2000 Ford Windstar complaints

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

AUTOMATIC SLIDDING DOORS ON DRIVER SIDE WILL SUDDENLY POP OPEN BY THEMSELVES, CAUSING SAFETY HAZARD. DEALER HAS REPLACED A MODULE WHICH WAS ONLY A TEMPORARY SOLUTION. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH HOOD FLEW UP AND BLOCKED CONSUMER'S VIEW. CONSUMER MANAGED TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.*AK

SOON AFTER PARKING VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE WITHOUT ANY INDICATION IN CAR PORT. *AK CONSUMER HEARD LOUD NOISE LIKE A HIGH- PRESSURE LEAK AND IN A MANNER OF SECONDS A WHITE SMOKE TURNED TO BLACK AND THEN TO FLAMES. FLAMES WAS COMMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. *YH

WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY, RESULTING IN A MINOR COLLOSION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVNG WHEELS ON RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE CAME COMPLETELY OFF. ALL LUGS:NUTS WERE BROKEN WITH NO SIGN OF WEAR AND TEAR. VAN WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ON THE ROAD SLIDING DOOR WILL START MAKING NOISES, AS IF IT IS LOOSE. THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. *AK

WITH THE KEY SWITCHED "ON" (ENGINE NOT RUNNING), THE TRANSMISSION CAN BE EASILY SHIFTED WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKES. THIS CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY IF A CHILD IS INVOLVED AND THE AIRBAG DEPLOYES. WE TRIED THIS ON OUR VAN AFTER A FRIEND HAD A 3 YR OLD CHILD SHIFT THEIR FORD EXPEDITION INTO NEUTRAL AND RUN THROUGH A WALL. OUR VEHICLE SHIFTED VERY EASILY EVERY TIME WE TRIED IT. *AK

I RENTED THIS VEHICLE FROM BUDGET - I DO NOT OWN IT. HOWEVER, WE DROVE IT THE NIGHT OF 4/07/00 TO DINNER DURING "BLIZZARD-LIKE" CONDITIONS IN GREAT LAKES, IL - VERY WINDY, COLD, AND SNOWING. WE HAD THE HEAT ON AND THE WINDOW DEFROSTER FOR THE REAR, LEFT PASSENGER-SIDE (THIRD WINDOW) WINDOW ALSO ON. THIS IS A UNIQUE FEATURE OF THE WINDSTAR MINIVANS.THERE ARE ALSO TWO CEILING-MOUNTED HEATING VENTS THAT DIRECT HEAT INTO THE BACK THIRD OF THE VAN, INCLUDING THE THIRD PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WHICH HAS THE DEFROSTER EMBEDDED IN IT. I PARKED THE VAN AT THE HOTEL AFTER WE RETURNED FROM DINNER. WHEN I WENT OUT TO THE VAN THE NEXT MORNING, THE THIRD SIDE PASSENGER WINDOW ON THE LEFT SIDE WAS SHATTERED. I PHONED THE WAUKEGAN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICER WHO CAME OUT FIRST ASKED IF THE WINDOW HAD A DEFROSTER IN IT. HE SAID HE WAS AWARE OF OTHER OCCURRENCES LIKE THIS. HE SAID HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS VANDALISM BUT INSTEAD WAS CAUSED BY THE EXTREME TEMPERATURE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE AIR IN THE INTERIOR OF THE VAN (WHERE THE DEFROSTER AND THE HEATER WERE ON) AND THE EXTERIOR AIR, WHICH WAS WELL-BELOW FREEZING. WHILE THE VAN WAS MOVING THE AIR WAS CONSTANTLY CIRCULATING BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE VAN, HOWEVER, ONCE THE VAN WAS PARKED AND THE HOT, INTERIOR AIR WAS NO LONGER CIRCULATING , THE EXTREME TEMPERATURE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE AIR ON THE INSIDE OF THE VAN AND THE AIR OUTSIDE OF THE VAN CAUSED THE WINDOW TO SHATTER. WHILE I AM RELIEVED THAT THERE WERE NO OCCUPANTS IN THE LAST SEAT OF THE

