1995 Ford Windstar complaints

THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WHEN TURNING WHEELS IN EITHER DIRECTION THERE WAS A LOUD RUBBING SOUND. DEALER STATED BOTH FRONT TIE RODS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. *AK

RE: FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY ON FORD WINDSTAR 3.8L HEAD GASKETS (FORD NOTICE 00M09). MY 95 WINDSTARS HEAD GASKET BLEW AND HYDRO LOCKED MY ENGINE AT 81,000 MILES. THE PROCESS PUMPED A LOT OF COOLANT THROUGH MY BLOCK AND OUT THE EXHAUST AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SEVERELY OVER HEAT. SAWGRASS FORD (SUNRISE FL (954) 851-9100) HAS AGREED TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET UNDER THE WARRANTY BUT WANTS $1176 TO COVER THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL WORK: RESEAL LEAKING COOLANT AT TIMING COVER $784. TUNE-UP $110. THERMOSTAT AND GASKET $85. FLUSH COOLING SYSTEM $74. ENGINE POWER FLUSH $120. I HAD JUST FLUSHED AND REPLACED COOLANT AND HOSES WITHIN THE LAST 10,000 MILES. THERE WERE NO LEAKS IN THE ENGINE. (MY GARAGE FLOOR IS CLEAN!) I BELIEVE THAT HAD THE HEAD GASKET NOT BLEW, THIS OTHER WORK WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE 00M09 EXTENDED WARRANTY WORK. THE ONLY REASON THE COOLING SYSTEM AND ENGINE WOULD NEED FLUSHED AT THIS POINT IS BECAUSE THE CYLINDERS FLOODED WITH COOLANT WHEN THE GASKET BLEW. THAT ALSO FOULED THE PLUGS. THE OVERHEATING DAMAGED THE THERMOSTAT. THE OVERHEATING IS ALSO THE LIKELY CAUSE OF DAMAGE RESULTING IN COOLANT LEAKING FROM THE TIMING COVER. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER CARE AND WAS TOLD THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ONLY COVERS THE HEAD GASKET REPLACEMENT. THE OWNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHER REPAIRS. (EVEN IF THE BLOCK FROZE OR THE HEADS WARPED!) THEY WILL NOT PROVIDE ME A COPY OF THE 00M09 EXTENDED WARRANTY. I WILL HAVE FORD DO THE WARRANTY WORK AND TAKE THE VEHICLE TO M

CONSUMER WAS UNDER VEHICLE LOOKING AT ANOTHER PROBLEM AND NOTICED BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED. CONSUMER OWNED ANOTHER FORD, WINDSTAR WITH SAME PROBLEM EXCEPT BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO FLOOR. VEHICLE WASN'T EXPERIENCING ANY DIFFICULTY, BUT DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WOULD BE CONTACTED. *AK

HEAD GASKETS AND TIMING COVER FAILED TWICE WHICH WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, EXCEPT FOR THE SECOND TIME MANUFACTURER STATES TIMING COVER FAILURE WAS NOT RELATED TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE, AS WELL AS PISTON ROD FAILURE ONCE. *JB

THE FRONT SHOCKS BROKE CAUSING NOISE TO BE EMMITTED FROM THE WHEEL WELL. NLM

HEAD GASKET FAILURE. *AK

THE CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS HAVING VEHICLE REPAIRED PROMPTLY FOR A FAULTY ALUMINUM RING USED IN THE TRANSMISSION (99R33). NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH VEHICLE SHIFTED TO RIGHT , HAD VEHICLE TOWED HOME, AND DISCOVERED THAT REAR CONTROL ARM HAD BROKEN. *AK

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AROUND 80,000 MILES. 2ND GEAR AND REVERSE GEAR FAULT. PROBLEM DUE TO FORWARD CUSHION PLATE (A $6.87 PART!!!) COST OF TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL $1637.77...*AK

ABS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY AND STAYS ON WHILE DRIVING, LIGHT COMES ON WHEN TURNING CORNERS AND A CLUNK NOISE EMITS FROM LEFT WHEEL AREA, ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM NO LONGER WORKING. *JB

THE ROD IS LOOSE. DEALER SAYS THE ENGINE MUST BE REPLACE. THIS IS OUR 3RD MAJOR CMPLT. FINANCIALLY, WE'RE OVERSPENT MAINTAINING THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE HELP!*AK

PAID OVER $2400 @ DEALER TO REPAIR. THIS VEHICLE HAS BECOME TOO EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN. NO DEFECTIVE PART MENTIONED. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE,TRANSMISSION FAILURE BETWEEN 47,500-49.500 MILES. UNSAFE LEMON.FORD WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. *AK

CONSUMER WALKED TOWARD VEHICLE AND NOTICED SPRING WAS HANGING DOWN. DAY BEFORE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING IT WITH NO PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED US FIRST TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL. NO FURTHER STEPS HAVE BEEN MADE.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE IN HALF WITH A SHARP POINT OF COIL VERY CLOSE TO TIRE, CONSUMER SUSPECTS LACK OF SUPPORT OR WEAK SPRINGS. FRONT STRUTS AND SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. *SLC

ENGINE STARTS TO CHARGE AND WHITE SMOKE COMES OUT OF THE TAILPIPE. TOOK TO DEALER, AND IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, AND TIMING COVER GASKET.*AK FORD DENIES ANY RESPONSIBILTY DUE TO MILEAGE. *SLC

MY MINIVAN WAS REAR-ENDED BY A SPEEDING FORD F350 AT A STOP LIGHT. FORTUNATELY I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE VEHICLE. MY SEAT BELT FAILED, IMPALING ME ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED, SPRAYING GLASS CUBES AND SHARDS ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE SHARDS PRIMARILY STUCK INTO THE BACK OF THE REAR SEAT MAKING IT LOOK LIKE A CACTUS. THERE ARE FINE PIECES EMBEDDED INTO THE CARPET AND UPHOLSTERY. I THOUGHT THAT "SAFETY" GLASS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DO THIS. AS FOR THE SEATBELT, I AM STILL BEING TREATED FOR THE INJURIES. *AK

THREE TIMES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS THE ABS SYSTEM HAS FAILED. IN ALL THREE INSTANCES THE ABS ACTIVATED DURING NORMAL BRAKING ON DRY SURFACES, USUALLY AT LOW SPEEDS WHILE COMING TO A STOP. IT TOOK EXTRA DISTANCE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND WAS QUITE DISRUPTIVE AND DISCONCERTING TO THE DRIVER. IF A VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN FRONT OF US, I AM SURE IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A REAR END COLLISION. ALSO, THE ABS FAILURE WAS ERRATIC, THAT IS, IT DID NOT DUPLICATE EVERY TIME THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE FIRST TWO TIMES, SENSORS WERE REPLACED AND ADJUSTED. THE MOST RECENT TIME THE ABS CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT PART #F58Z-2C219-AA INTEGRATED COIL (DEALER SAID IT WAS THE COMPUTER MODULE FOR THE ABS SYSTEM) HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER BEING REPAIRED THE DEALER THEN DISCOVERED AN ADDITIONAL FAILURE CODE INDICATING THAT A SENSOR HAD ALSO FAILED.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE OVERHEATED,DEALER REPLACED WITH REBUILT ENGINE.NOW 2 MONTHS LATER ENGINE CRANKS,BUT WONT START.HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER.IT IS OUR ONLY VEHICLE AND WE HAVE 4 KIDS.THIS VAN HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP EVERY MONTH SINCE WE BOUGHT IT.IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO?IT HAD TO BE TOWED 3 TIMES!.

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLOWN. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION HAS A PROBLEM DOWN SHIFTING AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN AND IS WARMED UP FORD HAS BEEN NOTIFIED VIA CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER. *AK

BOTH FRONT SUSPENSION COILS HAVE BOKEN ONTO FRONT WHEELS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

LOUD NOISE FROM FRONT COIL SPRINGS, BUT FORD DEALERS SAY NO PROBLEM AS NOISE IS NORMAL. *AK

PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE RESULTED IN A DESTROYED ENGINE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING WOULD HEAR A RATTLING NOISE. CHECKED VEHICLE AFTER PARKING IT. SLIDING DOOR WAS FALLING OFF THE HINGES WHICH WERE CRACKED. PROBLEM WAS GETTING WORSE. BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MANUFACTURER, AND WAS INFORMED RECALL HAD EXPIRED IN 8/31/96.*AK

SPRING BROKE WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING PARKED AFTER COMPLETING A 70 MILE HIGHWAY TRIP WITH FAMILY OF 6 IN VAN. SEVERELY PUNCTURED TIRE. REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIR OF FAILED PART. NO LONGER OWN VEHICLE DUE TO UNSAFE CONDITIONS AND EXCESSIVE RECALLS/OWNER NOTIFICATIONS. *AK

INTERMITTENT BRAKING PROBLEMS. AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, WITHOUT WARNING, ABS WOULD KICK IN AND THE BRAKE BECOMES HARD AND HARSH. AND THE WHOLE BRAKING SYSTEM MAKES A VERY LOUD GRINDING NOISE. THE REPAIR SHOP COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. I DO BELIEVE THERE IS A BRAKE DESIGN PROBLEM HERE BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED A SIMILAR PROBLEM IN OTHER CARS.

BOUGHT WINDSTAR LX 3.8 USED 1996, TWO YEARS LATER HEAD GASKET BLEW,. I HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY INSURANCE TO COVE ALL EXPENSES, HOW EVER THE REPLACEMENT HEAD GASKET BLEW THIS WEEK DESTROYING THE ENGINE, FOR TELL ME I AM OUT OF LOOK, BECAUSE I DID MY OWN OIL CHANGES IN THE PAST YEAR, MY VAN HAS NEVER BEEN RECALLED, NOR WAS I NOTIFIED IN MARCH 2000 ABOUT A DEFECTED HEAD GASKET, THE REPLACEMENT GASKET IN 1998 WAS THE DEFECTED GASKET, THE COST TO REPLACE ENGINE ID\S $6000,00. CANADIAN PLEASE NOTE THERE APPEARS TO BE NO ORGANISATION IN CANADA TO COMPLAIN TO CAN YOU ADVISE ME [email protected] I NEED HELP. *AK

HEAD GASKET STOPPED OPERATING, RESULTING IN REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

THE SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATES WITHIN A 20- TO 30-MPH RANGE. IT WAS FIXED ONCE AND ALL THEY DID WAS REPLACE THE CABLE. THERE ARE NOW SAYING IT IS THE ENTIRE SPEEDOMETER. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS!. *AK

SECOND FAILURE OF HEAD GASKET. FIRST FAILURE AT 60K. FORD REFUSES TO WARRANT WORK SECOND TIME. APPARANTLY THIS 3.8L ENGINE REQUIRES EXPENSIVE HEAD GASKET REPAIRS EVERY 50-60K MILES.

SERVICED AT DEALERSHIP FOR LEAKING HEAD GASKET PER EXTENDED WARRANTY LETTER (00M09). EXTENSIVE COOLING SYSTEM DAMAGE CAUSED AS RESULT OF HEAD GASKET FAILURE. DEALER QUOTED $1,500 WORTH OF WORK THAT WOULD BE OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE. VEHICLE DRIVEN IMMEDIATELY TO INDEPENDANT CERTIFIED MECHANIC FOR REMAINDER OF REPAIRS (LESS THAN 3 MILES DOOR TO DOOR). DEALER QUOTE MORE EXPENSIVE AND INCLUDED WORK THAT WAS NOT NECESSARY (REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION PAN GASKET-GASKET WAS LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OLD). ENGINE FAILED SAME DAY WORK WAS COMPLETED (DRIVEN LESS THAN 20 MILES). REPLACEMENT ENGINE ON 5 WEEK BACKORDER FROM MANUFACTURER. ENGINE REPLACEMENT FAILED 3 DAYS AFTER WORK COMPLETED. SECOND ENGINE REPLACEMENT PERFORMED BY ANOTHER FORD DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE WAS RETURNED LEAKING FLUID AND WITH CLAMPS AND HOSES DISCONNECTED (HAD TO BE RETURNED AGAIN). FORD HAS ACKNOWLEGDED PROBLEM AND EXISTENCE OF $4,000 COUPON PROGRAM TO OWNERS FOR REPAIRS. HOWEVER, BEST FORD STILL WILL NOT HONOR PROGRAM. HAVE SPENT 15 WEEKS AND MORE THAN $5,000 TO HAVE VEHICLE RETURNED STILL RUNNING ROUGH.*AK

VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE WAS RUNNING HOT SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDERS. A TOW TRUCK HAD TO TOW THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS CAUSED ENGINE FAILURE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO NOT BEING NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS. *SLC

FORD REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION ON MY WINDSTAR JUST BEFORE THE WARRANTY WAS UP. HERE IT IS ABOUT THE SAME # OF MILES OUT AND THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION IS LOCKED UP AND THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO GRAHM FORD. I SEE A $2000 DEBT IN MY FUTURE THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE FORD'S RESPONSIBILITY. I'M HAPPY THE CHILDREN WEREN'T IN THE CAR WHEN IT BUCKED AND LOCKED UP. I'M EVEN HAPPIER IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WHEN WE WERE ON THE ROAD OR OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. I BELIEVE THEY MADE A FAULTY PART AND SHOULD OWN UP TO IT. KATHY GUDEL.*AK

TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. *AK VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING WHILE IN MOTION, CONSUMER STATES IT FEELS AS IF THE TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP, MECHANIC CHECKED VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE HEAD GASKETS. *SLC

CONSUMER NEVER HAD A WARNING OF A PROBLEM UNTIL SHE HAD 100 THOUSAND MILE CHECK UP. THEN, HEARD A NOISE. TOOK AUTOMOBILE BACK TO DEALER, AND WHEN MECHANIC TOOK IT BACK TO BAY AREA HEAD GASKETS BLEW UP.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

DOOR SENSOR LEAVES INTERIOR DOME LIGHTS ON AND THE ASSOCIATED RELAY IS HOT TO THE TOUCH. POWER WINDOW MOTOR INOPERATIVE, WAS WORKING INTERMITTENLY UP TO TODAY. IGNITION SWITCH WILL ALLOW THE KEY TO BE REMOVED WHEN IT SHOULDN'T.

