NHTSA Complaint #11278632 — 2005 FORD FREESTAR

JANUARY 2015 WENT TO ACCELERATE FROM STOP AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, INDICATOR LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON TRANSMISSION WENT INTO LIMP MODE.HAD VEHICLE TOWED NEEDED A TRANSMISSION REBUILD WITH TORQUE CONVT. HAD 177K AT THAT TIME AT COST OF $2700.00. OCTOBER 2019 SIMILAR SITUATION OCCURRED NO WARNING LIGHTS NO SLIPPING, BANGING OR ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, WENT TO ACCELERATE AND CAR FELT AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. HAD CAR TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP, WAS TOLD IT WILL NEED A REBUILD WITH ANOTHER TORQUE CONVT. AT APPROX. SAME COST. VEHICLE NOW HAS 233K MILES ON CLOCK. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN A REAL RELIABLE ASSET TO OUR FAMILY. THIS TRANSMISSION LASTED ALMOST 5 YEARS WITH APPROX. 56K MILES. I WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE ANOTHER FORD , BUT CONCERNED ABOUT THE DRIVE TRAIN AS I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE VERY EASY. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THIS CONCERN.