2004 FORD FREESTAR Electrical System Problems

The transmission is grinding and popping when shifting gears.Also it has started not moving when I shift it into drive and 3rd and 1st.When I drive it I have to put it in 1st gear and change up to drive and it grinds and pops when giving it gas to go.It comes to a crawl going up hills.Has a big loss of power.The trackshion control light comes on saying it's not working.The electrical is messing up the doors are opening up when they are not supposed to going down road.It tells me that different doors are open when there not keeping the lights on in the van running down the battery.

I READ THE RECALLS FOR 2004 FORD FREE STAR TRANSMISSIONS AND MY VAN WITHOUT WARNING JUST QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I COULD GET IT TO START BACK UP FOR A SECOND TO MOVE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT IT WOULDN'T START AFTER THAT.

PCM HAS ISSUES DO TO MOISTURE WHICH AFFECTS ELECTRICAL SLIPPING GEARS ABS SENSOR PROBLEM POWER STEERING ISSUES AND TCM AND THIS VEHICLE HAS ALL SAFETY PROBLEMS ACCORDING TO RECALLS NONE OF IT WAS FIXED BECAUSE FORD SAYS YOUR VIN NUMBER IS NOT ON LIST.

2004 FORD FREESTAR NOW.MILES 59000 PROBLEMS STARTED AROUND 45.000 MILES STARTED IN 2007 WITH BATTERY DEAD IF CAR STAT A MONTH STARTTED IN 2008 RIGHT AND LEFT LOW AND HIGH BEAM. HEAD LAMP CONNECTOR KEEP MELTING/ BURNING UP THE GROUND WIRE TRANSMISSION MAKING CLICKING NOISE IN FORWARD AND REVERSE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS DARK BROWN DOOR LOCK DONT ALWAYS UNLOCK OR LOCK ON SIDE DOOR LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE WING WINDOWS IN BACK OPEN. BUT DONT CLOSE ON LEFT AND RIGHT PROBLEMS ALL HAPPEN. IF STSTIONARY OR IN MOTION CITY STREET OR HIGHWAY I HAVE. TAKE PICKS LATER .NOT BY THE CAR AT THE MOMENT .

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CONTROL ARM WAS PROTRUDING THROUGH THE FRAME AND CREATED A HOLE. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 212,000. *BF CONSUMER STATED TRANSMISSION JUST STARTED TO SLIP AND MAKES A THUD SOMETIMES SLIPS BAD. CONSUMER HAS CHANGED THE TRANSMISSION OIL AND FILTERS.*JB

ALPR SYSTEM ON TELEPHONE POLES AND POLICE CARS ARE ATTACKING MY VEHICLE. ALREADY DESTROYED MY ABS BRAKE SYSTEM MODULE AND NOW WORKING ON MY STARTER MOTOR, BLOWER MOTOR, SPEED CONTROL AND ETC. SOME ATTACKS CAUSE LOUD BASE DRUM LIKE THUMPING ON MY DASHBOARD. OTHER ATTACKS LOCK MY GEARSHIFT LEVER IN PARK, UNLOCK MY DOORS. STOP MY SPEED CONTROL FROM WORKING, AND ETC. THESE ATTACKS HAVE BEEN ONGOING FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS. ALONG WITH THESE ATTACKS, POLICE CARS FREQUENTLY THREATEN ME WITH HEAD-ON COLLISIONS. THE THUMPING SCARES ME WHEN IT OCCURS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THESE ATTACKS OCCUR IN ALL MODES OF VEHICLE OPERATION AND WHEN PASSING ALPR TELEPHONE POLES AND POLICE CARS.

THE INDIANA ALPR TRACKING SYSTEM CAUSES ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS INCLUDING THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM AND VARIOUS OTHER UNKNOWN MALFUNCTIONS. THE ABS MODULE HAS FAILED ON THE SUBJECT VEHICLE AND THE ALPR ATTACKS CONTINUE. THESE ALPR ATTACKS ARE INITIATED BY ELECTRICAL APPARATUS ON TOP OF TELEPHNE POLES AND ON POLICE CARS. THESE ATTACKS CAN BE HEARD BY SUDDEN UNEXPECTED LOUD THUMPING ON MY DASHBOARD WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IN ADDITION TO THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. THESE ATTACKS OCCUR BOTH IN MOTION AND WHEN STATIONARY. THE THUMPING IS EXPECIALLY SURPRISING IN TRAFFIC AND COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. PLUS, I DO NOT HAVE ABS PROTECTION ON SLICK ROADS

