2004 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK IT WILL KICK THE GAS BACK OUT THE FILLER HOLE - SPRAYING GAS A GOOD 3 FT. IN ORDER TO GET GAS INTO THE TANK YOU HAVE TO FILL VERY SLOW AND AFTER MANY TRIES AND NOZZLE SHUT OFFS YOU CAN FILL THE TANK. WHEN THIS SYMPTOM STARTED IT HAS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SPUTTER GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE PRESSURE BUILDS SO BAD IN THE TANK, IT IS SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE THE GAS CAP DUE TO EXCESS PRESSURE BUILD UP. NOW WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAP ON LOOSELY SO PRESSURE WON'T BUILD UP, IRONICALLY THE GAS CAP INSTRUMENT LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON. *TR

LUCKILY I WAS NOT DRIVING MY FREESTAR WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, HOWEVER, IT WAS THE COLDEST DAY OF THE YEAR AND I WAS STRANDED. I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK WHEN I WENT TO GET IN AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I HAD TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION WITH A NICE BILL OF $2500.00. I AM HAPPY THAT FORD HAS FINALLY REALIZED THIS IS A PROBLEM AND IS GOING TO FIX IT. HOWEVER, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR THE REPAIR?? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK VIOLENTLY WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE BATTERY AND ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS. THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STALED AND RESTARTED WITH THE CONTINUOUS ILLUMINATION OF THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR. THE SIMILAR FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AS A RESULT TO WATER LEAKAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY IN CONNECTICUIT GOING BACK HOME TO MAINE. LOST ALL POWER ON RTE 84. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL. $850 TOW BACK HOME. TORQUE CONVERTER. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN FIXED YET. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND BEGAN TO EXIT WHEN THE CAR ALERTED TO "CHECK TRACTION." IT STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE, THEN BEGAN TO DECELERATE AND NO MATTER IF I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL IT EVENTUALLY STOPPED. I WAS ABLE TO GET MYSELF TO A SAFE AREA BEFORE IT LOST ITS ABILITY TO DRIVE. I HAD IT TOWED AND WAS TOLD BY THE AUTO REPAIR PERSON THAT IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION. *TR

SON COMMENTED THAT REAR SEAT WAS NOT PROPERLY LATCHED DOWN. INSPECTION SHOWED THAT DRIVER-SIDE REAR SEAT ANCHOR WAS LATCHED TO THE SEAT, BUT THE ANCHOR WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE BODY. HAD ALSO BEEN NOTICING THAT DURING RIGHT HAND TURNS, DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL MAKES LOUD RUBBING SOUND. HAD SON SHIFT WEIGHT TO THE RIGHT (TO PUSH SEAT AWAY FROM LOOSE ANCHOR) AND SOUND STOPPED. *TR

DAUGHTER'S WERE DRIVING 55 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED / NO POWER IN TRAFFIC. CAR ACTED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL .TURNED ONTO SIDE STREET TO AVOID BEING REAR ENDED SLID INTO BRUSH AND ROCKS. PAINT SCRATCHES,TOWING,TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT AND POSSIBLE DEADLY CONDITION ! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AND ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

I PURCHASED MY 2004 FORD FREESTAR MINIVAN NEW AND HAD EXPERIENCED NO PROBLEMS OR SYMPTOMS WHATSOEVER LEADING UP TO THE DATE OF MY RECENT TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN 11/11. RECENTLY, WHILE MERGING ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY (WIFE, TWO CHILDREN, GRANDMOTHER IN CAR WITH ME), MY TRANSMISSION SIMPLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN DRIVE OR REVERSE AND WE WERE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT. WE PUSHED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THE RESULT WAS A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR NEARLY $3000. I HAD BEEN READING FOR YEARS ABOUT IDENTICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE 04-05 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION AND HAD TAKEN EXTRA PRECAUTIONS HOPING TO PREVENT IT. MY VEHICLE IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO SYMPTOMS OR INDICATIONS OF A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP GAVE ME NO REASON FOR THE FAILURE OTHER THAN TO GIVE ME OPTIONS FOR REPAIRING IT AND TO SAY THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF TRANSMISSION ISSUES FOR THESE VEHICLES. *TR

WE WERE LEAVING FOR A SHORT TRIP. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE ENGINE RPM'S INCREASE AND THE VAN WAS HARDLY MOVING. NO ADVANCE NOTICE AT ALL. WE TURNED AROUND AND MADE IT BACK TO THE HOUSE. JUST CREEPING ALONG. IT WAS JUST PURE LUCK, EARLY MORNING WITH HARDLY ANY TRAFFIC. FROM READING OTHER COMPLAINT ON THE INTERNET, IT COULD BE A COSTLY REPAIR. AS OF TODAY, I HAVEN'T HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT. WITH ONLY 60K MILES I WOULD THINK A TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST LONGER. TOO MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS. FORD MUST OF HAD IT DESIGNED WITH "COSTING CUTTING" IN MIND. MY OPINION FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD OFFER SOME TYPE OF ALLOWANCE FOR SHODDY DESIGN. THERE SEEMS TO BE A GREAT NUMBER OF FAILURES NOT JUST ONE OR TWO. *TR