2005 FORD FREESTAR Complaints

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED A NEW PUMP SHAFT, TORQUE CONVERTER AND AN OVERHAUL OF THE MANUAL CONTROL VALVE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT IT WOULD COST $99 FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,500 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,600. UPDATED 06/17/08. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED HE STRUCK THE PASSENGER SEAT WITH HIS FIST AND WHEN HE STARTED THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG LIGHT WENT OUT. UPDATED

AT 66,000 MILES MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN DEVELOPED A HIGH-PITCHED WHINE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IT STARTED ONLY WHEN VAN HAD BEEN DRIVEN FOR SOME DISTANCE BUT INCREASED IN FREQUENCY. TOOK TO A SHOP AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS BEARING FAILURE IN BOTH FRONT HUBS SIMULTANEOUSLY. VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR ($775). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RIMS ON HER VEHICLE WERE DESIGNED TO HOLD WATER. THE RIMS WERE "PITTED AND RUSTY", ACCORDING TO THE CONTACT. SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT THE DESIGN WAS FAULTY AND THE RIMS MIGHT FAIL IN TEN YEARS. SHE CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS GIVEN THE NUMBER TO ANOTHER DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RIM WAS THE THICKEST METAL PART OF THE VEHICLE AND NOTHING WAS WRONG. THE PURCHASE DATE AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,315 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS LESS THAN 10,000.

I HAVE A 2005 FORD FREESTAR THAT NEEDS A TRANSMISSION. I WAS DRIVING TO WORK TODAY AND OUT OF NO WHERE MY VAN STOPPED DRIVING. THE ENGINE WAS ON BUT THE VAN WOULDN'T MOVE. I WAS JUST ABOUT TO GET ONTO INTERSTATE 95 (ABOUT 100 FEET FROM ON RAMP) I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED MY CHILDREN COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. MY CAR WOULDN'T MOVE AT ALL!!! I WAS SCARED TO DEATH. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS TODAY ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH FORD FREESTARS. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL. I WILL COST ME $3,000 DOLLARS TO HAVE THIS FIXED. I HAVE 4 CHILDREN, WHERE DO I GET THIS MONEY FROM? I HAVE MY VAN AT A GARAGE THAT WE GO TO FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THEY ARE TELLING ME THERE IS NO WARRANTY ON THIS VAN. HOW DOES THIS VAN JUST UP AND DIE WHEN IT IS 3 YEARS OLD WITH 55,000 MILE ON IT AND FORD IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING? *TR

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY FORD FREE STAR 2005 VAN IT HAS 50,600 MILES ON IT. IT ALL STARTED WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER STOPPED WORKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THEN A FEW SECONDS LATTER THE VAN JUST DIED WHILE DRIVING WITH MY TWO YEAR OLD TWINS IN THE CAR. I WAS ABLE TO START IT UP AGAIN AND IT STARTED TO SPUTTER AND STALL AGAIN. I AM A MECHANIC AND I WAS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE MYSELF UNTIL I WENT ON LINE AND FOUND OUT THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PCM GETTING WET AND I FOUND OUT MINE WAS WET AND CORRODED. THE PCM WAS GETTING WET BY WATER GETTING THROUGH THE CROWL GASKET. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A TSB OUT ON THIS DIRECTING DEALERS HOW TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM AT COST TO THE CUSTOMER. THE PCM WAS REPLACED NOW THE VEHICLE SHIFTS FUNNY AND GOES IN AND OUT OF GEAR AND I WAS TOLD I HAVE TRANSMISSION DAMAGE NOW. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME OH WELL, NOT OUR PROBLEM. BUT HOW IS THIS MY PROBLEM FOR A VEHICLE I DID NOT DESIGN. WATER SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO THE PCM. NOW MY VEHICLE SITS AT A DEALER AND THE DEALER SAID THAT ALL PLUG IN CONNECTORS TO SENSORS. AND VITAL COMPUTER COMPONENTS ARE WET AN CORRODED. BUT IF FUNNY HOW THERE IS A TSB OUT ON THIS PROBLEM AND FORD IS DOING NOTHING TO HELP THE CUSTOMER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH AND AT 2,000 RPM'S, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STUTTER. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION SERVICE. THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO FAIL. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.

AFTER SEVERAL O2 SENSORS AND PCM'S ON OUR 2005 FREESTAR, THE TRANSMISSION JUST QUIT GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE VAN. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION ON MY 04 FORD FREESTAR QUIT WITH NO WARNING AND NO SIGNS OF DISTRESS. IT WILL COST ME $3,500 TO GET IT REPAIRED. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. MY ENGINE FAILED IN JAN08 AT ABOUT 47,000 MILES. I HAD THE ENGINE REPLACED($5100). WITHIN A DAY AFTER I PICKED IT UP AFTER THE ENGINE REPAIRS I NOTICED JERKING WHILE DRIVING. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I WAS SLIPPING ON ICE, BUT THEN I FELT THE JERK WHEN I WAS ON DRY ROAD. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO WORTHINGTON FORD. THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. I TOOK IT HOME AND THE PROBLEM GOT WORSE ...FAST. I WENT AGAIN TO WORTHINGTON'S AND FINALLY AFTER A JOINT TEST RIDE THE PROBLEM WAS ACKNOWLEDGED AND SAID TO BE THE TRANSMISSION. I WAS TOLD THE THIS IS A NEW PROBLEM THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR WORK ON THE ENGINE. THE CAR AT THE TIME OF TURN IN WOULD JERK SEVERELY AND/OR SOMES COMPLETELY STOP OR NOT TAKE OFF WHEN GAS PETAL PRESSED. THE CAR WOULD EVEN JERK AT A STOP SIGN WHILE AT A COMPLETE HALT. THE FLUID LEVELS WERE CHECKED WHEN THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND WERE GOOD. THE FLUID LEVEL WAS CHECKED WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE JERKING. FLUID WAS CLEAN AND FULL. TRANSMISSION FAILED ................WHY? *TR