1995 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

A CLICKING SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK

FORD OFFERED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, 7 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES BECAUSE OF HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS. THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE HAS 43,000 MILES BUT THE 7 YEARS EXPIRED IN MARCH. ON APRIL 22 THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. FORD WILL NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *JG *NM

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALER TO GET BRAKE RECALL 02V101000 REPAIRS DONE. A FEW DAYS LATER, BRAKES LOCKED UP AND BECAME INOPERABLE. RECALL REMEDY DID NOT WORK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AKJG

ON TWO OCCASIONS THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE REACHED THE HOT ZONE AND DROPPED. THE VEHICLE ALSO STARTED TO SMOKE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE UNDER MANUFACTURERS HEAD GASKET RECALL, BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED, THEN THE DEALER REPLACED SENSOR AND THERMOSTAT. FINALLY THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME, BUT FORD WILL NOT PAY FOR THESE REPAIRS. *YH

WHILE BEING DRIVEN, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. ONE DEALER SAYS IT WAS DUE TO THE HEATER CORE ANOTHER DEALERSHIP SAYS IT WAS DUE TO THE HEAD GASKETS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. NOT UNDER RECALL.*JB THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE FOR THE VEHICLES OVERHEATING. *YH

TRANSMISSION WILL MAKE STRANGE NOISES. WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE INTO GEAR IT WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL. CONSUMER WILL FILL OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, TRANSMISSION FAILED, NO PRIOR INDICATION THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THIS IS THIRD TRANSMISSION IN VEHICLE.*AK. CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED 2 BLOWN HEAD GASKETS, AND AN OIL LEAK.*JB

VEHICLE STARTED LEAKING COOLANT AND WOULD NOT START. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN.*AK *TT

THE WINDSTAR WAS AT A FULL STOP AT A STOP SIGN. AS THE GAS WAS APPLIED STEADILY TO START OUT A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE FOREWARD. TRANSMSSION FAILED AND WOULD ONLY WORK IN REVERSE. WE BACKED THE VAN OFF THE ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. WE WERE INSTRUCTED THAT THE TRANSMITTION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. IT IS THE THIRD TRANSMITTION THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN THIS VAN.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ARE LEAKING ANTIFREEZE ONTO ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER ADDS ABS BRAKE SYSTEM DEFECTIVE. VEHICLE REPEATEDLY STALLS AND WILL NOT RESTART. *TT