2004 FORD FREESTAR Electrical System Problems

THE LATCH ON THE REAR OF THE VAN HAS RUSTED CLOSED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASSIONS. IT IS PRESENTLY RUSTED SHUT AND THE BACK HATCH DOESNT OPEN AS A RESULT. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE THIRD ROW SEAT DUE TO WATER LEAKAGE FROM THE REAR TIRE WELL. THIS HAS TO BE RELATED AS THE CARPET THROUGHOUT THE VAN GETS WET. EVEN THE FRONT DRIVERS SEAT WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE FLOOR IS SOAKED, POSIBLY LEAKING FROM FRONT TIRE WELL.AND ALL THE WAY DOWN THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR TO THE THIRD ROW. THERE IS ALSO A SHORT IN THE DASH LIGHTS DUE TO WATER LEAKING INTO THE DASH AREA. THE CAR RADIO STAYS ON WHEN IT FEEL LIKE IT AND YOU HAVE TO HIT THE DRIVERS WINDOW BUTTON FOR THE RADIO TO SHUT OFF OTHERWISE IT DRAINS THE BATTERY AND THE CAR WILL NOT START. THE CAR WAS AT THE...

I DROVE MY CAR TO WORK IN THE MORNING. AT 2PM, I TRIED TO DRIVE, BUT COULD NOT. THE CAR STARTED, BUT I COULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD. I HAD NO SYMPTOMS THAT A PROBLEM WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN BEFORE THIS. WHEN THE TOW GUY CAME, HE MOVED THE CAR BY HAND WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT A TINY BIT SOMETIMES FORWARD AND SOMETIMES BACK, BUT SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. WE TOWED IT TO MEDFORD FORD WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS NEEDING A WHOLE NEW COMPUTER BRAIN. THEY SAID THERE WAS "MOISTURE" ON THE COMPUTER. THE ESTIMATE FOR REPAIR IS $1,042 PLUS TAX. I TOLD THEM WE HAD THE BRAIN REPLACED 15 MONTHS AGO (ON 12/8/11); THEY SAID THERE IS ONLY A WARRANTY FOR 12 MONTHS. THEY SAID THAT THIS VEHICLE IS "NOTORIOUS" FOR THIS PROBLEM. SEE MY REGISTERED COMPLAINT ON THE 12/8/11 INCIDENT...

I AM WRITING ABOUT THIS 12/8/11 INCIDENT TODAY, BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED TO ME AGAIN! ON 3/14/13 (I WILL ENTER A SEPARATE COMPLAINT THE 3/14/13 EVENT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS ONE IS REGISTERED). IN BOTH CASES, THE ENTIRE COMPUTER BRAIN HAD TO BE REPLACED, EACH TIME COSTING OVER $1,000. 12/8/11 INCIDENT: WHILE DRIVING, I FOUND THE GAS PEDAL WAS NOT RESPONDING TO ACCELERATION. A SYMBOL LIT UP ON THE DASHBOARD. HAVING EXPERIENCED A TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE 8 MONTHS BEFORE (SAFERCAR.GOV ODI NO.: 10397445), I WORRIED THAT THIS MIGHT BE TRANSMISSION RELATED AGAIN. I WAS LOSING MOVEMENT, BUT THE ENGINE STILL RAN, AND COASTED INTO A VACANT LOT. WHILE WAITING FOR A TOW, I FOUND THAT I COULD SOMETIMES DRIVE FORWARD OR REVERSE A BIT (A FEW FEET), BUT SOMETIMES I COULD NOT. THE MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE THE COMPUTER BRAIN. HE BOUGHT THE PART FROM MEDFORD FORD, IN NEW JERSEY. I CAN...

OUR 2004 FORD FREESTAR STALLED, AND THEN SURGED AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THE NEXT DAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE TOOK IT TO A LOCAL FORD DEALER, CAPITAL CITY FORD IN INDIANAPOLIS, WHO IN INDICATED THE CODE WAS FOR A FUEL PUMP PROBLEM. WE PAID OVER $800 TO HAVE THE FUEL PUMP REPLACED ON DECEMBER 27TH. IN LATE FEBRUARY THE VAN BEGAN TO STALL AND SURGE AGAIN. WE SUSPECTED THE SAME PROBLEM. IT CONTINUED TO DO THIS OFF AND ON FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND ON MARCH 8TH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE SAME FORD DEALER AND THEY SAID THE INITIAL CODE WAS FOR THE SAME ERROR, BUT WHEN ANOTHER MECHANIC/TECHNICIAN CHECKED THE CODE IT CAME UP WITH A DIFFERENT PROBLEM. WE WERE ADVISED THAT THE THERE WAS "MOISTURE" GETTING INTO THE PCM CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND NOT...

