[en] A crossed-beam experiment of well characterized kinetic energy (KE) electrons and supersonic halomethanes CCl₃F and CClF₃ in Ar carrier has been carried out in order to quantify the kinetic energy distributions (KEDs), the appearance energies (AEs) and the channels involved in the production of nascent ions. The ion KEDs were derived from the band profiles of the time-of-flight mass spectrum and the total KEDs computed using conservation laws. Heavier ions are created with KED peaked at thermal energies in contrast with low mass atoms or other fragments, where the distribution is broader and the maximum is at much higher energies. A discussion of the dissociative ionization pathways derived from the appearance energies, total average KEDs, thermodynamic enthalpies and computed electron dissociation energies is reported. The role of the vibrational and rotational energies into the dissociative processes is also discussed