2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

MY WIFE WAS TAKING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL WHEN SHE PULLED OUT OF OUR DRIVE WAY AND DROVE ABOUT A 1/2 MILE AND THE CAR JUST STOPPED GOING FORWARD. SHE TRIED PUSHING THE GAS AND THEY ENGINE JUST REVS UP. LUCKILY A NEIGHBOR WAS COMING UP AND TOOK HER HOME. WE YOU START THE CAR IT WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR. IT WON'T GO IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY TRANSMISSION PROBLEM UP UNTIL THIS POINT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER ABNORMALLY WITH AN INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER, SHAFT AND A PUMP WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR ALL COMPONENTS. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 146,000. UPDATED 05/24/11*LJ UPDATED 05/26/11

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE CAR LOST ALL POWER, WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN AND THEN IT DIED 5 MORE TIMES. WHEN I WOULD GET IT RESTARTED IT WOULD NOT GO, IT WOULD JERK AND SPUTTER. TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS WATER IN WHERE THE COMPUTER WAS HOUSED.THEY HAD LOOKED UP AND THERE WAS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION DRIVEABILITY ISSUES, REFERENCE NUMBER 06-14-10. THEY ADVISED US THAT THIS WAS MOST LIKELY THE PROBLEM. WE REPLACED THIS PART FOR IT AND THEY SAID IT WAS FINE. PULLED OUT OF THE LOT AND WENT TO MAKE A TURN AND THE CAR DIED AGAIN. *TR

MY WIFE WAS ON THE INTERSTATE WITH MY 2 AND 4 YEAR OLD TRAVELING 70 MPH TODAY(3/15/11). VAN LOST POWER TO TRANSMISSION AND THANKFULLY SHE WAS ABLE TO REACH THE SAFETY OF THE SHOULDER BY WAY OF DODGING TO SEMI TRUCKS COMING UP FAST BEHIND HER. VAN IS AT THE DEALERSHIP NOW TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAS CAUSED THE FAILURE OF POWER. I HAVE READ ABOUT ALL OF THE ISSUES OTHER OWNERS ARE HAVING AND FIND THIS VERY DANGEROUS AND DISTURBING. SOMETHING NEEDS TP BE DONE BY FORD TO RECTIFY THE ISSUE. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WE BOUGHT IT IN 2008 AND ENJOYED DRIVING IT ALL OVER TEXAS BUT THE REAR BRAKES HAVE ALWAYS HAS MADE A MOANING SOUND NO MATTER WHAT IS REPLACED AND THE FRONT BRAKES RATTLE. DEC 2010 REPLACED THE WATER PUMP, ALTERNATOR, ILDER PULLEY AND BELT TENSIONER BEFORE I FOUND THE SOLUTION ON YOUTUBE THAT IT WAS THE CAMSHAFT SYCHRONIZER THAT WAS MAKING A SHRIEKING NOISE. THEN WITHOUT WARNING THREE WEEKS LATER THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL 83230 MILES, LEFT MY WIFE STRANDED IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC LUCKILY IT WASN'T AT NIGHT OR MY KIDS IN THE VAN. NO CAUSE COULD BE DETERMINED BY MECHANIC OTHER THAN TRANNY PAN WAS FULL OF METAL AND HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT FOR $2000. I HAVE OWNED AN F150, AEROSTAR, AND EXPLORER ALL WENT OVER 180,000 MILES AND STILL WORKING WHEN I SOLD THEM. THE FREESTAR HAS BEEN A LET DOWN. NEXT MINIVAN WILL BE NISSAN OR TOYOTA. HOPEFULLY FORD WILL RECALL THE TRANNY ON THESE VAN SINCE MOST OF THE COMMENTS I HAVE READ EXPERIENCE TRANNY FAILURE AROUND 80K MILES HOPEFULLY NO ONE GET HURT BECAUSE OF IT. *TR

I OWN A 2005 FORD FREESTAR MINIVAN. OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS I NOTICED IT WOULD SHIFT HARD WHEN I PUT IT INTO DRIVE. THEN ON TUESDAY, 3/8/11 ME AND MY FAMILY WAS ON THE HIGHWAY, MY HUSBAND DRIVING, AND NOTICED THE VAN WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR. WE PULLED OVER AND CHECKED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ADDED JUST A BIT. WE THEN STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND THEN THE VAN WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR. WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT TO A MECHANIC AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE EITHER REPLACED OR REBUILT. WE ARE HAVING IT REBUILT WITH AT LEAST $1600 OR MORE EXPENSE. *TR

