2000 FORD WINDSTAR Power Train Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND THE ABS SENSOR INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE SERVICE, THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE CONTROL ARM WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000.

COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AFTER OD LIGHT IS FLASHING. FROM MY RESEARCH , THIS IS A COMMON WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND FORD SHOULD RECALL THESE TRANSMISSIONS. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE A VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOP ACCELERATING WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED OR WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. I WAS PULLING ONTO A BUSY HIGHWAY AT NIGHT WHEN MY TRANSMISSION FAILED.

MY GRANDSON(4YEAR OLD)AND I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM BANK ON 15 APRIL 2017,THEN SUDDENLY ON PURITAN AVE THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE STARTED TO RUB FRAME AND SMOKE ENTERED VEHICLE ,I GOT OUT TO CHECK AND NOTICE THE REAR AXLE ON DRIVERS SIDE WAS CRACKED AND TIRE WAS LEANING IN AND RUBBING FRAME BECAUSE OF CRACKED AXLE. I WAS 2 BLOCKS FROM HOME, SO I DROVE HOME VERY SLOWLY ,ONCE HOME I MADE ONLINE APPOINTMENT TO TAKE CAR TO DEALERSHIP WHICH WAS FOR 17APRIL 2017 AT SUBURBAN FORD OF FERNDALE 21600 WOODWARD AVE FERNDALE,MI 48220 TEL: 248-399-1000. I HAD TO CALL AAA MICHIGAN AND HAVE VAN TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND ONCE THERE THE SERVICE PERSONELL TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE VAN REPAIRED BECAUSE THE RECALL HAD EXPIRED IN 2015 THEY DID'NT EVEN INSPECT TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG JUST ASSUMED ,SO I SHOWED HIM THE...

UNDER RECALL# 15S27, FORD HAS DECLINED TO REPLACE REAR AXLE WITH AT REDUCED COST. (SEE ATTACHED RECALL NOTICE.) THIS REAR AXLE CORROSION PROBLEM WAS PERSISTENT IN THIS MODEL.

2000 FORD WINDSTAR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AXLE BROKE IN TWO PIECES, WHILE DRIVING. *SMD

THE REAR AXLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE HAS A CRACK IN THE REPAIR BRACKET BUT DEALER TOLD ME I MISSED THE DEADLINE ON FORD PAYING FOR RECALL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE ENGINE AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXTREMELY CORRODED FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE TO THE REAR, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION TO SEPARATE FROM THE SUB FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V608000 (SUSPENSION) AND THE REMEDY FOR THE REPAIR DID NOT WORK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER ALSO INSPECTED AND SERVICED THE TRANSMISSION, BUT A FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER THE DEALER'S REPAIR. UPON LEAVING THE DEALER, THE SUSPENSION WAS UNSTABLE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT WAS STILL WAITING ON THE DEALER TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT REMEDY FOR THE CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,405.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THERE WAS A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V193000 (POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD DISPLAY FULL WHEN THE FUEL WAS LOW. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD BE IN DRIVE AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD DISPLAY THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157,007. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. MA 10/15/2015 *CN

I WAS DRIVING DOWN ON 896, IN THE LEFT HAND LANE, WHEN MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR LX VAN STOPPED RUNNING. I WAS GOING ABOUT 50MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT JUST STOPPED. (I DID HAVE SOME TRANSMISSION SLIPPING PREVIOUSLY BUT IT HAD STOPPED.) (I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THE VAN HADN'T BEEN DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS). I IMMEDIATELY PUT MY HAZARDS ON AND CALLED THE DELAWARE STATE POLICE. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. AS IT WAS. IT HAPPENED THIS MORNING WHILE I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK. I HAD PEOPLE COME FLYING UP BEHIND MY VEHICLE AND BLOWING THEIR HORN AT ME. THANKFULLY IT WAS NOT RUSH HOUR OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT BE HERE RIGHT NOW, WHICH MEANS MY CHILDREN WOULD BE MOTHERLESS!

