1995 Ford Windstar complaints

THE CAR GOT OVERHEATED AND STARTED THROWING LOTS OF SMOKE THROUGH THE EXHAUST SYSTEM THE SMOKE WAS WITH WATER AND SOME OIL,THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, AND THE ABS LIGHT ALSO. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWNOUT. ENTIRE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

SUBSEQUENT ENGINE FAILURE RESULTED IN MAJOR REPAIR/REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE. TOTAL FAILURE COULD LOCK UP DRIVE TRAIN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS CAUSING CRASH. *AK

WHILE THE INSURED WAS DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WHEEL CAME OFF. CLAIM# 13-7361-978 *YH

WHILE DRIVING THE LUG NUTS CAME OFF. CLAIM# 22-V658-695 *YH

REVERSE GEAR WILL NOT WORK AFTER THE VAN HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD MANY TIMES, ONLY TO BE TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO TO HELP SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OVER 60,000 MILES. I SEE ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, AND AM SO ANGRY THAT NOTHING IS BEING DONE EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION PART. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DO THERE NEED TO BE BEFORE FORD IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE REPAIRS? NOT BEING ABLE TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE SEEMS TO BE A VERY MAJOR PROBLEM TO ME, AND I FEEL AS IF FORD IS GIVING ME THE RUN AROUND.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

PLASTIC FUEL TANK LEAKS, NO RECALL, REPLACED

VEHICLE WAS GOING 60MPH AND ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE AND CONSTANTLY OVERHEATED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON AS A WARNING. PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE 1998. PROBLEM WAS PREVIOUSLY CAUSED BY COOLANT DETERIORATING THE BEARINGS. ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT DEALER WILL NOT GET INVOLVED FINANCIALLY. CONSUMER WILL BE FULLY RESPONSIBILE FOR THE REPAIRS. *AK *JB

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED OUR 1995 FORD WINDSTAR USED. AFTER 1 WEEK OF OWNING OUR VEHICLE IT BLEW A HEAD GASKET. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE VAN WAS UNDER A RECALL. THIS MADE US RELAX UNTIL WE FOUND THAT FORD HAS DONE LITTLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT FOR SOME TIME. WE ARE PRAYING THAT THEY TRUELY FIX THE PROBLEM INSTEAD OF JUST PUTTING A BANDAID ON IT UNTIL THE RECALL IS OVER. WE HAVE 3 CHILDREN AND CANT AFFORD TO KEEP REPLACING THINGS THAT FORD KNOWINGLY, HAVE DEFECTS. WE OWE $10,000 FOR OUR VAN AND THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING A GOOD BUY AS THE VAN LOOKS PERFECT! MAGAZINES FOR NEW MOTHERS ENDORSE THE FORD WINDSTAR AS BEING A GREAT VAN. I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND HOW FORD COULD KEEP MAKING THIS VAN WITHOUT BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VANS THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY ON THE MARKET THAT ARE LEMONS. THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE ALL THE DEFECTS ON THESE VANS BEFORE MAKING NEW ONES. I HOPE THAT SOMEONE WILL WORK FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE AND MAKE FORD STAND BY THEIR AMERICAN MADE PRODUCT. THANK YOU MS

I HAVE HAD A CONTINUING STREAM OF ENDLESS REPAIRS TO THIS FORD WINDSTAR. STARING WITH THE WATER PUMP ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASE; THEN THE LEFT FRONT SPRING AND STRUT COLLASPED; NEXT THE ABS SYSTEM ALMOST COST ME MY LIFE BY FAILING ON A DOWNGRADE INTO AN INTERSECTION; A COMPOENT OF THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM IN THE MAIN COMPUTER FAILED; THE REAR MASTER CYLINDER ON THE BRAKES WAS LEAKING; THE TRANSMISSION HAS NEVER SHIFTED CORRECTLY ALMOST GIVING PASSENGERS WHIPLASH; THE REAR POWER DOOR LOCK ON THE TAILGATE HAS JUST NEVER WORKED FORM DAY ONE; I DID RECEIVE A RECALL FOR THE HOOD AND THAT WAS REPLACED; NOW THE POWER WINDOWS OPERATE WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, BUT THE DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK AND THE VEHICLE IS TOTALLY DIABLED, IT WILL NOT START OR EVEN TRY TO TURN OVER. I AM JUST A NURSE NOT A MILLIONAIRE, I HAVE PAID ALMOST $5,000.00 IN REPAIRS INTO THIS VEHICLE IN THE 2 1/2 YEARS I HAVE OWNED IT. AND NOW IT IS DEAD, LEAVING ME WITH NO TRANSPORTATION TO WORK, MY ONLY SOURCE OF INCOME. PLEASE HELP.

THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED UNDER THE FORD PROGRAM. I DROVE THE CAR 2 TIMES, EACH TIME APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES. THE SECOND TIME I DROVE IT IT OVERHEATED AND HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY REPLACED THE TIMING CHAIN COVER GASKET. I WAS TOLD BY A FORD DEALER THAT THE TIMING CHAIN COVER GASKET WAS AS LIKELY TO BE BAD AS THE HEAD COVER GASKET BUT FORD DIDN'T COVER THAT. BOTH GASKET PROBLEMS ALLOWED COOLANT TO GET INTO THE ENGINE OIL. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT BECAUSE THE HEAD GASKET WAS FIXED IT ALLOWED MORE PRESSURE TO BUILD AND THAT IS WHY THE OTHER GASKET BLEW SO QUICKLY. I BELIEVE THE GASKET PROBLEMS ARE RELATED AND THAT BOTH SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER THE FACTORY PROGRAM.*AK

AM I RESPONSIBLE FOR SHARING IN THE COST W/FORD FOR AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT? I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS DUE TO THE BLOWN HEADGASKET THAT WAS REPLACED IN 12/98. ONE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THE OTHER SAID NO, I MUST SHARE IN THE EXPENSE OF A NEW ENGINE. IN THE MEANTIME, I AM STILL DRIVING IT (FORD WON'T PAY IN FULL FOR A RENTAL CAR) WITH CHILDREN AND SPOUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY INFO YOU CAN. THANKS. *AK

REPORTING A BROKEN WELD FROM TOP BRACKET OF SLIDING DOOR . MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF NO RECALL, AND VEHICLE BEING OUT OF ITS WARRANTY. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK THE TOP WELD ON THE DOOR ITSELF BROKE. NLM

FORD HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY ABOUT HEAD GASKET FAILURE ENGINE, BUT MINE IS EXPIRED. I FEEL VERY VERY VERY UNFAIR AND UPSET.*AK

THE ELECTRONIC SPEED SENSOR FAILED WHILE ON A TRIP IN JULY. THE VEHICLE SHIFTING POINTS ARE CONTROLLED BY THIS DEVICE. WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH THE VEHICLE DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER WENT TO " 0 " AND THE VEHICLE DOWN -SHIFTED TO ANOTHER GEAR ON ITS OWN WITH A LOST OF SPEED OF ABOUT 15 MPH. THIS WOULD HAPPEN INTERMITENTLY. ONE TIME WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER . I WAS ACCELLERATING ONTO AN INTERSTATE AND INSTEAD OF THE VEHICLE ACCELERATING AS NORMAL . THE SENSOR SPEEDOMETER WENT TO "0" AND THE VEHICLE INSTEAD OF ACCELLERATING , ACTUALLY FELT THAT IT WAS TRYING TO DOWN -SHIFT TO FIRST GEAR ,WITH A SUBSTANTIAL LOSS OF POWER.*AK

VEHICE WOULD OVERHEAT. CONSUMER TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID DEALER NEEDED A NEW MOTOR.*AK

BRAKES AND TRANSMISSIONS ARE A SAFETY FACTOR. PLEASE TAKE ACTION TO MAKE FORD PAY FOR REPAIRS.*AK

ENGINE THREW A ROD 6000 MILES AFTER HEAD GASKET REPLACEMENT. REPLACEMENT ENGINE $3700. VEHICLE HAS MASSIVE REPAIR HISTORY. FORD CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CENTER CONTACTED AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST.

WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE. IT WOULD DOWNSHIFT AND THEN SLIP, TRYING TO CATCH AND THEN SLIP AGAIN. WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR WHEN PRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL. WOULD CATCH EVENTUALLY, AND THEN TAKE OFF. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP , HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED. REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION ACTS LIKE THE PREVIOUS TRANSMISSION.*AK

