1995 Ford Windstar Complaint Log

DEALER REPLACED FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS AND SHOE AND REAR DRUM WAS REPLACED. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED.

WHILE PARKED, NO IMPACT, SUDDENLY REAR LIFTGATE WINDOW SHATTERED, FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND STEERING LOCKED UP THE SERPENTINE BELT , PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

WHILE PARKED ON SLANT IN PARKING LOT, VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN ENBANKMENT DUE TO TRANSMISSION GEAR SLIPPING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

WINDOW MOTOR FAILED, BATTERY FAILED.

THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR HAS A BLIND SPOT . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK

RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE; WHEN THE CONSUMER INFORMED THE DEALER ABOUT THE RECALL AND, THE DEALER SAID IT'S NOT BIG DEAL. RECALL-95B73. *AK

WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT ABS FAILURE, REAR WHEELS SMOKED & BURNING SMELL/ GRINDING NOISES, METAL TO METAL, PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR AND CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN, THE TRANSMISSION ACCELERATES . *AK

WHEN SHIFTED TRUCK INTO PARK, IT JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND WHEN AT A STOP LIGHT THE TRUCK ACCELERATED. PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK

ON WET AND DRY PAVEMENT THERE'S A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKE PEDAL WHEN THE ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

PE96042, WHEN DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES, HAD AN ACCIDENT ONCE WITH THE BRAKE FAILURE , HAS ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK

DURING PANIC STOP, WHILE PRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, BRAKE ACTION SEEMS INEFFECTIVE IN STOPPING, EXTENDING STOPPING DISTANCE, VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL FORWARD. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

VEHICLE'S ABS BRAKING SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY MALFUNCTIONS WITH MUSHY PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR, THEN A LOUD NOISE IS HEARD, THIS ESPECIALLY OCCURS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE'S BRAKING SYSTEM INTERMITTENTLY AND WITH NO WARNING FADES AND THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTREME DIFFICULTY IN BRAKING CAPABILITIES. *AK

THE REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT DOESN'T HOLD . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

WHILE SITTING AT AN INTERSECTION BRAKE PEDAL BECAME SPONGY AND UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES, ACTION SEEMED INEFFECTIVE, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOP DISTANCE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, THE BRAKES MAKE A GRINDING NOISE AND IT TAKES ABOUT 15 FT BEFORE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP. *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKE FAILURE.

WHILE COMING TO A STOP EXCESSIVE FORCE IS NEEDED TO STOP VEHICLE, DEALER SAID THAT PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED AND IT STILL OCCURS. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, THE VEHICLE BRAKES LOCKED UP. REPLACED BRAKE PADS. *AK

OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, SHE STATES THAT HER BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT, SHE ALSO NOTES THAT BRAKES HAVE MORE PROBLEMS IN WET WEATHER. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN, IT HAS ABS BRAKES. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT END WHICH IS CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF THE TIRES.

CONSUMER COMPLAINS THAT POWER BRAKE SYSTEMS CAUSES BRAKE PEDAL TO BE TOO SOFT.

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON DRY PAVEMENT AT A FAIRLY HIGH SPEED THERE IS A VIBRATING SENSATION IN THE PEDAL, DEALER STATES THAT ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SENSOR ENGAGED PREMATURELY WITH BRAKES PULSATING. *AK

#EA96-026, WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, THEYFEEL LIKE THE BRAKES FADE AND KICK IN. *AK

OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, SHE STATES THAT HAD NO BRAKE PEDAL WHEN BRAKES WERE USED, ALSO SHE HAD THE MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED AND THAT DID NOT WORK; FURTHERMORE, NOTES THE LONGER BRAKESARE APPLIED, THE LESS BRAKES ARE AVAILABLE. *AK

OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, OWNER STATES THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF FAULTY BRAKES ,SHE ALSO NOTES THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WHEN BRAKES ARE USED, VEHICLE DOES NOT WANT TO STOP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, EXP. ABS FAILURE, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW/STOP PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO FLOOR, PEDAL SEEMS SPONGY, NOT STOPPING FAST ENOUGH AT APPROX. 30-35MPH. *AK

SOMETIMES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR BRAKE WOULD NOT WORK . *AK

AFTER THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN WARMED UP IN THE AFTERNOON THE BRAKES WOULD MAKE A METAL TO METAL NOISE. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS, DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS. *AK

WHEN MAKING A SUDDEN STOP IT TAKES A LONGER DISTANCE TO STOP, HAVE TO START APPLYING SOONER THE ABS RAKES THAN NORMAL BRAKING DISTANCE AND GETS WORST WHEN LOADED WITH CARGO. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. *AK

JUST PRIOR TO ACCIDENT, NOTICED ABS AND HYDRAULIC LIGHTS APPEARED, DURING PANIC STOP, AT APPROX. 55-60MPH, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP, EXPERIENCED BRAKE LOCK UP, VEHICLE WENT INTO SKID, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE, DUAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

EXPERIENCING BRAKE PEDAL FADING AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

VEHICLE'S ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND HAD AN ACCIDENT. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, INJURING THE OCCUPANT IN THE STOMACH AREA, EA96-026. *AK

VEHICLE HAS USED FOUR SETS OF BRAKE PADS AND ONE SET OF ROTORS. DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BRAKES.

HAS BEEN THROUGH 4 SETS OF PADS AND HAS BEEN THROUGH ONE SET OF ROTORS, DELAER SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES THE PEDAL WILL FADE CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO THERE IS EXCESSIVE GRINDING, THE ROTORS WERE CUT WHICH RELIEVED SOME OF THE GRINDING. PLEASE ADD FURTHER DETAILS.

AT HWY SPEEDS, WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, PEDAL PULSATES THEN FADES, BECOMES SPONGY, DOES NOT STOP FAST ENOUGH, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, DEALER REPLACED PADS AND RESURFACED ROTORS AT 13,000, PROBLEM PERSISTS. *AK

ENGINE FAILED, REPLACEMENT EXPERIENCES INTERMITTANT FAILURES WHEN TRYING TO START.

WHILE DRIVING EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILURE, ON WET PAVEMENTS UPON APPLYING BRAKES AND TURNING VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD, ALSO WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW/STOP PEDAL TRAVELS TO FAR DOWN, THEN CONTINUES TO ROLL FORWARD, BRAKE ACTION IS INADEQUATE. *AK

OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES, SHE STATES THAT IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR VEHICLE TO STOP ONCE BRAKES ARE USED AND THAT THE PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO THE FLOOR OF VEHICLE, VEHICLE DOES NOT WANT TO STOP. *AK

AT TIMES WHEN IN DRIVE TRANSMISSION SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL DUE TO A CRACKE DPISTON IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *AK

EXPERIENCED ABS FAILURE WHILE DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT DURING PANIC STOP, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SLOW/STOP VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD, SKIDDING 40 FEET, HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, 4 WEEKS PRIOR EXPERIENCED ABS LIGHT STAYING ON, ALSO NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, EXPERIENCED ABS FAILURE, WHEN DURING PANIC STOP, AT APPROX. 45MPH, PEDAL GRABBED THEN RELEASED, PEDAL TRAVEL TOO FAR DOWN, BRAKE ACTION WASN'T FAST ENOUGH, PEDAL BECAME SPONGY, WENT TO FLOOR , REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES THE PEDAL WILL FADE, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK