2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT NIGHT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER BEFORE IT LOST POWER COMPLETELY. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE NOTHING HAPPENED. NO ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. ABOUT A WEEK AGO, I NOTICED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID WASN'T WORKING AND REFILLED IT. IT WORKED ONE TIME. WHEN I TRIED TO USE IT YESTERDAY, IT ONLY WORKED IN THE BACK AND NOT IN THE FRONT. I HAD IT TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION DEALER AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT IT NOW. *TR

LAST SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2011, MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR (JUST OVER 86,000 MILES) IN REVERSE. HE STOPPED, PUT IT INTO DRIVE AND IT WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. NOT REVERSE, NOT DRIVE, NOT FIRST OR THIRD--NOTHING. FORTUNATELY HE WAS ABLE TO GET IT PUSHED INTO A PARKING STALL AND OUT OF THE ROAD. UPON LOOKING ONLINE TO FIND OUT INFORMATION REGARDING A TRANSMISSION WARRANTY, HE DISCOVERED THAT MANY, MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH '04 AND '05 FREESTARS AND THAT FORD'S ONLY RESPONSE IS TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART WITH ANOTHER SAME, DEFECTIVE PART. WE WERE NOT HURT IN ANY WAY, BUT IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE SOMEONE IS ON A FREEWAY OR IN AN INTERSECTION AND IS INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS--MAYBE EVEN FATAL--ACCIDENT BECAUSE THEIR TRANSMISSION IS SUDDENLY NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL. FORD NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE THIS OVERSIGHT AND RECALL ALL '04 AND '05 FORD FREESTARS. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AS OF YET, BUT WILL BE DOING SO THIS WEEK. COST OF REPAIR: UNKNOWN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THE RPMS WOULD INCREASE AND SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND SLOWLY DECREASE. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE TO THE VEHICLE FAILURE. A LOCAL MECHANIC DIAGNOSED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,300 UPDATED 08/31/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE REVVED UP AND THEN THE VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AND THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER TO GO FORWARD. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANY KIND THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. UPDATED 09/0/11

MOVING ON INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH IN HIGH GEAR. TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILS WITHOUT WARNING RESULTING IN SUDDEN COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. TACHOMETER RISES TO 6000 RPM'S. ABLE TO PULL ONTO SHOULDER. TRANSMISSION REPAIRED AT FORD DEALER FOR $3400. *TR

MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR HAS STOP DRIVING.IT STARTS BUT WHEN I SHIFT INTO GEARS THE CAR DOES NOTHING. IT WON'T DRIVE OR GO IN REVERSE. I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND THEY SAID WATER GOT INTO THE PCM. AND WOULD COST ABOUT $1200 TO FIX.I HAVE NOTICE MANY OTHER 2005 FORD FREESTARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. MANY HAVE REPAIRED THE PROBLEM OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE FORD WON'T PAY FOR THE PROBLEM.WE DIDN'T DESIGN THE VECHILE SO WHY IS IT WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PROBLEM.I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS PULLING INTO MY HOUSE WHEN MY CAR CUT OFF.BUT MANY OTHER STORIES WITH THE SAME WATER ON THE PCM PROBLEM HAVE BEEN ON HIGHWAYS OR BUSY STREETS WHEN THEIR CAR DIES SO IS FORD WAITING FOR SOMEONE OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO DIE IN ORDER TO RECALL THIS PROBLEM AND TAKE RESPOSIBILITY AND REPAIR IT SO THE CONSUMER DON'T HAVE TO PAY WITH THIER MONEY OR THIER LIVES.I SWEAR HAD I KNOWN THAT FORD HAS IGNORED SERIOUS LIFETHREATING PROBLEM LIKE THE WATER ON THE PCM OR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM I WOULD HAVE NEVER GOTTEN A VAN FROM FORD OR ANY VEHICLE FROM THEM. FORD CLEARLY STANDS FOR FOUND ON ROAD DEAD AND SOON ITS NOT GOING TO BE JUST THE VEHICLE BUT SOMEONE LIFE AS WELL IF THEY DRIVE A FORD.AND FORD DOESN'T GIVE A CRAP. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING. CAR HAD TO BE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED NEW TRANSMISSION NEEDED. PAST PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE INCLUDE COMPUTER CHIP REPLACED AFTER GETTING IT HOME FROM DEALER BRAND NEW. ALSO BOTH POWER STEERING HOSES FAILED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE WOULD ABNORMALLY ACCELERATE EITHER FORWARD OR BACKWARD WHILE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A WALL DUE AS A RESULT. NO ONE WAS INJURED DURING THE CRASH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE LUNGING WAS NORMAL. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED AS SHE WAS DRIVING AWAY FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT 5 MPH THE TORQUE CONVERTED FAILED. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN TOWED TO A MECHANIC. AFTER INSPECTION THEY REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER FOR $1459 AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,912.

NOVEMBER OF 2010 WE WERE COMING OFF OF AN EXIT RAMP AND THE VAN DIED. NO WARNING, NO LIGHTS, NOT A THING. THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN A LITTLE SLUGGISH COMING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR THE DAY BEFORE BUT FINE THAT DAY. HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. JULY 2012. TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO JERK WHEN GOING INTO OR OUT OF ANY GEAR. POWER TRAIN LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. 3600 AND SOME CHANGE LATER, IT STILL JERKS COMING OUT OF 1ST TO 2ND. WE NOW KNOW THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT. *TT

MY VAN SHUDDERED TODAY ON THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH MY TWO BOYS IN TOW- HAD TO CROSS OVER TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR SAFETY. HAVE ALREADY REPLACED TRANSMISSION, HAVE A FAULTY ERG VALVE, THE AC COMPRESSOR IS GOING OUT AND WE HAD TO REPLACE THE CAM SENSOR. NOW HAVE A POWERTRAIN ALARM- HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE MECHANIC TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY IT IS... ALREADY SANK OVER $3500 JUST ON FIXING IT'S MANY ISSUES. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN RECALLED??? IS FORD WAITING FOR FOLKS TO DIE LIKE TOYOTA DID BEFORE THEY ADMIT AND CORRECT THE ERRORS? *TT