1999 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

HORN REQUIRES EXTREME FORCE TO OPERATE. PASS REAR SLIDING DOOR, INSIDE PANEL RUBS AGAINST REAR FENDER SCRATCHING SURFACE.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 30 MPH AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON, AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

GEAR WAS PUT INTO NEUTRAL WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKES WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO TAKE OFF WITH CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE AND RUN INTO A CREEK. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

REAR AND THE MIDDLE SHOULDER SEAT BELTS GET TIGHT ON THE CONSUMERS WHEN PUTTING THE SEAT BELTS ON. CONSUMER HAVE TO KEEP TAKING THE SEAT BELT OFF AND KEEP PUTTING BACK ON BECAUSE EVERYTIME HE MOVES THE SEAT BELT GETS TIGHTER. *AK

ENGINE RUNAWAY ACCELERATION PROBLEM HAS BEEN DETECTED THREE (3) MORE TIMES SINCE ORIGIONAL REPORT TO FORD DEALER (TOTAL 4 AS OF 09/15/99). PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED THREE (3) TIMES WITH TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE AND ONE (1) TIME IN REVERSE POSITION.

THE INTERNALLY MOUNTED LATCH LOST ALL (3) SCREWS WHICH FASTEN IT TO THE DOOR CAUSING THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR TO FAIL. *YC

VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT ANY WARNING. SUMMER GRADE GAS PRESSURE BILLS UP INTO THE GAS TANK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK

WHEN ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS APPLIED VEHICLE HESITATES. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, IT WILL SURGE FORWARD. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK. THE DEFECET HAS REOCCURED AGAIN WITHIN 6 WEEKS OF THE REPAIR. NOW DLR STATES CANNOT FIND CAUSE.*ET

WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSING DRIVER'S FOOT TO HIT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHEN TRYING TO STOP. FORD HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ML

THE PIECE THAT ATTACHES THE FRONT WINDSHIELD TO THE DRIVERS DOOR IS SO LARGE THAT IT CREATES POOR VISIBILITY, CONSUMER ALMOST HIT PEOPLE DUE TO DESIGN. MJS