2006 FORD FREESTAR Power Train Problems

My Ford Freestar without warning or anything just wouldn’t go after stopping at a stop sign. It was like it was stuck in neutral. But it was in drive. In 2003 and 2004 there was a recall on the transmission. My van is a 2005 but the transmission was manufactured in 2004. Which is one of the years that was recalled so why is my 2005 Ford Freestar van not one of the ones under that recall. Is it cause it’s a 2005 cause the transmission was manufactured in 2004. I almost got hit by semi truck when this happen. Please recall this van. Please help!!! [XXX] Bless you all. Thanks, [XXX] Family INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Freestar. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost all motive power and would not shift to any gear other than park. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related it to a possible recall but was unable to provide details. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was 85,000.

Mileage: 85,000

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Freestar. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost significant motive power before briefly hesitating and jerking. After restarting the vehicle, it returned to normal functionality, but the failure had since become a regular occurrence. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was 137,000.

Mileage: 137,000

Was driving on populated road when all of a sudden car when in to neutral and almost rear-ended if not for quick thinking. Had to have it towed and now don't have any money to fix it so I lost my job cause could not get to work please have this problem recalled like the earlier years..

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Freestar. The contact stated that while his wife was driving on the freeway, the RPM’s increased however, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The contact’s wife was able to pull over. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that there was no recall associated with the VIN. The contact referenced the NHTSA Campaign Number: 12V006000 (Power Train). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000.

Mileage: 140,000

Driving down the road vehicle experiences total loss of acceleration it’s like it’s in neutral in every won’t go forward or backwards towed home looked up problem seems that it’s the same as recall for 04-05 models torch converter had I been on highway in St. Louis mo could have been killed as they aren’t known for being the safest drivers it’s my opinion Ford should have to recall every vehicle that had the parts that are faulty in them regardless of the model year if the parts are junk on 04-05 they used the same in 06 models you know they are gonna have same problems

WHILE DRIVING MY VAN, IT JUST STOPPED RIGHT IN THE ROAD. WOULDNT DO ANYTHING. WOULDNT GO IN GEAR OR MOVE. HAD TO TOW IT TO A SHOP. TURNS OUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT. NEEDED TO REBUILD IT. VERY COSTLY. 3200. NOT HAPPY.

Mileage: 15,000

I GOT INTO MY VAN AND STARTED IT , PUT IT INTO REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE IN REVERSE. I PLACED IT IN DRIVE AND STILL NO MOVEMENT . THE VEHICLE WON'T MOVE ON ITS OWN AT ALL. THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO THIS INCIDENT.

Mileage: 140,000

MY 2006 FORD FREE STAR, LOST IT GEARS IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING ON A BUSY HWY. I WAS REVERSING OUT OF A DRIVE WAY ON TO THE HWY AND WENT TO GO INTO D AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE IT WOULD ONLY GO INTO FIRST GEAR. I THINK THIS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND FORD SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR IT POOR DESIGN. ME AND MY CHILDREN COULD OF BEEN HURT OR EVEN WORSE KILLED. THE HWY IS 65 MPH AN I'M STUCK ACROSS THE TWO LANES. BECAUSE THE VAN WONT SHIFT. I LOOKED ONLINE AND THIS HAPPENS A LOT WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. AND IT NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE LOST POWER WELL DRIVING ON THE HWY IN THIS VAN DUE TO POOR DESIGN.

Mileage: 160,000

TORQUE CONVERTER IS STRIPPED AND FAILING CAUSING NO POWER TO THE DRIVE WHEELS

Mileage: 87,000

MY MOM WAS DRIVING OUR 2006 FORD FREESTAR LIMITED, IT ONLY HAS 85,000 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION BLEW ON US. WHEN IT HAPPENED WE WERE DRIVING UP A HILL AT NIGHT . WE CALLED THE POLICE AND AN OFFICER CAME TO JUST TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T GET HIT. THE FLASHERS WERE ON THE WHOLE TIME, BUT APPARENTLY PEOPLE DON'T PAY ATTENTION, LATER WE HAD FOUND OUT THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS NO GOOD. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT FROM 2004-2005 MODEL YEARS HAD A RECALL FOR THE TORQUE CONVERTER. PERSONALLY ALL YEARS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE RECALL AND NOT JUST 2 MODEL YEARS. ITS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND WE ACTUALLY HAD TO BRING THE VAN BACK TO DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED IT FROM. CURRENTLY WE HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR MONTHS.

Mileage: 85,000

DRIVING HOME FROM STORE AFTER GETTING DINNER WHICH IS ONLY 2.2 MILES AWAY, MADE IT 2 MILES BACK HOME. STOPED AT STOP SIGN STARTED TO ACCELERATE UP A SMALL INCLINE, ENGINE REVVED TO RED LINE. SO I COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD, SHUT OFF VEHICLE, THEN STARTED IT TO TRY AND LET IT RESET, IT WOULD NOT GO AT ALL OR TRY TO GO INTO ANY GEAR ONLY PARK WILL WORK. AFTER LETTING IT SIT IT WILL STILL NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR OR MOVE AT ALL. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS FULL AND DOES NOT SMELL OR LOOK BURNT, ENGINE RUNS GREAT AND STARTS WITH NO PROBLEMS. I HAVE SEEN THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST COMPLETE MADE ABOUT THIS HAPPENING TO THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. IT WAS MADE IN MAY OF 2005 AND IS CONSIDERED A 2006.

Mileage: 140,000

WHILE DRIVING HOME ONE DARK NIGHT VEHICLE QUIT ENGINE REVVED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. COASTED TO A SAFE AREA TO PULL OFF OF ROAD. VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR REVERSE. WE WERE STRANDED IN THE DARK MILES FROM NEAREST RESIDENCE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO CONTACT MY SON .HE TOWED US HOME

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE AND STALL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED SEL INSTANTANEUOS TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHEN HE WAS MILDLY ACCELERATING INTO A BUSY HIGHWAY INTERSECTION. THE CROSS-TRAFFIC NEARLY COLLIDED WITH MY SEL BUT AVOIDED COLLISION. CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NO WARNING OR SYMPTON OF IMPENDING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER AND THE FORD DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER . 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *JB

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE AND STALL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED SEL INSTANTANEUOS TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHEN HE WAS MILDLY ACCELERATING INTO A BUSY HIGHWAY INTERSECTION. THE CROSS-TRAFFIC NEARLY COLLIDED WITH MY SEL BUT AVOIDED COLLISION. CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NO WARNING OR SYMPTON OF IMPENDING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER AND THE FORD DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER . 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *JB

Mileage: 85,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE. I COASTED OUT OF THE HIGHWAY LANE. I HAD IT TOWED. I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE TORQUE CONVERTER PROBLEM LAST NIGHT THIS VAN WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND NO ISSUES UNTIL NOW. IT ONLY HAS 80,000 MILES ON IT. I ALSO OWN A 2005 FREESTAR AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED AT THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP DUE TO A RECALL. FORD WAS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF RECALLING THE 2004 AND 2005 FREESTARS. ITS THE SAME PART IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE 2006 FREESTAR SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL, AS WE HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM 2006 OWNERS.SECOND CALENDAR QUARTER OF 2012. THE RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 11S25 FOR THE 2004 AND 2005. ANYONE KNOW IF A RECALL FOR THE 2006 FREESTAR IS IN PROCESS. PLEASE HELP.

Mileage: 80,000

ON HIGHWAY GOING 60MPH TRANSMISSION STOP WORKING MOTOR RUNNING FINE MILES NOT READABLE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE IDLING AT A RED LIGHT AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN, THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

Mileage: 110,000

HAVE A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE THAT HAS THE WRENCH ICON COMING ON. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE LOSES ACCELERATION AND I HAVE TO TURN IT OFF THEN TURN IT BACK ON TO GET THE LIGHT TO GO OFF. I HAVE CALLED PRATER FORD IN CALHOUN GA. WHEN THIS STARTED HAPPENING TO SEE IF BY CHANCE THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE DEFECT. THEY TOLD ME NO RECALLS. MY POINT IS IF THIS IS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE ON THIS MODEL SOMEONE NEEDS TO FIX IT. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST ABOUT 400.00 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, WHICH IS MONEY I DON'T HAVE. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS WHEN YOU DRIVE IT ON THE ROAD. TOO SCARED TO HIT THE INTERSTATE WITH IT.

Mileage: 117,000

THE TORQUE CONVERTER WENT OUT JUST LIKE THE 2004 AND 2005 FREESTAR MODELS.

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. UPON RESEARCHING THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER OUTPUT WAS DEFECTIVE BASED ON THE INFORMATION FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN). OLATHE FORD LINCOLN (1845 E SANTA FE ST, OLATHE, KS) WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND PROVIDED THE CONTACT WITH CASE NUMBERS: 14829406 AND 14829397. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 111,000.

Mileage: 111,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION INTERMITTENTLY FAILED TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION STAYED IN GEAR TOO LONG AND THERE WAS A PAUSE WHENEVER THE GEAR FINALLY ENGAGED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE REPAIRED PER A PREVIOUS UNKNOWN RECALL. THERE WERE NO RELATED OPEN RECALLS REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

Mileage: 92,000

WHILE DRIVING 2006 FREESTAR AROUND A CORNER WITHOUT WARNING , IT COMPLETELY LOST ABILITY TO GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD OR IN ANY GEAR. WE WERE ON COUNTRY ROAD AND GRATEFUL NO OTHER CARS NEARBY, BUT IT WAS COLD AND WE ARE ELDERLY. WE JUST ROLLED TO A STOP TRYING TO GET OFF ROAD AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE. WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO NEARBY GARAGE. THEY REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER AND CAR IS NOW WORKING AGAIN.

Mileage: 182,437

JUST LIKE WITH THE 2004-2005 FORD FREESTAR RECALL IN THE YEAR 2012 (RECALL NUMBER 11S25), OUR 2006 FREESTAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER WITH NO WARNING WHILE WE WERE ACCELERATING WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE. WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ON A SIDE STREET WITH NOT MUCH TRAFFIC AND HAVE ENOUGH SPEED TO SAFELY PULL OVER, BUT WE HAD NO POWER IN ANY GEAR WE CHOSE, AS IF THE TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN NEUTRAL. IF WE WERE GOING SLOWER, HAD TRAFFIC BEHIND US, OR NO SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER, WE MIGHT HAVE BEEN REAR-ENDED. THE WAY THE VEHICLE BEHAVED, IT SEEMS TO BE THE TORQUE CONVERTER SHAFT AND/OR TORQUE CONVERTER, JUST LIKE THE PROBLEM IN THE 2004-2005 FREESTAR MODELS WHICH HAD THE RECALL IN THE YEAR 2012 (RECALL NUMBER 11S25).

Mileage: 112,500

WHERE TO START.... EVERY TIME ITS RAINING MY VAN STARTS TO PUTT AND STALL OUT I HAVE ALMOST HAD 3 ACCIDENTS DUE TO MY VAN STALLING ON A MAIN ROAD TRYING TO GET HOME...ISSUE #2. I USE MY KEY PAD TO UNLOCK MY VEHICLE ON NIGHTS THAT IM WORKING AND LATELY IT WILL UNLOCK THEN RE LOCK N UNLOCK OVER AND OVER WITH OUT BEING TOUCHED. I WAS DRIVING DOWN A ROAD AND IT WOULD UNLOCK AND LOCK.. ITS NOT SAFE IF ITS UNLOCKING ITS SELF AND MY 2 YEAR OLD REACHS HE COULD OPEN THE DOOR WHILE DRIVING... ISSUE #3.. MY VAN SAYS I HAVE 1/2 A TANK OF GAS YET MY DIGITAL GAS READER CONTINUES TO SAY 0 MILES..

Mileage: 111,000

I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION WHEN SHIFT, SOME TIMES IS REALLY HARD SHIFTING AND ALSO I HAVE PROBLEM WITH BATTERY LIGHT IN THE CLUSTER IS ALWAYS ON BUT THE CHARGING SYSTEM WORKS NORMALLY, THIS HAPPEN ALL THE TIMES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STANDING START, A LOUD CLICKING NOISE WAS PRESENT FROM THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CHAIN INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER (RONNIE WALKINS FORD IN GADSDEN, AL) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

Mileage: 90,000

TRANSMISSION NOT WORKING, SLIPPING, LIKE IN NEUTRAL WHILE IN PARK OR REVERSE. WAS DRIVING WHEN THE VAN ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. GOT IT STOPPED. TRIED TO GET IT IN GEAR (DRIVE OR REVERSE), BUT WOULD NOT WORK. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION ON STREET AT TIME OF FAILURE.

Mileage: 135,024

2006 FORD FREE STAR TORQUE CONVERTER. VEHICLE LOST POWER IN TRAFFIC. VERY UNSAFE. RECALL IS FOR 2004-2005. 2006 HAS SAME ISSUE

Mileage: 56,000

I LEFT BURGER KING, DROVE A FEW BLOCKS TO MENARDS, I WAS JUST PARKING WHEN THE LITTLE WRENCH STARTS BLINKING, I DRIVE TO AUTOZONE AS SLOW AS 30/MPH, THEY COULDN'T TELL ME WITH THEIR LITTLE COMPUTER WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, THE LIGHT STARTS BLINKING AFTER ABOUT HALF A MILE DRIVING.

Mileage: 106,250

WAS HEADING DOWN A HIGHWAY HEADING HOME WHEN THE VAN REVVED UP AND STOPPED SHIFTING ALL TOGETHER. ONLY T HING THAT WAS THERE WAS PARK. GOT IT HOME AND WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF IT WAS A TOURQUE CONVERTER OR THE PUMP. TOOK A TRANNY LINE OFF AND NO FLUID CAME OUT. PUMP WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING.

Mileage: 20

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. COMPLETE. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION ON FREEWAY.

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND A CERTIFIED MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

Mileage: 140,000

WHILE DRIVING 40MPH ON A CITY STREET, VEHICLE SUDDENLY HAD NO ACCELERATION. IT MADE NO SOUND, AND JUST STOPPED ACCELERATING. I WAS ABLE TO PULL DOWN A SIDE ROAD, AND CALL A TOW TRUCK. THE VAN TURNS ON, BUT AS YOU SWITCH GEARS IT DOESN'T DRIVE FORWARD, OR REVERSE. IT WILL, HOWEVER, GO FORWARD WHILE IN PARK, IF THE EBRAKE IS NOT ON, ALTHOUGHT IT WILL NOT ACCELERATE. VAN HAS 78K MILES.

Mileage: 78,000

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. VEHICLE MADE 2 MONTHS AFTER RECALL CUTOFF FOR THAT ITEM. FAILURE HAPPENED ON THE HWY WITH MY WIFE AND 2 KIDS IN THE CAR.

Mileage: 100,000

ABRUPT TOTAL LOSS OF POWER TRANSFER ;WITHOUT WARNING. FAULTY TORQUE CONVERT DESIGN LIKELY TO BLAME. TRAVELING ALONG AT 25 MPH IN DYERSVILLE IOWA, ON 1ST AVE W, ON 1/25/2017. VAN HAS ~160K MILES. NO ONE WAS INJURED, NO ACCIDENT, SAFELY MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ITS MY PERSONAL OPTION, THAT HAD I BEEN IN CONGESTED HEAVY TRAFFIC, I WOULD POSE A SAFETY RISK. IF YOUR OCCURRING A BREAKDOWN, YOUR MOSTLY LIKELY TO BE GIVEN SOME TYPE OF WARNING. YOU HAVE TIME TO ENGAGE HAZARDS LIGHTS, MERGE OVER AND SLOW DOWN. HOWEVER THIS 06 FORD FREE-STAR GAVE NO WARNING, AND THIS CONCERNS ME.

Mileage: 160,000

WHILE DRIVING IN HOUSTON TEXAS, 1500 MILES FROM HOME, MINIVAN SUDDENLY STOPPED. WE WERE IN HOV LANES ON HIGHWAY 290, ONLY ONE LANE BECAUSE OF CONSTRUCTION. NO WARNING, SUSPECT TORQUE CONVERTER. *TR

Mileage: 51,036

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND LOSS ALL PROPULSION TO THE WHEELS. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN, BUT WHEN APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR TO ATTEMPT TO APPLY POWER TO THE WHEELS SHE EXPERIENCED NO RESPONSE. ONCE TOWED FROM THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE AND DELIVERED TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC'S SHOP, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED. WE WERE INFORMED THAT THIS IS AS COMMON A PROBLEM WITH THE 2006 MODEL FREESTARS AS IT IS FOR THE 2004 AND 2005 MODELS SINCE THEY SHARE THE SAME DESIGN AND MATERIAL COMPOSITION. I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHY THE 2006 MODEL WAS NOT RECALLED WHEN THE 2004 AND 2005 MODELS WERE RECALLED SINCE THESE MODEL YEARS ARE IDENTICAL WHEN CONSIDERING THE TORQUE CONVERTER ISSUE. OUR FREESTAR HAS BEEN IMPECCABLY MAINTAINED OVER THE YEARS WITH ONLY 85,300 TOTAL MILES ON THIS CAR. THE DESIGN LIFE OF THE AVERAGE TRANSMISSION FAR EXCEEDS 85,000 MILES, THUS IT IS CLEARLY OBVIOUS THAT MATERIAL, FABRICATION, AND/OR THE DESIGN ELEMENTS OF THIS VEHICLE'S TORQUE CONVERTER ASSEMBLY WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DEFICIENT. OUR EXPERIENCE, ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER 2006 FREESTAR OWNERS FILING COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEB PAGE PROVIDE AMPLE EVIDENCE FOR EXPANDING THE FREESTAR RECALL NOTICE TO 2006 MODELS. I EARNESTLY IMPLORE THE NHTSA TO DUTIFULLY EXERCISE ITS AUTHORITY IN RECONCILING THIS MATTER AS STATED ABOVE. *TR

Mileage: 85,300

TRANSMISSION FAILS WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER AND CONTROL OF VEHICLE. DRIVING AT 70 MPH IN TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE, ENGINE REVVED TO 5000 RPM'S AND WE HAD TO COAST THROUGH TRAFFIC TO THE SHOULDER AND COAST TO A STOP. TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY GEAR. HAD TO BE TOWED. LUCKY TO GET TO THE SHOULDER ALIVE.

Mileage: 95,558

TRANSMISSION DIED WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY AVENUE, JUST BEFORE AN INTERSECTION.

