Mid/rear Seats Assembly problems of the 2005 Ford Freestar

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Freestar. The contact stated that when the latch was released to secure the rear seat, the latch failed allowing the seat to fall. The dealer anderson Ford of grand island (120 n diers Ave, grand island, ne 68803, (308) 384-1700) was contacted and informed of the failure however, the vehicle has not diagnosed. The contact referenced NHTSA campaign number: 13v081000 (seats) as a possible solution to the failure however, the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was approximately 240,000.

I wrote on this yesterday but did some more research on this vehicle. There have been numerous recalls on these type of vehicles. Recall #12v006000 on the torque converter output shaft. Recall began August 9 2012. This is a serious matter I just recently purchased this vehicle to take my 8 grandchildren around. Now I won't even put them in it. I also found out there was a recall on the back seat. Recall # 13v081000. This is also a problem when your hauling around children. The undercarriage of the vehicle is really rusty. I wish I would of never bought this vehicle. It sure is going to be a money pit for sure. It only has 141000 miles on it. Very sad that Ford could make such a unsafe vehicle. I bought the vehicle and it seemed fine. 5 days into ownership the torque converter light came on while I was driving it. Drove it back home and started reading about how Ford has a recall on this situation and now I'm afraid to drive it anymore. This situation on these transmission has gone to court and Ford lost.

"rear seat latches subject to corrosion". After original sale, this van was modified by ride-away(richmond) to transport wheelchair-dependent passengers in the rear area. The entire floor of the vehicle was lowered, fuel tank etc. Moved to below rear seat area, and a hinged bench seat was installed over the spare tire compartment. The original rear seats no longer exist, nor do their attaching points. The car was serviced at battlefield Ford, manassas, va. , on at least three occasions wherein they were requested to remove this vehicle from the rear seat latch replacement recall. Battlefield Ford has elected not to comply, and I keep getting notices of non-compliance with the recall. Help!.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford forrester. She is renting this van, and while she was bending down in the middle seat in the middle row she almost got her head crushed when she moved the latch. The back support came tumbling down and her head got caught in between. This could be considered a safety hazard because there was so much force, and if someone was playing with the latch, a whoever was in the next seat would be hurt. Contact was going to return the van to the rental place.