NHTSA Complaint #10584617 — 2004 FORD FREESTAR

PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE SINCE 2005 WITH JERKING, SPUTTERING, ENGINE LOCKUP. TRANSMISSION LOCKS AND JERKS, AIRCONDITIONER STOPPED COOLING AND WON'T HOLD FREON. ELECTRICAL ISSUES ALSO......HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN! SEVERAL TRIP TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP, WAS TOLD "COULD NOT DIAGNOSE, BRING IT BACK IF IT DOES IT AGAIN, WE CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT". THE ISSUES ARE SPORADIC. DRIVES FINE ONE MINUTE, NEXT THING YOU KNOW YOU ARE STALLED ON BUSY HWY. NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO LIST "EXPENSIVE" PROBLEMS. EXTENDED WARRANTY? THAT'S A JOKE, WASTE OF $. SCARIEST ISSUE IS WHEN IT LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING. LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF STEERING, ACCELERATION, ETC. WAS STRANDED IN MIDDLE OF ROAD. HAVE DISABILITY, VERY SCARY & FRUSTRATING ESPECIALLY SINCE MY HUSBAND BOUGHT IT ONLY A YEAR OLD SO KIDS AND I WOULD HAVE A "SAFE" VEHICLE. DID NOT TAKE BACK TO DEALERSHIP SINCE THEY'D PROBABLY SAY " CAN'T DIAGNOSE". PURCHASED A REBUILT ENGINE HAD SMALL TOWN MECHANIC PUT IT IN. PROBLEMS STILL GOING ON. SINCE THERE ARE STILL SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL, AND NO AIR CONDITIONING, I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT MORE THAN 5 MILES. IT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE LAWN ORNAMENT. FYI, MY HUSBAND HAD JUST HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE IN HIS FORD VEHICLE A MONTH BEFORE MINE WENT OUT, HAD TO SELL HIS VACATION TIME FOR 2 YEARS IN A ROW JUST TO KEEP THOSE FORDS RUNNING FOR OUR FAMILY...HE'S A PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER. FORD SOLD BE ASHAMED. (DATES ARE APPROXIMATE, PAPERWORK PACKED UP FROM A MOVE....SORRY:-) ) *TR