NHTSA Complaint #10903306 — 2005 FORD FREESTAR

IN MOTION AND IN DRIVE ON STATE ROUTE 309 THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING LOST ALL ABILITY TO MOVE. WE HAD MYSELF, MY HUSBAND, MY THREE DAUGHTERS (17, 10, AND 1) PLUS OUR NEW BORN SON IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE COASTED TO A NEAR BY GAS STATION BUT NOT BEFORE BEING VERY CLOSE HIT IN THE BACK BY A SEMI TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN PARK, THEN DRIVE AGAIN TO SEE IF THE VEHICLE WOULD GO INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO GO INTO GEAR. THE OTHER GEARS ON THE VEHICLE WERE TESTED ONLY TO CONFIRM THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR OR MOVE. AT THIS TIME FORD CORPERATE HAD BEEN CONTACTED AND THEY SUGGESTED WE PAY TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD REPAIR GARAGE. (WE HAS JUST GOT THE VEHICLE BACK 4 DAYS PRIOR TO THE INABILITY TO MOVE, TO HAVE A POWER TRAIN SENSOR THEY DIAGNOSED AS BAD BECAUSE THE POWER TRAIN LIGHT HAD BEEN BLINKING AND THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN JERKING WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE.) UNABLE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD, DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK, WE HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLE HOME.