MY VAN HAS A PROBLEM WITH WATER, THAT IS WHEN IT RAINS THE VEHICLE STARTS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SEVERAL COMPONENTS. (IE ENGINE MISFIRE, TRANSMISSION FAILS TO SHIFT PROPERLY, DOOR LOOKS REFUSE TO OPERATE PROPERLY, AMONG OTHER WEIRD THINGS) THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME IT RAINS. THE PROBLEM AS I HAVE BEING ABLE TO TRACE IT, IS THAT THE WATER THAT COMES OFF THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND INTO THE PLASTIC THAT COVERS THE COWL AREA ( WHERE THE WIPERS ARE) DRIPS ON TO THE MAIN ELECTRIC WIRE HARNESS CONNECTION THAT COMES FROM THE INSIDE OF THE CAR AND CONNECTS TO THE ENGINE BAY WIRE HARNESS. AS THE WIRE HARNESS CONNECTOR GETS WET, THE VEHICLE STARTS ACTING UP. I TOOK THE VAN TO MY MECHANIC BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM, IT WAS DRY. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALER AND, TO MY SURPRISE, THEY KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM...

EVERYTIME I STOP AT EITHER A STOPLIGHT OR STOP SIGN IT STALLS OUT. THE BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN GOES BACK OFF. I AM ABLE TO RESTART IT BACK UP AND CONTINUE IT ON. I HAVE HAD THE ELECTRICAL COMPUTER FIXED AND HAD A FULL TUNE UP DONE AND IT STILL STALLS OUT.

LIKE MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ON THE FORD FREESTAR, I HAVE TO ADD MY COMPLAINT REGARDING MY 2004 FORD FREESTAR. FIRST OF ALL, WHEN I BOUGHT MY VAN USED ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO, I DID RESEARCH ON IT, AND LEARNED ABOUT THE ISSUE OF WATER GETTING INTO THE PCM. SO I TOOK THE VAN TO A FORD DEALERSHIP - CAMPBELL FORD IN NILES MICHIGAN - AND ONE OF THEIR MECHANICS DRIED AND SEALED THE PCM, ALONG WITH THE AREA AT THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD THAT IS PRONE TO LEAK. THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO (THIS VAN ALSO HAD THE TORQUE CONVERTER WORK DONE BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER). SO HERE'S THE PROBLEM I'M HAVING NOW: WHEN DRIVING, OCCASIONALLY FOR NO APPARENT REASON, MY RADIO GOES DEAD, NO TIME, NO DISPLAY, NO MUSIC, AND THEN THE BRAKE AND ABS LIGHT APPEAR ON THE DASH, ALONG WITH THE...

THIS VEHICLE I RECEIVED NUMEROUS RECALLS AND HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. MAJOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. WHEN IT WOULD RAIN AND GET CAR WASH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WOULD MALFUNCTION AND CAUSE ENGINE NOT TO RUN PROPERLY AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. IN APRIL OF 2016 ENGINE WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND CAUSED ME TO GET IN ACCIDENT. THIS VEHICLE HAS SINCE BEEN IMPOUNDED AND LOAN COMPANY SANTANDER TRYING TO BILL ME FOR REMAINDER OF LOAN AND NOW CAUSING MAJOR CREDIT ISSUES. I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE COVERED BY FORD/CARMAX FOR SELLING MY FAMILY AN UNSAFE VEHICLE WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN CRITICAL INJURY OR WORSE.

PROBLEM #1 THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WILL NOT WORK . IT'S CONTROLL MODULE WAS REPLACED IT WORKED ONE TIME AND STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. PROBLEM #2 THE DRIVE AXLE BROKE IN TRAFFIC LUCKILY WE WERE STOPPING AND WERE ONLY GOING ABOUT 5 MPH. PROBLEM #3 TODAY AFTER A NIGHT OF HEAVY RAIN WHEN THE VAN WAS UNLOCKED THE RADIO CAME ON BEFORE THE KEY WAS EVEN IN THE IGNITION. WHICH BRINGS US TO PROBLEM #4 THE BIGGEST AND NO DOUBT MOST EXPENSIVE. THE VAN STARTED AND WAS RUNNING KIND OF SLUGGISH BUT RAN FINE IN REVERSE BUT IF YOU SHIFT TO DRIVE THE VAN SHUTS OFF. YOU CANNOT START IT IN NEUTRAL EITHER. I HAVE HAD 2 INDEPENDENT MECHANICS LOOK AT IT TODAY BOTH SAY IT IS THE TORQUE CONVERTER. I LOOKED IT UP AND THERE IS A RECALL BUT OF COURSE IT'S THE WEEKEND AND I CAN'T CALL TO SEE...

