1995 Ford Windstar complaints

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH HEAD GASKET FAILED AT 65,000 MILES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, A RATTLING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE RIGHT FRONT SWAY BAR WAS CORRODED AND SPLIT. DEALER REPLACED THE RIGHT FRONT SWAY BAR. *AK

ENGINE FAILED TWICE DUE TO A FAULTY HEAD GASKET. ALSO, ORIGINAL AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WAS REBUILT. ABOUT TWO YEARS LATER, TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE DEALER REPLACED IT WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION. ANOTHER TWO YEARS LATER, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN AND WAS REBUILT. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WAS NOT DETERMINED. *AK THE RECALLED ENGINE BLEW AND THE MANIFOLD GASKET BLEW. WHEN THE CONSUMER CONTACTED FORD THEY STATED THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING RIGHT NOW BUT WOULD NOTIFY THEM LATER AND MAYBE THEY COULD HELP. CONSUMER HAD TWO WINDOWS THAT DIDN'T GO UP OR DOWN - REPLACED $412.34. BOTH TIE RODS WERE REPLACED. *PH *JB

VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED. *MR WHILE TRAVELING, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED ON THREE OCCASIONS. WHEN THE THIRD OCCASION OCCURRED, THE MECHANIC FOUND THE MAIN HEAD GASKET WAS CRACKED. *SCC *JB *CB

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OVERHEATED. *AK THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE KEPT RISING. CONSUMER TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE RAISED AGAIN. THERE WAS A 7 YR. 70K MILE WARRANTY BUT FORD WOULD HONOR IT. CONSUMER FEELS FORD SHOULD COVER THE COST OF TESTS, AND REPAIRS. *PH

MY 1995 FORD WINDSTAR GASKET HAS BLOWN FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE LAST TIME IT BLEW IN 2001, FORD FINALLY REPLACED MY ENGINE, AFTER FIGHTING FOR 2 MONTHS, AS THE FAULTY PART BLEW THE ENGINE. FORD ALSO AT THIS TIME EXTENDED THE "OWNER NOTIFICATION" GASKET PROBLEM (#98M01) FROM 60,000 TO 100,000. NOW,ONLY 2 YEARS LATER, THE GASKET HAS BLOWN AGAIN, AND FORD AGAIN REFUSE TO CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY AS MY ODOMOETER READS 103,000, ONLY 3,000 MILES OVER THE CUT-OFF, BUT MY ENGINE IS ONLY 2 YERS OLD. THIS PART IS THE PROBLEM AND FORD PUT IT IN AND FORD SHOULD FIX IT. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS RIDING ROUGH AND IDLING HIGH. THE DRIVER NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE TAILPIPE. DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, WHO STATED IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB

VEHICLE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON 1995 WINDSTAR.*MR WHEN STARTING UP VEHICLE THE VAN WAS ENGULFED IN WHITE SMOKE. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, WATER HAD LEAKED THROUGH THE HEAD GASKET DESTROYING THE ENGINE. *TS *JB

CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO FILL GAS TANK TO ITS CAPACITY. ONCE THE GAS TANK WAS FULL THERE WOULD BE FUEL LEAKS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. CAUSE OF FUEL LEAKAGE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT BECAUSE HEAD GASKET BLEW, CAUSING COLD AIR TO COME OUT OF THE HEATER. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, BUT THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED.*AK

STALLS AT STOP, SLIPS, THEN SHIFTS HARD IN TO GEAR. SPOKE TO TWO PERSONS IN THE TRANSMISSION SHOP THEY BOTH AGREE THAT IT'S FORD COMPANY'S PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY SEE AT LEAST SIX VANS A MONTH WITH SAME PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION STALLING. *LA

FORD WINDSTAR: HEAD GASKET FAILED.

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE AND THEY FAILED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, TECHNICIAN STATED BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED. THIS VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT ON SEPT 9, 2003. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S HEAD GASKET.*MR THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT TWICE*TS *JB

MY 1995 WINDSTAR HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A FAILED HEAD GASKET. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE 3.8 LITER ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAS 108,000 MILES ON IT. GIVEN THE KNOWN HISTORY OF THIS VEHICLE, ENGINE AND COMPONENT, I FIND IT UNBELIEVABLE THAT FORD HAS NOT ISSUED A SERVICE CAMPAIGN THAT WOULD COVER THIS REPAIR FOR THE EXPECTED LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. OR DOES FOR EXPECT THAT THE VEHICLE WILL ONLY LAST 100,000 MILES? *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING . VEHICLE WAS FORCED TO PULL OUT OF THE ROAD. INDEPENDENT SHOP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. *AK

HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.*AK

THE TIE ROD'S BROKE WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH. *JB THE CONSUMER TURNED THE CORNER AND THE HANDLING HAD BECOME IMPOSSIBLE. THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT BOTH FRONT WHEELS WERE POINTING INWARD AS THOUGH THE RIGHT FRONT WERE TURNING LEFT AND THE LEFT FRONT TURNING RIGHT. *SCC. ALSO THE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED AS WELL AS THE SERPENTINE BELT. *JB

THE VEHICLE LEAKED POWER STEERING FLUID, WHICH RESULTED IN THE RACK AND PINION FAILING. *JB RACK AND PINION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *PH

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BUT 15000 MILES LATER THE TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING AGAIN. THIS IS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION IN 8 YEAR AND LESS THAN 100000 MILES. *PH *NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE DOOR AJAR DOME LIGHT COMES ON WITHOUT DOOR BEING OPENED. WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT AND DOME LIGHTS ILLUMINATES IT'S SO BRIGHT THAT THE REFLECTION OBSTRUCTS CONSUMER'S VISION. *PH THE INDICATOR LIGHT STAY ILLUMINATED AFTER THE REAR OR SIDE DOOR IS OPENED. THIS HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY. *PH

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING, THE LEFT REAR AXLE SNAPPED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *SCC THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE HAD ENGINE PROBLEMS IN THE PAST. *JB

ON THE DATE INDICATED BELOW WHILE TRAVELLING WITH MY CHILDREN (THE YOUNGEST ONLY 18 MONTHS OLD) AND MY MOTHER TO VISIT RELATIVES IN LEONARDTOWN MD, APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS FROM MY HOME, MY 1995 FORD WINDSTAR TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY, SHORTLY AFTER EXITING THE FT. MCHENRY TUNNEL, WHICH WAS VERY CROWDED. I HAD THE VAN CHECKED BEFORE I LEFT FOR MY DESTINATION, PARTICULARLY THE TRANSMISSION FLUIDS AND OTHER FLUIDS, AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT FAILURE WAS IMMINENT. I WAS STRANDED BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR OVER 2 HOURS, BUT CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY BECAUSE IF THIS VAN HAD STALLED IN THE TUNNEL, WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED ON THIS VEHICLE WHICH ONLY HAS 73,400 MILES. I AM CURRENTLY LOOKING AT AN OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE OF $2,000.00 AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THIS VAN, WHICH HAS CONSISTENTLY GIVEN ME PROBLEMS SINCE I PURCHASED IT. I HAVE ALSO FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE FORD COMPANY, BUT HAVE NOT YET HEARD FROM THEM. I HAVE FILED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WITH FORD REGARDING THE 1995 WINDSTAR (WHICH VARIOUS FORD EMPLOYEES HAVE TOLD ME IS ONE OF THE WORST VEHICLES EVER MADE) AND THE COMPANY DOES NOT WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE VAN IS INDEED A LEMON. I PAID GOOD MONEY FOR THIS VAN, AND EXPECT TO LAST A LITTLE LONGER THEN IT HAS. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO REVIEW THIS COMPLAINT. *AK

ON JUNE 18, 2001 WHILE ON A ROAD TRIP TO VISIT RELATIVES THE CAR OVERHEATED AND MR. JOHN CAMPBELL FROM BOB BENNETT FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN COLUMBIA, SC PERFORMED THE WARRANTY WORK TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. HE REPLACED THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKETS. *AK ON DECEMBER 4, 2002 THE CAR AGAIN OVERHEATED WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON THE LOCAL TOLL WAY AND WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO GREENWAY FORD IN ORLANDO, FL. MR. JOSH KNOWLES RECEIVED THE WORK ORDER TO IDENTIFY WHY THE CAR OVERHEATED. ACCORDING TO INVOICE C50990 MR. KNOWLES PRESSURE TESTED THE SYSTEM AND NO EXTERNAL LEAKS WERE FOUND. HE TEST-DROVE THE VEHICLE AND LET THE VEHICLE RUN. NO REASON COULD BE FOUND FOR THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT AND THE COOLANT TO LEAVE THE SYSTEM. THE CAR CONTINUED TO SHOW TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL BUT WITHIN THE NORMAL RANGE ON THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE. WE MODIFIED OUR DRIVING HABITS TO SHORTER TRIPS AROUND TOWN AND THIS ABATED MUCH OF THE RAISED TEMPERATURE PROBLEM. ON AUGUST 23, 2003 WHILE WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR AGAIN OVERHEATED AND WE AGAIN HAD THE CAR TOWED TO GREENWAY FORD. MR. BRAD JOHNSON RECEIVED THE WORK ORDER TO IDENTIFY WHY THE CAR OVERHEATED. ACCORDING TO INVOICE C85933 THE MAIN HEAD GASKET WAS CRACKED AND REPAIR WOULD REQUIRE A NEW OR REBUILT ENGINE. WHEN I INQUIRED WITH MR. RON KREMER, SERVICE MANAGER, ABOUT THE WARRANTY FROM THE PREVIOUS TIME THIS HAPPENED HE INFORMED ME SINCE THE CAR WAS DRIVEN OVER 24,000 MILES AND OVER 24 MONTHS HAD PASSED THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO. UPON FURTHER INV

