1995 FORD WINDSTAR Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED UNDER THE FORD PROGRAM. I DROVE THE CAR 2 TIMES, EACH TIME APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES. THE SECOND TIME I DROVE IT IT OVERHEATED AND HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY REPLACED THE TIMING CHAIN COVER GASKET. I WAS TOLD BY A FORD DEALER THAT THE TIMING CHAIN COVER GASKET WAS AS LIKELY TO BE BAD AS THE HEAD COVER GASKET BUT FORD DIDN'T COVER THAT. BOTH GASKET PROBLEMS ALLOWED COOLANT TO GET INTO THE ENGINE OIL. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT BECAUSE THE HEAD GASKET WAS FIXED IT ALLOWED MORE PRESSURE TO BUILD AND THAT IS WHY THE OTHER GASKET BLEW SO QUICKLY. I BELIEVE THE GASKET PROBLEMS ARE RELATED AND THAT BOTH SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER THE FACTORY PROGRAM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS GOING 60MPH AND ENGINE LOST OIL PRESSURE AND CONSTANTLY OVERHEATED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT DIDN'T COME ON AS A WARNING. PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE 1998. PROBLEM WAS PREVIOUSLY CAUSED BY COOLANT DETERIORATING THE BEARINGS. ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT DEALER WILL NOT GET INVOLVED FINANCIALLY. CONSUMER WILL BE FULLY RESPONSIBILE FOR THE REPAIRS. *AK *JB

AM I RESPONSIBLE FOR SHARING IN THE COST W/FORD FOR AN ENGINE REPLACEMENT? I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS DUE TO THE BLOWN HEADGASKET THAT WAS REPLACED IN 12/98. ONE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THE OTHER SAID NO, I MUST SHARE IN THE EXPENSE OF A NEW ENGINE. IN THE MEANTIME, I AM STILL DRIVING IT (FORD WON'T PAY IN FULL FOR A RENTAL CAR) WITH CHILDREN AND SPOUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY INFO YOU CAN. THANKS. *AK

FORD HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY ABOUT HEAD GASKET FAILURE ENGINE, BUT MINE IS EXPIRED. I FEEL VERY VERY VERY UNFAIR AND UPSET.*AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED-NUMEROUS HEAD GASKET 482 REPORTED IN 2000-FORD REFUSED TO HELP-USED MONEY FROM CHILDREN FUND TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. PLEASE HELP

HEAD GASKET FAILURE--JUST PAST WARRANTY MILEAGE CUTOFF--FORD REFUSING PAYMENT. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE SIX MONTHS/9K MILES AFTER FORD DEALER REPLACED ENGINE UNDER PROGRAM FOR HEAD GASKET FAILURE. *AK

VEHICLE TAKEN TO FORD FOR ENGINE LIGHT ON AND RUNNING ROUGH. FORD DEALER SAID HEAD GASKET WAS BAD AND REPLACED. ALSO FOUND FRONT TIMING COVER LEAKING, AND CHARGED $901.00 TO REPAIR ON MAY 17, 2001. WHILE ON VACATION IN ALASKA, VEHICLE HAD 3000 MILES ON IT SINCE REPAIR WAS DONE AND OIL WAS CHANGED. AFTER TRAVELING A SHORT DISTANCE A NOISE WAS HEARD IN THE MOTOR. WHEN PULLED INTO THE GARAGE THE MOTOR HAD A SERIOUS NOISE, THE OIL PAN WAS DROPPED AND THE BEARINGS WERE WIPED OUT. MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO MAKE IT BACK HOME. COST $4000.00. WOULD LIKE REFUND FROM FORD FOR MONEY PAID OUT FOR THE NEW MOTOR.*AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON VAN. WARRANTY ENDED 2 WEEKS AGO. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON A VEHICLE WITH SO LITTLE MILEAGE. I UNDERSTAND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FACING THIS PROBLEM DAILY WITH THEIR WINDSTARS. WHY IS FORD NOT BEING MORE AGGRESSIVE IN COMPENSATING FOR AN OBVIOUS AND ADMITTABLY FALTY CONSTRUCTION DESIGN WITH THE ENGINE?*AK

THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE VEHICLE HAS AN ELECTRICAL COMPUTER SYSTEM DEFECT WHICH CAUSES COOLANT BACK UP AND EFFECTS THE TRANSMISSION BURNING IT OUT, IT ALSO CAUSES REPEATED DAMAGE TO THE HEAD GASKET AND TRANSMISSION, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL REPAIRS MADE. NLM

TRANSMISSION AND HEAD GASKET SFAILED AT 48000 BOTH REPLACED. ENGINE FAILURE AT 50,000 NOW WAITING 8 WEEKS FOR REPLACEMENT ENGINE.

ONLY 65,200 MILES AND I AM ORIGINAL OWNER, AND TOOK GREAT CARE OF MY WINDSTAR BUT THE HEAD GASKETS STILL BLEW. WHEN MY WINDSTAR WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR OTHER FACTORY RECALLS, I WAS ALREADY AWARE OF THE HEAD GASKET WARNING NOTICE AND MY "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" WAS COMING ON CONSTANTLY SO I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE MY HEAD GASKETS. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED, SAYING THERE WEREN'T ENOUGH "SYMPTOMS" AND THAT IT HAD TO BREAK DOWN BEFORE THEY WOULD INSTALL THE "IMPROVED" HEAD GASKETS! *AK

PREMATURE WEAR OF THE HEAD GASKETS. HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT, CAUSING ENGINE TO LOCK UP, RESULTING IN DRIVER LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE, DEALER WAS REPLACING MOTOR. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD AN ENGINE KNOCK. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING AND THE BEARING HAD FAILED. AFTER AN OIL PRESSURE TEST, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE OIL PRESSURE WAS LOW AND THE COOLANT WAS IN THE OIL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE. THE CONSUMER LATER RECEIVED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE NOTICE FROM THE MANUFACTURE FOR POSSIBLE HEAD GASKET FAILURE WHICH COULD CAUSE THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. *YH

I HAVE HAD TWO HEAD GASKET PLACE ON MY VAN WITHIN ABOUT 18 MONTHS FROM EACH OTHER. BUT THIS TIME I TOOK MY VAN IN TO HAVE THE HEAD GASKET REPAIR AND WAS CHARGES 150 % MORE THAN THE OTHER REPAIR. I TOOK IT IN AND TOLD THEM THAT WHITE SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE HEAD GASKET . THEY SUPOSELY FIXED IT FOR $2,479.00 THEN TWO DAY LATER I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK IN BECAUSE OF THE OIL PRESSURE. THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED ANOTHER ENGINE WHICH WOULD COST ME ANOTHER $1,000.00. MY QUESTION IS THAT THEY DID NOT DO A DIAGONOTIC CHECK, JUST PLACED PARTS ON MY VAN WITHOUT APPROVAL , CHARGED ME FOR IT. NOW I HAVE TO PAY A TOTAL OF $3,479.00. THE FRIGHTEN PART IS THAT WITH THE HEAD GASKET GOING OUT TWICE, I AM...

LEAKED QUITE A BIT OF ANTIFREEZE...HAD TO REPLACE TIMING COVER GASKET. ALSO MORE RECENTLY, A FRONT TIRE BLEW DUE TO RUSTED FRONT SPRINGS AND STRUTS WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WITHIN 97,000 MILES TRANSMISSION HAS MALFUNCTIONED, REVERSE POSITION IS INOPERABLE, CAUSE UNKNOWN . *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT LOW ONE GEAR IS INOPERABLE, CONSUMER ALSO EXPERIENCED HEAD GASKET FAILURE, AS WELL AS OVERHEATING IN THE FUEL TANK.*JB

THE TIMING COVER BEGAN LEAKING EXTERNALLY AND COOLANT WAS OBSERVED IN AT LEAST #4 CYLINDER, THIS DEFECT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT, CAUSING THE ENGINE NEEDING TO BE REMADE, CONSUMER IS FURIOUS THAT THE HEAD GASKETS CAN NOT BE REPLACED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. NLM

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLES ENGINE, ANTIFREEZE LEAKED THROUGH THE GASKET INTO THE BLOCK AND DESTROYED THE LUBRICATING EFFECT OF THE OIL CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. NLM

WE HAVE REPLACED THE ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, HEAD GASKETS, AND MANY ADDITIONAL PARTS. I HAVE SPENT CLOSE TO $6,000 IN REPAIRS SINCE BUYING THIS VEHICLE. I JUST WANT FORD TO ADMIT THAT THE 95 WINDSTAR HAS PROBLEMS.

ENGINE BLEW HEAD GASKET AND MUST BE REPLACED. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET AND TIMINIG COVER LEAKED AS STATED IN THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY, UPON REMOVAL OF THE TWO COMPONENTS THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE ENGINE SEVERELY SLUDGED AND WORN, THE DIP STICK AND ENGINE COOLANT TUBE ARE CORRODED, CONSUMER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS WHICH WERE THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE DAMAGES. NLM

VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH WHEN IDLING. DEALER REPLACED HEADGASKETS AT 26,041. THEN, ON 14 SEPT 1999, TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD GO UP AND DOWN. AT 37, 543 MILES, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THE REPLACED BOTH HEAD GASKETS. THEN ON 12/10/00 AT 43451 MILES, TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM WHICH OCCURRED TWICE. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEWOUT AND LEAKED COOLANT ONTO ENGINE, CAUSING ENGINE TO FAIL. DEALER HAS REPLACED HEAD GASKETS UNDER FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY PLOICY.*AK

THIS IS THE FOURTH HEAD GASKET FAILURE REQUIRING ENGINE REPLACEMENTS.*AK

HEAD GASKETS WERE REPAIRED FOR FREE. THEY WOULDN'T REPAIR LEAKING TIMING CHAIN GASKET UNDER THE HEAD GASKET WARRANTY THEY SHOULD HAVE REPLACED THAT AT THE SAME TIME. MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TIMING GEAR COVER LEAKING & LOSSING COOLANT

ENGINE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKETS UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTEE. *AK

A PRIVATE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE GONE OUT, AND WERE LEAKING ENGINE COOLANT. MANUFACTURER EXTENDED WARRANTY TO COVER THIS DEFECT TO 100,000 MILES. HOWEVER,CONSUMER WAS NEVER INFORMED ABOUT THIS DEFECT, AND WAS RECEIVING NO ASSISTANCE FROM THE DEALERSHIP/MANUFACTURER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

ENGINE STARTED BLOWING WHITE SMOKE FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND RUNNING VERY ROUGH. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, HE DIAGNOSED THAT HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWNOUT, AND FUEL INJECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF DEFECT IN HEAD GASKET, BUT VEHICLE EXCEEDED THE MILEAGE NECESSARY TO BE INCLUDED IN MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

VAN HAS BEEN RUNNING HOT AND NGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME CAME ON. THEY TOLD US AT THE DEALER WE NEEDED A NEW HEAD GASKET. DETROIT TOLD US IT WAS UNDER THE ONP BUT THEN WHEN WE TOLD THE DEALER THAT THEY SAID WE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE AND THAT WASN'T COVERED. LATER THAT DAY WE FOUND OUT THEY MADE A MISTAKE AND WEREN'T COVERING THE HEAD GASKET EITHER. FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE CONSUMER WITH THIS BIG PROBLEM. THEY KEEP PASSING THE BUCK WHEN IT SEEMS TO BE THEIR FAULT. ISN'T THIS TYPICAL OF FORD WITH ALL THE OTHER PROBLEMS THEY'RE HAVING THAT THEY WON'T TAKE ANY BLAME. *AK

BOLTS USED IN THE HEADS OF ENGINE CAN SNAP, WHICH CAN ALLOW WATER TO FLOW INTO CHAMBER THAT HOLDS VEHICLE. FORD ISSUED A SERVICE CAMPAIGN REGARDING THIS DEFECT, AND HAS INFORMED CONSUMER THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THIS CAMPAIGN, HOWEVER, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IS OVER 100,000 MILE LIMIT, AND FORD IS REFUSING TO PERFORM SERVICE AT NO CHARGE TO CONSUMER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHEN STARTING VHEICLE COULD SEE A WHITE SMOKE JUST LIKE MENTIONED IN RECALL ON ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK

CONSUMER STATES HEAD GASKET FAILED DUE TO ENGINE PROBLEMS, ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT NO CHARGE. *JB

HEAD GASKETS AND TIMING COVER FAILED TWICE WHICH WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, EXCEPT FOR THE SECOND TIME MANUFACTURER STATES TIMING COVER FAILURE WAS NOT RELATED TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE, AS WELL AS PISTON ROD FAILURE ONCE. *JB

VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN HOME AND PARKED IN GARAGE. STARTED NOTICING FUMES COMING INSIDE HOUSE. LATER WENT OUT TO START VEHICLE WHICH FAILED TO START. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT HEAD GASKET FAILED. PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TWICE UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

RE: FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY ON FORD WINDSTAR 3.8L HEAD GASKETS (FORD NOTICE 00M09). MY 95 WINDSTARS HEAD GASKET BLEW AND HYDRO LOCKED MY ENGINE AT 81,000 MILES. THE PROCESS PUMPED A LOT OF COOLANT THROUGH MY BLOCK AND OUT THE EXHAUST AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SEVERELY OVER HEAT. SAWGRASS FORD (SUNRISE FL (954) 851-9100) HAS AGREED TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET UNDER THE WARRANTY BUT WANTS $1176 TO COVER THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL WORK: RESEAL LEAKING COOLANT AT TIMING COVER $784. TUNE-UP $110. THERMOSTAT AND GASKET $85. FLUSH COOLING SYSTEM $74. ENGINE POWER FLUSH $120. I HAD JUST FLUSHED AND REPLACED COOLANT AND HOSES WITHIN THE LAST 10,000 MILES. THERE WERE NO LEAKS IN THE ENGINE. (MY GARAGE FLOOR IS CLEAN!) I BELIEVE THAT HAD THE HEAD GASKET NOT BLEW, THIS OTHER WORK WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE 00M09 EXTENDED WARRANTY WORK. THE ONLY REASON...

HEAD GASKET FAILURE. *AK

PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE RESULTED IN A DESTROYED ENGINE.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLOWN. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE,TRANSMISSION FAILURE BETWEEN 47,500-49.500 MILES. UNSAFE LEMON.FORD WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. *AK

ENGINE STARTS TO CHARGE AND WHITE SMOKE COMES OUT OF THE TAILPIPE. TOOK TO DEALER, AND IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, AND TIMING COVER GASKET.*AK FORD DENIES ANY RESPONSIBILTY DUE TO MILEAGE. *SLC

BOUGHT WINDSTAR LX 3.8 USED 1996, TWO YEARS LATER HEAD GASKET BLEW,. I HAD EXTENDED WARRANTY INSURANCE TO COVE ALL EXPENSES, HOW EVER THE REPLACEMENT HEAD GASKET BLEW THIS WEEK DESTROYING THE ENGINE, FOR TELL ME I AM OUT OF LOOK, BECAUSE I DID MY OWN OIL CHANGES IN THE PAST YEAR, MY VAN HAS NEVER BEEN RECALLED, NOR WAS I NOTIFIED IN MARCH 2000 ABOUT A DEFECTED HEAD GASKET, THE REPLACEMENT GASKET IN 1998 WAS THE DEFECTED GASKET, THE COST TO REPLACE ENGINE ID\S $6000,00. CANADIAN PLEASE NOTE THERE APPEARS TO BE NO ORGANISATION IN CANADA TO COMPLAIN TO CAN YOU ADVISE ME [email protected] I NEED HELP. *AK

BOTH HEAD GASKETS FAILED MONTHS AFTER THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THEY (MANUFACTURER) WOULD REPLACE THEM FOR FREE, THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS SLIGHTLY OVER THE MILEAGE REQUIREMENT, IN JAN 01 THE OIL VALVE STUCK CAUSING THE OIL NOT TO FLOW THUS BLOWING OFF THE OIL FILER, THE OIL LIGHT NEVER CAME ON THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT AND THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED. NLM

