RETURNED TO VEHICLE FROM THE STORE, STARTED, SELECTED REVERSE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. ENGINE WOULD RESPOND TO GAS WITH REVS, BUT NO MOVEMENT. TRIED OTHER GEARS--NOTHING WOULD ENGAGE: IT WAS AS IF EVERY GEAR WAS NEUTRAL. HAS TO BE TOWED TO SERVICE CENTER. HAVE NOW READ ONLINE THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON AND THAT THE 2004-5 WERE RECALLED FOR THIS VERY ISSUE. I AM SO FRUSTRATED THAT FORD WOULD NOT RECALL THE 06 AS WELL. AN HOUR EARLIER MY WIFE AND CHILDREN COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY! ALSO PRETTY DISAPPOINTED IN NHTSA FOR NOT LEVERAGING ITS POSITION TO FORCE FORD TO ADDRESS THIS. *TR
2006
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 170,000. *TR
