NHTSA Complaint #10461826 — 2004 FORD FREESTAR

I LEFT WORK, GOT 3 PARKING SPOTS AWAY, LOST STEERING, BRAKES AND GAS. ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. TRANSAXLE LIGHT CAME ON, SHUT OFF VAN, TRIED AGAIN AND IT DROVE MAYBE A FEW FEET AND IT WAS AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. ENGINE LIGHT, BATTERY LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON. SHUT IT DOWN TRIED AGAIN, DROVE ABOUT 10 FEET AND IT DIED. HAD IT TOWED TO VIP WHO HAD NO ANSWERS, TOWED TO FORD WHO SAID IT THERE WAS WATER IN THE PCM. THEY DRIED IT OUT AND SAID GIVE IT A GO. GOT IT HOME DROVE IT ONE DAY AND THE NEXT(AFTER RAINING) IT WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF DRIVEWAY. IT WOULD GO INTO GEAR BUT HITTING THE GAS WAS AGAIN LIKE IN NEUTRAL. IT WOULD MOVE MAYBE A FEW INCHES AND THEN NO LONGER. THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND THE VAN BUCKED SOME. TOWED TO FORD AGAIN AND THEY SAID IT IS DEFIANTLY WATER GETTING IN THE PCM. I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING ONLINE AND I SEE MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I AM WORRIED BECAUSE THERE IS ANOTHER RECALL COMING IN A MONTH OR SO FOR THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN THAT RELY ON THAT VAN. I CAN'T TRADE IT IN CAUSE THEY ARE ONLY WILL TO GIVE US $1000 WHEN WE OWE 6. WE ARE WITHOUT VEHICLE AGAIN, WITH MY HUSBAND AND I HAVING JOBS AND TWO KIDS. I FEEL UNSAFE IN MY VAN, EVEN IF WE ARE TO GET IT FIXED, WE HAVE TO HOPE THE TORQUE CONVERTER DOES NOT GO WHILE WE ARE DRIVING BEFORE THE RECALL. *JB