13V081000
SEATS
In the event that the vehicle is crashed into from the rear, an unlatched seat may increase the risk of personal injury.
2004 FORD FREESTAR
2 safety recall campaigns, 8 defect investigations, 1,600 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations8
Owner complaints1,600
Complaints citing a crash25
Complaints citing a fire17
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
- 495POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- 310POWER TRAIN
- 115ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 84SEATS
- 69ENGINE
- 62STRUCTURE:BODY
- 50POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER
- 34ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2004 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.