THE 2004 FREESTAR IS SHORTING OUT ALL THE SENSORS ARE SHORTING OUT U TOOK IT TO BE PUT ON MACHINE AND IT CANE BACK WITH 17 SENSORS MALFUNCTION GOING ON AND IT'S THE ONLY VECHELE I OWN AND I'VE GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND I SEE 100000 OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WHAT SHOULD I DO I MIGHT BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE VRAJE SENSOR IS GOING AND I CAN'T STOP I'M NOT RICH I CANTVGO BUY ANOTHER VAN PLEASE HELP ME

THE POWER CONTROL MODULE (PCM) GETS WET . THE CAR WILL THEN EXHIBIT VARIOUS FAILURES INCLUDING ENGINE STOP, TRANSMISSION FAILURE TO ENGAGE, ENGINE CODE INDICATORS. THIS CAN HAPPEN WHEN STATIONARY (TRANSMISSION WON'T ENGAGE ) OR IN MOTION( ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF ABOVE CERTAIN SPEEDS, MAY BE 35-45MILES PER HOUR) OR THE TRANSMISSION WILL BEGIN SLIPPING. FORD HAS ISSUED A TECHNICAL BULLETIN TSB 06-14-10 ON THIS ISSUE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DOOR LATCH WAS LOOSE. THE LATCH REQUIRED READJUSTMENT IN ORDER TO CONNECT THE LATCH. THE CONTACT ALSO INDICATED THAT THE PLASTIC PIECE ON THE REAR SEAT LEVER FRACTURED AND THE BOTTOM LATCH WAS USED AS A TEMPORARY OPTION TO LIFT THE SEAT UP AND DOWN. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW ALSO FAILED TO OPEN AND CLOSE. THE MOTOR FOR THE WINDOW REGULATOR WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE WINDOW ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE STILL WOULD NOT OPEN AND CLOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

WHILE DRIVING MY 4 CHILDREN ALL BUT ONE IN A CAR SEAT, MY CAR JUST DIED WITHOUT WARNING, MY CAR STARTING ROLLING BACKWARDS BEFORE I HAD EVEN REALIZED IT SHUT DOWN. IN PANIC I GOT THE CAR STOPPED AND PUT INTO PARK AND GOT HAZARDS ON AND THEN TRIED STARTING CAR AND IT FIRED RIGHT BACK UP. I BROUGHT IT TO MECHANIC TO BE TOLD ITS THE AIR FILTER, CHANGED THAT THEN GOT TOLD ITS THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR, REPLACED THAT THEN WAS TOLD THAT'S NOT IT. FINALLY SOMEONE SAID ITS THE PCM!! NO ONE CAN DO IT BUT FORD SO I CALLED FORD, FORD SAYS THAT CANNOT DO IT!! GO FIGURE, SO I AM NOW SCRAMBLING FOR THE MONEY AND FOR THE PARTS AND FOR THE MECHANIC TO FIX THIS. AND FROM WHAT I CAN FOLLOW FROM THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ITS NOT JUST ME THIS HAPPENING TO OVER...

MY CAR HAS SPENT 10 DAYS AT FORD TO BE SERVICED AFTER HAVING THE SAFETY RECALL SERVICE FOR THE TORQUE CONVERTER PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEHAVING UNPREDICTABLY, SOMETIMES STALLING OUT WHILE IDLED, STALLING OUT WHILE IN MOTION, SOMETIMES IDLING WITH HIGH OR LOW RPMS. THE DEALERSHIP TOOK IT BACK IN TO CHECK THE TORQUE CONVERTER, THEY THEN SAID IT WASN'T THE TORQUE CONVERTER BUT THE THROTTLE BODY, THEY THEN CLEANED THAT AND SAID IT'S NOT THE THROTTLE BODY, IT'S THE PCM. THE PCM IS TAKING ON WATER FROM A FLAWED DESIGN OF THE ABOVE PCM WHERE WATER IS RETAINED AND EVENTUALLY LEAKS ON TO THE CONNECTOR. THIS OF COURSE IS NOT COVERED BY FORD, AND CAN COST UP TO $1200 TO REPLACE. THIS ISSUE CREATES A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SYMPTOMS MAKING IT HARD TO IDENTIFY THE ORIGIN OF THE PROBLEM. CAUSING EXTENDED STAYS FOR MAINTENANCE. THIS SHOULD BE RECTIFIED BY...

2ND TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. WAS DRIVING WHEN THE VAN STARTED BUCKING/SPUTTERING/SURGING. IT WOULD DIE AND THEN FIRE RIGHT BACK UP JUST TO DO IT ONCE AGAIN. SOAKED PCM CONNECTOR WAS TO BLAME BOTH TIMES. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FLAW BY FORD AND NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. I'M GLAD I WAS NOT ON THE INTERSTATE OR IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION.

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS RAINING OUTSIDE AND AS I WAS DRIVING ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR JUST DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY NO WARNING ,NO NOTHING JUST DIED I ALMOST WAS REAR ENDED, I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO SAID THE PCM IS NOT SEALED PROPERLY AND GOT WET AND FRIED OUT THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT FORD WOULD SEE TONS OF THESE COMPLAINTS LIKE I HAVE SEEN ONLINE SAME PROBLEMS AND PUT PEOPLE LIVES AND THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES IN DANGER WITH THIS POOR MANUFACTURING. WHAT CAN I DO ??? THANK YOU [XXX] VIN UNAVAILABLE INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR*JB

STARTED SPUTTERING, JERKING, AND STALLING PCM WAS WET CAUSING ALL KINDS OF HAVIC LOST POWER GOING INTO A TURN AND ALMOST WENT INTO A DITCH FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THIS ONGOING PROBLEM AND GET IT FIXED BEFORE SOMETHING MAJOR HAPPENS ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING AND FORD KNOWS IT IS THERE FAULT AND THEY HAVE A PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

DIFFERENT THINGS ARE HAPPENING. MY VAN IDLES AT A HIGHER RPM. MY VAN DOESNT WANT TO CRANK ON THE FIRST TURN OF THE KEY. MY VAN IS POSSIBLY MISS-FIRING. MY FRONT WIPER MOTOR HAS STOPPED. MY ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED. NOW MY BATTERY LIGHT COMES ON BUT THEN MAY GO OFF. MY CAR SHUTS OFF WHEN IDLES, MY BATTERY LIGHT IS ON. NOTHING BUT THE ENGINE CRANKED, BUT BATTERY LIGHT IS ON. MY BATTERY WAS REPLACED WITH IN 6 MONTHS BEFORE THIS. SOMETIMES THE SIDE DOORS DECIDE TO OPEN WHEN BUTTON IS PUSHED AND SOMETIMES THEY DO NOT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH WATER GETTING INTO THE PCM. WATER SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET INTO THIS AREA. THERE IS NOT TIME FRAME AS TO HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN DAMAGED, BUT IT IS A PROBLEM. IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. WHEN RESEARCHING THE INTERNET I FIND...

HAD THE TORQUE RECALL DONE LAST AUGUST BY A LOCAL DEALERSHIP, AND WHILE ACCELERATING YESTERDAY I LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE STALLED, TRANSMISSION IS NOW SHOT AND THE PCM IS DAMAGED FROM THE MOISTURE EVEN THOUGH I HAD COMPLETED THE TSB THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED ME OF. SEVERAL SENSORS KEPT FAILING RANDOMLY, AND WOULD ONLY LAST ABOUT A MONTH. *TR

STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND THE VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. NO GEARS WORKED. COUPLE DAYS LATER, IT DROVE FINE. COUPLE DAYS LATER NO GEARS AGAIN. (AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED UNDER RECALL IN 2012) NOW WON'T START AND DASHBOARD GOES CRAZY AFTER THE KEY IS OUT. WITH ALL THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND THE WET PCM PROBLEMS, I CAN'T BELIEVE FORD DOESN'T HAVE TO RECALL THESE VAN BECAUSE OF THE PCM!! THIS VEHICLE IS A HAZARD TO DRIVE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 55 MPH MY VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD DRASTICALLY AND THEN STALLED. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD COASTING AS I WAS IN THE OUTSIDE LANE. I COULD RESTART THE CAR BUT ONLY GO 50-100 FEET AND IT WOULD STALL AGAIN. I MANAGED TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD INTO A PARKING LOT AND FOUND OUT THE CAR WOULDN'T GO INTO REVERSE. ALTHOUGH I COULD GO FORWARD. I AM NOW BEING TOLD THAT THERE WAS A TORQUE CONVERTER RECALL FOR THIS YEAR AND MAKE OF CAR BUT NOT FOR MY VEHICLE. I AM BEING TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WILL NEED REBUILT AND BE AT A COST OF 3000-3900 DOLLARS. THE CAR HAS APPROX. 102,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS TOLD BY THE TRANSMISSION SHOP THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR EVEN IF THEY ARE REPAIRED THEY TEND TO HAVE...

PCM GETS WET AND CAUSES ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS! SHOULD BE A RECALL! CAN CAUSE VEHICLE TO JUST STOP WHILE DRIVING, SHORTS OUT THINGS. TURNS LIGHTS, RADIO, ETC ON EVEN WHEN VAN NOT ON. PROBLEMS WITH STARTING WHEN IT RAINS. CD PLAYER AND CRUISE CONTROL NO LONGER WORK, DID THE PCM FRY THEM TOO?? DANGEROUS ACCIDENTS COULD HAPPEN AND I AM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE IT BUT IT IS ONLY VEHICLE I HAVE. PLEASE HELP GET A RECALL!! *TR

CAR DIED IN HEAVER RAIN ON MAJOR ROAD. ALL LIGHTS LITE ON DASHBOARD. PROBLEM WAS WATER INTRUSION ON ECM. REPAIR COST $957.26. FORD DEALER IN LEVITTOWN CLAIM THE FOLLOWED TSP ON PROBLEM 18 MONTHS LATER SAME PROBLEM WATER DAMAGE ON ECM. REPAIR COST THIS TIME $2695.97. CLAIM THERE WAS NO TSP ON PROBLEM. HAD TO SHOW THEM THE TSP AND THEY STILL ARE NOT FOLLOWING IT. *TR

AFTER A RAIN VAN STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC AND WOULD NOT RESTART.AFTER SEVERAL HOURS VAN WOULD NOT START.I HAD VAN TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, PCM WAS REPLACED.@PRESENT HEADLIGHTS NOT WORKING PROPERLY,AIR CONDITIONING,HORN,SEAT BELT CHIMES NOT WORKING AT ALL.LOCAL DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO REPAIR.VAN CONTINUES TO RUN ROUGH. *TR

MESSAGE CENTER DIMS AS TO BE UNREADABLE DURING DAYLIGHT DRIVING, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO READ WARNINGS OR MILEAGE REMAINING OR SERVICE NEEDS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY KIDS IN THIS CAN, AND IT SUDDENLY STALLED.IT HAPPENED REPEATEDLY EVERY TIME IT SNOWED OR RAINED. IT WILL ALSO NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE AND JERKS OR HESITATES AS YOU ARE DRIVING. THIS CAN IS DANGEROUS!! FORD NEEDS TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED! *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON A BUSY ROAD LAST SUNDAY. MY VAN COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WITH NO WARNING. I HAD NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES AND WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED. THANK GOD I MANAGED TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I STARTED IT AGAIN AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN THREE MORE TIMES. I HAD IT TOWED TO JIM'S AUTO SERVICE AND THEY THINK IT COULD BE RELATED TO WATER LEAKAGE ONTO THE COMPUTER. I CALLED FORD TO ASK ABOUT THIS AND THEY SAID THAT THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS BUT I FOUND INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ALL OVER THE INTERNET. I ASKED THEM HOW COULD MY MECHANIC KNOW ABOUT THIS AND THEY DIDN'T?! THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. I AM 60 YEARS OLD AND BABYSIT MY GRANDCHILDREN FULL TIME AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THEM IN THIS VEHICLE! I ALSO DO NOT HAVE THE...

