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Ford Freestar

Every Ford Freestar model year on file, 2004 to 2007. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years2,53372 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years42004 to 2007

Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins131Summed across model years

By model year

The 2004 model year drew the most complaints, 1,227, 48% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Powertrain leads the Ford Freestar complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain

1,819

Engine and cooling

254

Electrical system

248

Structure

136

Seats

121

Speed control

101

Brakes

Steering

Fuel system

Suspension

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Ford Freestar model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Ford Freestar by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2007	Van	64	6.3	1,067	2	3	8
2006	Van	356	2.2	3,747	3	3	15
2005	Van	886	2.3	9,844	4	6	44
2004	Van	1,227	3.3	18,877	5	8	64

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Ford Freestar

13V-081 Mar 7, 2013
Third row stowable seat can experience corrosion and structural degradation at the seat anchor mechanism mounted to the rear wheel wells
Seats · 197k vehicles
12V-006 Jan 9, 2012
Torque converter output shaft may fail
Powertrain · 206k vehicles
06E-056 Jun 13, 2006
Certain aftermarket fuel filters sold under the purolator brand name, p/n f65277, shipped from january 16 through june 2, 2006, for use on the…
Fuel system · 59k vehicles
06V-069 Mar 9, 2006
On certain vans equipped with the power liftgate option, the power liftgate motor automatically disengages after the liftgate is powered open
Structure · 13k vehicles
04V-446 Sep 13, 2004
Certain minivans may have been produced with front wheel hub assemblies that were not heat treated correctly
Wheels · 34k vehicles
03V-457 Nov 6, 2003
On certain minivans, the power steering low-pressure line may not be fully seated at the rack and pinion steering gear
Steering · 24k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.