1995 Ford Windstar complaints

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALER TO GET BRAKE RECALL 02V101000 REPAIRS DONE. A FEW DAYS LATER, BRAKES LOCKED UP AND BECAME INOPERABLE. RECALL REMEDY DID NOT WORK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AKJG

ON TWO OCCASIONS THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE REACHED THE HOT ZONE AND DROPPED. THE VEHICLE ALSO STARTED TO SMOKE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE UNDER MANUFACTURERS HEAD GASKET RECALL, BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED, THEN THE DEALER REPLACED SENSOR AND THERMOSTAT. FINALLY THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME, BUT FORD WILL NOT PAY FOR THESE REPAIRS. *YH

WHILE BEING DRIVEN, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. ONE DEALER SAYS IT WAS DUE TO THE HEATER CORE ANOTHER DEALERSHIP SAYS IT WAS DUE TO THE HEAD GASKETS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. NOT UNDER RECALL.*JB THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE FOR THE VEHICLES OVERHEATING. *YH

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, TRANSMISSION FAILED, NO PRIOR INDICATION THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THIS IS THIRD TRANSMISSION IN VEHICLE.*AK. CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED 2 BLOWN HEAD GASKETS, AND AN OIL LEAK.*JB

TRANSMISSION WILL MAKE STRANGE NOISES. WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE INTO GEAR IT WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL. CONSUMER WILL FILL OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE STARTED LEAKING COOLANT AND WOULD NOT START. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN.*AK *TT

THE WINDSTAR WAS AT A FULL STOP AT A STOP SIGN. AS THE GAS WAS APPLIED STEADILY TO START OUT A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE FOREWARD. TRANSMSSION FAILED AND WOULD ONLY WORK IN REVERSE. WE BACKED THE VAN OFF THE ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. WE WERE INSTRUCTED THAT THE TRANSMITTION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. IT IS THE THIRD TRANSMITTION THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN THIS VAN.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ARE LEAKING ANTIFREEZE ONTO ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER ADDS ABS BRAKE SYSTEM DEFECTIVE. VEHICLE REPEATEDLY STALLS AND WILL NOT RESTART. *TT

HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE ALREADY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK

ABS BRAKING LIGHT AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEAR ON DASH WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY.*AK

HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH A NEW ENGINE , UNDER WARRANTY, AT 99250 MILES. IT LASTED 49750 MILES BEFORE IT BLEW AGAIN. I AM NOT SURE IF THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ALSO!*AK

TIMING CHAIN COVER GASKET FAILURE, OTHER KNOWN OWNERS OF SAME VEHICLE REPORT SAME PROBLEM, RESULTING ANTI-FREEZE LEAKS. EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND NO KNOWN RECALL*AK

CONSUMER COULD SMELL GAS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT TOP SEAM OF GAS TANK HAD SEPARATED, CAUSING A GAS LEAK, DEALER REPLACED GAS TANK.*AK *YH

WHLE DRIVING, ENGINE OVERHEATED AND VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING . HAD TO BE TOWED. IT WAS ALL CAUSED BY A BUSTED HEAD GASKET. *AK DEALER STATES ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE HEAD GASKET COOLANT IS LINKING FLUID. *JB

HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING, AND ENGINE FAILED MAKING VEHICLE INOPERABLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER LATER THEN THE TIME WAS ALLOWED FOR VEHICLE TO BE LOOKED AT AS A RECALL PUT OUT BY MANUFACTURER. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE OVERHEATING WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE BEEN TO A REPAIRS SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND VARIOUS PARTS WERE REPLACED. BUT, PROBLEM REOCCURRED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS IDLING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS SHORT OUT. AFTER A WHILE THE COMPONENTS COME BACK ON. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

WHEN STARTING UP VEHICLE DOME LIGHT CONTINUALLY STAYS ON. DEALER HAD TO WAIT ALEAST 45 MINUTES BEFORE LIGHT WENT OFF.*AK

VEHICLE OVERHEATED DUE HEADGASKETS BLOWING ENGINE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA RECALL 02-V-101-000/ MANFACTURER'S RECALL 02536: FORD IS DENYING TO RECALL REPAIRS.VEHICLE IS NO LONGER REGISTERED IN STATE MENTIONED IN RECALL LETTER. ALSO, CONSUMER RECEIVED A SECOND URGENT LETTER TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS DONE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

BRAKES MAKE A GROWLING NOISE. HAD BRAKES REPAIRED. BRAKES KEEPS WEARING PREMATURELY. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE ABS MOTOR WAS NOISY.*JB

ABS BRAKES GIVE A FALSE SENSE OF STOPPING. DROVER ALMOST HAD SEVERAL REAR END INCCIDENTS DUE TO THE FACT BRAKES DID NOT HOLD WHEN APPLIED.*AK

WHEN CONSUMER TURNED VEHICLE ON ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEARED ON DASHBOARD. WHILE APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE HAS A NOISE COMING FROM WHEELS, AND VIBRATION INSIDE STEERING COLUMN.*AK

WHEN ACCELERATING VEHICLE JERKS BACK AND THEN IT TAKES OFF. VEHICLE IS ASSUMED TO HAVE A CRACKED PISTON. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HAVE MOTOR PROBLEMS WHILE DRIVING.*AK

HEAD GASKETS KEEP PREMATURELY BLOWING OUT. ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT LEAST 4 TIMES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THIS WAS A DESIGN FLAW IN ENGINE. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

HEAD GASKET AND TIMING COVER GASKET LEAKING IS CAUSING DAMAGE TO MAIN BEARINGS LEADING TO PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE. SEVERAL FORD DEALERS HAVE CONFIRMED THIS AS THE CAUSE AND FORD IS NOT ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY.