WE REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER ABOUT A YEAR AGO, ON OUR OWN; WE WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE RECALL ON THAT PART. THE VAN STARTED TO EXHIBIT SAME ISSUES A FEW WEEKS LATER. WE WENT TO THE DEALER WHERE WE LEARNED OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER RECALL. DEALER STATED THAT THIS TIME, IT WAS A BAD TRANSMISSION, HE INFORMED US THAT DUE TO US PAYING OUT OF OUR OWN POCKET FOR THE TORQUE CONVERTER, HE WOULD TAKE THAT MONEY OFF OF THE PRICE OF REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION; WE HAD ISSUES WITH THAT DEAL. NOW, ABOUT A YEAR LATER, THE VAN WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. WE TOOK IT TO A DEALER WHO GAVE US A HARD TIME WITH THE THREE YEAR WARRANTY WHICH CAME ALONG WITH THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION; THE VAN WAS AT THE DEALER FOR OVER TWO WEEKS. ONCE WE AGREED TO PAY OUT OF OUR OWN POCKET, WE WERE TOLD...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRANS AXLE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. IMMEDIATELY AFTER, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

IN GOOD WEATHER WITHOUT WARNING THE ENGINE STALLED IN TRAFFIC. RESTARTED, BUT THE ENGINE RAN EXTREMELY ROUGH. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. MANAGED TO GET TO A INDEPENDENT SERVICE SHOP. THERE THE TECHNICIAN FOUND WATER IN THE PCM. DRIED OUT PCM AND CAR RAN FINE. THEN THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. NOW THEY FOUND WATER IN THE TRANSMISSION CONNECTOR. TWO WEEKS LATER THE CAR WOULD OFTEN NOT START, AND WHEN IT DID THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. ON OUR THIRD VISIT THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR (TPS). ONE WEEK LATER SAME SYMPTOMS, THIS TIME TPS AND MASS AIRFLOW SENSORS HAVE FAILED. THE PROBLEMS ARE ALL RELATED TO THE WET PCM! RECALL THIS CAR, NOW!!!!! *TR

RPM'S SURGE, LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING, ALREADY HAD RECALLS DONE AND STILL HAVING PROBLEMS, TRANS AXLE LIGHT COMES ON WHEN DOING HIGHWAY SPEEDS., I THINK THE RECALL NEEDS TO BE ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND WHERE THE MAIN COMPUTER IS LOCATED. THE MAIN COMPUTER IS RIGHT BENEATH THE AWNING FOR THE WIPER ASSEMBLY...LOTS OF POTENTIAL WATER DAMAGE AND MANY UNHAPPY CUSTOMERS. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A FAMILY VEHICLE AND IT IS MORE LIKE DRIVING A TICKING TIME BOMB. I WOULD HATE TO BE ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE JUST SUDDENLY STOP. NOT GOOD FORD!!! NOT GOOD! *TR

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...

IN NOVEMBER OF 2013, OUR 2004 FORD FREESTAR QUIT WORKING. YES, WE HAD THE TORQUE CONVERTER RECALLED AND PUT ON BACK WHEN THEY HAD THAT RECALL. NOVEMBER WAS THE FIRST TIME WE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO OUR CAR. IT WAS RAINING, AND OUR CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR, IT QUIT WORKING. WHAT MADE THIS BAD IS THAT IT WAS ON THE FREEWAY! MY HUSBAND PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL, BUT WE STILL DID NOT HAVE STEERING CAPABILITIES AND MANAGED TO GET US OVER TO THE SHOULDER. WE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP THEN STATED THAT MANY PEOPLE WERE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE ELECTRONICS GETTING WET, SO HE DRIED IT, THEN LET IT SET FOR A COUPLE DAYS AND CAULKED IT. WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD END THOSE PROBLEMS. NOT. (NOTE: THIS HAD COST US 450.00) THEN LESS THAN 2 MONTHS, THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENS,...

PCM MODULE GOT WATER IN IT. HAD IT REPLACED BY DEALER, CHARGED 765.02. NOW 14 MONTHS LATER CAR BACK IN DEALER FOR SAME ISSUE AND THEIR ONE YEAR SERVICE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. ABOUT READY TO SPEND ANOTHER 800.00 TO FIX. OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FLAW, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. *TR

DRIVING SOUTH ON I 75,RETURNING FROM A WEEK'S VACATION, IN MEDIUM SATURDAY TRAFFIC THE CAR STARTED TO ACT UP. LIGHTS, WARNING LIGHTS, GAUGES, EVEN THE TEMPERATURE AND COMPASS STARTED FLASHING AND GOING ON AND OFF. THERE WAS AN EXIT A MILE AHEAD WHEN THE ENGINE DIED, RIGHT IN FRONT OF A SEMI. I HAD TO SWERVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO NARROWLY AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THE CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER THAT. I HAD TO ARRANGE A TOW AND WAS LEFT STRANDED FOR FIVE DAYS. THE FORD DEALER UP NORTH COULD NOT GET THE PART FOR THREE WEEKS. NOW IT'S AT A FORD DEALER HERE, BY DETROIT, FOR OVER A WEEK. THEY SAID IT WILL COST OVER ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE PCM. LOOKING ON LINE I SEE ALL THE COMPLAINTS AND REPAIRS REPORTED ABOUT THIS CAR, AND YOU ARE DOING NOTHING?? AFTER SEEING THE PCM AND...

