2006 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V081000 (SEATS) HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REMEDIED DUE TO THE TECHNICIAN STATING THAT THE CORROSION WAS TOO SEVERE TO PERFORM THE REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000. PART DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED INDEPENDENT DECELERATION. THE MAINTENANCE AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS HAD ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000. ..UPDATED 10/18/16 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

DRIVING MY MINIVAN HOME THEN IT MADE A NOISE ANS SEEMED LIKE IT SHIFTED IN NEUTRAL. DID SOME RESEARCH AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TORQUE CONVERTER WENT OUT. I HEARD IT HAD A RECALL. LET ME KNOW THANKS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 58,000. ...UPDATED 10/11/16 *BF *TR

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING INTO GEARS, WHEN FIRST TOOK VAN TO DEALERSHIP 03/09/2016 FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THE WHEELS SQUEALING IT HAD LESS THAN 59,000 MILE . DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRANS BUT FIXED THE SQUEALING IN THE WHEELS, BACK TO DEALERSHIP IN 06//2016 THEY PUT BG BRAKE QUIET ON FRONT PADS AND THEY TELL ME THE SLIPPING MIGHT BE INTERNAL. CHECKED DATE ON TRANS AND IT IS OCTOBER 2005. RECALLS HAVE BE FOR THAT YEAR ON THE TRANSMISSION. FORD SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS.

OCT. 2015. OUR 2006 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED WHILE IN FLORIDA. A NEW, NOT REBUILT, TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED BY GARRET GORDON FORD IN DAVENPORT, FL. THE NEW TRANSMISSION HAD A HARD SHIFT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR FROM DAY ONE. THE REASON GIVEN BY THE DEALER WAS "NEW TRANSMISSION/COMPUTER ADJUSTING." NOV. 2015. HARD SHIFT CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY SO WE TOOK IT TO THE SARCHIONE FORD GARAGE IN RANDOLPH OHIO. THEY COULD NOT CONFIRM THE PROBLEM JUNE 2015. HARD SHIFT HAS CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY AND ON OCCASION HAS FAILED TO SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND WITHOUT LETTING OFF THE ACCELERATOR COMPLETELY. ON MORE THAN 2 OCCASIONS THE SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND WAS SO HARD THAT THE TIRES ACTUALLY PEELED ON THE ROAD SERVICE. THE SARCHIONE FORD GARAGE IN RANDOLPH IS, AT THIS TIME, TRYING TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM. SOMETIMES WEEKS GO BY WITH NO PROBLEM, YET ACCELERATING INTO TRAFFIC ON OCCASION IS HAMPERED BY THE PROBLEM. $4000.00 AND 9 MONTHS LATER AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON A BUSY INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH IN THE FAR LEFT HAND LANE WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN SLOWING DOWN. THERE WAS NOW WARNING. I APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL ATTEMPTING TO KEEP GOING WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AROUND ME. THE RPMS ROSE BUT NO RESPONSE FROM THE TRANSMISSION. IT WAS AS THOUGH THE VAN SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND WOULD NOT GO. THANKFULLY TRAFFIC ALLOWED ME TO COAST OVER 4 LANES TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. THIS WAS FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY AND VERY VERY BUSY. IT'S AMAZING I MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT BEING HIT. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND IT RESTARTED WITH NO PROBLEM. I TRIED SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AND GOT NO RESPONSE FROM THE TRANSMISSION EITHER. THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE DRIVETRAIN. FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN. HOW MANY DEATHS WILL MAKE FORD WAKE UP AND DO SOMETHING? I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. I MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT ONLY BECAUSE I AM AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER. HAD IT BEEN A TEENAGER HE OR SHE MAY NOT HAVE MADE IT BEFORE MOMENTUM WAS LOST. IS IT ONLY DEATHS THAT WILL MAKE FORD REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE A SAFE PRODUCT? I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TRY TO GET THIS FIXED. THIS IS OUR FAMILY VEHICLE.

VAN WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AS IT SHOULD WHEN WITH NO WARNING OR INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM AT ALL DRIVING POWER WAS LOST WHILE ON A PUBLIC ROADWAY. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL IN ANY GEAR AND WAS STUCK ON THE ROADWAY AS FAR OVER AS WAS POSSIBLE, BUT COULD NOT GET COMPLETELY OFF OF THE ROADWAY ONCE MOMENTUM WAS LOST. HAD I KNOWN THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET FARTHER OFF OF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH. THIS IS THE VAN WITH THE 3.9 LITER ENGINE. I HOPE NO ONE HAS HAD THIS HAPPEN WHEN CROSSING A HIGHWAY OR TRYING TO MERGE ON TO THE INTERSTATE.