1999 FORD WINDSTAR Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

PLASTIC FUEL INTAKE WAS DEFECTIVE REPLACED WITH METAL, SHOULD BE MADE WITH METAL. DT

CONSUMER STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE, THE ENGINE WOULD HESITATE WHEN ACCELERATING, THE DEALER REPLACED THE CAM SENSOR, CRANKSHAFT SENSOR, REPLACED ALL THE PLUGS WITH PLATINUM, AND REPLACED THE UPPER AND LOWER INTAKE GASKETS. *JB

WHILE ACCELERATING AT SPEEDS OF 35 TO 40 THERE IS A KNOCKING PINGING NOISE, TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED A VACUUM HOSE. PROBLEM REOCCURED. CONSUMER STATES THERE IS OIL BEING CONSUMPT SOME WHERE IN VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WITH WARNING THE IDLE GETS DISCONNECTED AND THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND BECAMES INOPERATIVE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. MR

THERE ARE SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH OUT NOW THREE YEAR OLD WINDSTAR THAT HAVE EITHER BEEN CORRECTED TEMPORARILY OR NOT CORRECTED AT ALL. THE MOST PERSISTENT ISSUES ARE WITH THE DRIVETRAIN IN PARTICULAR THE TRANSMISSION WHICH SHIFTS ERRATICALLY WHEN GOING AROUND CORNER OR CLIMBING HILLS AT LOW SPEAD. THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED AT 25K BUT THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO OPERATE POORLY. FORD HAS OFFERED NO SOLUTION OR WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR THESE PROBLEMS. THE ENGINE PROBLEMS TO DATE REVOLVE AROUND THE INNABILITY TO USE REGULAR OR MID GRADE FUELS AS ADVERTISED ON THE VEHICLES STICKER, WE HAVE BEEN OFFERED A VALVE COVER REPLACEMENT FOR $500 BUT IN SPEAKING WITH OTHER WINDSTAR OWNERS THIS ONLY FIXES THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. ALSO IT SEEMS TO ME THIS IS A DEFECT THAT FORD SHOULD FIX NOT THE OWNER. THE OTHER PERSISTENT PROBLEM IS WITH THE DIREVER SIDE POWER DOOR, IN HOT TEMPERATURES THE DOOR DOES NOT...

MOST RECENT INCIDENT - ENGINE STALLED WITH COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER WHEN REDUCING FROM HIGHWAY SPEED TO ~25 MPH DUE TO TRAFFIC CONJESTION ON NORTH SIDE OF CHICAGO AFTER DRIVING ~45 MINUTES IN 95 DEGREE WEATHER WITH AIR CONDITIONING OPERATION. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. ILLINOIS DOT PUSHED VEHICLE TO SHOULDER. AFTER TOTAL WAIT ~20 MINUTES, ENGINE RESTARTED. DROVE WITH AIR CONDITIONING OFF AND HEATER ON FULL THROUGH REMAINING CONGESTION (~45 MINUTES). DROVE REMAINING TRIP (TOTAL OF 3.5 HOURS) WITH NO FUTHER INCIDENT. PRIOR OCCURRENCE ON 07/29/02. SIMILAR WEATHER/DRIVING CONDITIONS. AFTER 2.5 HOURS AT HIGHWAY SPEED, EXITED TO SIDE ROAD. VEHICLE STALLED SHORTLY AFTER EXIT. RESTARTED AFTER 15 MINUTES. NO REPEATED INCIDENT IN REMAINING 15 MINUTES OF DRIVE. RETURN TRIP HAD NO INCIDENT. PRIOR INCIDENT IN NOVEMBER, 2001. IN COOL WEATHER, SEVERAL SHORT ERRANT TRIPS - VEHICLE STALLED. RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL HOUR WAIT. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. NO FAILURE CODES DETERMINED,...

ENGINE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING AT MULTIPLE SPEED OR WHEN SLOWING DOWN. VEHICLE BEEN TO A DEALER ONCE, AND ON THREE OCCASIONS AT A REPAIR SHOP, BUT PROBLEM STILLOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AT 70MPH ENGINE BLEWOUT, AND ANTIFREEZE STARTED TO LEAK FROM VEHICLE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR A RECALL IN WHICH HE BELIEVES IS CAUSING THE LIGHT TO COME ON, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMNT THAT WAS INCURRED BY THE DEALER TO JUST EXAMINE IT.*YH

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND GOING UPHILL, ENGINE STARTED TO KNOCK. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, IT STILL EXISTS. MECHANIC STATED TO CONSUMER, "SOME ENGINES JUST KNOCK". *JG *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE RAN HOT. ENGINE CHECK SENSORS FAILED AND THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO BLOW. HAD CONTACTED DEALERSHIP FOR ANOTHER ENGINE. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND DIED WITHOUT WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR A RECALL IN WHICH HE BELIEVES IS CAUSING THE LIGHT TO COME ON, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMNT THAT WAS INCURRED BY THE DEALER TO JUST EXAMINE IT.*YH

THIS RECURRING PROBLEM CONTINUES TO FAIL WITHIN ONE TO TWO WEEKS AFTER THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED A NEEDED PART. EACH TIME I GET MY VEHICLE BACK IT WORKS FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED TIME AND THE PROBLEM COMES UP AGAIN. THEY REPLACE PARTS ONE BY ONE AND EACH TIME ANOTHER PART ON THE SYSTEM FAILS .ANOTHER ISSUE I BELIEVE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SERIES OF THIS ENTIRE VACCUM SYSTEM IS WHEN I AM DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 30 -35 MPH, THERE IS CONSIDERABLE NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE WHICH SOUNDS LIKE LIFTER RATTLE . IT HAPPENS WHEN I NEED TO ACCLERATE TO GET ONTO THE HIGHWAY ALSO. I NOTICE WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (WHICH REQUIRES THAT A PART OR PARTS BE REPLACED FOR THE VACCUM SYSTEM), THE NOISE WILL STOP AND WON'T BE NOTICEABLE FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND EVENTUALLY THE LIGHT WILL COME ON...

