROPER REPAIRS. THEY ASSURED ME THAT IT ALL STILL NEEDED TO BE DONE. (CAUGHT SOME DOUBLE TALK) I EXPERIENCED A FEW MORE ISSUES WITH THE VAN LOSING POWER. (JULY,SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER -CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT TURN ON.) I:N DECEMBER THE CAR TURNED OFF AND I WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET ABOUT 25FT PER RESTART AND THE LIGHT CAME ON. I'VE NOTICED OTHER FEATURES NOT WORKING PROPERLY OR WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. (POWER LOCKS, POWER WINDOWS, RADIO, POWER DOORS, KEY REMOTE ...) I HAVE LEARNED THAT OTHER 2005 FREESTAR OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR INCIDENTS CAUSED BY WATER LEAKING INTO THE CAR THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES AND RUNNING DOWN THE WIRE HARNESS CAUSING MULTIPLE PARTS TO SHORT OUT FROM TIME TO TIME. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. I HAVE 3 CHILDREN AND NO MORE MONEY FOR "LET'S TRY THIS REPAIRS". *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOOSE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE RAPIDLY AND THEN WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

THIS VEHICLE HAS A CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH THE PCM SHORTING OUT DUE TO WATER ENTERING THE WIRING HARNESS THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. ONCE THE PCM SHORT CIRCUITS THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT FUNCTION CAUSING THE CAR TO LOOSE ITS' MOTION. THIS OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING AND PLACES THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE AT GREATER RISK OF BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AS THE CAR SIMPLE CEASES TO WORK. THE COMPANY HAS CURRENTLY RECALLED THIS MAKE AND MODEL TO REPLACE A DEFECTIVE TORQUE CONVERTER. ALTHOUGH THIS SEEMS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM INITIALLY, THE LONG TERM PROBLEM OF WATER SEEPING INTO THE PCM WILL CAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL TIME AND TIME AGAIN. *TR