| Issue ID | 751241 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10295459 |
| Manufacurer | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Brand | FORD |
| Model | FREESTAR |
| Model Year | 2006 |
| File date | 12/12/06 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Ford freestar 2006 transmission died on highway this morning while highway driving this morning my ford freestar would not accelerate, engine continued running.... My husband was driving 40 mph and suddenly he had no acceleration, engine continued running, when he pushed on the gas pedal the engine just reved. He coasted to a stop, and couldn't get the car off of the road. We had the car towed. This was an extremely dangerous situation. We were told at this point, it is the transmission, we never had any indication that there was a problem, this problem happened suddenly. Please look into this dangerous situation! Our van only 63,000 mile on it! It has been brought to our attention that there are thousands of ford mini van owners that have had the identical problem with their ford van's. Please force ford to issue a recall these transmissions!!!!! At this point, we are going to have to pay what we owe on this van ie..... Van payments to the bank...... And we don't have the money to pay for a new transmission!!!!! Please help us and other's who transmissions have failed. As i see it this problem is going to get worse.... Ie... Van transmissions that haven't failed yet!!! Please contact us at your earliest conveniece. Thank you and we look forward to hearing back from you. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 63000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | BOYERTOWN, PA |
| VIN pattern | 2FMZA522X6BXXXXXX |
| 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 | 40 |
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