STARTED IN FEB 2012 WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER - THEN THE PCM WHICH LEAD TO DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL ISSUES - FROM DASH LIGHTS STAYING ON RUNNING THE BATTERY DEAD - A FORD DEALER SAID THE PCM WAS GETTING WET BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURING ISSUE OR DESIGN FLAW - THERE FIX FROM CORPORATE FORD WAS TO REDIRECT THE WATER AWAY FROM THE PCM BY LAYING DOWN A BEAD OF CHALK ( THAT'S FORDS RAIN KIT SERVICE BULLETIN #TSB-06-14-10 ) - BUT BY THAT TIME I WAS TOLD THE PCM COULD ALREADY BE DAMAGED - HERE IT IS JULY 18 2012 MY FREESTAR IS AGAIN AT A FORD DEALERSHIP - I AM THINKING THE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE THIS IS TO INCLUDE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. *TR
2004
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OUR SON WAS IN THE REAR SEAT AND COMPLAINED THAT AS WE TURNED CORNERS, HIS SEAT MOVED. HE SAID IT FELTS AS IF IT WERE NOT LATCHED. UPON INVESTIGATION, WE FOUND THE SEAT DID NOT LATCH ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. WE TRIED WITHOUT SUCCESS TO RELATCH IT AND FOUND THE LATCH ANCHOR WAS LOOSE. BEING DARK AND 30 MILES FROM HOME, WE DROVE ON. WE THEN HEARD LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THAT WHEEL WELL AND BEGAN TO SMELL "BURNING RUBBER". HAVING NO OTHER OPTION, WE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE DARK HIGHWAY AND SAW A PIECE OF METAL HANGING OUT OF THE VAN, ONTO THE TIRE. WE PULLED IT THE REST OF THE WAY OUT AND FOUND THAT IT WAS THE SEAT LATCH ANCHOR. THE AREA SEEMS TO BE COMPLETELY RUSTED...FROM THE INSIDE. THE METAL DID NOT LOOK RUSTED FROM THE OUTSIDE. WE NOW HAVE A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF THE VAN (IN THE WHEEL WELL) AND A VAN WHICH IS INCAPABLE OF HAULING OUR FAMILY OF FIVE. EVEN USING IT AS A FOUR-PASSENGER VAN, WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT EXHAUST ENTERING THE INTERIOR OF THE VAN. (MILEAGE NOTED IS APPROXIMATE). *TR
