NHTSA Complaint #10466761 — 2000 FORD WINDSTAR

I WAS JUST TOLD THAT THE ELECTRICAL CLUSTER FOR THE SPEEDOMETER/RPM/GAS GAUGES ON MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR VAN IS FAULTY. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PERIODS OF TIME WHEN THE GAUGES WORK JUST FINE, WON'T WORK AT ALL, OR GO COMPLETELY BESERK. THEY ACT OUT AT VARIOUS TIMES; IE: JUST YESTERDAY, I HAD BEEN DRIVING THE VAN FOR ABOUT 15 MIN, GAUGES WORKING FINE, WHEN I PUT IT INTO PARK ALL THE GAUGES WENT CRAZY, WITH THE RPM NEEDLE ENDING UP BURIED PAST THE HIGHEST IT COULD GO. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE IT HASN'T WORKED/GONE BESERK UPON START UP. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN TIMES WHERE IT IS WORKING JUST FINE ON START UP AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF MINUTES/MILES THEY ALL GO BESERK OR STOP WORKING COMPLETELY, AND AT THAT POINT, SOMETIMES IT GOES BACK TO WORKING FINE, AND OTHER TIMES IT DOESN'T. MY DAD JUST GOT THIS VAN FOR MY KIDS AND I LESS THAN A MONTH AGO, THINKING IT WOULD BE A SAFE VEHICLE FOR US. IT'S SAD TO THINK THAT MY DAD THREW MONEY AWAY ON A VEHICLE THAT HIS REGULAR MECHANIC NOW SAYS TO JUST SELL/JUNK IT AND GET A DIFFERENT VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE GAUGE CLUSTER BEING FAULTY, THE RECALLS ON THE VAN AND THE MOUNT FOR THE EXHAUST SYSTEM BEING BUSTED. *TR