NHTSA Complaint #10225592 — 2000 FORD WINDSTAR

WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP IN MY 2000 WINDSTAR I ACCELERATED TO CROSS A BUSY HIGHWAY AND HEARD A LOUD CLUNK. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND LEFT ME TO DRIFT INTO CROSS TRAFFIC WHERE I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A MACK TRUCK. I SWERVED IN AN ALMOST U-TURN LIKE FASHION AND WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY NEXT TO THE ROAD I HAD ORIGINATED FROM. THIS IS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION TO FAIL IN THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST FAILED AT ABOUT 37,000 MILES. LUCKILY I HAD PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY SO THE DEALERSHIP FIXED IT BUT THEY MADE ME PRODUCE MY ORIGINAL CONTRACT TO PROVE I HAD THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE SECOND TIME WAS ABOUT 15 MONTHS AGO, AFTER FORD'S REFUSAL TO HELP I TOOK IT TO AAMCO AND I PAID $2800 TO REPAIR. AFTER BEING REFERRED TO THIS WEBSITE I WAS ASTOUNDED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE. I WAS ALMOST KILLED THIS MORNING, WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH? *TR