Ford Freestar Recalls

The Ford Freestar has 12 recalls covering the 2004–2007 model years, with the most serious being a torque converter output shaft failure on 2004–2005 vehicles that can cause a sudden, complete loss of drive power with no warning, raising the risk of a crash.

The 2004 model year carries several additional serious issues. Front wheel hub assemblies can develop cracks that progress until the wheel separates from the vehicle, causing loss of control. On the same year, the low-pressure power steering return line can be unseated at the steering gear, allowing fluid to contact hot exhaust components and produce smoke or a fire. These two defects are the most mechanically dangerous of the 2004-specific issues.

The 2004–2007 model years share a third row seat recall affecting vehicles originally sold or registered in states and provinces with heavy road salt use. Corrosion at the forward latch of that seat can leave it unlatched, and in a rear-end collision an unlatched seat can move and increase the risk of injury to occupants.

The 2005 model year has two separate issues. On vehicles equipped with the power liftgate option, a strut malfunction can cause the liftgate to fall freely and without warning after it opens, striking anyone standing below it. There is also a daytime running light system that can be inoperable, reducing the vehicle's visibility to other drivers and pedestrians in daylight, though normal headlamps are unaffected.

The 2004 model year has one additional recall covering vehicles modified for wheelchair accessibility by a specific converter: the second row bench seat may be missing required child seat anchor hardware, leaving certain seating positions without proper child restraint attachment points.