Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Pedals and Linkages
Filed Apr 23, 2002NE
GAS/BRAKE PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PUSH BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.*AK *YH
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2002 Ford Windstar complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2002 record →
Structure › Body › Door
Filed Apr 1, 2002FL
POWER SLIDING DOORS HAVE SENSORS TO RETRACT UPON SENSIING OBJECT, DOORS DUE NOT RETRACT TIMELY, PRESSURE IS FELT ON A ADULT ARM,WRIST, CHILD, INFANT COULD BE CRUSHED. TESTED VARIOUS OTHER FORD WINDSTARS AND ALL SLIDING DOORS HAD DIFFERENT SENSING, SOME WERE WEAK AND SOME WERE TIGHT, NOT TWO THE SAME. IF A ADULT CANNOT PUSH THE DOOR OR STOP THE FORWARD MOTION, THEN A CHILD WOULD NOT STAND A CHANCE.*AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Feb 20, 2002FL
CONSUMER STATED FOR THE 4TH TIME IN LESS THAN 5040 MILES AND WITHIN 90 DAYS OF OWNING VEHICLE, IT HAS EXPERIENCED A TEMPORARY FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH SUDDEN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION STICKS INTO LOW GEAR THEN GOES INTO A COASTING MODE AND REVVING THE ENGINE AS HIGH AS 4000 RPM OR SHIFTING BETWEEN NEUTRAL AND DRIVE HAD NO EFFECT, WHEN THE VEHICLE SPEED GOT DOWN TO LESS THAN 5 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION REENGAGED AND OPERATED NORMALLY AGAIN, THE DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE BUT NO FAULT CODES OR MALFUNCTION OF THE TRANSMISSION OCCURED.*JB
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