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ENGINE KNOCK SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN JUNE 1999. THE FIRST DOCUMENTED SERVICE AT A FORD DEALER WAS IN SEPTEMBER 1999 AT 5,000 MILES. THE ENGINE KNOCK WAS APPARENT AT HIGHWAY ACCELERATION SPEEDS AND ON SLIGHT HILLS. IT BECAME WORSE OVER TIME. AFTER MY CONTINUED PERSISTENCE AT THE DEALER OVER MORE THAN A YEAR, A TSB WAS FOUND AND THE VALVE COVER WAS REPLACED IN THE JULY-AUGUST 2001 TIMEFRAME PER A FORD TSB (NHTSA NUMBER SB618552). THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM AND THE TECHNICIAN AT THE DEALER TOLD ME IN SEPTEMBER 2001 THAT HE STILL FOUND AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF OIL IN THE ENGINE. FORD ENGINEERS HAVE SUGGESTED REPLACING THE PCV VALVE AND TUBING SYSTEM AMONG OTHER MINOR ADJUSTMENTS, WHICH THE TECHNICIAN DOUBTS WILL MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. AT THIS POINT, IT APPEARS THAT THE VALVE COVER REDESIGN IN THE TSB DOES NOT REMEDY THE...

WHILE DRIVING UNDER WET CONDITIONS POWER ASSISTED STEERING FAILED. DEALER HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT COVER UNDER THE VEHICLE WHICH PROTECTS THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WILL STALL AT LOW IDLE, ENGINE ALWAYS REVS VERY HIGH AT START UP, THEN CALMS DOWN, ALSO ENGINE STALL IF AIR CONDITION IS ON WHILE PARKED.*JB

WHILE DRIVING 60MP VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND DIED WITHOUT WARNING ,RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. AFTER VEHICLE HAD STALLED OUT "LOW OIL PRESSURE" INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHED. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE. *AK DEALER COULD NOT FIGURE WHY VEHICLE STALLED, HOWEVER STATED THAT THE PCM WAS CANADIAN OR EUROPIAN MADE SO IT WAS REPLACED. *SLC

VEHICLE WILL STALL AT ANY SPEED/ ANY TIME. STALLED 8 TIMES IN 20 MINUTES. VEHICLE AT DEALER AT THIS TIME, STILL TRYING TO FIND CAUSE. *AK AT TIMES THE VEHICLE CAN NOT BE RESTARTED, THIS OCCURS IMEDIATELY PRIOR TO WHEN IT STALLS, THE RPM INDICATOR DROPS DOWN TO ZERO THEN WITHIN THE NEXT 3-5 SECONDS THE CAR COMPLETELY DIES. NLM

THIS IS THE 13 MAJOR REPAIR ON THIS MINIVAN. I HAVE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS. NO AFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

THIS FORD WINDSTAR LX HAS EXPERIENCED THE ENGINE JUST SUDDENLY QUITTING WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROADWAYS. THE FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED THE DAY I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, WHEREBY I DROVE IT HOME AND EVEN TEST DROVE IT WITHOUT INCIDENT. HOWEVER, WHEN I GOT HOME MY DAUGHTER WANTED TO TAKE IT FOR A SPIN AND GOT APPROXIMATELY TWO HOUSES DOWN THE STREET WE LIVE ON AND THE ENGINE SUDDENTLY QUIT. I ATTEMPTED TO SIMPLY DRIVE IT AROUND THE BLOCK TO GET BACK HOME AND IT QUIT RUNNING TWO MORE TIMES. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND HE CALLED FORD AND WHAT WAS DONE I DO NOT KNOW BUT ONE DAY LATER I WAS TOLD IT WAS READY AND PICKED IT UP. WE DROVE IT FROM THE 26TH OF JUNE UNTIL THE 29TH OF JUNE. ON THE 29TH MY WIFE WAS TRAVELLING 40MPH DOWN A BUSY STREET WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY...

WHEN REACHING 20MPH VEHICLE WILL START TO SHAKE SOON AFTER IT WILL SHUT OFF. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

ENGINE KNOCK WHEN ANY TYPE OF LOAD IS APPLIED TO THE ENGINE. MOST PREVALENT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND HILLS. *AK

VEHICLE BUZZING AND RATTLING DURING ACCELERATION. NLM

STEERING WHEEL WAS MAKING NOISE WHILE TURNING. ALSO, A CLUNKING NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE. DEALER REPAIRED PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY. *ML

GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVE ON AN INCLINE, TRANSMISSION GRATES AND DIFFICULT TO PUT INTO GEAR, VALVES RATTLE WHEN ACCELERATING, VAN ACCELERATES UP TO 20 MPH WITHOUT TOUCHING GAS PEDAL, POPPING SOUND IN STEERING WHEN TURNING, MAKES GRINDING SOUND WHEN ACCELERATING, DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX PROBLEMS, ALSO REAR SLIDING DOOR WAS IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COLOR FROM THE REST OF THE INTERIOR, ENGINE VIBRATION.

VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT ANY WARNING. SUMMER GRADE GAS PRESSURE BILLS UP INTO THE GAS TANK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK