1999 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR A RECALL IN WHICH HE BELIEVES IS CAUSING THE LIGHT TO COME ON, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMNT THAT WAS INCURRED BY THE DEALER TO JUST EXAMINE IT.*YH

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER COULD HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM STEERING, JUST LIKE WHEN POWER STEERING WAS LOW IN FLUID, CONSUMER THEN TOOK VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS, THEY SAID THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH RACK AND PINION STEERING THAT HAD A LEAKAGE. MANUFACTRURER WAS CONTACTED AT THE TIME, BUT COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY OTHER HELP.*AK *JB

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE CONSUMER BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE AS PART OF RECALL, THE DEALER INDICATED THE RECALL WAS NOT TRANSMISSION RELATED AND WANTED TO CHARGE THE CONSUMER FOR FIXING IT. *YH

THE PLASTIC SEAM WHERE THE BACK AND SEAT PORTION OF THE CHILD CAR SEAT BROKE. THEREFORE, THE BACK CAN JUST FLOP FRONTWARDS AND BACKWARDS. OUR OTHER SEAT (SAME MODEL) SHOWS STRESS AT THE SAME SEAM (PLASTIC IS A LIGHTER SHADE OF GREY). THE SEATS WERE PURCHASED A YEAR AGO, HAVE NOT BEEN IN A WRECK OR ABUSED. I WILL CONTACT FISHER PRICE TOMORROW BY PHONE.

REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 01V261000, HOWEVER, DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RECALL ONLY COVERED FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

THE POWER STEERING ON THIS VEHICLE WENT OUT AS MY WIFE WAS ROUNDING A CURVE. SHE DESCRIBED IT AS GOING OFF AND COMING BACK ON. WHEN IT STIFFENED UP, SHE TURNED HARDER AND IT LOOSENED UP FAST. THIS CAUSED HER TO GO PARTIALLY OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. SHE GOT IT HOME AND IT WOULD HARDLY TURN WHILE IN THE DRIVEWAY. POWER STEERING FLUID IS LEAKING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE RACK AND PINION BOOT. A FORD DEALER SHOWED ME ARTICLE NO. 01-5-6 DATED MARCH 8,2001 THAT DISCUSSES THIS ISSUE AND STATES IT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HELP.

WHEN STARTING VEHICLE UP THERE IS A NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN EMERGENCY BRAKE IS ON, VEHICLE CAN BE DRIVEN BEFORE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS RELEASED. *AK THE REAR BRAKES WILL NOT HOLD, THEY SEEM TO WEAR OUT FIRST.*YH

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ENGINE KNOCK SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN JUNE 1999. THE FIRST DOCUMENTED SERVICE AT A FORD DEALER WAS IN SEPTEMBER 1999 AT 5,000 MILES. THE ENGINE KNOCK WAS APPARENT AT HIGHWAY ACCELERATION SPEEDS AND ON SLIGHT HILLS. IT BECAME WORSE OVER TIME. AFTER MY CONTINUED PERSISTENCE AT THE DEALER OVER MORE THAN A YEAR, A TSB WAS FOUND AND THE VALVE COVER WAS REPLACED IN THE JULY-AUGUST 2001 TIMEFRAME PER A FORD TSB (NHTSA NUMBER SB618552). THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM AND THE TECHNICIAN AT THE DEALER TOLD ME IN SEPTEMBER 2001 THAT HE STILL FOUND AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF OIL IN THE ENGINE. FORD ENGINEERS HAVE SUGGESTED REPLACING THE PCV VALVE AND TUBING SYSTEM AMONG OTHER MINOR ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH THE TECHNICIAN DOUBTS WILL MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. AT THIS POINT, IT APPEARS THAT THE VALVE COVER REDESIGN IN THE TSB DOES NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THIS COMPLAINT IS IDENTICAL TO ODI IDS: 744509 AND 725795.*AK

FRONT BRAKE CALIPER ON DRIVER'S SIDE FROZE UP. BRAKES WERE WORN DOWN AND WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. CONTACTED DEALER TO HAVE BRAKES CHECKED BECAUSE OF RECALLS. DEALER NEVER DID SERVICE, AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH BRAKES. CONSUMER WENT TO ANOTHER DEALER AND FOUND BRAKE PROBLEM.*AK