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Ford Freestar- Should I Buy One?

22 messages,  Last post on Jul 16, 2012 at 4:25 PM

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#13 of 22 Re: Would you recommend purchasing the Freestar? [dudette3] by coltonamt

Aug 07, 2008 (11:35 am)

Replying to: dudette3 (May 14, 2006 8:06 am)
Don't do it unless you have stock in or own a transmission shop.

#14 of 22 Love my Freestar by fordexpo

Jan 24, 2009 (6:16 pm)

I have been buying and selling vehicles for years on the side now. I started looking at Windstars with around 120,000 miles on them, These things are Ford Taurus's under them. I love to read al of the problems in the forums. Every vehicle made has been critisized as Junk within 30 or 40,000 miles including Honda, Toyota, Ford, Chevy and so on in these forums. I am really amazed how poorly people maintain cars,trucks and mini vans and then complain. Well I sure make good money if I can get them before the poor maintainace is so bad that they are not worth crap. Just finished cleaning and and selling another Winstar with 149,000 miles on it and outside of replacing the front wheel bearing and some filter and fluid changes, It was pretty good vehicle and I even guarnateed it to the person buying it. Now I have a 04 FreeStar SEL loaded 123K miles and have decided to keep it with the 4.2 V_6, same engine in the F-150? I also look real close at the engine and transmission because poor maintianance is easy to see within a few minutes of looking under the hood and bottom side of any vehicle. As far as the folks that seem to have car problems at 30K miles, You will never own a good car of any brand I am sure.

#15 of 22 Re: Love my Freestar [fordexpo] by nadineb

Apr 28, 2009 (2:04 pm)

Replying to: fordexpo (Jan 24, 2009 6:16 pm)
You can buy my Freestar for close to what I paid for it if you promise to never sell it to anyone and never have children riding in it. There is no way I will ever drive this vehicle again. It is a disaster waiting to happen.

#16 of 22 Re: Love my Freestar [nadineb] by tbrown61

May 07, 2009 (7:01 pm)

Replying to: nadineb (Apr 28, 2009 2:04 pm)
I have a freestar for cheap, you buy it and ill fill the tank, and wave bye bye

#17 of 22 Freestar need to come off the roadways by nadineb

Jun 09, 2009 (10:03 pm)

These vehicles need to be retired off our nations roadways for everyone's safety. Rear end collisions waiting to happen.

#18 of 22 Re: Love my Freestar [fordexpo] by susanhai

Jun 12, 2009 (4:34 pm)

Replying to: fordexpo (Jan 24, 2009 6:16 pm)
Shoot, you can have mine too! I am what my husband calls "anal " about my car maintenance.... I take excellent care of my autos and drive almost all of them past the 250,000 mile mark. You must have gotten ford's version of a lemon... a car that works with no problems! My transmission went out without warning at 59,000. I wouldn't wish this P O S on anyone else.

#19 of 22 i have an 05 freestar by rosco804

Jun 26, 2010 (9:49 am)

I live in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada... just down the road from Oakville where the Freestar/Windstar are assembled... I owned a 96, 98, and 2000 Windstar and I loved everyone of them, but at the time, Ford had the red carpet lease program, so I was trading them in ever 2 years, or for me about 60,000 km's (running well and still under warranty)...
 
I understand the issues, but after switching to a 2003 Honda Pilot for 4 years, but after that lease expired, I ended up going back to a Freestar... big reason: cost... I purchased a loaded year old 2005 Freestar Sport with 30,000kms on it... I saw the original invoice from the dealer, as it was in the glove box... 34,000 taxes in... I paid $18,600 after 13 months!!!... and I must say its been fine, EXCEPT for when I had the problem with water that got into the PCM (power control module), which made the whole vehicle shut off while driving! Ridiculous, but after researching the problem on Edmunds I found the solution and solved it myself... it was simple and cost me under $10...
 
Would I have rather purchased a Honda Oddesy or Toyota Sienna? ABSOLUTEY, but they were twice the price, and I couldnt afford one at the time or I might have considered it...
 
Anyways, I understand they arent the best of the best, but I enjoy my Freestar, other than the 4.2L sucks gas big time...
 
Thanks for reading....
 
R.M.

#20 of 22 Re: Freestar Seating [old89lsc] by philvid

May 03, 2011 (9:52 am)

Replying to: old89lsc (Jul 26, 2008 6:40 am)
No !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#21 of 22 Re: Would you recommend purchasing the Freestar? [dudette3] by 1776gwash

Oct 26, 2011 (10:32 am)

Replying to: dudette3 (May 14, 2006 8:06 am)
No, never the auto is a piece of garbage. It not Ford's fault it is the union workers that build garbage.
So now most auto built by Ford are garbage too expensive.

#22 of 22 YES, buy one by touchdown1

Jul 16, 2012 (4:25 pm)

Just bought my second used Freestar for under six grand, only because of an accident that meant I needed a quick replacement. Not at all sure whats up with all the negative posters. I already miss my first one, put a load of miles on it and it certainly ran cheaper than my brother in law's Honda Odyssey that had its tranny fall off. Just a good reliable vehicle. Let the other posters on this site pay 200 bucks for a headlight on their import if they really want to.

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