1995 FORD WINDSTAR Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

THE VEHICLE STARTED RUNNING ROUGHLY WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF WHITE EXHAUST AND AN OVER HEATED ENGINE. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, THEIR DIAGNOSIS, A FAILED HEAD GASKET. CONSUMER HAS DISCOVERED THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THE FLAW WITH THE HEAD GASKETS AND THAT THERE ARE COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CONSUMERS WITH THESAME PROBLEM. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT FOR MONIES PAID. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD OFTEN SHOW HOT. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS ALSO A PROBLEM WAS WITH A PART OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE PART WAS REPLACED BUT A FEW WEEKS LATER THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN. AT THIS TIME THE DEALER REALIZED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WAS A LEAKY HEAD GASKET. THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE OVERHEATING WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE TEMPERATURE SENDER BURNOUT CAUSED BY THE THERMOSTAT MALFUNCTION CAUSED BY THE LEAKY HEAD GASKET. CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO NEVER BEING TOLD OF THE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION WARRANTY. *SLC *NM

VEHICLE PARKED AFTER JULY,2000 AS PROBLEM COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED. WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE 3 TIMES WHILE IN THE VEHICLE. OCTOBER 31, 2000, SOUGHT A THIRD OPINION-CAR TAKEN TO INVER GROVE FORD. INTERNAL HEAD GASKET LEAK. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE HEAD GASKETS HAD BEEN REPLACED. WHILE DRIVING CAR HOME, IT OVERHEATED AND WAS RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP FOR ENGINE REPLACEMENT. WAS ADVISED THAT THE FLEXPIPE AS CORRODED AND EXHAUSTING INTO THE CAR. WAS TOLE THIS WAS THE PROBABLE SOURCE OF MY GETTING SICK IN THE CAR. EVEN AFTER THE REPAIRS, I AM SO CHEMICALLY SENSITIVE THAT I CAN NOT EVEN GET INTO THE CAR. THIS CAR HAS BEEN PARKED SINCE JULY,2000 AS IT IS TOO TOXIC FOR ME TO BE IN THIUS VAN AT ALL. FORD HAS BEEN CONTACTED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AS WELL AS THE DEALERSHIPS. I ADVISED THEM IN JUNE OF 2000 THAT THIS VAN WAS...

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED ALLOWING COOLENT TO LEAK INTO THE FIREING CHAMBER, THEREBY CAUSING THE ENGINE TO BIND UP. UPON REMOVAL OF THE #4,5 AND 6 SPARK PLUGS, ANTI-FREEZ LEAKED OUT OF THE #4 SPARK PLUG HOLE. THIS IS CONSISTANT WITH THE KNOWN FAILURES OF THE GASKET IN QUESTION.

VEHICLE WAS MAKING A STRANGE NOISE UPON STARTING. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND THEY STATED THAT HEAD GASKET BROKE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY, VEHICLE STARTED SLOWING DOWN. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDER AND OIL OR ANTIFREEZE WAS LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. *AK THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR THREE TIMES FOR A FAILED GASKET. THE ENGINE WON'T HEAT UP PROPERLY DUE TO THE THERMOSTAT BEING STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. NEW OXYGEN SENSORS HAD TO BE INSTALLED DUE TO BEING CONTAMINATED FROM THE COOLANT. *JG

WHILE DRIVING HEARD A POPPING NOISE/VEHICLE WILL RUN ROUGHLY, AND WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE.CONTACTED MECHANIC.OUTER HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN.ALSO, REPLACED TRANSMISSION. *AK

FORD OFFERED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, 7 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES BECAUSE OF HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS. THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE HAS 43,000 MILES BUT THE 7 YEARS EXPIRED IN MARCH. ON APRIL 22 THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. FORD WILL NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *JG *NM

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING ENGINE COOLANT AND OIL DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILING. CONSUMER HAD HEAD GASKET REPLACED. BUT AFTER ONLY 22,000 MILES HEAD GASKET WENT OUT AGAIN. DEALER DID NOT WANT TO REPLACE HEAD GASKET AGAIN.*AK

