NHTSA Complaint #730795 — 1999 FORD WINDSTAR

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM - PROBLEM BEGAN WITH SOME"ROUGH" SHIFTS, NOTICEABLE AT 20 AND 40 MPH. WHEN WENT TO MERGE ONTO TOLLWAY, CAR WAS UNABLE TO GO ABOVE 40 MPH, UNTIL AS I WAS ABOUT TO PULL OVER, CAR JERKED AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH CAR THEN, SO MADE APPOINTMENT AT DEALERSHIP. IT HAS BEEN AT DEALER FOR 2 WEEKS WAITING FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. DRIVER SLIDING DOOR DOESN'T ALWAYS WANT TO CLOSE. TRY TO CLOSE, AND IT EITHER CLICKS, OR CLOSES A COUPLE OF INCHES AND THEN REOPENS. SHAKE CAR, AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL CLOSE. IT IS AT DEALERSHIP FOR THE 4TH TIME, IN HOPES OF A REPAIR. WHAT HAPPENS IF CAN'T CLOSE DOOR AT ALL? CAN'T DRIVE CAR FULL OF LITTLE KIDS WITH DOOR OPEN. FUEL PUMP WOULDN'T WORK, CAR HAD TO BE TOWED FROM A PARKING LOT. NO PRIOR WARNING TO THIS PROBLEM, WHAT IF THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING?