1995 Ford Windstar Complaint Log

TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE AND WOULD NOT SMOOTHLY SHIFT FROM FIRS TTO SECOND GEAR DUE TO TRANSMISSION CRACK IN FORWARD GEAR AND REVERSE DRUM IS BURNED. *AK

POWER WINDOW MOTOR FAILED.

ABS, BRAKE FAILURE, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN APPLIED, PEDAL PRACTICALLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING/INTERMITTENTLY 2ND AND 3RD GEARS INOPERATIVE.

THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE,WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. SOMETIMES NEEDS TO TURN OFF VEHICLE IN ORDER TO STOP. THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON. BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. ALSO, DEALER REPLACED CALIPERS, ROTORS, ETC. PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. *AK

ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON AND REMAINS ON CONTINUOUSLY, BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELS TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, ACCORDING TO DEALER, BRAKES ARE WORKING NORMALLY AND ITS NORMAL FOR LIGHT TO REMAIN ON. *AK

WHENEVER DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 65MPH & ABOVE, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD JUMP AROUND. WOULD NOT GIVE CORRECT SPEED. IT CAN HAPPEN WHEN WEATHER IS COLD, OUTSIDE & INSIDE. HAS NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

HAVE TO APPLY EXTRA PRESSURE TO STOP, BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE THIS TIME. *AK

BRAKES DON'T SEEM TO HOLD, THEY MAKE A SQUEAKY NOISE WHEN DRIVING, HAD NEW BRAKE PADS PUT ON IN DECEMBER. THE BRAKES DON'T SEEM TO BE HOLDING AS THEY SHOULD. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED 3 TIMES, ONCE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

DRIVER'S DOOR LATCH POPPED OPEN DURING ACCIDENT.

FRONT SEAT BELT WEBBING SHREDS.

VEHICLE ENGINE DIES CONTINUOUSLY, REPAIRS MADE TO FUEL PUMP, HOWEVER PROBLEMS STILL CONTINUE.

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE AND THE BRAKES ARE DEPRESSED IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THERE IS NO BRAKE PRESSURE AND THE BRAKES FADE OUT. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND MAKING A COMPLETE STOP, IMPACT AT 6:00 POSITION, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE OFF FROM THE TRACK, CAUSING SEAT BACK FAILURE. *AK

DRIVING VEHICLE, WOULD HIT BUMP, CRACK OR CURB, BRAKES (ABS) SOUND LIKE CHIRPING/KNOCKING SOUND, OCCURS ONLY AFTER HITTING BUMP NOT JUST DRIVING; TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND CAN NOT FIND OR REPAIR PROBLEM; WAS TOLD ALL VANS BRAKES LIKE THAT.

ABS BRAKES FADED AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT COME TO A STOP, RAN INTO SOMEONE'S HOUSE. DID NOT TAKE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP. *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE, ABS LIGHT COMES ON. *AK

REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY.

WHILE TRAVELING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, A CAR STOPPED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER AND HE STEPPED ON THE BRAKES WHICH DID NOT GRAB AT ALL. *AK

DEFROSTER WILL NOT DEFROST THE WHOLE WINDSHIELD. THE WIPER WILL ONLY REACH HALF WAY ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD. WINDSHIELD WIPER FREEZE UP WHICH CAUSES THE THE WINDSHIELD TO FREEZE VERY QUICKLY. *AK

THE O2 (OXYGEN) SENSOR FAILS AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE NOT TO ACCELERATE, AND THEN UNEXPECTENTLY THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY SURGE, AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND FOOT CAUGHT ON ACCELERATOR VEHICLE STALLED. SOMETIMES WHEN PULLING OUT IN TRAFFIC, VEHICLE WOULD STALL, LEAVING CONSUMER WITHOUT POWER STEERING/BRAKES. ALSO, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHORTED OUT. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS SEVEN OR MORE TIMES, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN THE ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE SHOE AND DRUMS BUT THE BRAKES ARE STILL NOT PERFORMING LIKE THEY SHOULD. *AK

PRE MATURE WEA ROF REAR BRAKE PADS; SEAT BELTS FAIL TO LATCH PROPERLY/ FUEL INJECTOR FAILURE AND GEARS TO NOT SHIFT EASILY. *AK

ABS BRAKE FAILURE, PEDAL GOES THE FLOOR WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, TOO MUCH PLAY IN BRAKE PEDAL. *AK

THE VEHICLE'S THIRD SEAT'S TRACK AND ROD HAVE FAILED; THIS SEAT IS RARELY USED.