SMOKE WAS COMING FROM TAILPIPE. DEALER DETERMINED THAT HEADGASKET WAS BLOWN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK CONSUMER ADDS WHILE DRIVING, HEARD A CRACKING SOUND, AND SMOKE BEGAN TO COME FROM TAILPIPE. DEALER FOUND CRACKED HEAD GASKET AND WATER LEAKING FROM EXHAUST PIPE. *TT

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR HEAD GASKET, REPAIR SHOP ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE BECAUSE OF PISTON DAMAGE AND SMOKING. VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM BUT DEALER WON'T FIX FOR FREE. *JG

AT 55MPH HEAD GASKET HAD OVERHEATED, AND THEY CAN SEE BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM GASKET. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHILE BEING DRIVEN, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. ONE DEALER SAYS IT WAS DUE TO THE HEATER CORE ANOTHER DEALERSHIP SAYS IT WAS DUE TO THE HEAD GASKETS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. NOT UNDER RECALL.*JB THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE FOR THE VEHICLES OVERHEATING. *YH

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, TRANSMISSION FAILED, NO PRIOR INDICATION THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THIS IS THIRD TRANSMISSION IN VEHICLE.*AK. CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED 2 BLOWN HEAD GASKETS, AND AN OIL LEAK.*JB

VEHICLE STARTED LEAKING COOLANT AND WOULD NOT START. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN.*AK *TT

HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH A NEW ENGINE , UNDER WARRANTY, AT 99250 MILES. IT LASTED 49750 MILES BEFORE IT BLEW AGAIN. I AM NOT SURE IF THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ALSO!*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ARE LEAKING ANTIFREEZE ONTO ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER ADDS ABS BRAKE SYSTEM DEFECTIVE. VEHICLE REPEATEDLY STALLS AND WILL NOT RESTART. *TT

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT.*AK

TIMING CHAIN COVER GASKET FAILURE, OTHER KNOWN OWNERS OF SAME VEHICLE REPORT SAME PROBLEM, RESULTING ANTI-FREEZE LEAKS. EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND NO KNOWN RECALL*AK

HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE ALREADY. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE. *AK

WHLE DRIVING, ENGINE OVERHEATED AND VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING . HAD TO BE TOWED. IT WAS ALL CAUSED BY A BUSTED HEAD GASKET. *AK DEALER STATES ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE HEAD GASKET COOLANT IS LINKING FLUID. *JB

HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING, AND ENGINE FAILED MAKING VEHICLE INOPERABLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER LATER THEN THE TIME WAS ALLOWED FOR VEHICLE TO BE LOOKED AT AS A RECALL PUT OUT BY MANUFACTURER. *AK

VEHICLE OVERHEATED DUE HEADGASKETS BLOWING ENGINE. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED WITHIN 2000 MILES OF THE EXPIRATION OF AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. FORD REFUSES TO ASSIST IN THE REPAIR OF THIS VEHICLE.

CONSUMER STATED THAT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED, TECH ADVISOR DETERMINED IT WAS THE HEATED OXYGEN SENSOR WHICH WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELRATOR, THE ENGINE HESITATED, CONSUMER RECEIVED WARRANTY EXTENSION ON HEAD GASKET, THE ENGINE ULTIMATELY FAILED, AND THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, HOWEVER THE HESITATION PROBLEM IMPROVED BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND AS WELL BEFORE, THE HEISTATION BECAME WORSE AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE HAD FAILED, BUT NOT DUE TO THE HEAD GASKET, CONSUMER RECEIVED A SECOND OPINON BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT WATER WAS DETECTED IN THE #6 CYLINDER AND DETERMINED THAT THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FAIL, THE MECHANIC ATTRIBUTED THE ROOT CAUSE OF PROBLEM TO BE A HEAD GASKET FAILURE, HOWEVER MANUFACTURER IS NOT HONORING WARRANTY STATING THAT THE GASKET WAS REPLACED PREVIOUSLY AND THAT THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT THE FAILED ENGINE WAS NOT...

CONSUMER HAD DRIVEN LESS THAN A MILE WHEN HE NOTICED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT ALL THE WAY TO HIGH, VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEAD GASKET HAD FAILED AND A NEW REBUILT ENGINE WOULD BE NEEDED, CONSUMER IS AWARE OF RECALL 98M01 AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

HEAD GASKET AND TIMING COVER GASKET LEAKING IS CAUSING DAMAGE TO MAIN BEARINGS LEADING TO PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE. SEVERAL FORD DEALERS HAVE CONFIRMED THIS AS THE CAUSE AND FORD IS NOT ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY.

