| Issue ID | 912639 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10452534 |
| Manufacurer | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Brand | FORD |
| Model | FREESTAR |
| Model Year | 2005 |
| File date | 18/03/12 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MO |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Driving approximately 65 mph on a two hour trip and experienced a sudden but brief loss of acceleration, speed immediately dropped by 15 mph, which was accompanied by a severe jerk. The occurred two more times during the trip at high speeds and subsequently continued to occur the following days during normal neighborhood driving conditions (20 ? 40 mph). I have taken the car to a ford dealer to be checked out as i thought this could be related to the recently announced torque converter output shaft recall (recall campaign number: 11s25). The dealer has diagnosed the problem to be related to water intrusion into the pcm housing. Unfortunately this appears to be common problem with the ford freestar. *js |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 74000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | ROSE VALLEY, PA |
| VIN pattern | 2FMZA51655BXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| Was part original equipment? | |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 65 |
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