Ford Freestar Body Problems
349 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 4 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2004. Best year: 2007.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
A CAR JACK, PART NUMBER 3F2Z17080AB, THAT COMES STANDARD WITH 2004 FORD FREESTAR MINIVANS, BENT WHILE SUPPORTING THE VAN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FALL, CRUSH AND KILL THE OWNER THAT WAS UNDER THE VEHICLE DOING REPAIRS IN THE RIGHT FRONT WH...
I JUST CAME ACROSS THIS WEBSITE AND WISH I WROTE THIS A YEAR AGO BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE MADE A COMPLAINT THEN. I HAVE HAD MANY ISSUES WITH THE LIGHTS FLICKERING, COMING ON AUTOMATICALLY WHEN IT RAINS, MY INTERIOR LIGHTS STAYING ON AND ACTU...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND AXLE HAD SUDDENLY SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. NO ONE WAS INJURED DUR...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE WOULD ABNORMALLY ACCELERATE EITHER FORWARD OR BACKWARD WHILE SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A WALL DU...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN AT 10 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. THE IMPACT MOVED HER BODY TO THE RIGHT AND THE SEATBELT UNFASTENED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT STRUCK THE ...
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 55-60 MPH, THE THROTTLE BECAME STUCK AND THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. THE CONTACT STRUCK A GUARD RAIL, WHICH CAUSED OV...
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...
MY FAMILY INCLUDING 3 SMALL CHILDREN WERE IN THE VAN TRAVELLING HOME AND MY HUSBAND WAS IN A MINOR (30 MPH) HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ONLY DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FRONT END. A FEW MINUTES FOLLOWING THE COLLISION THE ENGINE OF THE VEHICLE CAUGHT...
VEHICLE FELT LIKE THERE WAS A FLAT TIRE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. SLOWED DOWN, HEARD A LOUD BANG AND PULLED OFF THE ROAD WITH A SKIDDING STOP. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND THAT THE A-FRAM HAD DROPPED OUT OF THE COLLAR OF THE TIE ROD. *AK
REAR HATCH DOOR WHEN OPENED IMMEDIATELY CLOSES, WIFE WAS TRAPPED IN THE DOOR AND HAD TO BE HELPED TO REOPEN THE DOOR BY A PASSING MAN. STATIONARY IN A PARKING LOT
WHEN GOING TO PUT ITEMS IN THE BACK OF THE VAN, THE HATCH DOOR SUDDENLY CAME DOWN AND HIT ME IN THE BACK/SHOULDER LEAVING A BRUISE AND SOME SWELLING. WHEN TRYING TO GET OUT FROM UNDER THE DOOR I BUMPED MY HEAD A LITTLE AS IT WAS VERY HEA...
CPSC# I1180537A. 2005 FORD FREESTAR. CONSUMER STATED HE HAD A FLAT TIRE. WHEN TRYING TO CHANGE HIS TIRE THE JACK CAME APART AND THE CAR CAME DOWN ON HIS ARM. HE BELIEVE THIS IS A POTENTIAL DANGER. *LN... UPDATED 09/15/11 *BF UPDATED...