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2005 Ford FREESTAR Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1143060
Internal NHTSA #	10668404
Manufacurer	Ford Motor Company
Brand	FORD
Model	FREESTAR
Model Year	2005
File date	15/06/10
Component	ENGINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Drove through a puddle and the engine quit. Apparently, the water splashed the on board computer (pcm). I towed vehicle to the dealer and they implemented the ford technical service bulletin (tsb) reference number(s): 06-14-10, vehicle worked fine until the fall of 2014. Now the vehicle won't start at all if it sits out in the rain. If it does the water gets into the pcm and prevents it from starting. Now it appears as though water is intruding somewhere else and it is confounding the pcm (engine computer) with more water / moisture. The car is now worthless to me and i will have to scrap it since it cannot operate in a normal midwestern climate. I surely do not want to spend another $1500 to $2500 to fix the problem only to find out it is temporary. This is simply a design flaw. Ford should recall these vehicles and pay off the owners to have them destroyed since the wet pcm can cause the car to stall when accelerating or simply driving down a rainy road.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	95000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	CANTON, MI
VIN pattern	2FMDA58235BXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
Drive train type	FWD
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Vehicle speed	30
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2005 Ford FREESTAR Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2005 Ford FREESTAR Engine Problems, Complaints and Defects

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