I WAS DRIVING AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE VAN JUST MADE A HUGE SOUND, AND WENT LEFT TO RIGHT AND BACK SEVERAL TIMES. VERY SCARY! I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF IT. I HAD JUST LEFT THE HIGHWAY! I MANAGED TO SLOW DOWN AND MOVE THE VAN BY THE SIDE OF THE STREET. AFTER FULL STOP, WENT TO LOOK AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS ALMOST TOUCHING THE GROUND AND LOOKED BROKEN IN HALF! I REMEMBER THE VAN WENT THRU A RECALL IN 2012 (07-19-2012) AND HAD BEEN TAKING CARE BY SUNTRUP FORD. I FOUND THE PAPERS TODAY ABOUT THAT RECALL AND THE INVOICE FROM THE DEALERSHIP WITH THE LISTING OF THE WORK DONE PER FORD. MY TAKE IS THAT THE RECALL WAS NOT DONE PROPERLY OR THE RECALL WAS NOT DEMANDING ENOUGH. THE BRACKETS INSTALLED DID NOT DO THE JOB TO MAKE THIS VEHICLE SAFE! I TOOK PHOTOS. *TR

MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR WAS REPAIRED LAST YEAR ON A RECALL FOR THE POSSIBLE REAR AXLE FAILURE. FORD INSTALLED BRACKETS ON THE REAR AXLE AS A REMEDY. ON SATURDAY 8-30-14, THE REAR AXLE FAILED. THE AXLE IS ACTUALLY BROKEN AND THE BREAK CAN BE SEEN INSIDE OF THE BRACKET THEY INSTALLED. I CALLED FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THEY DON'T WARRANTY THE RECALL REMEDY REPAIR. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS TO HAVE THIS REMEDIED IN GOOD FAITH? *TR

ABS LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COMING ON. SLIDING DOORS NOT FULLY LOCKING COMING OPEN WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TRANSMISSION STARTED LEAKING FLUIDS ALL OVER THE ROAD AND STARTED SLIPPING TO WHERE I COULDN'T GET HOME WITH IT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT ABOUT 915 PM JUNE 22 2014, WHEN I HEAR MY BACK TIRES SOUND LIKE THEY WERE CATCHING A FLAT. I SLOWED DOWN AND PULLED OVER INTO A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT. WHEN I PULLED IN I HEAR A LOUD SCRATCH SOUND AND I SMELLED BURNING RUBBER REALLY BAD. MY COUSIN CAME ON THE SCENE TO PICK ME UP AND HE LOOKED UNDER THE VAN AND TOOK A PICTURE. THE AXLE CRACKED IN HALF AND THE BACK TIRES LOOKED PUSHED IN AT THE TOP AND PROTRUDING OUT AT THE BOTTOM..IF I HAD BEEN GOING THE SPEED LIMIT OF 50 MPH I WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE 5 CHILDREN WAITING AT HOME FOR ME WHEN I GET OFF WORK. IM JUST THANKFUL I DIDN'T HAVE AN ACCIDENT. BUT NOW I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN CONTINUE WORKING WITHOUT MY VAN. *TR

MY VAN HAS HAD WEIRD SWAYING ISSUES WHEN GOING VERY SLOWLY OR FAST LIKE HIGHWAY SPEEDS. FINALLY THE OTHER DAY, THE AXLE BROKE. THE REAR ONE. THAT WAS RECALLED. THEY WERE SO BAD IN THESE VEHICLES, FORD WAS BUYING THEM BACK AND GIVING PEOPLE RENTAL CARS UNTIL THEY WERE FIXED. I WAS TOLD THEY WON'T FIX IT AT A DEALERSHIP, THEN FORD SAID THE SAME! THEY WON'T FIX A PART THAT IS BROKEN AFTER HAVING A KNOWN PROBLEM, SO KNOWN THAT THERE WAS A HUGE RECALL AND THEY WERE DOING BUYBACKS BECAUSE OF IT? BUT THEY WON'T FIX MINE? I HAVE TO WALK MILES TO THE GROCERY STORE AND MILES TO WORK. THIS SHOULDN'T BE MY PROBLEM. MY ENTIRE FAMILY WAS IN THE VAN WHEN IT BROKE. THEY ALL COULD HAVE DIED! FORD DOESN'T CARE! THEY WON'T EVEN FIX A PART THAT THEY KNOW THEY SCREWED UP ON AND WERE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS EROSION AND CRACKING AROUND THE AXLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V385000 (SUSPENSION), HOWEVER THE CONTACTS STATE WAS NOT APART OF THE RECALL, AS IT ONLY COVERED THE NORTH EASTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES WHERE CONCENTRATED USE OF SALT ON ROAD SURFACED WAS USED TO MELT AND/OR BREAK UP ROAD SURFACE ICE. . THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,900. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE WORKING ON THE REAR AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, A CRACK WAS OBSERVED ON THE REAR AXLE. THE CRACK WAS LOCATED ON THE AXLE A DISTANCE FROM THE LEFT REAR, DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL. THE CONSUMER STATED DURING THE EXAMINATION OF THE REAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM, IT WAS EASY TO SEE THAT THERE WAS...

