2004 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 63,000 MILES NO WARNING -- TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE - VAN WAS IN MOTION - THANK GOD I WAS NOT ON A HIGHWAY AND WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. REVIEWING ALL THE COMPLAINTS THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE -- SOMEONE NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS IN THESE VEHICLES! *TR
2005
POWER TRAIN
FIRST FAILURE WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER - I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PROCEEDED INTO THE INTERSECTION WHEN THE VEHICLE CLUNKED AND RESPONDED AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. I HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER. REPLACEMENT COST INCLUDING LABOR WAS $600 SECOND FAILURE IS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE INTERMITTENT. FAILURE OCCURS IN THE RAIN OF COURSE. WIPER WILL SPEED UP THEN SLOW DOWN THEN NOT WORK AT ALL. IT JUST HAPPENED TODAY SO I HAVE NOT HAD IT TROUBLESHOOT YET. 1/11/12 75,674 MILES. *TR
