1999 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

BRAKES OPERATE ERRATICALLY, FAILING TO SLOW DOWN VEHICLE DURING NORMAL OPERATION. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE THREE TIMES AND REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER WHILE MAKING OTHER ADJUSTMENTS. *AK *JB

THE MECHANIC FOUND THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED AND SPUN BRASS OFF AND RUINED THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION. *YD

VEHICLE IS LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID AROUND BUSHING. A MECHANIC EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND STATED THAT PROBLEM COULD BE WITH RACK AND PINION SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER REPLACED LEFT VALVE COVER WITH A UPDATED VERSION OF PART AND FUEL REGULATOR SUPPLY HOSE. *AK

HORN IS VERY HARD TO PRESS, AND AT NIGHT SYMBOL IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER NOTED THAT PROBLEM IS NORMAL FOR A VEHICLE. *AK *SLC

TRANSMISSION SUN GEAR SHEARED FROM HOUSING. REQUIRED TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL AND PARTS TOTALING $1855.00. VEHICLE STARTING FROM A DEAD STOP AT INTERSECTION. DRIVER HEARD A NOISE FROM THE TRANSMISSION AT THE POINT OF FAILURE. STRANDED VEHILCE IN INTERSECTION. REVERSE WORKED BUT ALL FORWARD GEARS INOPERABLE. PART DESIGN APPEARS TO BE WEEK INTHE AREA THAT A GEAR MOUNTS TO METAL HOUSING. *AK

HORN BUTTON IS DIFFICULT TO OPERATE. IT IS ALSO IMPOSSIBLE TO MODULATE, RESULTING IN ALL-OR- NOTHING OPERATION.*AK

PASSENGER'S SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO CLOSE PROPERLY. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. KEYLESS REMOTE CONTROL COULD SOMETIMES OPEN AND CLOSE DOOR. THIS CAUSED BATTERY TO BE DRAINED, AND VEHICLE NOT ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. HAD TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 3 TIMES FOR PROBLEM. EACH TIME MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE OF DOOR PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN MAKING A TURN STEERING WOULD MAKE A REAL LOUD NOISE. SOON AFTER THAT STEERING WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN AND NOISE CONTINUED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

AT FREEWAY SPEED WE HEARD A LOUD BANG, AND THE VEHICLE LIFTED UP SUDDENLY IN THE REAR, FOLLOWED BY A LOUD SLAPPING SOUND. I WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL AND GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE TIRE TREAD HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF PUNCTURE MARKS OR OTHER DAMAGE TO THE TIRE. WHEN WE GOT THIS VEHICLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP, I NOTICED "BULGES" IN THE SIDEWALLS OF THESE TIRES AND ASKED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THIS WAS NORMAL. GENERAL SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL ALL THESE TIRES. MANY WERE PUT ON WINDSTAR MINIVANS AND THIS WAS A VERY VIOLENT SEPARATION THAT COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT IF SOMEONE WITH LESS EXPERIENCE WAS DRIVING, OR ROAD CONDITIONS WERE WET OR SLIPPERY!*AK (DOT NUMBER: A3M3 TIRESIZE: P215/70R15)