1995 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

VEHICLE HAS HAD SPORADIC BRAKE PARTIAL FAILURES OVER LAST YEAR AND A HALF, BRAKES APPEAR TO PULSE AND BRAKING IS POOR. LETTING UP ON PEDDLE AND PUNCHING BRAKES ALLEVIATES PROBLEM. BRAKE INSPECTIONS SHOW NOTHING AND I HAVE HAD NEW PADS AND ROTORS PUT ON BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. IT IS VERY SPORADIC AND FEELS LIKE ABS IS KICKING IN WHEN IT SHOULDN'T ABS FAILURE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON.*AK

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN COIL SPRING POPPED OUT, CAUSING IT TO PUNCH LEFT FRONT TIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM TAIL PIPE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

1995 FORD WINDSTAR LX HAS HAD REPORTED SYMPTOMS OF HEAD GASKETS LEAKING SINCE 90483 MILES. CAR REPAIRED BY SEVERAL MECHANICS IN AS MANY TIMES AND NEVER TOLD ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. HEAD GASKETS LEAKED CAUSING WATER TO LEAK INTO OIL INSIDE OF ENGINE AND CAUSING A ROD TO THROW THROUGH THE BLOCK OF THE ENGINE. ENGINE IS UNUSABLE NOW DUE TO THIS DEFECT BY FORD WHEN INSTALLING HEAD GASKETS.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THE HEAD GASKET FAILED ON VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE HEAD GASKET, HOWEVER SHE WAS INFORMED THE WARRANTY ENDED IN AUGUST 2001 CONSUMER WAS ALSO INFORMED THE WARRANTY COVERED UP TO A TIME PERIOD 0R 100,000 MILES AND CONSUMER HAD 68,000 ON THE VEHICLE.*JB

CONSUMER STATES A ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THE ABS LIGHT STAYING ON WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO OCCASION YET THE PROBLEM REOCCURS. NLM

CONSUMER STATES WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS ACCELERATED FROM A STOPPED POSITION OR WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE HESITATES BEFORE ACCELERATING, THIS CONDITION HAS OCCURED ON TWO OCCASION AND BLOWN HEAD GASKET EACH TIME ON THE 3.8 V6 ENGINE. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. NLM

CONTACTED MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ENDED IN 7 YEARS. MY VEHICLE'S HEAD GASKETS FAILED 7 YEARS, 9 MONTHS. COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE. NO WARNING SUCH AS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON UNTIL AFTER FAILURE. NKM

ADD ANOTHER MEMBER TO THE FORD WINDSTAR CLUB WITH FAILED HEAD GASKETS. BECAUSE WE PURCHASED OUR VEHICLE IN NOVEMBER OF 1994, WE MISSED BEING COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY BY THREE MONTHS, EVEN THOUGH OUR VEHICLE HAD ONLY 62,439 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. FORD SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I'M PREPARING A SMALL CLAIMS SUIT WHERE I WILL ASK FOR AN EXCEPTION TO THE EXTENDED WARRANTY REQUIREMENTS, AND REIMBURSEMENT IN FULL FOR THE COST OF REPAIRS. NLM

INTAKE GASKET COVER FAILED SHORTLY AFTER RECALL WORK WAS COMPLETED ON OTHER RECALL GASKET FAILURE. FORD AND DEALER REFUSED REPAIRS WHILE BOTH CONFIRMED THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THESE GASKETS. *AK *****DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS------759790.