2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

I DO NOT WRITE IN UNLESS BUT MY PROBLEM IS FAILS WITH CODE P0715 TRANSMISSION AND REVERSE CAM SENSOR I CHANGE SPEED SENSOR TRANSMISSION AND THE PROBLEM REMAINS TO UNCOVER THE PCM CONTROL TO CHECK THE CONTINUITY I MET YOU, AS YOU HAVE WATER INTRUSION AS WELL AS GREEN PARTICLES AROUND A PIN INPUT .CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER IN COMBINATION WITH VOLTAGE,THERE ARE RESISTANCES UNDER 10000 HOMS ADDITION OF SEVERAL PINS THAT RELATION WITH SOLENOID OF TRANSXALE. *TR

THE DRIVE SHAFT (HALF SHAFT) SPLINES BROKE. 7 MONTHS AFTER THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT REQUIRED. CONVERTER FAILED WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT AN INTERSECTION. LUCKILY IT WAS LATE EVENING AN NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC OR MY ENTIRE FAMILY COULD HAVE BEEN HIT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FORWARD OR IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE COULD ONLY BE DRIVEN IN DRIVE ONE OR DRIVE TWO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHERE THE CRANKSHAFT AND SPEED SENSORS WERE REPLACED. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AS IF WATER WAS SPLASHING AROUND. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT SOMEHOW, WATER WAS GETTING GETTING ON THE SENSOR, BUT THE MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND WHERE THE WATER LEAK ORIGINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY STALL. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

THIS VAN HAS A BAD COMPUTER BOARD (PCM) DUE TO RAINWATER THAT IS ALLOWED TO FUNNEL UNDER THE HOOD DUE TO POOR DESIGN OF THE HOOD. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS BEING AFFECTED BY THIS AS WELL. THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED SHIFTING INTO GEAR, FOLLOWED BY ALL SORTS OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE MECHANIC SAID THE PCM WAS FULL OF WATER AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE ARE NUMEROUS MESSAGE BOARDS ON THE INTERNET DISCUSSING THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH FORD FREESTARS RANGING FROM 2004-2007 MODEL YEARS. FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THESE VANS AS THIS CAUSES THE ENGINE TO STALL AND THIS COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME - IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION, ON THE HIGHWAY, ETC. THIS COULD HAVE DEVASTATING RESULTS IF IT HAPPENS AT THE WRONG TIME. ALSO, FROM WHAT I'VE READ ON THESE MESSAGE BOARDS - THIS IS A REPEAT PROBLEM!!!! ONCE YOU FIX THIS YOU WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM IN A YEAR OR TWO. NHTSA SHOULD DO SOME RESEARCH OUTSIDE OF FORMAL COMPLAINTS FILED AS I'M SURE MOST PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THE PROPER ROUTE TO GO. A SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCH (THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO CONTACT OR RESPOND TO INDIVIDUAL REPORTS) WOULD DIRECT YOU TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE! *TR

ON 12/04/2011 DRIVING ON A BUSY 2 WAY HIGHWAY WITH NO PULL OFF AREAS. THE TRANSMISSION STARTED JERKING AND LOSS OF POWER. AFTER GETTING THE VAN BACK TO THE HOUSE TO CHANGE THE FLUID AND FILTER, I FIND A CHUNK OF METAL ON THE MAGNET. ( WHICH I STILL HAVE ) WITH THIS VAN ONLY HAVING 110,883 THERE IS REASON FOR THIS VAN TO BE DOWN WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I HAVE A 2003 FORD CROWN VIC ( POLICE UNIT ) OVER 356,000 MILES ON IT- STILL GOING HAVE A 1999 FORD F250 WITH OVER 120,000 MILES ON IT - STILL GOING SO WHAT'S THE ISSUE WITH THE 2005 FORD FREE STAR? I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD UNLESS FORD STEPS UP AND FIXES THESE TRANSMISSION. *TR

THE VEHICLE STARTS FINE, BUT AS SOON AS I GET TO ABOUT 20MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLS. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP ATLEAST FOUR TIMES. AT FIRST THEY SAID IT WAS SOMETHING IN THE TRANSMISSION, THEN THEY SAID IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER, FINALLY THEY DECIDED IT WAS THE PCM GETTING WET. THEY SAID THEY SEALED THE PCM TO KEEP IT FROM GETTING WET, BUT ALL THEY DID WAS CAULK AROUND THE BRACKETS THAT FASTENS THE WIPER COW ON. FINALLY AFTER GETTING TIRED OF TAKING THE VAN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, I DECIDED TO PULL EVERYTHING APART MYSELF. WHAT I DISCOVERED WAS THE PCM IS LOCATED IN A PLACE THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE. IT IS LOCATED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FIREWALL UNDER THE WIPER COW. WATER RUNS BEHIND THE WIPER COW DIRECTLY ON THE PCM. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT IT, BUT ALL THEY SAY IS, " WE CANT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO RECALL". I LOOKED ONLINE TO SEE IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS, AND TO NO SURPRISE, THERE ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF CONSUMERS WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUES. I FEEL THAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE UNSAFE TO MOTORISTS, SIMPLY BECAUSE THE ENTIRE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN AS YOU ARE DRIVING. WHEN THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN, THERE IS NO LONGER POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES, WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SAFELY CONTROL THE VEHICLE. PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN. *TR

TOTAL LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED, ENGINE KEPT RUNNING BUT TRANSMISSION DID NOT ENGAGE. MECHANIC FOUND BAD TRANSMISSION / TORQUE CONVERTER AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT ESTIMATE OF $2500.00. THIS OCCURRED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AND CREATED A VERY UNSAFE CONDITION. IT JUST ROLLED TO A STOP. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS, LOUD SOUNDS OR OTHER SYMPTOMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. THE CONTACT TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,705.

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MILES AN HOUR, I NOTICE THAT WHEN I PUT ON THE GAS THE ENGINE WOULD RACE BUT THERE WAS A LOSS OF FORWARD MOTION. SO I AM ON THE INTERSTATE AND LOSING SPEED RAPIDLY. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON A BRIDGE. CARS, BUSES AND TRUCKS WERE FLYING BY AT 70+ MPH. THE BRIDGE WOULD SHAKE AND THERE WERE TIMES IT LOOKED LIKE WE WOULD BE HIT BY OTHER CARS. WE CALL AAA AND AFTER AN HOUR AND 30 MINUTES WERE RESCUED BY THE TOW TRUCK. OUR VAN WAS TOWED TO THE CLOSES FORD DEALER. THE NEXT DAY WE WERE INFORMED THAT OUR TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTED HAD FAILED AND THE REPAIR WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $1,800. AT A 104,594 MILES AND NO WARNING THE TRANSMISSION WAS DONE. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME IN 27 MONTHS THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAS FAILED. WHEN THE VAN HAD APPROXIMATELY 59,000 MILES ON IT THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. IT WAS REPAIRED AT THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND HAS FAILED AGAIN. THIS TORQUE CONVERTER IS DEFECTED AND PLACES THE PASSENGER OF THE VAN IN GREAT DANGER WHEN IT FAILS. *TR