WAS TRAVELING AT 58 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION MADE A LOUD NOISE, THE VAN JUMPED A COUPLE OF TIMES, THEN JUST COMPLETELY STOPPED MOVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. *TR

I CURRENTLY OWN 2 - 2000 FORD WINDSTAR VANS. BOTH OF MY VANS ARE WHEEL CHAIR CONVERSION VANS, REAR ENTRY TYPE. THEY ARE USED TO TRANSPORT MY SON, A STUDENT IN COLLEGE AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY. HE HAS CEREBRAL PALSY, AND USES A POWER WHEELCHAIR. HIS FRIENDS, AND ATTENDANTS USE THE VANS TO TRANSPORT HIM. LAST SPRING I HAD ONE OF THE VANS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE KEY PROGRAMMING. WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE, THE REPAIR TO THE REAR AXEL WAS MADE, WHICH INVOLVED INSTALLING SUPPORT BRACKETS TO THE AXEL. THESE BRACKETS ARE CLAMPED TOGETHER ON THE TOP OF THE AXEL. THIS INCREASE IN AXEL HEIGHT CAUSED A PROBLEM THAT TOOK SEVERAL MONTHS FOR ME TO DIAGNOSE. ANYTIME THE VAN DROVE OVER A BUMP, A SEVERE JAR, AND LOUD BANG HAPPENED. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, BOTH VANS WERE SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER. I WAS DESCRIBING THE PROBLEM TO...

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALL MY INSTRUMENT PANEL NEEDLES (GAS, RPM, MILEAGE, TEMPERATURE) WERE ALL JUMPING AROUND. THIS WENT ON ALL THE WAY HOME. I PARKED THE CAR BUT THE RPM NEEDLE WAS STUCK AND I COULD NOT SHIFT THE CAR INTO PARK (P) AND COULD NOT TURN OFF THE CAR. I CALLED A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE CAME OVER AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL (N) AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE MECHANIC TO HAVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CHECKED. THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE RPM NEEDLE SO THAT I COULD SHIFT THE CAR BUT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTINUES TO SPORADICALLY GO FROM WORKING, TO NOT WORKING AT ALL, TO ALL THE NEEDLES JUMPING AROUND. THE MECHANIC WAS AWARE THAT I HAD THE TRANSMISSION DONE 3 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN SEPT. 2003 AND TOLD ME...

WHEN SHIFTING THE CAR INTO P, R, N, OR D, IT MAKES A LOUD THUMPING SOUND AND MAKES THE WHOLE CAR JERK. WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL YOU CAN HEAR A LOUD GRINDING, CREAKY CRACKING LIKE NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. *TR

11S16 EXAMPLE TEMPLATE, FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM: SEE SUSPENSION AND STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE. I DO NOT SEE A RECALL THAT VISIBLY INCLUDES CALIFORNIA AS A RECALL STATE. I HAVE DEFINITELY EXPERIENCED THIS OR A SIMILAR ISSUE. THERE APPEARS TO BE A LARGE SCALE RECALL AND BUYBACK PROGRAM. MY VEHICLE WAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL/SPEED CONTROL RECALL AND SERVICED AT GOSCH FORD IN HEMET, CA. I EXPERIENCED MORE ISSUES THAN ONLY THAT, OR EVEN THAN THAT AND THE ABOVE. CONTACT FOR MORE INFORMATION. NOT LIMITED TO ONLY THIS RECALL, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL ISSUES, MANY OF WHICH WERE ATTENDED TO WITH OUT OF POCKET FUNDS, EITHER TO PREVENT, OR DUE TO, MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN/FAILURE. PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER AXLE RECALL, AND ADDITIONAL FOR THIS VEHICLE. I NEED AN ASSESSMENT DONE ON MY FORD 2000 WINDSTAR LX SO I MAY BE COMPENSATED FOR THE TOTAL COSTS AND DAMAGES AND HAVE THE VEHICLE REPLACED...

THE FIRST TIME MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2000 FORD WINDSTAR VAN LX. SHE WAS CROSSING OVER A BRIDGE AND THE REAR AXLE BROKE IN HAVE.THE VAN WAS TOWED TO OUR MECHANIC HE PUT ANOTHER REAR AXLE ON, TO THE TUNE OF 1,750 DOLLARS. THE YEAR THAT WAS 2007. FAST FORWARD TO FEB.2, 2013 I'M BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENS, YOU GUESSED IT THE REAR AXLE BREAKS AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE REAR AXLE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE REAR AXLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V193000 (POWER TRAIN). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000.

