2005 Ford Freestar problems
NHTSA has received 1,093 complaints about the 2005 Ford Freestar, and 39% of them involve transmission. Next are drivetrain & axles (25%) and engine (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 1,093 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Transmission 39% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 24 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 82,000 miles 977 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 36 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 55 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 153 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 208 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 165 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 137 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 96 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 57 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 33 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 16 |
| 200k+ miles | 21 |
What the data shows
Of the 977 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 82,000 miles. For transmission specifically, the median reported mileage is about 74,000 miles (393 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 10 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 24 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 90% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2005 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 4 model years of the Ford Freestar with enough data (493 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Dt*: the contact stated while stopped at a traffic light, another vehicle rear ended the contact at an estimated speed of 40-45MPH. This resulted in the contact rear ending a vehicle. There were three occupants in the contact's vehicle, the driver; the contact who was seated in the passenger seat, and an occupant in the rear seat on the driver's side. During the accident the seat belt webbing spooled, allowing the occupants to move forward. As a result, the seatbelts did not lock causing injuries to all occupants.
I had received a letter of recall of my back row seat latch do to corrosion. I had taken my van in to be repaired they informed me that they would have to order the parts which took 2 weeks upon returning they informed me they need another part they forgot to order so I waited for my call back again.. Within 2 months time I returned to have it worked on that is when they had told me it had begun to corrode n that they couldn't install the parts I asked them about the situation further & if it was safe to drive…
When driving down the road the van will suddenly lose all forward momentum and drift momentarily until it will just as suddenly resume forward momentum and continue like normal. When this happens, the rpms drop off like the vehicle is stalling or fuel starved (however it has no hesitation like its running out of gas) no warning lights come on and there is no pattern to when or how it happens.
I was driving on an inclined off ramp towards my destination. My car once it got to the top of the incline began to slow down and the rpms were excelerating and all of a sudden my car came to a stop I was then spooked so I turned my car off and then turned it back on and it was making a loud revving sound and wouldnt go into any gears.. So now my car is just stuck and I topped off all of my fluids.. I really dont know what to do.. Im a mother of two and also a fulltime employee..