2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

I PURCHASED MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR NEW AND WITH 72,082 MILES I HAD TO HAVE THE TORQUE CONVERTER, BANNER KIT, HARDENED PUMP SHAFT WITH PUMP GEARS REPLACED. WE WERE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AND FELT A THUMP LIKE WE HAD RUN OVER SOMETHING. PRIOR TO THAT THE VAN WOULD SHAKE AT 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR. THE COST OF THE REPAIRS WERE $14450. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSIONS IN THE FREESTAR'S ARE NOT BUILT FOR VAN'S. 72000 MILES IS TO LOW FOR SOMETHING LIKE THE TRANSMISSION TO HAVE TO BE REPAIR. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY FORD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREE STAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS REPLACED WITH A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. WITHIN 18 MONTHS, THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED IN REGARDS TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,109. UPDATED 04/08/11

FIRST AND FOREMOST I AM A MOTHER OF THREE AND USE MY VAN DAILY TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL. THIS IS MY SECOND TIME HAVING TO REPORT TRANSMISSION FAILURE THE FIRST BEING IN JUNE/2010 WE WAS DRIVING AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE VAN'S TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WE HAD IT FIXED IN JULY 19 2010. THEN AGAIN 2/26/2011 I WAS DRIVING ABOUT THIRTY MILES FROM MY HOME TO VISIT MY BROTHER IN THE HOSPITAL I HAD GOT WORD HE WAS NOT DOING WELL FROM SURGERY AND I DID NOT MAKE IT I HEARD A NOISE AND FELT A SURGE SO I PULLED OFF INTO A PARKING LOT AND CALLED MY FATHER THAT WAS AT THE HOSPITAL TO COME AND PICK MY DAUGHTER AND ME UP. HE CHECKED EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD AND DID NOT SEE A PROBLEM. MY HUSBAND SHOWED UP A FEW HOURS LATER IN WHICH HE HEARD A NOISE IN THE TRANSMISSION WHEN HE WENT TO PUT IN GEAR IT STARTED ROLLING THERE WAS NOTHING IT HAD DONE WENT OUT. SO WE CALLED THE WRECKER MAN TO COME GET IT WE HAD DONE SPENT $45.00,$50.00 AND NOW THIS COST $90.00 ON TOW BILLS. I WILL NOT KNOW UNTIL LATER THIS WEEK WHAT WENT OUT. I GOT ON THE INTERNET LAST NIGHT AND DAY AFTER DAY SOMEONE IS REPORTING THIS SAME PROBLEM HERE WE ARE. IN LESS THAN A YEAR OURS HAS WENT OUT TWICE WHAT WILL IT TAKE BEFORE FORD DOES SOMETHING TO FIX THIS LOSING A FAMILY MEMBER OR A WHOLE FAMILY. WE STILL OWE ON OUR VAN AND WITH THE ECONOMY WAS HOPING TO PAY IT OFF AND ENJOY LIFE WITHOUT PAYMENTS FOR A WHILE BUT WHO KNOWS.I DO NOT FEEL SAFE EVEN GETTING IN THIS VEHICLE I JUST FEEL IT WILL TAKE A DEATH BEFORE FORD WISES UP AND DOES SOMETHING THIS IS SO SAD I REPORTED MY PROBLEM IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR HOPING TO GET SOMETHING DONE AND NOW HERE WE ARE AGAIN 8 MONTHS LATER WITH REPORTS COMING IN EVERYDAY AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE. I AM CONTACTING OTHER MEDIA TO TRY AND GET WORD OF THIS UNLIKE TOYOTA TRYING TO SAY THIS OR THAT THERE IS TOO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THESE FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSIONS REPORTS PAGE AFTER PAGE WHEN YOU PUT 2005 FORD FREESTAR IN THE SEARCH. SO WHY HASN'T SOMETHING BEING DONE BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR . THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT HAD BEEN ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL SINCE DECEMBER 2010. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT SHE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE CLOCK SPRING. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS THE PART WAS UNAVAILABLE AND THE DEALER ADVISED HER TO NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE AIR BAGS WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 87,000. UPDATED 03/24/11*LJ UPDATED 04/22/11