I HAVE 2 PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES, PROBLEM 1 THE MASTER CYLINDER IS LEAKING, CAUSING THE BRAKE LIGHT TO COME ON. PROBLEM 2 THE ABS LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN DRIVING, IT TURNS ITSELF ON AND OFF. POWER TRAIN, THE O/D LIGHT WILL FLASH WHEN STARTING UP, WILL TURN OFF AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES. *TR

SITTING AT A STOPLIGHT, FOOT ON BRAKE. WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN, NORMAL PRESSURE ON ACCELERATOR. LOUD BANG SOUND. NO FORWARD OR REVERSE GEAR. PUT VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND PUSHED INTO NEARBY DRIVEWAY. VEHICLE TOWED THAT EVENING. FAULTY TRANSMISSION. FORD DEALER SAYS POSSIBLY BAD TORQUE CONVERTER. REBUILT TRANSMISSION INSTALLED. COST TO ME $3000. FORD CLAIMS NO RECALL ON THE PART OR THE ASSEMBLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE VEHICLE BECAME RESISTANT TO ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATING WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE BATTERY SHOULD BE REPLACED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED AFTER THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79.000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V385000 (POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY). AFTER THE REPAIRS, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS STILL FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

HI I OWNED A FORD WINDSTAR 2001 AND HAVING TROUBLE FOR THE PAST MONTHS.. WE TOOK IT TO AUTO SHOP MECHANICS AND GOT TRANSMISSION REBUILT PAID ALMOST $2,000 FOR IT. THEN GOT THAT FIXED THEN I DROVE IT FOR A WHILE THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE ENGINE QUIT SO I CALLED FOR HELP TOW TRUCK WAS THERE THEN BROUGHT IT TO AUTO MECHANICS TO GET IT FIXED PROBLEM WAS ALTERNATOR GOT THAT FIXED PAID OVER $500.00 .NOW RUNS OKAY .. BUT NOW EVERY TIME I TURN THE VAN ON THE ENGINE LIGHTS ON ALL THE TIME WHILE DRIVING AND ABS LIGHTS ON THEN THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON TOO.. AND THE SMOKE THAT COMING FROM EXHAUST FROM THE REAR SMOKING SO BAD...I NEED HELP THIS IS COULD BE PART OF A RECALL FOR FORDWINDSTAR.. I JUST DON'T HAVE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE FIXING ..I HOPE...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FORWARD FROM A COMPLETE STOP WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD POP. SHE WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE FORWARD HOWEVER, SHE WAS ABLE TO ACCELERATE IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE HE NOTICED THAT WATER WAS IN THE TRANSMISSION AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 107,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT NOTICED A LEAK COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FAULTY TRANSMISSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. NO REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 115,965. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,800.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERABLE SO THE CONTACT PUSHED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A PARKING SPACE. THE CONTACT TOWED THE VEHICLE TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHO STATED THEY NEEDED TO PERFORM A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAULTY TRANSMISSION WAS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR HIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 156,000.

2000 FORD WINDSTAR VAN, I THINK WHEN FORD MADE THESE VANS , SO MANY OF THE PART WAS DEFECTS , THAT'S WHY SO MANY RECALLS , THERE ARE 12 RECALLS ON THE VAN AND MORE TO COME, PLEASE RECALLS THE WINDSTAR , NOT JUST PART BUT THE WHOLE CAR BEFORE MORE DEATHS OCCUR , THERE'S SOME THING SEROUS WRONG WITH THIS VAN , WITH ALL THE NOISE UNDER THE FRONT , AND THE STEERING, THE VAN SOME TIMES SMELLS LIKE SOME THING IS BURNING , I CHECK ALL THE FLUIDS AND THE SMELL IS STILL THERE, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS , THE VAN HAS HAD MORE THEN ONE TRANMISSION THAT I KNOW OF REPLACED, THE DOOR POP OPEN WHILE DRIVING( SIDE SLIDING DOOR) , PLEASE RECALL THE WHOLE VAN, DON'T LET OUR CHILDREN LIVES BE IN DANGER . *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE CHICAGO INTERSTATE I-290 AT AROUND 3:30 AM WHEN MY REAR AXEL SNAPPED ON MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR MINIVAN. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2010 ON A CLEAR DAY WITH IDEAL ROAD CONDITIONS BUT IN A LONG TERM CONSTRUCTION ZONE. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MILES PER HOUR AND IN LIGHT TRAFFIC WHEN THE AXEL SNAPPED ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE CAUSING ME TO JERK VIOLENTLY TO THE RIGHT AND THROUGH CONSTRUCTION BARRIERS INTO AN OPEN LANE AND ONTO THE SHOULDER A SHORT DISTANCE LATER. ANY OTHER TIME, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN TRAGIC BUT GIVEN THE EARLY HOUR OF MY TRAVEL TO WORK AND THE REDUCED SPEEDS DUE TO ONGOING CONSTRUCTION I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VIOLENT MOVEMENT TO THE RIGHT WITHOUT INJURY OR MISHAP. THE CAR WAS TOWED A SHORT TIME LATER TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND I SEARCHED FOR...

