2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN - SAME FAILURE - ABOUT 2 YEARS APART - TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER AND SHAFT FAILURE. DECEMBER 2007, JUST CAME UP TO A STOP SIGN AND LOST POWER. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY WARNING. AFTER STOPPING, THE ENGINE STILL RAN BUT THE FORWARD OR REVERSE GEARS WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE ENGINE WOULD JUST REV UP. LUCKILY IT WAS UNDER 75,000 MILES AND OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERED THIS REPAIR. ON APRIL 27, 2010, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VAN AND AGAIN COMING TO A STOP SIGN, WENT TO PROCEED, AFTER STOPPING AND NO POWER. WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BUT KNOW OUR WARRANTY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 85,000 MILES ON IT. PLUS, DUE TO THE ECONOMIC TIMES IN OUR SMALL TOWN, OUR FORD DEALER IS OUT OF BUSINESS. WE TOOK IT TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT IT'S OUR TORQUE CONVERTER ONCE AGAIN. THIS DEFECT HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING AND LUCKILY WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THE LOSS OF POWER. *TR

CAR IS KEPT IN GARAGE. ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICES ARE UP TO DATE. DROVE IT FINE YESTERDAY. TODAY, VEHICLE STARTED FINE, GEAR SHIFT WORKS FINE BUT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING. TRANSMISSION SEEMS LOCKED IN NEUTRAL. WHEN A GEAR IS SELECTED, THE CAR JUST REVS WITHOUT GOING ANYWHERE. SAME IN ALL GEARS. *TR

DRIVING ALONG AT 35 MPH SUDDENLY THE ENGINE REV'S AND WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR COMPLETELY LOSES PULLING POWER WE COAST INTO A PARKING LOT THE CAR CRANKS BUT WONT MOVE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG IN MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR MINIVAN AT ABOUT 40 MPH AND THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SURGES AND REVS OUT. THERE WAS NO POWER AND THE VAN COASTED TO A STOP. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE AND THE VAN WOULD NO LONGER MOVE .THERE WAS NO WARNING OR CHECK LIGHT NO SOUNDS OR SMELLS NOTHING. THE THING JUST DIED SUDDENLY FOR NO APPARENT REASON .THIS IS A WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE WITH RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE. *TR

I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT ON MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR. TWO DAYS AGO WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VAN ONLY HAS 75,000 MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE VAN JUST LOST POWER. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE (CAUSED AN ACCIDENT). I HAVE RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND HAVE FOUND THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM WITH FORD FREESTARS. IT IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AND WILL COST APPROX. $3000.00 TO FIX. THIS UNACCEPTABLE FOR SUCH A NEW VEHICLE AND SEEMS TO BE VERY COMMON FOR THIS MAKE AND MODEL. *TR

ON FRIDAY, 4/16/10, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH WHEN MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN SUDDENLY SPIKED IN RPM'S AND THEN STARTED COASTING. IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC...I HAD TO MAKE IT SAFELY ONTO THE SHOULDER. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND LET IT SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES, IN HOPES THAT IT WOULD BE FINE AFTER COOLING DOWN. IT CRANKED UP FINE, BUT WHEN PUT INTO GEAR, IT DID NOTHING. IT WOULDN'T GO BACKWARD OR FORWARD. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE SHOP WHERE I FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL. IN FACT, ITS SO COMMON, THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS HARD TO COME BY AND IF I DO FIND ONE THE COST WILL BE ABOUT $2500 TO REPAIR. DO YOU SEE A PROBLEM HERE? ALSO, I WAS TOLD THAT FORD HASN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM YET, SO THE VEHICLES THAT ARE GETTING A NEW TRANSMISSION ARE GETTING ANOTHER FAULTY ONE. SO NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO REPLACE IT ONCE, BUT EVERY FEW YEARS. CAN WE PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 FORD FREESTAR WITH 43,000 MILES ON IT. WHILE LEAVING THE PARKING LIT,THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR REVERSE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD GARAGE. THEY SAID I NEEDED A TORQUE CONVERTER. THE COST IS $1500 DOLLARS. *TR

2005 FORD FREESTAR, TRANSMISSION. ON SATURDAY 4/17/2010 MY VAN WORKED FINE. ON MONDAY MORNING I WENT TO TAKE IT TO WORK AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. AND REVERSE WOULD NOT WORK. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT BACK HOME. BUT TODAY WHEN I TRIED TO FINE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. THE ENGINE WOULD JUST STALL. AND I COULD NOT GET IT BACK HOME. I WAS ABLE TO PUSH IT BACK HOME BUT DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE IT. THIS PROBLEM HAD NO WARNING OF ANYTHING BEING WRONG. I HAVE READ OTHER PEOPLES PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAVE HAD AND MINE IS THE SAME. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN I-77 IN ROCK HILL SC WHEN WITH NO WARNING THE VAN FELT LIKE IT POPPED OUT OF GEAR. LUCKILY I WAS BEGINNING TO EXIT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED OR ME AND MY 3 CHILDREN COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. TURNS OUT THE TRANSMISSION BLEW! NO WARNING,NOTHING. $2200.00 LATER I HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION. AFTER RESEARCHING I FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH FORD FREESTARS. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FILED WITH YOUR AGENCY. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INVESTIGATION. BY THE WAY, MY VAN ONLY HAD 71,000 MILES. *TR

ACCELERATING ONTO THE INTERSTATE AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. FORTUNATELY I HAD ENOUGH ACCELERATION TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WAS AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP THE WEEK BEFORE FOR ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND MAINTENANCE CHECK AT WHICH TIME THEY TOLD ME TRANSMISSION FLUID CHECKED OUT FINE AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ANOTHER 10,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION ONLY HAS 66,500 MILES ON IT CURRENTLY. HAVE DONE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE REGULARLY ON VEHICLE AT SAME DEALERSHIP SINCE WE BOUGHT IT NEW WITH LESS THAN 100 MILES ON IT IN 2005. *TR