2001 Ford Windstar complaints

CONSUMER COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH AN ANIMAL WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 80-90LBS WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45-50MPH ON HIGHWAY. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SAFETY BELTS EXTRACTED "ENTIRELY" FROM THEIR HOUSING AND DID NOT RETRACT TO RESTRAIN OCCUPANTS. THE CONSUMER AND PASSENGER SUFFERED INJURIES AS A RESULT. TS

CONSUMER COLLIDED HEAD-ON WITH AN 80-90LB ANIMAL TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELY 45-50MPH. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. TS

WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, AFTER REMOVING FOOT FROM ACCELERATOR, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND COULD NOT BE STOPPED WITH NORMAL BRAKING. THE VEHICLE STRUCK THE SIDE OF ANOTHER CAR BEFORE STANDING ON THE BRAKES FINALLY RESULTED IN STOPPING THE VEHICLE. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN STARTING UP THE VEHICLE AND NO WARNING THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE NON DRIVABLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD OF VEHICLE. SHORTLY AFTER, THE VEHICLE WAS IN FLAMES. *MR INVESTIGATIVE REPORT REVEALED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS FROM THE FAILURE OF THE AIR CONDITIONER LINES WHICH HAD BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TO THE FIRE. *TT

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH AND THE SIDE AIR BAG ON THE PASSANGER SIDE DEPLOYED WITH NO SPECIFIC REASON.THERE WAS A LOT OF DAMAGE ON THE VEHICLE.DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. NLM

WHILE IN MOTION, VEHICLE SUFFERED A BLOWOUT. THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR CHARGES INCURRED FOR THE BLOWN TIRE. *JG THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE INOPERATIVE. (RECALL#01V227001) THE TIRE HAD LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND MILES WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. *SCC RQ04011.*PCO

CONSUMER STATES THE AUTOMATIC DOORS HAVE NO SENSORS TO STOP THEM IF SOMEONE OR SOMETHING IS IN THE WAY. DOOR ALREADY CLOSED ON CONSUMER WHILE REMOVING CHILDREN FROM VEHICLE. *TT

CONSUMER STATES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. DEALER REPLACE FUEL CAP AND EVAPORATIVE PURGE VALVE, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST AND NOW THE VEHICLE IS STALLING CAUSING VEHICLE TO HAVE NO BRAKING AND POWER STEERING POWER. SQUEAKING NOISE WHEN SETTING STILL. BELT TENSIONER REPLACED. *TT

I FEEL THAT THESE COMPONENT FAILURES HAVE CAUSED A SAFETY RISK FOR MY FAMILY AND I. I BOUGHT A WINDSTAR BASED MAINLY ON IT'S SAFETY RATINGS. THIS DISAPPOINTS ME. *AK

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD THE VAN IN BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE FIRST TIME THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A FAULTY SENSOR BUT NOW THEY SAY IT IS A CRACKED SEAL IN THE FUEL TANK. WHEN I ASKED THE PART'S GUY WHEN I COULD EXPECT THE PART IN HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A "NATIONAL BACKORDER" ON THE FUEL TANK BECAUSE FORD HAS HAD TO REPLACE A LOT OF THEM.

BOTH POWER SLIDING DOORS WILL NOT STAY CLOSED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER 6 TIMES, HINGES AND MOTOR HAVE BEEN REPLACED. DEALER UNABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER HAS NOTICED A KNOCKING NOISE IN ENGINE. VEHICLE IS AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE IS VIBRATION IN FRONT END OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME.*AK

POWER SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO STAY CLOSE. WHILE DRIVING ALONG DOOR AJAR SIGNAL ON THE DASHBOARD WILL ILLUMINTATE TO ALERT THAT DOOR HAS POPPED OPEN. POWER SLIDING DOOR CANNOT BE MANUALLY FORCED TO CLOSE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRYING TO STOP CONSUMER WILL PRESS ACCELERATOR PEDAL INSTEAD ON BRAKE PEDAL DUE TO THE FACT THAT ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND BRAKE PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

