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2005 Ford Freestar transmission complaints
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In 2006 I purchased a 2005 ford freestar van used with 23,000 miles on it, and in 2007 the transmission stopped suddenly while I was driving. The 2007 transmission repair cost me approx. $3600. Today 02/05/11, I was driving at 65 mpfh on a 2 lane highway(both lanes going one way) when my van stopped accelerating without warning. I nearly was struck by an 18 wheeler in traffic as I attempted to safely get off the roa, I would have been killed. This is twice a transmission has failed in this vehicle! The federal safety agency please do something to force ford motor co. To be honest about the defective transmissions they put in this vehicle. Please , before someone is killed - perhaps people have already died because of this. Please help me.
February 1, 2011. 2005 freestar, 110,000miles. As I was driving 45mph on parkway I accelerated into middle lane when without warning the car would not accelerate. I hit the gas, tachometer revved but no response. I quickly coasted to shoulder and managed to avoid getting hit! After putting van in park, I tried changing gears but van would not engage in drive or reverse. No warning signals at all! Not even a check engine light. Had van towed to shop. Still troubleshooting failure.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford freestar. The contact was driving 55 MPH when the transmission failed; the engine was still running but the vehicle would not move. The contact had an oil change and the vehicle serviced prior to the failure. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The current and failure mileages were 108,000.
2005 ford freestar transmission problem - car just stalled on me while driving at a very busy time pulling into a driveway up hill. In addition, any time I tried to put it in a gear it would roll back. I almost hit the cars/people behind me. Plus, I was blocking the middle of the intersection.
Drove about an hour and then the transmission felt like it was slipping a bit around 65/70. Had never felt it before. Called mechanic when we got home who said bring it in 2 days later. Within that two days, the transmission completely let go and we had to have it towed to mechanic. He said he found water in the pan. Ended up replacing transmission with a rebuilt. Got car back. Within a week the converter let go and he said it went through transmission and he found metal shavings in pan. Had to drop transmission again and repair. (hope this all makes sense, I believe this is what he described to me but if not, I can get a better explanation from the mechanic).
Traveling on busy 2-lane highway at night..approx 50 miles an hour..suddenly car revved up and went into neutral..engine running fine. Transmission would not shift into any gear. There were cars everywhere..dark highway..no street lights. This could have been a very serious situation. Luckily, I was able to coast to a pull off point without any injuries. There was no warning of any kind that this was going to happen...no warning lights, no transmission shifts or slippage, no smoke, no smell. Since this occurred out-of-town--vehicle had to be towed over 100 miles. Quoted cost of repair at local ford dealer--$3,000. Needless to say, it has been sitting since this happened because I do not have funds to get it repaired.
While driving the 2005 freestar the vehicles engine started to rev and quickly began losing speed. I managed to get the van off the road before coming to a complete stop avoiding a near rear end crash. The vehicles would not move in any gear and was towed to a ford dealership. Was told that the output shaft of the torque convertor was stripped and charged $1730.47 for the replacement of the torque convertor. Was told by the dealership that this was not a uncommon failure for this vehicle. This failure could have easily resulted in a serious accident.
My wife and I own a 2005 ford freestar (78,000 miles). This morning (1/20/2011) on her way to work the car lost power without warning. What she explained to me over the phone I suspected it was a problem with the transmission. We had it towed to the local ford dealership in vernon, ct. Mechanic inspected the vehicle and said the 'torque converter' was shot and would cost $1,700 to replace. The other option would to replace the entire transmission at a charge of $3,700. I explained to him that while doing research about that this seemed to be a common issue with this specific model year. Mechanic claiming that this was the 1st freestar he has even had with this specific issue.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford freestar sel. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked he attempted to shift into reverse but the gear shifter would not respond. He was unable to shift from park and the vehicle was towed to a local repair facility. The independent mechanic replaced the torque converter low stall, performed a master overhaul, and replaced the filter, pump shaft, over drive band, manual lever position sensor, transmission fluid, and the oil pump. The failure did not persist. The failure and current mileage was 66,309. Updated 02/23/11*lj updated 12/06/2011
I was driving west on kimberly rd in davenport,ia. In our 2005 ford freestar. On 1/17/2011 approximately at 1230pm. At the intersection of division st and kimberly the stop light was red and there were three cars in front of me. When the light turned green, my freestar wouldn't move. It has only a little over 117,000 miles on it, and didn't give any warning of going out. After reviewing edmunds.com for ford freestar transmission problems, I see this is a common occurrence and I was luckier than most. The worse part of this was when the transmission went out, it was on a busy road in winter snow conditions and came close to being rear-ended a few times. Lucky I didn't have my family with me, because this could of turned into a serious accident. A davenport officer showed up to give me a safety barrier before a tow truck showed up, but I was there over an hour before the officer showed up.
Pulled away from stop sign and vehicle reached approximately 30 MPH when vehicle suddenly would not accelerate. Vehicle was in drive. Vehicle came to a stop at the side of the road. Attempted to put vehicle in other gears including reverse to no avail. Vehicle was towed to mechanic. Mechanic determined the problem was with the splines on the torque converter. Mechanic replaced torque converter at a cost of $1168.68.
Transmission failure on 2005 ford freestar with only 61,000 miles and all manufacturer suggested services done to stay in warranty. Died with no forward propulsion on highway. Very dangerous!!! No warning signs and was just serviced the week before. Please investigate, as I have found many other complaints on the internet. Thank god that my children were not in the car and that no accidents were caused, but it could have happened. Please find out why this is happening before someone is seriously hurt.
Driving 70 MPH on I-75 in northern michigan, transmission quit without warning, stranded my wife, three children and myself in the middle of winter on the highway.
