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The contact owns a 2006 Ford Freestar. While driving 10 mph, the transmission intermittently failed to shift into gear. The contact stated that the transmission stayed in gear too long and there was a pause whenever the gear finally engaged. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer informed the contact that the vehicle would not be repaired per a previous unknown recall. There were no related open recalls regarding the failure. The NHTSA campaign number was not provided. The failure mileage was 92,000.
While driving 2006 Freestar around a corner without warning, it completely lost ability to go forward or backward or in any gear. We were on country road and grateful no other cars nearby, but it was cold and we are elderly. We just rolled to a stop trying to get off road as safely as possible. We had to have it towed to nearby garage. They replaced torque converter and car is now working again.
Just like with the 2004-2005 Ford Freestar recall in the year 2012 (recall number 11S25), our 2006 Freestar suddenly lost power with no warning while we were accelerating with the transmission in drive. We were lucky enough to be on a side street with not much traffic and have enough speed to safely pull over, but we had no power in any gear we chose, as if the transmission was stuck in neutral. If we were going slower, had traffic behind us, or no safe place to pull over, we might have been rear-ended. The way the vehicle behaved, it seems to be the torque converter shaft and/or torque converter, just like the problem in the 2004-2005 Freestar models which had the recall in the year 2012 (recall number 11S25).
Where to start.... every time its raining my van starts to putt and stall out I have almost had 3 accidents due to my van stalling on a main road trying to get home...issue #2. I use my key pad to unlock my vehicle on nights that im working and lately it will unlock then re lock N unlock over and over with out being touched. I was driving down a road and it would unlock and lock.. its not safe if its unlocking its self and my 2 year old reachs he could open the door while driving... issue #3.. my van says I have 1/2 a tank of gas yet my digital gas reader continues to say 0 miles..
I have problems with transmission when shift, some times is really hard shifting and also I have problem with battery light in the cluster is always on but the charging system works normally, this happen all the times
- Locust Valley, NY, USA
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The contact owns a 2006 Ford Freestar. While attempting to accelerate from a standing start, a loud clicking noise was present from the front driver's side and the vehicle hesitated to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the chain inside the transmission was faulty. The vehicle was not repaired. The local dealer (ronnie walkins Ford in gadsden, al) was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 90,000.
Transmission not working, slipping, like in neutral while in park or reverse. Was driving when the van acted like it was in neutral. Got it stopped. Tried to get it in gear (drive or reverse), but would not work. The car was in motion on street at time of failure.
I left burger king, drove a few blocks to menards, I was just parking when the little wrench starts blinking, I drive to autozone as slow as 30/mph, they couldn't tell me with their little computer what the problem is, the light starts blinking after about half a mile driving.
Was heading down a highway heading home when the van revved up and stopped shifting all together. Only T hing that was there was park. Got it home and was checking to see if it was a tourque converter or the pump. Took a tranny line off and no fluid came out. Pump went out without warning.
The contact owns a 2006 Ford Freestar. While driving approximately 55 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed and a certified mechanic diagnosed that the motor and transmission failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there were no recalls on the vehicle regarding the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000.
While driving 40mph on a city street, vehicle suddenly had no acceleration. It made no sound, and just stopped accelerating. I was able to pull down a side road, and call a tow truck. The van turns on, but as you switch gears it doesn't drive forward, or reverse. It will, however, go forward while in park, if the ebrake is not on, althought it will not accelerate. Van has 78K miles.
Abrupt total loss of power transfer ;without warning. Faulty torque convert design likely to blame. Traveling along at 25 mph in dyersville Iowa, on 1st ave w, on 1/25/2017. Van has ~160K miles. No one was injured, no accident, safely made it to the side of the road. Its my personal option, that had I been in congested heavy traffic, I would pose a safety risk. If your occurring a breakdown, your mostly likely to be given some type of warning. You have time to engage hazards lights, merge over and slow down. However this 06 Ford free-star gave no warning, and this concerns me.
While driving in houston Texas, 1500 miles from home, minivan suddenly stopped. We were in hov lanes on highway 290, only one lane because of construction. No warning, suspect torque converter.
My wife was driving down the interstate and loss all propulsion to the wheels. The engine continued to run, but when applying the accelerator to attempt to apply power to the wheels she experienced no response. Once towed from the shoulder of the interstate and delivered to a certified mechanic's shop, it was determined that the torque converter had failed. We were informed that this is as common a problem with the 2006 model Freestars as it is for the 2004 and 2005 models since they share the same design and material composition. I'm curious to know why the 2006 model was not recalled when the 2004 and 2005 models were recalled since these model years are identical when considering the torque converter issue. Our Freestar has been impeccably maintained over the years with only 85,300 total miles on this car. The design life of the average transmission far exceeds 85,000 miles, thus it is clearly obvious that material, fabrication, and/or the design elements of this vehicle's torque converter assembly were substantially deficient. Our experience, along with all the other 2006 Freestar owners filing complaints on this web page provide ample evidence for expanding the Freestar recall notice to 2006 models. I earnestly implore the NHTSA to dutifully exercise its authority in reconciling this matter as stated above.
Transmission fails without warning, causing loss of power and control of vehicle. Driving at 70 mph in traffic on interstate, engine revved to 5000 RPM's and we had to coast through traffic to the shoulder and coast to a stop. Transmission would not engage in any gear. Had to be towed. Lucky to get to the shoulder alive.
Mom was driving on the highway when all of a sudden the transmission slipped, she was on the second lane so their is cars going by at 60 miles plus on the sides, the van came to a slow stop and with cars barely missing us and causing a horrible accident. We finally had a tow truck driver that is a friend of mine come to our rescue. Mom is scared to get on the highway ever since. I got on the internet that same day and found out Ford recalled the torque converter on the 2004 and 2005 Ford Freestar but that same woman torque converter used on the 2006 model was not, the same one me and my mom were not only us but other drivers could have been seriously hurt or worse. And if I may say the van only has 77,000 miles on it. And I've seen many many complains online about this issue with the same 2006 model with different owners, please help make this right.
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- Norwich, CT, USA