FOR QUITE SOME TIME I FELT THAT MY LEFT DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL WAS GOING ON ALL BY ITSELF AFTER MAKING A RIGHT TURN. I NOT ONLY CONFIRMED THIS TO BE TRUE BUT CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN AFTER EVERY RIGHT TURN. AFTER THE STEERING WHEEL BEGINS TO TURN TO GO STRAIGHT AFTER MAKING A RIGHT TURN, A GENTLE PUSH TO THE LEFT WILL CAUSE THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL TO SIGNAL LEFT ALL BY ITSELF. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER FOR THIS AND MANY OTHER STRANGE THINGS WHICH HAVE INFECTED THIS VAN! I ALSO HAVE BUBBLES AND DENTS IN MY TIRES WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY CHAINS DURING SHIPPING. MY CONCERN IS THAT THESE TIRES CAN FAIL WITH THIS SORT OF DEFECT. MY SELLING DEALER DID NOT PROVIDE ME WITH TIRE WARRANTY INFORMATION AND THE DEALER I MADE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT WITH DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE WHO COVERS THEM! I GUESS I WILL FIND OUT ON 8/2/02, THE DAY OF MY APPOINTMENT!. *AK

WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 35 MPH HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DURING THE ACCIDENT THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. ALSO, THE SEAT BELT FAILED. DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT THE CONSUMER BRUISED HER STERNUM AND HURT HER BACK. *YH

WHILE DRIVING THEFT LIGHT ON DASH COMES ON REAR WIPER COMES ON BY IT SELF AND ENGINE TURNS OFF LEAVING VEHICLE MOVING WITH NO POWER, NO STEERING, NO BRAKES. AFTER STOPPING VEHICLES IGNITION IS LOCKED OUT WITH NO POWER/NO CRANK.*AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A 2 LANE HIGHWAY, MY DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC DOOR OPENED ON IT'S OWN. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF THE AUTOMATIC SETTING, AND SHUT THE DOOR MANUALLY. LUCKILY, I WAS IN THE VAN ALONE, NOT WITH MY WIFE AND 3 1/2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD ME TO GET IT TO THEM RIGHT AWAY. THEY COULD NOT GET IT TO MALFUNCTION WHILE IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, BUT I DID INFORM THEM THAT THE DOOR, WHEN FULLY CLOSED, DOES STICK OUT FURTHER THAN THE PASSENGER SIDE. THEY READJUSTED THE DOOR AND SAID THAT NO OTHER REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING HAS EVER OCCURRED WHEN THEY TALKED TO FORD ENGINEERING. BUT, I SEE ON THIS SITE MANY REPORTS OF A SIMILAR NATURE. WAITING ON DEALERSHIP FOR POSSIBLE EXCHANGE OF VEHICLE.*AK

2ND ATTEMPT TO FIX NOISE COMING FROM WINDSHIELD, COWL WAS REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. SOUNDS LIKE WINDOWS ARE OPEN INSIDE WHEN AIR IS OFF, ALL WINDOWS ARE SHUT. SPEEDS REACH 55 AND OVER, LOUD SQUEEK COMING FROM LOWER WINDSHIELD AREA. WHEN I SPOKE TO MECHANIC HE MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS OTHER FORD VANS WITH SAME PROBLEM, BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED, WHY? IT DOESN'T SEEM SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE KNOWING THAT THERE IS AIR COMING IN UNDER THE WINDSHIELD. WE ARE GOING IN FOR OUR 3RD ATTEMPT AND WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR MANUF. WARRANTY RUNNING OUT BEFORE THIS MATTER IS CORRECTED. PLEASE HELP!*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE HAS A 6-7 SECOND DELAY RESPONSE TO ACCELERATION. WHEN THROTTLE IS APPLIED ENGINE REVS UP, AND JERKS BEFORE ACCELERATING. PROBLEM IS MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN THE MORNING. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

