2007 Ford Freestar defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2007 Ford Freestar. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Corrosion of Third-Row Seat Attachment
  Engineering Analysis EA12003 · opened Apr 23, 2012 · closed May 2, 2013 · led to recall 13V081000

  Ford is conducting a safety recall to repair the third-row seat's latch mechanisms in approximately 196,667 model year (MY) 2004 through 2007 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey vehicles (see NHTSA recall 13V-081 for more details).The recall covers vehicles originally sold, or currently registered, in the salt belt stat…

• Engine Stalling
  Preliminary Evaluation PE10033 · opened Aug 23, 2010 · closed Jul 15, 2011

  The subject vehicles suffered from a design issue whereby water could run down onto the cowling under the hood and located in the area of the windshield wipers and then drip onto a computer module, the Powertrain Control Module (PCM), which could be manifested in a variety of symptoms depending on which part of the cir…

• TIRE VALVE CRACKING
  Preliminary Evaluation PE08060 · opened Oct 14, 2008 · closed Apr 9, 2009

  On october 14, 2008, odi opened pe08-060 to investigate allegations of cracked and leaking snap-in tire valves in model year (my) 2007 vehicles manufactured by ford motor company.the valves were supplied to ford by topseal auto-parts, a subsidiary of the shanghai baolong automotive corporation in china.valves made by t…