1995 Ford Windstar complaints

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM IS NON-OPERABLE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES . BRAKES FEEL LIKE AIR INSIDE OF BRAKE LINNING, AND THERE IS NO SUPPORT FROM DEALERSHIP. *AK

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. DEALER FOUND TIMECASE COVER GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

PERSISTENT FAILURE OF HEADGASKET DUE TO ERROR IN ENGINE DESIGN.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE APPLIED FORCE TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AND VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. ALSO, VEHICLE DID NOT GO INTO GEAR. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER NOTED PROBLEM WAS LINKED TO A CRACK IN TRANSMISSION DUE TO TYPE OF MATERIAL USED FOR TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER ALSO, TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER AND WON'T ACCELERATE, AND OCCASIONALLY WILL CHOKE AND STALL . O2 SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. *AK

RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKEN AND PUNCTURED TIRE WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVER UNDER A RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES. EXCESSIVE WEAR OF PADS ON FRONT AND BACK, REPLACED FOUR TIMES . DEALERSHIP AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

CRACK IN ALUMINUM FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON IN THE TRANSMISSION

VEHICLE ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN WHEN BACKING UP OR AT STOP LIGHTS. ENGINE REVVES, AND VEHICLE TAKES OFF. *AK

I WAS EXITING A GOLF COURSE PARKING LOT AT ABOUT 10-12 MPH WHEN I HIT A SMALL POT HOLE. I HEARD A NOISE LIKE A SHARP SNAP. I EXITED THE PARKING LOT AND PROCEEDED DOWN A TWO LANE PAVED ROAD AT ABOUT 45 MPH, THE SPEED LIMIT. I HEARD THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BECOME FLAT. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK WHOSE OPERATOR INFORMED ME THAT THE COIL SPRING BROKE. RUSS MILNE FORD REPLACED RT FRONT STRUT, SPRING, &SPRING SEAT. THE RT FRONT TIRE WAS SLASHED BY THE BROKEN SPRING, REQUIRING BOTH FRONT TO BE REPLACED & FRONT TO BE ALIGNED. I BELIEVE THE COIL FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY FAULTY HEAT TREARMENT.

MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AND SENT SMOKE INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. IT PREVIOUSLY FAILED IN 1997 AND WAS REPAIRED UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY. THIS WILL NOW BE THE 3RD TRANSMISSION IN 78,000 MILES. IN SEP. 1999, MY HEAD GASKET FAILED, AND I BOUGHT A $495 SERVICE WARRANTY FROM FORD, SINCE FORD HAD NOT YET ISSUED PROGRAM M09 TO REPAIR HEAD GASKETS. I TOOK THE CAR TO WINNER FORD FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN JUNE 2000 WHILE STILL COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT "NO PROBLEM FOUND" SO NO REPAIR MADE. FORD AND DEALER NOW OFFERING NO ASSISTANCE, EVEN THOUGH I TRIED TO GET IT FIXED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. FORD SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THIS CHRONIC MECHANICAL FAILURE SIMILAR TO THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM AND ISSUE EXTENDED COVERAGE FOR TRANSMISSION ON THESE CARS AND TAURUSES. THE INTERNET COMPLAINT FORUMS ARE FULL OF STORIES ON PREMATURE TRANSMISSION FAILURES ON WINDSTARS AND TAURUSES. I ALSO AM HAVING TO RENT A CAR, AND SHOULD BE PAID FOR THAT COST AS WELL.

WHEN DRIVING NO MORE THEN OVER TWO MILES VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT AND OVERHEATED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER CORRECTED PROBLEM UNDER RECALL AT 65 THOUSAND MILES. HEAD GASKET REPLACED WITH AN ALUMINUM PART. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEM AT ONE HUNDRED NINE THOUSAND MILES. MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS EVEN BEFORE THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. STILL, THERE WERE NO ATTEMPT BY THE MANUFACTURER TO CORRECT THESE PROBLEMS. *YH

BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THERE WAS ODD NOISE. CONSUMER STOPPED, GOT OUT AND DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT END WAS DOWN TO GROUND. MOVING VEHICLE SO TOW TRUCK COULD GET TO VEHICLE. COIL SPRING PUNCTURED TIRE. WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. DEALER DIDN'T GIVE EXPLANATION FOR CAUSE. *AK THE CAUSE FOR FRONT END FAILURE WAS COIL SPRING BREAKING. *YH

