1999 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM - PROBLEM BEGAN WITH SOME"ROUGH" SHIFTS, NOTICEABLE AT 20 AND 40 MPH. WHEN WENT TO MERGE ONTO TOLLWAY, CAR WAS UNABLE TO GO ABOVE 40 MPH, UNTIL AS I WAS ABOUT TO PULL OVER, CAR JERKED AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH CAR THEN, SO MADE APPOINTMENT AT DEALERSHIP. IT HAS BEEN AT DEALER FOR 2 WEEKS WAITING FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. DRIVER SLIDING DOOR DOESN'T ALWAYS WANT TO CLOSE. TRY TO CLOSE, AND IT EITHER CLICKS, OR CLOSES A COUPLE OF INCHES AND THEN REOPENS. SHAKE CAR, AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL CLOSE. IT IS AT DEALERSHIP FOR THE 4TH TIME, IN HOPES OF A REPAIR. WHAT HAPPENS IF CAN'T CLOSE DOOR AT ALL? CAN'T DRIVE CAR FULL OF LITTLE KIDS WITH DOOR OPEN. FUEL PUMP WOULDN'T WORK, CAR HAD TO BE TOWED FROM A PARKING LOT. NO PRIOR WARNING TO THIS PROBLEM, WHAT IF THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING?

CONSUMER WAS AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WENT TO TAKE OFF, BUT VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD. CONSUMER'S HUSBAND WORKED FOR FORD, AND DETERMINED IT WAS DUE TO FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. *AK VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE IN DRIVE GEARS DUE TO METAL PRESENCE IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. *YH

INTERMITTENTLY AUTOMATIC SLIDE DOOR WILL MALFUNCTIONED AND OPENED ON ITS OWN. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE THREE TIMES.*AK

TREAD SEPERATED FROM TIRE. I HAD DEALER REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES. THIS SIZE SHOULD BE ADDED TO YOUR TIRE WARNING LIST. I AM USING THESE TIRES ON A 1973 DODGE W-200 PICKUP WITH A LARGE CAMPER AT FULL 8,000 LB CAPACITY.( DOT NUMBER: VDXF/WBU/3 TIRE SIZE: 33X12.5R16 )

ABRUPT TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS SYMPTOMS - FAILED TO ENGAGE FORWARD OR REVERSE.

WHILE TURNING INTO PARKING LOT PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR OPENED, AND PASSENGER FELL OUT. CONSUMER FELT THAT LOCKS ON THE DOOR DID NOT STAY LOCKED WHEN POWER LOCKS HAVE BEEN APPLIED. IF PULLING ON THE LATCH AND AUTOMATIC LOCK WAS ON, DOOR WILL OPEN. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE. *AK

UPON APPROACHING A STATE HIGHWAY FROM A SIDE STREET AT LESS THAN 15 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL ON THIS VAN WAS PUSHED BUT DID NOT RESPOND. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BUT THE VAN WOULD NOT STOP. I PUSHED IT DOWN 2 TIMES AND NEITHER TIME DID THE BRAKES WORK, THOUGH I DID HEAR A "RATTLING" NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE THE ABS SYSTEM WAS TRYING TO KICK IN. I LOOKED UP QUICKLY AND SINCE NO ONE WAS COMING FROM EITHER DIRECTION, I JUST WENT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT STOPPING. COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY IF ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS COMING! WE CONTACTED A LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY CHECKED IT OUT, BUT SAID THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEM WITH THE VAN'S BRAKING SYSTEM, SO NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THEY ALSO SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING ON FORD'S COMPUTER RECORDS OF THIS EVER HAPPENING BEFORE IN A FORD WINDSTAR. BUT IN CHECKING YOUR WEBSITE, WE FOUND THAT IT HAS HAPPENED TO OTHERS! WE'RE AFRAID TO DRIVE IT UNTIL IT IS FIXED---COULD HAPPEN AGAIN ANYTIME (WHO KNOWS??) AND THE RESULTS COULD BE TRAGIC THE NEXT TIME.

GRINDING NOISE WHICH IS IN TIME WITH THE TIRE ROTATION, DEALER IS ASSUMING THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED YET. *MJS

WHEN VEHICLE WOULD BE RUN AND THEN SHUT OFF, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START IMMEDIATELY, THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. *SLC

ENTIRE ELE FAILURE, NO STEERING ABILITY ALMOST HIT BY TRUCK FOLLOWING BEHIND IN RAIN, FORD SAYS THEY ARE AWARE AND NO RECALL AS YET