BRAKES FAILED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS (REPAIR DATES: 3/22/02, 4/1/02 AND 4/15/02). FIRST, MY WIFE NOTED THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE THERE WAS ANY RESPONSE. THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. WE INSISTED THAT IT WASN'T, UNTIL THERE LEAD TECHNICIAN FOUND AND REPLACED A FAULTY HCU. THE SECOND FAILURE CAME WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY WIFE AND 6 MONTH OLD BABY FROM MO TO VA. WHILE ON THE WEST VIRGINIA TURN PIKE, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED AGAIN AND EVENTUALLY THE BRAKEING SYSTEM FAILED ALL TOGOETHER BY THE TIME WE REACHED OUR DESTINATION OF SUFFOLK VIRGINIA. BARTON FORD, IN SUFFOLK VA, REPLACED THE HCU AND THE ECU AND REPAIRED A BRAKE FLUID LEAK. THE THIRD INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING BACK TO MO. ONCE AGAIN THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND NORMALLY. ONCE BACK IN O'FALLON, MO. THE DEALERSHIP FOUND A AIR BUBBLE IN THE BRAKE LINE AND THEY REPROGRAMMED THE ABS MODULE. EACH BRAKE FAILURE ALSO AFFECTED THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND THE SPEEDOMETER. WE HAVE ALSO HAD TO HAVE ONE WINDOW REPLACED, THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR ADJUSTED, A SEAL INSERTED IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO A RECALL ITEM, AND BOLTS TIGHTENED AT THE ENGINE CRADLE MOUNTS. RECENTLY, THE FUEL CAP INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOR A PERIOD OF 5 DAYS FOR UNKNOWN REASONS AND WE ARE CURRENTLY UNABLE TO FILL THE GAS TANK TO ITS NORMAL CAPACITY. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE AND HARDLY WORTH THE $27,220 THAT WE ARE PAYING FOR IT.

WHILE SITTING AT A STOP WITH FOOT APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND BRAKE PEDAL FAILED AND WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD WITH FORCE AND ENTERED FIRST LANE OF TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY. ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND THE WARNING CHIME WENT OFF. SEVERAL TIMES VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER TO DETERMINE PROBLEM, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN FOUND. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE ABS LIGHT STAYED ON AND OVERDRIVE LIGHT WAS FLASHING. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET.*AK

SLIDING DOOR BEHIND DRIVER KEEPS COMING OPEN WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS MADE NUMEROUS ADJUSTMENTS AND PROBLEM KEEPS OCCURRING. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE FOR CHILDREN OR ANYONE IN THE REAR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE POWER SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT HAVE A SENSOR TO STOP THEM FROM CLOSING QUICKLY CAUSING PASSENGERS ENTERING VEHICLE TO BE CRUSHED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE DOOR CLOSE MANUALLY. DEALER STATES TO SEE OWNERS MANUAL, AND OILED TRACKS, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXIST. CONSUMER FOUND OWNERS MANUAL DOES NOT INSTRUCT ON HOW TO MANUALLY OPERATE DOOR. *TT

AFTER COMING TO A STOP BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT ENGINE STILL RACED. THIS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME ON JUNE 18, 2002. *AK THE VEHICLE LURCHED FOWARD AS CONSUMER WAS ATTEMPTING TO PLACE VEHICLE IN PARK. *YH

WITHOUT WARNING SIDE ELECTRICAL DOOR WILL OPEN AND SHUT WITHOUT COMMAND. ALSO SENSOR ON DOOR IS NOT FUNCTIONING ACCURATELY, DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. MECHANIC HAS SERVICED VEHICLE 8 TIMES, AND HAS NOT RESOLVED THE PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER ADDS THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR IS THE PROBLEM. THE DOOR WILL ALSO CLOSE OR OPEN PATHWAY THEN CHANGE DIRECTIONS. DOOR MOTION CAN GO ON FOR 5 MINUTES. SENSOR ALSO FAILED. DOOR WILL PUSH ON ANYTHING THAT IS IN ITS WAY. *TT

PASSENGER REAR SLIDER DOOR WILL NOT STAY OPEN WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED ON A HILL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR OPENS ON ITS OWN WHILE THE CAR IS MOVING. IT HAPPENED TWICE IN ONE DAY. I WAS TOLD THAT FORD IS "AWARE OF THE PROBLEM" AND THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON A NEW HINGE ASSEMBLY. IN THE MEANTIME, I AM AFRAID TO PUT MY KIDS IN THE VAN. I SEE OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME ISSUE (738418, 866315, 871988, 730676, 871684). I ALSO KNOW OF TWO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.*AK

WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND TRIED TO GO FORWARD, BUT CONSUMER WAS STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

