FaultScore

Worst years for a Ford Freestar

Owners have filed 3,223 complaints about the Ford Freestar with NHTSA across model years 2004 to 2007. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.

Avoid

2004 Ford Freestar

1,600 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly transmission & drivetrain.

Cleanest on record

2007 Ford Freestar

77 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Ford Freestar year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2007 A 77 3 1 90,129 Transmission & Drivetrain
2006 A 453 5 6 95,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2005 C 1,093 10 4 82,707 Transmission & Drivetrain
2004 C 1,600 25 17 87,364 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Ford Freestar

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2004

Engine & Cooling 254 7.9%

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Body & Structure 138 4.3%

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Seats 122 3.8%

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Brakes 116 3.6%

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Steering 53 1.6%

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Suspension 44 1.4%

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Wheels 30 0.9%

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Exactly what failed on a Ford Freestar

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Automatic Transmission 917 78.0%
Torque Converter 102 8.7%
Body 81 6.9%
Rotor 13 1.1%
Control Module (Tcm/Pcm/Tecm) 12 1.0%
Driveline 11 0.9%
Engine 11 0.9%
Pads 10 0.9%
Latch 10 0.9%
HUB 9 0.8%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Ford Freestar, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 2004 peak 67 Jun 2026

Ford Freestar problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Ford Freestar

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.