2004 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, IT SUDDENLY GOES INTO NEUTRAL. THE MECHANIC SAID THE TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY ON THESE VANS. MANY HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND I'M NOT SURE WHY MINE WASN'T INCLUDED. I'M TOLD THESE VANS ALL HAVE THE SAME ISSUE.

I JUST PAID OFF MY VEHICLE DID THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF REPAIRS NOW MECHANIC TELLS ME HE WONT REPLACE MY STARTER BECAUSE SUB FRAME IS UNUSUALLY WORN AND DANGEROUS TO DRIVE,SO NOW I HAVE NO VEHICLE BECAUSE 2004 WAS NOT RECALLED YET,MOST OTHER YEARS WERE

TAKATA RECALL TRANSMISSION WELL NOT CHANGE TO OVERDRIVE ON HIGHWAY, OR IN TOWN DRIVING. IT STILL RUNS BUT NOT ABLE TO DRIVE DUE TO TRANSMISSION NOT BEING ABLE TO CHANGE INTO OVERDRIVE. THIS VECHILE WAS IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY WHEN TRYING TO INCREASE SPEED IT WOULD RIVE UP..I DIDN'T PUT VECHILE IN THE LOCAL GARAGE THE MECHANIC SAID TRANSMISSION ISN'T ABLE TO CHANGE INTO OVERDRIVE. WHICH WOULD RESULT IN LOSING THE TRANSMISSION.

ON THE WAY HOME FROM PICKING UP MY GRANDCHILDREN, MY VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION BUT IT STARTED TO SLOW DOWN UNTIL IT CAME TO A STOP. TOWED TO A SHOP FOR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIRS. THEY DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. COST WAS NEARLY $4K .. I AM A SENIOR CITIZEN ON A FIXED INCOME ... THIS WAS A BIG HIT TO THE POCKETBOOK. STARTED LOOKING ON THE INTERNET AND, FROM WHAT I AM READING, IT SEEMS THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS BUT I NEVER RECEIVED ANY TYPE OF NOTICE ON THIS. DO I HAVE ANY RIGHT TO APPEAL TO FORD FOR SOME TYPE OF RELIEF AFTER THE FACT???

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM MY WORK WHEN MY VAN SURGED FORWARD AND LOST ALL POWER. I WAS ABLE TO START IT RIGHT BACK UP, BUT AS SOON AS I GAVE IT GAS, IT SURGED FORWARD AGAIN AND LOST ALL POWER. IT RESTARTED AGAIN IMMEDIATELY, BUT IN MY PARKING LOT IT SURGED AND DIED A 3RD TIME. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PUT IT IN REVERSE, IT WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY MOVE IN REVERSE. I HAD TO HIT THE GAS 3 TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD GO INTO REVERSE. THIS ALSO HAPPENED THREE TIMES.

ENGINE SURGES IN REVERSE AND DRIVE VIOLENTLY ALMOST HITTING VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AT STOP LIGHT NO ENGINE LIGHT OR VEHICLE CODES FOUND

TRANSMISSION WON'T GO INTO REVERSE AND SOMETIMES NOT IN ANY GEAR. ENGINE STOPS RUNNING ON HIGHWAY WITH NO WARNING. NEARLY HAD AN ACCIDENT, HAD TO BE TOWED.

MY VEHICLE HAS HAD TWO AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION REBUILDS BEFORE 118000 MILES. THE LAST TIME IT WENT COMPLETELY OUT AND STRANDED ME ON THE STREET IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED AND THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. THIS TRANSMISSION IS NOW SLIPPING AT 134000 MILES AND IS PAST THE WARRANTY TIME AND NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS HAZARD AS WHEN THE CAR IS WARM IT WON'T MOVE. THIS IS EVIDENTLY A COMMON DEFECT WITH THIS PRODUCT AND I WANT TO KNOW IF I CAN SUE FORD FOR THIS OBVIOUS DESIGN DEFECT WHICH HAS AFFECTED MANY FORD FREESTAR OWNERS.

WAS DRIVING ON MY WAY HOME ON I85 AND THE CAR LOST SPEED AND REV UP ON RPM. READ CODES AN IT HAS A TORQUE CONVERTER CODE ON IT. I COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED BECAUSE MY CAR WAS NOT UNDER A RECALL AND I DIDN'T GET NO NOTICED. THAT WAS THE ONLY VEHICLE I HAVE AND NOW I HAVE NO WAY TO GET AROUND. IT WAS A VERY BUSY INTERSTATE I85 WHEN MY CAR LOST SPEED AND REVVED UP ON RPM WHILE I WAS IN MOTION WITH BIG RIGS BEHIND ME.

THE THIRD ROW SEATING LATCH HAS RUSTED OUT ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE VEHICLE I BELIEVE HAS ISSUES THAT OTHER 2004 FORD FREESTAR VEHICLES HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AND WERE RECALLED. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD, AND THEY REFUSE TO HELP. I HAVE 4 CHILDREN AND I FEAR TO TAKE THEM ANYWHERE IN THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE HELP. THE VEHICLE JERKS AND STUTTERS WHEN IN DRIVE WHETHER I'M MOVING OR AT A STOP LIGHT AS LONG AS I AM IN ANY GEAR. IT ONLY HAS 85,000 MILES AND I'VE PURCHASED IT IN FEBRUARY.