1999 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

MY GRANDSON FELL OUT OF THE VAN BECUSE THE DOOR LOCKS WERE NOT WORKING...THEY LOCK BUT DO NOT STAY LOCKED. *AK

A LEAK DEVELOPED IN POWER STEERING RACK WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO LOSE ALL POWER ASSISTED STEERING. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND WAS REPAIRING THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

BINDING/KLUNKING/GROAN WHEN TURNING WHEN COLD WEATHER WORKING W/ FORD FOR OVER TWO YEARS ON PROBLEM /REPLACED RACK, HOSES /REPOSITIONED POWER STEERING HOSES/ FINALLY WENT TO ARBITRATION AND FORD BOUGHT BACK VEHICLE BEFORE GOING TO ARBITRATION BOARD

DOORS WILL OCCASIONALLY NOT CLOSE, WILL START TO CLOSE THEN RE-OPEN OR WILL FAIL TO OPEN. WHEN THEY FAIL TO CLOSE IT WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET THEM TO CLOSE. SIMILARLY, WHEN THEY FAIL TO OPEN THEY WILL NEED TO BE FORCED OPEN. THIS OCCURS WITH SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR.*AK

THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE WITHOUT SLAMMING IT. IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS CAUGHT IN THE DOOR. A FEW DAYS LATER THE DOOR POPPED OPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE DOOR WAS LOCKED. IT DID NOT OPEN ALL OF THE WAY. I DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. NO PROBLEMS SINCE THEN.

PASSENGERS DOORS COMES OPEN INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOORS MALFUNCTION ON A REGULAR BASIS. THEY DO NOT SHUT ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT AND ONE OF THE REAR DOORS (PASSENGER SIDE) WILL OPEN AND SHUT WHILE THE VAN IS MOVING (IN REVERSE). SOMETIMES IT WILL TAKE UP TO 10 ATTEMPTS TO GET THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR TO SHUT, MY KIDS CALL IT THE "OPEN AND SHUT" GAME. VERY ANNOYING IN BAD WEATHER AND ALSO A SAFETY CONCERN WITH THE DOOR THAT WILL OPEN AND SHUT WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING.*AK

PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD VEHICLE. DEALER (WESTLIE FORD, CAMAS WA) WOULD NOT ADJUST IT. I WAS TOLD THAT THE PARKING IS NOT INTENDED TO HOLD THE VEHICLE. IT IS ONLY THERE TO ASSIST THE "PARK" SETTING ON THE TRANSMISSION! IF THE BRAKE IS NOT TRULY ADJUSTABLE, THEN THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 60MP VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND DIED WITHOUT WARNING ,RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. AFTER VEHICLE HAD STALLED OUT "LOW OIL PRESSURE" INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHED. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE. *AK DEALER COULD NOT FIGURE WHY VEHICLE STALLED, HOWEVER STATED THAT THE PCM WAS CANADIAN OR EUROPIAN MADE SO IT WAS REPLACED. *SLC

VEHICLE WILL STALL AT ANY SPEED/ ANY TIME. STALLED 8 TIMES IN 20 MINUTES. VEHICLE AT DEALER AT THIS TIME, STILL TRYING TO FIND CAUSE. *AK AT TIMES THE VEHICLE CAN NOT BE RESTARTED, THIS OCCURS IMEDIATELY PRIOR TO WHEN IT STALLS, THE RPM INDICATOR DROPS DOWN TO ZERO THEN WITHIN THE NEXT 3-5 SECONDS THE CAR COMPLETELY DIES. NLM