1995 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

VEHICLE INCREASED SPEED WITHOUT THE DRIVER ACCELERATING. BRAKE PEDAL WAS INOPERABLE, AND RPMS WERE INCREASING. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE GEAR TO NEUTRAL POSITION TO SLOW VEHICLE DOWN AND THEN ENGAGE GEAR TO PARK POSITION TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP. BRAKES WERE REPLACED THE FIRST WEEK IN MARCH AND TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED JULY 2001, AFTER THE FIRST SIMILAR INCIDENT OCCURRED.*AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS REQUIRED TWO TRANSMISSIONS. ONE AT 50000 MILES AND THE SECOND AT 120000. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE NUMEROUS DOOR OPEN INDICATORS AND A BLOWN HEAD GASKET.

HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN TWICE. HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE 2 TIMES. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *YH

HEAD GASKET FAILURE WAS RECALL ITEM, BUT NOT COVERED IN OUR SITUATION BECAUSE WE ARE LOW-MILEAGE DRIVERS. RECALL WARRANTY WAS UNDER 100,000 MILES OR LESS THAN 7 YEARS, WHICH EVER CAME FIRST. OUR CAR WAS 7 YEARS AND 6 WEEKS OLD. FAILURE AT 62,000 MILES WAS WITHIN AVERAGE FOR HEAD GASKET FAILURES, BUT NOT COVERED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REACH THIS MILEAGE UNTIL 6 WEEKS AFTER WARRANTY. WARRANTY SHOULDN'T HAVE TIME LIMITATION IF WITHIN MILEAGE LIMITS.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER CONCERNING THE HEAD GASKETS COMING LOOSE AND LETTING WATER INTO THE CRANKCASE DILUTING THE OIL. VEHICLE WAS FIXED AND THREE WEEKS LATER THE FIX WAS NO MORE AND THE ENGINE WAS TOTALLED. CONSUMER TRADED VEHICLE. *JG

AFTER FIRST START IT TAKES 15 MINUTES BEFORE DASH LIGHTS AND POWER WINDOWS WORK. MECHANIC DETERMINED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT UNDER DASH.*AK

WHEN APPLYING GAS PEDAL VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. RPM DISPLAY WOULD JUMP AROUND. DEALER RPLACED SPEED SENSOR, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

LIGHT INDICATORS COMING ON, LOSS OF COOLANT AND SOUND FORD DIAGNOSED LEAK OF TIMING CHAIN ASSEMBLY AND BILL PIERRE FORD SAID NO LEAK, NO WORK DONE.

TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. ALSO, VEHICLE WILL KICK INTO SECOND GEAR. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE FIVE TIMES TO A DEALER, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. *AK

FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS THE DOOR AJAR WARNING LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON. UPON CHECKING ALL DOOTRS NUMEROUS TIMES, NO PROBLEM CAN BE FOUND. IT FIRST STARTED WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. IT HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AS TIME PASSES AND NOW DOES IT RANDOMLY. YESTERDAY, DURING A 6 MILE TRIP IT CAME ON APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES AT RANDOM MOMENTS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ANY PARTICULAR CHANGE IN SPEED OR DIRECTION. THE REPAIR MANUALS GIVE LITTLE TO NO INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SYSTEM OR ITS REPAIR.*AK