ON 7/29/01 TRAVELING ON I495 IN MASSACHUSETTS, THE CAR STARTED REVVING AND THE RPMS FLUTTERED BETWEEN 3K-4K. SHORTLY THEREAFTER ON MASSPIKE (WITHIN 10-20 MILES), CAR COULD NOT ACHIEVE MORE THAN 50 MPH. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE TURNPIKE WHERE I NOTICED SMOKE FROM CAR. AT THIS POINT I TRIED TO GET IT INTO GEAR AGAIN TO GET OFF HIGHWAY AND COULD NOT GET IT OUT OF 2ND GEAR, THEN 1ST, THEN NOTHING. THE CAR HAS BEEN TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DIAGNOSED A TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO THE FAILURE OF A CONVERTER SEAL WHICH THEN LEAKED OUT MY TRANSMISSION FLUID. THEY WILL REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION FOR $2400. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WITHIN THREE WEEKS OF PICKING UP THE CAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE ENGINE HAD BEEN REPLACED UNDER THE WARRANTY EXTENSION FORD HAS GIVEN TO FIX HEAD GASKET FAILURES IN THIS CAR. THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT IN THE CAR.*AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED-NUMEROUS HEAD GASKET 482 REPORTED IN 2000-FORD REFUSED TO HELP-USED MONEY FROM CHILDREN FUND TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. PLEASE HELP

THE FUEL TANK CRACKED. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDING IN RECALL.

THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO,FORD RECALL NO. 99S3, OR NHTSA RECALL NO. 99V309.RECENTLY OUR 1995 WINDSTAR DEVELOPED THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN THE AFOREMENTIONED RECALL, FUEL DID LEAK OUT ALL OVER OUR GARAGE, DRIVEWAY, AND MY WIFE DROVE IT WITH OUR TWO CHILDREN FOR DAYS WITHOUT REALIZING THE GAS WAS LEAKING, OVER THE EXHAUST, TIRES, & BRAKES.WE WENT TO OUR LOCAL FORD DEALER (HERITAGE FORD, MODESTO, CA.) & WERE TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM.I HAD TO PAY $550.00 TO REPAIR IT.I THINK A FAILURE WITH THIS MUCH DANGER SHOULD BE COVERED BY FORD, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL FOR THE EXACT PROBLEM, BUT MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF THE FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON.CONSUMER IS ASKING FOR REMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THE COMPLAIN, CLUNKING WHEN SHIFTING THE CAR FROM PARK TO ANOTHER GEAR AND CLUNKING IN FRONT END WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS.

KENT PARSON FORD WAS NOT HELPFUL AT ALL. NO SAFETY DEFEC TLISTED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES HEAD GASKET FAILED, ENGINE LEAKED OIL ON EXHAUST, AND THE WATER PUMP WAS ALSO REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE NOISE AND A LOOSE SHAFT.*YH

NOT SURE OF EXACT DAY 1ST TRANSMISSION REPLACED. MONTH AND YEAR ARE CORRECT 9/98.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT CONSISTENTLY ENGAGE WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE AND DOES NOT USUALLY ENGAGE WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE.

WHENEVER AT A STOP LIGHT OR SIGN WOULD START TO ACCELERATE. VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE FIRST, AND THEN JERKED FORWARD. IT WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. HAVE NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. *AK CONSUMER WENT TO AAMCO TO GET TRANSMISSION FIXED AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 1995-1996 WINDSTAR VANS. *SLC

DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE SIX MONTHS/9K MILES AFTER FORD DEALER REPLACED ENGINE UNDER PROGRAM FOR HEAD GASKET FAILURE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ANOTHER DRIVER SUDDENLY PUT ON BRAKES, CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE BARELY MISSED THE OTHER VEHICLE. VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOPPED. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT FRONT BRAKE LINE WAS BROKEN. *AK MECHANIC STATED POSSIBLE BRAKE LINING LEAK, FRONT AND RIGHT SIDE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE MASTER CYLINDER. *SLC

FIRST TRANSMISSION FAILURE 21/01/2000 AT 70,000 MILES. SECOND FAILURE 06/16/2001AT 87,000 MILES.*AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON VAN. WARRANTY ENDED 2 WEEKS AGO. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON A VEHICLE WITH SO LITTLE MILEAGE. I UNDERSTAND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FACING THIS PROBLEM DAILY WITH THEIR WINDSTARS. WHY IS FORD NOT BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE IN COMPENSATING FOR AN OBVIOUS AND ADMITTABLY FALTY CONSTRUCTION DESIGN WITH THE ENGINE?*AK

