1999 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

AFTER REVERSING FROM A PARKING SPACE ONTO STREET, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE WHILE THE GEARS WHERE CHANGED TO DRIVE. VEHICLE WOULD NO LONG TO FORWARD, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT IT IN REVERSE AND GET OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT 41,000 MILES.*AK

VAN WAS PURCHASED LESS THAN 2 YEARS AGO, HAS BEEN IN AND OUT FOR REPAIRS AT LEAST 5 TIMES, THE FIRST BEING WITHIN 3 WEEKS AFTER IT WAS PURCHASED. I AM A FEMALE SO DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT NATURE OF THE PROBLEMS, BUT BELIEVE THEY WERE ALL RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED. WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM EACH TIME IT NEEDS REPAIRS. HARD JERKING WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN TO STOP AND WHEN YOU ACCELERATE TO GO AFTER BEING STOPPED, WILL GO DEAD AT TIMES WHEN YOU ARE IDILING. WE JUST HAD THE ALTERNATOR REPLACED A WEEK AGO AND WE OUT OF STATE WHEN THE PROBLEM RESURFACED 3/15.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY HEARD A NOISE UNDERNEATH VEHICLE AND TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. *AK

ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN COMPUTER. DEALER HAS RESET THE COMPUTER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONSWITHOUT ANY PERMANENT RESULTS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE STOPS MOVING WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 70 MPH. THIS IS SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITHIN 69,000 MILE OF WEAR. *AK *TT

RACK AND PINION STEERING HAD TO BE REPLACED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. STEERING FROZE UP, AND THEN IT BECAME HARDER TO STEER VEHICLE. *JG *AK

PURCHASED WHAT THOUGHT WERE NEW TIRES FROM AMERICAN TIRE DEPORT IN 2001. HAD A BLOW-OUT ON ONE REAR TIRE IN JULY. HAD A BLOWOUT WITH SECOND REAR TIRE TWO WEEKS LATER. WHEN WENT TO REPLACE FROM ANOTHER DEALER, WAS TOLD THAT WHAT I THOUGHT WERE NEW TIRES WERE ACTUALLY SECONDS....HAVE SECOND TIRE TO SHOW THE DEFECT...TIRES HAD LESS THAN 25,000 MILES ON AT TIME OF BLOWOUT. NEED TO KNOW WHO TO FILE COMPLAINT WITH.BOTH FOR TIRE AND FOR AMERICAN TIRE DEPOT FOR SELLING SECONDS AS NEW. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND GOING UPHILL, ENGINE STARTED TO KNOCK. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, IT STILL EXISTS. MECHANIC STATED TO CONSUMER, "SOME ENGINES JUST KNOCK". *JG *AK

A LEAK DEVELOPED IN POWER STEERING RACK WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO SHAKE WHEN TURNING END EVENTUALLY TO LOSE ALL POWER ASSISTED STEERING. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEARS ON DASHBOARD PERMANENTLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. CONSUMER WILL FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK