2007 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

WAS DRIVING AND PULLED INTO A SHOPPING CENTER, WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN, THE VAN WAS NO LONGER RESPONSIVE TO THE GAS PEDAL. THE VAN COASTED TO A STOP, AND I HAD TO THEN PUSH THE CAR OUT OF MOVING TRAFFIC INTO A PARKING LOT. THE VAN ACTED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL, AND COULD BE PUSHED WHEN IT WAS IT R, N, D,1AND 3. THIS OCCURRED IN THE LATE EVENING, IN SUB-ZERO WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES AND I HAD MY 5 YEAR OLD SON WITH ME AT THE TIME. LUCKILY THE VAN WAS ABLE TO KEEP RUNNING, SO WE HAD HEAT UNTIL WE COULD GET PICKED UP. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP, AND THE INITIAL VALUATION IS THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED DUE TO SPLINE SHAFT BEING STRIPPED, JUST LIKE IN THE PREVIOUS 2005-2005 MODEL FREESTARS. FAMILY OF SEVEN, NOW WITH NO VEHICLE!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLAMP COVERS WERE MADE OF PLASTIC, WHICH CAUSED THE LIGHTS TO BECOME VERY DIM WHEN ACTIVATED. AFTER CLEANING THE HEADLAMP COVERS, THERE WAS A YELLOWISH TINT ON THEM THAT BECAME PERMANENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

STEERING KNUCKLE-WHEN DRIVING GOING TO MAKE TURNS EITHER WAY THE STEERING GETS HARD,ACTS LIKE THERE NO POWER STEERING.WAS TOLD TO SPRAY WITH WD40,DID THAT MAKES IT EASER BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT ONCE A WEEK. *TR

I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP AT ELKHORN/WATT. I WAS HIT BY THE BACK WITH A FORD FREESTAR VAN, 1 ADULT DRIVING WITH 2 KIDS IN THE BACK. I GOT OUT OF MY CAR WALKED HALF TO THE BACK AND TOLD HIM TO PULL OVER AT MCDONALD'S. WE WAVED AND SHAKE HIS HEAD. I WOULD ASSUME HE WAS GOING TO PULL OVER. GREEN LIGHT HIT, CARS STARTED TO MOVE AND I TURNED ON MY BLINKER AND GO OVER TO THE MIDDLE LANE. FORD VAN DRIVER KEPT DRIVING, I NOTICED HE WASN'T GETTING OVER SO I GOT BACK INTO THE FAST LANE AND FOLLOWED HIM. FORD VAN AT THAT POINT RAN A RED LIGHT, I WAITED UNTIL LIGHT TURNED GREEN WHICH WAS A SECOND LATER. DROVE THRU RESIDENTIAL AREA, BLOWING OFF STOP SIGNS. (X4). I WAS HONKING MY HORN TO GET HIS ATTENTION AND WAVING HIM DOWN TO PULL OVER. NO RESPONSE. FORD VAN DROVE ALL THE WAY HOME. I PARKED RIGHT BEHIND HIM IN A DRIVE WAY, SO HE COULD GET OUT. WHEN I GOT OUT OF MY CAR, HE WAS YELLING AT THE KIDS TO RUN INSIDE. I WALKED UP TO HIM AT THE POINT AND SAID YOU HIT ME AND I ASKED YOU TO STOP AT THE MCDONALD'S AND YOU KEPT DRIVING. HE KEPT YELLING AT ME SAYING HE DIDN'T HIT ME THAT HE HAD TO SLAM ON HIS BRAKES. WOULDN'T GIVE ME INSURANCE CARD CAUSE HE SAID THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO REPORT. I TOLD HIM THAT WAS NOT THE POINT, HE RAN FROM AN ACCIDENT WITH KIDS IN THE CAR. HE WOULDN'T GIVE ME HIS INS CARD UNTIL I TOLD HIM I WAS CALLING THE POLICE. MY CONCERNS: RAN FROM THE ACCIDENT RAN THRU A RED LIGHT / STOP SIGNS (WITH KIDS IN CAR) NOT SURE IF HE HAS CURRENT DRIVER LICENSES. INSURANCE CARD SHOWS EXPIRED DID HE GET CONFUSED ON BRAKE/GAS? IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO? I DRIVE THAT STREET EVERYDAY, I DON'T KNOW IF HE SHOULD BE DRIVING. I DON'T KNOW HIS AGE 80? I JUST KNOW I WOULDN'T WANT HIM DRIVING BEHIND ME AGAIN. I KNOW THE KIDS FELT THE HIT. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE VAN WILL JUST LOSE POWER DURING TRAVEL. THIS HAPPENS EVERY FEW DAYS. MECHANICS DON'T KNOW WHY. *TR

INTERMITTENTLY LOCKS OUT THE IGNITION CAUSED BY THE FACTORY INSTALLED ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM. NOT EVER SURE WHEN THE CAR MIGHT START. THIS VAN IS A NIGHTMARE. *TR

WATER LEAKS DOWN THE HOOD THRU THE COWL. VANS PCM HAD TO BE REPLACED. THERE IS A TSB ON THIS. POOR DESIGN OF HOOD ALLOWS WATER TO LEAK INTO COWL AND INTO THE PCM. HAD PCM REPLACED AT $500 PLUS. THIS VAN IS A NIGHTMARE. *TR

TRAVELING ON THE PA INTERSTATE VAN LOST ALL POWER. TOWED NEED COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REBUILD DUE TO FAILURE OF TORQUE CONVERTER. WE WERE LUCKY WE WERE NOT HURT. THERE WAS NO WARNING AT ALL THAT THERE WAS A ISSUE. VAN IS A NIGHTMARE. *TR

PULLED IN TO DRIVEWAY TO PICK UP A PASSENGER, STOPPED AND PUT IT IN REVERSE AND BANG, THE MOTOR DIED. RESTARTED AND SAME THING. GOT IT TO GO FORWARD BUT SAME PROBLEM, STARTS FINE AND RUNS UNTIL YOU PUT IT IN GEAR, AND IT DIES. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE BEGAN TO DRIVE IN REVERSE AND HEARD A LOUD BANGING SOUND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND EXIT THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, IT BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION .THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,423. ...UPDATED 08/22/13 *BF THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. AN INSPECTION REVEALED, THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE WAS BROKEN.