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM) VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL THE PCM SHORTED OUT BECAUSE IT GOT WET THROUGH THE COVER OF THE HOOD. THIS APPEARS TO BE A RELATIVELY WIDE-SPREAD PROBLEM AND IF NOT ADDRESSED AND REPAIRED CORRECTLY, IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

CPSC#I1320440. 2004 FORD FREESTAR. CONSUMER STATED AFTER DRIVING THE CAR IN THE RAIN, A FEW DAYS AFTERWARDS THE VEHICLE SPURTS AND SHAKES VIOLENTLY. *LN THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND FLASH. THE VEHICLE ALSO JUMPED WHEN ACCELERATING AND VIBRATED WHILE AT A STOP. THE CONSUMER STATED AS SOON AS SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE IN THE RAIN, THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE THEN STALLED WHILE IN PARK.

2004 FORD FREESTAR SES I CHANGED THE REAR BRAKES ON 1/20/2013 NOTICED THE LEFT REAR WHEEL WAS RUSTING OUT. TODAY 2/24/2013 WENT TO INSTALL A CAR SEAR & NOTICED THE BENCH SEAT IN THE BACK WAS ROCKING SLIGHTLY. THE ANCHOR POINT ON THE LEFT REAR IS RUSTED OUT AND MOVING. UPON INSPECTION I NOTICED THAT I CAN SEE DOWN TO THE GROUND WHERE THE ANCHOR POINT HAS RUSTED OUT. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE NUMEROUS PARTS ON THIS VAN OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. TO DATE I HAVE REPLACED: 3 IGNITION COILS, (THIS IS THE MAIN PROBLEM WHENEVER HEAVY RAIN OR SNOW HAS HAPPENED AND I START TO THROW MISFIRE CODES), 3 CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSORS, 2 DRIVER SIDE WINDOW CONTROLS & MOTORS, (THE WINDOW DOESN'T WANT TO WORK HALF THE TIME SO WE LEAVE IT CRACKED OPEN WITH THE RAIN GUARDS), AN EGR VALVE, AND A CLOCKSPRING. I HAVE NEVER...

THE PCM INTERNAL COMPUTER IS CRASHED AND CAUSE THE VEH TO RUN POORLY AND NOT START, DRAINED BATTER, ETC - THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH A LOT OF 2004 FREESTARS AS I READ ONLINE AND WAS TOLD TO SUBMIT THE INFO SO THAT MAYBE THEY WILL DO A RECALL AND GET THIS FIXED. THANK GOD IT DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING. *TR

RETURNING FROM A 'DUMP RUN', I NOTICED THE PLASTIC COVER FOR THE 3RD ROW PASSENGER SEAT, DRIVER SIDE, HAD BEEN DISLODGED AND WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR. I WENT TO RECONNECT IT AND I FOUND THE LATCH 'FLOATING'. IT WAS NO LONGER PART OF THE VEHICLE. I COULD SEE OUT THROUGH THE WHEEL WELL. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION, I SAW THAT THE WELDED PLATE, THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE VAN WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED. I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE TIRE FOR DAMAGE, YET. THIS IS A DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING ERROR, AS THE LATCH BRACKET USED TO SECURE THE PASSENGER SEAT IN PLACE, NEEDS TO BE A PERMANENT PART OF THE VEHICLE. THE VAN ISN'T TOO OLD, AND SHOULD LAST MANY MORE YEARS/MILES AND FOR THIS PIECE TO COME LOOSE, IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL AS A QUALITY ISSUE. I'M AFRAID TO TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER FOR...

HAVING THIS PROBLEM 4 DAYS IN A ROW, ENGINE QUITS AT ANY SPEED LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES, CAR WILL SPEED UP WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR BEING MOVED, FORD SAID WATER IN THE COMPUTER COULD COST 1,000 TO 1,500. CHECKED ON MY COMPUTER FOUND PAGE AFTER PAGE OF THE SAME COMPLAINT AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY REFUSES TO FIX THE PROBLEM!! HAS ANYBODY BEEN KILLED YET? WHEN IS THE N.T.S.B GOING TO ACT. *TR

