2007 Ford FREESTAR - Ratings, Complaints and Recalls

"torque converter is showing signs of failure with van a less than 50k miles. a transmission flush and service including ford's friction modifier did not fix."

""takata recall" while driving my van i lost to go to the bank, when i went to put my foot on the gas pedal it would not go. there was no movement. it made this funny sound under the hood. i had no warning, it shifted gears, my husband even plugged in the code reader and nothing came up. as we are looking into the issue the torke converter went out in the transmission. so now this needs to be replaced. we we're on a it street at a stop light getting ready to make a left hand turn."

"tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford freestar. while driving approximately 25 mph, while the accelerator pedal was depressed, the contact heard a rattling noise under the hood. the contact stated that the rattling noise seized once the speed was reduced. there were no warning indicators illuminated. the vehicle was taken to homer skelton ford of millington (9030 us-51, millington, tn 38053 (901) 873-3673) where it was diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the approximate failure mileage was 152,000."

"noise from the transmission. car will surge jump while in gear.my car only has 48000 miles"

"tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford freestar. while depressing the accelerator pedal at any speed, the vehicle did not respond and a warning light illuminated. the failure recurred numerous times. the vehicle was taken to a mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was not notified. the failure mileage was approximately 103,000."

"tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford freestar. while driving approximately 30 mph, the accelerator pedal was depressed, but the vehicle failed to accelerate. the vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the torque converter failed and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 140,000."

"transmission just stopped working with roughly 77,835 miles, in a stationary mode parked. ford transmission they put in had a better warranty than on the new car."

"when i touched the transmission gear shift one morning, the car began rolling down my driveway & rolled into the street. i had a hard time stopping the vehicle because the engine was not yet running & the power brakes were not on. the gear shift lever would not hold in park or any of the other gears. i had the vehicle towed to a transmission repair shop. when i told the mechanic what had happened, he said it was the transmission torque converter & said, "this is a common problem with this vehicle." "i have replaced hundreds of them over the years. other independent transmission repair shops have said the same thing. when i asked the clerk at the local ford dealer parts dept., they would not tell me how many of the torque converters they have replaced. nor could i get any information from their transmission repair mechanics. my independent mechanic did show me the defective part of my transmission & demonstrated how the spline in the converter had worn out because it was not proper heat treated for proper hardening & thus the part malfunctioned. needless to say, the pump shaft gear which inserts itself in the spline does not have this malfunction. therefore, any transmission mechanic or laymen can only come to the conclusion that this part #06050700015 is a defective part & should have been recalled. this malfunction is corrected with an after-market part. i had to pay $1200 to have this defective part removed & replaced. you can imagine the hundreds or thousands dollars ford owner all over the country have had to replace this defective part. i have spoken to two ford motor co. customer service reprs. & they say, "there is nothing they can do about it." i also wrote a registered letter to ford motor co. corporate office & received a mail reply with the same response. initially i was only asking ford mo. to compensate me $250. for the defective part & not the $1200."

"driven car started to sound like broken axle,took to ford dealer george wall shrewsbury,n.j. it cost a $ 150.00 they held car for 2 days and told us that there was nothing wrong with the car. noise kept getting worst frend for chrysler listened to it and drove it he said it was transmission problem. i had new transmission put in car at cost of $3500.00. i kept calling ford with no luck. this vehicle was manufactured in june06,2006"

"reported this incident as if he lived in the us, in fact this step in vancouver canada serca the border with united states, can not find who receives my complaint in canada, call transport canada trabjo in hours and nobody answers. not commit any crime but if i complain i'm very angry estubo endanger my life driving down the highway at 55-60 miles / hour when the car stopped rolling, probe d, 3.1, r and do not perform any movement, not present any noise or no light is lit it, the motor turns on and sounds good but not more. *tr"