2000 Ford Windstar complaints

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE TAKING OUT FRONT BREAK LINES,FRONT STRUT AND FRONTAXIL DAMAGE $1610.00

CAR WAS IDLE IN THE GARAGE FOR OVER AN HOUR. CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE FORD WINDSTAR TO IGNITE INTO FLAMES INSIDE THE GARAGE CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE OWNER''S HOUSE AND ADDITIONAL VEHICLE PARKED IN THE GARAGE. HTTP://WWW.BRUCE.ORG/FORDFIRE FOR PICTURES

BRAKE FLUID FOUND LEAKING FROM HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT OF ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM. HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH SPONGY PEDAL FEEL SINCE CAR WAS THREE YEARS OLD. DEALER WOULD ADJUST REAR BRAKES WHICH PROVIDED SOME IMPROVEMENT. RECENTLY ABS LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHEN BRAKING TO A STOP DOWN HILL THEN WOULD GO OUT. THIS WAS TRACED TO LOW BRAKE FLUID LEVEL. INVESTIGATION UNCOVERED LEAK FROM CONTROL UNIT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS LISTING PEDAL GOING ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. WONDER IF THIS COULD BE THE PROBLEM? I AM A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM ENGINEER AND HAVE BEEN FIXING MY OWN CARS FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER SEEN A LEAK FROM AN UNDAMAGED STATIC SEAL IN A BRAKING SYSTEM. THIS TELLS ME THAT THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT WAS IMPROPERLY ASSEMBLED AT THE FACTORY OR HAS A MATERIAL DEFECT.

2000 FORD WINDSTAR TIRE SUDDENLY DEFLATED WHEN ONE OF THE COIL SPRINGS BROKE. THE CONSUMER NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER BUT THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE FOR THE COIL SPRINGS. *MR *NM

WHILE BACKING SLOWLY FROM A DRIVEWAY, THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING SPONTANEOUSLY BROKE AND COLLAPSED ONTO THE WHEEL/TIRE ASSEMBLY. RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO WHEEL, TIRE, STRUT ASSEMBLY, SWAY BAR ASSSEMBLY, AND BRAKES. THE VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP AWAITING REPAIR W/ COSTS >$2,000.00. ORIGINAL PARTS STILL AVAILABLE. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THIS TYPE TO MY VEHICLE IN < 1 YEAR. LEFT SIDE FAILED 7/25/2004. PLEASE REFERENCE ODI ID NUMBER :10086894.

DT: CONTACT STATES: SHE HAD A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR AND IT CAME OUT OF PARK WITHOUT HITTING THE BRAKE. VEHICLE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RUNNING. HER TWO YEAR OLD CHILD GOT THE CAR OUT OF PARK ,AND IT ROLLED DOWN A HILL AND HIT A TREE. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. SHE CONTACTED FORD, AND THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT GOING TO PURSUE THE MATTER.*AK

BOUGHT A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR MY WIFE WAS GOING TO WORK AND LOST HER BRAKES I CHECK IT OUT AND THE SPEED CONTROL SWITCH HAD CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNT THE WIRING AND SWITCH AND BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM THE SWITCH TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND HE HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO FORD TO REPLACE THE SWITCH AND WIRING

DT: NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V017000, CONSUMER OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH FAILED. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL FOR THE SAME SWITCH ON THE FORD F150, AND CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH SHORTED OUT JUST LIKE THE RECALL STATED. HE FELT THAT IF THE SAME SWITCH FAILED ON ONE IT SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR ALL. *AK

DT: THE OWNERS CAR WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD BANGING/SPILLING. SHE LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE VAN, AND THE FRONT COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE. THE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE DRIVING BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. BUT, HAD HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE. VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION WHEN THIS HAPPENED. CONSUMER HAS NOT CORRECTED THE FAILURE TODAY VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE OWNER WAS WAITING TO SEE IF THE MANUFACTURER WOULD OFFER TO PAY PARTIALLY FOR REPAIRS. *AK

I HAVE ACCIDENT 06/10/05, HEAD BY HEAD, BUT THE AIR BAG DO NOT WORK AND MAKE ME INJURY. I NEED INVESTIGATION ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SOON. THANK YOU

DT: THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENLY AND THEN QUIT WORKING COMPLETELY. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THID VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

DT: WHILE DRIVING ,THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. SERVICE DEPT SAID THAT THE VALVE COVER ALLOWED THE OIL TO LEAK INTO THE SYSTEM. THE REPAIR COST WAS $636.00. I ASKED THE SERVICE MAN, HOW DO WE KNOW THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN? HE REPLIED, FORD DESIGNED A NEW VALVE COVER THAT WOULD PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. *NM *TT *SB

DT: CONSUMER OWNS 2000, FORD, WINDSTAR VAN WITH POWER REAR SLIDING DOORS. THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR BECOMES UNLATCHED WHILE DRIVING, AND AT ONE OCCURRENCE ACTUALLY OPENED. WHEN THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED HAD GRANDCHILDREN IN VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER SAID COULD NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. STATED FORD VEHICLES HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM. HAS BEEN TO DEALER 4-5 TIMES. LAST WEEK THIS WAS FIXED, BUT ON A TRIP THIS HAPPENED AGAIN. WENT BACK TO DEALER AGAIN AND STUCK WITH THIS PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE EXTREMELY HARD TO STEAR AND MADE LOUD NOISE. PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE AND JAMMED AGAINST TIRE. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR THERE ARE NO COIL SPRINGS AVAILABLE FROM FORD OR AFTER MARKET SUPPLIER. SPRING STILL ON THE CAR AT A FORD DEALER.

DT:THE CONSUMER HAS HAD THE CAR ALIGNED TWICE AND TIRES CONTINUE TO WEAR ON THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT TIRES. THE 1ST ALIGNMENT WAS AT 18,000 MILES, THE DEALER REPORTED HE NEEDED NEW TIRES AGAIN. *NM THE CONSUMER NOW HAS 78,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND IS ON 4TH SET OF TIRES. THE CONSUMER CHANGED BRAND OF TIRES BUT PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. THIS IS THE CONSUMER'S 2ND WINDSTAR AND WITH THE PREVIOUS CAR WENT THROUGH THE SAME THING WITH THE TIRES.*SB *NM

2000 FORD WINDSTAR CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD.*MR...FORD INDICATED UNDERHOOD FIRE CAUSED BY CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH LEADING TO MASTER CYLINDER HARNESS SHORTED OUT. *AK

MY 2 1/2 YEAR OLD SON PUT THE KEYS INTO THE IGNITION,TURNED IT TO POSITION 3,GRABBED THE GEAR SHIFT AND PULLED IT OUT OF PARK WITHOUT PRESSING THE BRAKE. THE VAN ROLLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY ACCROSS THE STREET INTO THE WOODS STOPPING ONCE IT HIT A TREE. I HAVE CHECKED INTO THIS MYSELF AND WAS ABLE TO PULL THE GEAR SHIFT OUT OF PARK NUMEROUS TIMES WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE IN POSITION 3. I CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT SINCE THERE IS NO RECALL. ALSO TALKED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND IN ORDER FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT WE WILL HAVE TO PAY. WE CANNOT AFFORD THIS AND FEEL THEY SHOULD CHECK IT OUT IN CASE THIS IS A START OF A RECALL.

2000 FORD WINDSTAR CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD.*MR THE CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE AFTER IGNITION WAS TURNED AND DROVE TO THE NEAREST SERVICE STATION. WHEN THE HOOD WAS OPENED THE CONSUMER SAW A BALL OF FIRE NEAR THE ENGINE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF CAR. FORD REPLACED CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH LEADING TO THE MASTER CYLINDER HARNESS. *BF *NM

2000 FORD WINDSTAR. LEAKING CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. LEAKED ENOUGH BRAKE FLUID FROM MASTER CYLINDER SO THAT BRAKES FAILED. NO ACCIDENT. FORD HAS A HOLD ON REPLACEMENT PARTS.