THE MIRRORS WILL ONLY MOVE DOWN AND IN (TOWARD THE VEHICLE). NOW THE ALARM STARTS BLARING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. CD PLAYER COMES ON AT WILL. AFTER READING THROUGH THE FORUMS, APPEARS MY A/C THAT QUIT IN APRIL 2011 COULD BE CONNECTED TO THE OTHER ISSUES AND THE FACT THAT THE SIDE DOORS CONTINUALLY OPEN AT WILL EVEN WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY FIXED THE DOORS AND CAN NO LONGER FIND AN ISSUE SINCE THEY CAN NOT RECREATE THE ISSUES WITH THE DOORS OR CD PLAYER. THESE ELECTRICAL ISSUES ARE A POTENTIAL HAZARD WHILE DRIVING. WHEN FORD SAYS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE, THEN THEY KNOW THERE IS AN ISSUE AND SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE TO PROVIDE ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION. EVEN THE MEASLY REFUND/RECALL REPAIR WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER DOES NOT FIX THE ENTIRE ISSUE. *TR

VEHICLE SHUT OFF GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT SLOW SPEED AFTER MAKING LOUD SQUEAKY SOUND. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MANY OCCASIONS SINCE THEN AND TODAY 11/01/2012 IT BECAME MORE SEVERE. MY WIFE ATTEMPTED TO GO TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AROUND AUGUST/SEPTEMBER DESCRIBING THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEMS DESCRIBED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WERE ABLE TO DO. THE VEHICLE IS VERY UNSAFE AND I HAVE CALLED THE FORD HOTLINE BECAUSE OF THE RECALL, THE VOICE CLAIMS THAT THE VEHICLE IS STILL SAFE BECAUSE THE STEERING REMAINS FUNCTIONAL, THIS IS NOT THE CASE FOR MY VEHICLE. AFTER, ONE OF THE MANY "INCIDENTS", OFTEN THE VAN WILL LOSE COMPLETE POWER AND THE POWER STEERING WILL DISENGAGE AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN EVEN FOR A LARGE MALE. WE BOUGHT THE VAN AS A FAMILY VEHICLE, AS MOST DO,...

AFTER A MAJOR RAIN STORM, TRIED TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULD START, BUT WOULD QUICKLY STALL. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED. DID NOT HAVE REVERSE GEAR. GARAGE TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. DID HAVE A RECALL NOTICE TO REPLACE A FAULTY TORQUE CONVERTER, BUT DIED BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET SCHEDULED. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH THE PCM BOARD GETTING WET. TOWED TO A FORD GARAGE FOR REPAIRS. HOPING THAT I GET TREATED FAIRLY. I BELIEVE FORD SHOULD PAY FOR ENTIRE REPAIR BILL - NEW TRANSMISSION AND NEW PCM BOARD - AFTER ALL THEIR FAULTY PARTS WERE THE REASON FOR THE FAILURE! NOT ABLE TO 'POPULATE' ABOVE "AFFECTED PARTS". *TR

AT 147000 MILES, I NEEDED A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REBUILD. THIS COST ME $2800 DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WERE ADDITIONAL PARTS NOT COMMON TO A STANDARD REBUILD. THIS WAS SEPT. 2011. IN JANUARY, I AM ABLE TO NOTE ONLINE THAT THERE IS A TORQUE CONVERTER RECALL FOR THIS MODEL. I CALL FORD, I'M TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO UNTIL THE RECALL IS OFFICIALLY RELEASED IN THE 2ND QUARTER. WAIT UNTIL 2ND QUARTER, NO NOTICE IN THE MAIL. I CALL FORD IN AUGUST AND TELL THEM THIS, I AM TOLD THAT FORD WILL FIX THE CAR, IT WILL TAKE APPROX. 4 DAYS AND THAT NO RENTAL CAR IS AVAILABLE DURING THIS PERIOD. IF I SUFFER A TOTAL LOSS, MAYBE. BASICALLY, I HAVE TO BE STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH MY TWO YOUNG CHILDREN BEFORE I CAN GET ANY HELP WITH THEIR ISSUE. AFTER REBUILD, I...

VAN WON'T START THOUGHT IT WAS FUEL PUMP HAD IT TOWED & REPLACED COST $500 VAN STARTS THEN SHUTS OFF MECHANIC SAID PCM MALFUNCTION DEALER SHOULD FIX IT! HELP FORD STAND BY THERE VEHICLE! COMPLAIN. *TR

THE ELECTRICAL HAS BEEN WIGGY EVER SINCE --JUST AFTER THE FACTORY WARRANTY RAN OUT. THIS INCLUDES: BACK-UP SAFETY SENSORS STOPPED WORKING, HEATED DRIVERS SEAT STOPPED WORKING(PASSENGER STILL WORKS), THE STEREO SYSTEM DOESN'T HAVE ALL OF IT'S FUNCTIONS, PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, VAN VERY NOISY WHEN BACKING UP--WE CALL IT THE MOOSE. HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION AND THEN WE GET RE-CALL NOTICE! AND, IT STILL DOESN'T FEEL 100% STILL WAITING FOR A REFUND(?) BRAKES ARE SQUISHY--EVEN AFTER REPLACEMENT OF FRONT END EVERYTHING! SIDE ELECTRIC DOORS WILL SOMETIMES OPEN AND CLOSE SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL WE JUST HAVE TO MANUALLY FORCE THEM TO STAY CLOSED. *TR

VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING. THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES AND THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. THERE WAS NO WARNING BEFORE THE POWER FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE STARTED UP AFTER POWER FAILURE. THE SAME EVENING, STARTING UP THE VEHICLE, THE IDLE WAS ROUGH AND THE POWER FAILED IN ABOUT 1 MINUTE. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO A FORD DEALER THE NEXT MORNING AND THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND NO ENGINE CODES WERE PRESENT. ABOUT 1 WEEK LATER, AFTER A RAIN STORM, THE POWER FAILED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH. IT WAS POSSIBLE TO START THE VEHICLE AFTER THE POWER FAILURE. A FORD DEALER LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AFTER THE LATEST POWER FAILURE AND COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THERE WERE NO ENGINE CODES. IN APRIL 2010, I EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR PROBLEM WHICH WAS CAUSED BY WATER GETTING INTO THE PCM. WITHIN A MONTH...

THERE HAVE BEEN RANDOM ELECTRICAL OCCURRENCES HAPPENING TO MY VEHICLE. WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AT NIGHT, THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD COME ON. I WENT OUT TO TURN THEM OFF AND DISCOVERED THAT THE GPS SCREEN AND RADIO WERE ALSO ON. THIS IS WITHOUT THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION. I FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF 2004 FORD FREESTAR OWNERS WERE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES, AND AFTER SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON REPAIR ATTEMPTS IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT WATER IN THE PCM IS THE ISSUE. THIS MAKE/MODEL'S PCM IS LOCATED IN LINE WITH THE WATERFLOW FROM THE WINDSHIELD. WHEN IT RAINS, THE WATER WILL MAKE ITS WAY PAST THE PLASTIC, SUN WARPED COWLING AND SOAKS THE PCM. I HAVE HAD THE PCM REMOVED, AND SEVERAL TEASPOONS OF WATER DRAINED OUT OF THE PCM. I HAVE DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE FIRST ELECTRICAL ISSUES STARTED. EVERY TIME...

HAD POWERTRAIN SYMPTOMS RELATED TO FORD TSB 06-14-10, FOR ENGINE/TRANSMISSION DRIVEABLITY. HAD VEHICLE TOWED BECAUSE I HAD NO REVERSE & FORWARD ENGAGEMENT, AND HIGH IDLE IN NEUTRAL. FORD DEALER, FIXED TRANSAXLE PER SAFETY RECALL 11S25, AND TSB 06-14-10, FOR WATER ENTERING THE PCM. DEALER RETURNED OUR VEHICLE ON JULY 10TH, EVERYTHING APPEARED OKAY. ONE JULY 11TH, THE VAN BEGAN HAVE SHIFT ISSUES, AND THEN STALL GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 20-25MPH. IF THE PCM IS DAMAGED FROM WATER, THEN WHY DON'T THEY REQUIRE REPLACEMENT IN THE TSB. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUED, ESPECIALLY AT 70MPH ON A FREEWAY. THIS TSB SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED AS A SAFETY RECALL. HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOULD BE INJURED OR KILLED DUE TO THIS CONDITION? ONE IS TO MANY! *TR

UPON EXITING THE FREEWAY ONTO SECONDARY STREET THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT COMPLETELY. WE LOST ALL DRIVING FUNCTION, POWER STEERING ETC IN AN INSTANT. LUCKILY IT WAS LATER IN THE EVENING AND NOT MUCH TRAFFIC WAS BEHIND US AS THIS ROAD IS TYPICALLY VERY CONGESTED. WE WERE ABLE TO GLIDE INTO A TURN LANE AND OFF OF THE MAIN ROAD. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND HAD TO BE TOWED. LOCAL FORD DEALER CONCLUDED THE PCM SHORTED OUT AND THERE WAS A BLOWN IGNITION COIL. WE HAD CAR TOWED FOR SECOND OPINION AS WE COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT AT 40,000 MILES THE ENTIRE COMPUTER THAT CONTROLS THE ENGINE WOULD SHORT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. OUR REGULAR AUTO SHOP AGREED THAT THE PCM HAD SHORTED CAUSING IGNITION COIL TO FAIL AND BOTH HAD TO BE REPLACED RESULTING IN $1200 IN FEES/SERVICES AND A WEEK WITHOUT OUR VEHICLE SINCE THE PART (ACCORDING TO...

