2006 Ford Freestar: transmission slipping

6 of the 356 complaints about the 2006 Ford Freestar describe transmission slipping.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 2%
typical mileage: 124,900
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 1 service bulletin covers this area of the car. See below

Transmission slipping by model year

2007
1
2006
6
2005
27
2004
39

What owners say

Filed Sep 25, 2017 · Transmission · 135,024 miles · KS

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.

Filed Nov 1, 2016 · Transmission · 65 miles · IL

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.

Filed Jul 30, 2016 · Transmission · PA

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.

Filed Dec 1, 2014 · Transmission · 119,086 miles · NC

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.

Filed Apr 1, 2012 · Transmission · 124,900 miles · NY

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.

Filed Nov 18, 2010 · Transmission · 129,000 miles · WI

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.