Mileage: 105,000

MOM WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED, SHE WAS ON THE SECOND LANE SO THEIR IS CARS GOING BY AT 60 MILES PLUS ON THE SIDES, THE VAN CAME TO A SLOW STOP AND WITH CARS BARELY MISSING US AND CAUSING A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. WE FINALLY HAD A TOW TRUCK DRIVER THAT IS A FRIEND OF MINE COME TO OUR RESCUE. MOM IS SCARED TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY EVER SINCE. I GOT ON THE INTERNET THAT SAME DAY AND FOUND OUT FORD RECALLED THE TORQUE CONVERTER ON THE 2004 AND 2005 FORD FREESTAR BUT THAT SAME WOMAN TORQUE CONVERTER USED ON THE 2006 MODEL WAS NOT , THE SAME ONE ME AND MY MOM WERE NOT ONLY US BUT OTHER DRIVERS COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT OR WORSE. AND IF I MAY SAY THE VAN ONLY HAS 77,000 MILES ON IT. AND I'VE SEEN MANY MANY COMPLAINS ONLINE ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH THE SAME 2006 MODEL WITH DIFFERENT OWNERS, PLEASE HELP MAKE THIS RIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 65

THE TRANSMISSION AND ACCELERATION FAIL TO RESPOND ON A RAMP TO THE HIGHWAY. SWITCHING MANUALLY TO 1 OR 3 WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IF I GO TO NEUTRAL WHEN IT STILL ROLLING THE GAS PEDAL WORKS. ON THE OTHER GEARS IT STAYS AT ABOUT 60KPH, 2000 RPM. I CAN'T GAIN ANY SPEED TO MERGE TO THE HIGHWAY, SO I HAVE TO GO TO THE SHOULDER, TURN ON HAZARD LIGHTS, TURN OFF ENGINE, WAIT A MOMENT AND THEN EVERYTHING IS OK. IT HAS HAPPENED ALWAYS ON THE SAME SPOT GOING DOWNHILL THE RAMP. AT LEAST 5 TIMES. ON THE AREA THERE IS A STOP LIGHT CONTROLLED BY RADIO FOR THE MAIN TRAFFIC AND ABOUT 200 METERS THERE IS AN HYDRO TRANSFORMER STATION, OTHERWISE JUST REGULAR BUILDINGS. I DON'T RECALL IT HAPPENING ON ANOTHER PLACE. I WONDER IF IT COULD BE RADIO INTERFERENCE THAT AFFECTS THE COMPUTER AND MAKES IT FAIL TO RESPOND AND WHEN THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF, IT RESETS BY ITSELF.

Mileage: 100,000

I WAS TRAVEL HOME AND HAD JUST TURN A CORNER. THE VEHICLE WAS CLIMBING A LOW HILL AND SUDDENLY LOST MONUMENT. I CONTINUE TO PRESS ON THE GAS PELLET AND COULD HEAR THE ENGINE RUN UP WITH OUT THE CAR PICKING UP ANY MORE SPEED. I PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS QUICKLY AS I COULD AND AS CLOSE AS I COULD TO THE CURB. THIS STILL DID NOT MAKE THE STOP COMFORTABLE. CARS CONTINUE TO PASS ME AT 40 ,45 TO 50 MPH AS I SAT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WAITING TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST TRANSMISSION SHOP. I SAT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR AN HOUR, BEFORE THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED. THEIR WERE NO SIGHS OF A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION UP UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION STOP WORKING.

Mileage: 190,000

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING. I WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON INTERSTATE 380 ON 10/6/2016 AT ROUGHLY 70 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE OF TRAFFIC. I WAS NOT USING THE CRUISE CONTROL. SUDDENLY (AROUND MILE MARKER 13-14), THE ENGINE REVVED VERY HIGH AND THE VAN DECELERATED. I WAS TRAVELING UP A HILL AND WAS DANGEROUSLY DECELERATING IN THE LEFT LANE OF THE INTERSTATE. I MANAGED TO GET OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD (CUTTING OFF A SEMI-TRUCK) WITH ABSOLUTELY NO PROPULSION. IT FELT AS THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS NOT CONNECTED WITH THE DRIVE WHEELS. THERE WAS NO WARNING THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, THE VAN JUST SUDDENLY STARTED DECELERATING RAPIDLY ON THE INTERSTATE. I NOTICED QUICKLY BECAUSE THE ENGINE REVVED UP WHEN THE TRANSMISSION LET GO. I HAD THE VAN TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, WHERE I LEFT IT FOR THEM TO REVIEW THE ISSUE. THE SERVICE PERSON AT THE DEALERSHIP CALLED ME BACK THE NEXT DAY AND INFORMED ME THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED COMPLETELY. I ASKED THEM IF THERE WAS A RECALL INVOLVED WITH THIS COMPONENT. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE 2006 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FREESTAR TRANSMISSION RECALL. I LOOKED IT UP ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND CONFIRMED THAT MY VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION HAD NOT BEEN RECALLED. THE VEHICLE HAS ROUGHLY 98,000 MILES ON IT, ALTHOUGH IT IS A 2006 MODEL. IT APPEARS TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE 2005 MODELS. THE REPAIR COST IS ROUGHLY $1,400.

Mileage: 98,000

DRIVING MY MINIVAN HOME THEN IT MADE A NOISE ANS SEEMED LIKE IT SHIFTED IN NEUTRAL. DID SOME RESEARCH AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TORQUE CONVERTER WENT OUT. I HEARD IT HAD A RECALL. LET ME KNOW THANKS

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 58,000. ...UPDATED 10/11/16 *BF *TR

Mileage: 58,000

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING INTO GEARS, WHEN FIRST TOOK VAN TO DEALERSHIP 03/09/2016 FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THE WHEELS SQUEALING IT HAD LESS THAN 59,000 MILE . DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRANS BUT FIXED THE SQUEALING IN THE WHEELS, BACK TO DEALERSHIP IN 06//2016 THEY PUT BG BRAKE QUIET ON FRONT PADS AND THEY TELL ME THE SLIPPING MIGHT BE INTERNAL. CHECKED DATE ON TRANS AND IT IS OCTOBER 2005. RECALLS HAVE BE FOR THAT YEAR ON THE TRANSMISSION. FORD SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS.

OCT. 2015. OUR 2006 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED WHILE IN FLORIDA. A NEW, NOT REBUILT, TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED BY GARRET GORDON FORD IN DAVENPORT, FL. THE NEW TRANSMISSION HAD A HARD SHIFT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR FROM DAY ONE. THE REASON GIVEN BY THE DEALER WAS "NEW TRANSMISSION/COMPUTER ADJUSTING." NOV. 2015. HARD SHIFT CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY SO WE TOOK IT TO THE SARCHIONE FORD GARAGE IN RANDOLPH OHIO. THEY COULD NOT CONFIRM THE PROBLEM JUNE 2015. HARD SHIFT HAS CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY AND ON OCCASION HAS FAILED TO SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND WITHOUT LETTING OFF THE ACCELERATOR COMPLETELY. ON MORE THAN 2 OCCASIONS THE SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND WAS SO HARD THAT THE TIRES ACTUALLY PEELED ON THE ROAD SERVICE. THE SARCHIONE FORD GARAGE IN RANDOLPH IS, AT THIS TIME, TRYING TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM. SOMETIMES WEEKS GO BY WITH NO PROBLEM, YET ACCELERATING INTO TRAFFIC ON OCCASION IS HAMPERED BY THE PROBLEM. $4000.00 AND 9 MONTHS LATER AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS.

Mileage: 97,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON A BUSY INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH IN THE FAR LEFT HAND LANE WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN SLOWING DOWN. THERE WAS NOW WARNING. I APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE GAS PEDAL ATTEMPTING TO KEEP GOING WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AROUND ME. THE RPMS ROSE BUT NO RESPONSE FROM THE TRANSMISSION. IT WAS AS THOUGH THE VAN SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND WOULD NOT GO. THANKFULLY TRAFFIC ALLOWED ME TO COAST OVER 4 LANES TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. THIS WAS FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY AND VERY VERY BUSY. IT'S AMAZING I MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT BEING HIT. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND IT RESTARTED WITH NO PROBLEM. I TRIED SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AND GOT NO RESPONSE FROM THE TRANSMISSION EITHER. THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE DRIVETRAIN. FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN. HOW MANY DEATHS WILL MAKE FORD WAKE UP AND DO SOMETHING? I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. I MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BUT ONLY BECAUSE I AM AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER. HAD IT BEEN A TEENAGER HE OR SHE MAY NOT HAVE MADE IT BEFORE MOMENTUM WAS LOST. IS IT ONLY DEATHS THAT WILL MAKE FORD REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE A SAFE PRODUCT? I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO TRY TO GET THIS FIXED. THIS IS OUR FAMILY VEHICLE.

Mileage: 134,000

VAN WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AS IT SHOULD WHEN WITH NO WARNING OR INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM AT ALL DRIVING POWER WAS LOST WHILE ON A PUBLIC ROADWAY. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL IN ANY GEAR AND WAS STUCK ON THE ROADWAY AS FAR OVER AS WAS POSSIBLE, BUT COULD NOT GET COMPLETELY OFF OF THE ROADWAY ONCE MOMENTUM WAS LOST. HAD I KNOWN THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET FARTHER OFF OF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH. THIS IS THE VAN WITH THE 3.9 LITER ENGINE. I HOPE NO ONE HAS HAD THIS HAPPEN WHEN CROSSING A HIGHWAY OR TRYING TO MERGE ON TO THE INTERSTATE.

Mileage: 108,000

TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY STOPPED WHILE DRIVING NO WARNING LOST ALL FORWARDS AND REVERSE. BEEN TOLD IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM FORD HAS HAD ON MANY OF THE SAME MODELS OF TORQUE CONVERTER GOING OUT.

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 164,421. UPDATED 07/12/16*LJ THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $ 1083.32. UPDATED 08/02/16.*JB

Mileage: 164,421

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 164,421. UPDATED 07/12/16*LJ THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $ 1083.32. UPDATED 08/02/16.*JB

Mileage: 164,421

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES AN HOUR WE MADE A TURN THEN THE VEHICLE JUST REVVED UP AND WOULD NOT GO IN ANY GEAR. VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND WAS UNABLE TO GET IT OUT OF TRAFFIC. AFTER INVESTIGATING REALIZE THAT THIS IS THE TORQUE CONVERTER THAT HAS WENT BAD AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON 2004 AND 2005 FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. 2006 USE THE SAME TRANSMISSION AND SAME TOUR CONVERTER SO I'M NOT SURE WHY IT WASN'T RECALLED ALSO

Mileage: 141,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, IT WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF ENGINE RPMS AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BUT WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND HAD TO BE PUSHED INTO A PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, BUT THE ENGINE REVVED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE PULLED OVER, SHUT OFF, AND RESTARTED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED OUT OF PARK AND INTO GEAR, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,335....UPDATED 09/14/16 *BF *TR

Mileage: 70,335

REPLACEMENT TORQUE CONVERTERS CONTINUED TO FAIL AFTER REPLACING ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION AND FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER AT 97K MILES. REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER FOUR TIMES IN 37K MILES UNDER WARRANTY FOR "SHUDDER". FORD DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO DIAGNOSE OR DETERMINE THE CONTINUED FAILURES. INDEPENDENT DIAGNOSIS STATED FAILURES WERE DUE TO THE INTRODUCTION OF DEBRIS FROM THE ORIGINAL FAILURE, DURING THE INSTALLATION OF THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION, OR THE REPLACEMENT WAS DEFECTIVE WHEN INSTALLED. FORD DEALER AND COMPANY WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. FORD WARRANTY ENDED ON 12/12/15 AND THE SITUATION REMAINS UNRESOLVED. FORTUNATELY SHUDDER FAILURES OCCURRED ON THE ROAD, BUT VEHICLE COULD BE DRIVEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THE FIRST ORIGINAL FAILURE OCCURRED ON A OFF RAMP AND OTHER MOTORIST'S ASSISTED IN PUSHING IT TO THE SIDE, AVOIDING A POSSIBLE REAR END COLLISION! THE NEWEST TORQUE CONVERTER CAN FAIL AT ANY TIME AND COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. VEHICLE IS USED ONLY IN LOCAL DRIVING AS SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED FIRST. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE IN DETROIT REFUSED ANY CONSIDERATION OF THE SITUATION. YOU CANNOT CONTACT ANYONE WITH AUTHORITY AT FORD AS THEY ARE SHIELDED BY CUSTOMER SERVICE. THE CONSUMER HAS TO CONSIDER LEGAL OPTIONS AT WHAT COST TO THEM? THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH HARD SHIFTS FROM INTO A DRIVE GEAR(R,OD,D, 1) FROM "N" OR "P". THIS IS AN INDICATION OF FAILURE OF THE INTERNAL NEUTRAL TO DRIVE ACCUMULATOR. RESULTING FROM A STUCK PISTON OR SEALS, OR SPRINGS DAMAGED OR MISSING. WHEN DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER AND MECHANIC THEY IGNORED IT AND REFUSED TO ACCEPT IT AND PROPERLY DIAGNOSIS THE SITUATION. THE INDEPENDENT DIAGNOSIS SAID THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE INSTALLATION DONE UNDER PROPER CLEAN CONDITIONS AND FLUSHING OF THE COOLER AND LINES. IF NOT DONE PROPERLY THE THE SITUATION WOULD REOCCUR .

Mileage: 97,000

OUR GRANDDAUGHTER PULLED UP TO A STOP LIGHT & WHEN SHE WENT TO PULL AWAY FROM IT THE ENGINE REVVED UP BUT THE FREESTAR WENT NOWHERE. IT THE SAME THING FORD DESCRIBES IN THEIR RECALL NUMBER: 12V006000RECALL DATE: 01/09/2012 WHERE THE TORQUE CONVERTER OUTPUT SHAFT MAY FAIL.. UNFORTUNATELY HER VAN IS CONSIDERED A 2006 EVEN THO IT WAS MANUFACTURED ON 09/05 & THE VAN IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE CURRENT RECALL. THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO GET THE VAN REPAIRED BUT NEED IT TO TAKE OUR GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER TO GRADE SCHOOL & THE HUSBAND NEEDS TO USE IT TO GET TO WORK. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM? THANKS CHUCK

WHILE DRIVING, THE VAN SUDDENLY CEASED TO RESPOND TO APPLYING THE GAS PEDAL. THE MOTOR CONTINUED TO RESPOND, RPMS RISE WITH ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS BUT THE VAN WILL NOT MOVE. NO GEAR (INCLUDING REVERSE) RESPONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS ROLLED INTO A PARKING LOT AND HAD TO BE TOWED. AT THIS TIME, REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE, BUT THERE IS SIGNIFICANT INDICATION THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER MAY BE THE ISSUE. WE ARE DISTURBED BECAUSE THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THIS ISSUE WITH OTHER 2006 FREESTAR OWNERS, AND THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ISSUED OR APPARENT RESPONSIBILITY TAKEN ON THE PART OF THE MANUFACTURER. IT IS CLEAR THAT THE SAME PARTS ARE BEING AFFECTED AS THOSE RECALLED FROM THE 2005 MODELS. WE ARE NOT IN A FINANCIAL POSITION TO FUND TRANSMISSION REPAIRS AND WE COULD LOSE OUR ONLY VEHICLE DUE TO THIS INCIDENT. I AM JUST GRATEFUL MY HUSBAND (OR MY CHILDREN, OR SOMEONE ELSE) WAS NOT KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THIS FAILURE. I INTEND TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER DIRECTLY, BUT HAVE NOT AT THIS POINT. I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE THIS SITUATION INVESTIGATED WITH FORD, NOT JUST FOR OUR VEHICLE BUT ALL THE PEOPLE LODGING COMPLAINTS OF THIS ISSUE--HERE AND ELSEWHERE ONLINE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

Mileage: 138,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, AN ABNORMAL METALLIC SOUND EMITTED FROM THE FRONT END OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER TAKING OFF FROM A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT WAS UNABLE TO MOVE ANYWHERE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER OUTPUT SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 55,000. UPDATED 09/25/15*LJ UPDATED 12/13/2017*CN

Mileage: 55,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANEUVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,133.

Mileage: 99,133

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING FOR OVER 20 MINUTES AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

Mileage: 50,000

I HADE BEEN DRIVING THE VAN FOR APPROXIMATLY 125 MILES, CAME TO A STOPLIGHT CLOSE TO MY HOME. STOPPED AT THE LIGHT, AND WHEN I TRYED TO GO FORWARD EHRN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, THERE WAS NO POWER TO THEE TRANSMISSION, THE ENGINE ONLY REVED UP. I WAS FACING DOWNHILL, AND ROLLED INTO A STORE PARKING LOT. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO MY HOUSE. DOING RESEARCH ONLINE, I FOUND VERY SIMILAR CERCUMSTANCES WITH MANY OTHER FREESTARS. FORD HAD ISSUED A RECALL ON THE TORQUE CONVERTER FOR THE 2004-05 FREESTARS, BUT NOT THE 2006, WHICH HAS THE SAME PART. ALL FREESTARS WITH THIS SAME PART SHULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED, NOT JUST 2 OUT OF 4 YEARS. I FEEL VERY CHEATED AND NOW I AM FACING A VERY LARGE REPAIR BILL.