SEAT TRACK AND ROD ASSEMBLY FAILURE. *AK

TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING. ALSO MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH FAILED, AND STRESS FRACTURES ON STEEL WHEELS.

TAILGATE WOULD NOT OPEN.

TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL, ALMOST RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER DID A TRANSAXLE REPAIR, PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. ALSO PROBLEMS WITH THE HEATER BLOWER MOTOR/ HEAD GASKETS/ INTAKE MANIFOLD/ ABS SYSTEM, AND REAR WIPER SWITCH MOTOR. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

STEERING COLUMN BEARINGS FAILED, CAUSING STEERING TO JAM.

DUST ON BRAKE PEDAL CAUSED PEDAL TO FADE.

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED 3 TIMES.

ROTORS WERE WARPED SO BADLY THAT EVEN TURNING THEM DOWN DID NOT HELP.

SPEEDOMETER FAILED/RADIO FAILED SEVERAL TIMES,

ABS: ANTI- LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM; REGULAR BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON/REMAIN ON, COULD CREATE SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. *AK

LIGHTLY REARENDED A TRUCK IN TRAFFIC AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL. *AK

FAULTY HEAD GASKET, BEGAN OVERHEATING ON THE WAY HOME, HEAD GASKET FAILED, REQUIRE A NEW ENGINE. RETURN TO THE GARAGE AND FOUND 3 OXYGENATORS, DEALER SAID THAT IT IS MISSING 3 BOLTS NEEDED TO STABILIZE THE ENGINE AND THAT NONE OF THE BOLTS ARE TORQUED PROPERLY, CAUSING THE STARTER AND FLYWHEEL TO DESTROY ITSELF. IMPOSSIBLE FOR THESE BOLTS TO HAVE WORKED LOOSE IN THIS SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME IF PROPERLY INSTALLED.

TRANSMISSION FAILED 3 TIMES, THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 13,000 MILES, THE SECOND AT 42,000 AND THE THIRD AT 45,500. *ET

NOISE COMING FROM FRONT SUSPENSION, DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS DUE TO A CRACKED/BROKEN BUSHING, VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL, ALSO WARRANTY EXPIRED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE PROBLEM WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE, THE DEALER STATED THAT NOISE WAS IN MOST OF THE WINDSTARS AND THAT MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT NO REPAIR AT THAT TIME, DEALER TRIED TO REAPIR BUT HAD NO SUCCESS, CONSUMER RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM FORD ABOUT THE EXTENSION OF THE WARRANTY FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS, BUT WAS INFORMED BY FORD THAT HIS PROBLEM AND THE NOTICE THAT WAS SENT OUT ARE NOT RELATED.*JB

PROBLEM WITH HOOD.

AFTER SLAMMING BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING DEER IN ROADWAY, BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY.

TEMPERATURE GAUGE STUCK.

EA 96-026, ON TWO OCCASIONS THE BRAKES FAILED /FADED, ONCE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT .*JB

CRUISE CONTROL ACCELERATED PAST SET SPEED/VEHICLE HAD TO BE BROUGHT TO A STOP BY USING THE BRAKES. *AK

FRONT ABS BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING FREQUENT VIBRATION/GRINDING SOUNDS.

VEHICLE WAS LEFT WITH IGNITION ON IN AN IDLE POSITION IN PARK, VEHICLE WENT INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION, IMPACT 6:00, WHEN CHECKED VEHICLTHE GEAR SHIFT WAS STILL IN PARK. *AK