1995 Ford Windstar complaints

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HEAD GASKET FAILED. NLM

HEAD GASKET FAILURE. *AK

REPAIR COST IS $2300 IF WAS TO WORK OVERTIME AND PICK SOME PART TIME WORK I COULD AFFORD TO REPAIR THE VAN IN ABOUT 3 TO 4 MONTHS. THIS VAN IS USED FOR DAYCARE AND AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT USE IT BECAUSE OF SAFETY REASONS BUT IS STILL USED FOR FAMILY. I FEEL THE DEALER KNEW OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE FORD WINDSTAR TRANSMISSIONS AND SOLD THE VEHICLE KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN THE FUTURE. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKEST BLEW, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. A TSB HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE MAKE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK

95 FORD WINDSTAR NEEDS NEW ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF HEADGASKET PROBLEM EXPERIENCED IN OTHER 95 WINDSTARS. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION FROM FORD ABOUT THIS RAMPANT PROBLEM WITH THIS COMPONENT. REPAIRS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT STILL NOT SURE IF EVERYTHING WILL BE COVERED. BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE. AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS TO VARIOUS FORD DEALERSHIPS, HAVE HAD SEVERAL TUNE UPS AND OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACEMENTS. LAST PRIOR SERVICE WAS IN JUNE 1999 AT RUSTY ECK FORD LEAVENWORTH, KS, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TUNED UP YET AGAIN. DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM NOONE HAS EVER MENTIONED THIS TO ME AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR POOR PERFORMANCE AND GAS MILEAGE UNTIL NOW, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE SYMPTOMS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. CORROSION PROBLEM IS LIMITED TO RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR. THE PAINT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR BUBBLES, THEN FLAKES OFF REVEALING ALREADY CORRODED METAL BENEATH. NO DEALERSHIP WILL FIX THIS PROBLEM, CITING THAT PAINT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. NOONE CAN EXPLAIN HOW A FIVE YEAR OLD VEHICLE IS RUSTING OUT SO QUICKLY. I'VE HEARD EVERY EXCUSE FROM ACID RAIN TO IMPROPER WASHING TO DRIVING THROUGH A CAUSTIC SUBSTANCE SPILL. *AK

THIS IS THE SECOND 3.8L V6 FORD PRODUCT I OWNED TO BLOW A HEAD GASKET. I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE AT MY TOTAL EXPENSE. *AK

FORD IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WITH BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKETS IN THE 1995 WINDSTAR, BUT IS UNWILLING TO ASSIST UNLESS MILEAGE IS UNDER 60000. MY VAN WAS DRIVING AT 65 MPH WHEN IT SUDDENLY LOST PRESSURE AND WOULD NOT DRIVE ABOVE 40 MPH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY WITH 2 SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR. PLEASE HELP. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED. NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

HAVE ATTEMPTED CONTACT WITH FORD MOTOR CORP TO NO AVAIL. THEY CLAIM THAT THE DATE HAS EXPIRED FOR SAID REPAIRS ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM WITH MY HEAD GASKETS UNTIL NOW. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

APPARENTLY " ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURE" VERY COMMON ON THE 1995 WINDSTARS - NEW ENGINE RECOMMENDED BY FORD SERVICE DEPT. - PAST WARRANTY PERIOD. *AK

THIS PART WAS ON RECALL, BUT FORD SAYS THAT IT IS PAST THE MILEAGE FOR THE RECALL, AND FOR THEM TO REPAIR THE DAMAGES. IF THIS PART IS ON RECALL THE COMPANY KNOWS THAT IT IS DEFECTIVE. I FEEL THEY ARE NOT STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AT ANY COST. I FEEL THEY SHOULD BE PAYING FOR MY REPAIRS SINCE IT IS THEIR FAULTY WORKMANSHIP THAT CAUSED THE DAMAGE. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW UP. *AK

COOLANT LEAK AND OVERHEATING- WOULD NOT START REPLACE HEAD GASKETS. *AK

FORD HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE HEAD GASKETS. I HAVE FOUND (VIA THE INTERNET) SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD HEAD GASKETS GO OUT PRE-MATURELY. THE MECHANIC THAT FIXED MY VAN SAID THAT IT IS A FAULTY HEAD GASKETS IN THE 3.8L ENGINE & THAT FORD SHOULD PAY FOR THE HEAD GASKETS, MY RENTAL, AND ALSO THE DAMAGE THAT MAY HAVE OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THEIR NEGLIGENCE. *AK

COST TO REPAIR IS $1,500! NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLOWN- APPARENTLY FORD HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLE.DEALER WILL NOT ASSIST ME IN REPAIRS. FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 60,000. I HAVE 68,000. FORD MADE NO ATTEMPT TO LET ME KNOW OF THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM EITHER BY MAIL OR VIA A PHONE CALL. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED 8,000 MILES AFTER EXTENDED WARRANTY. NLM

ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH FOR ABOUT A WEEK, THEN ON 12/4/99 SMOKE CAME FROM EXHAUST WHEN STARTED. WE DROVE IT IMMEDIATELY TO VELDE LINCOLN MERCURY IN PEORIA, IL. WHEN THEY GOT TO LOOK AT IT, IT WOULD NOT START. THE ENGINE WAS LOCKED UP AND THEY TOLD US IT WAS DUE TO A BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND WOULD COST ABOUT $1,250 TO FIX. I SINCE HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE TO 60,000 MILES. I HAVE ALSO HEARD MANY COMPLAINTS OF IT GOING OUT SHORTLY AFTER 60,000 AND FORD REFUSING TO COVER ANY REPAIRS. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET ON THE 1995 FORD WINDSTAR FIRST FAILED AT 35000 MILES WHICH WAS FIXED UNDER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED AND IT DEPRESSED HALF WAY, BRAKES MADE A THUMPING SOUND, AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE, ONCE RELEASED. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

PREOBLEMS WITH ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK

DRIVING IN FREEWAY VEHICLE STARTED TO CHUG. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON THE BEST I CAME REMEMBER. FINISHED DRIVING HOME THINKING I'LL GET A TUNEUP ON MONDAY. SUNDAY EVENING I DROVE TO REPAIR SHOP, (PERFECT TUNE) TO HAVE A TUNEUP DONE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THE SHOP CALLED AND TOLD MY HUSBAND A HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN AND WE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. I WROTE TO FORDS TRYING TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE AND ALSO CALLED THEM. I WAS TOLD IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD NOT CONSIDERED ANY HELP OR REIMBURSEMENT TO ME. AFTER THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED THE VEHICLE STILL SEEMED TO RUN ROUGH. I TOOK IT BACK TO PERFECT TUNE THINKING TI WAS THE ENGINE (SO DID THEY). THIS WENT ON FOR MONTHS HAVING THEM LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM AND TRYING TO FIX IT. FINALLY THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG AND SAID I BETTER TAKE IT TO THE FORD DEALER. I TOOK IT TO BRIGHTON FORD AND THEY DETERMINED IT WAS A BAD TRANSMISSION. WITHIN APPOXIMATELY 6 MONTHS I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AND THE TRANSMISSION. RECENTLY MY SISTER SAW A NEWS REPORT ON WINDSTARS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAD GASKETS THUS CAUSING THE ENGINE TROUBLE. IS THERE ALSO PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. HOPE YOU CAN HELP. THANKYOU

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING ENGINE TO SIEZE @52,000 MI.9 MONTH PREGNANT WIFE &4 SMALL CHILDREN IN VEHICHLE I HAVE READ THE COUNTLESS COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICHLE IS THERE A WAY 2 REMOVE THIS VEHICHLE FROM THE ROADS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED WHAT CAN I DO??? *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. FORD REFUSES TO PAY FOR REPAIRS DESPITE KNOWN PRODUCT DEFECT. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT AND WATER CAME OUT OF TAILPIPE. ALSO LEAKING RADIATOR FLUID ON THE ENGINE BLOCK AND HEATER, CREATING TOXIC GASES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. CONTACTED THE DEALER NOT UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET IN MY 1995 FORD WINDSTAR FAILED RUINING THE ENGINE. MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD UNTIL WE COULD ARRAINGE TRANSPORTATION. FORD, AFTER REPEATED COMPLAINTS IS ONLY WILLING TO PAY FOR A PORTION OF THE REPAIR COSTS. I THINK THIS IS A HARZARDOUS PROBLEM AND FORD SHOULD BE MORE FORTHCOMING.

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD PROBLEM FROM THE DAY WE PURCHASED. MOST RECENTLY, IT IS CURRENTLY AT DLRSHIP FOR SERVICE DUE TO ENGINE OVERHEATING, JUST SHORT OF VAN CATCHING FIRE. PRIOR TO THIS, WE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION (APPROX. 1 1/2- 2YRS. AGO). AT THIS POINT, WE ARE TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE EVEN AFTER REPAIR.

TRANSMISSION FAILED FIRST MAKING VAN DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY. ENGINE FAILED SHORTLY AFTER HAVING TRANSMISSION REBUILT BY FORD DEALER. ENGINE WARNING LIGHT REPORTED TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE WARRANTY MILEAGE EXPIRED, BUT FORD NEVER WARNED US

HEAD GASKETS FAILING AGAIN AFTER FORD REPLACED ORIGIONALS

NO SUMMARY

WITHIN THREE DAYS OF MY PURCHASE OF MY 1995 WINDSTAR IN FEB. OF 1998 TIMING CASE BLEW AT 35,500. AT 51,440 HEAD GASKET BLEW. DEALER TOLD US UNDER WARRANTY 5YR AND OR 60,000 MILES .DEALER CALLED TO TELL US WARRANTY EXPIRED. 8-99 1995WINDSTAR WAS PUT IN

