NHTSA Complaint #757107 — 1995 FORD WINDSTAR

TRANSMISSION BEING REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME. STARTED REPORTING PROBLEMS AT 10,000 MILES. DEALER COULD NOT IDENTIFY. (SLUGISH, BUCKING, ROUGH ACCELERATION.) AT 60,000 MILES WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKET AND MADE OTHER ADJUSTMENTS (DON'T KNOW WHAT BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL IN CODE ON REPAIR SLIP) AT 90,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION WENT. MOTOR MOUNTS ALSO HAD TO BE FIXED. PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATION AND BUCKING CAME LESS THAT 7,000 MILES LATER. SECOND TRANSMISSION WENT LESS THAN 20,000 MILES LATER! ALSO HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH (REPLACED 3 TIMES AND STILL DOES NOT WORK RIGHT) AND WARNING LIGHTS FOR THE BRAKES AND AIRBAGS. (NO PROBLEMS EVER FOUND) FORD DEALER SAYS TRANSMISSION IS NOT A RECALL ITEM AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO. I FIND THIS SHOCKING IN LIGHT OF THE NEARLY 4,000 COMPLAINTS THAT THE NHSTA HAS LOGGED FOR THE 95 WINDSTAR, (669 FOR TRANSMISSIONS!!!). FORD SHOULD BE ASHAMED!*AK