1999 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 5-10 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, BEFORE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED VEHICLE BURNED TO THE GROUND.*AK

MOST RECENT INCIDENT - ENGINE STALLED WITH COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER WHEN REDUCING FROM HIGHWAY SPEED TO ~25 MPH DUE TO TRAFFIC CONJESTION ON NORTH SIDE OF CHICAGO AFTER DRIVING ~45 MINUTES IN 95 DEGREE WEATHER WITH AIR CONDITIONING OPERATION. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. ILLINOIS DOT PUSHED VEHICLE TO SHOULDER. AFTER TOTAL WAIT ~20 MINUTES, ENGINE RESTARTED. DROVE WITH AIR CONDITIONING OFF AND HEATER ON FULL THROUGH REMAINING CONGESTION (~45 MINUTES). DROVE REMAINING TRIP (TOTAL OF 3.5 HOURS) WITH NO FUTHER INCIDENT. PRIOR OCCURRENCE ON 07/29/02. SIMILAR WEATHER/DRIVING CONDITIONS. AFTER 2.5 HOURS AT HIGHWAY SPEED, EXITED TO SIDE ROAD. VEHICLE STALLED SHORTLY AFTER EXIT. RESTARTED AFTER 15 MINUTES. NO REPEATED INCIDENT IN REMAINING 15 MINUTES OF DRIVE. RETURN TRIP HAD NO INCIDENT. PRIOR INCIDENT IN NOVEMBER, 2001. IN COOL WEATHER, SEVERAL SHORT ERRANT TRIPS - VEHICLE STALLED. RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL HOUR WAIT. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. NO FAILURE CODES DETERMINED, NO DIAGNOSIS OF REASON FOR ENGINE FAILURE. DEALER REPLACED ALTERNATOR UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT HAS A PIECE OF METAL THAT HAS PIERCED THROUGH THE SEAT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED PART WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE, AND SEAT WOULD BE PATCHED UP. METAL IS DANGEROUS AND TEARS CLOTHES UP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THERE IS A SHARP METAL PIECE THAT STICKS OUT OF DRIVER'S SEAT, CUTTING CONSUMER WHEN ENTERING AND EXITING VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ENGINE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING AT MULTIPLE SPEED OR WHEN SLOWING DOWN. VEHICLE BEEN TO A DEALER ONCE, AND ON THREE OCCASIONS AT A REPAIR SHOP, BUT PROBLEM STILLOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN VEHICLE STALLS. IT IS HARD FOR CONSUMER TO KEEP CONTROL VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

DURING ROUTINE SERVICE MECHANIC NOTICED HEADGASKET HAD BLOWN OUT. PART WAS REPLACED. ON 10 AUGUST 2002, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP AT THIS TIME.*AK

CONSUMER APPLIED ACCELERATOR AT INTERSECTION ENGINE REVVED, BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. DEALER REBUILT TRANSMISSION. IN JULY 2002, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR AT START UP, AGAIN TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT.*AK

WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY WHEEL LOCKED UP. VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND THEY INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RACK AND PINION STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

1999 FORD WINDSTAR *PH *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**765507