1999 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM - PROBLEM NOTICED IMMEDIATELY AFTER PURCHASE DATE - PROBLEM WITH SLOW SHIFTS NOTICEABLE AT 20 AND 40 MPH. GRINDING NOISE PREVELANT AT THESE STAGES. DEALERSHIP SAID WAS NORMAL. AROUND 25000 TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE "QUICK" SHIFTS FROM ACCELERATION, POPPING NOISE FROM ONE GEAR TO NEXT AS TRANSMISSION TRIES TO DETERMINE APPROPRIATE GEAR FOR 5-10MPH. GRINDING AT 20 AND 40MPH STEADILY BECOMING WORSE. AGAIN DEALERSHIP INDICATES NORMAL. AT 27MPH TRANSMISSION IS BEGINNING TO JUMP INTO REVERSE. SHIFTING OF GEARS - BANG BANG BANG. MUCH WORSE. MANY TRIPS TO DEALERSHIP YEILD SAME RESPONSE. "NEW ENGINE, NO PROBLEMS, OR YES THE ENGINEERS HEAR WHAT YOU HEAR BUT NO PROBLEM" I AM AFRAID THAT WITH 2 CHILDREN AND MY WIFE THAT TRANSMISSION WILL QUIT PUTTING THEM IN AN UNSAFE PREDICAMENT. NOTICE THAT THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS THAT OUTLINE THE SAME OR SIMILAR PROBLEM. FORD UNWILLING TO RECOGNIZE.*AK

TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT PROPERLY INTO GEARS. PROBLEM OF SHIFTING WAS INTERMITTENT. STEERING IS LEAKING FLUID. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP, MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF LEAKAGE OR REASON GEARS WOULD LOCK UP.*AK

SLIDE DOOR REOPENS WHEN CLOSED WITH KEY OR INTERIOR CONTROLS. SLIDE DOOR NOT OPERABLE WITH INTERIOR CONTROLS ( WILL NOT CLOSE AT ALL).

UPON VISUAL INSPECTION CONSUMER NOTICED FLUID ON GROUND AND VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A WHINING NOISE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER, AND CONSUMER WAS NOTIFIED THAT RACK AND PINION STEERING WAS BROKEN. *AK

18 VISITS TO SERVICE DEPT SINCE WE BOUGHT VAN; 6 IN THE LAST 5 WEEKS FOR POWER SLIDING DOORS NOT SHUTTING.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH HEARD A LOUD BANG. REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE GLASS ON CARGO DOOR HAD SHATTERED. CORNERS OF WINDOW WERE BROKEN OFF. WINDOW WAS STILL INTACT. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, AND INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT PROBLEM WAS NORMAL. *AK

CONTACTS FOR HORN ARE DIFFICULT TO LOCATE, AND THEY ARE VERY HARD TO PUSH TO SOUND HORN. *AK

STEERING GEAR TO PUMP HAD BROKEN, CAUSING LOST OF STEERING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFOMATION. *AK

TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT CONUSMER DEPRESSED HORN BUTTONS, AND HORN WOULD NOT SOUND. CONSUMER STATED HORN BUTTONS HAVE TO BE DEPRESSED VERY HARD TO SOUND.*AK THE DESIGN OF THE HORN AND STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY DOES NOT PROVIDE EFFECTIVE ACCESS TO HORN IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. ALSO, TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT PROPERLY ENGAGE ON CURVED ROAD WAYS. *YH

TRANSMISSION OFTEN DOES NOT SMOOTHLY SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE OVERDRIVE ON/OFF LIGHT WILL FLASH ON AND OFF FOR 30-40 SECONDS INTERMITTENTLY. THE TRANSMISSION WILL SEEM TO HAVE TROUBLE SHIFTING GEARS AND WILL HESITATE OR ROUGHLY JERK INTO A GEAR. WE HAVE TAKEN IT IN TO BE REPAIRED SEVERAL TIMES AND HAD IT REPAIRED UNDER A TRANSMISSION RECALL AS WELL BUT IT STILL IS HAVING PROBLEMS. *AK