1999 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

TENSIONER ASSEMBLY AND IDLE PULLEY DEFECTIVE. IF INSPECTING ENGINE, WHILE VAN IS RUNNING AND HOOD UP MAIN BELT MIGHT BREAK AND POSSIBLY CAUSING INJURY TO INSPECTOR.

THE HORN IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO ACTIVATE IN AN EMERGENCY AND EVEN NOT IN AN EMERGENCY.

POWER STEERIN RACK IS LEAKING FLUID. AFTER HAVING TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING PUMP ($335+), BECUASE IT BURNED OUT DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE RACK, ( LEAKING FLUID THROUGH THE RACK, SYSTEM COULDN'T MAINTAIN SYSTEM PRESSURE) I AM NOW FACED WITH HAVING TO REPLACE THE RACK AT A COST OF OVER $600.

WE JUST HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION IN OUR 1999 FORD WINDSTAR. IT HAS 107,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. WHEN WE HAD 63,000 MILES, WE HAD TO REPLACE THE POWER STEERING RACK. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE VEHICLE TO OWN - ESPECIALLY WITH THE EXPENSIVE REPAIRS THAT IT REQUIRES.

TEERING RACK FAILURE ON 1999 FORD WINDSTAR WITH LESS THAN 18,033 MILES. CAUSED UNSTABLE CONDITION, INCLUDING LACK OF STEERING CONTROL.

FORD WINDSTAR 1999. CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR LIT. MANUAL STATES THAT THIS INDICATES A PROBLEM WITH THE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM. DROP CAR TO DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIR. PARTS ON ORDER. CHECKED FEB. 5, 2003. PARTS STILL ON ORDER. AM TOLD THAT 8 OR SO VEHICLE OWNERS ARE WAITING FOR SAME PARTS.

CONCERNING: 1999 FORD WINDSTAR WITH WITH 59,000 MILES. RECENTLY OUR VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A STRANGE RUBBING SOUND WHEN TURNING AND RAPIDLY STARTED TO GET WORSE. WE TOOK OUR VAN INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE AND WERE TOLD THAT THE TIE ROD ENDS WERE SHOT. THE REPAIRMAN (AT FORD) TOLD US THAT WE ARE LUCKY WE GOT IT IN FOR SERVICE WHEN WE DID. APPARENTLY THE TIE RODS COULD HAVE BROKEN AT ANY TIME WHILE DRIVING! THE VAN IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE TIE RODS WOULD BE IN SUCH BAD SHAPE. THIS SEEMS LIKE A MANUFACTURER CONCERN AND CERTAINLY A SAFETY CONCERN FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO TRANSPORT THEIR FAMILIES IN A WINDSTAR! I'D LIKE TO SEE FORD COVER THE COST OF THIS REPAIR AND TELL ME WHY MY FAMILIES' SAFETY WAS PUT INTO JEOPARDY WHILE DRIVING SUCH A NEW VEHICLE.

STEERING RACK REPLACEMENT (COVERED UNDER WARRANTY). REPAIR OF LEAK IN INTAKE MANIFOLD (NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY).

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED @ 71,000 MILES, 3 1/2 YR OLD VEHICLE. REVERSE STILL WORKED, FORWARD GEARS ACTED AS THOUGH IN NEUTRAL.

1999 FORD WINDSTAR RACK AND PINION FAILURE COULD NOT TURN VEHICLE CAME VERY CLOSE TO A COLLISION THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT ALSO THE VEHICLE IS LEAKING POWERSTEERING FLUID WHICH IS A FIRE HAZARD! FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE NOTIFIED FORD ABOUT THE PREMATURE FAILURE AND THEY DONT SEEM TO CARE THAT SOMEONE COULD LOSE THIER LIVES OVER FORD PUTTING VEHICLES WITH FAULTY PARTS ON THE ROAD.