2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH OUR MINIVAN. WE WERE DRIVING WITH OUR 2 SMALL CHILDREN ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY DOING AT LEAST 60 MPH WHEN OUR VAN WOULD NOT GO WHEN MY HUSBAND PUT HIS FOOT ON THE GAS. HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE VAN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING (AIR CONDITIONING, RADIO, DVD PLAYER ALL WORKING)BUT WHEN HE PUT HIS FOOT ON THE GAS THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. WE NOW HAVE TO HAVE A REBUILT TRANSMISSION PUT IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

THE REAR BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS KEEP WEARING OUT EXTREMELY FAST. I JUST HAD THE BRAKES DONE NOT QUITE A YEAR AGO AND NOW THE ROTORS ARE COMPLETELY WORN OUT. *TR

AFTER DRIVING UP TO THE UPPER PENINSULA, MY FIANCE WAS DRIVING OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR LIMITED BACK TO HER PARENT'S HOUSE. SHE DRIVING UP THE HILL ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY, THE ENGINE'S RPMS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLE DOWN THE HILL. SHE WAS NOT TOWING ANYTHING WITH THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE VEHICLE CAME TO REST, SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR AND DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS FIRST TOWED TO RAHILLY FORD DEALERSHIP IN NEWBERRY, MI. THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE A TRANSMISSION TECHNICIAN, SO THEY OUTSOURCED THE JOB TO A COMPANY IN CANADA CALLED MR. TRANSMISSION. AFTER MR. TRANSMISSION REMOVED THE TRANSMISSION AND DISASSEMBLED IT, THEY DISCOVERED THE FRONT PUMP AND TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. MR. TRANSMISSION ORDERED A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER, PUMP, AND SEALS TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION. TOTAL BILL COMES OUT TO BE $2600 DOLLARS. SO FAR, FORD HAS BEEN NO HELP IN THE REPAIR OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

ON MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN, I HAVE HAD TO TIRE BLOWOUTS DUE TO FAILED VALVE STEMS. THE FIRST OCCURRED IN JULY ,2006---THE NEXT IN SEPT.OF 2007. BOTH HAPPENED WHEN I WAS TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEED ON FLORIDA TURNPIKE. THE TIRE STORE (GOODYEAR) DENIED ANY LIABILITY AS IT WAS THE VALVE THAT FAILED. THE FORD DEALER ALSO DENIED IT. I JUST SAW AN ARTICLE ON LINE ABOUT DEFECTIVE CHINESE MADE VALVE STEMS AND THOUGHT MY PROBLEMS MIGHT BE RELATED TO THEM. MY VALVE STEMS WERE THE ORIGINAL ONES ON MY VEHICLE. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN WE TURNED AROUND IN SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY AFTER PUTTING IT BACK IN DRIVE THE VAN LOST ALL TRANSMISSION POWER. THE VAN WOULD NOT GO IN FORWARD OR REVERSE IN ANY GEAR. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED WORKING, NO WARNING SIGNS WHATSOEVER, JUST LOST LOST POWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. THE STREET HAD A SLIGHT INCLINE TO IT, SO WE WERE ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN PARKED IT UP ON THE SIDEWALK, TO GET THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE TWO LANE STREET WE WERE DRIVING ON. THE REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE AS OF YET, WE ARE BEING TOLD THE TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE. *TR

TOOK MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR MINIVAN WITH ONLY 43,223 MILES INTO FORD DEALER FOR ANNUAL SAFETY INSPECTION. ADVISED BOTH REAR CALIPERS WERE BAD, CAUSED PREMATURE WEAR OF BREAK PADS AND ROTORS WHICH NEEDED TURNED. THE REPAIR COST ME $581.40. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES, AND NEVER HAVE I HAD CALIPERS FAIL AT 43K MILES. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT THAT I AS A CONSUMER HAD TO FOOT THE BILL FOR. I DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS. *TR

I OWN A 2005 FORD FREESTAR MODEL 'S'. COUPLE OF DAYS AGO SUDDENLY REAR LIFTGATE STRUT FAILED AND IT LED LIFTGATE TO FREE FALL ON ME WHEN I WAS REMOVING THE STUFF FROM THE VAN. I WAS ABLE TO HOLD THE LIFTGATE IN TIME BUT IT STILL HIT ME ON MY HEAD A LITTLE BIT. *TR

I DRIVING HOME FORM WORK, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE RPMS WHEN UP AND THE CAR SEEMED TO HAVE SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL. I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE ENGINE JUST REVVED. I COASTED INTO A GAS STATION. NOW I HAVE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF REPAIRS THAT I CANNOT AFFORD. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS AND APPARENTLY THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. *TR

WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. I WAS IM THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WHEN THIS HAPPENED, LUCKY IT WASN'T A BUSY STREET. *TR