THE REAR PASSENGER OUTSIDE SEAT BELT WEBBING SHREDDED AND SPLIT IN HALF. THE PASSENGERS DO NOT HAVE SEAT BELTS THAT CAN BE WORN FOR SAFETY.*AK THE 4 SEAT BELTS IN THE BACK HAVE SHREDDED (2 CAPTAINS CHAIR AND 3RD SEAT) IN BACK-OUTSIDE ONES. THE DEVICE THAT CLIPS IN SEEMS TO THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPAIR THE SEAT BELTS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND THERE WERE NO RECALLS. *BF *NM

DT: HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, STARTED OUT OF THE BLUE. DRIVING THE ROAD, USING CRUISE CONTROL, DISENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL, AND FEW MINUTES LATER ENGINE DIED. NO PROBLEMS UNTIL THIS INCIDENT. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAD THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CHECKED. CONSUMER DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS CHECKED PROPERLY. SCARED TO DRIVE VEHICLE, INTERIOR LIGHTS WON'T GO OFF, AND HEARD A CRACKLING SOUND ON THE SIDE OF THE VAN, ON THE FUEL TANK SIDE. SO THE CONSUMER DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY BECAUSE OF HE WAS AFRAID IT WOULD CATCH ON FIRE. WENT TODAY AND RECONNECTED THE BATTERY ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON WITHOUT THE VAN BEING STARTED. *AK

DT: FRONT DRIVERS' SIDE COIL WENT THROUGH THE TIRE, DEFLATING THE TIRE. THE WHOLE FRONT END CAME DOWN. *AK

PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE. HAVE TO CLOSE IT MANUALLY AND DOOR RESISTS CLOSING SO PERSON HAS TO PULL VERY HARD ON DOOR TO CLOSE. COULD CAUSE INJURY TO PERSON HAVING TO CLOSE THE DOOR DUE TO FORCE NEEDED TO CLOSE.

DT: CAR IS CURRENTLY AT FORD DEALER RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF BRAKE SYSTEM. THIS PROBLEM BEGAN ABOUT 20,000. WHENEVER AN EMERGENCY STOP OCCURS, THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES DO NOT WORK. NO REPAIRS HAVE N BEEN MADE. MECHANIC DID ROAD TEST THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE ABS DID NOT WORK. *AK

CONSUMER STATED: CAR WAS SITTING STILL AND COIL SPRING BLEW OUT AND WENT THROUGH LEFT FRONT TIRE AND SHREDDED THE TIRE. *AK

THE POWER DOOR LOCK ON THE DRIVER'S OF MY 2000 WINDSTAR WILL NOT OPERATE. IT GETS STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION AND WILL NOT UNLOCK WITH THE REMOTE KEY FOB. THE FORD DEALERSHIP SUGGESTS REPLACING THE ACCUATOR AT A COST OF $250. THIS HAS BEEN NON-FUNCTIONAL SINCE LATE 2003.*AK

WENT INTO DOCTORS OFFICE AND WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF I HEARD A LOUD NOISE. WHEN I CAME OUT I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO REVERSE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. *JB

I PURCHASED MY CAR FROM POWAY HONDA IN FEBRUARY 2004. ONE WEEK AFTER DRIVING IT OFF THE LOT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, THEY CLAIMED TO FIX IT AND IT CAME ON FOUR MORE TIMES AFTER THAT. WE ALSO COMPLAINED THAT THE CAR WAS CLUNKING INTO GEAR BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEARS. NO ONE COULD FIND A PROBLEM, A COUPLE WEEKS LATER TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS SPRAYING OUT ALL OVER THE BACK OF THE CAR, THEY CLAIMED TO NOT BE ABLE TO FIND A LEAK. WE LITERALLY HAD THE CAR IN EVERY MONTH SINCE THEN. POWAY HONDA, WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, REFUSES TO EVEN HELP ME ANYMORE. FINALLY, A YEAR LATER, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING FUNNY NOISES. PERRY FORD REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. ONE WEEK AFTER THAT WE HAD TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY (WITH 5 CHILDREN IN THE CAR) BECAUSE IT WAS SPRAYING TRANSMISSION FLUID AGAIN AND SMOKING, THE CAR WAS TOWED TO PERRY FORD. THEY OVERHAULED THE TORQUE CONVERTER. NOW, ONE WEEK LATER THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT IS BLINKING INDICATING A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE CAR SPUTTERS INTO GEAR. ALSO, WHEN THE CAR IS IN CRUISE CONTROL IT DOESN'T SLOW DOWN GOING DOWN HILL, THE GEARS DO NOT CATCH AND IT JUST GAINS MORE SPEED. I AM SO FURIOUS WITH FORD MOTORS AND SICK AND TIRED OF DEALING WITH THIS PIECE OF JUNK THAT I WILL NEVER BY ANOTHER FORD VEHICLE AND I WOULD ADVISE NO BODY ELSE TO EITHER. *JB

CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH MOUNTED ON MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER WAS COVERED IN BRAKE FLUID. REMOVED THE CONNECTOR AND FOUND IT WAS FILLED WITH BRAKE FLUID. THIS HAD CAUSED #10 FUSE TO BLOW UNTIL CONNECTOR WAS LEFT DISCONNECTED. CRUISE CONTROL HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE IN 2004.*AK

THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. THE SMOKE WENT OUT ON ITS OWN. THE DRIVER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE SECOND INCIDENT INVOLVED THE TRANSMISSION EXPLODING WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK ONLY FOUR OF THE SEAT BELTS WORKED. *SC *JB

MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR WILL STALL, WHILE DRIVING, WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER TO THE ENGINE, BRAKING SYSTEM AND STEERING SYSTEM IN A 3800 POUND VEHICLE. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, BUT REPEATS ITSELF EVERY 2 OR 3 WEEKS OR SO. THE LAST TIME IT CAUSED MY WIFE TO TRANSVERSE INTO A STOP SIGN CONTROLLED INTERSECTION IN A POPULATED RESIDENTIAL AREA OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY WITHOUT BRAKES OR STEERING. IT HAS HAPPENED 15 TIMES TO MYSELF AND MY WIFE AND TWICE TO SOUTH BAY FORD SINCE APPROXIMATELY NOV OF 2004. I BELIEVE THAT FORD DISPATCHED ENGINEERS TO SOUTH BAY FORD IN HAWTHORNE CALIFORNIA WHO STATED THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE OF FUEL TANK DESIGN AND IS NOT CORRECTABLE. SOUTH BAY FORD AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY TOGETHER APPEAR TO BE READY TO RETURN THE VEHICLE TO ME WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS "DON'T LET THE FUEL TANK DROP BELOW 1/4 OF A TANK". THE STATED REASON IS THAT THE FORD WINDSTAR HAS A RECTANGULAR FUEL TANK THAT WHEN DRIVING ON GRADES CAN CAUSE THE FUEL TO MOVE TO A PART OF THE TANK THAT WILL NOT PUMP THE GAS TO THE ENGINE (THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY A KNOWN BUG AND POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH A SERVICE BULLETIN). I ASKED WHY, ASSUMING THAT MY DRIVING HABITS (AND MY WIFE'S) HAVE NOT CHANGED IN RELATION TO OUR LETTING OUR TANK GET BELOW 1/4 TANK, THEN WHY HAS THIS ONLY SURFACED AS A PROBLEM IN THE LAST 4 OR 5 MONTHS? WHY NOT THE FIRST 3.5 YEARS?!? THIS CAR IS COVERED BY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR ONE MORE YEAR. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR NEARLY THREE WEEKS NOW. FORD CAN NOT FIX THE PRO

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE VALVE COVER. IT WAS LEAKING AND CAUSING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD O-RINGS TO FAIL. THE IMMEDIATE RESULT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO RUN VERY LEAN. TOO MUCH AIR CAUSED THE SPARK IN THE ENGINE TO BE TOO HOT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE JERKED AND VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, AND A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ENGAGE OR MOVE IN ANY GEAR. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO PULL FROM A STOP SIGN AND THE VEHICLES ENGINE REVVED UP BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. *TC

MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR ,STILL UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY, HAS A LIFE-THREATENING BUG. THE ENGINE, WITHOUT WARNING, WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING. IT IS INTERMITTENT, AND VERY ODD, BUT AT WHATEVER SPEED YOU ARE. *AK TRAVELING, SUDDENLY YOU REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE LOST POWER TO THE ENGINE, BRAKING SYSTEM AND STEERING SYSTEM, YET YOU ARE MOVING AT THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC IN A 3000+ POUND VEHICLE WITHOUT CONTROL. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO SOUTH BAY FORD MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY STATE THAT THERE DIAGNOSIS OF THE CAR SHOWS THE VEHICLE TO BE IN GOOD HEATH. YET, IT KEEPS HAPPENING AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT IF IT CONTINUES. VEHICLE IS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.

