2000 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT IN AND OUT GEAR AND THEN BEGAN TO SHIFT MUCH EXTREME FORCE. THE RADIO ALSO CAME ON AND BY ITSELF. THE DEALER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED AND THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE TRANSMISSION SHOP TO REPLACE THE GEAR SHIFT BOX AND A SEAL WAS ADDED TO ASSIST WITH THE TRANSMISSION LEAK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140000.

2000 FORD WINDSTAR ECM CONTROL FAILURE LEADING TO INCREASED BRAKING DISTANCE. RELATED TO FORD RECALL 09S09, BUT ECM NOT REPLACED UNDER RECALL. *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK DRIVING MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR REAR AXLE BROKE IN HALF THE WHEELS WHERE BOWED OUT I HAD TO HAVE A TOW TRUCK FLATBED THE CAR BUT HE HAD SOME DIFFICULT TIME BECAUSE IT COMPLETELY SNAPPED INTO TWO. A FEW DAYS BEFORE I HEARD SOME SQUEAKING SOUND COMING FROM THE BACK AND I WAS GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE MECHANIC BUT THEN THESE HAPPENED. NOW I HAVE BEEN HEARING SQUEAKY SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT AND MAYBE IS THE FRONT AXLE NOW. THIS IS RIDICULOUS I HARDLY HAD MONEY TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AND THE TOW TRUCK AND NOW I HAVE TO TAKE IT AGAIN. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN THE "CHECK THE ENGINE" LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON EVEN AFTER I TAKE IT TO THE MECHANIC TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT . I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD EVER AGAIN. I PAID SO MUCH MONEY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED I TOOK PICTURES OF THE ACCIDENT. *TR

I WAS @ A STOP SIGN WITH MY 2 KIDS IN THE BACK. WHEN I STARTED TO CROSS THE BUSY INTERSECTION I HEARD A LOUD POP & THE VAN LURCHED FORWARD & STOPPED PART WAY IN THE INTERSECTION. I COULD NOT DRIVE FORWARD. MY KIDS WERE JUST SCREAMING. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO ONLY DRIVE IN REVERSE (NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME) & GET THE VAN OUT OF TRAFFIC. MY FATHER IS A MECHANIC & SAID HE SEES THIS ALL THE TIME WITH WINDSTARS, ESPECIALLY THE 2000. IT TOOK A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO ACTUALLY FIND A SALVAGED TRANSMISSION (I WAS NOT GOING TO PAY FOR IT TO BE REBUILT). APPARENTLY THAT TRANSMISSION WAS ONLY MADE FOR THAT ONE YEAR BECAUSE FORD KNEW IT WAS BAD. BUT THAT MADE IT THAT MUCH HARDER TO REPLACE. *TR

I READ ABOUT THE NHTSA ACTION # PE10026, FRONT SUBFRAME CORROSION ON MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. I HAD MY MECHANIC CHECK IT TODAY AND HE FOUND THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS CORRODED AROUND 75%+ OF THE CONNECTION POINT TO THE LOWER CONTROL ARM. THIS WAS ON BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT HAD SIDES AND IT WAS CORRODED ALL THE WAY THROUGH FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP OF THE SUBFRAME. .HE RECOMMENDED THAT I NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL I HAD IT REPAIRED AS IT WAS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WITH A HIGH PROBABILITY OF IT BREAKING ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR

INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM. WHEN THE ENGINE HEATS UP A LITTLE THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COME ON INDICATING THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER WORKING. IN THE MORNING WHEN THE CAR IS FIRST STARTED THE LIGHT ARE OFF FOR AWHILE UNTIL THE ENGINE HAS HAD TIME TO HEAT UP. *TR

THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. I HAVE HAD IT CHECKED AS IT WAS ACTING INTERMITTENTLY. I WAS INFORMED THAT EVERY SENSOR AND CONTROL MODULE FOR THE ABS SYSTEM FAILED ACCORDING TO THE CODE. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THIS WAS NOT REALLY POSSIBLE HOWEVER HE BELIEVED IT TO BE THE CONTROL MODULE. I HAD IT CHECKED AGAIN THIS YEAR AS THE LIGHT COMES ON EVERY TIME NOW AND IT IS THE CONTROL MODULE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE UNDER THE VAN. I HAVE DRIVEN VEHICLES FOR YEARS WITHOUT ABS SO IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME TO NOT HAVE IT. THE COST TO FIX IT IS NOT WORTH IT AS THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAS ALSO STARTED TO FAIL. THE ABS LIGHT ACTS UP MORE DURING THE WARM WEATHER/SUMMER. *TR

2000 FORD WINDSTAR RETURNING FROM TRIP TO VIRGINIA FROM BALTIMORE; O/D LIGHT STARTS FLASHING AND THEN FLUID AND SMOKE POUR FROM UNDER CAR AT 55 MPH, FOUND MECHANIC RIGHT OFF FREEWAY EXIT, MECHANIC FINDS THAT TRANSMISSION SELF-DESTRUCTED. REPLACEMENT WITH GOOD WARRANTY IS $3500. LOOKED ONLINE AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY SAME SITUATIONS BUT NO RECALL FROM FORD. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS ON THE WASHINGTON BELTWAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE IS VERY HARD TO SHIFT. HE HEARS A LOUD BANGING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING AND THE VEHICLE ALSO LOOSES POWER. THE FAILURE IS MORE PRONOUNCED ON AN INCLINE. FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED NOR HAS THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, HOT WEATHER. THE ABS AND TRAC LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT UP. ABS AND TRAC ARE DISABLED, SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY INCREASING BRAKING DISTANCE. IN COOLER WEATHER, THE SYSTEMS SEEM TO BE WORKING. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE YET. *TR