One problem related to hatchback/liftgate has been reported for the 2005 Ford Freestyle. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Ford Freestyle based on all problems reported for the 2005 Freestyle.
One of the two gas charged lift gate supports that hold the back hatch failed. The lift gate will no longer stay up. Luckily the failure occurred when the lift gate was already closed and not when it was open in the raised position because the lift gate is quite heavy and could seriously injure someone had it fell.