NO WARNING ON HOW HEAVY THESE SEATS ARE AND THAT CAUTION SHOULD BE USED. A WARNING LABLE OR STICKER SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE BACK OF THE SEAT AND A UPDATE TO THE MANUAL ALSO

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM AFTER 12 ATTEMPTS. FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE HAS A SAFETY DEVICE ON LOCKING MECHANISM WHEN STARTING TO DRIVE. ALSO, DOOR LOCK WILL PINCH THE PERSON'S ARM WHEN NEAR THE LOCK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING COULD FEEL WIND COMING FROM HOOD AREA WHERE, AT A TIME, WINDOWS WERE CLOSED ,AND VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH MOSQUITOS. *AK

JOINTS ARE NOT CONNECTED UNDER QUARTER WHEEL WELD. ONE WELD IS COMPLETLY MISSING, AND 3 ARE NOT PROPERLY CONNECTED. AUTOMOBILE STARTED WITH SQUEAKING NOISE WHICH LED TO A VERY LOUD NOISE. AUTOMOBILE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES. THE 1ST AND 2ND TIME, DEALER WAS UNAWARE OF DEFECT. THE 3RD TIME, DEALER FOUND THE DEFECT, BUT STATED THAT ANY AUTHORIZED FORD REPAIR CENTER WAS UNABLE TO FIX THE DEFECT. DEALER WOULD ALSO NOT ALLOW CONSUMER TO DRIVE THE AUTOMOBILE OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP.

WHEN THE INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR IS SET FOR NIGHT VISION IT BECOMES DISTORTED AND HARD TO VIEW OBJECTS. DEALER SAYS IT'S DESIGNED THAT WAY. *AK

WHILE AT STOP SIGN WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, ENGINE SPEED INCREASED FROM 1100 UP TO 3000 RPMS. DRIVER SHIFTED TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL AND ENGINE CAME BACK DOWN. DEALER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER WILL NOT LOCK INTO THE "ON" POSITION IF THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED MORE THAN 20 OR 30 DEGREES. THIS SITUATION OCCURS VIRTUALLY ALL THE TIME UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT CROSS BAR POPS IN AND OUT, CAUSING SEATBACK TO GO FORWARD INTO THE DRIVER'S BACK. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS*AK.

PASSENGER'S SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT HOLD IN PLACE WHENEVER IT WAS OPENED, ALMOST CLOSED ON PERSON GETTING IN OR OUT OF VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH OVER BUMPS VEHICLE SWAYS FROM SIDE TO SIDE. PLEASE PROVIDE FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER BELIEVES THE VEHICLES REVERSE SENSING SYSTEM CHIME IS TOO WEAK AND CANNOT BE HEARD IF THE RADIO IS ON. NLM

WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN VIBRATED. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. *AK

THE ANCHOR POINT ON THE SECOND ROW CAPTAIN CHAIRS ARE IN THE LOWR LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE SEAT. IN THE OPERATOR MANUAL THEY ARE SHOWN AS BEING IN THE CENTER OF THE SEAT. WE CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO SPOKE THE FACTORY. THEY SAID THE MANUAL WAS A MISPRINT AND THE SEATS WERE DESINGED THAT WAY WITH THE ANCHOR POINT BEING ON THE LOWER LEFT. ALL THE OTHER SEATS HAVE THE ANCHOR POINTS IN THE CENTER OF THE BACK OF THE SEAT. WITH ANCHOR POINT BEING OFFEST IT CUASE THE STRAP TO RUN ON A DIAGNAL FROM TOP BACK TO THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER, AS YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE BACK OF THE SEAT. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OTHER VEHICLES, WHERE THE ANCHOR POINT IS OFF CENTERED. PLEASE RECALL THIS VAN AND MAKE FORD FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE A CHILD IS HURT. THANK YOU.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE UNABLE TO USE SNOW CHAINS WHEN NEEDED TO TRAVEL UP SNOWY MOUNTAINS. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. ASKING NHTSA TO HELP IN THIS MATTER OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK