Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2006 Ford Freestar submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
AS I WAS DRIVING MY CHILDREN TO THE BUS STOP ON DRY CITY STREET, I STARTED TO APPLY BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT DOWN QUICKLY TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE CAR WOULD NOT COME TO A FULL STOP IMMEDIATELY. IT SEEMED LIKE IT FELT LIKE I WAS DRIVING ON AN ICE SHEET, UNABLE TO COME TO A FULL STOP QUICKLY. I HAVE GONE TO THREE PLACES FOR REPAIR. DIAGNOSTIC SCAN CODE B1342. THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIND ABS MODULE.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 58,000. ...UPDATED 10/11/16 *BF *TR
ABSLIGHT ON.
I HAVE A BATTERY LIGHT THAT KEEPS COMING ON EVEN AFTER REPLACING THE ALTERNATOR TWICE AND BATTERY TWICE. THE LIGHT STILL KEEPS COMING ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF.THERE I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND EVERYTHING IS FLASHING AND THEN IT STALLS. I HAVE HAD BOTH BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR CHECKED AND THEY ARE FINE. WIRING HAS BEEN CHECKED AND NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK. ALSO I HAVE REPLACED THE BREAKS ON THE CAR TWICE AND I STILL GET A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHEN I GO TO STOP. FORD NEEDS TO FIX THESE VEHICLES. I HAVE READ IN MANY FORUMS THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIRS AND AFTER SPENDING A BUNCH OF MONEY TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM IT STILL IS NOT FIXED. I NEED MY VEHICLE TO RUN RIGHT WITHOUT HAVING TO DUMP MONEY INTO IT ALL THE TIME AND I KEEP UP WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE BUT THIS IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT AND THIS IS RIDICULOUS! *TR
I WAS DRIVING DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD AND HAD JUST DROPPED MY KIDS OFF THANK GOODNESS. NOTHING SEEMED TO BE WRONG WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE REVVED HIGH. I WAS TRY'N TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT WAS GO'N ON WHEN I WRECKED INTO THE DITCH ABOUT 60MPH. OUT OF NOWHERE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS STUCK N A DITCH AND NO ONE TO HELP. *TR
SOME TIMES WHILE BACKING UP THE CAR WOULD LURCH. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE WHILE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED OREVEN JUST BY IT SELF. SOMETIMES THE CAR WAS HAVING PROBLEMS ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. *TR
WHEN I PLACED THE SHIFTER LEVER TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE BACKWARD. THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. BRAKE BOOSTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR
WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE, WE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATING AFTER A STOP (EITHER AT A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT OR PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY). THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WOULD FLASH, AND THE VAN WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BEYOND 10-15 MPH DESPITE DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. THE ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM WAS TO SHUT THE VEHICLE DOWN AND START IT AGAIN WHICH CLEARS THE COMPUTER. THERE WERE SEVERAL INSTANCES WHEN WE LOST POWER WHILE ENTERING AN INTERSECTION AND WERE ALMOST HIT BY OTHER VEHICLES. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TWO FORD DEALERSHIPS, NEITHER OF WHICH FOUND AN ERROR CODE OR COULD REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS NO RHYME OR REASON AS TO WHEN OR WHERE THE PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR. IT MAY HAPPEN TWICE IN ONE WEEK OR SIX MONTHS COULD PASS WITHOUT AN ISSUE. WE WERE FINALLY FORCED TO SUE FORD UNDER PENNSYLVANIA LEMON LAW. APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AFTER THE VAN WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, THE VAN FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHILE PULLING OUT OF MY DAUGHTER'S DAYCARE. I DROVE TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AT 10 MPH AND LEFT IT RUNNING. THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED FOR ONCE, AND A MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO PULL AN ERROR CODE FOR A FAULTY ABS SENSOR. I CALLED FORD CORPORATE FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THEM PULL UP THE VEHICLE RECORDS. TO THEIR CREDIT, THEY AGREED TO PAY THE $1200 BILL FOR THE ABS SENSOR AND ANOTHER PART RELATED TO THE PROBLEM. I DROVE THE VAN FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF WITH NO OTHER ABS PROBLEMS. AN EMPLOYEE AT THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED ME THAT WHEN NO ERROR CODES APPEAR DURING DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, FORD WILL NOT PAY THE DEALERSHIP TO TROUBLESHOOT. THEREFORE, THERE IS NO INCENTIVE FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO PUT ANY EFFORT INTO FIXING A PROBLEM...IT JUST COSTS THEM MONEY. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT OR A STOP SIGN, THE BRAKES SEEM AS IF THEY ARE LOCKED AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 5 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED IN ORDER FOR IT TO CORRECT ITSELF. THERE IS NO RECALL AVAILABLE FOR THIS FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,326 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON SIX TIMES DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY DECELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE AND HAD TO BE PULLED OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SIX TIMES, BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,585. THE CONSUMER STATED WAS NOT INFORMED REPAIR WOULD REMEDY THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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