2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE HAS GIVEN OUT TWICE. FROM INFORMATION POSTED BY OTHER OWNERS, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WHEN THE GEARS DISENGAGED AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. I HAD TO MANEUVER THE CAR OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. I NEARLY GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT, BECAUSE I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY.

ON MY WAY TO WORK THE TRANSAXLE LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED. WAS TOLD THAT A PART HAVING TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER WAS BAD. AT FIRST WAS TOLD IF WE COULD WE SHOULD GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE NOW. WE CAN NOT AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE!! THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD. WE ARE THE ONLY OWNERS. PRIOR TO PURCHASE THE VEHICLE WAS A RENTAL VEHICLE FOR A DEALERSHIP (WE PRESUME IT WAS THE DEALERSHIP WE PURCHASED IT FROM) WHILE IT HAS 93000 MILES WE TAKE CARE OF OUR VEHICLES! THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED LESS THAN 10 MONTHS AGO, NOW WE ARE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME THING. FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE IT RIGHT FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS AND TAKE CARE OF THESE PROBLEMS. WE HAVE HAD OLDER VEHICLES WITH LESS PROBLEMS. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED: LIFTGATE PROBLEMS, COIL PROBLEMS AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS X2. *TR

SLOWED TO STOP AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, PRIOR TO COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE LIGHT CHANGED AND WHEN I ACCELERATED NOTHING HAPPEN. IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC I WAS ABLE TO GLIDE INTO A GAS STATION. LUCKILY TRAFFIC WAS JUST BEGINNING TO MOVE. COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS!! VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED. CAUSED THOUSANDS TO ONLY REPLACE SOME PARTS OF THE TRANSMISSION!! *TR DUPLICATE TO 10262197*SMCH

THE CAR STALLED AT AN INTERSECTION AND RESTARTED AND STALLED CONTINUALLY. HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE COMPUTER SHOWED A LOT OF FUNNY READINGS LIKE IT WAS GOING 122 MPH WHILE AT A STAND STILL. HE DETERMINED THAT WATER HAD LEAKED IN THE PCM. DRIED IT OUT AND SEALED IT AND MADE REPAIR ACCORDING TO TSB. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT IT HAS HAPPENED. THE ISSUE IS DRIVABLE AND POTENTIAL FOR ACCIDENTS AND MY WIFE BEING STRANDED IN UNDESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOODS. *TR

WITH NO WARNING OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN TRANSMISSION FAILED (MILEAGE 63,146). CAR WAS DRIVEN ~25 MILES TO WORKPLACE. STARTED CAR TO RETURN HOME AND NOTHING HAPPENED WHEN CAR WAS PUT IN GEAR. RECEIVED QUOTE STATING TRANSMISSION HAS INTERNAL PROBLEMS AND MUST BE REPLACED. PRICE OF QUOTE WAS $3506.00 - REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME. FOUND LOCAL GARAGE THAT REBUILDS TRANSMISSIONS. CURRENTLY, IN THE PROCESS OF TOWING TO LOCAL GARAGE. WAITING FOR 2ND QUOTE ON REBUILD. AFTER SEARCHING FORUMS / WEBSITES I HAVE FOUND AN ALARMING NUMBER OF IDENTICAL INCIDENTS WITH THE FREESTAR MINIVAN. I AM HOPING NHTSA WILL TAKE ACTION AGAINST FORD MOTORS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED BECAUSE OF THIS DESIGN FAILURE. *TR

I WAS SIMPLY DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD SLOWED DOWN TO ENTER THE TOWN WHEN TO PUT FOOT BACK ON THE GAS PEDAL AND NOTHING BUT THE ENGINE REVVING UP, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT HAPPENED BEFORE IT HAPPENED. THE TRANSMISSION OIL LOOKS FINE AND IT IS NOT LOCKED UP IT IS JUST LIKE EVERY GEAR OTHER THAN PARK IS NEUTRAL. THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

2005 FORD FREESTAR SEL - 90,000 MILES - TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING WITH NO WARNING. NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER. PARKED CAR, RAN ERRAND, CAME BACK & CRANKED - WOULD GO INTO GEAR BUT NOT MOVE. HAD TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP WHO SAYS IT NEEDS A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER, FOR $2100 - WHICH I DON'T HAVE! APPARENTLY THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE FORD FREESTAR AND FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. BROWSING THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS LISTED ON THIS SITE ALONE, I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THE NHTSA IS ALSO NOT INVESTIGATING. *TR

PURCHASED A 2005 FREESTAR NEW FROM A LOCAL DEALER AND HAS BEEN DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 54,200 MILES TO DATE. ALL MAINTENANCE PERFORMED WAS BY THE DEALER WITH WHOM WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. MY WIFE GARAGED THE VAN AS USUAL. THE NEXT MORNING THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE. I CONTACTED THE DEALER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED AND HAVE THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED. I WAS INFORMED THAT A TRANSMISSION FLUID PUMP SHAFT BROKE APART REQUIRING THE TRANSMISSION TO BE PULLED FOR MAJOR REPAIRS. WE ARE EXTREMELY UPSET THAT A VEHICLE ONLY 3.5 YEARS OLD WITH LESS THAN 55,000 MILES WOULD REQUIRE SUCH MAJOR DRIVE TRAIN REPAIRS. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THIS PART AT THE TIME OF INSTALLATION. EITHER THE PART HAD SOME TYPE OF DEFECT OR WAS INSTALLED IMPROPERLY TO CAUSE THIS TYPE OF DAMAGE TO A TRANSMISSION WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE. *TR

I OWN A 2005 FORD FREESTAR WITH JUST OVER 60,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ONE EVENING WHEN ALL THE SUDDEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING AT ALL. I HAVE READ ON NUMEROUS SITES THAT I AM BY FAR NOT THE ONLY FORD OWNER THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. *TR

TRANSMISSION STOP WORKING ON I75 IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ALMOST HIT BY LARGE TRUCK THIS IS WAS A DEFECT WITH TRANSMISSION ON A 2005 FORD FREESTAR VEHICLE NO. I CALLED FORD THEY WILL NOT ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THEY HAVE OVER 200 OF THESE PROBLEMS . *TR