I was driving my 2005 ford freestar and suddenly loss power, it felt like it was in newtral and coasted out of the road to a parking lot where it was tow to a shop. Bad transmission, it will cost me about 3,000 to repair.
Tl - the contact owns a 2005 ford freestar. The contact stated that while driving the vehicle stalled. The contact was unable to shift gears. The vehicle was towed to a local garage and was diagnosed the failure was located at the torque converter. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they stated their was not a recall for the failure, therefore they are not responsible. The current and failure mileage was 80,150. Pm
We have a 2005 ford freestar van, I was pulling out of a parking lot and started down the road got up to 40 MPH and all of a sudden my van coasted to a stop no gears. This never happened before, brought the van to a transmission place and they had to replace the torque converter costing me $810. I have read other complaints about this happening to other people.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford freestar. While driving approximately 65 MPH, the transmission suddenly failed to operate without warning. The contact was able to pull over to the side of the road safely. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who stated that there was an internal problem within the transmission. The transmission was in the process of being replaced. There were two open investigations regarding the transmission under the federal safety agency action numbers; ea09016 (power train:automatic transmission:torque converter) and pe10033 (power train:automatic transmission:control module/TCM, PCM). The failure mileage was approximately 51,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford freestar. While stopped at an intersection, the contact attempted to accelerate when the vehicle lost all power suddenly. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who stated that the torque converter needed to be replaced. The contact did not inform the manufacturer nor was the vehicle repaired. The current and failure mileages were approximately 64,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Transmission failure on 2005 ford freestar. No warning, failed unexpectedly while driving on the highway. Luckily no other vehicle was behind us or it might have caused an accident. Have to replace the transmission at a cost of $3500.
The torque converter went out on my 2005 ford freestar 4.2l. It has 83,586 miles on it. I had no warning signs of transmission failure.
2005 ford freestar - 2nd transmission failure. In march 2009 the transmission went out on our 2005 freestar. No warning, like all others with problems, it was like it was in neutral & would not go into gear. Service tech informed us that 2005 freestars have transmission issues/torque problems. Our warranty had expired, & we had to pay $3200 for new transmission. Complaint was filed with the federal safety agency. Thankfully, we purchased a warranty w/ the new transmission - because it has gone out again! Van has been sitting at ford dealership for over two weeks now, waiting on ford's approval to replace transmission for 2nd time, due to same problem. I don't understand why ford will not address this issue, or at the very least, repair the transmissions that are failing at no cost. I strongly encourage everyone to not purchase another ford, I know I won't. Class action lawsuits have been mentioned, I would definitely be interested in participating in one! I guess ford is not going to do anything until someone dies in a horrific crash due to this problem.
Driving the van on a four lane highway when the engine started to rev and the van slowed down was lucky to find a exit and coast safely to a stop had the van pulled to a local repair shop shaft broke in the transmission repair 0ver two thousand dollars
I was driving at 65 MPH when the transmission failed on my 2005 ford freestar. Resulted in a loss of control of the vehicle. There were no previous warning sighs such as grinding of the gears, slipping of the fears or loss of transmission fluid. Car acted as if it was in neutral through all gears. Subsequent investigation with a mechanic revealed a failure of the torque converter.
Ford freestar 2005. The radio flashes phone and runs down the battery. It was replaced by ford, still having the same problem. They don't know what is causing this. Next, transmission failed at 71,000. The torque converter came apart internally and sent metal through the transmission destroying it. When having the transmission replaced by ford, they found that the drivers cv joint was bad. We changed the cv joint/ trans axle combo, it is now bad again.
The van lost all automotive power suddenly and we almost got hit by oncoming traffic and had to wait for the police to push us out of the street. We had the van towed to the ford dealership and had to replace the torque converter for $1700. We were told that it was a problem with the spline of the torque converter. The ford dealership knew about the defect investigation and told us we had to have it repaired at the dealership to be eligible for a refund if a recall was issued. It could have easily lost power in an busy intersection or on a train track and we would have been seriously injured. Please issue the recall on this already. It has been under investigation for over two years. What is the holdup?
While driving down highway without warning my 2005 ford freestar transmission went out.
Driving down the roadway at 50 MPH the vehicle suddenly acted as if it was in neutral. There was no forward or reverse gears, the engine ran fine, just no power to the wheels. There were no warning signs of the failure...no erratic shifting, noises, etc. We were just driving down the freeway, not accelerating or doing anything to strain the drivetrain. It was towed to the ford dealership where they diagnosed the problem as a stripped output shaft on the torque converter. The transmission had to be removed, torque converter replaced along with the output shaft and several seals, transmission fluid, etc. Total cost of repair was $1552.
Wife was driving the 2005 ford freestar van and came up to a stop light. The light turns green so she stepped on the gas and the van moved forward a few feet and then nothing. Thankfully she was able to coast to the side of the road, where she put it in park and back into drive and the van would not move. The van made no noise to indicate anything was wrong with the transmission.
While traveling on an interstate, it was noticed that RPM of the vehicle rose instantly on its own. When the accelerator was depressed there was no acceleration. The vehicle no longer was able to accelerate on its own. The next exit to a highway was used as the vehicle coasted to a stop on the side of the highway. A nearby policeman arrived at the scene to assist by pushing my vehicle to a nearby gas station to prevent other vehicles from hitting me. The vehicle was then towed to the dealership where a diagnosis revealed that the torque converter had failed. The vehicle is currently in shop and expected repairs should be done in one week. There were no signs leading up to the torque converter failure. The vehicle did not drive any different before the event than it did a year ago. Failure occurred around 92,500 miles.
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