Power Train Driveline Problems of Ford Freestar

The transmission failed without warning 200ft. Before railroad crossing.

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I was traveling 50mph on a highway, and without warning,lost total acceleration, luckily there was nobody close behind me. I was able to pull off a side road, placed the car in park and then engaged it to the drive gear, but I was not going anywhere, I was able to put it into the reverser gear,but no movement. ,I only have 63,000 miles on my vehicle. My mechanic tells me it is my transmission, and will cost approximately 2400. 00 I don;t have that kind of money to fix my vehicle. If I had been in heavy traffic, these might have resulted in an accident and someone could have been seriously hurt.

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My wife was driving to work when the vehicle lost power to the transmission. She rolled to a stop in the middle of the road and luckily some people pushed her van to the side of the road. This could have been serious if it had happened on the highway. The van runs but will not engage into any gear.

I have a 2005 Freestar sport van. When it is relatively hot outside and I've driven for about an hour or so, there is this loud squealing noise coming from the front of my van. It is very annoying and gets louder with time traveled. I've taken this van back to the dealer from where it was purchased. They've replaced the brake pads saying that this could be the problem. It didn't change, the squealing kept coming. The mechanic said that he had done some form of research through the internet and thinks it could be the wheel bearing. What a scare this is!!!!! has anyone had this same problem?? the garage will not do anything about it until I can bring it in while it is still squealing so they can take it for a roadtest. It's been a year since I've bought this van from a reputable garage in cambridge, ontario. I'm scared to go anywhere with it especially with my grandchildren in the van when we go on holidays. Is there a great concern here????----------please email me back with some info to [xxx]. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

My 2005 Ford Freestar minivan while backing out of a driveway stop working. The van would not go into drive or reverse. We had the van towed to the local Ford dealership. The torque converter broke. This happened suddenly and with no warning. We were lucky it was in a drive way and not on a highway or in a busy intersection. I have come to find out this is a common problem with Freestar minivans. The van needs to be recalled and this problem needs to be fixed on all Freestars before someone is killed. The Ford Freestar is unsafe and Ford needs to fix this problem.

The front of the vehicle has made an intermittent high-pitched whistling sound since it was purchased at 13,000 miles. As it was so intermittent, I thought it was some unusual wind noise. I recently learned (now vehicle has 60,000 miles) that there is a technical service bulletin (17892) that addresses the problem exactly, specifying defective wheel bearings. I contacted the dealer, and was told that the "wheel bearings could eventually lock up" because of this problem, but that Ford would not repair it as it is outside of the warranty period (36,000 miles). Is this a safety issue that should be addressed by a recall?.

Was driving home with wife and kids, traveling approx 45-50 mph when van suddenly stopped pulling and rpm's went sky high. It acted like it was in neutral and was barely able to get it over to the side of the road. Had it towed home ($125. 00) and went out next morning and checked all fuses, all good, transmission fluid was full, no warning lights on dash, no indication of anything wrong. Haven't been able to take anywhere yet to have it checked, because of labor day and my being on duty on Tuesday. It sounds like the same problem numerous people on the edmonds. Com site has had. I think these transmissions should be recalled before someone gets killed from their vans shutting down in traffic.