WHILE DRIVING THE ELECTRIC SLIDING DOOR. AUTOMATICALLY BECOMES AJAR. SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE CAN BE PARKED, AND THE DOOR BECOMES AJAR. CONSUMER STATES HE HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN ABOUT 8 TO 12 TIMES OVER A PERIOD OF 4 YEARS.*AK THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TO BE FIXED BUT AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS THE PROBLEM COMES BACK. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE HAS TO CLOSE THE DOOR A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE IT LATCHES SECURELY. THE DOOR CAME OPEN WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. *TC

FORD WINDSTAR 2000, BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE VAN OR DECREASE THE SPEED. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. WHEN THE SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE VAN. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. *JB

HI, FORD WINDSTAR VAN MANUFACTURED IN 1999-2000 NEEDS RECALL FOR FAULTY VALVE COVER, INLET MANIFOLD SEALS WHICH IS CAUSING "LEAN FUEL" ERROR CODES P0171 AND P0174.*AK FORD KNOWS IT BUT NOT TAKING ANY STEP WHICH IS CAUSING WORST FUEL ECONOMY FOR THOSE VEHICLES AND A WHOLE LOT MORE POLLUTION BECAUSE OF THOSE VEHICLES. I PERSONALLY WENT TO FORD DEALER WITH FOLLOWING PARTS NUMBERS ( XF2Z-9H486-AA PORT SEAL-PACKAGE OF 6(1 PKG REQ. PER VEH) 3F2Z-9S479-AA ISOLATOR BOLT ASSY. - PACKAGE OF 8 (1 PKG REQ. PER VEH) XF2Z-9E498-DD VACUUM LINE 3F2Z-6582-BA VALVE COVER - LH ). THE SALES PERSON HAD JUST ONE LOOK AND HE TOLD ME THE TOTAL COST OF ALL !!! HE TOLD ME THEY ARE SELLING 3-4 SETS EVERYDAY !!! IF YOU TYPE "P0171, P0174" ON ANY INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE, YOU WILL GET THOUSANDS OF SEARCH RESULTS WITH FORD WINDSTAR CONNECTION. FORD HAD PUBLISHED A BULLETIN COVERING AND ADVISING PEOPLE WHAT TO DO. THEY PULLED IT BACK CONSIDERING THAT MIGHT PROVIDE INDIRECT REPONSIBILITY. DOT MUST INVESTGATE THIS AND FORCE FORD FOR RECALL. I AM SURE DOT CAN DO A LOT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THANKS. RAHUL SHUKLA 140, CROOKED LANE KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 610-270-5963 (WORK)

FORD WINDSTAR 1996 INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS REPLACED. *BF DUE TO THE MIS-DESIGN OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED PREMATURELY. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS PLASTIC. *SC

THE CHECK ENGINE WENT ON AND THE CODES P0171 AND P0174 WERE FOUND. THERE WAS AN EXTREME LOSS IN GAS MILEAGE LEADING UP TO THIS SITUATION, DOWN TO ~10MPG. THE GASKET MANIFOLD, THE LINE LEADING TO IT, AND THE COVER ASSEMBLY FOR A ROCKER ARM WERE ALL REPLACED AT A COST OF $543.10. THIS ON A 4YR OLD VEHICLE WITH ONLY 47,000 MILES. THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE IN THE WINDSTAR. KIND OF GOT THE IDEA IT WAS A CHRONIC PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY FORD! IN THE COURSE OF REPAIRING THIS THEY ALSO DETERMINED THAT THE LEFT FRONT AXLE SEAL WAS LEAKING AND THE SERVO COVER GASKET WAS LEAKING ALSO. THESE WERE ESTIMATED TO COST $465 SO I WILL BE SPENDING OVER $1000.00 ON THIS VEHICLE FOR DEFECTS IN LESS THAN 5 YEARS AND UNDER 50,000 MILES. WHAT A PILE OF JUNK! IT WILL BE A LONG TIME BEFORE I GO BACK TO FORD IF EVER.

2000 FORD WINDSTAR WITH 60K SUFFERED TRANSMISSION FAILURE 2/28/05, IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR ON A BUSY STREET WITH 5 KIDS ON BOARD. A WEB SEARCH VERIFIED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO NUMEROUS 2000 WINDSTAR OWNERS, I BELIEVE THAT FORD SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND THE TRANSIMSSIONS BE RECALLED, THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

REAR WINDOW BLEW OUT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *AK

MY WIFE WAS STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT. LIGHT TURNED GREEN, SHE WENT TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. ABOUT HALF WAY THRU THE TURN, THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK. AT THAT POINT MY WIFE COULD ONLY COAST THRU THE INTERSECTION. STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR DID NOTHING. HAD VAN TOWED AND LOOKED AT. TRANSMISSION FAILED. MILEAGE AT 72,000.

