NHTSA Complaint #10135409 — 2000 FORD WINDSTAR

I JUST DID A COPY/PASTE OF WHAT I SENT TO FORD:--DESCRIPTION OF ISSUE/CONCERN: I TOOK MY VAN IN FOR SERVICE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND I COULD SMELL AND SEE OIL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ENGINE. TURNS OUT IT WAS THE FRONT VALVE COVER, AND I'M TOLD THAT THERE WAS A TSB ON THIS PROBLEM. IT COST ME $1000.00 TO GET THIS REPAIRED. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A KNOWN PROBLEM, MY IN-LAWS HAVE THE SAME MODEL WINDSTAR AND THEY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, IT COST THEM MORE. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS TO PARTS THAT WERE MADE/ENGINEERED WRONG BY FORD. NOW I HEAR OF A PROBLEM WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL CAUSING FIRE, EVEN WITHOUT DRIVING THE VAN. IT COULD BE SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND CATCH FIRE, AND FORD IS NOT GOING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM EITHER. A FIRE IN THE VAN PARKED NEXT TO MY HOUSE WHILE ME, MY WIFE, AND KIDS ARE SLEEPING, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM YOU ARE WILLING TO FIX? *JB