THE HEAD GASKETS ON MY CAR FAILED. I KNEW THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THEM, BUT YOU COULD NOT BRING THE CAR IN UNTIL THEY FAILED WHICH I THOUGHT WAS ABSURD IN THE FIRST PLACE. WELL THEY FAILED TWO WEEKENDS AGO AND I BROUGHT MY WINDSTAR IN AND NOW THEY TELL ME THE WARRANTY EXPIRED A FEW MONTHS AGO. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY INSTEAD OF AN OUTRIGHT RECALL . AFTER PERUSING THE WEB, I SAW WHAT A WIDESPREAD , DANGEROUS PROBLEM THIS IS. THANK GOD, MY HUSBAND WAS AN EXPERIENCED, LEVEL HEADED, DRIVER. I'VE READ SOME STORIES WHERE THE OUTCOME WAS NOT POSITIVE. 1995 FORD WINDSTARS SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THEIR HEAD GASKETS . THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. I KNOW YOU GUYS MUST BE VERY BUSY INDEED.*AKI

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR HEAD GASKET, REPAIR SHOP ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE BECAUSE OF PISTON DAMAGE AND SMOKING. VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM BUT DEALER WON'T FIX FOR FREE. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSMISSION GEARS WERE SLIPPING, A REBUILT TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED. *JG

AN AUTHORIZED FORD MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT IN ALL PROBABILITY THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION WAS CAUSED BY THE 1ST / REVERSE PISTON IN THE VALVE BODY AND THAT IT IS VERY COMMON IN THE AXOD TRANSMISSIONS USED IN WINDSTARS AND TAURUS'S AS WELL AS MANY OTHER OF FORD'S FRONT WHEEL DRIVE CARS. A FRIEND AT WORK HAS HAD HIS TRANSMISSION REPLACED TWICE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK

SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATES AT 50 MPH. SECOND TIME I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEEDOMETER.*AK

THE 4-WHEEL ABS ON OUR 1995 FORD WINDSTAR MINIVAN IS MALFUNCTIONING.IT CAUSES VIBRATION AND DECREASES THE ABILITY TO STOP THE VEHICLE.THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT ANY SPEED AND ON DRY ROAD SURFACES.*AK

WHEN THE INSURED PULLED THE VEHICLE INTO PARKING LOT THE FRONT PASENGER TIRE SHEARED OFF 5 LUG NUTS CAUSING DAMAGE TO ROTOR AND BUMPER. CLAIM #13-9132-767 *YH

WHILE THE INSURED WAS TRAVELING THE VEHICLE'S WHEEL CAME OFF. CLAIM #38-J549-690 *YH

INSURED STATED THAT THE WHEEL FELL OFF. CLAIM# 38-J472-820 *YH

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER SIDESWIPED A PARKED CAR, THE WHEEL THEN CAME OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT TWO MORE VEHICLES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP, CLAIM 05-4615-981. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING APPLIED BRAKES, AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR.*AK

THE VEHICLE STARTED RUNNING ROUGHLY WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF WHITE EXHAUST AND AN OVER HEATED ENGINE. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, THEIR DIAGNOSIS, A FAILED HEAD GASKET. CONSUMER HAS DISCOVERED THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THE FLAW WITH THE HEAD GASKETS AND THAT THERE ARE COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CONSUMERS WITH THESAME PROBLEM. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT FOR MONIES PAID. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THEY WERE NEVER NOTIFIED OF RECALL 00M09 AND HAD THE HEAD GASKET ON THEIR VEHICLE FAIL, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

CONSUMER STATED THE ENGINE BEGAN MAKING NOISE, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER TO HAVE THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED, HOWEVER THE HEAD GASKETS FAILED AGAIN, CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED BY HER PERSONAL MECHANIC THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO FIX THE GASKET WITHOUT REPLACING THE ENGINE BECAUSE THERE WAS TOO MUCH DAMAGE, THE DEALER DID NOT THINK IT WAS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO RPLACE THE CONSUMERS ENGINE SO THEY OFFERED HER 2500 OFF ANY BRAND NEW VEHICLE ON THE LOT, CONSUMER DID NOT ACCEPT THE OFFER, AND HAS SINCE PURCHASED AN ENGINE FROM HER PERSONAL MECHANIC.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START AT TIMES. CONTACTED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. NLM CONSUMER STATES THAT SOMETIMES THE IGNITION SWITCH GETS STUCK AND WILL TURN ON AND THE SWITCH WILL GO COMPLETELY AROUND. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE STALLING. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT THEIR HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR ENGINE. NLM

AFTER EXPERIENCING ENGINE OVERHEATING/LOSS OF COOLANT, THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED UNDER THE TERMS OF A FORD PROGRAM IN 1998. IN MARCH 2002, PROBLEMS RECURRED WITH ANTI-FREEZE VAPORS FILLING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT VIA THE VENT SYSTEM. FORD DEALER DIAGNOSIS INDICATED HEAD GASKET FAILURE (AGAIN) AND GASKET WAS REPLACED. WITHIN DAYS OF THIS REPAIR, VAPORS RETURNED AND CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALER. CURRENT DIAGNOSIS IS A RUPTURED HEATING COIL, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. TOTAL CHARGES FOR THE TWO PROBLEMS COMES TO ABOUT $1500.

HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND FAIL.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 55,400 MILES. *AK