2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH. TRANSMISSION SIMPLY WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING. WOULD NOT MOVE IN LOW TO DRIVE OR REVERSE. SO FAR DIAGNOSIS IS TORQUE CONVERTER. NOT VERY HAPPY...I SEE FORD HAS HAD THIS COMPLAINT FROM 2004 ON UP. THEY NEED RECALL ON ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS TYPE TRANMISSION / TORQUE CONVERTER. *TT

WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY FOUR CHILDREN IN THE VAN AND WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY MY VEHICLE LOST POWER, I COULD NOT ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING WHATSOEVER. THERE WAS NO WHERE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD SAFELY TO GET MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO STEER FROM THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY WHEN SHE CRASHED INTO A FLAGPOLE. THERE WERE FRONT BUMPER DAMAGES AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE STALLING FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THEY COULD NOT TELL THE CONTACT WHAT HAD CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

PCM (POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE) HAS GOTTEN WET AND CAUSES CAR TO NOT DRIVE. LOSE POWER. NOT START. LUNGE, LURCH FORWARD. WON'T ENGAGE IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. I HAVE REPLACED PCM 6 TIMES. BROKE DOWN 5 TIMES. HAD VAN TOWED 5 TIMES. LEFT VAN AT REPAIR SHOP FOR MONTHS AT A TIME TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. FINALLY MOVED THE PCM TO THE INSIDE OF VAN SO THAT IT WON'T BE EFFECTED BY WATER. FORD HAS REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM DESPITE A TSB BEING ISSUED. FURTHERMORE, I REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED BUT FORD WILL NOT REVIEW MY RECEIPTS FOR THE TRANSMISSION UNTIL LETTERS GO OUT. TOTAL STONEWALLING BY FORD. *TR

11//23/2010. TRANSMISSION FAILED AND VEHICLE LOST FORWARD MOMENTUM GOING UP HILL. PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD AND APPLIED PARKING BRAKE TO PREVENT VEHICLE FROM MOVING REARWARD. VEHICLE TOWED TO NEAREST FORD DEALER : CROSS ROADS FORD IN CAREY NC. REPLACED TRANSMIISION DUE TO FAILED TRANSMISSION OUTPUT SHAFT. 10/24/2011 - TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED, REPLAXCED TORQUE CONVERTER. 11/08/2011 - TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN - REPLACED TRANSMISSION ASSY.

ON DECEMBER 27, 2001, I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I LOST POWER. I COULDN'T GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD. MY HUSBAND CAME OUT TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULD DO THAT. WE CALLED FERRARIO FORD. NO ANSWER, JUST AN ANSWER MACHINE. I TOOK OUR TRUCK AND DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME TO CALL A TOW COMPANY, BUT THEY COULDN'T GET IT IN UNTIL THE NEXT WEEK. WELL, IT SAT THERE FOR A WEEK AND WHEN THE MACHANIC CALLED HE SAID IT WAS MOISTURE. HE DRIED IT OUT AND THEN CALLED AND SAID HE HAD TO DO A FLUSH. A FEW DAYS LATER HE CALLED AND SAID HE WOULD HAVE TO CHECK THE TORQUE BOX AND IT WOULD BE A SEVEN HOUR JOB. THE NEXT CALL WAS "IT WAS THE RADIATOR HAD A CRACK IN IT". THEN IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. HE ALREADY HAS US AT $1820. WE SAID NO. THEN I FIND OUT THAT THERE IS A RECALL. MY HUSBAND WHEN AND TALKED TO THEM. AT FIRST THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ANOTHER GUY SAID YES. MY HUSBAND TALKED TO FORD IN MICHIGAN. TURNS OUT TO NO AVAIL AS TO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. WHEN I BRING IT HOME TOMARROW IT WILL SIT IN THE DRIVE WAY WITH A SIGN THAT SAYS "LEMON" NO MORE FORDS FOR THIS FAMILY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY WITH THE VAN FULL OF 5 CHILDREN IT ALL OF A SUDDEN LOST ALL TRANSMISSION POWER. EVERYTHING ELSE WORKED FINE IN THE VEHICLE, BUT IT HAD NO POWER. GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND NOTHING. THE VEHICLE WAS SAFELY MANEUVERED OFF THE FREEWAY AND THE CHILDREN SAFELY REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE AND ONTO A SERVICE ROAD WHICH RAN BESIDE THE FREEWAY- UNTIL THE TOWTRUCK DRIVER COULD RESPOND AND TOW THE VEHICLE. *TR

MY ENGINE LOST POWER AS MY VAN WAS SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. AFTER SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL, I COULD RESTART THE VAN, BUT EVERY TIME I REACHED THE SHIFTING POINT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR, THE ENGINE WOULD CUT COMPLETELY OUT, THEREBY LOSING POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. ALSO, THE REVERSE GEAR OPERATES ONLY INTERMITTENTLY. I TOOK THE VAN TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WITHIN FIVE MILES FROM MY HOME BECAUSE IT WOULD ONLY OPERATE IN FIRST GEAR, AND WAS TOLD THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIR IS GOING TO COST $2,436.05. I AM ATTEMPTING TO SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM FORD, AS THE REPAIR WAS STARTED THE DAY THE RECALL WAS ISSUED. SO FAR, I DO NOT HAVE WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM THEM THAT MY VEHICLE IS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, AND THEY HAVE NOT AGREED TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

IN DECEMBER 2010 I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT, WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. HAD IT TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY REBUILT IT. IT HAS GONE BACK 3 TIMES DUE TO CONTINUING OF PROBLEM AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AFTER THEY TURN IT OFF. SINCE LAST VISIT, NOW THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AND THE HORN NO LONGER WORKS WHEN PUSHED BUT IT OCCASIONALLY HAS GONE OFF FOR NO REASON. STILL HAVE PROBLEMS ACCELERATING, IS SLUGGISH, AND MAKES A HORRIBLE NOISE. IT NEEDS TO BE SMOGGED BUT WILL NOT PASS DUE TO THESE ISSUES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN, SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HER HOME AND WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 141,900.