Mileage: 85,500

WE HAVE A 2006 FORD FREESTAR THAT HAD A TRANSMISSION FAILURE AFTER 85,000 MILES. I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THE 2004 & 2005 MODELS HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND THERE APPEARS TO BE ISSUES WITH THE 2006 TRANSMISSION BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. I WOULD LIKE FORD TO BE MANDATED TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING AT 75 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 144,000

DRIVING ON A 2 LANE ROAD STARTED UP THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN. DROVE APPROX. .5 MILES UP HILL. WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE REV'ED. VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER TO THE WHEELS. ENGINE RUNNING FINE, NO ABNORMAL NOISES. VEHICLE SLOWED QUICKLY DUE TO UPHILL GRADE. VEHICLES BEHIND ME, INCLUDING SEVERAL LARGE TRACTOR-TRAILERS HAD SWERVE INTO THE ON-COMING LANE DUE TO NO SHOULDER. THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. THERE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS FAILURE.... JUST HAPPENED TO BE NO TRAFFIC COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN IN THE ON-COMING LANE. BLOCKED ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC ON A STEEP GRADE FOR OVER AN HOUR WAITING ON A TOW TRUCK. TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. SENT DEBRIS INTO THE TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE NEEDS TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION REPLACED.... I HAVE SEEN MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME COMPLAINT... PLEASE NHTSA HELP US... *TR

Mileage: 99,110

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

Mileage: 140,000

THE FORD FREESTAR WAS EXITING THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT LOST ALL POWER WITHOUT WARNING WHILE COMING DOWN THE OFF-RAMP. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. THE MINI VAN WAS ABLE TO COAST OFF THE ROAD AND INTO AN AUTO SHOP PARKING LOT THAT HAPPENED TO BE THERE. APPEARS TO BE ANOTHER TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 215,000

STARTED OUT OF AN INTERSECTION AND VAN STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NO FORWARD OR REVERSE GEAR. TRANSMISSION GONE. WHEN I HAD A NEW ONE PUT IN AFTER $4000.00 BILL THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE ONE HE REPLACED WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL ONE. SO THIS MAKES THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE FOR THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE DRIVEN FORDS ALL MY LIFE AND HAVE NEVER HAD A TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT. IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH I MIGHT HAVE BEEN KILLED. FORD SHOULD BE WILLING TO REPLACE THESE TRANSMISSIONS OR REIMBURSE THEIR CUSTOMERS FOR SUCH SHODDY TRANSMISSIONS. *TR

Mileage: 128,000

WHILE DRIVING 60 DOWN 2 LANE ROAD WITH FAMILY OF FOUR, LIGHT IN DISTANCE WAS RED SO I STARTED TO BRAKE. QUICKLY LIGHT TURNED GREEN SO I TRIED TO ACCELERATE BUT RPMS SHOT UP WITHOUT SPEED GOING UP. TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY DISABLED. WILL NOT EVEN GO INTO PARK. ALL THIS WITH NO WARNING. I BARELY MADE IT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. I THINK IT'S CLEAR THIS IS YET ANOTHER 06 FORD FREESTAR TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

I WENT THROUGH AN AUTOMATIC CAR WASH AROUND 315PM. THE VAN WAS DRIVING FINE UP TO THIS POINT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER I LEFT THE CARWASH, THE VAN STARTED ACTING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS BLINKING. I'VE HAD ONE OTHER SITUATION LIKE THIS WITH THIS VAN WHEN WE WENT AWAY FOR A WEEKEND AND IT RAINED A LOT WHERE WE WERE STAYING. THE VAN ACTED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL BUT WE HAD NO IDEA WHY. I WENT ONLINE TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VAN THAT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO WATER. I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE HOW MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN. I ALSO FOUND AN INVESTIGATION THAT STATED THERE IS A DEFECT AND IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN BUT THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO ISSUE ANY RECALLS AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ENOUGH COMPLAINTS. THE DIAGNOSIS FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP IS AS FOLLOWS-WATER HAS LEAKED INTO THE PCM. THEY WOULD NEED TO CLEAN THAT OUT AND SEAL IT SO WATER CAN'T LEAK INTO IT ANYMORE. WATER HAS ALSO LEAKED INTO MY SPARK PLUGS AND CORRODED THEM. THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE SPARK PLUGS AND WIRING. WATER HAS ALSO LEAKED INTO MY FUEL LINES SO THEY WANT TO CLEAN OUT MY FUEL LINE. ALL OF THIS FOR OVER $700.00. WHEN I CONTACTED FORD MOTORS BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY CAN'T HELP ME BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ANY RECALLS. I CAN'T SAY I'M SURPRISED BY THAT SINCE THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT WITH OTHERS AND DON'T SOUND LIKE THEY EVER WILL. I'M NOT PAYING FORD TO FIX IT BECAUSE THIS ISN'T NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND IT'S NOT CAUSED BY ANYTHING THAT I HAVE DONE. I'M GOING TO TAKE MY CHANCES WITH THE VEHICLE WHILE I TRY TO PURSUE THIS ANOTHER WAY. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN MY VAN AND WILL NOT BE TRANSPORTING MY CHILDREN IN IT UNTIL SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

THE VEHICLE, WITHOUT WARNING, SHUT DOWN WHILE IN MID-DRIVE (50+ MPH). WE WERE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY COAST OUT OF HARMS WAY. IT STARTED BACK UP BUT CONTINUED TO DO THIS MANY MORE TIMES UNTIL WE FINALLY GOT THE VAN HOME. THE FORD DEALERSHIP CONFIRMED IT WAS A BAD TRANSMISSION. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED AND A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE 04 AND 05 MODELS. UNFORTUNATELY NOT FOR THE 2006. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO GEAR AND THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

Mileage: 113,000

SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER TO WHEELS @ 114,000 MILES; FORD DEALER: "YOU NEED TO PURCHASE A REBUILT TRANSMISSION" THIS IS THE TORQUE CONVERTER AS KNOWN TO NHTSA; DEMANDED FORD REFUND, REFUSED. SECOND FORD REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION WARRANTY NOT BEING HONORED WITH FAILURE @ 93,000. FORD DEALER: "REPLACED FUSE, TORQUE CONVERTER SHUDDER; YOUR VAN HAS OVER 200,000 MILES ON IT!!" SIGNIFICANT TRANSMISSION VIBRATION WITH STEERING SHUDDER, RE-DIAGNOSED JANUARY 10, 2014; CONTINUATION OF 93,000 FAILURE AND CLAIMED REPAIR. PCM FAILED AT APROX. 85,000 MILES; POWER STEERING LEAKS YEAR AFTER PURCHASE @ 53,000 ORIGINAL MILES. FORD DEALER REFUSES REPAIR/REFUND. ALL DOCUMENTS IN POSSESSION. *TR

Mileage: 114,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

GOING DOWN A SMALL HILL AND WAS PICKING UP SPEED, LET OFF THE GAS PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN. STARTING UP THE NEXT HILL AND WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PUSHED I ENDED UP GOING BACKWARD AND THERE WERE 4 VEHICLES RIGHT BEHIND ME. THEY ALL WERE STOPPING AND EACH TURNED IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION NOT TO HIT THE OTHER PERSON IN FRONT OF THEM. IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE IF I HAD TAKEN THE INTERSTATE. THIS HAPPENED AT ABOUT 6 A.M. SO THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC LIKE THERE IS AT 7 A.M. IN THE MORNING. BUT IF I HAD NOT FORGOTTEN MY BILLFOLD, THIS WOULD HAPPENED AT A VERY HIGH TRAFFIC TIME OF DAY WHEN I WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING HOME. *TR

Mileage: 169,046

POWER TRAIN JUST WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR ROADWAY. NO WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH, NO INDICATION OF SLIPPING, HARD SHIFTS, OR SKIPPING OF GEARS. I JUST LEFT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND IT STARTED TO GO IN A FORWARD MOTION, I CAME OFF THE GAS FOR A SECOND OR TWO PRESSED ON THE GAS AND THE RPM'S SHOT UP AND NO POWER TO THE POWER TRAIN. I HAD TO CROSS OVER THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO SAFETY. *JS

Mileage: 119,086

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER SHAFT FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN PROVIDED WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

Mileage: 96,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,791. UPDATED 12/2/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE DID NOT STALL. IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT COASTED TO THE PARKING SPOT. UPDATED 5/7/2015 *JS

Mileage: 60,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD AND HAD JUST DROPPED MY KIDS OFF THANK GOODNESS. NOTHING SEEMED TO BE WRONG WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE REVVED HIGH. I WAS TRY'N TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT WAS GO'N ON WHEN I WRECKED INTO THE DITCH ABOUT 60MPH. OUT OF NOWHERE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS STUCK N A DITCH AND NO ONE TO HELP. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

ENGINE RUNNING AND VEHICLE MOVING. ALL OF A SUDDEN RPMS GO UP TO 3000+ AND VEHICLE IS COASTING. NO POWER TO DRIVE WHEELS. COASTED TO A SAFE PLACE. LUCKILY, WE WEREN'T ON THE INTERSTATE YET. VEHICLE ACTED AS IN NEUTRAL. NO MOVEMENT IN REVERSE OR DRIVE. HAD IT TOWED TO MECHANIC AND HE IS 99% SURE THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS THE PROBLEM. 2004 AND 2005 HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. MAYBE FORD SHOULD INCLUDE THE 2006'S? BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM. HAVE HAD ONLY FORDS SINCE 1987, AND NO PROBLEMS WITH ANY OF THEM. MIGHT BE RETHINKING MY NEXT PURCHASE. *TR

Mileage: 146,000

ACCELERATING FROM STOP LIGHT, ACCELERATION STOPPED WHILE ENGINE CONTINUED AT SAME RPM. NO PRIOR INDICATION OF POTENTIAL PROBLEM. CAR ROLLED TO A STOP IN CENTER LANE OF ROAD. PUT ON FLASHERS, PUT CAR IN PARK (CAR STARTED TO ROLL) AND ENGAGED PARKING BRAKE. POLICE AND TOW TRUCK CALLED. PUSHED CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC LANE. VERY FORTUNATE THIS OCCURRED DURING A LIGHT TRAFFIC TIME OR A REAR END COLLISION TO MY CAR COULD HAVE RESULTED. CAR TOWED TO DEALER FOR EVALUATION AND REPAIR. DEALER DIAGNOSED TORQUE CONVERTER OR TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 108,631

STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN PULLED OFF AND VAN ACTED LIKE IT WENT INTO NEUTRAL GAVE IT GAS ALL IT DOES IS THE RPMS GO UP THE VAN DOES NOT MOVE. IT WILL NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR. IT GAVE US NO WARNING IT WAS WORKING JUST FINE.VERY DISAPPOINTED. *TR

Mileage: 141,032

WATER INTRUSION FROM THE COWL SHORTED OUT THE PCM AND LED TO PREMATURE FAILURE OF TORQUE CONVERTER. FORD HAD A TSB ON THE WATER ISSUE BUT NEVER RECALLED AND NOW THAT HAS LED ME TO HAVING BIG MONEY SPENT ON REPAIRS THAT I FEEL FORD SHOULD CORRECT AND PAY FOR! *TR

Mileage: 70,000

ACCELERATED AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN WITHIN A WALMART PARKING LOT AND AFTER ABOUT FIFTEEN FEET THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND THE RPM'S WENT UP WITH NO PROPULSION. ALLOWED VEHICLE TO STOP THEN PUSHED IN A PARKING SPACE. THERE WAS NEVER ANY INDICATION THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD FAIL VIA WARNING LIGHT NOR WAS THERE A NOISE/BANG/CLUNK ETC ASSOCIATED. VEHICLE JUST STOPPED ACCELERATING. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO SHOP AND THEY SAID THERE WERE NO CODES INDICATING THE FAILURE AND A TRANSMISSION REBUILD WOULD BE IN ORDER FOR $2000. *TR

Mileage: 172,000

WE WERE DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE WITH MY FAMILY (2 CHILDREN - 9MOS AND 3 YEARS OLD) IN THE BACK SEAT AND OUT OF NO WHERE THE VAN WILL NOT GO FORWARD AND WILL NOT GO BACK. IT WAS LIKE IT WAS SIMPLY THROWN INTO NEUTRAL. WE HAD TO WAIT OVER AN HOUR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH MY SMALL CHILDREN TO GET A TOW TRUCK AS WELL AS WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO COME GET US! THE VAN WAS DRIVING JUST FINE, NO ISSUES, NO WARNING THE TRANSMISSION JUST FAILED. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

ON RETURNING HOME FROM AN ERRAND IN OUR 2006 FREESTAR, MY SON ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE GEAR INTO DRIVE, BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE INTO FORWARD, NOR BACKWARDS IN REVERSE GEAR. THIS OCCURRED SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO PORTER FORD IN NEWARK, DELAWARE AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THE TRANSMISSION SIMPLY FAILED. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON CHARACTERISTIC OF 4F50N TRANSMISSION FAILURES AND THERE ARE AN ABUNDANCE OF PUBLISHED COMPLAINTS. HAD OUR TRANSMISSION FAILED IN A TUNNEL OR ON BRIDGE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC POSSIBLY TRIGGERING A MAJOR PILE UP. CLEARLY SUCH A FAILURE PRESENTS A RISK TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY. IN 2012 FORD MOTOR COMPANY SUBMITTED A DEFECT INFORMATION REPORT AFFECTING THE 2004 AND 2005 FREESTAR (NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA09016). IT IS REGARDING A DEFECT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE 4F50N TRANSMISSION. THIS SAME TRANSMISSION IS ALSO IN 2006 AND 2007. WHY IS THIS ACTION NOT EXTENDED TO OTHER VEHICLES WITH THIS DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION? *TR

Mileage: 80,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WITH MY THREE CHILDREN IN THE BACK DRIVING ABOUT 75 MPH, STARTED TO GO UPHILL AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VAN ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL AND WOULDN'T GO WHEN I GAVE IT GAS. THE INTERSTATE WAS EXTREMELY PACKED AND I'M SITTING IN A VAN WITH MY KIDS AGES 3-12 AND MY VAN IS ALMOST STOPPING. IT WAS VERY HARD TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD AND IT WAS VERY SCARY! I WAS ABOUT 2 HOURS FROM HOME WITH NO MONEY FOR A TOW TRUCK, SO I TURNED IT OFF AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES, AND STARTED IT BACK UP. IT WAS STILL JERKING AND NOT CATCHING GEARS ON THE WAY HOME. WAS ABOUT 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM HOME WHEN THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. MADE IT HOME, GOT ONLINE AND STARTED LOOKING UP WHAT MIGHT BE WRONG AND FOUND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VAN. IT IS THE TORQUE CONVERTER GOING OUT. FORD HAS A RECALL ON THE 2004 AND 2005, AND EVEN THOUGHT THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE THE SAME AND THE ISSUE IS THE SAME, THEY WON'T DO A RECALL ON THE 2006. IS IT GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE GETTING KILLED FOR THEM TPO ISSUE A RECALL???? *TR

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE OUT OF TOWN ON AN EXTENDED BUSINESS TRIP, MY OLDER KIDS USED OUR 2006 FREESTAR TO GET AROUND TOWN. ON JUNE 22, 2014, MY SON DROPPED OFF HIS SISTER ACROSS TOWN AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE GEAR INTO DRIVE, VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO FORWARD NOR BACKWARDS IN REVERSE GEAR, IT WAS SIMPLY STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.THIS OCCURRED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THIS PROBLEM IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR THIS TRANSMISSION AND THERE ARE AN ABUNDANCE OF PUBLISHED COMPLAINTS. HAD OUR TRANSMISSION FAILED IN A TUNNEL OR ON A BRIDGE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC POSSIBLY TRIGGERING A MAJOR PILE UP. THIS TRANSMISSION IS A POTENTIAL DEATH TRAP. IN 2012 FORD MOTOR COMPANY SUBMITTED A DEFECT INFORMATION REPORT AFFECTING THE 2004 AND 2005 FREESTAR AND MONTEREY MINIVANS (NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA09016). IT IS REGARDING A DEFECT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE 4F50N TRANSMISSION. HOWEVER 2006 AND 2007 ALSO HAS THIS SAME TRANSMISSION. WHY IS THIS ACTION NOT EXTENDED TO THESE NEWER MODELS? *TR

Mileage: 80,000

AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, I ACCELERATED TO PROCEED, AND AS MY VEHICLE STARTED TO GO IT JUST AS QUICKLY DIED. WITH TRAFFIC BEHIND ME AND COMING AT ME FROM THE LEFT AND RIGHT, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH THAT THOSE CARS WERE ABLE TO STOP IN TIME AND NOT BROADSIDE ME OR REAR END ME, AND I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. LONG STORY SHORT, IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER! I SEE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 04 AND 05 MODELS BUT NOT THE 2006. HAVING RESEARCHED THOROUGHLY ONLINE FOR THIS PROBLEM, CLEARLY, MINE IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, AS THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER 2006 FORD FREESTAR OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE BETWEEN 120K AND 150K MILES, COMPLAINTS STATED IN MANY FORD FORUMS AND OTHER INTERNET VENUES. OF THE 75+ I READ, ABOUT 50% HAD REGISTERED A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE IN THE 06 FREESTARS WITH NHTSA. CLEARLY, FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM IN THE 2006 AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY INFO AND COMPLAINT?? AND FOR YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE. *TR

Mileage: 136,000

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY ON A CURVE WE LOST ALL POWER TO THE WHEELS. THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT. WE ENDED UP COASTING TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. THIS CAUSED SEVERAL CARS BEHIND US TO LOCK U THEIR BRAKES AND TWO OF THEM COLLIDED. WE WERE LUCKY IN THAT A NICE PERSON HAD A TOW STRAP AND PULLED US OUT OF THE ROAD AND TO THE OFF RAMP. MY WIFE AND I AND OUR 4 YEAR OLD SON WAS IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME AND WE ALL COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO INFORMED US THAT THE 2004 AND 2005 FREESTARS HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR THE TORQUE CONVERTER SPLINES WHICH WILL STRIP AND CAUSE LOSS OF POWER. OUR VEHICLE HOWEVER HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED AND IN ADDITION TO ALMOST DYING WE PAID $1918.32 TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED! AND WE WERE WITHOUT A CAR FOR ALMOST A MONTH. THIS DEFECT IS GOING TO KILL SOMEONE IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME! I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT GETS FIXED IN THE EARLIER MODELS BUT THE OWNERS OF THE 2006 ARE STUCK WITH THE POSSIBLE DEATH TRAP. *TR

Mileage: 82,120

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY WIFE AND 4 SMALL CHILDREN. WE HAD JUST CROSSED A 4 LANE HIGHWAY, AND JUST CRESTED A HILL, WHEN I IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER. THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE TACHOMETER SHOT UP. WE WERE ON A SMALL 2 LANE HIGHWAY WITH A VERY SMALL SHOULDER. IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AS VEHICLES WERE COMING OVER THE HILL, AND WE WERE STILL SLIGHTLY ON THE ROAD. I HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP, AND THEY EXPLAINED IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THAT FORD RECALLED THE TORQUE CONVERTER IN THE 2004 & 2005 FORD FREESTARS DUE TO SAFETY. I ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE 2006 FREESTARS USED THE SAME TORQUE CONVERTER. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE SAME TORQUE CONVERTER USED IN THE 2004, 2005 & 2006, BUT THE 2006 IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. I CALLED FORD AND THE "CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS" WERE EXTREMELY UNHELPFUL AND RUDE. THEY COULDN'T EXPLAIN TO ME THE WHY THIS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, AND WHEN SHE COULDN'T ANSWER ME, SHE HUNG UP ON ME. UNBELIEVABLE. *TR

Mileage: 102,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

Mileage: 140,000

I WAS TRAVELLING ON INTERSTATE WHEN THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER WITH OUT ANY WARNING. SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER TO THE DRIVETRAIN INCREASED THE RISK OF AN ACCDENT. *TR

Mileage: 142,000

AS I WAS PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC THEN ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST WOULDN'T MOVE ALMOST HIT BY SEVERAL CARS N HAVING 5KIDS PLUS NOW A PREMIE DUE IN A FEW WEEKS DUE TO HIGH RISK IT IS A HUGE ISSUE! DUE TO THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE & BEING A FORD OWNER SINCE 16 YRS OLD AS WELL AS WORKING FOR THEM THIS IS AN EVEN BIGGER ISSUE FOR ME!! *TT

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND THEY STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND THE MIL ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

Mileage: 95,000

MY FAMILY HAD STOPPED TO LET PEDESTRIANS CROSS AND WHEN MY HUSBAND PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL DOWN TO ACCELERATE BUT IT DID NOT IN GAUGE THE DRIVE. THE VAN ACTED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE ONLY GEAR THAT WORKED WAS REVERSE. I LOOKED ON-LINE TO FIND THAT THE FREESTAR '04 AND '05 WHERE BOTH RECALLED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. FORD SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND ISSUE A RECALL. MY FAMILY( 4 CHILDREN ALL UNDER 5 YEARS OLD) WAS LUCKY THAT IT HAPPENED IN A SAFE AREA. WE WHERE ON OUR WAY HOME WHICH REQUIRES US TO USE THE FREEWAY. I THANK GOD WE WHERE NOT ON THE FREEWAY, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT OUT COME. *TR

Mileage: 92,253

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE VAN STARTED TO JERK AND LOSE POWER. IF THE PREVIOUS 3 YEARS OF THE VAN ARE RECALLED FOR THE TRANSMISSION. AND MINE WENT OUT DOES THE RECALL NEED TO BE EXPANDED? BASED ON SOME GOOGLE SEARCHES ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LOST THERE TRANSMISSION DO TO THE TORQUE CONVERTER. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

I WAS ACCELERATING DOWN THE STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES AN HOUR IN A 55MPH ZONE. WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WAS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS THROWN IN NEUTRAL. WHEN THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN SO FAST WITH NO POWER, I WAS ALMOST REARENDED BY A VEHICLE FROM BEHIND TRAVELING AT APPROX 55 MPH. WHEN I COASTED TO A STOP THE VECHILE WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD. I HAVINE BEEN DRIVING FORDS FOR 46 YEARS AND NEVER HAD A TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT ON ME. I COULD HAVE BEEN HURT IF REARENDED. IT COST ME OVER $3000 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. FORD SHOULD HAVE A RECALL AND PAY ME FOR THE PROBLEM AS THE SAME FAILURE IS GOING ON EVERYWHERE IN THE US. THE 2005'S HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. FORD SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THERE SELFS FOR MAKING THE JUNK.