VEHICLE TAKEN TO FORD FOR ENGINE LIGHT ON AND RUNNING ROUGH. FORD DEALER SAID HEAD GASKET WAS BAD AND REPLACED. ALSO FOUND FRONT TIMING COVER LEAKING, AND CHARGED $901.00 TO REPAIR ON MAY 17, 2001. WHILE ON VACATION IN ALASKA, VEHICLE HAD 3000 MILES ON IT SINCE REPAIR WAS DONE AND OIL WAS CHANGED. AFTER TRAVELING A SHORT DISTANCE A NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE MOTOR. WHEN PULLED INTO THE GARAGE THE MOTOR HAD A SERIOUS NOISE, THE OIL PAN WAS DROPPED AND THE BEARINGS WERE WIPED OUT. MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO MAKE IT BACK HOME. COST $4000.00. WOULD LIKE REFUND FROM FORD FOR MONEY PAID OUT FOR THE NEW MOTOR.*AK

VEHICLE WAS GOING 30-35MPH, AND WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP LIGHT RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, SIDES WERE SHREDDED. THERE WAS A 60,000 MILE WARRANTY, AND TIRE HAD 32,000 MILES. 1995, FORD, WINDSTAR AFTERMARKET TIRES.*AK

SPEED SENSOR AND TRANSMISSON WERE FAILING, CAUSING GEARS TO SHIFT ERRACTICALLY AND RESULTING IN VEHICLE TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AS IT DEACCELERATES. DEALER HAS REPLACED SPEED SENSOR AT 64,000 AND 77,000 MILES, AND TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 70,000 MILES, PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

ABS LIGHT COMES ON THE DASHBOARD FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 35MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WAS WAS SHIFTING GEARS. THERE WAS A POPPYING NOISE, AND SECOND GEAR DOWNSHIFTED TO FIRST BY ITSELF. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

AFTER FINDING INFORMATION ON INTERNET ABOUT CRACKS ON SHORTS BLOCK FOR THIS VEHICLE. THEN, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE DEALER'S TECHNICIAN HAD FOUND A CRACK ON BLOCK BUT DUE TO LIMITED MILEAGE COULD NOT FIX THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MOR INFORMATION. *AK

RAN OVER RACCOON - BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PASSENGER AIRBAG CAUSED BRAIN INJURY TO OCCUPANT.*AK

FUEL TANK IS LEAKING FUEL BECAUSE THERE IS A WHOLE IN TOP OF TANK. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER WAS INSIDE THE HOUSE AND HEARD A LOUD CRASH SOUND. CONUSMER WAS UNAWARE THAT IT WAS THE VEHICLE. FRONT END WAS MOUNTED ON WHEELS. DEALER STATED SPRINGS WERE CORRODED. CONSUMER HIRED A INVESTIGATOR TO INSPECT VEHICLE FURTHER. SPRINGS COLLAPSED BECAUSE COATING FOR CORROSION PREMATURELY WORE OFF. COST TO REPAIR WAS $952. *AK A SUSPENSION SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE FRONT TIRE, BOTH SPRINGS WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE TIRES, THE POOR ADHESION OF THE BLACK COATING MATERIAL IS APPARENTLY A DESIGN PROBLEM IN THE SPRING, IT IS POSSIBLE THE STRESSES AND BENDING MOMENTS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SPRING ARE GREATER AND THEREFORE CAUSED THE BOND BETWEEN THE COATING AND THE SPRING TO SLOWLY DETERIORATE, THROUGH THE CONTINUOUS LOADING OF THE SPRING AND SLOW DETERIORATION OF THE BOND OF THE COATING, THE COATING STARTED TO FLAKE OFF EXPOSING THE BARE STEEL. *SLC

AFTER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED THEY POPPED OUT AND CHEMICALS BURNED CONSUMER. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

FORWARD PISTON CRACKED CAUSING OIL LEAKAGE AND LOSS OF POWER, AND VEHICLE TO OPERATE ERRATICALLY WHEN THE GEAR IS IN DRIVE. *AK *YH

TRANSMISSION AND HEAD GASKET SFAILED AT 48000 BOTH REPLACED. ENGINE FAILURE AT 50,000 NOW WAITING 8 WEEKS FOR REPLACEMENT ENGINE.

DEALER HAS LOOKED AT PROBLEM SAYS THERE IS NONE. I KNOW OF OTHER 1995 WINDSTAR OWNERS WITH SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS CAUSING A SAFTY PROBLEM BECAUSE I KNOW OF PEOPLE DISCONNECTING THE FUSE TO SHUT THE WARNING AND INTERIOR LIGHT. *AK