THOUGH BEYOND FORD'S 60K MILE EXTENSION, TEH SERVICE ATTENDANT TOLD ME THAT THE CRACKED HEAD CASUING THE ROUGH RIDE AND COOLANT LEAK COULD HAVE HAPPENED MANY WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS BEFORE IT GOT SO BAD THAT MY WIFE NOTICED A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE BEEN MUCH CLOSER TO THE 60,000 MILE MARK WHEN THE DAMAGE OCCURRED, THOUGH WE DIDN'T GET IT TO THE SHOP UNITL 70,000. THOUGH NO ONE WAS INJURED, THE POTENTIAL FOR INJURY WAS GREAT, I THINK. IF MY WIFE HADN'T NOTICED THE COOLANT LEVEL INDICATOR, A MUCH MORE TERRIBLE PROBLEM COULD HAVE HAPPENED, NOT TO MENTION THE DANGER OF THIS PROBLEM CAUSING MY WIFE AND TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS TO BE STRANDED ALONG A HIGHWAY MANY MILES FROM HOME AT THE TIME.

IN THE TIME FROM JULY 1999 TO DECEMBER 1, 1999 THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, HEAD GASKET, TIMING CHAIN COVER GASKET, VALVE COVER GASKET. THE COST HAS NOW RUN OVER $5,000 AND FORD WILL NOT ADMIT ONE OUNCE OF RESPONSIBILITY DESPITE HAVING PREVIOUS SECRET WARRANTIES ON EXACTLY THESE COMPONENTS ON EXACTLY THIS ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION.

MY 1995 FORD WINDSTAR (VIN: [XXX]) UNDERWENT REPAIR IN 1997 FOR AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FORWARD PISTON FAILURE. I HAVE RECENTLY HEARD THAT FORD HAS REPAIRED OR REPLACED TRANSMISSIONS WITH SAME DEFECT (INCLUDING WINDSTAR AND TAURUS) AT NO CHARGE UP TO 5 YEARS / 80,000 MILES. MY VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF REPAIR (3/18/97). I WAS CHARGED $500.00 ($535.00 WITH TAX) FOR SUCH REPAIR ON 3/18/97 BY A FORD DEALER PLUS ANOTHER $100 IN 3RD PARTY DIAGNOSTIC CHARGES. FORD DENIED ME COMPENSATION WHEN I REPORTED THIS TO THEM. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NO SUMMARY

KNOW WINDSTAR PROBLEM. MY RESEARCH SEEMS TO FIND THIS IS COMMON ON 95 WINDSTAR AT 57K TO 75K BUT FORD ONLY PAYING UP TO 60K. I AM 500 MILES OVER AND NO HELP FROM FORD!

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. YH

BLOWN HEAD GASKET MISSED OWNER NOTIFICATION WARRANTY BY 68 DAYS. ENGINE DAMAGED, TOTAL COST $3,975.06. FORD WOULD NOT HELP WITH REPAIR COST.

HEAD GASKET FAILURE NOT COVERED BY MANUFACTURER DUE TO MILEAGE OVER 60000. PROBLEM EXISTED PRIOR TO THE NOTICE OF THE FAILURE DUE TO SAME SYMPTOMS IN EXCESS OF 30000 MILES. FORD EXPECTS $2400 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. OVER 156 COMPLAINTS ON SAME COMPONENT LISTED IN COMPLAINTS SECTION OF NHTSA.

FORD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR HEAD GASKETS TO 60000 MILES OR 12/98, WHICHEVER CAME FIRST. MY WINDSTAR'S HEAD GASKET FAILED TODAY (11/30/99) WITH 58500 MILES ON IT. PLEASE CONSIDER FORCING A RECALL ON THIS DEFECT. *AK

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO FAIL IN OCT 1998. SHIFTING TO OVERDRIVE WOULD NOT OCCUR OR WOULD SHIFT BACK AND FORTH CAUSING A BUCKING MOTION. AFTER FIRST TRIP TO THE DEALERSHIP THE FILTER AND FLUID WERE CHANGED. THE THE CONDITION WORSENED UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR AT ALL. THIS WAS THEN REPAIRED BUT STILL DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY ALL THE TIME. THE HEAD GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED NOW AT 84,000 MILES. I HAVE SEEN THESE COMMON PROBLEMS ON WEBSITES AND THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT AS THEY ARE THE SAME TYPE THAT SEEM TO RE-OCCUR ON THIS MODEL. *AK

1995 WINDSTAR HAS DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS IN THE 3.8L ENGINE, PREMATURE FAILURE ADMITTED BY FORD, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED BY FORD AND REPAIRED, BUT FORD IS PUTTING THE REPAIR COST ON THE CONSUMER.

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, FORD ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO COVER THE DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER WAS DENIED REPAIR DUE TO THE MILEAGE BEING OVER 60000. *MJS

THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IS REPORTED TO BE A SMALL RING (LIKE A SPONGE CAKE) WHICH CRACKS. *AK

FORD REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPAIR SINCE VAN 2 MONTHS OVER WARRANTY PERIOD. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK