1999 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR WHEN THE WIRES BEHIND THE MOTOR STARTED A FIRE, NO REPAIRS WERE DONE. *TR

1999 FORD WINDSTAR, MILES 84,000. UNDER NORM DRIVING CONDITIONS, R2 VALVE COVER FELLED HAD A HOLE INSIDE IT ALONG WITH GASKETS IN R2 PLATNIUM. I HAD TO BUY FROM FORD THE GASKETS SET AND R 2VALUE COVER AND THE BOLTS WHICH ARE SPECIALLY MADE BUY THEM. ONE WOULD BELIEVE THAT FORD DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH STRENGTH IN THE BOLTS TO HOLD THE PLATNIUM IS PLACE THAT ALLOW THE AIR LEAK TO TAKE PLACE IN THE VALVE COVER AND PLATNIUM. I DO NOT HAVE THE OLD PARTS ON HAND. *TR

THE THROTTLE CABLE OF MY 1999 FORD WINDSTAR FRAYED AND CAUSED THE THROTTLE TO STICK. THE FRAYED OUTER PART OF THE WIRE CAME OFF LEAVING SHARP METAL ENDS THAT ALLOWED THE CABLE TO BECOME STUCK IN THE PLASTIC SHEATH. HAD TO BE PULLED OUT BY HAND. NO INJURY OCCURRED BUT COULD HAVE IF ON THE HIGH WAY. *TR

JUST BOUGHT A 1999 WINDSTAR AND ABS LIGHT GOES ON ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER STARTING ENGINE AND DOES NOT GO OUT -- IS THERE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM AND IS IT DANGEROUS -- THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. *TR

WHILE CORNERING AT 20 MILES PER HOUR, MY 1999 FORD WIND STAR GAVE OUT A LOUD METAL CRACKING NOISE. THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE REAR AXLE ASSY. HAD SNAPPED EXACTLY WHERE EVERYONE WHO HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME THING ON LINE DID. THIS IS NOT COINCIDENCE NOR FROM THOSE, ROTTEN DENYING REPS OF FORD, TELLING US THAT THIS IS FROM JACKING UP THE CAR USING THE IMPROPER POSITION ON THIS AXLE. GO TO THE ACTUAL FORD SERVICE MANUAL AND YOU WILL SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON DOING A LOT OF REAR END WORK USING THIS REAR AXLE HOUSING AS A JACKING POINT ( CENTER OF HOUSING ASSY. ). I WORK FROM THESE EXPENSIVE FACTORY MANUALS. FORD HAS A DEFECTIVE PART AND REFUSES TO ADMIT IT. ANYONE WITH BASIC MENTALITY CAN UNDERSTAND. THIS IS ABOUT MONEY, NOT SAFETY. I WOULD NOT BLAME ANY MAN THAT WOULD LOSE HIS FAMILY DUE TO THIS NONSENSE DENIAL FROM GETTING A GUN AND SHOOTING THESE '!@#$%. THEY DON'T SEEM TO GIVE A'!@#$% ABOUT THEIR FAULTY PARTS NOR FAMILIES. SO FAR I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANYONE DYING IN A CRASH, BUT I'LL BET IT WILL HAPPEN, IF IT HASN'T ALREADY. *TR

ABS WARNING LIGHT KEEP COMING ON. IT WILL GO OFF FOR A WHILE THEN COME BACK ON. GOODYEAR SAID I PROBABLY NEED NEW COMPUTER CHIP THAT THE ABS ONE WAS DEFECTIVE. *TR

THE BRAKE DEACTIVATION SWITCH LOCATED UNDER THE MASTER CYLINDER (BEHIND THE AIR FILTER) DEVELOPS A LEAKING AND "ABS" LIGHT TURN ON IN THE DASHBOARD IN MY 1999 WINDSTAR SE VAN SINCE ON SEPT. 29, 2009, THEREFORE MPH IS NOT WORKING ON SPEED-O-METER AND MILEAGE GETS BLANK LIKES "---------". ALSO HEAT & A/C FAN MOTOR IS WORKING FINE BUT HEAT AND A/C DID NOT OPERATE AS WELL. CRUISE CONTROL HAS ALSO QUIT. *TR

THE CAR STARTED PULLING REALLY HARD TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL AND ALMOST AN ACCIDENT. THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE RUSTED IN ONE SPOT ON THE SUBFRAME WHERE IT JOINS THE FRAME AROUND THE MOUNTING BOLT. THIS IS ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS BROKEN LOOSE AND THERE IS SUBFRAME/CONTROL ARM AND OTHER DAMAGE. DEALER SAID WHEN A JOB LIKE THIS IS DONE THERE IS USUALLY A SNOWBALL AFFECT WITH THE DAMAGE. ATLEAST $2000. THE REST OF THE VEHICLE IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION JUST PU IN LAST YEAR. CAR IS ONLY GOOD FOR SCRAP NOW. DEFINITE SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE TWO KIDS AGES 3 AND 5 THAT WERE IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME.*TR

MY SPEEDOMETER WASN'T READING CORRECTLY, POSSIBLY 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR OFF, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN THE CORRECT SPEED. I WASN'T AWARE OF THE PROBLEM UNTIL I GOT A RADAR TICKET IN THE MAIL. I KNEW WHAT SPEED I WAS TRAVELING ACCORDING TO THE SPEEDOMETER AND IT WAS DIFFERENT THAN WAS INDICATED. I FOUND A WEB SITE WHICH DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM I WAS EXPERIENCING ALONG WITH OTHER PROBLEMS THAT I WAS HAVING. THESE WERE THE SPEEDOMETER, CRUISE CONTROL SOMETIMES NOT WORKING THEN QUIT ALTOGETHER, ABS LIGHT IS ON, SOMETIMES THE BRAKE LIGHT WOULD COME ON THEN GO OFF, AND THE AIR CONDITIONER WOULD SOMETIMES QUIT WORKING. I THOUGHT THEY WERE UNRELATED BUT AFTER THE SPEEDING TICKET DISCOVERED THEY WERE CAUSED BY THE SAME PROBLEM, A SWITCH CONNECTED TO THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. I TOOK THE MEASURES TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND THE ABS LIGHT IS STILL ON BUT THE OTHER SYSTEMS WORK FINE NOW. THE AC WORKS, THE SPEEDOMETER WORKS RIGHT, THE CRUISE CONTROL WORKS, AND THE BRAKE LIGHT WENT OUT. *TR

1999 FORD WINDSTAR MINIVAN ABS LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON WHICH IS BLOWING A FUSE CAUSING MY SPEEDOMETER, ODOMETER AND CRUISE CONTROL NOT TO WORK. AFTER MUCH INTERNET RESEARCH THIS LOOKS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CATASTROPHIC RESULTS IF NOT DISABLED. AFTER READING THESE RESULTS I IMMEDIATELY HAD SOMEONE DISCONNECT THE ABS MODULE UNDER THE HOOD WHICH DISABLED MY ABS BRAKE SYSTEM TO PREVENT A FIRE. IN TURN MY ODOMETER AND SPEEDOMETER ARE NOW WORKING BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY A POSSIBLE FIRE WAS PREVENTED! I WOULD APPRECIATE ATTENTION BEING TAKEN IN THIS MATTER SEEING AS HOW IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS PROBLEM IS BEING REPORTED. *TR