1998 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

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  • 1998 FORD WINDSTAR
    - PEMBROKE PINES, FL

    RACK AND PINION STEERING WAS REPLACED AT 50,000 MILES AT DEALER FOR A COST OF $1,500, AND IT FAILED AGAIN. STEERING RACK SHOULD NOT MALFUNCTION IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ALSO, BOOT LEAKS CAUSED POWER STEERING PUMP TO MALFUNCTION. *AK

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1998 FORD WINDSTAR
    - GRAND ISLAND, NY

    VEHICLE BLOWS FUEL PUMP FUSE AND STOPS RUNNING. THIS HAS OCCURRED IN 3 INSTANCES ON THE HIGHWAY AND IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. *AK

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1998 FORD WINDSTAR
    - SYRACUSE, NY

    TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIME AND IS GOING AGAIN. DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO?*AK

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1998 FORD WINDSTAR
    - MIAMI, FL

    WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE FELL OUT TO THE GROUND. DEALER SAID SOMEONE REMOVED THE ENGINE BOLTS. *AK THERE WERE NO EXISTING BOLTS. (ENGINE SUPPORT HELD IN PLACE BY FRICTION ON THE THREADS UNTIL FINAL FAILURE) *SCC *JB

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FORD WINDSTAR
    - MAPLEWOOD, MN

    WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKED, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP, WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE ENGAGED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS CAUSED BY A FAILURE IN THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER.*AK THE REAR BRAKES WERE DESTROYED BECAUSE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE USED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *TS *JB

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FORD WINDSTAR
    - SLOATSBURG, NY

    HOOD AREA WAS BENT AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO LEAN UNEVENLY. THE STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE WAS POORLY DESIGNED. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FORD WINDSTAR
    - GREENSBORO, NC

    1998 FORD WINDSTAR VAN CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. VAN WOULD NOT GO FORWARD UNTIL I DOWN SHIFTED TO 2ND GEAR. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT FOUND A PROBLEM CODE AND NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. DAILY CUT OFFS OCCUR ON PULLING UP MY STEEP DRIVEWAY AND COMING TO A STOP. *LA

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1998 FORD WINDSTAR
    - BUFFALO GROVE, IL

    AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 65,000 MILES. CHECKED WITH DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF ANY PROBLEMS FROM FORD. I LOOK AT THIS WEBSITE AND FIND NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. THERE SHOULD BE AN OFFICIAL RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE MY MONEY REFUNDED FOR THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. *LA

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1998 FORD WINDSTAR
    - PINE KNOLL SHORES, NC

    CONSUMER STATED WHILE PARKING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE LOST POWER STEERING. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, TECHNICIAN NOTICED STEERING FITTING WAS RUSTED WHICH CAUSED THE POWER STEEERING FLUID TO LEAK. THE HOOD WAS DIFFICULT TO OPEN. THE DEALER LUBED THE LATCH. *AK *TS *NLM

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FORD WINDSTAR
    - UNKNOWN, DC

    1998 WINDSTAR HEAD GASKET FAILURE. *MR THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE COOLANT WAS LOW AND HAD IT TO TOPPED OFF. THE COOLANT LEVEL CONTINUED TO FALL. THE MECHANIC REFUSED TO CHANGE EITHER FLUID DUE TO THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 95' MODELS BUT IT APPEARED THAT FORD DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. REFER TO ODI# 10028678 *SCC *JB

    Source: CONSUMER LETTER