Problems with 2005 Ford Freestar EQUIPMENT

While changing the right front tire the jack broke and the car drop to the ground! the jack bent and broke. *tr

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 2/28/12 *cn

We were running some errands on 3/4/11. it was raining . different times i notice a little bit of hesitancy when leaving the malls & pulling away from stoplights & stopsigns. on 3/5/11 we were backing out of our driveway & proceeded to put in drive, van kind of chug a lug and went maybe 30 ft & stop. restarted van and it would do this all over again. finally after about 5-6 times ,went around the block & parked it in driveway. mileage is 80,939. we had trouble like this in jan 2011. had it towed to lynch ford, dealer charged us $150.00 & could not find anything wrong. maybe because it was inside the dealership & got dried out. mileage approx 77800 back in march 2010, the transmission was doing the same type of thing chug a lugging & then stop. had it towed to a local shop who then had to tow it to the ford dealer. ford did have a recall issue on tcm , replaced it,the cowl panel & new key fobs. we had to pay for labor due to ford motors fault what supposedly didn't cover. mileage approx 65,000 not sure on this. at this time. i believe it is the same trouble again. *tr

In 2006 i purchased a 2005 ford freestar van used with 23,000 miles on it, and in 2007 the transmission stopped suddenly while i was driving. the 2007 transmission repair cost me approx. $3600. today 02/05/11, i was driving at 65 mpfh on a 2 lane highway(both lanes going one way) when my van stopped accelerating without warning. i nearly was struck by an 18 wheeler in traffic as i attempted to safely get off the roa, i would have been killed. this is twice a transmission has failed in this vehicle! nhtsa please do something to force ford motor co. to be honest about the defective transmissions they put in this vehicle. please , before someone is killed - perhaps people have already died because of this. please help me. *tr

Van stalls at lights. just cuts off. mechanic said it has some thing to do with the pcm. trans has been replaced. but still having problems with that. rear brake calipers ceased up . this van is a road hazard. never know what it is going to do or when it is going to fail . *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford freestar. while backing out of a driveway and attempting to pull forward, the cable that holds the spare tire under the vehicle snapped and the tire came off. the contact spoke with the mechanic and was informed to call nhtsa. the purchase date and speed were unknown. the current and failure mileages were 61,000.

This is the 3rd time the torque converter has gone out on our ford freestar van. two times on the interstate traveling at interstate speeds leaving my wife stranded and terrified! this time i experienced it and took it to the transmission shop myself. there seems to be a real problem here 40000 transmission goes, 90,000 and 97,000 please help! *tr