FUEL TANK HAD A 3 QUARTER INCH CRACK ON TOP OF IT, ABOVE SUPPORT STRAP. LOCAL REPAIR SHOP REPLACED TANK AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

I HAD JUST STOPPED TO FILL UP VAN WITH GAS. I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE STATION ON TO A MAIN ROAD, WHEN JUST AS I PULLED ON TO THE ROAD THE CAR MADE A LOUD CLUNK AND THEN WOULD NOT MOVE ANY FURTHER. BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE IT ALMOST CAUSED ME TO BE HIT IN THE SIDE BY ON COMING TRAFFIC ON A ROAD THAT HAS A SPEED LIMIT OF 50 MPH. I WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURED SEVERLY IF THE PERSON HAD NOT WENT AROUND ME TO KEEP FROM HITTING ME.*AK

CONSUMER BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY, PUT VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND FRONT DROPPED, DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN. *AK

AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN FEB 1999, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASE ON THE HIGHWAY AT 51,500. NOW AT 76,000 WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE GEARS SLIPPING AND NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY AS WE DID WHEN IT FAILED THE FIRST TIME. *AK

WE PURCHASED OUR FORD WINDSTAR NEW IN 7/94 (IT WAS ANEARLY 1995 RELEASE). PROBLEMS BEGAN IMMEDIATELY WITH THE ENGINE CONTROL, DOOR CLOSURE SENSOR, ETC. THERE WERE ALSO OTHER NUISANCES SUCH AS THE SUSPENSION THAT HAD A BANGING NOISE WHEN GOING OVER ANY BUMP. THE DOOR SENSORS AND ENGINE COMPUTER WERE REPLACED. THE SUSPENSION PROBLEM WAS NEVER RESOLVED. THEN BEFORE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED (36,000 MILES) THERE WERE PROBLEMS WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON (WHICH IT IS STILL ON 5 YEARS LATER). AFTER TRIPS TO THE DEALER AND A $500.00 TUNE-UP THE ENGINE LIGHT PROBLEM WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED-- WHICH IT NEVER WAS. AT THAT TIME YEARS AGO I TOLD THEM THAT THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SEEM TO SHIFT PROPERLY ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WENT ON VACATION THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS. THEIR ANSWER WHIULE IT WAS "UNDER WARRANTY" WAS THAT THE ENGINE WAS ELECTRONIC AND THAT IF A SENSOR WAS BAD OR THE FUEL MIXTURE WAS NOT PROPER IT WOULD CAUSE THAT TO HAPPEN. THEY SAID THAT THE SENSORS DID NOT INDICATE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WE, HOWEVER, KNEW THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE CAR PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE , BUT AGAIN THE ONLY THING THEY COULD FIND IS THAT THE ENGINE INDICATED THAT IT WAS RUNNING "TOO LEAN". THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON AND EVENTUALLY WOULD GO OFF, BUT THIS HAPPENED MORE FREQUENTLY. FINALLY, THE CAR BECAME UNRELIABLE, AND WE AGAIN TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD CHECK THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET. SURE ENOUGH IT WAS GOING BAD! THEY ESTIMATED TO FIX IT WOULD COST $2000+ I SAID THAT MY CON

I HAD BOUGHT MY VAN IN MAY OF 2000. IT HAD 70,274 MILES ON IT. I BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR $1250.00 THINKING I WAS PROTECTING MY INVESTMENT. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, I WAS TOLD BY THE WARRANTY COMPANY THAT BECAUSE THE FLUID LEVELS (OIL AND TRANSMISSION) WERE LOW AND THAT THE OIL HAD NOT BEEN CHANGED SINCE I PURCHASED IT ( THEY SURMISED THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO STICKER ON THE WINDSHIELD TO INDICATE THAT THE OIL HAD BEEN CHANGED) AND THAT THE OIL FILTER HAD ALSO NOT BEEN CHANGED, IT THEREFORE WAS DRIVER NEGLIGENCE (WE WERE TOLD IT WAS A LUBRICATION PART THAT NEEDED REPAIRING IN THE TRANSMISSION) AND AS A RESULT, THE WARRANTY COMPANY ABSOLVED ITSELF OF HAVING TO PAY THE $1957.04 THAT I PAID OUT OF POCKET TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION. THE SHOP WHO FIXED MY VEHICLE (AS TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP "SUB-LETTED" THE JOB OUT TO THEM) TOLD MY HUSBAND AND I THAT THE FLUID LEVELS WERE FINE! MY HUSBAND CHANGED THE OIL AND THE OIL FILTER HIMSELF- HENCE THE NO STICKER IN THE WINDSHIELD! TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE TIRED OF GETTIG THE SHORT END OF THE STICK! I, NOT BEING MECHANICALLY INCLINED, AM NOT SURE IF THE PROBLEM WE HAD WITH OUR VAN'S TRANSMISSION IS RELATED TO THE "ALUMINUM FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON" THAT FORD HAS BEEN AWARE OF SINCE 1994 (SEE FORD'S TSB #94247 11/1994) OR NOT, BUT WE WOULD LIKE OUR COMPLAINT REGISTERED. SHOULD THERE BE AN INVESTIGATION, WE ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE! THANKS! THE HARVEYS.*AK