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...

DRIVING AND BATTERY LIGHT, ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT ALL ILLUMINATED. NO ISSUES WITH BRAKING. REPLACED PCM IN NOV 2011 FOR SIMILAR ISSUE. CAR AT DEALER FOR A WEEK SO FAR AND INDICATE NEEDS AN ALTERNATOR (MAYBE) AND PCM. MULTIPLE PCM ISSUES REPORTED ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL. TSBS, ETC. WHEN IS ACTION GOING TO BE TAKEN. DEALER INDICATES PART IS ON BACK ORDER FROM FORD. PLEASE TAKE SOME ACTION THIS IS IN ADDITION TO A TORQUE CONVERTER ISSUE ALREADY UNDER RECALL. THE PCM CONTROLS EVERYTHING AND COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS CAR TO FAIL AND HURT SOMEONE. *TR

POWER CONTROL MODUAL (PCM) GETS WET DUE TO POOR DESIGN AND TRANSMISSION FAILS TO WORK. *TR

ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN SOMETIMES IT GOES OUT. IS ABS SYSTEM NOT WORKING PROPERLY OR ELECTRICAL? *TR

PCM WET AND ENGINE WILL DIE WHEN UNDER LOAD. TURN ON POWER OPTION WILL CAUSE THE ENGINE TO DIE. *TR

WATER KEEPS GETTING INTO THE PCM. COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. VAN WILL STALL OUT, NOT HAVE POWER IN DRIVE OR REVERSE, AND ANYTHING ELECTRICAL ACTS UP. *TR

ISSUES NOTICED WITH ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS WITHIN A YEAR OF PURCHASING BRAND NEW VEHICLE. DEALERSHIPS NEVER FOUND ANYTHING WRONG. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER. RADIO WOULD GO OUT, ALL LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD WOULD GO OUT ETC. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'D ALL COME BACK ON AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED. NOTICED MOSTLY DURING RAINY AND HUMID DAYS. THEN ONCE IN A WHILE VAN WOULD CHUG AND ACT DOGGY. IN DECEMBER 2008, WHILE DRIVING DOWN A BUSY CITY STREET, VAN JUST STOPPED "DRIVING" AND WOULD REV. DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO FIX UNTIL APRIL OF 2009 SO IT SAT IN OUR DRIVEWAY. HAD IT TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AFTER CALLING FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS DOUBLE THE COST FOR THEM TO FIX. TRANSMISSION SHOP TOLD ME THAT THE SPLINES STRIPPED OFF THE TORQUE CONVERTER CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. REPAIR COST FOR TRANNY REBUILD #1: $1,830.97. SHORTLY...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, SHE WOULD OCCASIONALLY BECOME LOCKED INSIDE THE VEHICLE OR LOCKED OUT OF THE VEHICLE BY THE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO SPORADICALLY FAIL TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TRANS RECEIVER WAS REPLACED AND THE COMPUTER WAS UPDATED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 135,000.

WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, AT ABOUT 35 MPH, MY 2004 FORD FREESTAR DIED. I WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A SIDE STREET WITHOUT POWER. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT IT RAN ROUGHLY FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND THEN BEHAVED NORMALLY UNTIL TWO DAYS LATER WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY GEAR. I THOUGHT IT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME AND THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID IT WAS BEHAVING LIKE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE COMPUTER. APPARENTLY HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. EXAMINATION OF THE COMPUTER (PCM) AND THE ATTACHMENT PLUG SHOWED SIGNIFICANT WATER ENTRY. WATER ACTUALLY RAN OUT OF THE PLUG AND THERE WAS WATER IN THE PCM ENCLOSURE. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF DRYING TIME, THE PCM WAS PUT BACK INTO THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE RAN NORMALLY. FORD HAS ISSUED A TSB THAT COVERS THE...

2004 FORD FREESTAR. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLES DRIVES ROUGH, STATING VEHICLE ACCELERATES AND DECELERATES ON ITS OWN *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD SLOW DOWN AND THEN SPEED UP WITH RAPID JERKING. THE CONSUMER HAD THE EGR REPLACED AT A COST OF $289.97. ALSO, THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR, IGNITION COIL AND MAIN COMPUTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB

WE BOUGHT OUR 2004 FREESTAR NEW. WIFE NOW IS UNABLE TO DRIVE IT DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. IT STALLS, MISSES, AND BUCKS WHILE DRIVING. IT IS MUCH WORSE AFTER RAIN. WE HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY WANT TO DO A TUNE-UP. TOOK TO LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE SAYS THAT THERE IS WATER IN PCM. HAVE LOCATED HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS IN FORUMS. VERY EXPENSIVE FIX AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD FIXED SEVERAL TIMES. *TR

DROVE VEHICLE TO STORE, WENT IN TO DO SHOPPING CAME OUT TO LEAVE VEHICLE WOULD START BUT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE. TWO DAYS BEFORE INCIDENT IT HAD BEEN RAINING IN GRAND JUNCTION COLORADO. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD AND WAS TOLD TODAY THAT THE PMC IS FULL OF WATER! IT'S GOING TO COST ME OVER 1500.00 TO FIX THIS! WHAT WOULD OF HAPPENED HAD IT DECIDED TO GO OUT AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY TWO KIDS IN THE CAR? OR WHEN RUSHING MY SEVERE ASTHMATIC TO HOSPITAL? *TR

THIS HAS BEEN ON AN ON GOING PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW (THIS IS THE 4TH TIME FORD SERVICED THE VEHICLE). AFTER A RAIN STORM MY FREESTAR DOES NOT START OR WILL START & STALL. TODAY, AFTER RAINING ALL NIGHT, I WAS DRIVING MY 3 KIDS TO SCHOOL APX 0800HRS, AS I WAS TURNING ONTO ROCHELLE AVE FROM CHESTNUT ST IN ROCHELLE PARK, NJ THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION WITH LOSS OF ALL POWER INCLUDING THE BRAKES WHICH CAUSED ME TO ROLL INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. LUCKILY THE GARBAGE TRUCK WAS ABLE TO STOP BEFORE HITTING MY VEHICLE. I HAVE FOUND THAT YOU HAD AN OPEN CASE UNDER ID NUMBER PE10033 THE PCM HAS BEEN CHANGED 3 TIMES AND REPAIRED ONCE, ON THE FOLLOWING DATES AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: 5/13/2010 ALL AMERICAN FORD, 520 RIVER STREET, HACKENSACK, NJ 3/19/2011, 12/13/2011 & 1/13/2012 ALL AMERICAN FORD, 375...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AND ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH AND MY VAN STARTING CUTTING OUT REALLY BAD AND DIED. I WAS A MILE FROM ANYWHERE I GOT IT TO A SAFE PLACE EVENTUALLY AND THEN COULD NO LONGER START THE VAN. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE COMPUTER ALREADY ONCE. IT WAS RAINING HEAVILY SO I KNOW IT IS THE COMPUTER BECAUSE THE MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE COMPUTER 3 MONTHS AGO SAID THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 2004 FORD FREESTAR. EVERY TIME IT RAINS I HAVE TROUBLE WITH MY CAR. IT WAS RAINING LAST NIGHT SO I KNOW WATER HAS ONCE AGAIN GOTTEN INTO MY COMPUTER. WHEN IS THERE EVER GOING TO BE A RECALL ON THIS. I AM A SINGLE MOM OF 4 KIDS AND FEEL LIKE FORD SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS VEHICLE. I CAN'T AFFORD TO...

IT STARTED WITH MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WORKING ERRATICALLY. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE BUTTONS ON MY RADIO QUIT WORKING, ALTHOUGH IT RANDOMLY KEPT TRYING TO REPROGRAM "PRESET 2". WITHOUT WARNING, AT 65MPH ON A BUSY ROAD, I ABRUPTLY LOST POWER AND COULD NOT MAINTAIN SPEED OR ACCELERATE. I ALSO EXPERIENCED ERRATIC RPM. CURRENTLY VEHICLE WILL CHRONICALLY NOT START DUE TO POWER FAILURE, EVEN THOUGH BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND ARE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED LOSS OF ACCELERATION AND ERRATIC RPM IS DANGEROUS. I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY. *TR

TRANSMISSION ISSUES HAD TO BE REPLACE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF. I HAVE READ MANY REPORTS ONLINE ABOUT ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THE 2004 FORD FREESTAR, SENSOR LIGHT ISSUES, TRACKING LIGHT ISSUES. NO WARNING TRANSMISSION JUST DIED 200 MILES FROM HOME. *TR

THE VAN BEGAN TO JERK AND LOSE POWER. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT HOME AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PCM WAS WET. I CONTACTED THE FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VAN AND LEARNED ABOUT THE SERVICE BULLETIN. I EMAILED FORD AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL AND I WOULD NEED TO FIX THIS ISSUE MYSELF. *TR

THE MAIN ENGINE COMPUTER (ECM, PCM, AKA EEC) CONSTANTLY GETS WET DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW. WATER DRIPS DOWN ON THE COMPUTER AND WILL CAUSE THE ENGINE JUST TO DIE WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS CAUSES A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION! *TT

