2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR WENT OUT AT OVER 50 MPH WITH NO PREVIOUS WARNINGS AND NO SHOULDER TO PULL ONTO. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER. FORD WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THE VEHICLE COULD REPAIRED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 51,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS OPERATING THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. SHE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD PROBABLY STRIPPED GEARS AND CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 84,700.

I WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR ROAD DURING MORNING TRAFFIC WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT. I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE WITH A LARGE TRUCK BEHIND ME. I IMMEDIATELY PUT ON MY FLASHERS AND THE TRUCK PASSED ME ON THE RIGHT. I WAS LUCKY THERE WASN'T MORE CARS AFTER THE TRUCK AND THAT I WAS GOING DOWN HILL AND WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER. THE VAN STOPPED RIGHT UNDER A SIGN THAT SAID NO STOPPING OR STANDING. IF I HAD BEEN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. I HAD NO PRIOR WARNING THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VAN. PEOPLE COULD GET KILLED IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS. *TR UPDATED 11/03/11. *JB UPDATED 12/22/11. *JB

ON SATURDAY, 7 AUG, MY WIFE AND 2 KIDS WHERE RETURNING FROM A COUNTY FAIR CONCERT AT 11:30PM. WHILE CRUISING IN OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR, ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH, THE CAR LOST TRANSMISSION ENGAGEMENT. UP TO THIS POINT WE HAVE HAD KEPT UP ON REGULAR MAINTENANCE VISITS AND NEVER HAD ANY WARNING THAT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WERE LURKING. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO OUR LOCAL FOR DEALER AND HAVE BEEN INFORMED THE "TRANSMISSION IS SHOT". OUR VAN HAS 59,100 MILES ON IT. *TR

STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, PULLED OUT OF INTERSECTION AND AFTER DRIVING FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE, MY VAN JUST WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING. I WOULD PUSH THE ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE WOULD REV, BUT THAT VAN WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. SO I COASTED IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CALLED SOMEONE TO COME AND HELP ME. WE PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND PUSHED IT INTO A PARKING LOT AND THAT'S WHERE IT IS NOW. *TR

WITH MY WIFE AND 3 CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE, WE WERE DRIVING AT APPROX 70MPH WHEN WE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. RPM'S SPIKED WHEN THE GAS WAS TOUCHED, BUT MOVING FORWARD OR REVERSE IN GEAR WERE NOT POSSIBLE. WE PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF A MAJOR INTERSTATE, ARRANGED FOR A TOW, THEN SET FOR A TAXI TO GET MY FAMILY OFF THE HIGHWAY AND TO SAFETY. IT WAS 11:30 PM AND WE HAD TO SPEND A NIGHT IN A HOTEL AFTER THE VAN WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP FOR REVIEW. UPON THEIR OPENING FRIDAY MORNING WE LEARNED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD GONE BAD, THAT THIS IS A COMMON FREESTAR PROBLEM, AND THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED UNTIL MONDAY. RATHER THAN SPEND 3 NIGHTS IN A HOTEL ON TOP OF THE 1 WE ALREADY DID, WE RENTED A CAR AND DROVE THE 3 + HOURS BACK HOME FROM WHERE WE WERE. THE VAN WAS REPAIRED AND WE PICKED IT UP ON MONDAY. MILES AT TIME OF INCIDENT WERE 62,814 AND AS I TYPE THIS - 63,394. TOTAL COST FOR REPAIR, $1803.07, HOTEL $150.93, RENTAL $206.43, TOW $60.00, TAXI $22.00. *TR

2005 FORD FREESTAR (MANUFACTURED JUNE 04) HAD SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO POOR QUALITY PUMP PARTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE TRAVELING AT 15 MPH MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 117,000.

2005 FORD FREESTAR-SUDDEN TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. NO PRIOR WARNING, NO KNOCKING OR SOUND, JUST A TOTAL DISENGAGEMENT OF ANY GEARS. VEHICLE STILL RAN BUT COULD NOT ENGAGE ANY GEARS. IT ACTED AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. THIS HAPPENED ON AN INTERSTATE AND FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO GOING OVER A LONG BRIDGE. AFTER READING ON THE INTERNET, THIS HAS HAPPENED TO COUNTLESS OTHERS AND I FOUND OUT THAT AN INVESTIGATION WAS LAUNCHED OVER A YEAR AGO BY THE NHTSA. MY FAMILY AND I WERE LUCKY THAT I WAS ABLE TO STOP PRIOR TO THE BRIDGE. I THEN HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED ABOUT 40 MILES AND FOUND OUT THIS MORNING THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION CONVERTER AND PUMP SHAFT WHICH WILL COST ABOUT $2,000 TO REPAIR. *TR