IT'S US AGAIN!!! ON OUR VACATION TO GA, ABOUT 250 MILES OR LESS, OUR ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. WE WENT TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER IN LUMBNGTON, NC AND HAD AN ENGINE DIAGNOSTIC DONE. THE FORD DEALER WAS SAID THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. CODES P1150, P1151, AND ANOTHER CODE. HOWEVER THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN WHILE IN GA AND THEN WENT OFF. I CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP BACK IN NC AND HE STATED THAT WE SHOULD BE OKAY AND SHOULD MAKE IT BACK HOME SAFELY. ON OUR WAY BACK HOME THE CHECK ENGINE CAME ON AGAIN AROOUND NC-VA AND S NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, NOR DID THE ENGINE OVERHEAT AND IT WAS DRIVING OKAY. WE DECIDED TO PULL OVER AT A REST STOP AND THATS WHEN THE CAR HESITATED TO MOVE AND THEN SMOKE CAME OUT FROM THE TAILPIPE AND UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND LEAKED OUT ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID INCLUDING ALL OVER THE BACK DOOR AND WINDOWS WAS GREASY FROM THE LEAK. . THIS IS THE SECOND TIME SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO US WHILE DRIVING LONG DISTANCE. THEE VANS ARE VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND FORD NEEDS TO DO A RECALL ON THESE VANS. WE HAVE PUT MORE MONEY INTO THIS VAN THEN I CAN IMAGINE IN A LIFETIME. THESE INCIDENTS HAS ALSO CAUSE US UNNECCESARY STRAIN. IN ADDITION, OUR DOOR AJAR LIGHTS COMES ON, CRUISE CONTROL DON'T WORK, OUR GEARS DO NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY AND GETS STUCK BETWEEN GEARS, OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTS BLINKING WHEN WE TRY TO USE IT, THE AIR CONDITIONER MAKES STRANGE NOISES WHEN USING IT AND DRIVING,ETC. IT JUST DOES NOT WORK. I AM VERY UNSATISFIED WITH THIS VAN AND WOULD

MOST HEADLIGHT LENSES 5 YEARS OR OLDER ARE TURNING YELLOW BECAUSE OF UXRAYS AND OXIDATION. BECAUSE OF THE MATERIALS THERE ARE MADE OF THE AMOUNT OF LUMS ABLE TO PASS THROUGH ARE REDUCED BY MANY FACTORS. MANUFACTURES REPLACEMENT COSTS SHOULD BE CONTROLLED BECAUSE OF THE MATERIALS USED. THTHER MORE THESE UNITS WHICH HOUSE THE LAMPS CAN COST IN THE HYNDREDS OF DOLLARS. MANY VEHICLES ARE TRAVELING THE ROADS WITH BAD LENSES BECAUSE OF THE HUGE COSTS FOR THE PRODUCT. ALL THESE MANUFACTURES, CHARGE 10+ TIME THE COSTS OF MANUFACTURE; THEY HAVE JACKED UP THE PRICE SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE MORE MONIES FOR REPLACEMENTS. THESE REPLACEMENTS PARTS SOLD ARE USERY. I BET MANY ACIDENTS ARE CREATED BECAUSE OF POOR LIGHT EMETING FROM THESE UNITS. THEIR ARE SEVERAL MATERIALS AVAILABLE TO THESE PRODUCT PRODUCERS. I SUGGEST THEY GO BACK TO GLASS, OR MAKE THE OUTER COVERS REPLACABLE BUY THE OWNER AT GOOD PRODUCT COST.*AK

IN JANUARY 2001 I TOOK MY 1995 FORD WINDSTAR IN FOR THE RECALL ON HEAD GASKETS. UNTIL THEN WE HAD HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE VAN. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY COULD NOT FIX THE ENGINE & WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THAT WAS ALL FINE & GOOD. NOW IN AUGUST 2003 WITH LESS THEN 39,000 ON THE NEW ENGINE, THE HEAD GASKET HAS AGAIN GONE OUT. WE TOOK THE VAN TO THE DEARLERSHIP THAT INSTALLED THE ENGINE & THEY TOLD US THE PROBLEM, ADMITTED IT SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS AGAIN & GAVE US FORD'S CONSUMER NUMBER TO CALL FOR REPAIR. WELL WHEN WE CALLED, TO OUR DISBELIEF, WE WERE TOLD TOUGH IT IS NOW OUR PROBLEM. WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OTHER OPTIONS. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE SINCE THIS IS A MANUFACTOR PROBLEM. *AK

OUR 1995 FORD WINDSTAR WAS HIT FROM BEHIND. WHEN HIT, THE DRIVERS SEAT AND THE PASSENGER SEAT BOTH RECLINED FROM THE IMPACT. ALSO, ONE OF THE REAR SEATS TWISTED ON ITS BASE. ALL THREE PASSENGERS SUFFERED SPINAL INJURIES.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE #99R33, IN MARCH, 2003, BUT WHEN SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE CONSUMER DID NOT LIVE IN THE AFFECTED AREA. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS ACTING AS THE RECALL SUGGESTED. THE VEHICLE LEAKED GAS FROM THE GAS TANK. WHEN CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE AND HAD GONE BACK THERE, GAS WAS ON THE GROUND. THE CONSUMER WANTED THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER THE RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE. *AK THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *SCC

FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE HEAD GASKET REPAIRED ON OUR VAN TWICE. THE FIRST TIME IT TOOK THE DEALERSHIP ALMOST 3 MONTHS. NOW WHEN WE ARE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT THE SPEED LIMIT OF 65 MPH, TRANSMISSION SLIPS BACK INTO 2ND GEAR AND MAKES A GRINDING NOISE. THE TACHOMETER GROWS UP AND DOWN. SOMETIMES IT DOES NOT EVEN GO OUT OF 2ND TO ACCELERATE. I DO NOT FEEL LIKE THIS IS A VERY "SAFE" VEHICLE TO HAVE ANYMORE. AND ALL THE DEALERSHIPS STATE THERE IS NO RECALL. HOWEVER MANY OF THE PEOPLE WE KNOW WITH THE SAME VEHICLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

MY FUEL TANK DEVELOPED A CRACK AND BEGAN LEAKING. THE TANK WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. I CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT A RECALL (99R33). THE DEALER SAYS REPLACEMENT OF THE TANK IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD TO GET CLARIFICATION SINCE THEIR WEBSITE SAYS I AM INCLUDED WHEN I ENTER MY VIN NUMBER INTO THEIR RECALL SEARCH FEATURE.

THE VAN BEGAN MAKING A "STATIC/PING-PING" SOUND. WHILE VAN WAS SHUT OFF THE HEAD LIGHTS REMAINED ON WITH SWITCH OFF. THE VAN BEGAN SMOKING WHILE OFF. FIRE BEGAN TO CONSUME THE VAN WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OPENED THE HOOD AND DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. THE FIRE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *PH

1995 FORD WINDSTAR GAS TANK RUPTURED.*MR THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT GAS FUMES WERE PERMEATING HER ATTACHED GARAGE AND HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK RUPTURED. THE CONSUMER SUBMITTED ORIGINAL RECEIPT FOR REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS ONLY PARTIALLY REIMBURSED. *PH *NLM

1995 FORD WINDSTAR'S TRANSMISSION HAS COMPLETELY FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME (THIS IS NOW THE THIRD TRANSMISSION) WITHIN 97,000 MILES. FORD WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE EXISTENCE OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WHICH HAS IMPACTED MY FAMILY IN OVER $5,000 FINANCIAL COSTS, IN ADDITION TO POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE.