I WAS @ A STOP SIGN WITH MY 2 KIDS IN THE BACK. WHEN I STARTED TO CROSS THE BUSY INTERSECTION I HEARD A LOUD POP & THE VAN LURCHED FORWARD & STOPPED PART WAY IN THE INTERSECTION. I COULD NOT DRIVE FORWARD. MY KIDS WERE JUST SCREAMING. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO ONLY DRIVE IN REVERSE (NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME) & GET THE VAN OUT OF TRAFFIC. MY FATHER IS A MECHANIC & SAID HE SEES THIS ALL THE TIME WITH WINDSTARS, ESPECIALLY THE 2000. IT TOOK A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO ACTUALLY FIND A SALVAGED TRANSMISSION (I WAS NOT GOING TO PAY FOR IT TO BE REBUILT). APPARENTLY THAT TRANSMISSION WAS ONLY MADE FOR THAT ONE YEAR BECAUSE FORD KNEW IT WAS BAD. BUT THAT MADE IT THAT MUCH HARDER TO REPLACE. *TR

I OWN A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR LX, MY PROBLEM IS THAT MY WIFE, DAUGHTER AND HER TWO CHILDREN, AND ONE OLDER ADULT WAS MINUTES AWAY FORM GETTING INTO A SERIOUS HIGHWAY ACCIDENT DUE TO THE FACT THEY WERE LESS THAN 1,000FT FT OF GETTING ONTO THE EXPRESSWAY WHEN THE REAR AXLE OF THE VAN SNAPPED ALMOST INTO TWO PIECES FOR NO REASON AT ALL. AFTER GETTING THE VAN TOWED TO MY RESIDENCE WHICH WAS A 1/4 MILE. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION THE REAR AXLE SEAMED TO HAVE ROTTED FROM THE INSIDE OUT, THERE IS NO RUST ON THE OUTER SURFACE OF THIS HOLLOW AXLE THAT WOULD OF SHOWN SIGNS OF BREAKING. I CONTACTED A COUPLE OF USED AUTO PARTS DEALERS AND THEY HAD STATED THAT THEY HAVE MY SAME MODEL VAN BUT ALL OF THE AXLES ON THEM ARE GONE DUE TO BEING SOLD TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAD NEEDED THEM....

I WAS TURNING THE CAR AROUND IN A PARKING LOT. THE CAR ABRUPTLY STOPPED AND MADE A BOOM. I GOT OUT AND LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE CAR AND THE REAR AXLE HAD BROKEN IN HALF. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THE AXLE SINCE SO MANY FORD WINDSTARS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, I AM CONCERNED THAT THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN AS HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET. THE OLD PART IS STILL ON THE CAR. *TR

I OWNED A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR WITH APPROXIMATELY 94,000 MILES. FOR ABOUT A WEEK, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE CAR WHEN DRIVING OVER UNEVEN SURFACES, ESPECIALLY WHILE BRAKING ON AN UNEVEN OR BUMPY SURFACE BECAUSE THE REAR END WOULD SHIFT TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. .A FEW DAYS LATER, THE FRONT END BEGAN TO JERK AND I TOOK IT INTO THE GARAGE. UPON REVIEW, THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE REAR AXLE WAS BROKEN ALMOST COMPLETELY THROUGH. *TR

WE WERE BACKING SLOWLY OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. THE VAN SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WAS CAUGHT UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND WAS DRAGGING. WE GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. WE NOTICED THE REAR WHEELS WERE BOTH TILTED INWARD AND THE REAR AXLE WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND, DAMAGING THE DRIVEWAY. THE VAN HAD TO BE TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC IN WHICH THE REAR AXLE WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000 MILES. *TR