2004 FORD FREESTAR RPM'S 3000 AT IDLE. DIAGNOSED AS WATER INTRUSION IN ORIGINAL PCM (POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE) IN APRIL OF 2011. WATER INTRUSION OCCURRED ON REPLACEMENT PCM AS WELL WITHIN 3 MONTHS BECAUSE RAIN KIT PER SERVICE BULLETIN ( # TSB-06-14-10) WAS NOT INSTALLED AT THE FORD DEALER. SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED WITH THE REPLACEMENT (NEW) PCM ON 9/8/11. ON 9/8/11 VEHICLE STALLED OUT WHILE IN TRAFFIC. REPLACEMENT PCM DIAGNOSED AS WATER INTRUSION AS WELL BY DIFFERENT FORD. SECOND DEALER NOTED RAIN KIT HAD NOT BEEN INSTALLED BY 1ST DEALER WHEN NEW PCM WAS PUT IN. SECOND DEALER INSTALLED KIT, BUT VEHICLE STALLED OUT IN TRAFFIC ONCE AGAIN ON 9/17/11. REPLACEMENT (NEW) PCM HAD BEEN CONTAMINATED PRIOR TO RAIN KIT INSTALLATION. VEHICLE IS NOW AT THE FORD DEALER (THAT INSTALLED TSB RAIN KIT) FOR 3RD PCM UNIT. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE ORIGINAL DEALER THAT INSTALLED THE REPLACEMENT PCM AS WELL...

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING ON A 4 LANE HWY IN PENSACOLA, FL WHEN MY 2004 FORD FREESTAR SUDDENLY STOPPED PULLING. NO FORWARD, NO BACKWARDS, NEUTRAL, NOTHING AND THE RPMS WENT EXTREMELY HIGH. ZERO WARNINGS, AND IN HEAVY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. IT IS ONLY DUE TO MY HUSBANDS RACE CAR DRIVING EXPERIENCE AND QUICK REACTION TIME THAT HE WAS IMMEDIATELY ABLE TO GET THE VAN ON THE SIDE OF THE HWY. MY HUSBAND AND OUR TWO BOYS THANKFULLY WERE SAFE BUT THEY WERE STRANDED IN INTENSE FLORIDA HEAT. I HAVE HAD A LEAN FUEL, VARIOUS ELECTRICAL, COIL PACK AND PCM ISSUES SINCE I GOT THE VAN JUNE 2007. THE FORD DEALERSHIP, AND THE EASTERNS DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE VAN FROM, COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEMS. WHILE UNDER WARRANTY, EASTERNS WORKED ON IT BUT NONE OF THE ISSUES WERE EVER ABLE TO BE FIXED. I CHOOSE THE FREESTAR FOR ITS SAFETY...

JUST EXITED INTERSTATE, VAN SIMPLY STOPPED MOVING FORWARD, NEEDED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION SPLINE, COST 1385.76 PLUS TOWING. FRONT WINDOW ALSO STOPPED WORKING, VARIOUS ELECTRIC PROBLEMS INCLUDING BATTERY DRAINING FOR NO REASON, LOCKS WORK SPORADICALLY, DAMP WEATHER CAUSES PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRICAL, CHUGGING OF ENGINE ECT. *TR

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING. THANKFULLY WE WERE NOT ON THE HIGHWAY. NO GRINDING OR SLIPPING, THE ENGINE JUST REVVED AND WOULD VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. HAD 3 CHILDREN IN THE CAR AT THE TIME. VERY DANGEROUS TO TRUST THIS CAR. GOT THE CAR TO A PARKING LOT, NOW IT HAS BEEN TOWED TO A MECHANIC TO BE CHECKED OUT. WE PREVIOUSLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH SOMETHING IN THE IGNITION OR SOMETHING WHERE THE CAR WOULD JUST SPUTTER AND DIE WHILE DRIVING. REPLACED DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MOTOR, BUT PASSENGER SIDE DOES NOT WORK EITHER. PLEASE GET THESE OFF THE ROAD! *TR

REAR WINDOW POPPED / SHATTERED WHILE PARKED. NO VANDALISM. CAR WAS RUNNING AND REAR DEFROSTER WAS ON. WEATHER WAS 60 DEGREES AND CLOUDY. *TR