I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN TO WORK. MY TRIP TO WORK WAS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DAY. NO PROBLEMS AND WORRY FREE. I WAS AT WORK PULLING INTO MY PARKING PLACE AND IT WAS JUST LIKE SOMEONE HAD PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR, OR IN ANY DIRECTION. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR MANY PEOPLE NOW INCLUDING MYSELF. *TR

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE,AND I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM OCCUR TWICE. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT ~30K MILES ON A LOCAL ROAD. THE SECOND WAS AT ~65K MILES ON THE INTERSTATE. BOTH TIMES I WAS ON A GENTLY INCREASING SLOPE AND SUDDENLY LOST DRIVE POWER. IN THE FIRST CASE, I DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SPEED (~25 MPH AT FAILURE) AND THUS TIME TO REACT TO GET THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE POSITION. I WAS FORCED TO GLIDE BACKWARD DOWN THE SLOPE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IN THE SECOND CASE, I HAD ENOUGH SPEED (~70 MPH AT FAILURE) AND THE EXPERIENCE FROM THE FIRST TIME TO GET THE VEHICLE SAFELY TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE BEFORE LOSING MOMENTUM. BOTH EXPERIENCES WERE VERY DISCOMFORTING, AS I WAS CARRYING TWO YOUNG CHILDREN. THE SECOND TIME WAS ESPECIALLY UNSETTLING BECAUSE IT WAS AT NIGHT ON THE INTERSTATE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER, NOT TO MENTION THAT IT WAS SECOND TIME WITH THE SAME SYMPTOMS. IN BOTH CASES, ALL OTHER ENGINE FUNCTIONS APPEARED TO OPERATE NORMALLY. IN BOTH CASES THERE WAS NEITHER FORWARD NOR REVERSE POWER. I HAVE ALWAYS HAD THIS VEHICLE REPAIRED AND MAINTAINED AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT NEW. FOR THE FIRST FAILURE, THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE SPLINES HAD BEEN STRIPPED OFF. THE SECOND FAILURE HAPPENED ONLY A WEEK AGO, SO IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP BEING REPAIRED. THE DIAGNOSIS IS THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER SPLINES WERE AGAIN STRIPPED AND ALSO THAT THE PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREE STAR. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR WOULD NOT MOVE INTO ANY GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A RESPONSE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THEY WILL SEND A LETTER TO THE LOCAL DEALER ON THE CONTACT'S BEHALF. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 63,000.

2005 FORD FREESTAR 62,665 MILES. TRANSMISSION WENT WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARNING. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS REPAIR WILL COST BETWEEN $2500 AND $3500 DOLLARS U.S. LOST ALL POWER CONTROL TO THE VEHICLE. GOING UP HILL STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS ONLY OPTION WAS TO STOP. *TR

WATER LEAKAGE THROUGH THE LEFT WINDSHIELD WIPER COWLING CAUSED OUR POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE TO GO BAD. THIS REPAIR IS COSTING US ALMOST $1,000.00 DOLLARS TO FIX. UPON RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET WE HAVE COME TO REALIZATION THAT THIS IS A VERY PROLIFIC PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF VAN. JUST FOR THEM TO GET THE PART IS GOING TO TAKE A MONTH. THAT SHOWS YOU JUST HOW PROLIFIC IT IS. FORD IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS FAULTY COWLING THAT LEAKS DIRECTLY ON TO THE PCM EVEN THOUGH TENS OF THOUSANDS OR MORE PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO HAVE THIS PART REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES COSTING THEM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKETS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A GOVERNMENT FORCED RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES CAUSE IT'S APPARENT THAT FORD IS NOT GOING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR FAULTY EQUIPMENT DESIGN ON THEIR OWN.

DRIVING AT 55MPH, TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY DISENGAGED. TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE AFTER STOPPING. NO FLUID LEAKS, HIGH AMOUNT METAL FLAKES IN FLUID, HIGH FLUID LEVEL (NOT CIRCULATING) ALSO SUDDEN AND SLIGHT WHINING NOISE FROM TRANS AS WELL. TORQUE CONVERTER, OR PUMP HAS GONE BAD. *TR