2000 WINDSTAR SEL - SPORADIC AND CONTINUING FAILURE OF PSDS ON BOTH SIDES TO CLOSE WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED, STAY OPEN WHEN VEHICLE PLACED INTO GEAR, AND OPEN WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION. PAID $2,000+ TO SUNLAND FORD TO REPAIR, STILL OCCURING, GOING IN AGAIN. FORD SERVICE PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN RUDE, THROWN PAPERS AT MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE PICKED THE VEHICLE UP (I'M 70). SON IN LAW SEARCHED YOUR DATABASE FOR INFO, DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY PSDS OPENING WHILE IN MOTION ISN'T A SAFETY PROBLEM. *AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON..TOOK TO FORD SERVICE DEALER...TOLD ME SEAL TO INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING. THEY DO THEM ALL THE TIME!! PROBLEM IS IT ONLY REQUIRES A FEW INEXPENSIVE SEALS TO REPAIR. FORD WILL ONLY SELL THE COMPLETE INTAKE MANIFOLD WITH SEALS. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD COSTS @ $600 SO THE COST OF REPLACING A FEW FAULTY SEALS IS 800-$1000. WHY DOES FORD NOT RECALL THESE SEALS OR AT LEAST COME OUT WITH A SEAL REPAIR KIT, SO THE CONSUMER DOES NOT HAVE TO THROW AWAY A GOOD INTAKE MANIFOLD. I HAVE OWNED THIS VAN SINCE NEW, AND I SEE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS FILED A COMPLAINT ON THIS SAME ITEM. IF FORD WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO RECTIFY THIS SMALL PROBLEM, I WILL DEFINITELY BE SHOPPING ELSEWHERE. *JB

2000 FORD WINDSTAR SE STALLS AT RED LIGHTS AND WHEN IDLING -- DEALER KEPT INSISTING NOTHING WRONG, YET WOULD STALL. IN SHOP IN OCTOBER RETURNED TO US AS WORKING -- STALLED IN DECEMBER AGAIN. *JB

AFTER PUMPING THE BRAKES THEY COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. DEALER REPLACED THE ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM , BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED.*AK...ALSO,OVERDRIVE LIGHT CAME ON DEALER REPLACED SHAFT SENSOR. *AK

1/31/05: PUT VAN IS DRIVE AND A LOUD CLUNKY NOISE OCCURED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOTMOVE. I NEEDED THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT $2295.00. THE VAN ONLY HAS 37,000 MILES AND IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY OFF COURSE. DEALER SAYS TOO BAD. STAY AWAY FOR FORD WINDSTAR. *AK

WHILE REVERSING, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THIS CAUSED A TIRE BLOW OUT. THE DEALERSHIP THE SPRING. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *NM

O/D OFF LIGHT FLASHES ALL THE TIME, VEHICLE SMELLS LIKE FUEL WHEN SHUT OFF NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHEY ENGINE LIGHT WILL NOT GO OUT. OXYGEN SENSOR HAS BEEN CHANGED. VAN HAS A SHORT NO ONE CAN FIND IT PUTTER AND CUT OFF ALL THE TIME ITS DRIVABLE AROUND TOWN THAT'S IT RUNS TOO LONG IT SHUTS OFF IF A/C OR HEAT IS ON TOO LONG IT MAKES A GROANING NOISE AND WILL NOT STOP UNTIL SHUT OFF VEHICLE THEN RESTART. EVERYONE THAT LOOKS AT IT SAY ITS A FORD ISSUE LOCAL DEALER SAID NOTHING IS WRONG WITH VAN. *NM

REAR HATCH WINDOW EXPLODED WHILE WAITING TO PULL INTO DISABLED PARKING--SENDING GLASS THROUGHOUT VEHICLE AND EMBEDDING GLASS IN MY HEAD AS WELL AS CAUSING STROKE SYMPTOMS...WITH 18 RECORDED INCIDENTS THIS IS A DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND FORD SHOULD BE CHARGED FOR THIS CONDITION WITH REAR HATCH WINDOW. *JB