I HAD TO HAVE MY ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION REPAIRED ON THIS VEHICLE AND FROM THE REPORTS I HAVE HEARD I WOULD LIKE MY MONEY BACK BECAUSE THESE THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FORD HAS AN UNUSUALLY HIGH NUMBER OF GASKET FAILURES, AND THAT THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL ON THE HEAD GASKET. HOWEVER - THE FRONT COVER GASKET FAILURES ARE NOT COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL REPAIR. I AM INTERESTED IN INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF FRONT COVER GASKET FAILURES IN THE EARLY WINDSTAR MODELS, AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS ISSUE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THANK YOU.

WHEN SPRING BROKE THE L/F ALMOST NEW TIRE WAS PUNCTURED AND RUINED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND WHITE SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT. THEN VEHICLE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND OVERHEATED. *AK

ENGINE BLEW OUT, AND HEADGASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED PRIOR TO THAT. *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKE LIGHT IGNITED ON TWO OCCASIONS, FILLING WITH BRAKE FLUID FIXED THIS PROBLEM. NOW THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE LIGHT INTERMITTANTLY COMES ON. WHEN LIGHT IS NOT ACTIVATED, THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ARE ACTIVATED WITH EVERY USE OF THE BRAKE, CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. ONCE THE BRAKE GOES BEYOND THIS POINT, THE PEDAL WILL DEPRESS TO THE FLOOR AND PRESSURE WILL PUSH THE PEDAL BACK UP AND PULSATE. WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP THE BRAKES WILL MAKE A GRINDING SOUND FROM THE RIGHT FRONT. WHEN THE LIGHT IS IGNITED AND THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ARE NOT OPERATIONAL, THE BRAKES WORK NORMAL, BUT STILL GRIND WHEN A COMPLETE STOP IS MADE. THERE IS A WIRE AT THE STARTER CONNECTION THAT WORKS ITSELF LOOSE OCCASSIONALLY CAUSING THE ENGINE NOT TO START. WHEN THIS OCCURS YOU NEED TO JIGGLE THE WIRE AND TIGHTEN TO GET TO START. THIS PROBLEM HAD BEEN LOOKED AT AND SERVICED IN SEPT 2000, BUT STILL OCCURS APPROXIMATELY EVERY FOUR MONTHS. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT AND DOME LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVATE. THIS SEEMS TO BE FALSE AS ALL DOORS ARE CLOSED. AGAIN, SOME PLAYING AROUND WITH CONNECTIONS SEEM TO FIX THIS PROBLEM ALSO. ALL PROBLEMS SEEM TO HAVE OCCURED AFTER THE VEHICLE REACHED 75,000 MILES. WE DO HAVE ACQUAINTANCES WHO ALSO OWN WINDSTARS OF THE SAME YEAR AND HAVE THE SAME ANTILOCK BRAKE PROBLEM.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN PREMATURELY. DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKETS AT 80000 MILES UNDER T EXTENDED WARRANTY POLICY. HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWED SINCE THEN. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED RIGHT TIRE, CAUSING FRONT END TO FALL DOWN. ALSO, RIGHT COIL SPRING CRACKED. *AK

SPEEDOMETER WILL START TO BOUNCE FROM SPEED TO SPEED ONCE SPEED REACHS ABOUT 50 MPH. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER IS WILLING TO CHANGE PIECE, BUT WILL NOT COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED ONE MONTH AFTER CONSUMER'S EXTENDED WARRANTY. VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING PROBLEMS, HEAD GASKET BLEW CAUSING TIMING COVER GASKET TO FAIL, AFTER REPAIR OF HEAD GASKET, ENGINE STARTED TO RATTLE, NOW THERE IS A BEARING PROBLEM WHICH IS DUE TO VEHICLE OVERHEATING, DEALER STATED VEHICLE NEEDS A NEW ENGINE. *SLC THE TRANSMISSION FAILED THE HEAD GASKET BLEW THE TIMING COVER GASKET FAILED. THE CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER FOR THE ABOVE FAILED PARTS THAT HAD BEEN REPLACED.

