Transmission Gear Slipping Problems of Ford Freestar

When driving there is a clicking from the front end and feels like transmission slipping.

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The contact owns a 2004 Ford Freestar. While driving 50 mph, the transmission slipped without warning. In addition, the gears would only shift after the vehicle reached 30 mph or above. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 160,000. The VIN was unavailable.

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Transmission is slipping into gears, when first took van to dealership 03/09/2016 for this problem and the wheels squealing it had less than 59,000 mile . Dealership could not find the problem with the trans but fixed the squealing in the wheels, back to dealership in 06//2016 they put bg brake quiet on front pads and they tell me the slipping might be internal. Checked date on trans and it is October 2005. Recalls have be for that year on the transmission. Ford should take care of this.

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Takata recall my transmission start slipping when 1st gear to 2nd gear. Feel like some times loosing power.

My vehicle has had two automatic transmission rebuilds before 118000 miles. The last time it went completely out and stranded me on the street in the middle of a busy road. I had the vehicle towed and the transmission rebuilt. This transmission is now slipping at 134000 miles and is past the warranty time and needs to be repaired. This is a dangerous hazard as when the car is warm it won't move. This is evidently a common defect with this product and I want to know if I can sue Ford for this obvious design defect which has affected many Ford Freestar owners.

2004 Ford Freestar trasmission failure with no advanced warning (ie. No transmission slipping, no noise, no shaking etc. . . ) on expressway with wife and two children. Deceleration in traffic traveling 65 mph with no brake warning to those behind us could have been catastrophic!!!.

2005 Ford Freestar, 94,000 miles. Transmission slips slightly and engages hard when shifting from park to reverse and also from nuetral into drive. This problem is intermittent. Occurs mostly when backing out of garage and then pulling forward onto street.

Traveling on busy 2-lane highway at night. . Approx 50 miles an hour. . Suddenly car revved up and went into neutral. . Engine running fine. Transmission would not shift into any gear. There were cars everywhere. . Dark highway. . No street lights. This could have been a very serious situation. Luckily, I was able to coast to a pull off point without any injuries. There was no warning of any kind that this was going to happen. . . No warning lights, no transmission shifts or slippage, no smoke, no smell. Since this occurred out-of-town--vehicle had to be towed over 100 miles. Quoted cost of repair at local Ford dealer--$3,000. Needless to say, it has been sitting since this happened because I do not have funds to get it repaired.

We were on a highway and it just lost all acceleration. Had it towed ($300) to shop. Needed a rebuilt transmission ($2440). Had that done. Now, 15 months later, the transmission is slipping!.

My 2004 Ford Freestar van transmission slips, have replaced tranny fluid and filter, still having the same problem. Eventualy going to have to replace tranny.

While driving my daughters 2004 Ford Freestar in wet conditions, its like the transmission slipped out and would no longer engage any gears. This was quite dangerous as we were in rush hour coasting to a stop on a busy road.

Transmission failed in 2005 Ford Freestar. Vehicle has 66,000 miles. While driving on interstate, transmission slipped and failed. No warning.

2005 Ford Freestar, transmission. On Saturday 4/17/2010 my van worked fine. On Monday morning I went to take it to work and the transmission was slipping. And reverse would not work. I was able to get it back home. But today when I tried to fine out what was wrong. The engine would just stall. And I could not get it back home. I was able to push it back home but do not want to drive it. This problem had no warning of anything being wrong. I have read other peoples problems that they have had and mine is the same.

Transmission 2nd and 3rd gear slipping.

Transmission skips or slips with only 60,000 miles on van.

My 2004 Freestar, gave no warning. . The transmission slipped into low gear and then it was done. I called Ford motor CO, found out because I chose to have it repaired at a private / non Ford dealer they wouldn't even begin to assist me. I have approx 46,000 on the vehicle. Both the repair facility and the tow truck driver informed us this was a common problem with these transmissions. And after researching online I soon discovered they couldn't be any more right. Now its cost me $2500 to have it rebuilt.

We were travelling from pigeon forge, TN to greensboro, nc through ashville, nc on I-40. When we reached the vicinity of greensboro we noticed while trying to pass a truck on a slight upgrade the transmission failed to get power to the road. The engine would eventually "catch" and we were able to make it another 8 miles to our destination. After sitting for several hours we started the car again and the same problems occured (engine revving but transmission would not catch). We managed to drive the van to bob dunn Ford in greensboro where it was diagnosed as an internal transmission failure and parts had to be ordered. On the work order it stated: transmission is slipping. Verified complaint. Removed transmission and disassemble, found forward clutchs burnt. Overhaul transmission. Replace clutches, seals, filter and fluid. Parts listed: 3f2z-7902-acrm converter asy 4f1z-7a100-aa control asy f5dz-7a098-aa screen asy xt-5-qm fluid transm 4f1z-7153-aa kit gasket xf2z-7b164-CA plate asy dr 4f1z-7b164-CA plate 4f1z-7b164-aa plate asy dr xf2z-75164-CA plate asy dr 4f1z-7b164-ba plate asy dr xf2z-75442-ba driven plate xf1z-7b442-ea driven plate xf1z-7b442-ba driven plate xf2z-7b442-aa driven plate all was covered under warrenty. I would like to commend both dealerships involved in the incident: bob dunn Ford, greensboro, nc and jack kain Ford in versailles, ky for their help in reclaiming money on transportation due to loss of family member while car was down. Ford should be aware of this issue but we are also going write a written complaint directly to them to let them know our dissatisfaction with their product.