Transmission Not Engage problems of the 2004 Ford Freestar

Gears failed to engage. It was suddenly, no advance warning. We were driving on a 4 lane highway, it just lost power to the transmission gears.

Was going to accelerate and when I did the vehicle just stopped going, the vehicle did stay on no lights no warning I coasted to side of road. Stopped then tried to go again and the transmission would not engage. Tried all the gears and nothing would engage had to call tow truck to come get it now waiting on mechanic to tell me what is going on!.

I purchased my 2004 Ford Freestar minivan new and had experienced no problems or symptoms whatsoever leading up to the date of my recent transmission failure in 11/11. Recently, while merging onto a major highway (wife, two children, grandmother in car with me), my transmission simply failed. The vehicle would not engage in drive or reverse and we were stuck in the middle of the highway at night. We pushed the vehicle off the road as much as possible and had it towed to the Ford dealership. The result was a new transmission for nearly $3000. I had been reading for years about identical problems with the 04-05 Ford Freestar transmission and had taken extra precautions hoping to prevent it. My vehicle is very well maintained and I had absolutely no symptoms or indications of a transmission problem. The dealership gave me no reason for the failure other than to give me options for repairing it and to say there have been a number of transmission issues for these vehicles.

Driving at freeway speed (65mph) the transmision lost power. Vehicle will not engage in drive or reverse. Coasted to shoulder of the freeway and had to get a tow truck. Transmision needs to be replaced at a cost of over 3,000. 00 dollars. Nhtsa investigation number ea09016.

I own a 2004 Ford Freestar. Last night, under normal driving conditions, the transmission disengaged suddenly and without warning while my two children were in the car. The car had no power, as though it was in neutral. Thankfully, it was going downhill so it was safely rolled to a side street. However, under other circumstances, it could have been very dangerous. I have seen many postings on line about this same problem with the 2004 Ford Freestar and hope that the NHTSA forces Ford to recall and repair these vehicles. My vehicle has since been towed and I expect it will cost me $1,000 - $3,000 to repair, not withstanding the danger that Ford has created by putting a defective product on the road without so much as a warning to the vehicle owners.

Vehicle just stopped moving. Engine running but no engagement. No drive or reverse. Steering and brakes not affected. Eec test no codes. Replaced transmission.

I was driving yesterday and all of a sudden my 2004 Ford Freestar sel lost power, transmission would not engage. I was lucky to move to the right-hand side of the road and was able to get away from heavy traffic. This is a dangerous and awful situation, someone can get run-over or get injured when you lose mobility in a highway. My engine is functioning well; transmission is dead. . . .

My wife was driving down the highway at appx 60 mph. The engine suddenly, without warning, revved the rpms and lost power to the wheels. She coasted the van to the shoulder and called for help. The transmission would not engage into any gear, it would only rev. Checked fluid and it was fine. Luckily, no one was injured and cars were able to swerve around her as she took the shoulder. Had van towed to shop who told us transmission is shot. Options are: new transmission will cost $2800, rebuilding the old will cost $1700. Van is a 2004 Ford Freestar with only 75,000 miles.

Backing out of the driveway, when I put the vehicle in drive nothing happened. The transmission would not engage. I had to wake up my neighbor and he helped me push the vehicle into the driveway. The vehicle ran fine the night before.

Driving my 2004 Ford Freestar and it suddenly lost drive. The transmission would not engage to drive forward nor in reverse. Was traveling at 40 mph and the vehicle quickly started decelerating and had to pull over to side of road due to no engagement of the transmission going forward or in reverse.

I have a 2004 Ford Freestar with 85,000 miles. I was driving 65 miles an hour down interstate 485 in charlotte, nc and all of a sudden my vehicle just started losing speed. The transmission was not engaging. I was able to make it to the shoulder of the road. I have contacted my mechanic and he said that the transmission was bad.

2004 Ford Freestar transmission failure at 63,000 miles no warning -- transmission would not engage - van was in motion - thank god I was not on a highway and was able to coast to the side of the road. Reviewing all the complaints this is a huge safety issue -- someone needs to address this before someone is killed because of the defective transmissions in these vehicles!.

This is the second time in two years that the transmission has inexplicably gone out in my 2004 Ford Freestar van. This time it had been parked overnight in my driveway and my wife started it and tried to leave for work and the vehicle would not engage any forward or reverse gears when moving gear shift lever. Early morning, cool and dry.

My wife had just turned through a traffic signal, and, without warning, the transmission completely disengaged. Fortunately, she was able to coast off of the road and out of traffic without incident. The van had to be towed to a transmission repair shop where we learned that the converter had to be replaced because it was "stripped".