MY 2004 FORD FREESTAR ENGINE LIGHT AND OTHER LIGHTS CAME ON, AND THE MINIVAN STARTED TO STALL, EACH TIME I WOULD HAVE TO RESTART AND DRIVE WITH HAZARDS ON TRYING TO GET HOME, IT BECAME DANGEROUS AND HAD TO TAKE MY CHANCE AND PULL OFF THE ROAD INTO A BUSINESS DRIVEWAY, AND LEAVE THE VAN. THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK, THEY STIFFENED UP AS DID THE STEERING WHEEL. I WAS LUCKY I WASN'T IN AN ACCIDENT AS IT STARTED OUT OF THE BLUE. IT HAD BEEN SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR TWO DAYS AND THE WEATHER HAD BEEN RAINY FOR THOSE TWO DAYS, AND I THINK IT WAS CAUSED DUE TO SOME WATER LEAKAGE INTO THE TRANSMISSION AREA. I HAD A SIMILAR ISSUE A FEW YEARS AGO AND TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE VAN AND THEY SAID IT WAS A WATER GETTING INTO THE SYSTEM...

I TO OWN A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. I NEVER HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH THE VAN UNTIL FEBUARY 2011. I WAS PULLING OUT IN AN INTERSECTION THE VAN STARTED TO GO BUT DECIDED NOT TO. I TRIED TO PUT THE VAN IN REVERSE TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC AND IT WOULDN'T GO. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT DECIDED TO GO IN A BIG HURRY SQUEALING TIRES. I WAS PRETTY HAPPY THERE WASN'T ANOTHER CAR AT THE STOP SIGN WAITING TO GET OUT. I FINALLY GOT THE VAN HOME AND IT WOULDN'T STAY RUNNING. WE TOWED IT OVER TO A LOCAL DEALER. HE FINALLY LOOKED AT THE COMPUTER AND DUMPED WATER OUT OF IT. HE HAD CALLED THE FORD DEALER PARTS DEPARTMENT AND THEY TOLD HIM IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FREESTAR VANS. I ENDED UP TAKING IT TO THE SAME FORD DEALER AND I WAS TOLD THEY HAD...

THIS IS THE SECOND ISSUE I HAVE HAD WITH WATER GETTING INTO THE PCM(COMPUTER). THE FIRST OCCURRENCE (03/10) I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISES PER THE OBDB SCAN CODES THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED AN OVERHAUL. I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP THAT I HAD JUST PULLED THE CAR OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND HAD NO REVERSE AND HAD SLIPPAGE IN OTHER GEARS, IT WAS RAINING VERY HEAVILY THAT DAY- I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP IF IT COULD BE AN ISSUE OF MOISTURE GETTING INTO PCM(COMPUTER), THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THAT WAS NOT THE ISSUE. I THEN HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A REPUTABLE TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP, THERE I WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR WAS THE THIRD TO FREESTAR TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN WITH AN ISSUE OF WATER GETTING INTO THE PCM(COMPUTER). THE OWNER OF THE TRANSMISSION SHOP WAS ABLE TO LET THE PCM DRY OUT FOR...

REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH MOISTURE/RAIN GETTING INTO PCM(COMPUTER). CAR IS BACK AT TRANSMISSION SHOP AGAIN DUE TO CAR STALLING DURING BRAKING. I HAVE HAD FUEL PUMP/MODULE REPLACED IN ERROR, DUE TO FALSE CHECK ENGINE CODES DUE TO MOISTURE/RAIN GETTING INTO PCM, OWNER OF TRANSMISSION SAID ISSUE IS WITH WATER IN PCM CAUSING TORQUE CONVERTER TO ENGAGE DURING BRAKING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING WHEN DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART SPORADICALLY OR THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO START INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT THE KEY BEING IN THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT WATER HAD ENTERED THE COMPUTER CORRODED THE SYSTEM WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT CONFIRMED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD MOST RECUR WHEN THERE WAS RAINY WEATHER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 87,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE TRACTION CONTROL DISINGAGES FOR NO APPARANT REASON. ALSO THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL BE WORKING FINE AND AFTER THE TRACTION CONTROL DISINAGES THE CRUISE CONTROL ALSO STOPS THEN SOMETIMES AFTER YOU PRESS RESUME IT REINGAGES AND SOMETIMES IN DOESEN'T IF YOU SHUT OFF THE CAR AND RESTART IT THE TRACTION CONTROL LIIGHT GOES OFF AGAIN. IT MAY COME ON AGAIN A FEW MILES LATER OR IT MAY NOT PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE INTERMITTTENT SAME WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL. THERE ARE ALSO TIMES THAT THE RADIO CONTROLS IN THE STEERING WHEEL WORK FINE OTHER TIMES IF YOU PRESS THE VOLUME CONTROL IT WILL CHANGE THE STATIONS. VAN PURCHASED IN JULY OF 2010 PROBLEM BAGAN SOMETIME IN OCTOBER OF 2010. *TR