1995 FORD WINDSTAR Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

CONSUMER NEVER HAD A WARNING OF A PROBLEM UNTIL SHE HAD 100 THOUSAND MILE CHECK UP. THEN, HEARD A NOISE. TOOK AUTOMOBILE BACK TO DEALER, AND WHEN MECHANIC TOOK IT BACK TO BAY AREA HEAD GASKETS BLEW UP.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS FAILED, REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE, OWNER WOULD LIKE FORD TO HELP WITH REPAIRS MADE, FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 7 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES. CJ

RECALL FOR HEAD GASKET WAS PERFORMED, BUT NOW ENGINE IS LEAKING ALL WATER OUT OF IT .*AK CONSUMER STATES HEATER CORE ROTTED OUT, CRANK CASE OIL KEEPS TURNING BLACK, OIL FILTER KEEPS PLUGGING UP OIL, OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATES WHEN SLOWING DOWN FOR FULL STOP OR JUST SLOWING DOWN, CONSUMER HAS BEEN CHARGED FOR ADDITIONAL REPAIRS. *SLC

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. DEALER FOUND TIMECASE COVER GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FORD HAS AN UNUSUALLY HIGH NUMBER OF GASKET FAILURES, AND THAT THERE IS ALREADY A RECALL ON THE HEAD GASKET. HOWEVER - THE FRONT COVER GASKET FAILURES ARE NOT COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL REPAIR. I AM INTERESTED IN INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF FRONT COVER GASKET FAILURES IN THE EARLY WINDSTAR MODELS, AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS ISSUE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THANK YOU.

FORD REPLACED ENGINE AFTER HEAD GASKT REPAIRS CONTAMINATED.JERKING AGAIN!!THE ORIGINAL ENGINE WAS REPLACED AUG 2000 AFTER RON ROBERT'S FORD CONTAMINATED IT WHEN REPAIRING THE HEAD GASKET THAT WENT OUT. (WHICH IN ORDER TO HAVE REPAIRED I HAD TO GET MY STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONSUMER PROTECTION OFFICE INVOLVED BECAUSE FORD AND RON ROBERTS REFUSED TO REPLACE THE GASKET EVEN AFTER I HAD BEEN IN AND HAD IT CHECKED 4 MONTHS BEFORE AS PER AN OWNER NOTIFICATION I RECEIVED.) I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED BY PRUITT FORD IN BURKBURNETT, TX AFTER THE RON ROBERTS FIASCO. PRUITT DID THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON...I TOOK IT BACK AND HAD SOME HOSES REPLACED. I WAS ADVISED THAT NO TUNE UP WAS NEEDED (NOTE: MY OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED 4 MONTHS BEFORE MY ENGINE BLEW). FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 3 YEARS MY CHECK ENGINE WAS OFF. I JUST...

WATER PUMP FAILED 2 TIMES, FRONT TIMING COVER FAILED, AND THE OIL PUMP HAD TO BE SEALED. *SLC

BLOWN HEAD GASKET REPLACED TWICE, THE FIRST TIME THE REPLACEMENT WAS REIMBURSED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL, THE 2ND FAILURE THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR. *SLC

WHEN DRIVING NO MORE THEN OVER TWO MILES VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT AND OVERHEATED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER CORRECTED PROBLEM UNDER RECALL AT 65 THOUSAND MILES. HEAD GASKET REPLACED WITH AN ALUMINUM PART. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEM AT ONE HUNDRED NINE THOUSAND MILES. MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS EVEN BEFORE THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. STILL, THERE WERE NO ATTEMPT BY THE MANUFACTURER TO CORRECT THESE PROBLEMS. *YH

TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN AUG. 2000, REPLACED AT MY COST,THEN HEAD GASKET BLEW, FORD RECALL/PROGRAM FIXED UNDER WARRANTY, IMMEDIATELY AFTR MAIN BEARING SHOT. FORD SAYS IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. *AK

WE HAVE HAD FORD REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET ONCE, AND THE ENTIRE ENGINE HEAD & GASKET ON ANOTHER OCCASSION. NOW, THE ENGINE IS LEAKING COOLANT FROM AROUND THE TIMING BELT HOUSING. I CAN NOT GET ANY SATISFACTION FROM FORD MOTOR CO. MY PERSONAL MECHANIC SAYS THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO WAY THAT COOLANT SHOULD BE LEAKING FROM THAT AREA OF THE ENGINE WITH ONLY 76,000 MILES ON THE CAR! CAN YOU HELP ME? THANKS!*AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND WHITE SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT. THEN VEHICLE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND OVERHEATED. *AK

ENGINE BLEW OUT, AND HEADGASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED PRIOR TO THAT. *AK

HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN PREMATURELY. DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKETS AT 80000 MILES UNDER T EXTENDED WARRANTY POLICY. HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWED SINCE THEN. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

RECALL ON SLIDING DOOR - PROBLEM EVER SINCE REPAIRED. REAR WIPER MOTOR DIED THREE TIMES AND WAS REPLACED. RECALL ON HEAD GASKETS. SINCE FORD DEALER REPLACED THEM, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS BLEW, REPLACED THOSE AT OUR EXPENSE (APPROX. $1000), THEN THE FRONT WATER PUMP GASKET BLEW AND REPLACED THOSE AT OUR EXPENSE (APPROX. ANOTHER $500), THEN THE ENGINE BLEW AND WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE CAUSE WAS WATER AND ANTIFREEZE GOT INTO THE ENGINE AND SPUN THE BEARINGS.... TOLD BY THE PARTS MANAGER THAT IT ALL STARTED BACK WITH THE HEAD GASKETS. FORD IS NOT BACKING THEIR ENGINE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. ALSO, WAS NOT TOLD THE FIRST TIME WE CAME IN THAT THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HEAD GASKET WOULD CAUSE MORE GASKETS TO BREAK UNTIL AFTER OUR SECOND RETURN TO THE SERVICE CENTER. SINCE THEN, WE AUTHORIZED THEM TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. FORD DOES NOT HAVE ANY ON THE...

FORD HAS EXTENDED THE MANUFACTUERS' WARRANTY ON THIS HEAD GASKET FAILURE AND ASSOCIATED DAMAGE UP TO 100,000 MILES... BECAUSE OUR CAR HAD 104,200 MILES FORD WAS UNWILLING TO PROVIDE ANY REPAIRS. THESE HEAD GASKETS FAIL AT A RATE OVER 200 TIMES THE RATE OF OTHER CARS. WE WERE WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER OUR CAR WAS ASYMPTOMATIC UNTIL IT SUDDENLY FAILED. *AK

TRIED TO START VEHICLE AND FAILED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS VEHICLE STARTED. THEN, THICK WHITE SMOKE CAME OUT OF REAR OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, AND NOTIFIED CONSUMER THAT HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. *AK

MAJOR HEAD GASKET PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE NOW PROBLEM WITH FRONT ENGINE COVER DUE TO POOR WORKMANSHIP WHEN ENGINE WAS REPLACED. FORD NEEDS TO ADMIT THAT THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM AND FULLY COMPENSATE FOR REPAIRS . COIL SPRING FAILURE IS VERY DANGEROUS. I AM GLAD THAT IT HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS GOING INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND NOT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS LIKE WHEN THE ENGINE BLEW. IT IS TWO BAD THIS MODEL YEAR WAS A DISASTER AND FORD PLAY SUCH A GAME WITH A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.A M. *AK

RADIATOR FLUID WAS BUBBLING OVER, COMING OUT TAILPIPE AND SMOKING. HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT, AND ENGINE HAS TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF DAMAGE. FORD RELEASED A WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR HEAD GASKETS. THERE WERE NO PRIOR PROBLEM WHEN LETTER WAS RECEIVED. VEHICLE WAS TO BE ONLY BROUGHT IN WHEN PROBLEM OCCURRED. ALSO, LETTER WAS BASED ON MILEAGE WHICH VEHICLE HAD EXCEEDED AT THE TIME OF PROBLEM. FORD WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING DEALING WITH LETTER. ROUNDED OFF IT WILL BE NEAR $4000 DAMAGE, TO BE REPAIRED. *JB

HAVE HEARD OF NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH HEADS ON FORD 3.8LITRE. *AK

DRIVER SIDE FRONT SUSPENSION SPRING BROKE. INITIALLY VEHICLE WAS DRIVABLE BUT EVENTUALLY THE SPRING COLLAPSED ENOUGH TO CAUSE RUBBING ON THE TIRE. SPRING WAS REPLACED AFTER A 3 MONTH WAIT DUE TO FORD NOT HAVING ANY. THIS IS ON TOP OF 2 HEAD GASKET REPLACEMENTS AND A TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE IS A LEMON, FORD KNOWS IT, AND THE CONSUMER GETS SCREWED. .*AK

HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED, CAUSING ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK. FORD WILL NOT COVER IT UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK

NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH '95 WINDSTAR INCLUDING HEAD GASKET, OXGEN SENSOR ETC. *AK

HEATER NOT WORKING PROPERLY. TEMPERATURE GAUGE OVERHEATED. TOOK IT TO DEALER TO CHECK OUT. I WAS INFORMED NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. THE 3.8 LITER V6 HEAD GASKET WAS A PROBLEM THEY WERE KNOWINGLY AWARE OF. THERE IS A SPECIAL PROGRAM PROVIDING COVERAGE FOR 7 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES. AT 105,000 MILES I DO NOT QUALIFY. MY 5 YEAR OLD VEHICLE NEEDS A NEW ENGINE AT MY EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS RELIGIOUSLY MAINTAINED. THE DEALER, AND SUPPOSED ZONE MANAGER, WON'T BUDGE. WHY DIDN'T THEY RECALL MY CAR AND REPLACE THE FAULTY HEAD GASKET BEFORE THE ENGINE FAILED. UNBELIEVABLE. AS A CONSUMER I FEEL I WAS MISLEAD AND INTENTIONALLY KEPT UNINFORMED. I FAIL TO BELIEVE FORD CAN GET AWAY WITH HAVING A PRODUCT ON THE ROAD THEY KNOW IS AN ENGINE FAILURE TIME BOMB. *AK

WE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH OUR HEAD GASKET FAILING AND SUBSEQUENT REPAIRS AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. WE HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD STATING THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE AND THERE WOULD BE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY TO COVER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE GASKET HOWEVER OUR PROBLEM IS THAT FORD KNNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 1995 WINDSTAR AND DID NOT COVER THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSED WE INCURRED BECAUSE OF A DIRECT CORRELATION WITH THE FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKET. WE HAD TO PAY $1100 OUT OF OUR OWN POCKET. IF FORD HAD SIMPLY PLACED A RECALL ON THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THIS EXPENSE. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE AT FORD'S CUSTOMER RELATIONS AND NOT ONE SINGLE PERSON WANTS TO HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. OUR SERVICE MMANAGER INFORMED US IT IS A PROBLEM...

THE 3.8 ENGINE , COVER FOR ANTI FREEZE HAS DETERIORATED, AND IS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *AK

TWO SETS OF HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWENOUT SINCE REPLACEMENT. ALSO, MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE ON NEW ENGINE.*AK THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND MAY FAIL SOON. *YH

DITSCHMAN FORD SERVICE DEPT FOUND TIMING GEAR COVER GASKET WAS LEAKING, WHILE VAN WAS IN SHOP FOR HEAD GASKET RECALL. WHILE THIS PROBLEM HAS A TSB (961714 IN YOUR DB) DEALER REFUSED TO FIX IT UNLESS I PAID $1100.00 FOR THE SERVICE. SINCE THE LEAK WAS MINOR AND THE DEALER WOULD NOT BUDGE ON THE COST, I DECLINED THE SERVICE AT THAT TIME.

MORE THAT 90% OF WINDSTAR OWNERS HAVE HAD SAME COMPLAINT OF VAN PROBLEMS...SEEMS THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM HAPPEN CLOSE TOGETHER IN TIME. I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TONS OF TIMES...DONT YOU THINK THAT ITS TIME TO PULL THESE OFF THE ROAD AND FIX THEM ONCE AND FOR ALL BEFORE SOMETHING SERIOUS HAPPENS? IT WAS A CLOSE CALL FOR ME AND MY THREE KIDS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT ON THE FORD THAT I HAVE.*AK

FAILED HEAD GASKET REPAIRED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY/ TIMING GASKET TO THE PRICE OF $808.00. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE GONE BAD, CAUSING A MAJOR OIL LEAK IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO NOTIFICATION WHICH CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE ENGINE, PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. YH

THE HEAD GASKET BLEW WITH ONLY 51,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. NLM

ENGINE GASKET BLEW, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE KEPT RUNNING HOT. TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, AND THEY SAID IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, THERE WAS A RECALL, CONSUMER NEVER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER. *AK