Mileage: 118,000

WE STOPPED AT STOP SIGN, TOOK OFF AND WENT ABOUT 30 FEET AND IT QUIT PULLING. LUCKILY THE CAR COMING DOWN THE HIGHWAY SLOWED DOWN BEFORE HE REARENDED US. WE PUSHED IT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD TO CALL THE WRECKER TO BRING IT HOME. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AMOCO. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000. UPDATED 05/28/14*LJ UPDATED 05/29/2014 *JS

Mileage: 84,000

HELLO - I AM WONDERING IF THE 2006 & 2007 FORD FREESTAR VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THE SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD THEY PRESENT, AND FOR RECALL AS THEIR 2004 & 2005 PREDECESSORS HAVE? "2004-'05 FORD FREESTAR, MERCURY MONTEREY RECALLED FOR LOSS OF POWER WITHOUT WARNING FORD IS RECALLING 205,896 2004-'05 FORD FREESTARS AND MERCURY MONTEREYS BECAUSE THE TORQUE CONVERTER OUTPUT SHAFT MAY FAIL, RESULTING IN SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WITH NO WARNING, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION. FORD WILL REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTER ON THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2012. FORD IS RECALLING 205,896 2004-'05 FORD FREESTARS AND MERCURY MONTEREYS "THE TORQUE CONVERTER OUTPUT SHAFT MAY FAIL," SAID NHTSA IN ITS RECALLS SUMMARY OF THE PROBLEM. "THIS CONDITION RESULTS IN A SUDDEN LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER WITH NO WARNING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH." FORD TOLD THE FEDERAL SAFETY AGENCY THAT THE SUPPLIER OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER MANUFACTURED CONVERTERS CONTAINING A PUMP SHAFT SPLINE THAT DID NOT CONSISTENTLY MEET THE SPECIFIED HEAT TREAT REQUIREMENTS. AS A RESULT, SOME OF THE TORQUE CONVERTERS MAY EXPERIENCE WORN PUMP SHAFT SPLINES. NHTSA OPENED A PROBE INTO THE ISSUE IN 2009. FORD DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTER. IF YOU OWN A 2004-'05 FORD FREESTAR OR MERCURY MONTEREY, BE AWARE THAT A RECALL IS IN THE WORKS." MY 2006 FORD FREESTAR EXPERIENCED THIS VERY SAME LOSS OF POWER DUE TO A TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE ON THE HIGHWAY, PLACING MYSELF AND MY ENTIRE FAMILY IN GRAVE DANGER AS I WAS FORCED TO EXTRICATE THE VEHICLE FROM THE HIGHWAY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WITH A COMPLETE & SUDDEN LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER. THE 2006 & 2007 FORD FREESTAR & MERCURY MONTEREY VEHICLES CLEARLY SUFFER FORM THIS SAME TORQUE CONVERTER SPLINE FAILURE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BY FORD. *TR

Mileage: 94,750

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON INSPECTION, THE OUTPUT SHAFT TORQUE CONVERTER WAS FOUND TO BE DESTROYED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A LOSS OF POWER WHEN THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

Mileage: 150,000

THE VEHICLE WOULD DO 35 OR 40 MPH AND WOULD NOT SHIFT GEAR. TOOK VEHICLE TO TWO AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOPS TO FIND OUT THE ISSUE. HAD THE TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED ALONG WITH TRANSMISSION GASKETS AND SEALS. THE 3RD GEAR SHIFT SOLENOID WAS ALSO REPLACED AND VEHICLE STILL DOES THE SAME THING. TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM AND WHAT IT IS (WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE), BUT MY VEHICLE DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL NOTICE. I AM ASKING THAT THE RECALL BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE THE 2006 MODEL FORD FREESTAR AND NOT LIMITED TO THE 2004-2005 MODEL YEAR AS FORD HAS NOT CORRECTED THE MANUFACTURER ISSUE IN REGARD TO THE POWER TRAIN PERFORMANCE. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND WOULD STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 136,000.

Mileage: 136,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS PERSONALLY INSPECTED BY THE CONTACT WHO NOTICED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

Mileage: 112,000

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED WITHOUT PREVIOUS SIGNS OF PROBLEMS--WAS ADVISED THAT SAME PART ON 2004 AND 2005 MAY HAVE BEEN RECALLED--LOOKING AT WEBSITES 2006 MODEL SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. *TR

Mileage: 110,626

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY WHILE SITTING IDLE AT A TRAFFIC STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,350.

Mileage: 69,350

I REPORTED TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM THE 2ND WEEK I OWNED IT THAT THERE WAS A WRENCH LIGHT ON AND IT WAS FLASHING.THEY TOLD ME TO COME TO THE STORE AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT,THEY DISCOVERED A SOLENOID HAD BLOWN AND THEY REPLACED IT.THEY TOLD ME IT WAS FIXED BUT IF IT WERE TO COME BACK ON THAT I SHOULD GET BACK TO THEM.THE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND OFF RANDOMLY,SOMETIMES WEEKLY,OTHER TIMES BI WEEKLY AND I CALLED THEM EACH AND EVERY TIME.THEY SENT ME TO A GARAGE IN BIDDEFORD THAT ONLY REPLACED A SPARK PLUG AND THEY CALLED IT GOOD.I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THE VAN THIS WAY SINCE JUNE AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE PROBLEM WAS BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION,IT NOW REMAINS UNRESOLVED.I WENT TO DRIVE IT 2 DAYS AGO,WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON WHEN I LEFT,ON THE WAY HOME,THE WRENCH LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT WERE ON AND IT WOULDN'T SHIFT.I COULDN'T GO ABOVE 40 AND PRAYED TO MAKE IT HOME.I HAVE NO MONEY FOR ANOTHER CAR AND WOULD LOVE TO GET A RESOLUTION TO THIS SOON.I AM IN A SEVERE TIME CRUNCH AND CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO HAVE A CAR. *TR

Mileage: 76,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 109,000.

Mileage: 109,000

I WAS NOTIFIED OF A SAFETY RECALL ON MY MINI VAN, CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD GET A CALL BACK AS THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PART TO FIX IT YET. NEVER GOT THE CALL BACK, FINALLY GOT TO TAKE IT IN AND AFTER THE DEALER HAVING IT FOR 4 DAYS I GET A CALL AND AM INFORMED OF "INTERNAL FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION" , WAS TOLD THE COST TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION. I DID SOME CHECKING AND FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE SINCE 2005, MY VAN IS A 2005. THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT GETTING THE TORQUE CONVERTOR REPLACED AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE CONSUMER IS INFORMED OF THE "INTERNAL FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION". SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS FALLS UNDER THE "CAUSE AND EFFECT" SYNDROME , IE THE TORQUE CONVERTOR FINGERS BREAK LOOSE (TINY FRAGMENTS) AND FOLLOW THE FLUID DOWN INTO THE TRANNY AND PRESTO YOUR TRANNY GOES OUT. FORD SHOULD COVER THIS REPAIR, I HAVE THE EXTENDED COVERAGE BUT IT IS GONNA BE CLOSE ON THE EXPIRATION OF COVERAGE. I THINK SOMEONE SHOULD GATHER ALL OF THE INJURED CONSUMERS AND SUE FORD. I CALLED FORD AT 1-800-565-3673 AND MADE A CONSUMER COMPLAINT. *TR

MY CHILDREN AND I WERE RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO AND WERE DRIVING THROUGH KENTUCKY ON THE INTERSTATE. WHILE WE WERE GOING UP A HILL THE CAR JUST STARTED TO REV AS THOUGH IT WERE STUCK IN NEUTRAL. I TRIED LOWER GEARS AND FINALLY WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE OF THE FREEWAY AND ON TO THE SIDE. THANKFULLY WE WERE ALL OKAY. AFTER LEAVING IT IN A DIFFERENT STATE FROM WHICH WE LIVE AND HAVING THE TORQUE CONVERTER REPAIRED, WE WERE ABLE TO RETURN AND DRIVE IT HOME. APPROXIMATELY 4 AND A HALF MONTHS LATER, I AM DRIVING HOME FROM A NIGHT CLASS ON ROAD THAT DOES NOT HAVE GREAT LIGHTING AND GOING UP A HILL THE SAME THING HAPPENS. THIS TIME IT IS TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP AND WE ARE TOLD THAT IT WILL COST US $2400 TO PUT IN A NEW TRANSMISSION. FROM WHAT I CAN SEE HERE BY OTHER COMPLAINTS AND OTHER WEB-SITES, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT. I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED. UNTIL THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME, THIS WAS A GREAT VEHICLE. I WOULD NOT BE SO UPSET, IF WE HAD NOT JUST HAD THIS PROBLEM REPAIRED SUCH A SHORT TIME AGO AND IF IT WERE NOT SO OVER ABUNDANT IN THESE AND OTHER VEHICLES.

Mileage: 135,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 295, IN NJ MILE MARK 33 WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED SMELLING AND SMOKING. I PULLED OVER AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAME OUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT AND NEEDED REPLACED AND IT WOULD COST ME $3,500.00. FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING ONLINE THEY RECALLED THE 2004 - 2005 TRANSMISSION FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I ALSO READ THAT THE SAME TRANSMISSION IS USED FROM THE 2004 - 2007 MODELS, SO WHY WOULD IT FAIL FOR THE 2004 - 2005 BUT NOT FOR THE 2006 - 2007. I JUST MADE MY LAST PAYMENT ON THIS VEHICLE IN AUGUST OF 2013 AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT ON SEPT 2013. I AM UPSET WITH THIS ESPECIALLY HAVING A VAN FULL OF CHILDREN RETURNING FROM A TRIP. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED A LONG TIME AGO AND NOT STILL ALLOW FOR THE PROBLEM TO CONTINUE. *JB

Mileage: 120,000

MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE TRAVELING HOME FROM COLUMBUS OHIO, WE WERE TRAVELING ON SR 53. WHEN OUR 2006 FORD FREESTAR ENGINE STARTED INCREASING RPM'S. WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE TRANSMISSION JUST ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEURAL. WE WERE ABLE TO GET OFF ROAD BUT WAS ALMOST HIT BY SEMI BEHIND US. WE WERE STRANDED ON A COUNTRY ROAD AT 3 AM. I FINALLY CONTACTED A TOWING SERVIVE AND $120.00 LATER WE MADE IT HOME. I CONTACTED OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY SAID YES, WE NO WHATS WRONG WHAT IS YOUR VIN NUMBER? I GAVE THEM MY VIN NUMBER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WASN'T ON THEIR LIST????? IT THE SAME PROBLEM THEY KNOW THEY HAVE BUT SINCE IT WASN'T ON THEIR RECALL LIST IT WAS MY RESPONDSABILITY. THSI VAN ONLY HAS 36,000 MILES, FORD KNOWS THEY HAVE A PROBLEMAND WON'T OWN UP TO IT FINANCIALLY. THEY ARE GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED IF THIS PROBLEM ISN'T FIXED. HOW CAN A COMPANY KNOW THEY HAVE A SAFETY PROBLEM AND NOT BE LIABLE FOR THEIR POOLY DESIGNED TRANSMISSION.

Mileage: 36,350

DRIVING DOWN ROAD AT 40 MPH. VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ALL DRIVE POWER. NO FORWARD, OR REVERSE AVAILABLE WHEN TRANSMISSION SHIFTED BETWEEN ALL GEAR POSITIONS. ENGINE WOULD REV NORMALLY AND ENGINE RUNNING FINE. TRANSMISSION WHEN OUT. NO DRIVE POWER. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE TORQUE CONVERTER/TRANSMISSION RECALL THAT WAS DONE ON THE 2005 AND 2006 FREESTAR. *TT

Mileage: 78,010

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,000. UPDATED 9/4/13 *CN THE VEHICLE WAS REAPIRED AT A COST OF $ 1,550.

Mileage: 79,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,000. UPDATED 9/4/13 *CN THE VEHICLE WAS REAPIRED AT A COST OF $ 1,550.

Mileage: 79,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE RPM READING INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY IN MY FORD FREESTAR 2006 AND THE MINIVAN SEIZED, I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND I HAD DRIFTED OFF ONTO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WERE THE GRASS AND A FEW TURNS HELPED SLOW DOWN MY VEHICLE. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY JUMP OUT OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. WHEN THE VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED, I JUMPED OUT AND AN AMBULANCE ASSISTED PUTTING OUT THE FIRE. THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON ABOUT 2 MINUTES BEFORE THIS OCCURRED, GIVING ME NO WARNING SIGNS. I FOUND OUT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. IN 2011, THE SAME THING OCCURRED, ENGINE AND CAR COMPLETELY FAILED. WHEN I TOOK IT IN - IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. I HAD TO BUY ANOTHER TRANSMISSION IN LESS THAN A YEAR. FORD WAS NOT WILLING TO ASSIST ME OR TALK TO ME ABOUT IT. I CALLED SEVERAL TIMES COMPLAINING ABOUT SAFETY AND THE POSSIBLE ACCIDENTS IT COULD HAVE CAUSED. NONE THE LESS, IN 2012, THE TRANSMISSION WENT AGAIN. THANK GOODNESS IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. SAME THING, CAR COMPLETELY SEIZED WHILE DRIVING AGAIN. IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN!! THREE YEARS OF GETTING A TRANSMISSION - SOMETHING IS WRONG AND NOONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. MY TRANSMISSION LIGHT WENT OFF AGAIN - I AM AFRAID TO EVEN DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER. THIS IS RIDICULOUS - WHO IS HELPING THE CONSUMER AND PROTECTING THEM AGAINST THIS? MY KIDS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE VEHICLE NOW IN CASE THE CAR SEIZES ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SHOULDER WHERE IT WAS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED, BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

Mileage: 95,000

THE SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE. THE VAN DOES NOT SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. IF IT DOES SHIFT, IT IS A VERY HARD SHIFT. SOME TIMES NEED TO BACK OFF ON GAS SO IT SHIFTS. ONCE IN SECOND GEAR, VAN RUNS GOOD. REVERSE IS SPORADIC AS WELL. SOME TIMES IT WANTS TO. SOMETIMES NOT SO MUCH. CHANGED TRANSMISSION FILTER. DID NOT CORRECT THE SITUATION. DID SOME RESEARCH TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD ISSUES LIKE I AM HAVING TO FIND OUT THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL BUT PREVIOUS 2 YEARS. NOT SURE WHY THIS YEAR HAS NOT HAD A RECALL TO FIX THE TORQUE CONVERTER, BUT I AM HOPING THAT THERE WILL BE A RECALL SOON.... IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED.... *TR

Mileage: 10,670

WHILE DRIVING, COMING TO A STOP SIGN, I STOPPED, WHEN COMMENCING TO GO THROUGH THE STOP SIGN, VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. I TRIED PUTTING VEHICLE IN REVERSE, I MOVED APPROX 2 FEET AND COULD NOT MOVE ANYMORE IN ANY GEAR. I RECEIVED HELP TO PUSH INTO A PARKING SPACE AWAY FROM TRAFFIC UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP. AFTER RESEARCHING, I FOUND THAT A RECALL EXISTS ON THE FAULTY TORQUE CONVERTERS WHICH COULD AFFECT THE TRANSMISSION ALSO ON THE 2004 AND 2005 FORD FREESTAR AND IT IS THE SAME EXACT FAULTY PART AS ON MY VEHICLE. FRUSTRATINGLY MY VEHICLE THE 2006 FREESTAR WAS NOT INCLUDED IN FORDS RECALL PROGRAM, BUT IT SHOULD BE. FORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT OCCUR ON THE HIGHWAY IN A MORE DANGEROUS SITUATION. I AM CURRENTLY ON DIALYSIS AND MY WIFE WITH PARKINSON'S THIS IS ADDING TO OUR OVERALL DECLINING HEALTH WITH THIS ADDITIONAL STRESS. NOW I FOUND OUT WE MAY HAVE TO SPEND AN ADDITIONAL $3000 TO FIX OUR VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL FORD CUSTOMER FOR 45 YEARS. *TR

Mileage: 56,025

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AT 5AM AND WAS AT A RED LIGHT. ON THE GREEN LIGHT, HIT THE GAS AND THE VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. I COULDN'T GET IT TO GO INTO GEAR. IT WAS LIKE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY SHIFTING ABILITIES. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, BUT IT WOULDN'T MOVE. CALLED A TOW TRUCK, AND YES I HAVE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS SHOT PLUS WHATEVER ELSE CAN GO WRONG WITH BROKEN METAL IN YOUR TRANSMISSION. WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT, SO WE HAVE A PRETTY PIECE OF JUNK IN OUR DRIVEWAY THAT WE STILL OWE $4,500 ON. I THINK I WILL PLANT FLOWERS AROUND IT SO THE NEIGHBORS WILL NOT SEE THE GRASS GROWING UNDER IT. PLUS THAT WILL GIVE IT A PROPER BURIAL, BECAUSE WITHOUT A FORD RECALL, IT WILL NEVER MOVE. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

RETURNED TO VEHICLE FROM THE STORE, STARTED, SELECTED REVERSE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. ENGINE WOULD RESPOND TO GAS WITH REVS, BUT NO MOVEMENT. TRIED OTHER GEARS--NOTHING WOULD ENGAGE: IT WAS AS IF EVERY GEAR WAS NEUTRAL. HAS TO BE TOWED TO SERVICE CENTER. HAVE NOW READ ONLINE THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON AND THAT THE 2004-5 WERE RECALLED FOR THIS VERY ISSUE. I AM SO FRUSTRATED THAT FORD WOULD NOT RECALL THE 06 AS WELL. AN HOUR EARLIER MY WIFE AND CHILDREN COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY! ALSO PRETTY DISAPPOINTED IN NHTSA FOR NOT LEVERAGING ITS POSITION TO FORCE FORD TO ADDRESS THIS. *TR