ALMOST EVERY TIME WE START THE VAN, THE ODOMETER HAS ALL DASHES THROUGH THE READING AND THE SPEEDOMETER WILL NOT WORK. AFTER RESTARTING THE VAN SOMETIMES SEVERAL TIMES IT FIXES ITSELF. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. I HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF INFORMATION IN FORUMS ABOUT WATER GETTING ON THE PCM DUE TO A MANUFACTURE ERROR, BUT HAVE NOT SEEN A RECALL FOR THE ISSUE. AFTER REMOVAL OF THE AIR [XXX] TO DO MINOR MAINTENANCE TO THE VEHICLE WATER IS ABLE TO SEEP PASS A MISPLACED SPOT WELD AND DRIP ON TOP OF THE PCM UNIT. DAMAGE TO THE UNIT CAUSES SEVERAL ISSUES INCLUDING THE PROBLEM I AM FACING WITH MY VAN. *TR INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WAS DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL AND VEHICLE STARTED LURCHING WHILE DRIVING. WHILE IN PARK RPMS GO UP AND DOWN. FEEL LIKE VEHICLE IS STRUGGLING. HAD RECALL ISSUE TAKEN CARE OF LAST MONTH. DOORS ALSO LOCK WHEN THEY WANT TO AND SOMETIMES WINDOWS DON'T WORK. ALWAYS HAPPENS AFTER RAIN. *TR

STOP RUNNING SOMETIME WOULD START,THEN WOULDN'T START,TOOK TO A SHOP THEY SAID LOOK AT IT BEEN SUBMERGED OR UNDER WATER,AT ECLT PLUG WHERE,WET WITH WATER,SAID IT WOOD NEED NEW WIRING HARNESS, POSSIBLE COMPUTER BOX..AT COST OF $1200-1500 PART AND THEN THERE LABOR..HERE IN KENAI ALASKA..GOT TO FIXER IF I WANT TO DO THIS...I BOUGHT THIS USED HERE CAME UP FROM THE SOUTH ,ARIZONA, DONE CAR FAX ALL GOOD. *TR

WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS ON HIS WAY HOME FROM WORK HE CAME UPON A RED LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AGAIN HE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BUT THE VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. HE TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN AND THE VAN STILL WOULD NOT MOVE. ALL OF THIS OCCURRED WITHOUT ANY WARNING, NO LIGHTS FLASHING OR ANY KIND OF UNUSUAL SOUNDS. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO THE DEALER WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM WE WERE TOLD THAT THE VAN HAD AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THAT NEEDED TO BE HANDLED AT THE FORD DEALER. NOW WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IS THAT THE ELECTRONIC COMPUTER MODULE WAS THE PROBLEM AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS REPAIR COST US $1200 DOLLARS AFTER HAVING THE VAN FOR JUST UNDER FIVE MONTHS. WE ARE PAYING CLOSE TO $13,000 FOR THIS VAN AND WERE NOT ABLE TO DRIVE IT SAFELY FOR AT LEAST...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING WOULD NOT COOL THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER ADDED FREON, BUT IT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE COMPRESSOR WAS OPERATING PROPERLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING DID NOT SEEM TO TRULY START WORKING UNTIL THE VEHICLE SPEED WAS AT 40 MPH AND ABOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED.THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000. *TR

RECENTLY HAD THE TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER CHANGED UNDER RECALL. TODAY IT WAS RUNNING ROUGH, AND WOULD STALL OUT. IT WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT THE TIME. IT SEEMS THAT THIS PROBLEM. HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME CAR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY SON TO SCHOOL, VEHICLE STALLED AT 45 MPH AND ENGINE DIED. GOT VEHICLE STARTED AGAIN, DIED AGAIN, MANAGED TO GET VEHICLE BACK HOME. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY EVER SINCE WITH NO WARNING ENGINE WILL DIE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY A MECHANIC THAT THIS IS DUE TO THE PCM GETTING WET REPEATEDLY. AFTER RESEARCHING ISSUE ON-LINE, THIS APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN ISSUE THAT FORD SHOULD ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE IT RESULTS IN A FATALITY. *TR

