POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM)
2005 FORD FREESTAR JUST DIES. FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED FEBRUARY 28, 2008. WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND MADE IT ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH INTERSECTION WHEN EVERYTHING SHUT OFF. COASTED TO THE OTHER SIDE AND PULLED TO THE RIGHT. RESTARTED THE VAN AND MADE IT ANOTHER 50 FEET BEFORE IT DIED AGAIN. TRIED A THIRD TIME AND IT WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR. LUCKILY WAS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. CALLED TOW TRUCK AND LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP (MCKIE FORD, RAPID CITY, SD). SERVICE TECHNICIAN SAID THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, PARTS WOULD BE IN SOMETIME ON MONDAY (3/3/2008). THEY COMPLETED THE REPAIR ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TODAY (3/10/2008), THE SAME EXACT ISSUE OCCURRED. CALLED TOW AND LOCAL FORD DEALER. WAITING TO HEAR WHAT FORD HAS TO SAY THIS TIME. DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE WEB, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH FREESTARS THAT HAVE HAD TO SAME ISSUE. EACH HAS A SIMILAR STORY OF HAVING TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION (USUALLY AT THEIR COST). MANY OF WHOM ARE LOOKING AT HAVING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT CREATED AGAINST FORD FOR A KNOWN DEFECT THAT HAS GONE UNRESOLVED (TO THE POINT WHERE THEY OUTRIGHT LIE ABOUT KNOWING THE PARTS ARE FAULTY). I KNOW I'M NOT THE FIRST TO COMPLAIN HERE, AND I KNOW I WILL NOT BE THE LAST. *TR
2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ON SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2009, MY FAMILY AND I WERE TRAVELING ON HWY 9A (IN JACKSONVILLE, FL JUST OFF OF I95). WE WERE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH WHEN OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR SIMPLY STOPPED ACCELERATING. MY HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL AND BACK TO DRIVE BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. THE TRANSMISSION SIMPLY LOST POWER. WE COASTED AS FAR AS WE COULD OFF THE BUSY HIGHWAY AND CONTACTED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. TODAY WE FINALLY GOT AN ESTIMATE FROM OUR REPAIRMAN. HE SAYS IT IS THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND PUMP AND IT IS GOING TO COST $1100 TO REPLACE THEM. WE ARE A FAMILY OF 7. MY HUSBAND IS IN THE NAVY AND DEPLOYING SOON. I NEED RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION! MY VAN HAS 128000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN CARED FOR VERY REGULARLY. UPON RESEARCHING THE ISSUE, I SEE THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2005 FORD FREESTARS AND IT HAS BEEN REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES HERE. SUPPOSEDLY THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION GOING ON BY ODI IN REGARDS TO THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE OLD PART CAN POSSIBLY BE AVAILABLE DEPENDING ON HOW SOON I HEAR THAT YOU NEED IT. *TR
