2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

WHILE DRIVING MY FORD FREESTAR I LOST POWER I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER BUT THE VAN WOULD NOT MOVE AT THAT POINT. COULD GET THE RPM'S UP BUT WOULD NOT MOVE. THE PLACE I TOOK IT TO SAID IT SEEMS TO BE THE TRANSMISSION. I CANNOT AFFORD THIS AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION HAD I BEEN GOING FASTER. THE VAN IS STILL FINANCED AND I OWE TO MUCH TO EVEN SELL IT. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME??? *TR

VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET, LUCKILY IN A 25MPH ZONE. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH MY TWO CHILDREN (INFANT AND 3 YEAR OLD). VEHICLE WOULD START IN PARK, BUT AS SOON AS A GEAR WAS ENGAGED, IT WOULD STALL. DEALER ENDED UP REPLACING THE TCM (TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE) STATING THAT WATER "SHORTED" IT OUT DUE TO A FAULTY SEAL. THE SERVICE MANAGER HIMSELF STATED THAT FORD WILL NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY ON THIS PART, EVEN THOUGH THERE SEEM TO BE COUNTLESS CLAIMS ON THE SAME ISSUE, BECAUSE THE PART WAS DAMAGED BY WATER, NOT AS A FAULT OF THE PART ITSELF. THEY WILL ALSO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FAULTY SEAL. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR MINIVAN ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX 65MPH WHEN OUR TACHOMETER SUDDENLY SURGES THEN WE LOST ALL ABILITY TO ACCELERATE SO WE HAD TO COAST OVER THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. *TR

2005 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THIS VAN IS A LEMON. MY 4 KIDS AND I WERE DRIVING, AND TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. HAD NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VAN BEFORE THIS INCIDENT,,, FORD SHOULD HAVE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM AS I KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING FREQUENTLY TO FORD OWNERS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. REPAIR SHOP ADVISED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED AND STRIPPED THE SPLINES. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

AFTER TURNING CORNER AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE VEHICLE SUFFERED TRANSMISSION FAILURE/LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER. STEERED VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP, WHICH REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER. 7 MONTHS LATER TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP AGAIN AND SHOP FOUND TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. AS OF 11/2009, VEHICLE HAS HAD TOTAL OF APPROX. 5 TRIPS TO REPAIR SHOP, INCLUDING ORIGINAL INCIDENT. TORQUE CONVERTERS FAILED AND WERE REPLACED IN EACH SUBSEQUENT REPAIR. TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO "SLAM" INTO GEAR WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK. SOMEWHAT BETTER AFTER REPAIRS BUT NOT TOTALLY RESOLVED. VEHICLE IN GARAGE OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL IT CAN BE TRADED IN/REPLACED. DO NOT BELIEVE VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAS GONE OUT ON OUR FORD FREESTAR VAN. TWO TIMES ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS LEAVING MY WIFE STRANDED AND TERRIFIED! THIS TIME I EXPERIENCED IT AND TOOK IT TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP MYSELF. THERE SEEMS TO BE A REAL PROBLEM HERE 40000 TRANSMISSION GOES, 90,000 AND 97,000 PLEASE HELP! *TR

WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR LIMITED 4.2L WITH SEVERAL KIDS, THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING LEAVING HER STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE HAD TO TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER WHERE WERE TOLD THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED CAUSING EXTENSIVE TRANSMISSION DAMAGE. THE VAN WAS OUT OF COMMISSION FOR ALMOST A WEEK WHILE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. MANY OF THESE SAME VEHICLES HAVE HAD THIS EXACT ISSUE. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON A 4 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WITH MY WIFE AND 2 DAUGHTERS. I NOTICED THE TACHOMETER WAS SURGING, THEN IT PEGGED. THE VAN BEGAN TO SLOW. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE TACH JUST INCREASED BUT NO INCREASE IN SPEED. I TRIED DIFFERENT GEARS BUT THE SAME RESULT. LUCKILY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT BECAUSE IT WAS SUNDAY MORNING. I WAS ABLE TO COAST ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC AND INTO A VACANT PARKING LOT. THERE I TRIED REVERSE AND ALL OTHER GEARS BUT THE VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. THIS WAS THE FIRST SUCH INCIDENT. THE VAN HAD APPROXIMATELY 50,000 MILES. I CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANIES ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THEY HAD THE VAN TOWED TO MATTHEWS FORD, WHICH IRONICALLY JUST ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM THE PARKING LOT WE STOPPED IN. THEY DETERMINED THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. IT COST $1800 TO REPAIR THAT WE PAID FOR ENTIRELY. FORD DID NOT ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN LIKELY. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE BUT NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE BY FORD TO CORRECT IT OR COMPENSATE THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY PAID FOR THE REPAIR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN ON 11/21/09 WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. I STEERED THE VAN ONTO THE SHOULDER OF I-35, CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD IT HAULED TO SEBALD'S MOTORS IN ASKOV, THE CLOSEST FORD DEALER. THEY COMPLETED REPAIRS ON THE TRANSMISSION AMOUNTING TO #2,210.18. *TR