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2004 Ford Freestar engine problems

Owners reported engine problems in 115 complaints for the 2004 Ford Freestar, 7% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
115 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
90,000 miles 101 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 6
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2004 Ford Freestar Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 90,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 8 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 13 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 28 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 12 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 12 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 9 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 5 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 3 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 90,000 miles
Based on 101 complaints that include mileage. 18% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles5
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles8
60k to 80k miles13
80k to 100k miles28
100k to 120k miles12
120k to 140k miles12
140k to 160k miles9
160k to 180k miles5
180k to 200k miles3
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 101 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 90,000 miles, and 18% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 6 fires, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford freestar. The contact stated while traveling 15 MPH the vehicle suddenly stalled. As a result the vehicle crashed into the vehicle directly in front of it. A passenger in the front vehicle sustained unknown injuries. The vehicle was towed to a private mechanic where the failure could not be replicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted about the issue. The failure and current mileage was 115,000.

Reported at 115,000 miles, March 2012 CrashInjury

My van has a problem with water, that is when it rains the vehicle starts having problems with several components. (ie engine misfire, transmission fails to shift properly, door looks refuse to operate properly, among other weird things) this happens every time it rains. The problem as I have being able to trace it, is that the water that comes off the front windshield and into the plastic that covers the cowl area ( where the wipers are) drips on to the main electric wire harness connection that comes from the…

Reported at 85,000 miles, November 2017

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