FORD SEEMS TO SET LIMITS JUST INSIDE EXPECTED FAIRLURE TIMES... LIMIT IS 100000 MILES FOR KNOWN HEAD GASKET ISSUE. HAD SOME TYPE ISSUE WITH GRAY PAINT PEEL OFF ON 1990 BRONCO... STARTED 2 MONTHS AFTER 5 YR WARRANTY ENDED. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE RESULTED IN 3 DIFFERENT FORD DEALERS RECOMMENDING A COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS DRIVEN LESS THAN 100 MILES AFTER THE FIRST SYMPTOM. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF A RECALL/PROGRAM TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET. FORD WAS CONTACTED AND CLAIMS THEY WILL NOT PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A KNOWN ENGINE DEFECT. *AK

I WAS TOLD BY 2 DIFFERENT MECHANICS THAT 1995 FORD 6 CL ARE NOTORIOUS ALUMINUM HEADS BLOWING THUS KILLING THE MOTOR.*AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS A SALVAGED TITLE, AND LAST MARCH FORD SENT ME THE INFORMATION ON THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS. THEY THEN RESCENDED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY SAYING THAT THE VEHICLE HAS A SALVAGED TITLE. DO I HAVE A CLAIM AGAINST THEM? THEN, JUST THIS MONTH I FOUND OUT THAT THE HEAD NOW HAS A CRACK IN IT, THUS ANOTHER MAJOR REPAIR. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP ON THIS MATTER. THANKS. RICH ROHDE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER NOTICED VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FLUID, RPM'S STARTED RUNNING HIGH AND VEHICLE OVERHEATED, CONSUMER TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND TRIED TO RESTART IT, BUT IT WOULD NOT, MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE BLEW, AFTER HEAD GASKETS WERE REPLACED 2 MONTHS LATER, THE ENGINE BLEW, A USED ENGINE WAS INSTALLED AND 70 MILES AFTER DRIVING, IT BLEW. *SLC

WHY WON'T THE NHTSA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE CONSTANT HEAD GASKET FAILURES IN FORD WINDSTARS? WHY ARE CONSUMERS LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES ? WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THE NHTSA TO BEGIN ACTION? HELP US OR STOP PRETENDING THAT FORD WINDSTAR OWNERS HAVE SOME IMAGINARY RECOURSE IN THESE MATTERS? I HAVE EXPERIENCED A BLOWN TRANSMISSION AT 33,100 MILES AND NOW A BLOWN HEAD GASKET AT 70,800 MILES. *AK

I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION APROXIMATELY NOVEMBER 1999 ($2000.00), A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER I THOUGHT THE THERMOSTAT NEEDED REPLACED IN THE ENGINE BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM FORD IS HAVING($1200.00), I CONTACTED FORD AND GOT REFUSED IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE MY VAN HAD OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT. I BELIEVE FORD KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM WHEN MY VAN WAS UNDER THE 100,000 MILE MARK BUT DID NOT NOTIFY THE OWNERS OF THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING STATING THAT FORD IS HAVING THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM AND I AM LOOKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 10 MPH FRONT OF VEHICLE STARTED MAKING NOISE LIKE CRANKING HARD, AND ENGINE LOST POWER. THEN, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHERE THEY SAID THAT IT WAS A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. THEY COULD NOT TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL BECAUSE THERE WAS TOO MANY MILES ON VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE OVERHEATED. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED, AND TECHNICIAN NOTICED HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMAITION.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH A RUSTED/CORRODED TIMING CHAIN COVER DUE TO COOLANT LEAKAGES. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PART WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

TIMING BELT AND OXYGEN SENSOR CHANGED, CAUSING THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT TO COME ON, DURING REPAIR MECHANIC NOTICED FAILED HEAD GASKET WHICH WAS CAUSING ENGINE OVERHEATING. *CJ

BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *CJ

THE VEHICLE HAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *SLC

CONSUMER HAD THE ENGINE REPLACED DUE TO A LEAKING HEAD GASKET, THE CONSUMER HEARD OF A SECRET WARRANTY AND WAS QUESTIONING IF THIS VEHICLE COULD BE COVERED UNDER THAT WARRANTY. *SLC

HEAD GASKET FAIELD. *SLC

HEAD GASKET FAILED. NLM