HI I AM [XXX] WAS OUT FRIDAY AT ABOUT 5.30 WHEN MY 2004 FREE STAR VAN STARTED ACTING UP IT CUT OFF 3 TIME RIGHT AT A LIGHT THIS IS [XXX] JUST GOT THE VAN 6 MOS AGO FOR 9,300 AT A FORD DEALER IN LEXINGTON NC .MAYBE GOING TO QUIT BUYING FORD ECT CAR VAN WHAT EVER HAD TO CALL MY DAD TO COME HELP ME THE VAN WOULD NOT RUN OR START BECAUSE OF THE PCM BOX HAD WATER ON IN IT .NOW FORD DON'T WANT TO DO A [XXX] THING BUT MAKE ME PAY MORE MONEY JUST GOT THE VAN FOR 9,300 NOW GOT TO PAY 1,2600 AT A FORD DEALER IN WHITEVILLE NC I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY BUT MY DAD AND BOTHER IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT TO GET FIX THIS TIME MAYBE SALE THE [XXX] 2004 FREE STAR VAN SOON I DON'T WANT...

MY VAN WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE , WHEN IT FINALLY DID IT KEPT DYING . TOOK TO FORD DEALERSHIP THE PROBLEM WAS THE COMPUTER BRAIN COST 1100. 2DAYS LATER THE EXACT SAME THING. THE PROBLEM IS SUDDEN LEAVING U STRANDED WITH NO WARNINGS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TO TAKE MY HUSBAND TO WORK IN THE RAIN MY WIPERS BEGAN TO SLOWLY LOSE POWER AND SLOW DOWN, THEN MY RADIO SHUT OFF, MY HEAD LIGHTS BEGAN TO TURN OFF THEN OFF THEN THEY LOSS POWER, FINALLY MY DASHBOARD BEGAN TO HAVE THE OIL LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT AND EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT COME ON, THEN THE BATTERY LIGHT TURNED ON I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY SAID IT SOMETHING ELECTRIC AND MAYBE THE PCM I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE NO RECALL FOR THAT AND CAN'T HELP ME UNLESS I WANT TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. MY MECHANIC ALSO SAID THEY HAVE SEEN MANY OTHER FORD FREESTARS WITH THIS PROBLEM AS THE VAN WAS MADE THAT THE PCM IS LOCATEDWHERE WATER COMES IN WITH RAIN AND RUINS THEM. WE ARE AFRAID THAT AN ELECTRIC PROBLEM MAY CAUSE A MISFIRE AND EVEN A FIRE...

AS I SEE THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL MODEL YEAR FREESTAR VANS. WATER LEAKS ONTO THE PCM AND SHORTS OUT THEN YOUR VAN WON'T RUN OR IF IT DOES NOT VERY WELL. MINE WON'T START AND GIVES ALL KINDS OF RANDOM MIL CODES. WAS DIAGNOSED WITH WATER IN PCM. PLAIN AND SIMPLE FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS BECAUSE ALL THE VANS HAVE IT OR WILL GET IT. *TR

HAD THE RECALL WORK DONE ON THE TORQUE CONVERTER END OF AUGUST BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER 2012, UPON RETURN OF VEHICLE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. LAST THURSDAY APRIL 4 THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER WHILE GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. FRIDAY DID THE SAME THING 3 TIMES IN LESS THAN 20 MINUTES OF DRIVING. REPLACED ALTERNATOR, BELT TENSIONER AND BELT. MECHANIC ASKED WHAT IT DID, THEN SAID IT MIGHT BE THE TORQUE CONVERTER. HE CHECKED POWER STEERING, AND WATER PUMP THEY ARE FINE. NOT SURE HOW A PART LESS THAN YEAR OLD COULD GO BAD. WHEN MY VEHICLE WENT IN FOR RECALL WAS PERFECTLY FINE, SINCE IT'S RETURN IS HAS BEEN RUNNING HORRIBLE AND NOTHING SEEMS TO REALLY FIX IT. *TR