NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Ford Freestar Recalls
The 2005 Ford Freestar has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 7, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Ford Freestar. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 886
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Ford Freestar, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2005 Ford Freestar
Seats
- Campaign
- 13V081000
- Reported
- March 7, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 196,667
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006–2007 Freestar, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 12V006000
- Reported
- January 9, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 206,452
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Freestar, 1 other model
Structure: body: hatchback/liftgate
- Campaign
- 06V069000
- Reported
- March 9, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12,728
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Freestar, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006–2007 Freestar, 24 other models
2005 Ford Freestar complaints by year
NHTSA has received 886 owner complaints about the 2005 Ford Freestar, the newest on June 7, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (1%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 18 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Ford Freestar, the component group named most often is the power train (76%), followed by the electrical system (10%) and the engine (6%).
1 of the 2005 Ford Freestar's 4 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2005 Ford Freestar owners gave the mileage (802 complaints), the median was 81,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train677
- Electrical System85
- Engine53
- Vehicle Speed Control39
- Engine And Engine Cooling35
- Structure33
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 10 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 50 | |
| 2009 | 108 | |
| 2010 | 187 | |
| 2011 | 159 | |
| 2012 | 109 | |
| 2013 | 49 | |
| 2014 | 46 | |
| 2015 | 40 | |
| 2016 | 21 | |
| 2017 | 24 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 14 | |
| 2020 | 15 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Ford Freestar peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 187. 9% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 886 complaints about the 2005 Ford Freestar are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Freestar by model year
Other 2005 Ford models
Newest record on this page: June 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted