1995 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE FOR TWO YEARS. THE REPLACEMENT ENGINE IS BURNING ONE QUART OF OIL FOR EVERY 451 MILES. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING ABS BRAKES FAILED ,CAUSING THE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A FAULTY RIM WHICH CAUSED TO TIRE TO LEAK AT THE WELD AND GO FLAT. THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL THE RIMS WITH STEEL RIMS. *AK *CB *NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER HEARD A "BANG". THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THE ENGINE HAD FAILED. *NLM *SCC *JB

1995 WINDSTAR LX TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND HEAD GASKET FAILURE THREE WEEKS APART. *AK

MY 1995 FORD WINDSTAR, VIN # [XXX], BOUGHT IN NOVEMBER 2000 FROM KOON'S STERLING, VA, HAS A LEAKING FUEL TANK. THE LEAK IS IN THE VICINITY OF THE MIDDLE STRAP AND FUEL LEAKAGE OCCURS WHEN THE TANK IS HALF FILLED. HOWEVER, THERE IS A FUEL ODOR ALL THE TIME AND THIS ODOR HAS BEEN THERE SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I BELIEVE THAT MY VEHICLE HAS THE SAME DEFECTIVE FUEL TANK WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF A REGIONAL RECALL 99R33 BY FORD IN 1999 AND IT SHOULD, THEREFORE, BE REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE BY FORD. HOWEVER, WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALER THEY GOT IN TOUCH WITH A FORD REPRESENTATIVE WHO TOLD THEM THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PURCHASED IN THE REGIONS WHERE THE RECALL WAS DIRECTED AND FORD WOULD NOT REPAIR IT FREE OF CHARGE. I'D LIKE THE NHTSA TO GIVE ME AN OPINION ON THE MATTER. THANKS.*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON HER VEHICLE, TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, BECAUSE FORD WOULD NOT HONOR RECALL NOTICES BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS OVER THE MILEAGE. HER AUTOMOBILE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED. SHE STATED THAT WIIRES WERE COMPLETELY MELTED. AFTER THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT THE FIRE CHIEF STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE FIRE STARTED BECAUSE OF LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS STRANDED IN JEROME, IDAHO, AND FORD WILL NOT ASSIST HER IN GETTING TO HER DESTINATION AFTER NOT HONORING RECALL. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING HEAD GASKET BLEW, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THE 4TH TRANSMISSION IN 1995 FORD WINDSTAR REPLACED BY FORD.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, FLAMES EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE FOR THE SECOND TIME. *JB ALSO THE FUEL TANK CONTAINED A LEAK AND THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE. PH *JB