2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2005 FORD FREESTAR. NO WARNING, FAILED UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. LUCKILY NO OTHER VEHICLE WAS BEHIND US OR IT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $3500. *TR

THE TORQUE CONVERTER WENT OUT ON MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR 4.2L. IT HAS 83,586 MILES ON IT. I HAD NO WARNING SIGNS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

2005 FORD FREESTAR - 2ND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. IN MARCH 2009 THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON OUR 2005 FREESTAR. NO WARNING, LIKE ALL OTHERS WITH PROBLEMS, IT WAS LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL & WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. SERVICE TECH INFORMED US THAT 2005 FREESTARS HAVE TRANSMISSION ISSUES/TORQUE PROBLEMS. OUR WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED, & WE HAD TO PAY $3200 FOR NEW TRANSMISSION. COMPLAINT WAS FILED WITH NHTSA. THANKFULLY, WE PURCHASED A WARRANTY W/ THE NEW TRANSMISSION - BECAUSE IT HAS GONE OUT AGAIN! VAN HAS BEEN SITTING AT FORD DEALERSHIP FOR OVER TWO WEEKS NOW, WAITING ON FORD'S APPROVAL TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION FOR 2ND TIME, DUE TO SAME PROBLEM. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY FORD WILL NOT ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, REPAIR THE TRANSMISSIONS THAT ARE FAILING AT NO COST. I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER FORD, I KNOW I WON'T. CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS HAVE BEEN MENTIONED, I WOULD DEFINITELY BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN ONE! I GUESS FORD IS NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL SOMEONE DIES IN A HORRIFIC CRASH DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVING THE VAN ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED TO REV AND THE VAN SLOWED DOWN WAS LUCKY TO FIND A EXIT AND COAST SAFELY TO A STOP HAD THE VAN PULLED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP SHAFT BROKE IN THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR 0VER TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS

I WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ON MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR. RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS WARNING SIGHS SUCH AS GRINDING OF THE GEARS, SLIPPING OF THE FEARS OR LOSS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID. CAR ACTED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL THROUGH ALL GEARS. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION WITH A MECHANIC REVEALED A FAILURE OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER. *TR

FORD FREESTAR 2005. THE RADIO FLASHES PHONE AND RUNS DOWN THE BATTERY. IT WAS REPLACED BY FORD, STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THIS. NEXT, TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 71,000. THE TORQUE CONVERTER CAME APART INTERNALLY AND SENT METAL THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION DESTROYING IT. WHEN HAVING THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED BY FORD, THEY FOUND THAT THE DRIVERS CV JOINT WAS BAD. WE CHANGED THE CV JOINT/ TRANS AXLE COMBO, IT IS NOW BAD AGAIN. *LN

THE VAN LOST ALL AUTOMOTIVE POWER SUDDENLY AND WE ALMOST GOT HIT BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND HAD TO WAIT FOR THE POLICE TO PUSH US OUT OF THE STREET. WE HAD THE VAN TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTER FOR $1700. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SPLINE OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE FORD DEALERSHIP KNEW ABOUT THE DEFECT INVESTIGATION AND TOLD US WE HAD TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AT THE DEALERSHIP TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A REFUND IF A RECALL WAS ISSUED. IT COULD HAVE EASILY LOST POWER IN AN BUSY INTERSECTION OR ON A TRAIN TRACK AND WE WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. PLEASE ISSUE THE RECALL ON THIS ALREADY. IT HAS BEEN UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR OVER TWO YEARS. WHAT IS THE HOLDUP?

WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROADWAY AT 50 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACTED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. THERE WAS NO FORWARD OR REVERSE GEARS, THE ENGINE RAN FINE, JUST NO POWER TO THE WHEELS. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS OF THE FAILURE...NO ERRATIC SHIFTING, NOISES, ETC. WE WERE JUST DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY, NOT ACCELERATING OR DOING ANYTHING TO STRAIN THE DRIVETRAIN. IT WAS TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A STRIPPED OUTPUT SHAFT ON THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REMOVED, TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED ALONG WITH THE OUTPUT SHAFT AND SEVERAL SEALS, TRANSMISSION FLUID, ETC. TOTAL COST OF REPAIR WAS $1552. *TR

WIFE WAS DRIVING THE 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN AND CAME UP TO A STOP LIGHT. THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN SO SHE STEPPED ON THE GAS AND THE VAN MOVED FORWARD A FEW FEET AND THEN NOTHING. THANKFULLY SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE SHE PUT IT IN PARK AND BACK INTO DRIVE AND THE VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VAN MADE NO NOISE TO INDICATE ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. *TR