2004 Ford Freestar: engine stalls while driving

Filed Jul 11, 2025 · Transmission · 104,000 miles · KY

The contact owns a 2004 Ford Freestar. The contact stated while driving at approximately 40 MPH, the vehicle stalled. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the residence. An independent mechanic diagnosed that the torque converter and the transmission needed to be replaced. The contact related the failure to an unknown the federal safety agency Campaign Number; however, the VIN was not included. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 104,000.Â

Filed Aug 8, 2022 · IN

I just purchased the vehicle used and recently discovered there was a recall on these vehicles. The vehicle I purchased keeps stalling and is not getting any power. I’ve had the vehicle checked by the car lot and they say there is nothing wrong.. the vehicle died out on me already twice while I was driving.

Filed Nov 17, 2021 · Engine · 38,000 miles · GA

The contact owns a 2004 Ford Freestar. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, the vehicle began to stall. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and drive to his destination. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic and was informed that the computer needed to be dried off. The vehicle was repaired but continued to experience failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The contact stated he had experienced the failure several times. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 38,000.

Filed Mar 29, 2021 · Transmission · 100,000 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford freestar. The contact stated that when placing the vehicle into any gear, the vehicle would stall without warning. The contact called all american ford of hackensack (520 river st, hackensack, nj 07601) where he was given a diagnostic fee. Upon investigation, the contact discovered the federal safety agency campaign number: 12v006000 (power train) which he linked to the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and informed him that the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.

Filed Aug 12, 2019 · Engine · 118,000 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford freestar. While driving approximately 20 MPH, the vehicle shook and stalled. The contact pulled over to the side of the road, turned the vehicle off, and waited a couple of minutes. Once restarted, the vehicle ran for approximately three minutes before the failure recurred. 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 118,000.

Filed Mar 18, 2019 · Transmission · 175,000 miles · CA

[xxx] 2004 ford freestar has a torque converter recall which may cause the vehile to stall at suddenly without warning. As I was driving freeway speeds the van suddenly lost power as I was in the #3 lane on the bay bridge. With that being said, I tried to get to the safest location possible. Then had it towed to michael stead ford and the diagnosis states that the torque converter doesn't resolve the issue. With the sudden loss of power and failure of the torque converter it lead to additional parts to be damaged and ford motor company wont cover the damage information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed May 9, 2018 · Transmission · 170,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford freestar. While driving various speeds, the vehicle failed to accelerate and then stalled without warning. The vehicle was pushed over to the side of the road by a couple of the contact's friends. The contact restarted the vehicle, but it failed to drive. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 170,000.

Filed Jan 17, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 85,000 miles · GA

My van has a problem with water, that is when it rains the vehicle starts having problems with several components. (ie engine misfire, transmission fails to shift properly, door looks refuse to operate properly, among other weird things) this happens every time it rains. The problem as I have being able to trace it, is that the water that comes off the front windshield and into the plastic that covers the cowl area ( where the wipers are) drips on to the main electric wire harness connection that comes from the inside of the car and connects to the engine bay wire harness. As the wire harness connector gets wet, the vehicle starts acting up. I took the van to my mechanic but he was unable to find a problem, it was dry. I took the vehicle to a ford dealer and, to my surprise, they knew about the problem but told me I had to pay the repair because its covered on a technical service bulletin (tsb 06-14-10) but its not a recall. How can this not be a recall when the van is going along well and as soon as it starts raining, I start having drive ability issues, transmissions starts acting up, engine starts acting up, some times stalls, in general I have a vehicle that appears to be "allergic to water." this issue happens any time it stars raining heavily whether on the highway or city street or my driveway for that matter, if its raining I have to take my wife's car because if not I know will have to be dealing with an uncooperative vehicle. Ps. I put a date on the "when did this happen" field but this is an ongoing issue.

Filed Dec 21, 2017 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 134,000 miles · IL

Everytime I stop at either a stoplight or stop sign it stalls out. The battery light comes on and then goes back off. I am able to restart it back up and continue it on. I have had the electrical computer fixed and had a full tune up done and it still stalls out.

Filed Nov 7, 2017 · Transmission · 250,000 miles · VA

The vehicle loses power as I am driving it on a city street. It also happened on the highway, so I don't use the highway anymore because of the loss of power.. When the speedometer needle goes over 2 RPM , it stalls even more and jerks.

Filed Apr 25, 2017 · Engine · 116,000 miles · KY

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford freestar. While driving 40 MPH, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the gem module needed to be replaced. The dealer stated that the parts were not available. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact called the manufacturer and was informed that the VIN was not included in a recall, and filed case number: cas-11839376. The failure mileage was 116,000.

Filed Feb 27, 2017 · Transmission · 145,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford freestar. While driving 35 MPH, the transmission made an abnormal noise and stalled. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 145,000.