We have classified the 2 complaints from 2005 Ford Freestar about WHEELS into the following categories.
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 they had said yes & handed me my keys so upon leaving the dealership i had stopped for food on my way home i smelt burnt rubber then a thudding noise i had pulled over to check it out luckily i was to close to a family members house a piece had fallen off n was rubbing on my tire my tires had almost caught fire when luckily i had gotten the baby out before anything had happened the next day a mechanic had informed me a hole was burnt threw the floor where the wheel wells were n the tires almost caught fire he said he could weld the parts so frenchies ford could fix what they had to fix .. the next day he informed me he had looked up the parts n came across this website stating it had been recalled i had told him what happened & informed me to take legal matters due to faulty parts . please don't allow this to happen to anyone elts the thought of my baby being in the back seat while it could have caught fire is terrifying i wouldn't want to hear of it happening to another under the same circumstances especially a child . & now that there's a hole in the floor i'm uncertain what to do i haven't drove it since & quite honestly i'm afraid to .. p.s is this covered? whose @ fault? what can be done? ...
2005 ford freestar, 89,000 miles. high pitch "whistling" noise driver side front wheel. bearing seal was bad. a bearing hub assembly, costing $225, was needed to fix this problem. *tr
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford freestar. the contact heard a loud pitching noise coming from the front end of the vehicle. he took the vehicle to the dealer on five occasions and a technician replaced the front and rear braking components, but the failure continued. the manufacturer stated that his model year was excluded from nhtsa campaign id number 04v446000 (wheels:cap/cover/hub); therefore, he would not qualify for the free remedy. the vehicle has not been repaired. the failure mileage was 32,000 and current mileage was 42,000. updated 8/10/09 *cn updated 08/13/09.*jb
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford freestar. the contact stated that the rims on her vehicle were designed to hold water. the rims were "pitted and rusty", according to the contact. she was concerned that the design was faulty and the rims might fail in ten years. she called the dealer and was given the number to another dealer. the dealer stated that the rim was the thickest metal part of the vehicle and nothing was wrong. the purchase date and powertrain were unknown. the current mileage was 21,315 and failure mileage was less than 10,000.