Used 2005 Ford Freestar Consumer Reviews
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Van has been in dealer's repair shop 4x in 2 month
Bill Gould, 09/18/2015
updated 09/19/2016
2005 Ford Freestar Limited 4dr Minivan (4.2L 6cyl 4A)
13 of 14 people found this review helpful
I bought this van used with 150xxx miles on it and was very, very happy with it. It is comfortable to ride in. I buy and sell used furniture and I removed the second row seats so that I can carry a lot of "cargo". It handles very well. Put on full set of new tires and the ride was improved, very smooth and quiet. BUT....out of the blue one day I lost power without warning (later found that this was fairly common on this model). Dealer replaced torque converter because it was a recall item. It has been back into the repair shop three other times since them, each time I was told it was one sensor or another, which were replaced. It is currently in the repair shop for the fourth time, has been there five days already and no word on what will make it work the way it is supposed to. Thankfully I have a free loaner car to use while waiting to hear. Great car, ..........until it breaks down.
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Great van
1lap2go, 03/02/2009
2005 Ford Freestar SE 4dr Minivan (3.9L 6cyl 4A)
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
Have enjoyed this van as it's the 3rd Ford Windstar/Freestar van we have owned. I do get over 20mpg with this van if you don't use ethanol gas. Enjoy the "van" room but do not think I need that much room anymore, besides everyone thinks you should drive cuz you have so much room. This van has been troublefree like my previous vans. Haven't had to walk yet.
Nice people hauler
3kids&adog, 06/23/2010
2005 Ford Freestar SES 4dr Minivan (3.9L 6cyl 4A)
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
We bought this van used with about 17,000 miles. It has cloth bench seats and an optional factory overhead DVD player. Has been quite reliable so far. Now has 113,000 or so miles, and has developed a bit of a miss, maybe even transmission shudder, but the dealer says it just need a tune up. Good value, I'll post again after the tune-up.
Freestar transmission failure
last_ford, 10/04/2007
2005 Ford Freestar SEL 4dr Minivan (4.2L 6cyl 4A)
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
We have an 05' Ford Freestar the rear brakes went bad after 22,000 miles and now at 37000 miles the transmission has had an "internal failure" of the fluid pump resulting in the need for a new transmission for $3500. The mechanic at Ford (with 22 years experience) has never seen this before, yet Ford will not cover the repair because it is 1200 miles over the bumper-to-bumper warranty. The main reason why Ford does not increase their warranty to 5years/60,000 miles is beacuse most of their vehicles would not make it that long without some type of failure. Ford Motor Co has refused to help and so has the dealer-very frustrated-WILL NEVER BUY FORD AGAIN and neither should anyone else.
Front end problems
truered, 07/31/2004
2005 Ford Freestar SE 4dr Minivan (3.9L 6cyl 4A)
15 of 19 people found this review helpful
The van overall is nice and very roomy... But, there is a problem with the front ends with these vheicles... It is almost like they just trew them together....
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