2006 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

1) SUDDEN UNEXPECTED LOSS OF POWER AND ALL GEARS. OCCURRED WHILE NORMALLY ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD DEALER. DEALER STATED TO REPLACE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AT COST OF $2900.00 PLUS CREDIT CARD INTEREST. 2) SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. DEALER REPLACED PCM AT COST OF $900.00. 3) POWERING STEERING FLUID LEAK. 4) COOLANT LEAK. 5) PERSISTENT LOSS OF AIR FROM WHEEL AFTER REPLACING TIRE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED WHILE SHIFTING GEARS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED ON A FEW OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.

05/07/12 AS THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED TO TURN A CORNER IN TRAFFIC, THE CAR JUST QUIT FORWARD MOTION! TURNED ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED ENGINE, AND WAS THEN ABLE TO DRIVE FORWARD. 05/21/12 STARTED PARKED VAN , PUT IT IN REVERSE,APPLIED ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE REVVED UP, BUT NO REVERSE MOTION(CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS AS WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE), PUT IT IN DRIVE, APPLIED ACCELERATOR, AND AGAIN THE ENGINE REVVED UP, BUT NO FORWARD MOTION DRIVE(AGAIN VAN ROLLED BACKWARDS). VAN WAS TOWED TO GARAGE. ASSUMED THAT IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER PROBLEM THAT A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR 2004 AND 2005 FORD FREESTARS. DIAGNOSIS WAS INDEED A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER IN OUR 2006 FORD FREESTAR(NOT CURRENTLY RECALLED FOR THE TORQUE CONVERTER LIKE THE 2004 AND 2005 FORD FREESTARS). *TR

DRIVING DOWN ROAD CITY STREET (25 MPH SPEED LIMIT) ON WAY HOME. NOT RAINING OUTSIDE. TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 85 DEGREES. VERY HIGH HUMIDITY. AS APPROACHED INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT ITSELF OFF. COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER, POWER STEERING, AND POWER BREAKING. WIFE HAD TROUBLE PULLING OVER, BUT BECAUSE WERE ONLY GOING 20 MPH AT THAT POINT, WE MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND STOP CAR. WE WERE ONLY 2 BLOCKS FROM HOME, SO WE RESTARTED ENGINE (WHICH TURNED ON WITHOUT TROUBLE) AND DROVE HOME SLOWLY (NOW WITH THE CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT ON). DANGEROUS SITUATION, AS IT IS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE WITHOUT POWER STEERING OR BRAKING. IF WE HAD TAKEN THE INTERSTATE HOME INSTEAD OF THE WAY WE WENT, WE COULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING AT 70 MPH ONTO AN OFF RAMP WHEN IT SHUT OFF. VERY DANGEROUS INDEED. *TR

I AM USUALLY SATISFIED WITH THE FORDS THAT I HAVE POSSESSED. UNTIL I LEASED A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. AS MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING WITH OUR 3 YOUNG CHILDREN, THE VAN HAD STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGH TRAFFIC AS WE WERE ENTERING. THANK GOD THAT NONE OF THE OTHER VEHICLES HAD HIT US. COME TO FIND OUT THAT IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER. WE HAD ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE FORD FREESTAR 2004 AN 2005 TORQUE CONVERTERS HAVE BEEN RECALLED. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT IT IS A FLAW OF THE MODEL. NOW WE ARE ON FOOT HAVING TO PAY THE 1100 EXPENSE OUT OF POCKET. HOW ARE WE TO DO THAT WHEN WE ARE HAVING FINANCIAL SITUATION AS IT IS. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD SUDDENLY SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR, AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER) DID NOT APPLY TO HIS VIN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 146,000.

WITHOUT WARNING AND AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE TRANSMISSION ON OUR 2006 FORD FREESTAR WILL LOSE POWER. I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS A HICCUP EFFECT WERE POWER IS LOST AND GAINED SEVERAL TIMES IN A 15-30 SECOND TIME PERIOD (SWITCHING GEARS?). CONSISTENTLY THIS WILL HAPPEN BETWEEN THE SPEEDS OF 55 -60 MPH, AND ALMOST ALL THE TIME THIS WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE ENGINE REQUIRES MORE POWER GOING UP HILLS. WE ARE TAKING IT TO OUR SECOND REPAIR SHOP IN ONE MONTH TODAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE WRENCH WARNING INDICATOR BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL RELATED TO THE MALFUNCTION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,116.

DRIVING WITH MY TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS IN THE VEHICLE. HAD JUST DRIVEN ABOUT 50 MILES AT 60 MPH. LUCKILY HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE FELT LIKE I HAD SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS REVVING BUT I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO POWER. IT'S NOW GOING TO COST ME $2500 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. I WOULDN'T EVEN GIVE IT A SECOND THOUGHT IF I HADN'T JUST READ THAT THE 2004-5 FREESTARS HAVE BEEN RECALLED BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I'M WONDERING WHY THE 2006 WASN'T INCLUDED SINCE I'M GUESSING THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE IDENTICAL. WE WERE INCREDIBALLY LUCKY SINCE I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE HIGHWAY, BUT 5 MINUTES EARLIER WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT STORY. *JS

DRIVING HOME ON TOLLRAOD AT NIGHT GOING UP ON RAMP. VAN GAVE NO WARNING, NO LIGHTS, NO ISSUES. ENGINE STILL ON BUT VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. WAS ABLE TO ROLL BACK DOWN RAMP PARTWAY AND GET ON TO SMALL HOULDER AREA. THIS RAMP WAS CURVED AND WE WERE IN A BLIND SPOT WITH A CARFULL OF PEOPLE AND THE CAT. HAD TO WAIT FOR HCTRA TO TOW US TO A SAFE LOCATION, THEN HAD TO WAIT ANOTHER 2 HOURS FOR A TOW TRUCK. COULS NOT GET A RENTAL FROM FORD NOR DID WE GET ANY HELP REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. $2600 LATER WE HAVE A ERBULIT TRANSMISSION. I DRIVE 2 HOURS TO AND FROM WORK. THE VAN HAS ALL OF ITS MAINTENCE DONE ON TIME. FORD HAS RECALLED THE 04 NAD O5 FREESTAR FOR THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE WITH THE 2006. VERY FRUSTRATING. *TR