I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY IN MY FORD FREESTAR 2006 AND THE MINIVAN SEIZED, I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND I HAD DRIFTED OFF ONTO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY WERE THE GRASS AND A FEW TURNS HELPED SLOW DOWN MY VEHICLE. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY JUMP OUT OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. WHEN THE VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED, I JUMPED OUT AND AN AMBULANCE ASSISTED PUTTING OUT THE FIRE. THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON ABOUT 2 MINUTES BEFORE THIS OCCURRED, GIVING ME NO WARNING SIGNS. I FOUND OUT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. IN 2011, THE SAME THING OCCURRED, ENGINE AND CAR COMPLETELY FAILED. WHEN I TOOK IT IN - IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. I HAD TO BUY ANOTHER TRANSMISSION IN LESS THAN A YEAR. FORD WAS NOT WILLING TO ASSIST ME OR TALK TO ME ABOUT IT. I CALLED SEVERAL TIMES COMPLAINING ABOUT SAFETY AND THE POSSIBLE ACCIDENTS IT COULD HAVE CAUSED. NONE THE LESS, IN 2012, THE TRANSMISSION WENT AGAIN. THANK GOODNESS IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. SAME THING, CAR COMPLETELY SEIZED WHILE DRIVING AGAIN. IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN!! THREE YEARS OF GETTING A TRANSMISSION - SOMETHING IS WRONG AND NOONE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. MY TRANSMISSION LIGHT WENT OFF AGAIN - I AM AFRAID TO EVEN DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER. THIS IS RIDICULOUS - WHO IS HELPING THE CONSUMER AND PROTECTING THEM AGAINST THIS? MY KIDS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE VEHICLE NOW IN CASE THE CAR SEIZES O