POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT WAS STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, HE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN THE ENGINE RPMS DURING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,375 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 114,000. UPDATED 05/01/2012*LJ UPDATED 05/04/12
2004
POWER TRAIN
RECENTLY HAD THE TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER CHANGED UNDER RECALL. TODAY IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH, AND WOULD STALL OUT. IT WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT THE TIME. IT SEEMS THAT THIS PROBLEM. HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME CAR. *TR