2006 Ford Freestar owner complaints

While driving at highway speed (75mph) the transmission failed, there was no warning and there were no previous problems with the transmission. The transmission has no forward or reverse gears leaving it essentially in neutral. This left the car without power or the ability to safely exit the highway in the middle of crowded traffic. Except for the ability of other drivers to avoid our car this could have resulted in a catastrophic accident. *tr

Transmission failure. On off-ramp of highway, van totally disengaged and died. Van now has lost reverse and has trouble even going into drive. *tr

Transmission failed completely while driving 70 MPH on interstate - no prior problems or indications of failure. 2006 Ford freetsar van with 69,000 miles. *tr

Going down a small hill and was picking up speed, let off the gas pedal to slow down. Starting up the next hill and when the gas pedal was pushed I ended up going backward and there were 4 vehicles right behind me. They all were stopping and each turned in a different direction not to hit the other person in front of them. It could have been worse if I had taken the interstate. This happened at about 6 a.m. So there was not a lot of traffic like there is at 7 a.m. In the morning. But if I had not forgotten my billfold, this would happened at a very high traffic time of day when I would have been going home. *tr

On nov. 18, 2011 while on a trip of approximately 600 miles round trip this 2006 Ford freestar shuddered a few times which was presumed to be rough road. On nov. 23 the van did not go into reverse. After a few tries it did slip into reverse. The following day nov. 24 the same thing happened. The van was in another town about 60 miles away, my daughter had borrowed it, so on dec.06, 2011 she took it to a Ford dealership for diagnosis. The dealership gave me a paper stating the oss was bad. I picked up the van (after the Ford dealership told me it could be driven home), and on the way home it started to jerk when changing gears while going up or down hills. The lights inside and out went out also. I took the van to a transmission shop and after they checked it over it was determined the t

2006 Ford freestar transmission failed at 77,000 miles. Minivan died completely while in motion on municipal street. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 Ford freestar. The contact stated that the torque converter failed and the vehicle would decelerate and stall on several occasions. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the contact's home. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 85,000. *tt consumer stated sel instantaneuos transmission failure when he was mildly accelerating into a busy highway intersection. The cross-traffic nearly collided with my sel but avoided collision. Consumer stated there was no warning or sympton of impending transmission failure. Vehicle was diagnosed with a failed torque converter and the Ford dealership replaced the fai

Transmission failed without warning while driving at city speeds under normal conditions. *tr

Date: july 4, 2008 vehicle: 2006 Ford freestar defect: transmission failed. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 Ford freestar. While driving 40 MPH, the vehicle would not accelerate, but the engine revved. The vehicle was able to be pulled over, shut off, and restarted. When the vehicle was shifted out of park and into gear, there was no response. The transmission failed. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the transmission and torque converter needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 70,335....updated 09/14/16 *bf *tr

Torque converter went on my 06 freestar when in traffic on highway. This forced me to pull on the passing lane median side of the highway potentially putting me in danger of passing big-rigs and other vehicles. Thank the lord a state policeman came to block traffic. I read up on this and see its being investigated. This was not an inexpensive fix. I hope Ford reimburses me for not re-engineering their problem and letting it continue without a recall. *tr

Transmission in 2004 Ford freestar slipped and then failed in a very short period. The repair shop stated it seemed like a factory defect for such a young transmission to fail. *jb

Ford freestar 2006 driving on highway approx. 40-45mph. Lost power, when trying to accelerate the engine RPM went up, and the car had no acceleration. The van coasted to the side of the road. Couldn't get van completely off road. Ford freestar is being evaluated all indications are complete failure of transmission. Should know more tomorrow. This was a very dangerous situation!!!! Please included Ford freestar 2006 in your investigations. *tr

Replacement torque converters continued to fail after replacing original transmission and failed torque converter at 97k miles. Replaced torque converter four times in 37k miles under warranty for "shudder". Ford dealership refused to diagnose or determine the continued failures. Independent diagnosis stated failures were due to the introduction of debris from the original failure, during the installation of the replacement transmission, or the replacement was defective when installed. Ford dealer and company would not replace the transmission. Ford warranty ended on 12/12/15 and the situation remains unresolved. Fortunately shudder failures occurred on the road, but vehicle could be driven to dealership for repair. The first original failure occurred on a off ramp and other motorist's

At a grocery store parking lot, after turning into a parking spot I put the van into reverse to straighten it out, when I put back into drive, it didn't move, there was no engagement whatsoever of the gears. I had to push the vehicle into the spot out of the lane of traffic and have it towed. Ironically this happened 3 days after I learned about Ford recalling the freestar for 2005 models to replace torque converter; when the service center who towed my vehicle told me I needed a torque converter replacement I had them provide pictures of the part and can clearly see the part itself was a 2005 part! However Ford is not taking responsibility because the year of my vehicle is 2006, it cost me over $1300 to repair. I notified customer service at Ford on 8/31/12 to request a refund but so far

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 Ford freestar. While driving, a strong odor of gasoline was expelled from the air vents. Sometimes the consumer became so dizzy, that she would have to pull over for fresh air . The vehicle has been taken to the dealer multiple times, but they could not locate the cause of the failure. The failure mileage was 19000. The current mileage was 49951. Updated 04/01/10 *bf updated 05/05/10. *jb

Air conditioner, right side passenger door window, moter mounts. *tr

When I was driving a hill down, suddenly the engine and all electronic equipment stopped, warning lamp engine and battery flashes, steering wheel and brakes did not work correctly. I need about 1 mile to stop the car. After that the car could not be reactivated/started again. - cause for incident (Ford service): the motor control unit was filled with water after a rain. *tr

Rear turn lamps have burned out 4 times in three years. At idle "all" interior and head lamps flicker. I have replaced the battery and had the electrical charging system checked and they are ok. Appears to be a wiring problem. Heat ac blower only blows air from lower heater vents . PCM replaced, and it has malfunctioned again. Vehicle appears to have a serious wiring problem. *tr