PURCHASED NEW IN LATE 1994, THIS WINDSTAR 3.8L ENGINE BLEW ITS FIRST HEAD GASKET AT 39 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP AND 50,000 MILES. SEVERAL YEARS AFTER PAYING FOR REPAIR FORD FINALLY OFFERED OWNERS REIMBURSEMENT FOR SUCH REPAIRS AND EXTENDED ENGINE WARRANTY TO 100,000 MILES. ALTHOUGH I HAD LOCAL DEALERSHIP CHECK ON LOW FLUIDS AT 97,000 MILES THEY DID NOTHING BUT TOP OFF FLUIDS. AT 103,000 MILES THEY TOLD ME MY HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN AND THAT ENGINE COOLANT WAS GOING INTO ENGINE. FORD WAS CONTACTED AND REFUSED TO HONOR REPAIR WORK UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. ON. *AK

SPRING FAILURE IN AIRBAG. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL CABLE WOULD STICK. HAS HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE. HAD SET CRUISE CONTROL ON 62MPH GOING UPHILL, AUTO SHIFTED DOWN. WAS GOING DOWNHILL AND PRESSED ON BRAKES TO RELEASE CRUISE CONTROL. VEHICLE PICKED UP SPEED. CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DISENGAGE. PUT ON BRAKES AND TURNED VEHICLE OFF TO DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL.*AK THE DEALER SENT A HAZARDOUS CONDITION REPORT TO THE MANUFACTURER UPON CONSUMER'S REQUEST. *YH

I PURCHASED A 95 FORD WINDSTAR, IN MAY OF L998 WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. AFTER 90,000 I BEGAN NOTCIING LEAKAGE FROM THE HEAD GASKET. WARRANTY HAD ENDED I SOUGHT AN INDEPENDENT DEALER FOR SERVICE. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY FORD OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ISSUED ON THE GASKETS FOR 95 WINDSTARS. AS A CONSUMER I FEEL THAT FORD VOILATED MLY LRIGHTS AS A CUSTMOER FOR NOT NOTIFYING ME OF THE RECALL. *AK

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROBLEMS WITH MY '95 WINDSTAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT USED IN JAN OF 1997. THE SCARY THING IS I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ON IT , BUT HERE IS MY LIST HEAD GASKETS REPLACED, SPEEDOMETER REPLACED & IS NOW MAKING NOISE AGAIN, REAR HEAT AND AIR REPAIRED,TROUBLE WITH IGNITION SWITCH, STEERING IS MAKING NOISES HOPEFULLY THIS ISN'T A PROBLEM WITH THE SUSPENSION SPRING YOU ARE ALREADY INVESTIGATING, BELLS ARE RINING ALL THE TIME, DOOR ADJAR LIGHT STAYS ON PERIODICALLY CAUSING INTERIOR LIGHTS TO STAY ON SO YOU CAN'T DRIVE AT NIGHT AND YOUR BATTERY GOES DEAD.MOST RECENTLY MY TRANSMISSION IS GIVING ME PROBLEMS, IT GOES OUT OF GEAR AT A STOP AND THEN SLAMS INTO IT HARD WHEN YOU TRY TO GO FORWARD ALSO SHIFTS HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN ENTERING A BUSY INTERSECTION OR STREET. I DID SOME HOME WORK ON THE INTERNET ONLY TO FIND THAT IT SEEMS ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS ARE VERY COMMON AND EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE THEM AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER. I HAVE BEEN THINKING OF RE PAIRING MY TRANSMISSION BUT I HAVE READ OF SEVERAL PEOPLE REPAIRING THEIRS ONLY TO PUT 2 OR EVEN 3 MORE IN. WHAT IS IT WITH THIS VEHICLE?NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

BOTH HEAD GASKETS FAILED MONTHS AFTER THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THEY (MANUFACTURER) WOULD REPLACE THEM FOR FREE, THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS SLIGHTLY OVER THE MILEAGE REQUIREMENT, IN JAN 01 THE OIL VALVE STUCK CAUSING THE OIL NOT TO FLOW THUS BLOWING OFF THE OIL FILER, THE OIL LIGHT NEVER CAME ON THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT AND THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED. NLM

RECALL FOR HEAD GASKET WAS PERFORMED, BUT NOW ENGINE IS LEAKING ALL WATER OUT OF IT .*AK CONSUMER STATES HEATER CORE ROTTED OUT, CRANK CASE OIL KEEPS TURNING BLACK, OIL FILTER KEEPS PLUGGING UP OIL, OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATES WHEN SLOWING DOWN FOR FULL STOP OR JUST SLOWING DOWN, CONSUMER HAS BEEN CHARGED FOR ADDITIONAL REPAIRS. *SLC