MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2004 FORD FREESTAR ON A RAINY MORNING. IT HAPPENED TO BE DURING RUSH HOUR. WHILE WAITING FOR TRAFFIC TO START FLOWING, THE VAN FAILED TO MOVE, LEAVING HER AND MY DAUGHTERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER BEING PUSHED OFF THE HIGHWAY BY A SAPD OFFICER, AND WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK, WE FOUND OUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD. THERE WAS NO PRIOR INDICATION OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS OR TROUBLE. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT ALONG WITH REPLACEMENT OF TORQUE CONVERTER AND OTHER INTERNAL PARTS. *TR
2007
POWER TRAIN
DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND SUDDENLY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE! IT WAS RUSH HOUR AND I WAS TERRIFIED. MIRACULOUSLY, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT MAJOR INCIDENT. AT THAT TIME, CAR WOULD NOT ENTER ANY GEARS. UPON ACCELERATION THE CAR WOULD JUST REV, BUT WOULD NOT MOVE, EVEN IN REVERSE. FORTUNATELY, I HADN'T PICKED UP MY CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL YET! I COULDN'T IMAGINE BEING STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY WITH THEM. IT WAS SCARY ENOUGH FOR ME! CAR WAS TOWED TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT TOOK THEM A WEEK TO REBUILD/REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THANKFULLY, IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT IT STILL COST ME $100 DEDUCTIBLE, PLUS THE ENORMOUS INCONVENIENCE OF NOT HAVING A CAR. I HAD 3 YOUNG CHILDREN AND A FULL TIME JOB AND NO CAR FOR A WEEK. FORD REFUSED TO PROVIDE ME A RENTAL. CONSIDERING SOME OF THE OTHER HORROR STORIES, I GUESS I GOT OFF PRETTY LUCKY. TOO MANY OF THESE STORIES OUT THERE, FORD NEEDS TO RECALL!! *TR
