2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER TO THE REVERSE POSITION AND THEN INTO DRIVE. WHILE IN DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY HESITANT TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 39,965. UPDATED 10/06/10. *LJ UPDATED 10/08/10

WAS DRIVING MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR SEL THROUGH OUR TOWN HAD MADE TWO OR THREE STOPS NO PROBLEM STARTED TO GO THROUGH A LIGHT AND NOTICE IT WAS NOT TAKING THE GAS HAD TO CHANGE LANES TO GET OFF SIDE OF ROAD AND PULL OVER ALMOST GOT HIT BY SIDE AND BACK FROM TRAFFIC THROUGH THE LIGHT HAD TWO OF MY THREE CHILDREN WITH ME NO WARNING AT ALL HAD NOT ACTED UP OR NO LIGHTS CAME ON. I NOTICE THE VEHICLE WAS STILL RUNNING WHEN I PUT IT IN PARK WENT TO PUT BACK IN GEAR BUT NOTICE I WAS NOT HEARING IT GO IN ANY GEAR AND WHEN PRESS GAS IT WOULD JUST REV UP. MY SON UN HOOKED THE BATTERY AND WAITED AND PUT IT BACK ON TO SEE IF IT WAS COMPUTER AND WOULD RESET ITSELF STILL NOTHING. PHONED MY HUSBAND AT WORK AND HE HAD TO LEAVE WORK AND CHECK IT OUT WE WAS RIGHT BESIDE THE FORD DEALER AND THEY SAID IT SOUNDED AS IF IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. WE HAD IT TOWED TO OUR FATHERS HOME AND CALLED A FORD MECHANIC HE SAID IT WAS IN TRANSMISSION WE FOUND A USED ONE FOR $1100.00 AND TO REBUILT IS BETWEEN $1600.00 AND $2000.00 I HAVE READ ONLINE OVER AND OVER AGAIN SOUNDS JUST LIKE MY STORY. IT IS JUST A MIRACLE THAT SOMEONE HASN'T GOT KILLED OVER THIS WITHOUT ANY WARNING. MY HUSBAND HAS JUST GOT BACK HOURS AT WORK IT HAS BEEN ROUGH THE LAST TWO YEARS AND THEN THIS. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IT REBUILT DUE TO NOT WANTING TO PAY OUT $1100.00 AND NOT KNOWING HOW LONG IT WILL BE BEFORE IT GOES OUT.THE COMPANY THAT IS REBUILDING OURS SAYS THERE ARE NEW PARTS SO IT MAY LAST LONGER.THEY SAID WE WERE LUCKY WE GOT THE MILES OUT OF OURS THAT WE DID,BUT IT IS DRIVEN BY ME IN A LITTLE TOWN MOST OF MY MILES ARE FROM TAKING MY LITTLE GIRL TO SCHOOL THE LAST FIVE YEARS. FORD NEEDS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS! *TR

I HAVE A 2005 FORD FREESTAR WITH APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MILES. IT STARTED HESITATING AND LOSING POWER ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO AND THEN YESTERDAY AS I WAS DRIVING, THANKFULLY IN A PARKING LOT IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. I HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY TELL ME IT'S THE TORQUE CONVERTER. I'VE BEEN READING ALOT TODAY ABOUT SIMILAR PROBLEMS OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER TELLS ME IT WILL COST $1,800.00 TO FIX. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON HIGHWAY DURING JULY 4TH HOLIDAY WEEKEND. ON OUR WAY OUT OF ST. LOUIS, WE WERE ON A SLIGHT INCLINE DOING 65 WHEN THE RPMS RAMPED UP. CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED AT THE TIME UNTIL MY HUSBAND TAPED THE BRAKE. ONCE THE CRUISE WAS DISABLED, MY HUSBAND TRIED TO ACCELERATE, WE JUST CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN. MY HUSBAND IMMEDIATELY PUT THE HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND PROCEEDED TO COAST TO AN OFF RAMP FROM HIGHWAY 61 WHICH IN FACT TURNED OUT TO BE THE ON RAMP FOR I-70. WE PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE ONRAMP, TURNED THE VAN OFF AND STARTED LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. VAN RUNS BUT IT JUST WAS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. NO WARNING, DUE TO THE COMMOTION WE LOST OUR BEARINGS SO WE DIDN'T KNOW FOR SURE WHERE WE WERE TO TELL THE TOWING COMPANY. WE ENDED UP BEING TOWED TO WENTZVILLE MISSOURI, DUMPED OFF AT A SUPER 8 AND HAD TO WAIT TIL THE FOLLOWING DAY TO RENT A CAR. THE VAN WAS TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP IN TOWN. THEY DIDN'T LOOK AT THE VAN UNTIL JULY 6TH, THEY STATED THE TRANSMISSION HAD INTERNAL ISSUES. ONLY OPTION WAS TO REPLACE WITH REFURBISHED FOR $2600. NOW IT'S JULY 9TH, HAD THE VAN TOWED TO OUR HOUSE FOR $500. LOOKING FOR A CHEAPER TRANSMISSION SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY LAYING AROUND. NOT SURE YET HOW WE'LL PROCEED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED AND DRIVEN ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 107,000. UPDATED 09/24/10. *LJ UPDATED 09/24/10