THE DAY AFTER A HEAVY RAIN, MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR STARTED STALLING OUT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. I THOUGHT IT WAS A SENSOR AS I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM LAST YEAR AFTER A HEAVY RAIN & TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE CAM SENSOR WHICH SOLVED THE PROBLEM. THIS TIME THE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION & HE COULD NOT FIX IT. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE FORD DEALER WE BOUGHT IT FROM WHO CONFIRMED THAT IT IS THE TRANSMISSION & WILL COST US $2,200 TO HAVE IT FIXED. WHY IS SUCH A NEW, LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM? I HAVE BEEN READING MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VERY SAME VEHICLE. WHY HASN'T FORD RECALLED IT? WE CANNOT AFFORD THIS AND I NEED MY VAN. IT IS SO FRUSTRATING. ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. ISN'T THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO??? I STILL OWE OVER $2000 ON THIS VAN THAT I EXPECTED TO LAST ME FOR YEARS WITHOUT HAVING TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE HELP! *TR

MY HUSBAND WAS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE PROBLEM AND HE NARRATES THE EVENTS BELOW. I WAS COMING OUT OF A BASEBALL GAME AND AFTER A STOP SIGN I STARTED MOVING OUT FROM AN INTERSECTION TURNING RIGHT WITH TRAFFIC FROM THE LEFT. SUDDENLY, THE 2005 FREESTAR MADE A NOISE AND ACCELERATED (AS I HAD MY FOOT ON THE GAS) AND LIKE SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL GEAR. I TRIED TO GET IT IN GEAR AGAIN ONLY TO NOTICE THAT IT WAS STILL IN DRIVE. I TRIED TO STEER IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT AS I WAS JUST MOVING OUT DIDN'T ROLLED ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE TRAFFIC LANE. CARS FROM THE LEFT STARTED AVOIDING ME GOING CLOSE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE TWO LANE ROAD AS ONCOMING TRAFFIC HONKED THEIR HORN. REGARDLESS OF THE GEAR IT STOOD LIKE IF IN NEUTRAL. FINALLY AFTER A WHILE THE TRAFFIC SLOWED DOWN SO I GOT OUT AND STARTED TO PUSH THE VAN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY HOUSE AND COUPLE OF MECHANICS THAT HAD COME BY HAVE QUOTED ME OVER $2000.00 WHICH I CANNOT AFFORD SINCE I JUST GOT A JOB. I HAD TO RENT A CAR UNTIL I CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. *TR

WE WERE RUNNING SOME ERRANDS ON 3/4/11. IT WAS RAINING . DIFFERENT TIMES I NOTICE A LITTLE BIT OF HESITANCY WHEN LEAVING THE MALLS & PULLING AWAY FROM STOPLIGHTS & STOPSIGNS. ON 3/5/11 WE WERE BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY & PROCEEDED TO PUT IN DRIVE, VAN KIND OF CHUG A LUG AND WENT MAYBE 30 FT & STOP. RESTARTED VAN AND IT WOULD DO THIS ALL OVER AGAIN. FINALLY AFTER ABOUT 5-6 TIMES ,WENT AROUND THE BLOCK & PARKED IT IN DRIVEWAY. MILEAGE IS 80,939. WE HAD TROUBLE LIKE THIS IN JAN 2011. HAD IT TOWED TO LYNCH FORD, DEALER CHARGED US $150.00 & COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. MAYBE BECAUSE IT WAS INSIDE THE DEALERSHIP & GOT DRIED OUT. MILEAGE APPROX 77800 BACK IN MARCH 2010, THE TRANSMISSION WAS DOING THE SAME TYPE OF THING CHUG A LUGGING & THEN STOP. HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP WHO THEN HAD TO TOW IT TO THE FORD DEALER. FORD DID HAVE A RECALL ISSUE ON TCM , REPLACED IT,THE COWL PANEL & NEW KEY FOBS. WE HAD TO PAY FOR LABOR DUE TO FORD MOTORS FAULT WHAT SUPPOSEDLY DIDN'T COVER. MILEAGE APPROX 65,000 NOT SURE ON THIS. AT THIS TIME. I BELIEVE IT IS THE SAME TROUBLE AGAIN. *TR

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 75 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, ENGINE RPM RAPIDLY INCREASED AND VEHICLE SLOWED IN SPEED. CRUISE CONTROL WAS DISENGAGED, DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR CAUSED AN INCREASE IN RPM, BUT VEHICLE HAD NO MOTIVE POWER. PULLEDTO SHOULDER OF INTERSTATE, VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR. TOWED FOR REPAIRS-CAUSE OF FAILURE ATTRIBUTED TO TORQUE CONVERTER CURRENT MILEAGE-77069. PARTS REQUIRED TO EFFECT REPAIRS-TORQUE CONVERTER OVERHAUL KIT, BUSHING KIT, OUTSIDE DIAMETER BAND, PUMP ROTOR KIT, CLUTCH COMPLETER. *TR