Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | ||||||||||||||||
| 06E056000 | UFI FILTERS USA | E (Equipment) | 58640 | 08/04/2006 | MFR | FORD MOTOR COMPANY | 06/13/2006 | 06/23/2006 | ||||||||
| Defect Summary | 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. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Failure of this connection could lead to fuel spillage and, in the presence of an ignition source, a fire could occur. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Ufi will notify owners and replace the filters free of charge. the recall began on august 4, 2006. owners may contact ufi filters usa at 800-230-5876. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | This recall only pertains to ufi filters usa (purolator) aftermarket fuel filters and has no relation to any original equipment installed on the listed passenger vehicles.customers may contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL | |||
| 06/05/2010 | 75000 | ||
| A defective power train:automatic transmission:control module (tcm, pcm) on the ford freestar van actually causes a spark plug to misfire and eventaully starts to melt. this has happened on my vehicle three or four times. my car bucks and misfires almost causing an accident as i was entering hiighway. | |||
| FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | |||
| 08/01/2012 | 87000 | 1 | |
| The van has been hard to start just recently past month it takes 4 turns of key to start , van dies while driving, battery has died . took to ford dealership and they cant find anything wrong at all . they had me replace , fuel pump / spark plugs and wires / fuel filter/ ignition coil / tps sensor / air intake idle sensor / cleaned and reprogrammed the pcm / made new ignition key / cleaned all ground connections / checked alternator / replaced battery / drained gas tank and added fuel cleaner / after all of this expense i still am having the exact same issues ?????? any advice from anyone ??/ thanks in advance . *tr | |||
| 07/20/2011 | 128000 | ||
| The first failure was when i was driving down the road doing just over 55 mph, all of a sudden the van died an i coasted to the side of the road. after several failed attempts to restart the van it finally started and stayed running. i eventually made it home without incident. had it checked and was told it possibly had an electrical failure but change the fuel filter in case it was an issue with fuel getting to the engine. so we did. it ran fine after that until about 3 months later. we took it to run errands with no problem and returned home. went to run to the grocery store and the van would not go into gear. it would start ok but not move, wouldn't go into drive or reverse. thankfully it was at home when it happened and not going down the road like the first time when i had all 3 kids with me. had it towed to a garage where they found metal shavings in the torque converter. had a new one put in and it ran fine for about 2 weeks. then we found cracks in the coil packs and hd those replaced along with all spark plugs. not sure if that is relevant to the torque problem. spent $940.00 to fix the torque converter and another $240.00 to fix coil packs and spark plugs. the torque converter is a recall on the '04 and '05 and the same needs to be done with the '06's. | |||
| 11/14/2006 | 19000 | 1 | |
| Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford freestar. while driving, a strong odor of gasoline was expelled from the air vents. sometimes the consumer became so dizzy, that she would have to pull over for fresh air . the vehicle has been taken to the dealer multiple times, but they could not locate the cause of the failure. the failure mileage was 19000. the current mileage was 49951. updated 04/01/10 *bf updated 05/05/10. *jb | |||