2000 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL MY INSTRUMENT PANEL NEEDLES (SPEEDOMETER,GAS, RPM, MILEAGE, TEMPERATURE) WERE ALL JUMPING AROUND. THIS WENT ON ALL THE WAY HOME. I PARKED THE CAR BUT THE RPM NEEDLE WAS STUCK I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE RPM NEEDLE BUT NOW ITS BROKE .THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTINUES TO SPORADICALLY GO FROM WORKING, TO NOT WORKING AT ALL, TO ALL THE NEEDLES JUMPING AROUND. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT 65MPH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND MY REAR AXLE GAVE OUT CAUSING MY TIRE TO TILT IN AND RUB AGAINST THE AXLE ALMOST CAUSING A FIRE. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THEY REPLACED IT ONCE AND WON'T REPLACE IT AGAIN. WHEN FIRST AXLE WAS REPLACE WITH A FAULTY AXLE FROM A WINDSTAR IN A JUNK YARD BEFORE THE RECALL EVER CAME OUT I PAID TO HAVE IT FIXED AND WAS REIMBURSED BY FORD. NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT THEY CAN'T REPLACE IT AGAIN. THEY NEVER FELT THE NEED TO INSPECT THE VAN WHEN THE RECALL CAME OUT. *TR

I NEEDED AN ALIGNMENT AND NEW TIRES AND HAVE A CLUNKING SOUND IN THE FRONT END CHECKED OUT ON MY VAN SO I BROUGHT IT TO KEENE AUTOMOTIVE IN DANSVILLE NEW YORK. WHILE I WAS THERE I ALSO HAD A NEW INNER TIE ROD END PUT IN. AFTER HE WAS DONE THE OWNER BOB KEENE BROUGHT ME OUT TO THE SHOP FLOOR AND SHOWED ME ON THE COMPUTER FOR ALIGNMENT WAS SHOWING THAT THERE WAS A DEGREE OF CAMBER OFF ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WHICH HE FEELS WAS CAUSED BY THE FIX JOB THAT WAS DONE TO THE SUBFRAME BY FORD. HE ALSO SHOWED ME IN SPOTS WHERE THE SUB FRAME WAS ROTTING BENEATH FORDS FIX IT JOB THAT WAS DONE IN JULY OF LAST YEAR FOR THE RECALL . I AM UNSURE AS TO WHAT TO DO IN THIS SCENARIO I AM STILL DRIVING THE VEHICLE AS KEENE STATED IT WAS SAFE FOR A SHORT TIME. I AM NOT ABLE TO AFFORD A NEW VEHICLE RIGHT NOW I AM THE ONLY ONE WORKING AND SUPPORTING A FAMILY OF 5. *TR

REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER IS NOT WORKING. MECHANIC STATES THE REAR WIPER MOTOR HAS WATER DAMAGE AND MUST BE REPLACED. *TR

WHEN SHIFTING THE CAR INTO P, R, N, OR D, IT MAKES A LOUD THUMPING SOUND AND MAKES THE WHOLE CAR JERK. WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL YOU CAN HEAR A LOUD GRINDING, CREAKY CRACKING LIKE NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND ABOUT THE MAKE A TURN BUT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY TIGHT AND FELT LIKE IT WAS PULLING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF WHERE I WANTED TO TURN. MY SON WAS IN THE PASSENGERS SEAT AND TOGETHER WE WERE ABLE TO TURN IN ORDER TO PULL THE CAR OVER AND CALL THE MECHANIC. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. *TR

MY SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN ME AS I STOPPED TO AVOID HITTING A CAR THAT HAD STOPPED SHORT IN FRONT OF ME AND MY CHEST HIT THE STEERING WHEEL HARD CAUSING BRUISING. THE SEAT BELT IS WORKING PROPERLY. I CALLED FORD TO INFORM THEM OF WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL FOR MY CAR REGARDING THE SEAT BELT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL MY INSTRUMENT PANEL NEEDLES (GAS, RPM, MILEAGE, TEMPERATURE) WERE ALL JUMPING AROUND. THIS WENT ON ALL THE WAY HOME. I PARKED THE CAR BUT THE RPM NEEDLE WAS STUCK AND I COULD NOT SHIFT THE CAR INTO PARK (P) AND COULD NOT TURN OFF THE CAR. I CALLED A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE CAME OVER AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL (N) AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE MECHANIC TO HAVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CHECKED. THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE RPM NEEDLE SO THAT I COULD SHIFT THE CAR BUT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTINUES TO SPORADICALLY GO FROM WORKING, TO NOT WORKING AT ALL, TO ALL THE NEEDLES JUMPING AROUND. THE MECHANIC WAS AWARE THAT I HAD THE TRANSMISSION DONE 3 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN SEPT. 2003 AND TOLD ME THAT THE MALFUNCTIONING INSTRUMENT PANEL MAY BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. *TR

ALL OF THE DASHBOARD NEEDLES BEGAN FLIPPING BACK AND FORTH SPORADICALLY. THEY WOULD BOTTOM OUT BELOW THE 0 MARK FOR A WHILE REGISTERING NO SPEED OR GAS TANK AMOUNT AND THEN START JUMPING AROUND AGAIN. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PARK THE VEHICLE, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WAS LYING ACROSS THE BOTTOM AND KEPT THE CAR FROM BEING ABLE TO GO INTO PARK. AT THIS POINT, THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO BE TURNED OFF COMPLETELY, UNABLE TO BE RE-STARTED, UNABLE TO STEER AND I HAD TO HOLD MY FOOT ON THE BREAK IN ORDER TO KEEP IT FROM ROLLING. WE WERE EVENTUALLY ABLE TO START AND THEN DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME ONCE THE NEEDLE JUMPED BACK UP. ONCE AGAIN IN THE DRIVEWAY, IT DID THE SAME THING AND WE HAD TO DRILL A HOLE IN THE DASH IN ORDER TO MANUALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE OUT OF THE WAY SO THE VAN COULD BE PLACED IN PARK. WE WILL BE HAVING IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. *TR

ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING, CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK, SPEEDOMETER AND RMP GUAGE GOES CRAZY AND STOPS WORKING, LEAKING BREAK FLIUD BUT CAN'T SEEM TO LOCATE PROBLEM, INTERIOR LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF, DOOR LOCKS WILL START GOING UP AND DOWN WHILE DRIVING, REAR PASSENGER DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY AND WILL SOMETIME POP OUT BUT NOT COMPLETELY OPEN WHILE DRIVING, MAKES NOISE WHEN TURING LEFT I HAD THE RACK AND PINION CHANGED BUT THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM THE NOISE JUST GOT WORSE. *TR