2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR MINIVAN WHILE BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY STOP WORKING. THE VAN WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. WE HAD THE VAN TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. THE TORQUE CONVERTER BROKE. THIS HAPPENED SUDDENLY AND WITH NO WARNING. WE WERE LUCKY IT WAS IN A DRIVE WAY AND NOT ON A HIGHWAY OR IN A BUSY INTERSECTION. I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FREESTAR MINIVANS. THE VAN NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED ON ALL FREESTARS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. THE FORD FREESTAR IS UNSAFE AND FORD NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION CREATED A SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER. THE SHAFT SPLINES FAILED SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING, RESULTING IN A SUDDEN LOSS OF VEHICLE PROPULSION DUE TO THE ENGINE POWER BECOMING DISCONNECTED FROM THE DRIVETRAIN. *TR

I OWN A 2005 FORD WINDSTAR MINIVAN MY WIFE WAS ON HER WAY HOME FROM WORK WHEN THE VAN STOPPED GOING AND COST TO A STOP SEEMS THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE NO MATTER WHAT AND WE HAD WENT TO THE FORD DEALER A MONTH PRIOR TO THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED WITH THE VAN MAKING ODD SOUNDS IN THE TRANSMISSION THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE NOT FOUND ANY PROBLEM. *TR

ON THE EVENING OF OCTOBER 15, I WAS ON MY WAY TO MEET WITH SEVERAL OF MY CHILDREN'S TEACHERS FOR PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCE NIGHT. I HAD JUST LEFT HOME AND MADE IT A FEW BLOCKS WHEN I HEARD THIS LOUD GRINDING TYPE NOISE. AT THAT MOMENT, I WAS AT A STOP SIGN GETTING READY TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN. THIS WAS UNUSUAL CONSIDERING I HAD BEEN DRIVING MY VAN ALL DAY. I HADN'T HEARD ANY NOISES PRIOR TO THAT. I PUT MY VEHICLE IN PARK AND I HEARD SOME MORE GRINDING TYPE NOISES. EVERY TIME I CHANGED GEARS, I WOULD HEAR GRINDING. I PUT MY VAN BACK IN DRIVE AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT MY VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. I PUT IT IN REVERSE IN AN ATTEMPT TO DRIVE IT BACKWARDS TO GET IT TO THE CURB AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE IN REVERSE. I PUT MY VAN IN PARK AND TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND MY VAN STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS. I HAD TO QUICKLY REACH FOR THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO KEEP IT FROM MOVING. MY VAN WAS ON A SLIGHT HILL AND WITH THE HELP OF MY UNCLE AND HUSBAND, WE WERE ABLE TO COAST IT HOME. WHEN WE FINALLY MADE IT TO OUR DRIVEWAY, IT STILL ROLLED BACKWARD ON A FLAT SURFACE. ABOUT 2 MONTHS I TOOK MY VAN TO A COLEMAN TAYLOR TRANSMISSION AUTO REPAIR SHOP FOR A DIAGNOSTIC AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS FINE. *TR

2005 FORD FREESTAR 52,000 MILES, SUDDEN LOSS OF TRANSMISSION POWER AFTER STOP AT INTERSECTION KIDS IN THIS SO CALLED FAMILY VAN WITH HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS. LEAVING PARENTS W/ KIDS STRANDED IN NEAR ACCIDENTS, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR??? A DEATH SO YOU CAN INITIATE RECALL????, FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE LEMON VEHICLES PEOPLE HAVE PURCHASED W/ THEIR HARD EARNED CASH! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR PURCHASED IN 2008. HE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE COMPUTER WAS DAMAGED. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER STATED THAT THE COMPUTER AND ENTIRE WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED SINCE THE COMPONENTS WERE WET AND THE SEAL WAS DAMAGED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT TAKE ANY LIABILITY FOR THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE UNDER 51,100. UPDATED 12/9/09 *CN THE DEALER REPLAED THE WIRING HARNESS AND COMPUTER AS THE TERMNAL ENDS OF THE HARNESS WERE CORRODED. THE COMPUTER WAS DAMAGED FROM WATER. THE DEAERL STATED THE UPPER SEAL FAILED ON BOTH SIDES WHICH ALLOWED WATER TO SEEP IN FROMT HE TOP COVER. UPDATED 12/10/09

I WAS STOPPED ON A BUSY ROAD WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. WHEN THE ROAD CLEARED I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS AND THE ENGINE REVVED BUT MOVED ONLY A BIT PUTTING ME OUT INTO THE ONCOMING LANE. WITH TRAFFIC STARTING TO BEAR DOWN ON ME I PUT THE SHIFTER INTO D3 GEAR AND THE VAN MOVED AND I WAS ABLE TO RETURN THE SHORT DISTANCE TO HOME. IN THE DRIVEWAY I TRIED PUTTING THE VAN IN DRIVE AGAIN AND IT MOVED A LITTLE BUT AT HIGH REVS. THERE WAS NO ENGINE LIGHT AND ABSOLUTELY NO SYMPTOMS LEADING UP TO THIS. I JUST PUT BRAND NEW TIRES ON THE VAN LAST MONTH. THIS IS MY FAMILY VAN AND IN FACT ONE OF MY CHILDREN WAS SITTING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AT THE TIME. THIS SUDDEN , NO SYMPTOM FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION WAS VERY SCARY. I AM HAVING A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION INSTALLED. IT COMES WITH A 6 YR 100K WARRANTY. ALTHOUGH THE LARGER WARRANTY IS COMFORTING THIS TYPE OF FAILURE COULD RESULT IN SOME VERY TERRIBLE ACCIDENTS. THIS ONE ALMOST DID. *TR

MY FORD FREESTAR HAD THE TRANSMISSION OUT FOR TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. DRIVING VAN AND SUDDENLY LOST POWER LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. IT WAS REPAIRED THEN ABOUT 3-5 MONTHS LATER THE VAN STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND DIE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING CRAZY HAD WATER IN THE PCM. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED VAN UNDER FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY VAN IS VERY UNRELIABLE AND I DON'T TAKE IT FAR FROM HOME BUT I STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR A VERY POORLY ENGINEERED CAR. *TR

2005 FORD FREESTAR, WITH 49,000 MILES, SUDDENLY LOSS TRANSMISSION POWER WHILE DRIVING. AFTER SAFELY PULLING OVER TO THE SIDE OF ROAD (WITH KIDS IN CAR), COULD NOT ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION IN ANY GEAR (DRIVE, REVERSE, 1, 2). NO AXEL OR TRANSMISSION NOISE WAS OBSERVED WHEN SHIFTING INTO ANY OF THE GEARS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT 10:30PM PREPARING TO ENTER THE INTERSTATE WHEN THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE MOTION OF THE CAR GOING FORWARD BEGAN TO STOP. THERE WAS A SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER TO THE WHEELS. BEING ON THE INSIDE LANE OF A 4 LANE STREET, THERE WAS NO WAY TO MAKE IT TO THE RT LANE OR SHOULDER. THE STREET WAS VERY BUSY AND SEVERAL TIMES WE WERE ALMOST HIT BY SCREECHING CARS. WE CALLED 911 AND GOT POLICE HELP. UPON CALLING THE FORD DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND IT WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF 3,500.00 TO FIX EVEN THOUGH MY VAN ONLY HAS 52,000 MILES ON IT. I AM DISABLED AND A SINGLE PARENT. I THANK GOD MY 2 YOUNG CHILDREN WERE NOT WITH ME. *TR