THE LOCATION OF THE BRAKE PEDDEL IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE GAS PEDAL HAS RESULTED IN THE GAS PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED WHEN TRYING TO BRAKE AS THEY ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER.(MY HUSBAND WILL NO LONGER DRIVE THE VAN AS THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT OCCURS MOST OFTEN FOR HIM DUE TO HIS LARGER SHOE SIZE.) ADDITIONALLY, THE BRAKE PEDAL IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE GAS PEDAL AND MY FOOT BECAME TANGLED UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL, CAUSING ME TO ROLL INTO ON COMMING TRAFFIC WHEN TRYING TO STOP WHILE EXITING FROM A PARKING LOT. NO ACCIDENT OCCURED AS THE ON-COMING TRAFFIC STOPPED IN TIME TO AVOID MY VAN.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SLINGING DOOR AUTOMATICLY OPENED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER IS INSPECTING THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON. HAS TO PULL BRAKE PEDAL UP FROM FLOOR. *AK BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT TURN OFF UNLESS THE BRAKE PEDAL IS MANUALLY PULLED UP. THIS OCCURS BOTH AT LOW AND HIGH POSITIONS OF PEDAL ADJUSTER. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *YH

DRIVER REAR BENCH SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULD NOT LATCH PROPERLY. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK *TT

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHEN MAKING A SHARP TURN OR WHEN THERE IS COLD WEATHER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

SLIDING DOOR LOCKS MALFUNCTIONED, AND IS UNABLE TO UNLOCK. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE DOOR WILL UNEXPECTEDLY OPEN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK. *JB. ALSO THE DRIVER SEAT WILL NOT MOVE, DEALER REPLACED THE FUSE, THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS INOPERATIVE. AND THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT WAS ON.*JB

FLUID FROM POWER STEERING SYSTEM LEAKED ONTO SOME HOT ENGINE COMPONENT, PROBABLY THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, AND PRODUCED A ROLLING FIRE AT THE REAR OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BELOW THE FIREWALL. VEHICLE WAS BEING PARKED IN A PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF A SERVICE STATION WHEN FIRE ERUPTED. MY SON WHO WAS INSIDE THE STATION, SAW THE FIRE AND RUSHED OUT TO WARN US OUT OF THE VEHICLE. STATION PERSONNEL BROUGHT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND MY SONS (THE OTHER WAS DRIVING) RAISED THE HOOD AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FIRE WAS BURNING FIERCELY AND WAS DIFFICULT TO REACH, BUT WAS EXTINGUISHED BEFORE ANY FUEL SYSTEM COMPONENTS BECAME INVOLVED. SMOKE HAD COME FROM UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TWICE PREVIOUSLY DURING THE DAY, BUT WE ASSUMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN OVERFILLED AND THE EXCESS WAS BEING VENTED AND BOILING OFF ON THE TRANSMISSION. I CALLED FORD WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT EXCESS TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD PROBABLY BE ALRIGHT. SINCE THIS WAS MY MOTHER'S FUNERAL, WE DECIDED TO CONTINUE IN THE VEHICLE TO THE CEMETERY. SMOKE AGAIN CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHEN WE PARKED AT THE CEMETERY, BUT CLEARED QUICKLY. WE HAD DRIVEN ABOUT 10 MILES FROM THE CEMETERY WHEN THE FIRE OCCURRED.

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE TIRES IN FEWER MILES THAN WHAT TIRE WERE WARRANTED FOR HAS TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, MECHANIC STATED NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT. ALIGNMENT WAS DONE, TIRE WEAR WAS STILL OCCURRING. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER, MECHANIC INDICATTED THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THAT COULD BE DONE. CONSUMER HAD NOTIFIED MANUFACTURER, AND REPRESENTATIVE STATED THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THAT COULD BE DONE IF ALIGNMENT MET SPECS.*AK

THIS IS THE 5TH TIME THAT THIS ENGINE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED, AND EACH TIME IT STAYS IN THE SHOP 12 DAYS AND OUT 26 DAYS. DEALER DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM AND IS VERY RUDE WHEN VEHICLE IS TAKEN IN SAYS THIS IS NOTHING. *AK

