NHTSA Complaint #10535410 — 2003 FORD WINDSTAR

ENGINE issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number 10535410
Vehicle 2003 FORD WINDSTAR
Component ENGINE
Date of Incident
Date Filed
Mileage 157,632 miles
Crash No
Fire No
Injuries 0
Deaths 0
Vehicle Towed No
State MT

Consumer Description

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WHITEFISH MONTANA WHICH IS ABOUT 20 MILES FROM MY HOME WHEN THE VAN JUST STOPPED, IT KEPT RUNNING BUT WOULD NOT MOVE SO I SHUT THE VAN OFF AND IT WOULDN'T START UNLESS IT WAS JUMPED, SO WE JUMPED IT ALL THE WAY HOME. WE ENDED UP REPLACING THE BATTERY AND THE ALTERNATOR THE VAN RAN GOOD FOR ONE DAY AND THAN MY O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND THE VAN WAS RUNNING REALLY ROUGH AND WOULD NOT SHIFT OUR OF FIRST CAUSING ME TO ONLY GO 35 MPH IN A 70 MPH, NOT FUN AT ALL. GOT IT HOME AND LOOKED UP SOME INFORMATION ON LINE AND THEY TOLD ME TO CHECK THE #19 FUSE IN THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE HOOD AND SURE ENOUGH THE FUSE WAS BLOWN SO I DROVE IT AROUND THE BLOCK AND IT BLEW AGAIN. SO WE PUT IN A 20 AMP FUSE AND I MADE IT HOME BUT THIS MORNING I WENT OUT TO GO TO WORK AND IT STARTED AND IT DROVE BUT THAN JUST STOPPED THERE WAS NOTHING THERE, I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND TRIED TO RESTART IT AND NOTHING, NO NOISE NO NOTHING SO I HAD TO PUSH THE VAN TO MY HOUSE, JUST IMAGINE WHAT COULD OF HAPPENED IF I WOULD OF BEEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND MY VAN DID THIS. I LOVE FORDS BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS I CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIX ALL THESE ISSUES THAT CONTINUE TO ARISE WHAT NEXT A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THIS. *TR

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