1998 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER TWO YEARS AGO FOR COIL SPRING RECALL REPAIRS. A SPRING SHIELD WAS PUT INTO VEHICLE TO PREVENT THE TIRES FROM BEING PUNCTURED. WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH COIL SPRING PUNCTURED A TIRE. RECALL REPAIRS DID NOT WORK, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. *AK

THIS VEHICLE WAS RECALLED A WHILE AGO TO INSTALL A PROTECTIVE SHIELD BETWEEN THE COIL SPRINGS AND THE TIRE, SO THAT IF THE SPRING FAILED THE TIRE WOULD NOT BE DAMAGED. THIS MODIFICATION DID NOT FUNCTION AS INTENDED. WE EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE SPRING AS WELL AS THE SHIELD WHICH SHREDDED THE TIRE AND DAMAGED A BRAKE LINE. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THEIR RECALL, THIS IS A REPREHENSIBLE ACT ON THEIR PART.*AK

DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYS ON, DOOR AJAR BELL RINGS CONTINUALLY WHEN PARKED OR DRIVING UNDER 17 MPH, INTERIOR WILL NOT GO OFF, PROBLEM SEEMED TO COME AND GO BUT NOW IT SEEMS TO BE HERE FOR GOOD. UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. *JB

THE HEAD GASKET ON MY 1998 FORD WINSTAR 3.8L ENGINE HAS FAILED AT 90,000 MILES, WELL SHORT OF WHAT I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED. IT APPEARS THAT FORD HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR OLDER 3.8L ENGINES WHICH HAVE HAD HEAD GASKET FAILURES, BUT NOT FOR THIS MODEL YEAR. I AM REGISTERING THIS COMPLAINT IN THE EVENT THAT OTHER FORD OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM.

DOOR AJAR LIGHTS COME ON EVEN WHEN ALL DOORS ARE SECURELY CLOSED. THE LIGHTS CONTINUE EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS MOVING. EVENTUALLY, SOMETIMES AFTER A DAY, THE LIGHTS GO OUT ON THEIR OWN.

I OWN A 1998 FORD WINSTAR. I BOUGHT IT TWO YEARS AGO AND A MONTH AFTER I BOUGHT IT THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT GOES ON WHEN I OPEN THE SLIDER OR THE TRUNK AND IT WON'T GO OUT THEREFORE MY DOME LIGHT STAYS ON AND IF I DON'T PULL THE FUSE I RISK THE CHANCE OF LOOSING MY BATTERYAND WHEN THE FUSE IS OUT I CAN'T OPEN MY WINDOWS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL SEPERATED FROM THE VEHICLE DUE TO ALL FIVE STUDS SNAPPING OFF.*MR

1998 FORD WINDSTAR HEAD GASKET FAILURE WITH VEHICLE JUST OVER WARRANTY COVERAGE STATUS. NORMAL MAINTENANCE RECORD AS WELL AS DRIVING TECHNIQUES/HABITS. *NM

PASSENGER MIRROR GLASS JUST FELL OUT. INTERIOR LIGHTS DO NOT SHUT OFF WHEN VEHICLE IS PUT IN GEAR.*AK

HAVE A 1998 FORD WINDSTAR VAN AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT MY INTERIOR LIGHTS AND SENSOR SHOWING THAT YOUR DOOR IS OPEN DOES NOT TURN OFF. EVEN ALL THE DOOR ARE CLOSED. SOMETIMES THE INTERIOR LIGHTS GO OFF BUT THE BEEPING NOISE DOES NOT STOP.*AK