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Jim Genovese
Annapolis, MD
shocked 1
That's good advice no matter how good or bad a car one may have. As bad as we hate our Fords, Chryslers are not much better. My mother-in-law has a fairly late model PT cruiser with a blown can belt that went on a dime and left her stranded in the middle of the road, much like these transmissions are doing for us Ford people. Not to mention I stumbled upon a thread somewhere with people complaining that some late model Toyota Sienna (the indestructible Sienna) has some shaky transmissions in their new vans. I wonder if it's a coincidence that Toyota is starting to manufacture their vehicles in America. A shame that we can't assemble quality cars. :mad: Drive carefully everyone. :shades:
Zeb
How?
Jim Genovese
Annapolis, MD
JimGenovese
Annapolis, MD
Jim Genovese
Annapolis, MD
Dave Hagerman
Bear, DE
In the 48,000 miles that we have owned this van it has cost in excess of $2,600 to repair things that should not have failed. Ford your quality of your vehicles is unacceptable. When we replace this vehicle we will NEVER buy a Ford again.
I wish we never replaced our old 98 Dodge Grand Caravan. It had over 128,000 without either of the expensive repairs listed above.
On the underneath is an ABS (Anti-lock break) box. I guess it is common for water to get up inside, freeze, thaw, and corode it. Causing it to malfunction. It then sends a message to the computer system that the wheels are turning at an unexceptable rate, causing the governor to kick it & stall out the vehicle. There are about 20 different things running in to that box, which causes the confusion to the computer when trying to get a code as to what the malfunction is. There for, all the sensors over the years replaced were most likely not malfunctioned. This is a $400 dealership part. I found a used on at the junk yard for $45! I have also seen a couple for sale on Craig's List. Once the part was replaced, she is running like a GEM! I told my mechanic to type in "2004 Ford Freestar transmission problems" on google & see how many complaints of the similar problem were posted. He told me to start replying to them & let people know what it is. It is a very common problem for 2004 & 2005 Freestars. Luckily, one of his co-workers had serviced one & told him how to check it. He knew when he disconnected all the wires & it ran that it was indeed the part. I am not at all exaggerating when I say that there are MULTIPLE electric items going through that box. My dashboard looked like a christmas tree lit up with every light on as well as the speedometer & all the guages did not work.
I TOTALLY agree that Ford needs a recall. I tried before to contact Ford & got the run arounds. I also contacted the local news (6 on your side) investigator & added my name to the website to investigate for possible recall.
Good luck!
My 2004 Monterey just did this exact thing for the first time the other day. 52,000 miles on it. Just purchased used a month ago and was happy until now. Please don't tell me my transmission is on the way out. I see on another board that lurching could be a pump issue. Hope that's all it is. Did you figure out what your problem was, mercmonty? Note: it was raining hard at the time it happened but I'm almost positive it wasn't hydroplaning because I was driving pretty slow and the road wasn't ponded that bad.
Stay tuned to this site and stay safe!
Jim Genovese
Annapolis, MD
Jim Genovese
Annapolis, MD
Jim Genovese
Annapolis, MD
I will never give up until Ford is somehow held accountable to all of us and until there is, at the very least, a recall so that people can be forwarned of this problem before some gets killed as a result of this inevitable failure.
Jim Genovese
Annapolis, MD
Jim Genovese
Annapolis, MD
Anyone with any in-put on this anomoly please help. :lemon:
Running fine now, but I am quickly losing faith in this thing. We'll see if I can make it a few more weeks with no problems.
To the guy with the cruise control problem, mine didn't work from day one when I bought it used. They fixed that free (well I would hope so, I just had bought it the day before). It was a faulty deactivation switch or something. Now it works. Had it not been free, it would have been about a $150 job. Just to give you an idea.
Hope I helped you guys a bit. This board is turning into the Ford Freestar/Mercury Monterey's anonymous support group.
was there any diagnostics done on your van or did the dealer just randomly replace this sensor. Was there a check engine light on that would allow for them to read a trouble code. i hope this could be the same problem i am encountering, because my transmission seems to operate fine other than the occasional sudden jerk, that others believe to be a slipping torque converter.
My cruise control and traction control seem to working properly at the moment, but thanks for that little nugget.
:shades:
For now my van is running good (no jerking in the last 500 miles, but from reading these posts, i feel that this could be the calm before the storm. :confuse:
well here's the thing. Every time mine would lurch, I would notice a weird nails on a chalkboard squeaking coming from under the hood. I figured the two had to be related. I mentioned it to the dealer and he did a stethoscope on it said he could guarantee that the sensor replacement would stop the squeaking, but couldn't guarantee 100 percent that that's what was causing the lurching, but said it was quite possible given a faulty sensor could cause engine misfires. Since then, I have had no lurching and the engine doesn't feel as "jittery" to me as it did beforehand, so I'm holding faith that the sensor was the lurching problem, but not guaranteed 100 percent. Seems we can never be 100 percent sure with these fine pieces of machinery (sarcasm) called Freestars or Montereys. That's my story. Hope it helps.
FORD....... YOU'RE A SORRY COMPANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:mad: :P FORD = :lemon: SHOP
No wonder Ford is in Washington crying for a bailout. Now they know how we feel. I have made every payment on time on the loan I had to take out to have our van fixed and, because of the intrest rate, we still have not paid down one penny in principal! Who is going to bail us out? Who is goping to explain to my kids on Christmas morning why this year is even worse than last year?
I have no sympathy for any of the "Big 3." They did it to themselves by taking once loyal customers like us for granted, not standing by their products, and by far the worst thing, knowingly putting families like ours in harms way.
Stay tuned......
Jim Genovese
Annapolis, MD
I've gotten the same run around everyone else has on all aspects. "this is very rare for the transmission to go out blah blah blah." These service dept employees cover their behinds for them and I am tired of it.
I have gotten in touch with a lemon law lawyer who is willing to take my case without charging me, even if they loose.. Maybe the rest of you should do the same, just to see what your rights are. Also, I have sent the law office a link to this forum so that they can see all of the complaints on the Freestar and Monterey. Will also be filing with the NHTSA.
Thanks new friend and Merry Christmas!
Steve Cummins
Joshua, TX