FORD REPLACED ENGINE AFTER HEAD GASKT REPAIRS CONTAMINATED.JERKING AGAIN!!THE ORIGINAL ENGINE WAS REPLACED AUG 2000 AFTER RON ROBERT'S FORD CONTAMINATED IT WHEN REPAIRING THE HEAD GASKET THAT WENT OUT. (WHICH IN ORDER TO HAVE REPAIRED I HAD TO GET MY STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONSUMER PROTECTION OFFICE INVOLVED BECAUSE FORD AND RON ROBERTS REFUSED TO REPLACE THE GASKET EVEN AFTER I HAD BEEN IN AND HAD IT CHECKED 4 MONTHS BEFORE AS PER AN OWNER NOTIFICATION I RECEIVED.) I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED BY PRUITT FORD IN BURKBURNETT, TX AFTER THE RON ROBERTS FIASCO. PRUITT DID THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON...I TOOK IT BACK AND HAD SOME HOSES REPLACED. I WAS ADVISED THAT NO TUNE UP WAS NEEDED (NOTE: MY OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED 4 MONTHS BEFORE MY ENGINE BLEW). FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 3 YEARS MY CHECK ENGINE WAS OFF. I JUST GOT ON THE ROAD FOR LONG TRIP (THE FIRST SINCE THE HOSES WERE REPLACED) AFTER 1 HOUR THE VEHICLE STARTED JERKING WHEN I WAS TRAVELLING AT 50-60 MPH. ONLY LOWER SPEEDS (40-50MPH) OR HIGHER SPEEDS (70-80 MPH) STOPPED THE JERKS. I PULLED OVER FOR ABOUT 15 MINS, RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND, ONCE AGAIN, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. THE ENGINE ALSO STALLS WHEN MAKING SUDDEN AND HARD STOPS. THIS JERKING IS THE EXACT SAME THING THE FIRT ENGINE WAS DOING BEFORE THE HEAD GASKET WENT OUT. I WAS TOLD BY PRUITT THAT FORD WOULD NOT HOLD UP THE "100,000 MI HEAD GASKET REPAIR" ON MY NEW ENGINE EVEN THOUGH IT ONLY HAS 12,000 MI. ON IT. CAN NHTSA DO ANYT

TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN AUG. 2000, REPLACED AT MY COST,THEN HEAD GASKET BLEW, FORD RECALL/PROGRAM FIXED UNDER WARRANTY, IMMEDIATELY AFTR MAIN BEARING SHOT. FORD SAYS IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. *AK

WE HAVE HAD FORD REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET ONCE, AND THE ENTIRE ENGINE HEAD & GASKET ON ANOTHER OCCASSION. NOW, THE ENGINE IS LEAKING COOLANT FROM AROUND THE TIMING BELT HOUSING. I CAN NOT GET ANY SATISFACTION FROM FORD MOTOR CO. MY PERSONAL MECHANIC SAYS THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO WAY THAT COOLANT SHOULD BE LEAKING FROM THAT AREA OF THE ENGINE WITH ONLY 76,000 MILES ON THE CAR! CAN YOU HELP ME? THANKS!*AK

THE FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE PARKED IN GARAGE. NLM

TRANSMISSION FAILS TO MAKE A SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM ONE GEAR TO NEXT. VEHICLE WOULD JUMP WHEN SHIFTING. PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. ROD BEARINGS WAS GOING, WOULD MAKE A RATTLING NOISE. *AK

TRIED TO START VEHICLE AND FAILED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS VEHICLE STARTED. THEN, THICK WHITE SMOKE CAME OUT OF REAR OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, AND NOTIFIED CONSUMER THAT HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. *AK