Mileage: 66,500

I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 FORD FREESTAR IN MY NEIGHBOR HOOD WITH MY KIDS WITH ME. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR SHOOK AND I LOST ALL POWER IN MY VEHICLE. THE ENGINE JUST REVVED LIKE I WAS IN NEUTRAL. I PULLED OVER IN A PARKING LOT. NONE OF THE GEARS ON VAN WERE WORKING. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT I WAS NOT ON HIGHWAY AND NOT TRAVELING AT A HIGH SPEED. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND FORD KNOWS IT. THEY DID A RECALL ON THE 2004-2005 TORQUE CONVERTER BUT NOT THE 2006. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL REPAIR FACILITIES INCLUDING A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT THEY ALL USE THE SAME TRANSMISSION. I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT FORD WOULD CONSIDER THE TORQUE CONVERTER ISSUE A SAFETY RECALL BUT NOT ONE FOR THE 2006 FREESTAR. I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID THAT WOULD NOTIFY ME IF THERE IS A FUTURE RECALL BUT BASICALLY I AM ON MY OWN. THEY ARE PUTTING PEOPLE IN JEOPARDY OF THEIR SAFETY AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 101,000

AFTER HEAVY RAIN THE VAN BEGAN TO MISFIRE AND SHAKE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. 2 DAYS LATER IT WENT OUT AFTER DRYING OFF. *TR

Mileage: 32,000

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, POWER TO THE WHEELS WAS DISCONNECTED AND THE ENGINE REVVED. CAR ACTED AS THOUGH IT WAS OUT OF GEAR. AFTER COASTING OFF THE ROADWAY, VEHICLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN GEAR. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING OR ISSUE. TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC WHO CHANGED THE TORQUE CONVERTER - PROBLEM SOLVED. WE ARE SURPRISED THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL FOR 2004-2005 VEHICLES AS IT SEEMS TO BE THE SAME ISSUE! *TR

Mileage: 88,000

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 11/70 IN KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE, TRAVELING WEST MY WIFE LOST PROPULSION AND HAD TO COAST INTO A PARKING LOT. ENGINE IS FINE, TRANSMISSION DOES NOT PROVIDE POWER TO WHEELS. THIS HAPPENED SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY WARNINGS THAT ANYTHING WAS GOING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. I REALIZE THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS MODEL FOR THE YEARS 04, AND 05, FOR THE TRANSMISSION. MY FAILURE SYMPTOM IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FAILURE DESCRIBED FOR THE 04, 05 RECALL. THANK YOU, *TR

Mileage: 85,450

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH ON A SIDE STREET WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER TO THE POWER TRAIN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON BEFORE LOSING POWER. THE ENGINE DID NOT STALL AND AS I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, I COULD HEAR THE ENGINE REVVING. IT WAS IF THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL. I STEERED THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED IT. I TURNED IT OFF AND RESTARTED IT TO SEE IF I COULD GET IT TO OPERATE IN GEAR. AGAIN, THE CARD TURNED OVER BUT THERE WAS NO POWER IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. *TR

Mileage: 116,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 170,000. *TR

Mileage: 170,000

AS I WAS TURNING THROUGH TRAFFIC TO DRIVE UP A HILL, THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING AND THE CAR NO LONGER WAS ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD UNDER ITS OWN POWER. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO USE THE MOMENTUM I HAD TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF 3,500 DOLLARS. *TR

Mileage: 43,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST MOTIVE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000. *TR

Mileage: 200,000

PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AT WORK, THEN THE ENGINE REVVED UP AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL AND TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE. HAD TO COAST TO PARKING SPOT. IF THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED MOMENTS EARLIER I WOULD'VE BEEN TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 75MPH IN TRAFFIC AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS WRECK. I HAVE LEARNED SINCE THIS INCIDENT THE 2004 AND 2005 MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE, THE MANUFACTURER DATE ON MY FREESTAR IS OCT. 2005, SO WHY HAS THE 2006 MODELS NOT BEEN RECALLED WHEN THEY HAVE THE SAME TORQUE CONVERTERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE AS THE 2004-2005 MODELS. *TR

Mileage: 106,000

MAY 4, 2013 , 2006 FORD FREESTAR W/ 87,785 MI. STOPPED MOVING IN INTERSECTION WITH CHILDREN IN VAN.ALL GEARS ACTED LIKE NEUTRAL EXCEPT PARK. 2 1/2 HRS FROM HOME. WIFE HAD TO CALL CARMEL, IN POLICE DEPT. FOR ASSISTANCE TO MOVE OUT OF INTERSECTION FOR HER & CHILDREN'S SAFETY. FORD IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, HAD RECALLS ON 04-05 FREESTARS, MANY COMPLAINTS ON 06 ALSO, NO RECALL. LOCAL MECHANIC DIAGNOSED IT AS EITHER TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE OR PCM, BOTH WELL KNOWN ISSUES ON THIS CAR. BUILD DATE ON FREESTAR IS 12/05. WE HAD TO PAY $400 TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME.. THIS ISSUES DEMANDS A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR DIES. NO WARNING BEFORE THIS HAPPENED.. *TR

Mileage: 87,780

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

Mileage: 94,000

WHILE IN DRIVE (IN A RAINY NIGHT) VEHICLE JUST COASTED TO A STOP. I HAD NO WORKING GEARS - VEHICLE ACTED LIKE BEING IN 'NEUTRAL' NO MATTER WHAT WAS SELECTED. TOWED TO PUNDMANN FORD AND DIAGNOSED AS A TORQUE CONVERTER PROBLEM THAT ALSO RUINED THE TRANSMISSION. DEALER QUOTE "DIAG REMOVED TRANS ASSY REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER O/D DRUM FORWARD CLUTCH AND O/D BAND ALL PISTONS AND SEALS ROAD TEST". SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIX. FOUND OUT RECALL IN 2004 AND 2005 MODELS FOR SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS SAME PROBLEM AND 2006S SHOULD BE INCLUDED. SHOCKING THAT A TRANSMISSION GOES COMPLETELY OUT AT 47,000 MILES.

Mileage: 47,000

I WAS GOING TO WORK TRAVELING AT EXACTLY 40 MPH AND ENGINE WAS WORKING FINE BUT TRANSMISSION WAS NOT ENGAGING. THE VAN CAME TO A SLOW GRADUAL STOP. I TURNED THE VAN OFF ANT STARTED IT AGAIN WITH NO PROBLEMS BUT WHEN TRIED TO SHIFT INTO GEAR, IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE. MY BROTHER WHO IS A CERTIFIED AUTO REPAIR TECHNICIAN IN PUERTO RICO WAS VISITING AND CHECKED IT FOR ME AN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PUMP FAILED CAUSING THE TORQUE CONVERTER TO BREAK. IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED AT A COST OF AT LEAST $1200.00. I AM MAKING PAYMENTS AND I HAVE NO OTHER VEHICLE AND NOW I CAN'T GET TO WORK. FORD KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS THE SAME TRANSMISSION RECALLED IN 2005 THE FREESTAR I AM PREPARING TO SUE. *TR

Mileage: 75,355

I WAS DRIVING MY VAN HOME FROM THE GROCERY STORE. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SPEEDOMETER SAID I WAS TRAVELING AT OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR AND BEGAN TO VIBRATE. I PULLED OVER, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT. IT SEEMED TO BE OKAY AT FIRST. THEN WHEN I TRIED TO GET IT UP TO SPEED IT WOULD ONLY MOVE DOWN THE ROAD AT A CRAWL. SAME PROBLEM AS THE 2004-2005 MODELS. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

ENGINES RUNS FINE AND ACCELERATES, BUT VAN DOES NOT MOVE. AS IF IN NEUTRAL. SAME PROBLEM AS RECALLED 2004 - 2005 FAULTY FACTORY TORQUE CONVERTER. WAS ALMOST HIT ON HIGHWAY AS SPEED DECELERATED RAPIDLY. SEEING MANY OTHERS ONLINE HAVE FILED SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, I AM QUITE SURE FORD KNOWS THIS DEFECT EXTENDS TO THE 2006 MODEL WHICH WAS BUILT IN 2005 USING THE SAME PARTS KNOWN TO BE FAULTY.*TR

Mileage: 140,000

WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC DURING A SNOW STORM WITH MY 9 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER ON THE FREEWAY MY 2006 FORD FREESTAR STARTED JERKING AND TRYING TO STALL OUT WHEN TRYING TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY TO SAFETY SPEEDOMETER WAS SHOWING I WAS DRIVING 120 AT A STOP LIGHT. THE RPM'S WERE AT A 3 WHILE SITTING STILL. IF THE VAN HAD STALLED ON THE FREEWAY THE INCIDENT WOULD HAVE BEEN HORRIFIC. THEN A SECOND INCIDENT HAPPEN ON MARCH 28, 2013 WHEN I WAS PREPARING PULL ONTO A SIDE STREET MY VAN STARTED JERKING AND STALLING OUT ON ME AND THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWED I GOING A 120 WHILE SITTING STILL AT A STOP SIGN. *TR

Mileage: 94,000

WHEN I PLACED THE SHIFTER LEVER TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE BACKWARD. THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. BRAKE BOOSTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 108,302

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING UPHILL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST, WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,555 AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,655. UPDATED 5/7/13 *CN UPDATED 05/16/2013 *JS

Mileage: 65,555

MY HUSBAND AND 5 PASSENGERS WERE TRAVELING HOME AT NIGHT FROM MY SON'S HOCKEY GAME ( 2 HOURS AWAY) WHEN THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS SENT INTO NEUTRAL. COULD NOT GO FORWARD OR REVERSE. THANKFULLY THEY WERE ABLE TO COAST SAFELY TO A STOP. THEY WERE STRANDED AND HAD TO FLAG DOWN HELP. THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS TOTALLY STRIPPED OUT WHICH RESULTED IN A REPAIR BILL OF $902.00. ( NOT TO MENTION THE COST OF TOWING) I FOUND OUT THAT THE 2004 AND 2005 FREESTAR TORQUE CONVERTERS WERE ON RECALL. WHY WERE THE 2006 MODELS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS? I WAS TOLD THEY HAVE THE SAME TRANSMISSION AND SUCH. I WILL BE HOLDING ONTO MY RECEIPT IN HOPES THAT WE CAN BE REIMBURSED FOR THIS MAJOR INCONVENIENCE AND SAFETY ISSUE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A BAD SITUATION HAD THEY BEEN ON A FREEWAY. I AM HOPING THAT FORD WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THE 2006 MODELS SHOULD BE INCLUDED ON THIS RECALL. IF NOT.... THE NEXT BREAKDOWN, ACCIDENT, INJURY OR DEATH COULD BE ON YOUR SHOULDERS. SORRY FOR THE RANT BUT I AM FRUSTRATED! *TR

Mileage: 94,300

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE HALT WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS AND THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE OF ENGINE RPM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

Mileage: 92,000

2006 FORD FREESTAR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO A STOP, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE.

2006 FORD FREESTAR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO A STOP, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY PULLED THEN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. THE VEHICLE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS AWAITING DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,218.

Mileage: 103,218

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST MOTIVE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,161 AND THE /CURRENT /MILEAGE WAS 110,000. UPDATED 2/27/13 *CN UPDATED 03/11/2013 *JS

Mileage: 83,161

VAN QUIT MOVING. ENGINE WAS RUNNING FINE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE INCIDENT, BUT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NO LONGER ENGAGE AND MOVE THE VAN IN ANY DIRECTION. WAITING ON DIAGNOSTIC REPORT, BUT HAVE CHECKED THE VIN AND THERE IS NO RECALL NOTICE AT THIS TIME. *TR

Mileage: 138,683

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 266,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 266,000

I GOT INTO MY VAN, AFTER DROPPING MY MOM OFF AND WAS DURING APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES AM HOUR, GOT HALF WAY DOWN HER STREET WHEN I HEARD THIS STRANGE NOISE, LIKE THE SOUND OF RON'S REVVING ON A RACE CAR OR SOMETHING. THAN. MY RPM GAGE WAS GOING ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN. IT WAS MOVING PRETTY SLOW, AND I GOT SCARED AND PULLED OVER AND PUT IT IN PARK AND SHUT IT DOWN. I THAN TRIED TO START IT UP AGAIN AND IT WOULD NOT GO . IT JUST KEPT REVVING. THE RON'S MOVING UP AND DOWN AGAIN. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY CHARGED ME $1,550 TO HAVE TRAINEE REBUILT. I WAS OUT OF A VEHICLE FOR MONTHS TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY. ALSO SPENDING MONEY ON RENTALS TO GET TO WORK AND BRING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL. THAN JUST THREE MONTHS AFTER GETTING MY VAN BACK, I DROVE TO THE AKRON RESERVATION AND NEARLY THE SAME THING HAPPENED DRIVING UP A HILL ON THE WAY BACK. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED AGAIN AND WENT WITHOUT MY VAN FOR ANOTHER WEEK AND A HALF. THEY FIXED IT AGAIN AND THAN TOLD ME THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE TORQUE CONVERTERS THROUGH FORD. THE 2004 AND 2005 FORD FREESTAR. MY VAN IS AN 06, AND THEIR ARE A LOT OF 2006 STORY'S AND COMPLAINTS I HAVE HEARD BESIDES MINE. FORD NEEDS TO EXTEND THE RECALL AND ADD THE 2006 MODELS ALSO, BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME DEFECTIVE PROBLEM AS THE 04, AND 05. *TR

Mileage: 93,000

RUNNING SLUGGISH ON ACCELERATION. NO WARNING LIGHTS REGARDING ANY PROBLEM UNTIL TOTAL FAILURE WHILE DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. WAS ABLE TO GET TO DEALER. AT STOP SIGN CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. RE-STARTED AND WAS ABLE TO PARK. NEEDS TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 102,000

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY QUIT WORKING AND MY RPM'S SHOT UP TO 5000. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE. I HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP WHERE I WAS REFERRED TO COTTMAN TRANSMISSION TO GET IT EVALUATED. COTTMAN TRANSMISSION SAID THE TRANSMISSION WAS FULL OF WATER AND COMPLETELY BURNED UP. THEY SAID THAT THESE VANS HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WATER LEAKING THROUGH THE WIPER VENTS ONTO THE TOP OF THE PCM AND WATER ENTERING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. UPON MORE INVESTIGATION I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT FORD HAS EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM AND STILL HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THEY HAVE ISSUED A RECALL ON SOME OF THE 04 AND 05'S FOR TORQUE CONVERTER ISSUES THAT SOUND LIKE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 06'S. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I WAS TRAVELING ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS AND HAD THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP I COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS, POSSIBLY EVEN FATAL, WRECK BECAUSE OF FORD'S FAILURE TO CORRECT A PROBLEM THAT THEY KNOW EXISTS! THANKYOU. *TR

Mileage: 109,121

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (75MPH) THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, THERE WAS NO WARNING AND THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION HAS NO FORWARD OR REVERSE GEARS LEAVING IT ESSENTIALLY IN NEUTRAL. THIS LEFT THE CAR WITHOUT POWER OR THE ABILITY TO SAFELY EXIT THE HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF CROWDED TRAFFIC. EXCEPT FOR THE ABILITY OF OTHER DRIVERS TO AVOID OUR CAR THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING AT CITY SPEEDS UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. *TR

Mileage: 80,058

AT A GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT, AFTER TURNING INTO A PARKING SPOT I PUT THE VAN INTO REVERSE TO STRAIGHTEN IT OUT, WHEN I PUT BACK INTO DRIVE, IT DIDN'T MOVE, THERE WAS NO ENGAGEMENT WHATSOEVER OF THE GEARS. I HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLE INTO THE SPOT OUT OF THE LANE OF TRAFFIC AND HAVE IT TOWED. IRONICALLY THIS HAPPENED 3 DAYS AFTER I LEARNED ABOUT FORD RECALLING THE FREESTAR FOR 2005 MODELS TO REPLACE TORQUE CONVERTER; WHEN THE SERVICE CENTER WHO TOWED MY VEHICLE TOLD ME I NEEDED A TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACEMENT I HAD THEM PROVIDE PICTURES OF THE PART AND CAN CLEARLY SEE THE PART ITSELF WAS A 2005 PART! HOWEVER FORD IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THE YEAR OF MY VEHICLE IS 2006, IT COST ME OVER $1300 TO REPAIR. I NOTIFIED CUSTOMER SERVICE AT FORD ON 8/31/12 TO REQUEST A REFUND BUT SO FAR NOTHING. *TR

Mileage: 83,819

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A TRAFFIC STOP BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V006000(POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

Mileage: 60,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BECAME RESISTANT TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT MERGED OFF THE ROADWAY WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION), WHICH HE BELIEVED WAS SIMILAR TO THE FAILURE, BUT DID NOT CONFIRM IF THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 118,000.

Mileage: 118,000

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN SHE TURNED ONTO A SIDE STREET, THE VAN LOST ALL POWER AND THE WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM I CAME ACROSS ALOT OF PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH THERE 2006 FREESTAR. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE 2004 AND 2005 FREESTAR HAD RECALLS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM. COULD SOMEONE PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. *TR

Mileage: 81,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH AND TURNING INTO A RESIDENTIAL GARAGE, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY GEAR, PREVENTING THE VEHICLE FROM BEING DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ONE WEEK LATER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING HOWEVER THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. THE CONTACT SMELLED BURNING FLUIDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION, TORQUE CONVERTER AND SHAFT HAD FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REBUILT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. AFTERWARD HE WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 106,000. ..UPDATED 01/30/13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WS REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION IS THE SAME AS THOSE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. UPDATED 2/1/2013 *JS

Mileage: 85,000

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, VERY HIGH RPM'S. WHEN PUT IN DRIVE IT STALLS OUT. SITTING AT STOP LIGHT IT STALLS OUT. MECHANIC SAID, "PCM IS BAD." IT'S NOT WORTH REPLACING IF IT'S A DESIGN FLAW. US AS CONSUMERS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR CAR MANUFACTURES MISTAKES!! *TR

Mileage: 120,565

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN JAN. 06, STARTER WENT 11 MONTHS LATER. VAN HAS NEVER STARTED UP CORRECTLY. IT DOESN'T RUN SMOOTHLY. RUNS ROUGH WHEN IT RAINS. FOUND INFO ONLINE REGARDING WATER LEAKING INTO THE PCM WHICH CAN CREATE MISFIRES, SHIFT LATE, ENGINE CAN RUN ROUGH. I HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO ECHELON FORD SEVERAL TIMES. THEY STILL WON'T ADMIT TO IT BEING A PROBLEM. COULDN'T FIND A CODE. HOWEVER, NOW THAT I AM OUT OF WARRANTY, THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND A CODE. FORD ARE NOT BACKING UP THERE PRODUCT! THERE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE VEHICLES AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE! I HAVE 1 YEAR LEFT TO PAY, AND CAN'T AFFORD TO MAKE REPAIRS THAT FORD SHOULD BE FIXING SINCE IT STARTED WHEN I HAD THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY...WHY WILL FORD NOT DO SOMETHING..? I HAVE A WIFE WHO DRIVES IT WITH 4 KIDS. WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR, AN ACCIDENT...? WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN TO GET THEM TO FIX THIS PROBLEM ON THERE VEHICLES. FORD IS SAYING IT'S MISS FIRING IN CYLINDER 3. PROBABLY BECAUSE OF ALL THE WATER THAT HAS EFFECTED THE PCM, AND THE IGNITION COIL PACK & IGNITION WIRES NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, WHY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED IN A 5 YEAR OLD VEHICLE... IS THAT GETTING WET TOO...? I AM EXTREMELY TIRED OF DEALING WITH THIS VAN. IT'S NOT FAIR TO HAVE A COMPANY NOT STAND BEHIND THERE PRODUCT. I HAVE HAD IT! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY STALLED. THE CONTACT MOVED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND POWERED ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 2004 AND 2005 FORD FREESTAR VEHICLES HOWEVER, NOT FOR THE 2006 MODELS (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V006000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,780. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

Mileage: 97,780

I WAS TRAVELING AT A STEADY SPEED OF 40 MPH WHEN I EXPERIENCED INSTANT AND TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE ENGINE REMAINED RUNNING AND ALL SUBSYSTEMS CONTINUED TO FUNCTION BUT THERE WAS NO POWER APPLIED TO THE WHEELS IN ANY GEAR. AFTER BEING TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP (LINDSAY FORD IN WHEATON, MD) THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR $4,000. I EVENTUALLY HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED AT A LOCAL SHOP FOR A TOTAL COST TO ME OF $2,600. I LEARNED THAT I HAD THE SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO BE COMMON TO THE FORD FREESTAR: A BROKEN PUMP SHAFT CAUSED THE TORQUE CONVERTER TEETH TO BREAK OFF. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW THAT REMAINS UNCORRECTED. FORD SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND MADE LIABLE FOR ALL FAILURES AND REPAIRS RELATED TO THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 108,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BECAME RESISTANT TO FORWARD ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS HOME. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER AND WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) . THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 99,000.