ENGINE GASKET BLEW OUT.*AK

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED AT 125,000 DESTROYING THE ENGINE AND THE TRANSMISSION, CONSUMER STATES IT TOOK SIX WEEKS TO GET A REPLACEMENT ENGINE REBUILT, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING COMPENSATION SINCE FORD HAS A KNOWN HEAD GASKET PROBLEM.*JB

WHEN ACCELERATING VEHICLE JERKS BACK AND THEN IT TAKES OFF. VEHICLE IS ASSUMED TO HAVE A CRACKED PISTON. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HAVE MOTOR PROBLEMS WHILE DRIVING.*AK

HEAD GASKETS KEEP PREMATURELY BLOWING OUT. ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT LEAST 4 TIMES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THIS WAS A DESIGN FLAW IN ENGINE. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

THE HEAD GASKETS ON MY CAR FAILED. I KNEW THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THEM, BUT YOU COULD NOT BRING THE CAR IN UNTIL THEY FAILED WHICH I THOUGHT WAS ABSURD IN THE FIRST PLACE. WELL THEY FAILED TWO WEEKENDS AGO AND I BROUGHT MY WINDSTAR IN AND NOW THEY TELL ME THE WARRANTY EXPIRED A FEW MONTHS AGO. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY INSTEAD OF AN OUTRIGHT RECALL . AFTER PERUSING THE WEB, I SAW WHAT A WIDESPREAD , DANGEROUS PROBLEM THIS IS. THANK GOD, MY HUSBAND WAS AN EXPERIENCED, LEVEL HEADED, DRIVER. I'VE READ SOME STORIES WHERE THE OUTCOME WAS NOT POSITIVE. 1995 FORD WINDSTARS SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THEIR HEAD GASKETS . THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. I KNOW YOU GUYS MUST BE VERY BUSY INDEED.*AKI

AFTER EXPERIENCING ENGINE OVERHEATING/LOSS OF COOLANT, THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED UNDER THE TERMS OF A FORD PROGRAM IN 1998. IN MARCH 2002, PROBLEMS RECURRED WITH ANTI-FREEZE VAPORS FILLING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT VIA THE VENT SYSTEM. FORD DEALER DIAGNOSIS INDICATED HEAD GASKET FAILURE (AGAIN) AND GASKET WAS REPLACED. WITHIN DAYS OF THIS REPAIR, VAPORS RETURNED AND CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALER. CURRENT DIAGNOSIS IS A RUPTURED HEATING COIL, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. TOTAL CHARGES FOR THE TWO PROBLEMS COMES TO ABOUT $1500.

HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND FAIL.*AK

FIRST THE HEAD GASKET LEAKED-DEALER REPLACED ON AN OPEN END RECALL, SECOND THE TRANSMISSION WENT. HAD THAT REBUILT WITH ALL UPDATES INCLUDED. COST $1450.00 OUT OF POCKET. THIRD THE SEAL AROUNT THE TIMING CHAIN LEAKED. HAD ALL THE GASKETS REPLACED TO THE OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE OF $450.00. FOURTH, ON A FAMILY VACATION WE WERE DRIVING DOWN I79 SOUTH FROM ERIE PA AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS THIS CLINKING NOISE COMING FROM THE MOTOR. WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE BEFORE THE ENGINE DIED COMPLETELY. THERE WERE NO ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS ON PRIOR TO THE COMPLETE SHUT DOWN. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO NEAREST GARAGE AND FOUND THAT WE HAD THROWN A ROD. THEY ARE REPLACING THE ENGINE WITH A LARGE BLOCK TO THE OUT OF POCKET COST OF $3,000.00. WHEN WE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WE WERE TOLD THAT BECAUSE WE DID NOT TOW THE VEHICLE...

WHILE DRIVING AT 60MPH HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL OVER.*AK

AFTER PUTTING FUEL IN VEHICLE AND START DRIVING ENGINE STARTED TO SMOKE. PARKED VEHICLE. CONTACTED MECHANIC AND VEHICLE WAS TOWED IN. MECHANIC INDICATED FUEL WAS ENTERING OIL FOR MOTOR, WHICH WAS A PROBLEM. A NEW ENGINE WOULD BE REQUIRED.*AK

1995 FORD WINDSTAR LX HAS HAD REPORTED SYMPTOMS OF HEAD GASKETS LEAKING SINCE 90483 MILES. CAR REPAIRED BY SEVERAL MECHANICS IN AS MANY TIMES AND NEVER TOLD ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. HEAD GASKETS LEAKED CAUSING WATER TO LEAK INTO OIL INSIDE OF ENGINE AND CAUSING A ROD TO THROW THROUGH THE BLOCK OF THE ENGINE. ENGINE IS UNUSABLE NOW DUE TO THIS DEFECT BY FORD WHEN INSTALLING HEAD GASKETS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM TAIL PIPE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ADD ANOTHER MEMBER TO THE FORD WINDSTAR CLUB WITH FAILED HEAD GASKETS. BECAUSE WE PURCHASED OUR VEHICLE IN NOVEMBER OF 1994, WE MISSED BEING COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY BY THREE MONTHS, EVEN THOUGH OUR VEHICLE HAD ONLY 62,439 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. FORD SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I'M PREPARING A SMALL CLAIMS SUIT WHERE I WILL ASK FOR AN EXCEPTION TO THE EXTENDED WARRANTY REQUIREMENTS, AND REIMBURSEMENT IN FULL FOR THE COST OF REPAIRS. NLM

CONTACTED MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ENDED IN 7 YEARS. MY VEHICLE'S HEAD GASKETS FAILED 7 YEARS, 9 MONTHS. COOLANT LEAKED INTO THE ENGINE CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE. NO WARNING SUCH AS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON UNTIL AFTER FAILURE. NKM

HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN TWICE. HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE 2 TIMES. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *YH

HEAD GASKET FAILURE WAS RECALL ITEM, BUT NOT COVERED IN OUR SITUATION BECAUSE WE ARE LOW-MILEAGE DRIVERS. RECALL WARRANTY WAS UNDER 100,000 MILES OR LESS THAN 7 YEARS, WHICH EVER CAME FIRST. OUR CAR WAS 7 YEARS AND 6 WEEKS OLD. FAILURE AT 62,000 MILES WAS WITHIN AVERAGE FOR HEAD GASKET FAILURES, BUT NOT COVERED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REACH THIS MILEAGE UNTIL 6 WEEKS AFTER WARRANTY. WARRANTY SHOULDN'T HAVE TIME LIMITATION IF WITHIN MILEAGE LIMITS.*AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE WAS RECALL ITEM, BUT NOT COVERED IN OUR SITUATION BECAUSE WE ARE LOW-MILEAGE DRIVERS. RECALL WARRANTY WAS UNDER 100,000 MILES OR LESS THAN 7 YEARS, WHICH EVER CAME FIRST. OUR CAR WAS 7 YEARS AND 6 WEEKS OLD. FAILURE AT 62,000 MILES WAS WITHIN AVERAGE FOR HEAD GASKET FAILURES, BUT NOT COVERED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REACH THIS MILEAGE UNTIL 6 WEEKS AFTER WARRANTY. WARRANTY SHOULDN'T HAVE TIME LIMITATION IF WITHIN MILEAGE LIMITS.*AK

LIGHT INDICATORS COMING ON, LOSS OF COOLANT AND SOUND FORD DIAGNOSED LEAK OF TIMING CHAIN ASSEMBLY AND BILL PIERRE FORD SAID NO LEAK, NO WORK DONE.

AFTER FIRST START IT TAKES 15 MINUTES BEFORE DASH LIGHTS AND POWER WINDOWS WORK. MECHANIC DETERMINED AN ELECTRICAL SHORT UNDER DASH.*AK

TIMING BELT GASKET IS CAUSING A PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE. COOLANT IS LEAKING FROM THIS ENGINE PART.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY SMOKE. IT WOULD OVERHEAT AND EMPTY FLUID FROM RADIATOR. GUAGES NEVER SHOWED THAT VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING. ALSO, DRIVER COULD SMELL ANTI-FREEZE WHENEVER VEHICLE WOULD START TO OVERHEAT. THIS WAS ALL DUE TO FAULTY HEAD GASKETS. *AK