I OWN A 2005 FORD FREESTAR AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER WENT OUT. IT DOES HAVE OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT. I HAD BEEN RUNNING ERRANDS ALL MORNING AND GOT HOME AND PARKED IT. LATER THAT EVENING WHEN I TRIED TO MOVE IT, IT WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR. LUCKILY, THIS DID NOT HAPPEN TO ME WHILE DRIVING DOWN A BUSY HIGHWAY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG A COUNTRY ROAD WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY 2005 FREESTAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN ON A CORNER I STEPPED ON THE GAS BUT NOTHING HAPPENED I STARTED TO PANIC IT WAS A BLIND CORNER LINED WITH HUGE TREES,FORTUNATELY AS I WAS ABOUT TO COME TO A STOP I STARTED TO GO DOWN HILL AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OF IN TO A SCENIC TURN OUT AT THE LAKE. I WAS IN A DEAD ZONE SO I COULDN'T CALL ON MY CELL PHONE BUT FINALLY FOUND ENOUGH SERVICE BY STANDING ON A ROCK OVER THE WATER TO TEXT FOR HELP. AFTER RETURNING HOME WITH THE CAR THANX TO AAA I FIND THAT THIS CAR HAS A HISTORY OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE NO WARNING ,NO NOTICE WHAT SO EVER, I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT THIS HAPPENED WHERE IT DID BECAUSE I TRAVEL THE TURNPIKE DAILY AND COULD HAVE BEEN RUN OVER IF IT HAD HAPPENED AT A MORE CONGESTED AREA LIKE AN ON RAMP OR EXCHANGE, I HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND THEY HAVE BLOWN ME OFF,I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE HERE IN MAINE TO SEE IF I HAVE AN RECOURSE IN THIS MATTER THE CAR HAS 54154 MILES ON IT AND SO FAR I HAVE SEEN ESTIMATES OF UP TO $3000 TO REPAIR IT SHOULDN'T IT LAST ATLEAST TIL IT'S PAID FOR? I THINK SO. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE IN HER 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN WHEN SHE SUDDENLY LOST FORWARD MOMENTUM. SHE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND FOUND THE TRANSMISSION HAD GONE COMPLETELY OUT WITH NO WARNING. NO FORWARD OR REVERSE. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM READING REPORTS ON THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND I FEEL IT SHOULD BE RESOLVED. I EXPECT TO HAVE TO PAY TO FIX MINE, BUT I HOPE SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN TO HELP THE NEXT GUY WHO IS UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BUY ONE OF THESE VEHICLES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH WITHOUT A WARNING THE RPMS INCREASED EXCESSIVELY AND THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED. SHE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY DRIVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RELATED WARRANTY. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 60,000.

NOTE: I HAVE A 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN WITH 123,000 ON THE ENGINE. ON JULY 4, I WAS DRIVING DOWN 1-70 WEST BETWEEN WASHINGTON,PA AND CLAYSVILLE, PA WITH MY WIFE AND 2 DAUGHTERS, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VAN WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. I TRIED ALL GEARS BUT, THE VAN WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. EVENTUALLY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VAN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK FOR ASSISTANCE. OUT OF NO WHERE, A POLICE OFFICER CAME UP BESIDE ME AND ASKED IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM. AFTER TELLING HIM THE SITUATION, HE SAID HE WOULD WAIT FOR THE TRUCK. THE VAN IS NOW SITTING AT A TRANSMISSION GARAGE AWAITING WORK TO BE REPAIRED. *TR