13V081000
SEATS
In the event that the vehicle is crashed into from the rear, an unlatched seat may increase the risk of personal injury.
2005 FORD FREESTAR
2 safety recall campaigns, 6 defect investigations, 1,093 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations6
Owner complaints1,093
Complaints citing a crash10
Complaints citing a fire4
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
12V006000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THIS CONDITION RESULTS IN A SUDDEN LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER WITH NO WARNING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
What owners report most
- 376POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- 265POWER TRAIN
- 84ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 53ENGINE
- 38VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 36POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
- 28ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 18SEATS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2005 FORD FREESTARs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.