2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

IN 2006 I PURCHASED A 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN USED WITH 23,000 MILES ON IT, AND IN 2007 THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED SUDDENLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE 2007 TRANSMISSION REPAIR COST ME APPROX. $3600. TODAY 02/05/11, I WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPFH ON A 2 LANE HIGHWAY(BOTH LANES GOING ONE WAY) WHEN MY VAN STOPPED ACCELERATING WITHOUT WARNING. I NEARLY WAS STRUCK BY AN 18 WHEELER IN TRAFFIC AS I ATTEMPTED TO SAFELY GET OFF THE ROA, I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THIS IS TWICE A TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED IN THIS VEHICLE! NHTSA PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO FORCE FORD MOTOR CO. TO BE HONEST ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS THEY PUT IN THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE , BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED - PERHAPS PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DIED BECAUSE OF THIS. PLEASE HELP ME. *TR

FEBRUARY 1, 2011. 2005 FREESTAR, 110,000MILES. AS I WAS DRIVING 45MPH ON PARKWAY I ACCELERATED INTO MIDDLE LANE WHEN WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I HIT THE GAS, TACHOMETER REVVED BUT NO RESPONSE. I QUICKLY COASTED TO SHOULDER AND MANAGED TO AVOID GETTING HIT! AFTER PUTTING VAN IN PARK, I TRIED CHANGING GEARS BUT VAN WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. NO WARNING SIGNALS AT ALL! NOT EVEN A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. HAD VAN TOWED TO SHOP. STILL TROUBLESHOOTING FAILURE. *TR

FAILED COMPONENT #1: 8/9/10 - TRANSMISSION FAILED - REPLACED TRANSMISSION - $1,732.32, FAILED COMPONENT #2: 10/9/10 - REMOVE AND REPLACE ALTERNATOR - $442.00. FAILED ON ROUTE 95 SOUTH CT HEADED TO NJ, BATTERY FAILED, ALTERNATOR FAILED, POWER SURGE, POWER LOST, COASTED TO A SAFE PLACE OFF OF EXIT WHERE I WAS STRANDED WITH 2 CHILDREN LATE AT NIGHT. HAD TO GET TOWED AND FIXED, STAYED OVER NIGHT IN SEEDY PART OF CITY. FAILED COMPONENT #3: 11/1/10 - REMOVE AND REPLACE ALTERNATOR - $297.68, FAILED ON ROUTE 113 AGAIN, POWER SURGE AND POWER FAILED, ALTERNATOR DIED, LOST POWER AND MANAGED TO GET HOME A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD, HAD TO GET TOWED TO SHOP, NEW BATTERY FAILED AS WELL. HAD IT IN THE SHOP FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS TOTAL.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED; THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE CONTACT HAD AN OIL CHANGE AND THE VEHICLE SERVICED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 108,000.

2005 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM - CAR JUST STALLED ON ME WHILE DRIVING AT A VERY BUSY TIME PULLING INTO A DRIVEWAY UP HILL. IN ADDITION, ANY TIME I TRIED TO PUT IT IN A GEAR IT WOULD ROLL BACK. I ALMOST HIT THE CARS/PEOPLE BEHIND ME. PLUS, I WAS BLOCKING THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. *TR

DROVE ABOUT AN HOUR AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION FELT LIKE IT WAS SLIPPING A BIT AROUND 65/70. HAD NEVER FELT IT BEFORE. CALLED MECHANIC WHEN WE GOT HOME WHO SAID BRING IT IN 2 DAYS LATER. WITHIN THAT TWO DAYS, THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY LET GO AND WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO MECHANIC. HE SAID HE FOUND WATER IN THE PAN. ENDED UP REPLACING TRANSMISSION WITH A REBUILT. GOT CAR BACK. WITHIN A WEEK THE CONVERTER LET GO AND HE SAID IT WENT THROUGH TRANSMISSION AND HE FOUND METAL SHAVINGS IN PAN. HAD TO DROP TRANSMISSION AGAIN AND REPAIR. (HOPE THIS ALL MAKES SENSE, I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT HE DESCRIBED TO ME BUT IF NOT, I CAN GET A BETTER EXPLANATION FROM THE MECHANIC). *TR

TRAVELING ON BUSY 2-LANE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT..APPROX 50 MILES AN HOUR..SUDDENLY CAR REVVED UP AND WENT INTO NEUTRAL..ENGINE RUNNING FINE. TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. THERE WERE CARS EVERYWHERE..DARK HIGHWAY..NO STREET LIGHTS. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A PULL OFF POINT WITHOUT ANY INJURIES. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANY KIND THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN...NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO TRANSMISSION SHIFTS OR SLIPPAGE, NO SMOKE, NO SMELL. SINCE THIS OCCURRED OUT-OF-TOWN--VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED OVER 100 MILES. QUOTED COST OF REPAIR AT LOCAL FORD DEALER--$3,000. NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT HAS BEEN SITTING SINCE THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE FUNDS TO GET IT REPAIRED.*TR

WHILE DRIVING THE 2005 FREESTAR THE VEHICLES ENGINE STARTED TO REV AND QUICKLY BEGAN LOSING SPEED. I MANAGED TO GET THE VAN OFF THE ROAD BEFORE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AVOIDING A NEAR REAR END CRASH. THE VEHICLES WOULD NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR AND WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. WAS TOLD THAT THE OUTPUT SHAFT OF THE TORQUE CONVERTOR WAS STRIPPED AND CHARGED $1730.47 FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TORQUE CONVERTOR. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS WAS NOT A UNCOMMON FAILURE FOR THIS VEHICLE. THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE EASILY RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

MY WIFE AND I OWN A 2005 FORD FREESTAR (78,000 MILES). THIS MORNING (1/20/2011) ON HER WAY TO WORK THE CAR LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. WHAT SHE EXPLAINED TO ME OVER THE PHONE I SUSPECTED IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP IN VERNON, CT. MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND SAID THE 'TORQUE CONVERTER' WAS SHOT AND WOULD COST $1,700 TO REPLACE. THE OTHER OPTION WOULD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AT A CHARGE OF $3,700. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT WHILE DOING RESEARCH ABOUT THAT THIS SEEMED TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS SPECIFIC MODEL YEAR. MECHANIC CLAIMING THAT THIS WAS THE 1ST FREESTAR HE HAS EVEN HAD WITH THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR SEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED HE ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE BUT THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD NOT RESPOND. HE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT FROM PARK AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOW STALL, PERFORMED A MASTER OVERHAUL, AND REPLACED THE FILTER, PUMP SHAFT, OVER DRIVE BAND, MANUAL LEVER POSITION SENSOR, TRANSMISSION FLUID, AND THE OIL PUMP. THE FAILURE DID NOT PERSIST. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,309. UPDATED 02/23/11*LJ UPDATED 12/06/2011 *LN