NHTSA Complaint #10365051 — 2000 FORD WINDSTAR

2000 WINDSTAR 96K MILES ? OWNED SINCE 2002 ? JUST TOOK MY CAR IN TODAY FOR THE BRAKE LINE POTENTIALLY CAUSING FIRES RECALL AND ANOTHER RECALL, THE DEALERSHIP(TOWN AND COUNTRY FORD, EVANSVILLE, IN) DIDN'T FIX EITHER RECALL I TOOK THE VAN IN FOR, BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT MY REAR AXLE WAS CRACKED ( I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT RECALL LETTER YET), THE THING THAT REALLY IS PAINFUL IS THAT I PUT A NEW TRANNY IN LAST WEEK TO THE TUNE OF $3,200, THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME HE WOULD GIVE ME KBB VALUE OF $3,600, HAD I ACTUALLY KNOWN ABOUT THE RECALL IN A TIMELY MANNER, THEN I WOULDN?T HAVE JUST PUT A NEW TRANSMISSION IN, THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT RELEASE THE VEHICLE TO ME. *TR