1996 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

HAD ON NUMEROUS OCCASION TAKEN MY 1996 FORD WINDSTAR FOR ENGINE LIGHT WAS TOLD PROBLEM FIXED ONLY TO HAVE LIGHT COME BACK ON. PROCEEDED TO HAVE ALL WORK DONE DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHILE SEARCHING FOR ADITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS KNOWN FORD MOTOR PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. IF THIS KNOWN BY THE COMPANY AS KNOWN DEFECT WHY HAS NOTHING BEEN TO RESOLVE THIS BESIDE HAVING THE CONSUMER TO ABSORB THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF FIXING A KNOWN MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT.*AK

CONSUMER REPORTING SPEEDOMETER INOPERATIVE WHILE DRIVING, UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROPER SPEED. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *JB CONSUMER FEELS FORD SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES OR AT LEAST REIMBURSE CONSUMER FOR MONIES PAID FOR REPAIRS. *JG

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE HEAD GASKET NEEDED REPLACING. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE GASKET SHOULD NOT HAVE WENT OUT, THERE IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH WINSTARS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CHECK, DEALER FOUND HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN AND THE PISTONS BROKE. DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKET AND CYLINDER HEAD, ALSO CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD RUN HOT AND THEN COOL BACK DOWN DUE TO THE BLOWN HAD GASKET. *TT

STABILIZER BAR COMPLETELY SNAPPED, CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BODY LEAN. REPLACEMENT IS NO LONGER HOLLOW.*AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON REPEATEDLY AND DEALERSHIP TRIED TO FIX AS FOLLOWS: 8,369 MILES - REPLACED SPARK PLUG WIRES; 14,184 MILES REPLACED "BAD" HEGO BANK; 34,442 MILES REPLACES PLUGS 4 AND 5; 34,479 MILES REPLACED HEGO #2; 37,843 MILES REPLACED SPARK PLUG WIRES (AGAIN); 38,111 MILES REPLACED BAD SHAFT IN SYNCHONIZER SENSOR; 44,489 MILES REPLACED "DEFECTIVE" VACUUM ELBOW; 44,552 MILES CLEANED RESISTORS AND REPLACED UPPER INTAKE O RINGS; 47,420 MILES LIGHT CAME ON AND WENT OFF BY ITSELF; 50,000+ MILES LIGHT CAME ON AND WENT OFF WHEN BATTERY WAS REPLACED; 56,000+ MILES NOTICED COOLANT "DISAPPEARING FROM AUXILLARY COOLANT TANK - TOOK IN AND DEALERSHIP COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG BUT PUT IN DYE -- TOOK BACK IN A FEW WEEKS WHEN COOLANT DISAPPEARED AGAIN - DIAGNOSIS: HEAD GASKET FAILURE; HAD HEAD GASKETS REPLACED, BUT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF AND ENGINE WAS MISFIRING -- DIAGNOSIS: BENT ROD . *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN THE COUNTRY WHERE I LIVE WITH THREE CHILDREN AT THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN TO HEAD 20 MILES TO MY HOME I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND WENT NOWHERE. COULD NOT DRIVE OVER 35 MPH. WAS SEEN BY A BODY SHOP AND THEY REPLACED FUEL FILTER AND RETURNED VEHICLE TO ME. SECOND OCCASION DRIVING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AT 55MPH A STRONG JERK WHIPLASHED MYSELF AND HAS CAUSED INJURY IN MY BACK TOOK TO BODY SHOP AND NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION AND MUST BE TOWED. VAN STILL SITTING AT BODY SHOP NOW FOR 2 WEEKS AS I HAVE 3 CHILDREN AND NOW NO TRANSPORTATION...THANKS FORD.

INSURED CLAIMS THE LUG NUTS SHEARED OFF ON THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL FOR NO APPARENT REASON, CLAIM 17-9168-422. *JG

INSURED CALLED IN NOTICING FREQUENCY OF LOSSES TO OTHER VEHICLES, WHILE IN MOTION, THE FRONT WHEEL STARTS TO WOBBLE, STUDS SHEER AND COME OFF THE VEHICLE, CLAIM 55-S367-002. *JG

INSURED STATES THAT ALL FIVE LUG BOLTS BROKE OFF IN THE AREA WHERE THE BACK OF THE WHEEL AND THE BRAKE ROTOR MEETS, CLAIM 17-9180-936. *JG