SERVICED AT DEALERSHIP FOR LEAKING HEAD GASKET PER EXTENDED WARRANTY LETTER (00M09). EXTENSIVE COOLING SYSTEM DAMAGE CAUSED AS RESULT OF HEAD GASKET FAILURE. DEALER QUOTED $1,500 WORTH OF WORK THAT WOULD BE OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE. VEHICLE DRIVEN IMMEDIATELY TO INDEPENDANT CERTIFIED MECHANIC FOR REMAINDER OF REPAIRS (LESS THAN 3 MILES DOOR TO DOOR). DEALER QUOTE MORE EXPENSIVE AND INCLUDED WORK THAT WAS NOT NECESSARY (REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION PAN GASKET-GASKET WAS LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OLD). ENGINE FAILED SAME DAY WORK WAS COMPLETED (DRIVEN LESS THAN 20 MILES). REPLACEMENT ENGINE ON 5 WEEK BACKORDER FROM MANUFACTURER. ENGINE REPLACEMENT FAILED 3 DAYS AFTER WORK COMPLETED. SECOND ENGINE REPLACEMENT PERFORMED BY ANOTHER FORD DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE WAS RETURNED LEAKING FLUID AND WITH CLAMPS AND HOSES DISCONNECTED (HAD TO BE RETURNED AGAIN). FORD HAS ACKNOWLEGDED PROBLEM AND EXISTENCE OF $4,000 COUPON PROGRAM TO OWNERS FOR REPAIRS. HOWEVER, BEST FORD STILL WILL NOT HONOR PROGRAM. HAVE...

SECOND FAILURE OF HEAD GASKET. FIRST FAILURE AT 60K. FORD REFUSES TO WARRANT WORK SECOND TIME. APPARANTLY THIS 3.8L ENGINE REQUIRES EXPENSIVE HEAD GASKET REPAIRS EVERY 50-60K MILES.

PURCHASED NEW IN LATE 1994, THIS WINDSTAR 3.8L ENGINE BLEW ITS FIRST HEAD GASKET AT 39 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP AND 50,000 MILES. SEVERAL YEARS AFTER PAYING FOR REPAIR FORD FINALLY OFFERED OWNERS REIMBURSEMENT FOR SUCH REPAIRS AND EXTENDED ENGINE WARRANTY TO 100,000 MILES. ALTHOUGH I HAD LOCAL DEALERSHIP CHECK ON LOW FLUIDS AT 97,000 MILES THEY DID NOTHING BUT TOP OFF FLUIDS. AT 103,000 MILES THEY TOLD ME MY HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN AND THAT ENGINE COOLANT WAS GOING INTO ENGINE. FORD WAS CONTACTED AND REFUSED TO HONOR REPAIR WORK UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. ON. *AK

HEAD GASKET STOPPED OPERATING, RESULTING IN REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

PERSISTENT FAILURE OF HEADGASKET DUE TO ERROR IN ENGINE DESIGN.*AK

I PURCHASED A 95 FORD WINDSTAR, IN MAY OF L998 WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. AFTER 90,000 I BEGAN NOTCIING LEAKAGE FROM THE HEAD GASKET. WARRANTY HAD ENDED I SOUGHT AN INDEPENDENT DEALER FOR SERVICE. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY FORD OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ISSUED ON THE GASKETS FOR 95 WINDSTARS. AS A CONSUMER I FEEL THAT FORD VOILATED MLY LRIGHTS AS A CUSTMOER FOR NOT NOTIFYING ME OF THE RECALL. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE WAS RUNNING HOT SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO SHOULDERS. A TOW TRUCK HAD TO TOW THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS CAUSED ENGINE FAILURE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO NOT BEING NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS. *SLC

TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. *AK VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING WHILE IN MOTION, CONSUMER STATES IT FEELS AS IF THE TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP, MECHANIC CHECKED VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE HEAD GASKETS. *SLC