1995 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING, AND ENGINE FAILED MAKING VEHICLE INOPERABLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER LATER THEN THE TIME WAS ALLOWED FOR VEHICLE TO BE LOOKED AT AS A RECALL PUT OUT BY MANUFACTURER. *AK

BRAKES MAKE A GROWLING NOISE. HAD BRAKES REPAIRED. BRAKES KEEPS WEARING PREMATURELY. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE ABS MOTOR WAS NOISY.*JB

NHTSA RECALL 02-V-101-000/ MANFACTURER'S RECALL 02536: FORD IS DENYING TO RECALL REPAIRS.VEHICLE IS NO LONGER REGISTERED IN STATE MENTIONED IN RECALL LETTER. ALSO, CONSUMER RECEIVED A SECOND URGENT LETTER TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS DONE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN ACCELERATING VEHICLE JERKS BACK AND THEN IT TAKES OFF. VEHICLE IS ASSUMED TO HAVE A CRACKED PISTON. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN CONSUMER TURNED VEHICLE ON ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEARED ON DASHBOARD. WHILE APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE HAS A NOISE COMING FROM WHEELS, AND VIBRATION INSIDE STEERING COLUMN.*AK

ABS BRAKES GIVE A FALSE SENSE OF STOPPING. DROVER ALMOST HAD SEVERAL REAR END INCCIDENTS DUE TO THE FACT BRAKES DID NOT HOLD WHEN APPLIED.*AK

HEAD GASKETS KEEP PREMATURELY BLOWING OUT. ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT LEAST 4 TIMES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THIS WAS A DESIGN FLAW IN ENGINE. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

HEAD GASKET AND TIMING COVER GASKET LEAKING IS CAUSING DAMAGE TO MAIN BEARINGS LEADING TO PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE. SEVERAL FORD DEALERS HAVE CONFIRMED THIS AS THE CAUSE AND FORD IS NOT ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY.

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR HEAD GASKET, REPAIR SHOP ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE BECAUSE OF PISTON DAMAGE AND SMOKING. VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM BUT DEALER WON'T FIX FOR FREE. *JG

THE HEAD GASKETS ON MY CAR FAILED. I KNEW THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THEM, BUT YOU COULD NOT BRING THE CAR IN UNTIL THEY FAILED WHICH I THOUGHT WAS ABSURD IN THE FIRST PLACE. WELL THEY FAILED TWO WEEKENDS AGO AND I BROUGHT MY WINDSTAR IN AND NOW THEY TELL ME THE WARRANTY EXPIRED A FEW MONTHS AGO. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY INSTEAD OF AN OUTRIGHT RECALL . AFTER PERUSING THE WEB, I SAW WHAT A WIDESPREAD , DANGEROUS PROBLEM THIS IS. THANK GOD, MY HUSBAND WAS AN EXPERIENCED, LEVEL HEADED, DRIVER. I'VE READ SOME STORIES WHERE THE OUTCOME WAS NOT POSITIVE. 1995 FORD WINDSTARS SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THEIR HEAD GASKETS . THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. I KNOW YOU GUYS MUST BE VERY BUSY INDEED.*AKI