Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-09 | 12V006000 |
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER | 206,452 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-17 | SEATS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestar. The contact stated that the third-row seat attachments were rusted. The vehicle … |
| 2025-04-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestar. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the transmission … |
| 2024-10-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestar. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal… |
| 2024-06-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestar. The contact stated while driving 70 MPH and releasing the accelerator pedal, the… |
| 2024-05-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I was driving and my transmission stopped working left me stranded |
| 2023-03-10 | SEATS | No | 0 | The rear wheel well has rusted on both sides and completely rusted out a large hole (approx. 1 ft diameter area visibly… |
| 2023-02-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Driving down highway at 60 mph lost all power basically coasted to side of road. Looks like torque converter and pump… |
| 2023-02-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I was having issues with my car not able to really move so I had a mechanic to come to me to inspect it and he stated i… |
| 2022-11-11 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestar. The contact stated that upon selling the vehicle, she allowed another individual… |
| 2022-09-16 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestar. The contact stated while driving 20 MPH, the vehicle failed to accelerate proper… |
| 2022-07-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestar. The contact stated while driving at 40 MPH, the vehicle hesitated upon depressio… |
| 2022-03-27 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestar. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 MPH, he noted that a "sprocket… |
| 2021-12-21 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestar. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 12V006000 (Power Tra… |
| 2021-12-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Ford is recalling about 206,000 2004 and 2005 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey vehicles, because the torque converter… |
| 2021-10-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER | No | 0 | The torque converter output shaft fail, sudden loss of motive power with no warning. Takes too long for the shifts, st… |
| 2021-09-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER | No | 0 | After stopping at a traffic light in my 2005 Ford Freestar the vehicle would not go forward. I had to be pushed to the … |
| 2021-02-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AFTER HAVING THE TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACED AS THE RECALL SAYS I NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DOING GOOD BUT RIGHT … |
| 2020-12-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STAL… |
| 2020-10-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF HIS GRANDMOTHER WHO OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVIN… |
| 2020-08-24 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND ACCELERATING, A KNOCKING NOISE OCC… |
| 2020-06-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND WITH NO WARNING LOST POWER PULLED OVER AND STOPPED STARTED CAR FINE BUT WOULDN'T GO EITHER F… |
| 2020-05-26 | SEATS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE LATCH WAS RELEASED TO SECURE THE REAR SEAT,… |
| 2020-05-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 3 WEEKS AGO MY FAMILY AND I WAS ALMOST KILLED BY A SEMI-TRUCK ON THE HIGHWAY OUR VEHICLE JUST GAVE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF… |
| 2020-05-24 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN MY VEHICLE TORQUE CONVERTER GIVEN OUT ON MY FAMILY AND ME. IT STARTS BUT WI… |
| 2020-05-18 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT START-UP THE VEHICLE STARTED AS INTENDED HOWEVER,… |
| 2020-05-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE VEHICLE… |
| 2020-05-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I LOOKED UP FORD RECALLS AND … |
| 2020-05-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I WROTE ON THIS YESTERDAY BUT DID SOME MORE RESEARCH ON THIS VEHICLE. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS RECALLS ON THESE TYPE OF… |
| 2020-04-27 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I WAS IN WEST VIRGINIA GOING UP A MOUNTAIN AND MY TRANSAXLE LIGHT CAME ON. I BARELY MADE IT UP THE MOUNTAIN ON THE INTE… |
| 2020-02-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT UNDISCLOSED SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE LOS… |
| 2020-02-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CRUISE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK, TRANSAXLE ISSUE-LIGHT FLASHING. *TR |
| 2019-11-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING THERE IS A CLICKING FROM THE FRONT END AND FEELS LIKE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. |
| 2019-10-30 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | JANUARY 2015 WENT TO ACCELERATE FROM STOP AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, INDICATOR LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON TRANSMISSION WENT INTO LIMP… |
| 2019-10-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT 05 FORD FREESTAR VAN, 3 MONTHS AGO IN MY DRIVEWAY IT REFUSED TO GO FORWARD, I PARKED IT BECAUSE I … |
| 2019-07-07 | SEATS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SPOUSE WAS DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, AN UNUSUAL NOISE… |
| 2019-07-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THEIR IS 5 RECALLS ON MY VAN THAT I PULLED UP ON NHTSA AND THE FORD COMPANY IS SAYING THEIR IS ONLY ONE RECALL AND I'M … |
| 2019-07-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE SWITCHING THE SHIFTER INTO GEAR, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT IMMEDIATEL… |
| 2019-05-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION CANT SHIFT CAR OUT OF PARK WITHOUT TRYING SEVERAL TIMES ALSO TRANSMISSION HAS TROUBLE SHIFTING OUT OF FIRS… |
| 2019-02-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SHIFT LEVER MOVES FREELY BUT CAR WILL NOT GO FORWARD OR REVERSE |
| 2019-02-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND LOST POWER. THE CONTACT SA… |
| 2019-01-03 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL WAS DRIVING ARE VAN WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STOPED WORKING VAN ONLY HAS 71,000 MILES ON IT I THINK IT SHOUL… |
| 2018-12-18 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 'TAKATA RECALL' 1)TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER OUTPUT SHAFT FAIL. LOSS OF CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE WHILE IN MOTION LEAVI… |
| 2018-12-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE STARTED LOSING POWER BUT THE ENGINE WAS STARTING TO RACE THE VEHICLE SL… |
| 2018-11-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE THIRD ROW SEATS FELL BACKWARDS WHILE OCCUPI… |
| 2018-10-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THIS IS A BIG, BIG, DEAL RELATED TO DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE. REFERENCE BULLETIN:FORD TSB 6-14-10, ISSUED JULY 24, 2006 (… |
| 2018-10-12 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED … |
| 2018-08-20 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFTER DID NOT RESPOND WITHOUT WARNING. THE … |
| 2018-08-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HAD DIFFICULTY SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO … |
| 2018-07-23 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT STA… |
| 2018-07-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED. A WEEK LATER, THE VEHICLE SLIPP… |