1999 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

WHILE FILLING THE GAS TANK FIRE STARTED TO COME UP FROM THE OPENING, AROUND THE GAS NOZZLE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THESE PROBLEMS ARE IDENTICAL ON ALL MODELS COMING IN, INCLUDING THE EXPEDITION. THE HORN DOES NOT WORK AND THEY "CANNOT FIX IT."

SLIDING DOOR WILL OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. IT WILL ALSO STICK, AND WILL NOT CLOSE, CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE CAUSE OF DEFECT. HAD TIGHTENED AND CLEANED DOOR ASSEMLY. BUT DEFECT STILL OCCURS.

VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: 1. STEERING COLUMN OUT OF ALIGNMENT, CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN STEERING; 2. POWER STEERING PUMP MAKING GRINDING SOUNDS WHEN ENGINE IS COLD AND, INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN THE ENGINE GETS HOT; 3. ONGOING PROBLEM WITH WINDSHIELD FOGGING UP AND DEALER IS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLE;. 4. BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR BEFORE STOPPING, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE; AND 5. A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, TRANSMISSION WOULD MAKE A LOUD SOUND. AND VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE. THEN TRANSMISSION WOULD MAKE AGAIN THE SAME NOISE & THEN IT WOULD JERK. BEEN TO DEALER & MECHANIC COULD NOT LOCATE CAUSE OF NOISE. *AK

GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVE ON AN INCLINE, TRANSMISSION GRATES AND DIFFICULT TO PUT INTO GEAR, VALVES RATTLE WHEN ACCELERATING, VAN ACCELERATES UP TO 20 MPH WITHOUT TOUCHING GAS PEDAL, POPPING SOUND IN STEERING WHEN TURNING, MAKES GRINDING SOUND WHEN ACCELERATING, DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX PROBLEMS, ALSO REAR SLIDING DOOR WAS IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COLOR FROM THE REST OF THE INTERIOR, ENGINE VIBRATION.

HORN IS VERY HARD TO DEPLOY; SWEET SPOT TOO SMALL AND REQUIRES EXCESSIVE EFFORT. CANNOT BE USED QUICKLY. FORD CORPORATE REFUSED TO RESPOND TO MY WORRIES ABOUT THIS. ALSO SEATBACK LEVER SPRINGS MIDDLE SEATS BACK SO HARD I HAVE BEEN WHACKED IN THE HEAD SO HARD I SAW STARS.

WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN GEAR, A LOUD METAL-TO-METAL "CLUNKING" NOISE IS HEARD FROM TRANSMISSION. DEALER SAYS IN NORMAL.

HORN VERY HARD TO ACTIVATE. VERY HARD TO LOCATE "SWEET SPOT" WITHOUT LOOKING DOWN AT STEERING WHEEL, CAUSING DANGEROUS SITUATION.

WHILE SLOWING DOWN AND THEN ACCELERATING, TRANSMISSION JUMPS AND JERKS INTO GEAR.