1995 FORD WINDSTAR Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

PURCHASED A 1995 FORD WINDSTAR IN NOVEMBER OF 1998 FROM SHEEHY FORD IN . NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

I HAVE THE ENGINE REPAIRTED / REPLACED 3 GOING ON MY 4TH TIME. MY WARRANTY HAS RUN OUT AND IT HAS NOT COST ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. I HAVE TRIED TO TRADE IT IN BUT DEALERS ALL KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEMS AND DON'T WANT TO GIVE ME ANYTHING FOR IT. BECAUSE OF THAT I AM WAY UPSIDEDOWN ON WHAT I COULD GET FOR IT. THE PROBLEM IS NOW STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS THAT IT IS COMING BACK AGAIN. HELP. I HEARD THAT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT GOING ON SOMEWHERE CAN SOMEONE PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH THE PEOPLE THAT IS DOING THE SUTIE ?? I HAVE BEEN ROUND AND ROUND WITH THE DEALER AND FORD AND TO DATE I HAVE NOT BEEN REFUNED A DIME. AND NOW JUST THIS WEEK I GET A ANOTHER RECALL NOTICE ABOUT THE FUEL TANK. I'M AM NOW OUT +23,000 FOR A CAR...

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FORD WILL NOT FIX PROBLEM, WARRANTY EXPIRED 7 DAYS EARLIER. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

ENGINE DIED AND DISPURSED WHITE CLOUD (STEAM) ON RR TRACK CROSSING (HWY6 & HWY85 LOS LUNAS) OBSCURED VISIBILITY AND TAIL LAMPS FOR 3-4 CARS BEHIND ME. NICE THAT A TRAIN WAS NOT COMING AND ALL WERE STOPPED. *AK

TOOK MY VAN TO THE GARAGE FOR NEW HEAD GASGETS. ONLY TO FIND OUT IT NEED A NEW ENGINE. A FRIEND TOLD ME HE HEARD THAT FORD HAS KNOWN THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH 1995 WINDSTAR VANS AND THAT THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANITY TO 60,000 MILES. CALLED THE FOD GARAGE TO CHECK THIS OUT AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS TRUE. THEY CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM BUT I DIDN'T FALL UNDER THE WARRANITY WITH 80,000 MILES. WHEN YOU BUY A VEHICLE THEY SAY 80,000 ISN'T ANYTHING BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM THEY SAY "WELL, YOU HAVE 80,000 MILES." BEING UPSET THAT THIS WAS GOING TO COST ME $3,600.00 AND ONLY BEING NOT 5 YEARS OLD YET I DID SOME PHONE CALLING. FORD MOTOR WOULDN'T GIVE ME THE TIME OF DAY SO I CALLED THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT. THEY CALLED THEIR REP. AND HE WOULD DO...

ENGINE SHUT OFF, ALMOST LOST CONTROL. *AK

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FORD DEALERSHIP WILL NOT REIMBURSE DESPITE BEING A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, VERY CONCERNED FOR FAMILY SAFETY, WHEN/WHERE WILL ENGINE DIE AGAIN? NHTSA, WHEN WILL YOU TAKE ACTION AGAINST FORD. *AK

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WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE. ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES LATER THE CAR DIED. *AK

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ENGINE FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALLED AT FIRST START. YH

VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A HIGHWAY GUARDRAIL RESULTING IN A FIRE WHICH KILLED 1 PASSENGER AND SEVERLY BURN TWO OTHER PASSENGERS. CONSUMERS BELIEVE VEHICLE IS PRONE TO CATCH ON FIRE UPON IMPACT (RANDOLPH RICHARDSON AND WILLIE FORDEN ARE REPRESENTED BY ATTORNEY). NLM

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FORD PROGRAM 98M01 SAYS IT IS VALID FOR 5 YEARS OR 60,000 MILES. MY 5 YEARS IS NOT UP - YET THEY ALSO SAY IT EXPIRED IN DECEMBER 1998, 4 YEASR AFTER THE CAR WAS FIRST OFFERED. THEY OFFER NO COVERAGE FOR A KNOWN PROBLEM. NO SAFETY DEFECT (S) LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING CONSUMER NOTICED A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, ALSO, UPON STOPPING VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD. ENGINE BLEW A HEAD GASKET , CAUSING ENGINE TO SEIZE, AND VAN WAS TOWED TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. A RECALL PROGRAM WAS IN EFFECT. MECHANIC BELIEVED THA TWHEN THIS ENGINE SEIZED THER EWA SINTERNAL DAMAGE THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO ENGINE LATER THROWING A ROD. *AK

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BLOWN GASKETS; COMPANY EXTENTED WARRANTY TO 5YR OR 60,000 MILE DUE TO PREMATURE FAILURE. DEFECTIVE PART SHOULD BE COVERED AT ANY MILEAGE AS ONLY HAD 4 1/2 YEARS. WHOLE ENGINE MIGHT NEED REPLACEMENT DUE TO DEFECT. THEY ADMITTED IN EXTNENDED WARRANTY, NUMBER 98M01 LETTER. *AK

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HEAD GASKET FAILURE DIAGNOSED AFTER COOLANT LOSS, TWO THERMOSTATS REPLACED IN 9 MONTHS, ENGINE MISS AT IDLE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, AND INABILITY TO REMOVE NUMBER 4 SPARK PLUG. ESTIMATE COST TO REPAIR $2126.60. NOT COVERED BY THE EXTENDED FORD WARRANTY TO 60,000 MILES.

HEAD GASKETS BLEW AND ENGINE QUIT WHILE DESCENDING HILL. STOPPED AT INTERSECTION, BUT COULD NOT REMOVE VAN FROM TRAFFIC LANES. *AK

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AT 30,170 MILES, TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. AT 45,472 MILES THE AIR CONDITIONER WOULD WORK WHEN THE VAN WOULD FIRST START AND THEN THE A/C WOULD CUT OFF. WHILE AWAITING FOR THE PARTS TO FIX THE A/C TO ARRIVE AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE VAN BEGAN MISSING DURING IDLE. I WAS DRIVING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY ON JULY 11, 1999 WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY WHERE THE VAN SAT UNTIL MONDAY, JULY 12, 1999 AT 7:00 P.M. PER THE SERVICE DEPT AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP, WE WERE ADVISED TO DRIVE THE VAN THERE, IF WE COULD GET IT THAT FAR. UPON LEAVING OUR HOME WITH MY HUSBAND DRIVING THE VAN AND ME FOLLOWING IN A RELIABLE VEHICLE, WE STARTED OUT FOR THE DEALERSHIP ONLY TO STOP MIDWAY BECAUSE THE VAN WAS OVERHEATING. WE WAITED FOR IT TO COOL AND STARTED FOR THE DEALERSHIP...

CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 35 MPH WHEN SHE HEARD A NOISE IN THE ENGINE AND VEHICLE STALLED. THEN SHE TRIED TO RESTART. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED WHERE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT ENGINE HAD INTERNAL PROBLEMS AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

95 FORD WINDSTAR NEEDS NEW ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION BECAUSE OF HEADGASKET PROBLEM EXPERIENCED IN OTHER 95 WINDSTARS. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION FROM FORD ABOUT THIS RAMPANT PROBLEM WITH THIS COMPONENT. REPAIRS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT STILL NOT SURE IF EVERYTHING WILL BE COVERED. BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE. AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS TO VARIOUS FORD DEALERSHIPS, HAVE HAD SEVERAL TUNE UPS AND OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACEMENTS. LAST PRIOR SERVICE WAS IN JUNE 1999 AT RUSTY ECK FORD LEAVENWORTH, KS, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TUNED UP YET AGAIN. DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM NOONE HAS EVER MENTIONED THIS TO ME AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR POOR PERFORMANCE AND GAS MILEAGE UNTIL NOW, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE SYMPTOMS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. CORROSION PROBLEM IS LIMITED TO RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR. THE PAINT AT...

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DRIVING IN FREEWAY VEHICLE STARTED TO CHUG. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON THE BEST I CAME REMEMBER. FINISHED DRIVING HOME THINKING I'LL GET A TUNEUP ON MONDAY. SUNDAY EVENING I DROVE TO REPAIR SHOP, (PERFECT TUNE) TO HAVE A TUNEUP DONE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THE SHOP CALLED AND TOLD MY HUSBAND A HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN AND WE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. I WROTE TO FORDS TRYING TO GET SOME ASSISTANCE AND ALSO CALLED THEM. I WAS TOLD IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD NOT CONSIDERED ANY HELP OR REIMBURSEMENT TO ME. AFTER THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED THE VEHICLE STILL SEEMED TO RUN ROUGH. I TOOK IT BACK TO PERFECT TUNE THINKING TI WAS THE ENGINE (SO DID THEY). THIS WENT ON FOR MONTHS HAVING THEM LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM AND TRYING TO FIX IT. FINALLY THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG...

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD PROBLEM FROM THE DAY WE PURCHASED. MOST RECENTLY, IT IS CURRENTLY AT DLRSHIP FOR SERVICE DUE TO ENGINE OVERHEATING, JUST SHORT OF VAN CATCHING FIRE. PRIOR TO THIS, WE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION (APPROX. 1 1/2- 2YRS. AGO). AT THIS POINT, WE ARE TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE EVEN AFTER REPAIR.

TRANSMISSION FAILED FIRST MAKING VAN DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY. ENGINE FAILED SHORTLY AFTER HAVING TRANSMISSION REBUILT BY FORD DEALER. ENGINE WARNING LIGHT REPORTED TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE WARRANTY MILEAGE EXPIRED, BUT FORD NEVER WARNED US

THOUGH BEYOND FORD'S 60K MILE EXTENSION, TEH SERVICE ATTENDANT TOLD ME THAT THE CRACKED HEAD CASUING THE ROUGH RIDE AND COOLANT LEAK COULD HAVE HAPPENED MANY WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS BEFORE IT GOT SO BAD THAT MY WIFE NOTICED A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE BEEN MUCH CLOSER TO THE 60,000 MILE MARK WHEN THE DAMAGE OCCURRED, THOUGH WE DIDN'T GET IT TO THE SHOP UNITL 70,000. THOUGH NO ONE WAS INJURED, THE POTENTIAL FOR INJURY WAS GREAT, I THINK. IF MY WIFE HADN'T NOTICED THE COOLANT LEVEL INDICATOR, A MUCH MORE TERRIBLE PROBLEM COULD HAVE HAPPENED, NOT TO MENTION THE DANGER OF THIS PROBLEM CAUSING MY WIFE AND TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS TO BE STRANDED ALONG A HIGHWAY MANY MILES FROM HOME AT THE TIME.

IN THE TIME FROM JULY 1999 TO DECEMBER 1, 1999 THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS HAVE COMPLETELY FAILED: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, HEAD GASKET, TIMING CHAIN COVER GASKET, VALVE COVER GASKET. THE COST HAS NOW RUN OVER $5,000 AND FORD WILL NOT ADMIT ONE OUNCE OF RESPONSIBILITY DESPITE HAVING PREVIOUS SECRET WARRANTIES ON EXACTLY THESE COMPONENTS ON EXACTLY THIS ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION.

KNOW WINDSTAR PROBLEM. MY RESEARCH SEEMS TO FIND THIS IS COMMON ON 95 WINDSTAR AT 57K TO 75K BUT FORD ONLY PAYING UP TO 60K. I AM 500 MILES OVER AND NO HELP FROM FORD!

FORD REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPAIR SINCE VAN 2 MONTHS OVER WARRANTY PERIOD. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

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ENGINE FAILED. NLM

ENGINE FAILED. MJS

ENGINE HESITATION AFTER DRIVING FOR 30 MINUTES. MJS

TRANSMISSION: NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT 64527 MILES, HEADGASKETS WERE REPLACED AT 48000 MILES AND NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AT 64527 MILES.

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SEVERAL MINOR ENGINE COMPONENTS (O2 SENSORS, COOLANT LINES, COMPUTER, ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON & OFF) FAILED OVER A ONE YEAR PERIOD FOLLOWED BY THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED, ABOUT 100 MILES LATER THE ENGINE FAILED. THE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON, THE VAN LOST POWER AND THE SPEED STARTED FLUCTUATING. THIS WAS ON A HIGH SPEED, BUT NO SHOULDER BRIDGE, SO SLOWING DOWN COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. FORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T THIS TIME. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED TOWING THE VAN TO THE GARAGE, AND AFTER REVIEW THE ENGINE WAS RECOMMENDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

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