For the 2004 model year, the Ford Windstar was redesigned inside and out. As part of a controversial company initiative to rebrand its vehicles with nameplates starting with the letter F, the Windstar name was replaced by Ford Freestar. Ford discontinued the Freestar after the 2007 model year. All models of the Ford Freestar were on-board programmable, meaning a person could program the keyless entry remote fob smart key with no special equipment other than the keyless entry remote fob smart key programming instructions.