2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

WHILE TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE, IT WAS NOTICED THAT RPM OF THE VEHICLE ROSE INSTANTLY ON ITS OWN. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS DEPRESSED THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE NO LONGER WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. THE NEXT EXIT TO A HIGHWAY WAS USED AS THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. A NEARBY POLICEMAN ARRIVED AT THE SCENE TO ASSIST BY PUSHING MY VEHICLE TO A NEARBY GAS STATION TO PREVENT OTHER VEHICLES FROM HITTING ME. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE A DIAGNOSIS REVEALED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY IN SHOP AND EXPECTED REPAIRS SHOULD BE DONE IN ONE WEEK. THERE WERE NO SIGNS LEADING UP TO THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT DRIVE ANY DIFFERENT BEFORE THE EVENT THAN IT DID A YEAR AGO. FAILURE OCCURRED AROUND 92,500 MILES. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THIS HAPPENED DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND WAS VERY TRAUMATIC FOR MY WIFE AS SEVERAL CARS ALMOST REAR ENDED HER. WE HAD THE VAN TOWED TO THE FORD DEALER WHO TOLD US IT WAS GOING TO BE $2700 TO REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND PUMP SHAFT. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH WE SEE THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND THE NHTSA IS INVESTIGATING. A WARNING FROM FORD TO THOSE WHO ARE PUTTING THEIR LIVES IN PERIL BY DRIVING THESE VANS WITH DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE. WHAT IF SHE HAD GOTTEN INTO AN ACCIDENT OVER THIS? WE'LL COUNT OUR BLESSING THAT WE WILL ONLY BE OUT $2,700 (I GUESS). *TR

MY '05 FREESTAR DIED ON SEPT. 25 WHILE I WAS ON MY WAY TO KENTUCKY TO MY SONS GRADUATION FROM ARMY BASIC TRAINING. I WAS COMING OVER A BRIDGE THAT I COULDN'T PULL OVER ON WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED PULLING. LUCKILY, I WAS GOING FAST ENOUGH IT HAPPENED AND COMING DOWN A HILL TO PULL OVER WHEN IT DIED. I HAD IT SERVICED LAST YEAR IN SEPT. HAD A TUNE-UP IN FEBRUARY AND HAD THE OIL CHANGED EVERY 3000 MILES. MY FAMILY AND I, WHICH CONSISTED OF MY HUSBAND, MOTHER, FATHER, DAUGHTER AND HER 9 MONTH OLD BABY AND SISTER-IN-LAW, HAD TO RENT A CAR IN ALABAMA TO CONTINUE ON TO KENTUCKY TO MY SONS GRADUATION. I HAD TO PAY AAMCO THE GRAND TOTAL OF $2400 TO REBUILD A TRANSMISSION, THAT THE FORD PLACE TOLD ME SHOULD NOT HAVE WENT OUT. I CALLED THE NATIONAL FORD COMPANY AND THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY NO HELP. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WITH MY 3 YOUNG CHILDREN, WHEN I CAME TO A STOP SIGN. I WENT TO TURN THE CORNER WHEN MY MINIVAN WOULDN'T GO FORWARD AT ALL. WE BARELY MISSED BEING REAR ENDED BY THE OTHER CAR TURNING BEHIND US. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO COAST INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND PULL OVER. *TR

DRIVING ON BUSY FREEWAY IN THE FAST LANE AT 75MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED. SUDDENLY A LOUD REVVING SOUND AND DASH GAUGE SHOWED RPMS AT WELL ABOVE 5,000. TAPPED THE BRAKE TO TURN OFF CRUISE CONTROL, AND FELT CONFUSED BECAUSE PRESSING GAS PEDAL RESULTED IN NO ACCELERATION BUT RPMS WOULD GO THROUGH THE ROOF. I WAS TRAVELING IN THE FAST LANE, SO I PUT MY RIGHT BLINKER ON AND THANK GOD WAS ABLE TO SAFELY MANEUVER OVER TWO LANES IN HEAVY AND FAST-MOVING TRAFFIC AND SEMI-TRUCKS TO THE RIGHT LANE. WAS ALSO BLESSED TO BE ON A FAIRLY STEEPLY INCLINED PORTION OF THE FREEWAY, SO THAT I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE COASTING ENOUGH TO TAKE THE NEXT FREEWAY EXIT AND TURN INTO A GAS STATION INSTEAD OF BEING STRANDED ON FREEWAY SHOULDER OR IN THE ROAD BLOCKING TRAFFIC. CALLED THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP, WHO SENT A TOW TRUCK TO PICK UP VAN. I TOLD THE SERVICE TECH WHAT HAPPENED AND HE SAID THAT THEY WOULD EXAMINE THE CAR AND CALL ME WITH THEIR DIAGNOSIS. LATER, THEY CALLED AND SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT, AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT SPECIFIC PART OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILED UNLESS THEY DID MORE EXTENSIVE DISMANTLING OF THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH WOULD END UP COSTING MORE MONEY IN LABOR. HE SAID WE SHOULD JUST BUY A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION, WHICH WOULD BE $3,100. I GOT ONLINE AND DID A BING SEARCH FOR '2005 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION' TO MAYBE FIND THE REPAIR CHEAPER, BUT INSTEAD I FOUND ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER FREESTAR OWNERS. NOW, I DON'T EVEN WANT ANOTHER DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION PUT INTO THAT VAN BECAUSE I WILL NEVER DRIVE IT AGAIN, ESPECIALLY WITH MY TWO YOUNG SONS IN THE CAR. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED HAD THE CAR STOPPED IN A HAIRIER TRAFFIC SITUATION, LIKE ON A RAILROAD TRACK OR AS I WAS TURNING IN FRONT OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I WANT THE BLUE BOOK TRADE-IN VALUE FOR THIS VEHICLE SO THAT I CAN BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE NOT A FORD. THIS IS A TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE THAT FORD HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH LETTING THESE DEFECTIVE CARS STAY OUT ON THE ROAD. *TR

MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AS I WAS DRIVING. IT HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY IN SOUTH JERSEY AT 65 MILES PER HOUR IN THE RIGHT LANE WHEN I REALIZED I COULD NOT GIVE THE CAR ANY GAS. THE HIGHWAY HAS SMALL HILLS AND TURNS, AND I HAD DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRENCE, DRIVING MY SON AND HIS FRIENDS TO SCHOOL. AFTER PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL, THE VAN DID NOT RESPOND AND I BEGAN TO COAST. I PULLED THE CAR OVER TO A SAFE AREA WITH MY HAZARD LIGHTS FLASHING. SINCE THE CAR DID NOT RESPOND AFTER TURNING IT OFF AND STARTING IT AGAIN, I PLACED A CALLED TO AAA. AS I WAITED, CARS AND TRUCKS TRAVELING AT FULL SPEED PAST ME WERE A BIT ALARMING. I WAS TOWED OFF THE PARKWAY AND TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP AS RECOMMENDED. AFTER INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND A NEW ONE IS BEING PUT IN THE VAN. THIS WILL COST $2300 AND LEAVE ME WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR WORK FOR ALMOST A WEEK. THERE WAS NO WARNING TO THIS OCCURRING. NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE LIT UP, AND INCIDENTS SUCH AS THIS HAD NOT OCCURRED PRIOR TO THIS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL. THE CONTACT DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT PUMPING FUEL, THAT THERE WAS A FAULTY CAM POSITION SENSOR AND A TRANSMISSION SPEED SENSOR. THE MECHANIC REPLACED BOTH SENSORS BUT THAT DID NOT REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER TO EXPLAIN THE STALLING FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION INSPECTED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT SINCE THERE WAS NO RECALL THEY COULD OFFER NO ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT STATED DUE TO THE SAFETY ISSUE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,073.

OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR LOSES POWER AND ENGINE STALLS, THIS HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES WITHIN 6-9 MONTH PERIOD AND WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP EACH TIME. EACH TIME A DIFFERENT CODE COMES UP, WE HAVE THE WORK DONE AND ULTIMATELY IT HAPPENS AGAIN. THIS HAPPENS AND NO POWER TO GET OFF THE ROAD, EXPRESSWAY ETC. A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH 2 CHILDREN IN THE BACK. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON HWY 36, APPROXIMATELY 50MPH, WHEN MY FORD FREESTAR'S ENGINE FAILED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ALL CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE. *TR