2006 Ford Freestar: sudden loss of power

Filed Jun 30, 2020 · Engine, Transmission · 160,000 miles · WI

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.

Filed May 17, 2018 · Transmission · 111,000 miles · KS

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 the federal safety agency 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.

Filed Jan 16, 2018 · Transmission · 112,500 miles · ID

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).

Filed Sep 17, 2017 · Transmission · 56,000 miles · MI

2006 ford free star torque converter. Vehicle lost power in traffic. Very unsafe. Recall is for 2004-2005. 2006 has same issue

Filed Feb 3, 2017 · Transmission · 160,000 miles · IA

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.

Filed Nov 21, 2016 · Fuel system, Transmission · 95,558 miles · NE

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.

Filed Oct 29, 2015 · 143,000 miles · GA

The car will just lost power are shut off with no warning, and when I take it in to the ford dealership they can never find anything wrong, and it will do this after a good rain it's like something is getting wet and not working right, it just has to power I have 2 children and this is the only car I have , and I don't like driving it because of this reason I do not want to be killed in this car.

Filed Apr 12, 2015 · Transmission · 99,110 miles · WV

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 the federal safety agency help us...

Filed Mar 16, 2015 · Transmission · 215,000 miles · CT

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.

Filed Jan 31, 2015 · Engine · 96,234 miles · TX

While driving down the highway with my five children in the car the carson we lost power and I had to say try my best to safely coast to the side of the road and was not able to get completely out of the way before the car stopped and wouldn't move. We have to get out of the car walk through a field a9 year old 10 year old 6 year old two year old and an 8 month old. There are recalls on all other urs except this one even though they have the same engine and failing parts. Torque converter!!! My kids were afraid and didn't know what would happen to us. It will cost us money we don't have to fix this car, with the faulty part. We should be included in the recall.

Filed Jan 13, 2015 · Engine, Steering · 114,000 miles · GA

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 the federal safety agency; 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.

Filed Jun 24, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 100,000 miles · PA

I was driving down the road in the rain and the engine light came on. Then the vehicle started to sputter and acted like it was going to stall out. It felt like I was going to lose power but I was able to make it home. Then the next day the sun was out and the car seemed to run fine. This happened to me several more times over the next few months. I started to notice a pattern of it only happening when it was raining outside. Otherwise, the vehicle ran fine in good weather. I realized water was getting into the engine somehow. Our mechanic thought it was a problem with the spark plugs at first. Then it kept happening so we had it in the shop again. Water was found to be leaking into the powertrain control module. I started to research the problem on the internet and found several customers complaining about the same problem with their vehicles. Apparently it is a well known defect in the manufacturing of this vehicle. I feel ford should take action and recall these cars before someone gets tragically injured from their minivan losing power on a busy highway.