THIS IS IN REFERANCE TO ODI NUMBER 10030637 I HAVE DRAINED THE OIL OUT OF THE ENGINE AND HAVE FOUND ALUIMUM SHAVINGS IN THE OIL, THIS IS A REBUILT ENGINE WITH JUST 45,797 MILES ON IT AND I HAD THIS PROBLEM FO A WHILETHIS IS A LEMON OF A VECHEIL AND I HOPE THAT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY WILL FIX THIS ENGINE AS I HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE TO CHANGE THE OIL WHEN NEEDED AT ABOUT 3,000 MILES EVERY TIME AND IT ONLY HAD 50 MILES ON THE REBUILT ENGINE ON IT SO I THINK THAT 45,797 MILE IS NOT ENOUGH MILAGE TO NEED A ENGINE TO DO THIS.WS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN AKRON OHIO,I HAD THE TAC DROP AND THE ENGINE QUIT. IT THEN CAME BACK ON,(THE ENGINE). SO STOP AT DAUGHTER TO PICK UP SUM FURNITURE TO TAKE TO DAYTON. AS I WAS GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE 71 TOWARD COLUMBUS,OHIO I GOT OFF THE INTERSTATE AND PUT FUEL IN THE VAN. I CONTIUNE DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT A REDUCE SPEEDAND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND I HAD I ANALIZED BY AUTOZONE AUTOPART STORE NEAR MY HOME SAID BANK ONE RUNNING LEAN,THEN THE VAN DIE ALL TOGHTER,SO I TOE IT TO MY HOME AND BROTHER AND I TOOK THE BELT OFF THE ENGINE AND THE PULLEY AND VIBATION DAMPER FELL OFF OF THE ENGINE. THE VIBATION DAMPER WAS SHEARED OFF FROM THE ENGINE.WHAT WOULD CASE THIS TO DO THIS?THE CAM SHAFT HAS THE REST OF THE VIBATION DAMPER STILL ON IT . WHAT WOULD CAUSE THIS REBUILT ENGINE TO DO THIS ?*AK

PER CONSUMER THE COUNTY THAT THEY LIVE IN EXPERIENCED THE SAME HIGH TEMPERATURE THAT CAUSED THE DEFECT FOR THE FUEL TANK CRACKS AS STATED IN RECALL 99 V 309 000. BUT THEIR COUNTY WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL.*AK

SMOKE STARTED COMING HEAVILY OUT OF THE EXHAUST AND VEHICLE STALLED OUT.*MR SERVICED DEALER DETERMINED THE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN OUT, DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *CB

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS THE HEAD GASKET RECALL. MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS DONE AND THAT IS THE ONLY THING THEY CAN DO. THE HEAD GASKET HAS BEEN REPLACED MORE THAN FOUR TIMES. *PH

THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE FOR TWO YEARS. THE REPLACEMENT ENGINE IS BURNING ONE QUART OF OIL FOR EVERY 451 MILES. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.

CONSUMER STATES THAT BOTH THE FUEL LEVEL AND TEMPERATURE LEVEL GAUGES FUNCTION ERRATICALLY. GAUGES MOVE UP AND DOWN AND DO NOT PROPERLY REGISTER THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPONENTS.

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING ABS BRAKES FAILED ,CAUSING THE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER HEARD A "BANG". THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THE ENGINE HAD FAILED. *NLM *SCC *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A FAULTY RIM WHICH CAUSED TO TIRE TO LEAK AT THE WELD AND GO FLAT. THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL THE RIMS WITH STEEL RIMS. *AK *CB *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS FAILING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

1995 WINDSTAR LX TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND HEAD GASKET FAILURE THREE WEEKS APART. *AK

MY 1995 FORD WINDSTAR, VIN # [XXX], BOUGHT IN NOVEMBER 2000 FROM KOON'S STERLING, VA, HAS A LEAKING FUEL TANK. THE LEAK IS IN THE VICINITY OF THE MIDDLE STRAP AND FUEL LEAKAGE OCCURS WHEN THE TANK IS HALF FILLED. HOWEVER, THERE IS A FUEL ODOR ALL THE TIME AND THIS ODOR HAS BEEN THERE SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I BELIEVE THAT MY VEHICLE HAS THE SAME DEFECTIVE FUEL TANK WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF A REGIONAL RECALL 99R33 BY FORD IN 1999 AND IT SHOULD, THEREFORE, BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE BY FORD. HOWEVER, WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALER THEY GOT IN TOUCH WITH A FORD REPRESENTATIVE WHO TOLD THEM THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PURCHASED IN THE REGIONS WHERE THE RECALL WAS DIRECTED AND FORD WOULD NOT REPAIR IT FREE OF CHARGE. I'D LIKE THE NHTSA TO GIVE ME AN OPINION ON THE MATTER. THANKS.*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING HEAD GASKET BLEW, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES ENGINE IS LEAKING COOLANT. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON HER VEHICLE, TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, BECAUSE FORD WOULD NOT HONOR RECALL NOTICES BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OVER THE MILEAGE. HER AUTOMOBILE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED. SHE STATED THAT WIIRES WERE COMPLETELY MELTED. AFTER THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT THE FIRE CHIEF STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE FIRE STARTED BECAUSE OF LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS STRANDED IN JEROME, IDAHO, AND FORD WILL NOT ASSIST HER IN GETTING TO HER DESTINATION AFTER NOT HONORING RECALL. *AK