2007 Ford Freestar

No clear pattern

0% of complaints about the 2007 Ford Freestar arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2007 vehicle, but with only 75 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is power train (38 complaints), typically at 5.8 yr or about 97,000 miles.

Complaints: 75
Median age at failure: 5.8 yr
Median mileage: 90,258 n=66
Crash / fire / tow: 9.3% of reports
Safety recalls: 2

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

13V081000 2013-03-07

Seats

Ford is recalling certain model year 2004-2007 Freestar and Mercury Monterey vehicles manufactured from March 24, 2003, through November 7, 2006, equipped with a third row seat and originally sold in, or currently registered in, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. The third row stowable seat can experience corrosion and structural degradation at the seat anchor mechanism mounted to the

In the event that the vehicle is crashed into from the rear, an unlatched seat may increase the risk of personal injury.

06E056000 2006-06-13

Fuel system

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 ABOVE LISTED PASSENGER VEHICLES. DUE TO INCORRECT DESIGN, THE QUICK CONNECTORS MAY NOT FULLY SEAT WITH THE TUBE INTERFACE, EVEN THOUGH THE PERSON MAKING THE CONNECTION MAY BELIEVE THAT THE QUICK CONNECTOR IS FULLY ATTACHED.

FAILURE OF THIS CONNECTION COULD LEAD TO FUEL SPILLAGE AND, IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, A FIRE COULD OCCUR.

In owners’ own words

Power train 55,200 mi 1.3 yr in service

WHILE TRAVELING ON I-81 SOUTHBOUND, MY 2004 FORD FREESTAR VAN WENT OUT OF GEAR AND THE VAN LOST POWER. WHEN WE COASTED TO THE SHOULDER THE VAN WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. THE FORD DEALERSHIP THAT IS WORKING ON THE VAN BELIEVES IT IS THE TRANS TORQUE CONVERTER. *TR

Power train 50,000 mi 1.7 yr in service crash / fire / tow

MY 2007 VAN HAS STOPPED DRIVING ON OVER 6 OCCASIONS WHILE I AM DRIVING, IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED 4X AND ALWAYS TOLD IT WAS A NEW ISSUE. ON THE LAST OCCASION I LEFT THE VAN ON THE ROAD GOT MY MOM TO PICK ME UP. I HAVE 3 KIDS THAT I DRIVE IN THE VEHICLE AND FORD WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY, I THINK 4 ATTEMPTS TO FIX A VAN IS MORE THEN FAIR ON MY PART, IT IS EVIDENT THAT FORD DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, AND I WILL NOT BE THEIR GUINEA PIG. *TR

Power train 85,000 mi 3.3 yr in service

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FREESTAR VAN. ON OR ABOUT 12/15TH I WAS DRIVING TO CLASS AT CALDWELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA DURING RUSH HOUR. I WAS IN THE FAR LEFT LANE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VAN LOST POWER HOWEVER THE LIGHTS WORKED AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET OVER IN THE RIGHT LANE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT. AFTER PUTTING THE VAN IN PARK I TRIED TO THEN USE THE GAS PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I HAD THE VAN TOWED AND AFTER A WEEK OR SO A REPAIRMAN TOOK THE TRANSMISSION APART AND HAD TO REPLACE IT ALONG WITH REBULDING THE COMPRESSOR. *TR

Other Freestar model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2007 Ford Freestar

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

In owners’ own words

Other Freestar model years

How to read this