Mileage: 99,000

DRIVING NORTH OF IDAHO FALLS ON I-15 ON AUGUST 26, 2012. CRUISE CONTROL ON AT 75 MPH. SUDDEN LOSS OF GEAR, ENGINE RPM SPIKED. REMOVED CRUISE CONTROL, NOW COASTING IN DRIVE. PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND PLACED IN PARK. ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION WITH NO RESPONSE IN ANY GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION HAS A DATE CODE OF AUGUST 16, 2005. *TR

Mileage: 81,312

VEHICLE STARTED BUT WHEN PLACED INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN EVEN WHEN THE ENGINE WAS REVVED. NO WARNING, NO NOISE, NO PREVIOUS INDICATIONS AT ALL THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. CAR WAS TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AS IT WAS BROKEN. THANKFULLY MY WIFE AND KIDS HAD JUST PULLED OFF THE MAIN HIGHWAY FOR A FUEL STOP AND WERE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURRED. HOW CAN FORD ISSUE A RECALL FOR 2004 AND 2005 FREESTAR TORQUE CONVERTERS AND NOT ISSUE ONE FOR THE 2006 WHEN I'M SURE THAT SOME 2006 MODELS WERE ACTUALLY MADE IN 2005. *TR

Mileage: 56,840

VAN WAS IN MOTION ON SECONDARY ROADWAY/COUNTY HIGHWAY AT APPROX 30MPH. OPERATOR SLOWED VEHICLE FOR TRAFFIC AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE ON BUT RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM THE VAN. ENGINE WAS OPERATING AND GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN DRIVE. THE INCIDENT COULD BE CLASSED AS NEAR MISS ACCIDENT AS OTHER OPERATORS HAD TO DRIVE AROUND THE VAN WHICH HAD COME TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF ROAD. FORD DIAGNOSTICS ARE THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAS FAILED AND HAS TO BE REPLACED. THE SYMPTOMS AND PROBLEM ARE THE SAME AS THE 2004 & 2005 FREESTAR TORQUE CONVERTER RECALL. HOWEVER, FORD HAS NOT INCLUDED THE 2006 MODEL YEAR IN THE SAME RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 91,000

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON BUSY HIGHWAY, MY FORD FREESTAR WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. LOOKING IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM MY VEHICLE. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER I NOTICED THE SMOKE, THEN MY THERMOSTAT WENT ALL THE WAY FROM C TO HOT IN A SPLIT SECOND. NO WARNING, CAR SMOKING AND MY BRAKES AND GAS WAS NOT WORKING. I TRIED TO PULL OVER SAFELY AND GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE QUICKLY. MY VAN WAS ENGULFED WITH SMOKE, AN AMBULANCE PULLED OVER TO ASSIST ME. THE CAR FIRE WAS PUT OUT AND TOWED TO A FORD DEALER. IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION THAT BLEW. IT WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY AND FIXED. I WAS TOLD IT WAS A BAD TRANSMISSION. ONE YEAR AND TWO WEEKS LATER, MY FORD FREESTAR WAS NOT SHIFTING GEARS, I WAS GETTING STUCK, IN REVERSE. WHEN I SHIFT TO DRIVE, IT DOES NOT GO FORWARD. MY CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AGAIN TO THE SAME FORD DEALER. I WAS TOLD MY TRANSMISSION WAS FILLED WITH WATER AND THE 1 YEAR WARRANTY I PURCHASED THE YEAR BEFORE WAS SHORTED BY TWO WEEKS. FORD WOULD NOT HONOR MY WARRANTY DUE TO IT BEING OVER BY 2 WEEKS TIME FRAME. SO, I THEN PURCHASED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION WITH ANOTHER WARRANTY. NOW IN 2012, A YEAR LATER, MY TRANSMISSION THAT I PURCHASED LAST YEAR IS DOING THE SAME THING, GETTING STUCK IN GEARS, WHEN I ACCELERATE, MY FREESTAR JUMPS. EVERY TIME IT RAINS, THIS CAR STALLS. WHEN I TOOK TO MY MECHANIC, HE SAYS THIS IS A HORRIBLE CAR. POORLY MADE AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. APPARENTLY IT STALLS IN THE RAIN DUE TO THE SEALING FROM FORD? WHY AND HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? THIS VEHICLE IS A HORRIBLE SAFETY PROBLEM. I AM FORTUNATE MY CHILDREN WERE NOT WITH ME IN THE FIRST CAR FIRE. WHEN IS FORD OR THE SAFETY COUNCIL GOING TO INVESTIGATE THIS CAR? SO IN MY VEHICLE, FORD THINKS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THEIR CUSTOMER HAVING TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION 3 YEARS IN A ROW. NO SAFETY WARNINGS OR ENGINE LIGHT WARNINGS AT ALL. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET, STOPPED AT A LIGHT, WHEN IT TURNED GREEN I PUSHED ON THE PEDAL GENTLY (SOMEONE WAS IN FRONT OF ME) AND IT MADE A HUGE JERK AND CLANK CLANK CLANK. IT THEN STARTED TO GO. AT THIS POINT IT HAD THE "POWERTRAIN MALFUNCTION LIGHT ON". I DROVE IT TO FORD AND THE CAR WOULDN'T GO INTO REVERSE AT ALL AND WOULDN'T DRIVE WITH OUT JERKING. IT ALSO WOULDN'T GO BACK IN NEUTRAL WHEN THE KEY WAS TURNED ON. NO WARNING, DROVE FINE BEFORE THIS. *TR

Mileage: 78,331

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE VAN JUST LOST FORWARD MOTION, LIKE IT WENT INTO NEUTRAL. COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD, TRIED ALL GEARS AND HAD NOTHING NO DRIVE OR REVERSE. *TR

Mileage: 106,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT THE ENGINE AND TACHOMETER CONTINUED RUNNING HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

Mileage: 84,000

I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT BEFORE ON THIS WEBSITE ABOUT MY FROD FREESTAR SUDDENLY NOT MOVING. GOING UP A RAMP IN THE DARK WHEN CAR JUST STOPPED GOING FORWARD. SAME COMPLAINT AS MANY OTHERS HERE. I HAVE EMAILED FORD SEVERAL TIMES TO FIND OUT IF THE 2006 WILL BE RECALLED LIKE THE 04 AND 05 MODELS WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. JUST KEPT GETTING THE STANDARD WE AREN'T RESPONSIBLE ANSWER. I CALLED FORD 2 DAYS AGO TO VERBALLY FILE A COMPLAINT. I WAS TOLD THAT 1) REBUILT PARTS ARE BETTER THAN NEW PARTS, SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE A REBUILT TRANSMISSION IN MY VAN NOW AND 2) THAT FORD WON'T RESPOND ABOUT A RECALL UNLESS THEY START GETTING PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. SO DO LETTERS AN EMAILS ABOUT THE PROBLEM NOT COUNT? DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IS FOLLOWING THE COMPLAINTS ON HERE BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE JUST IN CASE. I PAID $2600 TO GET A REBUILT TRANSMISSION PUT IN MY CAR BY FORD AND I REALLY WANT MY MONEY BACK AND FAITH ONCE AGAIN IN MY VEHICLE. *TT

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED WHILE SHIFTING GEARS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED ON A FEW OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.

Mileage: 116,000

1) SUDDEN UNEXPECTED LOSS OF POWER AND ALL GEARS. OCCURRED WHILE NORMALLY ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD DEALER. DEALER STATED TO REPLACE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION AT COST OF $2900.00 PLUS CREDIT CARD INTEREST. 2) SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. DEALER REPLACED PCM AT COST OF $900.00. 3) POWERING STEERING FLUID LEAK. 4) COOLANT LEAK. 5) PERSISTENT LOSS OF AIR FROM WHEEL AFTER REPLACING TIRE. *TR

Mileage: 111,847

05/07/12 AS THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED TO TURN A CORNER IN TRAFFIC, THE CAR JUST QUIT FORWARD MOTION! TURNED ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED ENGINE, AND WAS THEN ABLE TO DRIVE FORWARD. 05/21/12 STARTED PARKED VAN , PUT IT IN REVERSE,APPLIED ACCELERATOR, THE ENGINE REVVED UP, BUT NO REVERSE MOTION(CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS AS WAS PARKED ON AN INCLINE), PUT IT IN DRIVE, APPLIED ACCELERATOR, AND AGAIN THE ENGINE REVVED UP, BUT NO FORWARD MOTION DRIVE(AGAIN VAN ROLLED BACKWARDS). VAN WAS TOWED TO GARAGE. ASSUMED THAT IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER PROBLEM THAT A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR 2004 AND 2005 FORD FREESTARS. DIAGNOSIS WAS INDEED A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER IN OUR 2006 FORD FREESTAR(NOT CURRENTLY RECALLED FOR THE TORQUE CONVERTER LIKE THE 2004 AND 2005 FORD FREESTARS). *TR

Mileage: 110,500

I AM USUALLY SATISFIED WITH THE FORDS THAT I HAVE POSSESSED. UNTIL I LEASED A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. AS MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING WITH OUR 3 YOUNG CHILDREN, THE VAN HAD STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGH TRAFFIC AS WE WERE ENTERING. THANK GOD THAT NONE OF THE OTHER VEHICLES HAD HIT US. COME TO FIND OUT THAT IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER. WE HAD ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE FORD FREESTAR 2004 AN 2005 TORQUE CONVERTERS HAVE BEEN RECALLED. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT IT IS A FLAW OF THE MODEL. NOW WE ARE ON FOOT HAVING TO PAY THE 1100 EXPENSE OUT OF POCKET. HOW ARE WE TO DO THAT WHEN WE ARE HAVING FINANCIAL SITUATION AS IT IS. *JS

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD SUDDENLY SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR, AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER) DID NOT APPLY TO HIS VIN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 146,000.

Mileage: 146,000

WITHOUT WARNING AND AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE TRANSMISSION ON OUR 2006 FORD FREESTAR WILL LOSE POWER. I WOULD DESCRIBE IT AS A HICCUP EFFECT WERE POWER IS LOST AND GAINED SEVERAL TIMES IN A 15-30 SECOND TIME PERIOD (SWITCHING GEARS?). CONSISTENTLY THIS WILL HAPPEN BETWEEN THE SPEEDS OF 55 -60 MPH, AND ALMOST ALL THE TIME THIS WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE ENGINE REQUIRES MORE POWER GOING UP HILLS. WE ARE TAKING IT TO OUR SECOND REPAIR SHOP IN ONE MONTH TODAY. *TR

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE WRENCH WARNING INDICATOR BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL RELATED TO THE MALFUNCTION. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,116.

Mileage: 27,116

DRIVING WITH MY TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS IN THE VEHICLE. HAD JUST DRIVEN ABOUT 50 MILES AT 60 MPH. LUCKILY HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE FELT LIKE I HAD SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS REVVING BUT I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO POWER. IT'S NOW GOING TO COST ME $2500 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. I WOULDN'T EVEN GIVE IT A SECOND THOUGHT IF I HADN'T JUST READ THAT THE 2004-5 FREESTARS HAVE BEEN RECALLED BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I'M WONDERING WHY THE 2006 WASN'T INCLUDED SINCE I'M GUESSING THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE IDENTICAL. WE WERE INCREDIBALLY LUCKY SINCE I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE HIGHWAY, BUT 5 MINUTES EARLIER WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT STORY. *JS

Mileage: 60,000

DRIVING HOME ON TOLLRAOD AT NIGHT GOING UP ON RAMP. VAN GAVE NO WARNING, NO LIGHTS, NO ISSUES. ENGINE STILL ON BUT VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. WAS ABLE TO ROLL BACK DOWN RAMP PARTWAY AND GET ON TO SMALL HOULDER AREA. THIS RAMP WAS CURVED AND WE WERE IN A BLIND SPOT WITH A CARFULL OF PEOPLE AND THE CAT. HAD TO WAIT FOR HCTRA TO TOW US TO A SAFE LOCATION, THEN HAD TO WAIT ANOTHER 2 HOURS FOR A TOW TRUCK. COULS NOT GET A RENTAL FROM FORD NOR DID WE GET ANY HELP REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. $2600 LATER WE HAVE A ERBULIT TRANSMISSION. I DRIVE 2 HOURS TO AND FROM WORK. THE VAN HAS ALL OF ITS MAINTENCE DONE ON TIME. FORD HAS RECALLED THE 04 NAD O5 FREESTAR FOR THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE WITH THE 2006. VERY FRUSTRATING. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

RECURRENT INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH SLIPPING TRANSMISSION. PROBLEM HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY WORSE. WAITING FOR CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WITH THIS KNOWN FORD TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I WILL PROBABLY DIE,WHEN THIS(TRANSMISSION) FAILS AND PUTS ME IN THE PATH OF A SPEEDING VEHICLE; GIVING ME NO CHANCE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. A 6 YEAR OLD VEHICLE SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 124,900

I HAD JUST LEFT HOME AND TURNED OUT ONTO MAJOR HIGHWAY - I WAS PICKING UP SPEED AND IT WAS LIKE I PUT MY VAN INTO NEUTRAL - I JUST PULLED OFF HIGHWAY AND IT WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR. HAD TO TOW IT AND HAVE IT REPAIRED. TORQUE CONVERTER WENT OUT -- HAD TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. AAMCO REBUILT TRANSMISSION AND THEY TOLD US IT HAD A 2005 TRANSMISSION IN IT. I FEEL LIKE THE 2006 FORD FREESTARS SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE SAME RECALL AS THE 2004 AND 2005 FORD FREESTARS AS SOME WERE ACTUALLY MADE IN 2005. *TR

Mileage: 98,066

EVERY TIME IT RAINED, MY ENGINE WOULD SHUDDER, SHAKE, SOMETIMES KNOCK, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT FOR NO GOOD REASON, AND I STALLED OUT IN TRAFFIC ONCE. THE VEHICLE BECAME NON-DRIVABLE WHEN IT RAINED (AND ONLY WHEN IT RAINED). I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY FORD DEALER (SCHULTS FORD OF HARMARVILLE, PA), WHERE TECHNICIAN PAT SAND INDICATED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FORD FREESTARS, AND SAID A FORD SERVICE BULLETIN INDICATES THAT BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM (INCORRECT SEALER APPLICATION TO THE PCM AND POOR POSITION OF PCM IN RELATION TO WINDSHIELD RUN-OFF) WATER LEAKAGE INTO THE PROGRAM CONTROL MODULE CAUSES IT TO ISSUE RANDOM COMMANDS AND ERRORS. THEY FOLLOWED THE FORD BULLETIN AND BY SIMPLY BETTER SEALING AGAINST MOISTURE / BLOCKING THE WATER FLOW, RESOLVED THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND A KNOWN MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 67,600

DRIVING WITH THE FAMILY, GOING 50 MPH AND THE CAR CUTS OUT COMPLETELY DEAD WITH NO WARNING. HAD TO COAST INTO THE MEDIAN. PUT CAR IN PARK AND RESTARTED. EXACTLY ONE WEEK LATER, CAR DIED WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN. CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR. SAME ISSUES WITH 04 AND 05 FORDS THAT ARE BEING RECALLED. 06 NEEDS TO BE RECALLED TOO. NOW I HAVE TO SPEND 3K ON A NEW TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF A FORD DOCUMENTED ISSUE. *KB

YESTERDAY WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 30, OUR 2006 FORD FREESTAR SUDDENLY MADE A LOUD REVVING UP NOISE WITH THE RPMS SHOOTING UP FOR A SECOND AND THEN I HAD NO PROPULSION. THE MOTOR WAS RUNNING, BUT ALL I COULD DO WAS COAST AS FAR AS I COULD TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. MY HUSBAND AND THREE YOUNG CHILDREN WERE WITH US, AND IT WAS VERY SCARY TO LOSE POWER LIKE THAT AND THEN TO SIT ON THE SHOULDER BEING SHAKEN BY EVERY BIG RIG THAT CAME BY. WE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP AND RENT A VEHICLE TO DRIVE THE 100 MILES HOME. ONCE HOME LAST NIGHT, WE FOUND INFO ABOUT THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO MANY OTHER FREESTARS AND THAT FORD IS VOLUNTARILY RECALLING '04 AND '05 MODELS TO REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTERS. WHAT ABOUT THE '06 MODELS THIS IS HAPPENING TO? WE WERE AMAZED AT THE STORIES WE FOUND IDENTICAL TO OURS. WILL THE 2006 MODELS BE ADDRESSED AS WELL? WHEN I HEARD THE AUTOMATED MESSAGE FROM FORD CONCERNING THE '04 AND '05 MODELS AND HOW THIS ISSUE DOES NOT AFFECT SAFETY BECAUSE A VEHICLE CAN BE COASTED TO SAFETY, I WAS APPALLED. I WONDER IF THEY HAVE TRIED THAT IN INTERSTATE TRAFFIC CONSISTING TO A LARGE DEGREE OF 18-WHEELERS BARRELING DOWNHILL ON YOU AS YOU TRY TO GET PAST A BRIDGE TO THE SHOULDER WHILE CARRYING YOUR HUSBAND AND THREE KIDS! AND THEN TO SIT THERE NOT ABLE TO MOVE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WHILE MORE 18-WHEELERS FLY BY, FEELING RELIEF EACH TIME THEY DON'T HIT YOU, TRYING TO DECIDE IF WE'D ALL BE SAFER STANDING IN THE DITCH! DIDN'T FEEL SO SAFE TO ME! *TR

Mileage: 102,000

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON A RURAL SINGLE LANE HIGHWAY WITH NO SHOULDER, MY 2006 FORD FREESTAR MINI-VAN COMPLETELY LOST ACCELERATION. I WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH AND GOING UP A LARGE HILL WHEN EVERYTHING JUST SHUT DOWN. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING, NO LIGHTS, NOTHING! WHEN PUSHING THE GAS TO THE FLOOR, THE RPM'S REVVED BUT I HAD NO ACCELERATION. I COASTED TO A STOP AT THE TOP OF THE HILL, TRYING TO MANEUVER THE VAN OFF THE ROAD AND OUT OF THE WAY OF THE 18 WHEELER THAT WAS NOT FAR BEHIND ME. AFTER TRYING REPEATEDLY TO GET THE TRANSMISSION TO ENGAGE, I HAD IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $3000. I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO THIS DEALERSHIP TWICE TO HAVE THEM FIX SMALL THINGS THAT THEY HAD NOT PROPERLY PUT BACK TOGETHER. LESS THAN A YEAR LATER, THE POWERTRAIN WARNING LIGHT FOR THE TRANSMISSION CAME ON AND I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO A DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN, AND BECAUSE IT WAS THANKFULLY STILL UNDER WARRANTY I WASN'T OUT ANY MONEY, BUT I WAS WITHOUT MY PRIMARY VEHICLE FOR OUR FAMILY OF 5 FOR ALMOST TWO WEEKS. THE TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE IT IS STARTING TO SLIP AGAIN, AND I HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE TO HAVE THEM LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM BEFORE IT GOES OUT, BUT I KEEP GETTING TOLD IT IS NOTHING. WHEN MY HUSBAND RODE WITH THE MECHANIC TO SEE IF IT WOULD SLIP, THE TORQUE CONVERTER STARTED SHUDDERING, BUT THE MECHANIC SAID, "IT'S JUST THE TORQUE CONVERTER SHUDDERING, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT". NOW I AM READING THAT A FAULTY TORQUE CONVERTER MAY LEAD TO MORE TRANSMISSION TROUBLE, BUT I FEEL THE FORD DEALERSHIP IS JUST WAITING FOR THE WARRANTY TO GO OUT AGAIN SO THEY WON'T HAVE TO FIX IT YET AGAIN. THIS IS THE ONLY VEHICLE WE HAVE THAT WILL TRANSPORT OUR WHOLE FAMILY, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW SAFE IT IS FOR ME TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,971 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 190,000.

Mileage: 73,971

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE TORQUE CONVERTER WOULD MALFUNCTION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HESITATE AND MAKE A RUMBLING SOUND. THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL MAKES TAPPING SOUNDS WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. THE FORD MECHANIC AND MY PERSONAL MECHANIC HAVE SAID THE TORQUE CONVERTER, CV JOINTS AND DRIVE SHAFTS WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED, AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION MAY HAVE TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. I PURCHASED THE VAN FORM FORD IN 2007. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FOR THE NHTSA BOARD ON THESE ISSUES. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT FELT THE VEHICLE SLIP BEFORE STALLING COMPLETELY. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE AND REVERSE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FROM ITS POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FORWARD AND REVERSE GEARS MALFUNCTIONED. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER, WHICH WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,161 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,300.

Mileage: 83,161

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 45 MPH, ALL OF THE POWER SHUT OFF, BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FAILURE MAY BE DUE TO THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 108,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 108,000

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

Mileage: 102,544

WE WERE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT, JUST GETTING TO 10MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. IT WAS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS OR INDICATORS THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING. IT JUST WENT OUT. *TR

Mileage: 154,119

AFTER ENGAGING THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WENT APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET THEN SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE ENGINE REMAINED RUNNING, THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED AND WOULD NOT GO IN ANY GEAR. AFTER TOWING IT TO THE DEALER, WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS BAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND NO PRIOR WARNINGS OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE FAILURE AND THE TECHNICIANS REPORTED NO INCIDENTS OF CONCERN. THE MAJORITY OF THE MILEAGE ON THIS VEHICLE ARE HIGHWAY MILES AND THERE IS NOT A SITUATION OF FREQUENT GEAR CHANGES. AS THERE ARE MANY OTHER 2006 FORD FREESTAR VEHICLE OWNERS WITH SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND OCCURRENCES, AND THE VEHICLE WAS BUILT IN 2005 (BUT NOT INCLUDED IN THE 2005 RECALL), FORD SHOULD RECALL THIS VEHICLE AND OTHERS WITH SIMILAR INCIDENCES. *TR

Mileage: 112,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THE ENGINE REMAINED IN THE ON POSITION BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD. THE MECHANIC STATED THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. THE CONTACT FOUND NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: TORQUE CONVERTER) AND WANTED TO KNOW WHY THE 2006 MODEL YEAR WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

Mileage: 70,000

ON 1/27/12 WHILE HEADING OUT OF TOWN WITH MY FAMILY ON A BUSY HIGHWAY AT A SPEED OF 72MPH MY VAN LOST ALL POWER. THE VAN WAS SUDDENLY DROPPING SPEED WITH NO PRIOR WARNING AT ALL. THERE WERE SEMIS ALL AROUND AND THANK THE LORD I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VAN OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OUT OF HARMS WAY. ONCE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I TURNED OFF THE IGINITION AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES BEFORE TRYING TO START AGAIN. THE VAN STARTED BUT, WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR AT ALL. I HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK WHICH COSTS ME MONEY I DID NOT HAVE AND NOW TO FIND OUT THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS OUT THERE WITH THE SAME MAKE,MODEL AND YEAR VEHICLE THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT BY FORD IS CRAZY. THIS COULD HAVE COST ME AND MY FAMILY OUR LIVES AND OTHERS THAT WERE DRIVING AROUND ME. WHEN IS SOMETHING GOING TO BE DONE.?! TO HAVE FORD RECALL THE '04 AND '05 MODELS FOR THIS EXACT REASON, SHOULD MAKE THEM REALIZE THERE IS SOMETHING EXTREMELY WRONG WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR THE FAMILY THINKING OF SAFETY ALL ALONG BUT AM NOW SCARED TO DRIVE IT ONCE IT GETS FIXED. THIS IS DEATH TRAP AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED. *TT

Mileage: 78,000

I OWN A 2006 FORD FREESTAR AND AS OF JAN 9 2012 THEY HAVE RECALLED 04-05 FOR THE TRANSMISSION BLOWING UP! TORQUE CONVERTER ,PUMP AND OUTPUT SHAFT TO GIVE YOU THE PATS! MY FAMILY WAS IN THE VAN ON THE 400 HWY DRIVING ON JAN 22 2012 WITH TWO CHILDREN AND MY VAN SHOUTS DOWN NO CONTROL,DRIVING 105-110 IN THE MIDDLE LANE.. WE DID GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NO ONE WAS HURT THANK GOD, TO REALIZE OUR TRANSMISSION BLOW,WITH ONLY 105,000KM ON THE VAN NOT KNOWING THERE WAS A PROBLEM OUT FROM FORD CANADA ALL READY FOR THE 04-05 ,WE HAVE CALLED FORD CANADA AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY INFORMED US THAT WE HAVE NO WARRANTY AND ITS NOT IN THE RECALLS, SO THE VAN WAS FIXED WITH A BILLOF 2975.00AT AAMCO TRANSMISSION ON JAN 25TH 2012 WITH NO HELP FROM FORD, I CANT BELIEVE THIS HAS HAPPENED THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT LIVES, SOMEONE OR ALL OF US AND ANYONE AROUND US COULD HAVE LOST THERE LIVES DUE TO THIS PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS FAILING AND THERE KNOW ABOUT IT, AND DON'T FEEL THERE IS ENOUGH REPAIRED WITH THE 06 ARE YOU KIDDING ME NOT ENOUGH REPORTS THIS IS A JOKE, THERE ARE AWARE OF THIS AND WHEN SOMEONE LOSES THERE LIFE THERE RECALL THEM , GIVE YOUR HEAD A SHAKE, FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE THIS EVEN HAPPENS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN AND WHERE OR WHO TO TALK TO BUT I AM EMAIL EVERYONE I CAN SO THAT NO ONE LOSES THERE LIFE OVER THIS!!!I NEED HELP FROM ALL PARTIES OUT THERE PLEASE I AM HEARD THIS HAPPENED TO ME AND MY FAMILY AND IT COULD HAVE TURN OUT VERY BAD!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 110,760

TRANSMISSION IS DEAD. WITHOUT WARNING. I TOWED MY CAR. MECHANIC ASKING ME 2500$. *TR

Mileage: 87,937

BOUGHT THE 2006 FORD FREESTAR ON 9/14/11. 5 MINUTES AFTER THE PURCHASE, I CAME TO A LIGHT AND THE CAR LOST ALL POWER. TURNED RIGHT AROUND AND WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ASSUMED IT WAS FROM SITTING IN THE LOT THROUGH A MASSIVE SNOW STORM. IN THE 18 WEEKS THAT I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE, IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE SHOP 4 TIMES TOTALING 12 FULL WEEKS. WE HAVE CONSTANT LOSS OF POWER. WE ALSO EXPERIENCE A JERKING/BUCKING WHICH RESULTS IN THE ENGINE LIGHT FLASHING AND AS SOON AS THE CAR SLOWS DOWN ENOUGH, IT WILL LOSE POWER. THIS USUALLY HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER RAIN. THESE PROBLEMS HAVE LEFT ME WITH A NON MOBILE CAR IN INTERSECTIONS. THIS IS NOT SAFE AT ALL AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE BEFORE SOMEONE ENDS UP IN A FATAL CRASH. *TT

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN AT 15 MPH WHEN A GRINDING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO CONTINUE ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN FAILED TO QUALIFY FOR REPAIRS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

Mileage: 57,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 58 MPH, THE RPMS INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 123,000.

Mileage: 123,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING BETWEEN 40-50 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED BRIEFLY AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE ATTEMPTING A TURN, WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,076 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 78,000. UPDATED 03/05/12*LJ UPDATED 02/07/12. *JB

Mileage: 76,076

ON NOV. 18, 2011 WHILE ON A TRIP OF APPROXIMATELY 600 MILES ROUND TRIP THIS 2006 FORD FREESTAR SHUDDERED A FEW TIMES WHICH WAS PRESUMED TO BE ROUGH ROAD. ON NOV. 23 THE VAN DID NOT GO INTO REVERSE. AFTER A FEW TRIES IT DID SLIP INTO REVERSE. THE FOLLOWING DAY NOV. 24 THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THE VAN WAS IN ANOTHER TOWN ABOUT 60 MILES AWAY, MY DAUGHTER HAD BORROWED IT, SO ON DEC.06, 2011 SHE TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALERSHIP GAVE ME A PAPER STATING THE OSS WAS BAD. I PICKED UP THE VAN (AFTER THE FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT COULD BE DRIVEN HOME), AND ON THE WAY HOME IT STARTED TO JERK WHEN CHANGING GEARS WHILE GOING UP OR DOWN HILLS. THE LIGHTS INSIDE AND OUT WENT OUT ALSO. I TOOK THE VAN TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP AND AFTER THEY CHECKED IT OVER IT WAS DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD. THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE OSS SENSOR. A WASHER HAD BROKEN INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION, THE FLUID WAS FULL OF METAL, BUSHINGS WERE WORN, AND GEARS NEEDED REPLACING. I TRUST THIS TRANSMISSION PLACE TOTALLY AND SINCE I HAD EXPERIENCED THE REVERSE AND GEAR JERK PROBLEMS MYSELF I FELT THIS WAS THE CORRECT DIAGNOSIS. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED. NOW, THIS MAY BE REASONABLE FOR SOME 2006 VEHICLES WHICH MAY HAD BEEN DRIVEN HARD, HOWEVER.. THIS VAN HAD 56683 MILES WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS VEHICLE IS USED MOSTLY FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR A DISABLED PERSON. WHICH MAKES IT TWICE AS FRIGHTENING ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION. I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF BREAKING DOWN MILES AWAY FROM HOME. WHEN IS IT ACCEPTABLE FOR A BOUGHT NEW, GENTLY TREATED VEHICLE WITH 56683 MILES ON IT HAVE A BAD TRANSMISSION? EVEN THOUGH IT IS 5 YEARS OLD THE MILEAGE IS NOT GREAT. I CANNOT THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IF IT HAD GONE TOTALLY WHILE ON THE ROAD TRANSPORTING A DISABLED PERSON. *TR

Mileage: 54,624

THE ENGINE REVVED UP REAL HIGH AND THEN THERE WAS NO DRIVE TRAIN. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR. THE MOTOR WAS FINE. JUST NO DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 92,416

I WAS DRIVING AND CAME TO A STOP LIGHT THE CAR DIDN'T STOP IT KEPT LUNGING FORWARD I MADE IT HOME AND HAD IT TOWED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY CALLED THE NEXT DAY TO SAY IT HAD WATER IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THE TRANS. ASKED ME IF I HAD DRIVEN IT INTO A LAKE? I DID NOT THEY THEN SAID LATER THAT THEY HAD FOUND A TSB SAYING THAT RAIN WATER GOES DOWN THROUGH THE WIND SHIELD INTO A COWL TO THE TRANSMISSION VENT AND GETS INTO THE FLUID? FORD AND MY WARRANTY COMPANY WILL NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AS THEY SAY IT IS NOT A MECHANICAL PROBLEM BUT DUE TO WATER ? I KNOW FORD KNOWS THAT THEY MANUFACTURED THE PART OR PARTS THAT LETS WATER GET INTO THE TRANSMISSION BUT THEY WANT AT LEAST $3,250 OR MORE FOR THE REPAIRS TO THE TRANSMISSION AND FOR THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN. FORD IS STILL WAITING FOR A TORQUE CONVERTOR FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO GET FIXED ? I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR OVER 3 MONTHS I AM A FOSTER PARENT AND I NEED A CAR AND I DO NOT FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR FORD'S MANUFACTURING MISTAKES PLEASE HELP THANKS. *TR

Mileage: 55,316

I HAVE A 2006 FORD FREESTAR AND IT PERIODICALLY DECIDES TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES ON THE FREEWAY WITHOUT MY FOOT TOUCHING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT FLASHES AND WILL NOT GO FASTER THAN 25 MPH. TURNED OFF TRACTION CONTROL BUTTON AND RAN FINE. TURNED TRACTION CONTROL BACK ON AND THE VAN SLAMMED ON THE BREAKS AGAIN. HAD TO PULL OVER TURN OFF MOTOR AND RESTART ENGINE TO MAKE THE VAN STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SIX OCCASIONS OVER A PERIOD OF 4 YEARS. RAPID DECELERATION FROM CRUISING SPEED (65 MPH) TO 25MPH WITH ABSOLUTELY NO OPERATOR CONTROL ON THE FREEWAY AND WITH CHILDREN IN THE REAR SEAT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND MUST BE INVESTIGATED BY THE NTSB AND REMEDIED BY FORD. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THERE ARE DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEFECT. THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE DEALER'S SHOP FOR A FIX ON THREE OCCASIONS AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. *TR

Mileage: 17,300

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN DRIVING UPHILL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 41,163.

Mileage: 41,163

VAN WAS ON CRUISE CONTROL. ENGINE REVED UP AND VAN SLOWED TO A STOP. EVEN ON MANUAL CONTROL (NOT ON CRUISE CONTROL) THE ENGINE WOULD SPEED UP, BUT THE VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. LUCKY THAT THERE WAS S SHOULDER TO STOP ON. SALE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A TRANSMISSION DEPARTMENT. MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THIS SAME PROBLEM TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY.

Mileage: 68,577

AS I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 FORD FREESTAR ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE ACTED AS IF IT WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND I HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO FORWARD OR REVERSE GEAR AT ALL - IT WAS SIMPLY STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.THIS VAN HAS ONLY 69,000 MILES ON IT AND SHOULD NOT HAVE SUCH AN ISSUE AT THIS POINT! I HAVE HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO INFORMS ME THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND POSSIBLY MORE WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED LEAVING ME OUT OF POCKET OVER $3,000.00. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND AS I ENTERED "2006 FORD FREESTAR" INTO GOOGLE SEARCH IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT IS HAPPENING WITH THOUSANDS OF OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME YEAR/MAKE. WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL FROM FORD? THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM! I WAS TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 72MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN THIS OCCURRED AND COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED! WHEN WILL THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO START DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE FAULTY VEHICLES BEING MADE AND SOLD TO THE PUBLIC???? I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME OR MONEY TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION AT 69,000 MILES ON A VEHICLE THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS A DEFECT FROM THE FACTORY! *TR

Mileage: 69,775

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER PENETRATED THE HOOD, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT WATER DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION, INSTRUMENTAL CLUSTER, AND SMART MODULE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. THE INSTRUMENTAL CLUSTER AND SMART MODULE WERE NOT REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS REPLACED 105,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 100,000

2006 FORD FREESTAR FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD IN GEAR WHILE DRIVING ON BUSY ROAD. THIS OCCURRED TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. MOST RECENT INSTANCE SAW ME AND MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER PLACED IN PERIL. I HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED ONLY TO FIND THAT PROBLEMS MAY BE THE RESULT OF THE PCM FAILING AS A RESULT OF GETTING "WET" DUE TO A FAULTY SEAL ON THE BOX THAT HOUSES THE PCM. MOST RECENT INCIDENT NEARLY RESULTED IN OUR NEARLY BEING REAR ENDED BY A SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER AT 50 MPH. FORTUNATELY, I HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL, RESTART VAN AND COAST OFF ROAD JUST AHEAD OF TRUCK. VAN STALLED AND WOULD NOT RUN. HAD TO LEAVE AT GARAGE OUT OF TOWN AND GET A RIDE HOME FOR MY AND MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. *TR

Mileage: 93,657

I WAS DRIVING INTO A PARKING LOT, SLOWED MY SPEED, WHEN I PUT MY FOOT BACK ON THE GAS, NOTHING HAPPENED. THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT THERE WAS NO MOVEMENT AT ALL. I TRIED ALL GEARS AND NONE WORKED. THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED WITH THIS VAN BEFORE. THE CAR IS BEING REPAIRED NOW. THE MECHANIC BELIEVES IT WILL BE ONE PART OF THE TRANSMISSION THAT NEEDS REPAIR AND NOT A WHOLE TRANSMISSION REBUILD. *TR

Mileage: 69,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OR REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED FOR THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND THEY THINK THE PUMP ON THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

Mileage: 102,000

JANUARY 2010 10:30PM WHILE DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY (HUSBAND, 2 KIDS-7/9 YRS OLD) AT 40MPH UP A STEEP HILL, THE TRANSMISSION DROPPED OUT OF DRIVE AND WOULDN'T SHIFT. ALL THERE WAS PARKL. SINCE I WAS ON A HILL I WAS ABLE TO BACK THE CAR INTO SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY AND WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK. TOWED IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION, THAT THE CURRENT ONE WAS UNFIXABLE. I SPENT $3500 ON A NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 78,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL WITHOUT ANY WARNING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY COME TO A STOP AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE OR CHANGE GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND ALSO ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE STATING THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,600.

Mileage: 60,600

I HAD JUST GOTTEN OF THE INTERSTATE WHEN MY 2006 FORD FREESTAR WOULD NOT DRIVE. I COASTED IN A PARKING LOT. THIS IS A VERY BUSY STREET. THE WOULD NOT DRIVE WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR ANY LIGHTS ON THE DASH. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL NOT ON. I CALLED A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT THEY JUST FIX A VAN LIKE MINE AND IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND IT WILL COST 975.00 TO FIX IF THIS IS THE PROBLEM. THIS IS THE SECOND FORD MINI VAN I HAVE HAD THE FIRST ONE I HAD IT FOR 3 DAYS AND IT CAUGHT FIRE 3AM THIS WAS A FORD WINDSTAR. I HAD NO COMPENSATION FOR IT I EVEN HAD TO COME UP WITH AN ADDITIONAL DOWN PAYMENT BECAUSE THE INSURANCE COMPANY ONLY COVERED THE VALUE OF THE CAR NOT WHAT I BOUGHT IT FOR. FORD WILL NEVER GET MY BUSINESS. *TR

Mileage: 96,000

2006 FORD FREESTAR, TRANSMISSION GONE WITHOUT WARN OR NOISE. JUST QUIET STOP WORKING DURING DRIVING. UNREASONABLE! THE WEATHER WAS SNOWSTORM. I AM NOT HAPPY AFTER HAVE BEEN WITH FORD FOR 30 YEARS. FORD SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBLE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP US OR I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER FORD. THANKS. *TR

Mileage: 120,023

WE HAD OUR 2006 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION REPLACED BACK IN LATE 2009 DUE TO WATER GETTING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. ON FEB 21, WE BROUGHT IT BACK IN TO FIND THAT OUR TRANSMISSION HAS YET AGAIN GOT WATER IN IT!!! WE ARE LUCKY THAT THIS FALLS UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY, BUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR WHEN WE ARE BOUND TO ENCOUNTER THIS PROBLEM AGAIN. FORD TELLS US THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT OURSELVES. THIS IS BS SEEING AS THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE YET CORRECTED. IF YOU INITIATE A COMPLAINT ABOUT A VEHICLE DURING YOUR WARRANTY TIMELINE AND THEY CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM, EVEN AFTER THE WARRANTY IS UP, THEN IT SHOULD BE ON FORD TO CORRECT IT. TELL ME, WHEN DO THESE MOTOR COMPANIES HAVE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP FOR THEIR SHORT COMINGS? WHEN MY IPOD KEPT HAVING ISSUES, I DID NOT HAVE TO KEEP PAYING TO GET THE ISSUE FIXED, I RECEIVED A BRAND NEW IPOD!!! MOTOR COMPANIES SHOULD HAVE STRICTER RULES TO FOLLOW SEEING AS WE ARE PUTTING LIVES AT STAKE. *TR

Mileage: 94,000

I WAS TRYING TO GET INTO A FREEWAY FROM A RAMP, BUT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SPEED UP; THE TRANSMISSION JUST HESITATED, INSTEAD, A WRENCH LIGHT CAME UP ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. I TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY AND TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED (ON A VEHICLE WITH JUST 42,604 MILES)! IT COST ME $2,003.76. I READ ONLINE THAT SEVERAL OWNERS WERE HAVING SIMILAR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I WROTE TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGER, BUT THEY FAILED TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THIS APPARENT DEFECT OR EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE APPARENTLY WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THEIR VEHICLE!

Mileage: 42,604

THE VEHICLE QUIT MOVING IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WHILE TRYING TO TURN LEFT. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND OCCURRED AT 61,000 MILES. WHY IS THIS PROBLEM NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY FORD. *TR

Mileage: 61,000

WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 70MPH WHEN VEHICLE (2006 FORD FREESTAR) LOST POWER. PULLED OFF HIGHWAY AND WAS ABLE TO PARK VEHICLE. HOWEVER WHEN RESTARTING, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE ANY GEARS. THERE WAS NOT ANY WARNING NOR ANY PRIOR ISSUES BEFORE THIS. AFTER RESTARTING VEHICLE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN OUR 2006 FORD FREESTAR MINIVAN. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST POWER WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,800. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 82,000.

Mileage: 82,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. SHE ACCELERATED FROM A STOP SIGN TO A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. ONCE SHE REACHED 20 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. SHE COASTED TO A STOP AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE, CURRENT MILEAGES AND VIN WERE UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP OUT OF GEAR. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP ACCELERATING IN TRAFFIC. THE CONTACT HAD TO DRIVE ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER NOR TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE CONTACT NOTICED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE A FAULTY TRANSMISSION FOR HIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. HE STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,000.

Mileage: 129,000

I HAVE A 2006 FORD FREESTAR AND TODAY IT DECIDED TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES ON THE FREEWAY WITHOUT MY FOOT TOUCHING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND WOULD NOT GO FASTER THAN 25 MPH. TURNED OFF TRACTION CONTROL BUTTON AND RAN FINE. TURNED TRACTION CONTROL BACK ON AND THE VAN SLAMMED ON THE BREAKS AGAIN. HAD TO PULL OVER TURN OFF MOTOR AND RESTART ENGINE TO MAKE THE VAN STOP. GOOGLE THIS PROBLEM AND YOU WILL FIND IT ALL OVER THE INTERNET A LONG WITH MAJOR TRANSMISSION FAILURES. *TR

Mileage: 69,000

54,500 MILES ON A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WILL NOT GO FORWARD OR REVERSE.... DEALER FOUND THE SPLINES ARE GONE ON THE PUMP IN THE TORQUE CONVERTER. AFTER RESEARCH FINDING THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS PROBLEM... THANKFULLY VEHICLE FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY INSTEAD OF A BUSY STREET IN OUR TOWN. *TR

Mileage: 54,500

I AM A FORD FREESTAR OWNER,TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS DRIVING,AND THE VAN JUST QUIT MOVING ,WITH NO FORWARD OR REVERSE MOTION, I AM CURRENTLY STILL MAKING PAYMENTS,ON A VEHICLE I CANT DRIVE , AND AM ON UNEMPLOYMENT ..WITH 2 CHILDREN I NEED THIS VAN SAFE AND RUNNING AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 102,988

TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON MY 2006 FORD FREESTAR WITH ONLY 50,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

FORD 2006 FREESTAR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION THIS VAN HAS HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED 3 TIMES. WHEN IT GOES OUT IT'S JUST LIKE YOU PUT THE VAN IN NEUTRAL. SAFETY CONCERN HERE IS YOU GO TO TAKE OFF AND IT GOES OUT SOMEONE MIGHT REAR END YOU. YOU HAVE NO WARNING WHEN THIS IS GOING OUT. IF YOU SEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOR FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM MANY COME UP. HOW COME THE GOVERNMENT HASN'T MADE FORD RECALL THIS DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. AFTER STARTING HER VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED TO INFORM HER THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL BODY SHOP WHERE IT WAS INSPECTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FORD MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND INFORMED HER THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

Mileage: 89,000

MY NEWLY PURCHASED USED 06 FORD FREESTAR IS MISFIRING. IS STILL UNDER POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. HOW DO I GET FORD TO ACCEPT THIS AS THE PROBLEM AND REPAIR/REPLACE THE PROBLEM? *TR

Mileage: 47,000

A DEFECTIVE POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM) ON THE FORD FREESTAR VAN ACTUALLY CAUSES A SPARK PLUG TO MISFIRE AND EVENTUALLY STARTS TO MELT. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MY VEHICLE THREE OR FOUR TIMES. MY CAR BUCKS AND MISFIRES ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AS I WAS ENTERING HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

A DEFECTIVE POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM) ON THE FORD FREESTAR VAN ACTUALLY CAUSES A SPARK PLUG TO MISFIRE AND EVENTUALLY STARTS TO MELT. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MY VEHICLE THREE OR FOUR TIMES. MY CAR BUCKS AND MISFIRES ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AS I WAS ENTERING HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

2006 FORD FREESTAR APPROXIMATELY 81,000 MILES/ BEFORE THE INCIDENT: I DROVE ABOUT 30 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY AND WAS DRIVING ON A SIDE ROAD GOING ABOUT 25 MPH UP A STEEP HILL. AS I WAS DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION DROPPED OUT OF DRIVE. I DIDN'T HAVE REVERSE ONLY PARK. HAD TO PUSH THE VAN INTO A DRIVEWAY. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE "FRONT PUMP HAS NO PRESSURE AT ALL/INTERNAL FAILURE EITHER FRONT PUMP AND OR FORWARD CLUTCH PACKS. OVERHAUL OF UNIT NOT A PRACTICAL REPAIR. FLUID WAS FULL BUT VERY DIRTY AND HAS SOME METAL FRAGMENTS." THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WITH A FORD REMAN UNIT. TOTAL COST WAS $3361.46. *TR

Mileage: 81,000

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON MY 2006 FORD FREESTAR. HAPPENED ALL OF A SUDDEN, NO GEARS WORK. *TR

Mileage: 82,000

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ON OFF-RAMP OF HIGHWAY, VAN TOTALLY DISENGAGED AND DIED. VAN NOW HAS LOST REVERSE AND HAS TROUBLE EVEN GOING INTO DRIVE. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE - NO PRIOR PROBLEMS OR INDICATIONS OF FAILURE. 2006 FORD FREETSAR VAN WITH 69,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 69,308

2006 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 77,000 MILES. MINIVAN DIED COMPLETELY WHILE IN MOTION ON MUNICIPAL STREET. *TR

Mileage: 77,000

DATE: JULY 4, 2008 VEHICLE: 2006 FORD FREESTAR DEFECT: TRANSMISSION FAILED. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

TORQUE CONVERTER WENT ON MY 06 FREESTAR WHEN IN TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY. THIS FORCED ME TO PULL ON THE PASSING LANE MEDIAN SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY POTENTIALLY PUTTING ME IN DANGER OF PASSING BIG-RIGS AND OTHER VEHICLES. THANK THE LORD A STATE POLICEMAN CAME TO BLOCK TRAFFIC. I READ UP ON THIS AND SEE ITS BEING INVESTIGATED. THIS WAS NOT AN INEXPENSIVE FIX. I HOPE FORD REIMBURSES ME FOR NOT RE-ENGINEERING THEIR PROBLEM AND LETTING IT CONTINUE WITHOUT A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

FORD FREESTAR 2006 DRIVING ON HIGHWAY APPROX. 40-45MPH. LOST POWER, WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE THE ENGINE RPM WENT UP, AND THE CAR HAD NO ACCELERATION. THE VAN COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. COULDN'T GET VAN COMPLETELY OFF ROAD. FORD FREESTAR IS BEING EVALUATED ALL INDICATIONS ARE COMPLETE FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. SHOULD KNOW MORE TOMORROW. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION!!!! PLEASE INCLUDED FORD FREESTAR 2006 IN YOUR INVESTIGATIONS. *TR

Mileage: 63,000

FORD FREESTAR 2006 TRANSMISSION DIED ON HIGHWAY THIS MORNING WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING THIS MORNING MY FORD FREESTAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, ENGINE CONTINUED RUNNING.... MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING 40 MPH AND SUDDENLY HE HAD NO ACCELERATION, ENGINE CONTINUED RUNNING, WHEN HE PUSHED ON THE GAS PEDAL THE ENGINE JUST REVED. HE COASTED TO A STOP, AND COULDN'T GET THE CAR OFF OF THE ROAD. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. WE WERE TOLD AT THIS POINT, IT IS THE TRANSMISSION, WE NEVER HAD ANY INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM, THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED SUDDENLY. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION! OUR VAN ONLY 63,000 MILE ON IT! IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF FORD MINI VAN OWNERS THAT HAVE HAD THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM WITH THEIR FORD VAN'S. PLEASE FORCE FORD TO ISSUE A RECALL THESE TRANSMISSIONS!!!!! AT THIS POINT, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY WHAT WE OWE ON THIS VAN IE..... VAN PAYMENTS TO THE BANK......AND WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION!!!!! PLEASE HELP US AND OTHER'S WHO TRANSMISSIONS HAVE FAILED. AS I SEE IT THIS PROBLEM IS GOING TO GET WORSE....IE...VAN TRANSMISSIONS THAT HAVEN'T FAILED YET!!! PLEASE CONTACT US AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIECE. THANK YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK FROM YOU. *TR

Mileage: 63,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN HWY. 163 NEAR MONUMENT VALLEY, UT. AND THEN JUST INTO AZ., I WAS PULLING OVER @ DIFF. TURN-OUT FOR PICTURE TAKING. I PULLED OUT OF ONE, MANEUVERED BACK ONTO HWY. A SHORT BIT WHEN I REALIZED THE 2006 FORD FREESTAR I WS DRIVING WAS GOING NOWHERE, JUST ROLLING FRM OWN WEIGHT. I PULLED OVER TO SIDE, STILL TOO CLOSE TO TRAFFIC, AND STOPPED AND RE-STARTED IT TO SEE IF IT WOULD RE-ENGAGE THE GEARS. NO, ONLY ENGINE REVVING. I WAS OUT THERE FOR MANY HRS. WITH NO PHONE SIGNA. FINALLY SOMEONE WENT AND GOT MECHANIC BROTHER TO COME OUT WITH HIS PICK-UP TRUCK, CHAINS, AND TRAILER WITH RAMPS. NEXT DAY IT WAS TAKEN BY TOW TRUCK TO FORD OF PAGE, AZ. THEY WANT $3700 FOR WHOLE TRANSMISSION. THEY DO NOT KNOW OF THIS PENDING PROCEDURE FOR SAFETY RE-CALL, BUT WILL CALL FORD ON MON. ALSO TOLD HIM MY VAN IS MY HOME, I AM OVER THE ROAD TRANSPORTER, AND WOULD HAVE TO CAMP OUT IN DEALER-SHIP LOT INDEFINITELY. THE PTICE IS NOW $3000. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 73,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

WITH LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON THE 2006 FORD FREESTAR MINI VAN BOTH OF THE FRONT HUB ASSEMBLIES HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AT THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH ALL FREESTARS BUT ONLY SOME OF THE 2004 MODELS WERE GOVERNED BY RECALL. THIS IS THE SECOND FREESTAR THAT I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH. *TR

Mileage: 44,020

ON THE RAINY EVENING OF MARCH 10, 2009, THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2006 FORD FREESTAR WITH ONLY 45,000 MILES COMPLETELY STOPPED RUNNING. I HAD JUST MADE A RIGHT TURN ONTO AN UNLIT RESIDENTIAL STREET WHEN MY CAR JUST STOPPED MOVING. I WAS PUSHING THE GAS AND HEARING THE ENGINE CHANGE BUT WITH MY CAR IN "D" THERE WAS NO MOTION. WITH THE VEHICLE STILL RUNNING, I TRIED THE OTHER MOVEMENT GEARS WITH NO REACTION. MY CAR HAD JUST COMPLETELY STOPPED ON THE ROAD WITH NO WARNING! THANK GOODNESS THAT WAS NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC THAT NIGHT. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND WHATEVER OTHER WORK WAS REQUIRED TO GET IT WORKING. THEY ONLY GAVE ME A 1 YR/12,000 MILE WARRANTY, WHICH IS JUST SCARY. IT WAS IN THE SHOP FOR JUST OVER A WEEK. HAVE NOTICED THAT IT NOW SEEMS TO OCCASIONALLY HESITATE WHILE I AM DRIVING IT. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. APPROXIMATELY 75,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

THE SPINES IN THE TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER FAIL BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT HARDENED . WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE VEHICLE STOPS AND CAN NOT MOVE. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS , AND AT SOME POINT ( IF IT HASN'T ALREADY) WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, AND POSSIBLE DEATH. *TR

Mileage: 95,422

ON 7-22-08 MYSELF, SISTER AND KIDS WERE DRIVING AND PULLED THROUGH THE MCDONALD'S DRIVE THROUGH FOR A DRINK THEN WHEN I PULLED OUT ONTO HWY 31 IN CORSICANA TO GET BACK ON INTERSTATE 45 MY 2006 FREESTAR WITH 52205 MILES WOULD NOT GO. IT WAS LIKE THE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL. LUCKY THE ROAD WENT DOWN HILL A LITTLE AND COULD GET TO THE CENTER LANE. I THEN SAW A FORD DEALER BEHIND ME AND GOT THE VAN THEIR BECAUSE THEY TOWED ME AFTER A $95 DIGNO FEE THEY TOLD ME IT WAS MY PLANTIEY GEARS AND NEED A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION FOR $3200 TWO DAYS LATER THE PRICE JUMPED TO $4200 SO I DID NOT GET MY VAN FIXED YET AND TOWED IT HOME. WHEN I CALL FORD THEY SAID THEY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL I TAKE MY VAN TO MY DEALER IN TOWN AND PAY ANOTHER DIOGN, FEE. THEN CALL THEM. *TR

Mileage: 52,205

TRANSMISSION IN 2004 FORD FREESTAR SLIPPED AND THEN FAILED IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED IT SEEMED LIKE A FACTORY DEFECT FOR SUCH A YOUNG TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. *JB

Mileage: 75,212

I WAS STANDING AT THE REAR OF MY SISTER'S NEW 2006 FORD FREESTAR VAN. MY 2 1/2 YEAR OLD SON WAS INSIDE THE VAN. THE VAN WAS NOT RUNNING. MY SON CLIMBED OVER THE FRONT SEAT FROM THE BACK SEAT AND PULLED DOWN ON THE SHIFTER LEVER CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COME OUT OF GEAR AND ROLL BACKWARD OUT OF A GRADED DRIVEWAY. THE VAN STRUCK MY RIGHT LEG AND RIGHT ELBOW CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. AFTER GETTING THE VEHICLE STOPPED I NEEDED TO KNOW WHY THE VEHICLE CAME OUT OF GEAR, AS THIS COULD'VE BEEN A SMALL CHILD BEHIND THIS VEHICLE INSTEAD OF MYSELF, THE RESULTS OF WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. DURING MY INVESTIGATION OF THIS CIRCUMSTANCE; WHILE I HAD ASSUMED THAT YOU HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO RELEASE THE SHIFTER LEVER, I INSTEAD DISCOVERED THE FOLLOWING: -- 1. IF THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING AND IN PARK, YOU MUST DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO RELEASE THE SAFETY FEATURE WHICH PREVENTS THE SHIFTER FROM COMING OUT OF GEAR. -- 2. IF THE VEHICLE IS NOT RUNNING, YOU ONLY HAVE TO TURN THE KEY ONE NOTCH TO RELEASE THE SAFETY FEATURE WHICH PREVENTS THE SHIFTER FROM COMING OUT OF GEAR. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL AT ALL !!! I HAVE SINCE QUESTIONED MANY OTHERS TO SEE IF THE SAME IS TRUE, AND WAS SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THAT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY VEHICLE IN WHICH THIS OCCURS. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS DEFECT THAT THE PUBLIC ISN'T ROUTINELY AWARE OF, AND ONE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY KILL SOMEONE UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS SUPPOSED SAFETY FEATURE POSES A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY, AS I HAVE BELIEVED FOR MANY YEARS THAT THIS SAFETY FEATURE PREVENTED ACCIDENTAL SHIFTER ACTUATION. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS OR MAKE IT KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT COULD OCCUR UNDER SIMILAR (AND ALL TOO COMMON) CIRCUMSTANCES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS VERY VALID CONCERN. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING A PUBLISHED WARNING, OR PERHAPS EVEN A GLOBAL RECALL, THAT ADDRESSES THIS POTENTIAL DANGER IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. *JB

Mileage: 38