MY WIFE HAD JUST LEFT WORK. ON A VERY BUSY STREET THE VAN UP AND DIED. RESTARTED IT AND HAD NO POWER TO GET UP TO SPEED. KEPT SHUTTING DOWN. MANAGED TO GET IN TO A PARKING LOT. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. AT FIRST WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. NOW, THEY SAY IT IS THE PCM. PCM HAS BEEN ON BACK ORDER FOR SOME TIME. FORD SAID IT WAS SHIPPED ON NOV. 13 2013. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP ON THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY AND NO PART. NO WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS AN EVEN LONGER WAIT TIME FOR THE PCM. HAVING A AFTERMARKET PCM INSTALLED. TWO WEEKS WITHOUT OUR VAN IS LONG ENOUGH. HOPE TO HAVE IT BACK ON FRIDAY THE 22ND OF 2013. HAVE TALKED TO FORD CUSTOMER CARE, THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM. HAVE READ THAT THE SEAL UNDER THE COWLING LETS GO AND WATER WILL DRIP DOWN ONTO THE PCM CONNECTION AND MESS UP THE PCM. *TR
2004
STEERING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. THERE IS A RESTRICTION THAT PREVENTS THE STEERING WHEEL FROM TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT PROPERLY. ON AUGUST 31, 2007, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE STEERING WHEEL; HOWEVER, THE WHEEL HAS BECOME EVEN HARDER TO TURN. THE CONTACT HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.