WE HAVE A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR THAT WE TOOK TO OUR MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. WHILE BEING INSPECTED, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE REAR BEAM AXLE WAS ROTTED AND CRACKED. THIS IS THE 2ND REAR AXLE THAT ROTTED OUT ON THE VAN. 1ST ONE WAS REPLACED IN JULY 2008. CAR IS STILL AT MECHANICS GARAGE, AWAITING INSTRUCTIONS FOR REPAIR. FORD HAS NO RECALL ON THE AXLE. *TR

ON FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2010, MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK FOR LUNCH AND THE REAR AXLE SNAPPED ON OUR 2000 FORD WINDSTAR SLE MINIVAN. THE MECHANIC ALSO SAID THE "DIFFERENTIALS" WERE DAMAGED. THE TOTAL COST WAS $795. FORTUNATELY, MY HUSBAND WAS NOT ON A BUSY STREET AND HE WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD UNTIL WE COULD HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. ALSO, HE DID NOT HIT ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE AXLE TO SNAP. IN JULY 2009, WE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS SAME VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING TO MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., ON VACATION. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING OUR 2000 FORD WINDSTAR LX THE REAR AXLE CRACKED IN HALF. IF IT WOULD OF BEEN MINUTES LATER THE VAN WOULD HAVE BEEN BACK ON THE HIGHWAY AND WE COULD OF POSSIBLY GOT KILLED. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER FORD OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM SINCE 1998 WITH THE WINDSTAR'S. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE REAR AXLE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS. *TR

REAR AXEL BROKE IN HALF WHILE DRIVING OVER A DRAW BRIDGE ON THE BELT PARKWAY IN BROOKLYN NY. I KEPT CONTROL OF THE VAN EVEN THOUGH THE REAR WHEELS WERE NOT VERTICAL. *TR

LOUD THUNK SUDDENLY THEN CAR WOULDN'T GO FORWARD,TRANSMISSION NO GOOD HAD IT REBUILT 92000 MILES,CIGARETTE LIGHTER /POWER POINT FUSE CONSTANTLY BLOWING,ODOMETER/SPEEDOMETER FUSE BLOWING TWICE SO FAR,ABS LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GOING ON. *TR

NATURE OF FAILURE: TRANSMISSION FAILURE VEHICLE: 2000 FORD WINDSTAR LX 73,000 MILES. DATE OF FAILURE: OCTOBER 22, 2003 COST OF REPAIR PLUS TOWING: 2,178.00

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION INSTALLED. AS WELL AS NEW TIE RODS.

RIGHT FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT THE VAN, I HAVE HAD ONE ISSUE OR THE OTHER. HERE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR ISSUES. 1. TIRES - MY NEW VAN HAD BUMPS ON ALL 4 TIRES. EVERY TIRE DEALER TOLD ME THEY WOULD BURST ON DRIVING. THEY WERE GENERAL TIRES. I WENT TO FORD MANY TIMES AND OPENED A CASE WITH THEM ALSO TO NO AVAIL. AFTER 12,000 MILES, I DECIDED TO BUY 4 NEW TIRES MYSELF FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AT MY OWN EXPENSE. 2. AT 15,000 MILES, I HAD TO GET MY FRONT BRAKES CHANGED AS THEY HAD REACHED THEIR END OF LIFE. 3. AT 15,000 MILES, I ALSO HAD TO GET MY TRANSMISSION FLUID AS WELL AS DROP PAN CHANGED AS THEY WORN OUT 4. AT 30,000 MILES, I HAD TO GET MY FRONT BRAKE PADS AGAIN CHANGED (THESE WERE ALSO WORN OUT). WHAT IS SURPRISING...

SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE. FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED AT 29000 MILES IN OCTOBER 2001. SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED JUNE 2000 WITH 56000 MILES ON THE CAR AND ONLY 27000 MILES ON THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION. FORD HAS OFFERRED TO PAY 50% OF THE REPAIR COST FOR THE FIRST TRANSMISSION. I TOLD THEM I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE BOTH TIMES THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. I AM VERY UNHAPPY WITH THE QUALITY OF THE TRANSMISSION AND FORD'S OFFER TO ONLY PAY 50% FOR AN OBVIOUS DEFECT IN THEIR TRANSMISSION.