SLIDING SIDE DOOR HAS A FAULTY MECHANISM. WHILE DRIVING DOOR JUST OPENED ON ITS OWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, AND IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, AND UPON UPON COMING TO A STOP ON AN INCLINE CAR ROLLS BACKWARD VERY FREELY, WHEN ON STEEP INCLINE CAR ROLLS BACKWARD AS IF IT IS IN NEUTRAL. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER.*AK *SLC

CONSUMER STATED ARM REST ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE IS BROKEN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CLUNK NOISE IN FRONT END WHILE TURNING OR ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, CAN ALSO BE FELT WITH VIBRATION, PASSENGER SIDE DASH AREA HANGING. BOTH SLIDING DOOR RUBBER STOPS MISSING, DRIVERSIDE SLIDING DOOR STOP REPLACED. GRINDING NOISE IN REAR WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. WHEN HEAT IS ON VENT SMELLS LIKE SOMETHING IS BURNING. WIPERS WILL NOT CLEAR WINDSHIELD, WASHER SOLVENT SPRAYS IN ONE SPOT. NORMAL OPERATION. *TT

THIS VEHICLE HAS DIED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF TRIPS (LONG AND SHORT/HOT ENGINE NORMALLY). WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH IT DIED ONE TIME, CAUSING US TO ENTER THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANES AROUND A CURVE. THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR A FAMILY VEHICLE WHEN THERE IS AN ENTIRE FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE. WE HAVE NOTIFIED THE DEALER AND HAVE TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE, BUT IT CONTINUES TO DIE. WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH OUR 1998 WINDSTAR THAT WAS TOTALLED IN A COLLISION (NOT PROBLEM RELATED). I DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS THE IGNITION SYSTEM OR THE FUEL SYSTEM. THIS VEHICLE HAS MULTIPLE RECALLS TO DATE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65MPH VEHICLE LOST POWER. PRIOR TO LOSS OF POWER OVERDRIVE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR INTERMITTENTLY OPENS, DEALER HAS REPLACED AUTOMATIC DOOR SENSOR, BUT THAT DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK *YD

THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR MECHANISM SEALED COMPLETELY ON MY RIGHT THUMB. IT DID NOT SENSE THAT THERE WAS AN OBSTRUCTION AND MY THUMB WAS DAMAGED EXTENSIVELY. WHEN THUMB WAS RELEASED, IT WAS COMPLETELY FLAT (SIZE OF A FLAT QUARTER) AND HAD EXTENSIVE CRUSHING DAMAGE. HAD NO FEELING FOR 4 MONTHS. NAIL DIED AND TOOK UNTIL JANUARY 2002 TO FALL OFF, CAUSING MUCH DISCOMFORT AND INABILITY TO PERFORM DAILY TASKS FOR FAMILY. CURRENTLY, NAIL HAS NOT GROWN BACK AND MAY NOT EVER. THIS DOOR MECHANISM, WHEN TESTED SHUT ON PLASTIC CUPS, STICKS, AND OTHER SMALL OBJECTS. THIS IS A FAMILY VEHICLE AND SHOULD HAVE AN INFA RED SENSOR THAT BACKS UP THE DOOR WHENEVER ITS BEAM IS BROKEN. IT CURRENTLY HAS A MECHANICAL SENSOR SO ONLY IF SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL (IE: AN ADULTS WHOLE BODY) IS WEDGED IN DOOR, WILL IT BACK UP. EVEN THEN, IT CLOSES CONSIDERABLY (AND FRIGHTENINGLY ON VICTOM) BEFORE OPENING. I FEAR THAT ONE OF MY CHILDREN WILL GET WRIST OR HAND CLOSED AND CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE. I STILL HAVE SHOOTING PAIN IN JOINT OF THUMB AND NO THUMB NAIL. I NEED HELP DEMONSTRATING PRODUCT MALFUNCTION BEFORE MY CHILD OR SOMEONE ELSE'S IS SERIOUSLY CRUSHED!*AK

WE HAVE HAD A CONTINUAL PROBLEM KEEPING OUR PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR TO STAY OPEN WHEN THE VAN IS PARKED ON EVEN THE SLIGHTEST OF AN INCLINE. WE HAVE EVEN SWITCHED OUR CHILD'S CAR SEAT TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE.