2004 Ford Freestar: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Aug 17, 2017 · 130,000 miles · MN

I was driving home from my work when my van surged forward and lost all power. I was able to start it right back up, but as soon as I gave it gas, it surged forward again and lost all power. It restarted again immediately, but in my parking lot it surged and died a 3rd time. When I attempted to put it in reverse, it would not immediately move in reverse. I had to hit the gas 3 times before it would go into reverse. This also happened three times.

Filed Jul 8, 2014 · Transmission · 172,000 miles · IL

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford freestar. The contact stated that the vehicle lunged forward violently and stalled. The contact mentioned that the vehicle failed to shift into reverse or drive. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the torque converter needed to be replaced. The contact was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 12v006000 (power train). The dealer stated that the repair was completed under the recall before the contact owned the vehicle, however the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 172,000.

Filed May 17, 2011 · Transmission · 68,000 miles · OH

While driving approx 40 on a suburban road car began to surge forward and I found it would not accelerate past 40 and then not at all. Then it surge again and drove for a bit and repeated the cycle. I had my toddler in the car and was almost to the sitters so I slowly made it near their home when I got stuck at a light. While stopped it began to violently shake and the battery light was flashing. It also began to smell as if something was burning. It shook a little longer and died. It started back up after a few tries and I was able to drop her off and get it to the shop. I bought this used 3 months ago and have already replaced all door contacts, the wiring in the steering column, all wiring in the heating system, the rear power windows, the horn and other small things. Now this. I will never buy another ford and want something done about this monstrosity ford put out on the road.

Filed Mar 23, 2011 · Transmission · 85,000 miles · IL

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford freestar. The contact stated that the vehicle would surge forward between one and two rpms. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they replaced the ball bearings and hoses. Six days later, while attempting to decelerate, the contact noticed that the check engine, battery, and oil warning lights illuminated when the vehicle stalled. She was able to restart the vehicle; however, it stalled again and she was unable to place the vehicle in reverse. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who performed a diagnostic test which determined that the torque converter and vacuum had failed. The vehicle was towed to a dealer. The current and failure mileage was 85,000.

Filed Dec 1, 2010 · Transmission · 129,000 miles · PA

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford freestar. She attempted to accelerate from a stop sign but the vehicle hesitated momentarily before accelerating. The vehicle picked up speed to approximately 45 MPH when and began to lunge forward. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the transmission was replaced. The failure recurred and the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the computer system was repaired. The failure continued to occur after the vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileages were 129,000. The VIN was unavailable. Updated 01/11/11

Filed Mar 23, 2010 · Transmission · 159,966 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford freestar. The contact stated that while driving 25 MPH, the vehicle began to lunge forward and the transmission would not shift gears. The vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to the contacts home where the dealer was contacted. He stated that there were no recalls on the vehicle and any repairs would be at the owners expense. The contact was concerned with the numerous complaints related to the transmission failures in his model vehicle. The failure mileage was 159,966.

Filed Sep 21, 2005 · Acceleration · 5,388 miles · OH

Driver was operating a 2004 ford freestar van on 9/20/05. This vehicle is equipped with a transmitter, receiver style cruise control. He was behind a dump truck when suddenly his cruise control activated, which caused sudden acceleration, almost causing him to rear end the truck. The cruise control transmitter was removed from this van several months ago. I feel another motorist activated their cruise control, which activated our company's van cruise control. How many frequency codes did ford use with this dangerous set up for cruise control?

Filed Apr 6, 2005 · Brakes · KS

When the brakes were applied, the pedal would go to the floor. The vehicle lunged forward instead of stopping. The problem occurred as the consumer was in reverse on one occasion. The consumer found that the problem may be inherent and the dealer was not able to remedy the problem. *ak *sc