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2005 Ford FREESTAR Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	891901
Internal NHTSA #	10435848
Manufacurer	FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Brand	FORD
Model	FREESTAR
Model Year	2005
File date	21/10/11
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	My wife and i own a 2005 ford windstar. On oct. 21 2011 my wife arrived home from work and i took the van to pick up my son from his school. Without warning the vans rpms went up and then the van stalled. I restarted the van but the van acted like it did not want to shift gears and the van stalled again. I was only 1block from home and was lucky to make it home while having to restart the van several times. I called the local ford service center and they said to tow it there and it would cost $100 to hook it up to their computer. I love how it cost me $100 to have ford tell me whats wrong then wants me to pay them to fix it. It only takes 5 minutes to hook up the computer with all the complaints i have seen you would think they should know. I was lucky to have a friend who works at ford and he had to replace the pcm due to water coming into contact with the pcm. We got our van back on thursday nov. 3rd 2011. Then on nov. 7th 2011(4 days later) my wife was on a busy interstate ramp getting ready to merge on the highway at about 45mph when the rpm's shot up the van hesitated and lost power she started coasting to the shoulder while traffic was speeding around her. It was also on a curve so traffic could not see her until they were right on top of her. Even on the shoulder when she called me she was terrified that someone was going to hit her because the shoulder was very narrow and traffic was within inches of the van. We had the van towed to ford and they are going to take a look at it this monday (nov. 14, 2011) we are due to go out of town friday nov. 18th and we do not know if we will have a van to go on a vacation that has been planned for a year. My wife and i do not even know if we can trust our ford freestar to make the trip so we our going to have the extra expense of renting a car. We are out $750 so far and another $400 to rent a car. We have 83,000 mi.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	83000
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Source of the issue	PORTABLE SAFETY COMPLAINT FORM (PDF)
City and State	PORTAGE, IN
VIN pattern	2FMZA58245BXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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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	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 Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2005 Ford FREESTAR Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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