RECALL ON SLIDING DOOR - PROBLEM EVER SINCE REPAIRED. REAR WIPER MOTOR DIED THREE TIMES AND WAS REPLACED. RECALL ON HEAD GASKETS. SINCE FORD DEALER REPLACED THEM, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS BLEW, REPLACED THOSE AT OUR EXPENSE (APPROX. $1000), THEN THE FRONT WATER PUMP GASKET BLEW AND REPLACED THOSE AT OUR EXPENSE (APPROX. ANOTHER $500), THEN THE ENGINE BLEW AND WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE CAUSE WAS WATER AND ANTIFREEZE GOT INTO THE ENGINE AND SPUN THE BEARINGS.... TOLD BY THE PARTS MANAGER THAT IT ALL STARTED BACK WITH THE HEAD GASKETS. FORD IS NOT BACKING THEIR ENGINE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. ALSO, WAS NOT TOLD THE FIRST TIME WE CAME IN THAT THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HEAD GASKET WOULD CAUSE MORE GASKETS TO BREAK UNTIL AFTER OUR SECOND RETURN TO THE SERVICE CENTER. SINCE THEN, WE AUTHORIZED THEM TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. FORD DOES NOT HAVE ANY ON THE SHELF BECAUSE THEY HAVE GONE THRU SO MANY OF THEM AND IT WOULD BE ANOTHER FOUR WEEKS WAITING PERIOD! MEANWHILE, WE WILL BE WIHTOUT A VEHICLE FOR TWO MONTHS AND IT WILL COST US ANOTHER $1,000.! AS FAR AS THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WOULD MAKE A LOUD THUMPING SOUND WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED....HOWEVER, DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. THEREFORE, WE HAD TO PUT UP WITH THE LOUD SOUND, WHICH FRIGHTENED MY PASSENGERS AND MYSELF.

FRONT SPRING IN THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE WHILE BACKING OUT OF GARAGE. NLM

FORD HAS EXTENDED THE MANUFACTUERS' WARRANTY ON THIS HEAD GASKET FAILURE AND ASSOCIATED DAMAGE UP TO 100,000 MILES... BECAUSE OUR CAR HAD 104,200 MILES FORD WAS UNWILLING TO PROVIDE ANY REPAIRS. THESE HEAD GASKETS FAIL AT A RATE OVER 200 TIMES THE RATE OF OTHER CARS. WE WERE WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER OUR CAR WAS ASYMPTOMATIC UNTIL IT SUDDENLY FAILED. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS FAILED, REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE, OWNER WOULD LIKE FORD TO HELP WITH REPAIRS MADE, FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 7 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES. CJ

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

RADIATOR FLUID WAS BUBBLING OVER, COMING OUT TAILPIPE AND SMOKING. HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT, AND ENGINE HAS TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF DAMAGE. FORD RELEASED A WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR HEAD GASKETS. THERE WERE NO PRIOR PROBLEM WHEN LETTER WAS RECEIVED. VEHICLE WAS TO BE ONLY BROUGHT IN WHEN PROBLEM OCCURRED. ALSO, LETTER WAS BASED ON MILEAGE WHICH VEHICLE HAD EXCEEDED AT THE TIME OF PROBLEM. FORD WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING DEALING WITH LETTER. ROUNDED OFF IT WILL BE NEAR $4000 DAMAGE, TO BE REPAIRED. *JB

EA 00 027/SUSPENSION COIL SPRING BREAKAGE: WHILE BACKING UP INTO DRIVEWAY LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE. VEHICLE TOWED AND REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIRS SHOP. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED, CAUSING ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK. FORD WILL NOT COVER IT UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING FRONT END MADE NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO SERVICE STATION AND SPRING COIL WAS BROKEN. *AK

FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED TIRE WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MPH. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND MADE REPAIRS AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK

MAJOR HEAD GASKET PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE NOW PROBLEM WITH FRONT ENGINE COVER DUE TO POOR WORKMANSHIP WHEN ENGINE WAS REPLACED. FORD NEEDS TO ADMIT THAT THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM AND FULLY COMPENSATE FOR REPAIRS . COIL SPRING FAILURE IS VERY DANGEROUS. I AM GLAD THAT IT HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS GOING INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND NOT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS LIKE WHEN THE ENGINE BLEW. IT IS TWO BAD THIS MODEL YEAR WAS A DISASTER AND FORD PLAY SUCH A GAME WITH A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.A M. *AK

TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED 3 TIMES, FAULTY PROCESSOR REPLACED ON TWO OF THOSE OCCASIONS. *SLC

DOOR AJAR WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON EVEN THOUGH ALL DOORS ARE SHUT COMPLETELY. FORD DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

FRONT LEFT LEAF SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING AT 65-70 MPH. SPRING PUNCTURED TIRE, CAUSING A BLOWOUT. FORD HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK