2000 FORD WINDSTAR Power Train Problems
54 NHTSA complaints on file
All Power Train Complaints — Page 2
12/02 ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON - HAD TO HAVE UPPER PLENUM GASKET, O-RINGS, VACUUM ELBOW AND VALVE COVER WITH GASKET REPLACED FOR $600.00. 4/03, CAR LESS THAN 3 YRS. OLD BUT WITH 44K MILES, THE TRANSMISSION BLEW: WELD BROKE ON THE "DRUM OVER THE PLANETARY GEAR". SO WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 36K MILES BUT WINDSTAR STILL UNDER 3 YRS. OLD. I EXPECT A CAR TO LAST AT LEAST 3 YEARS BEFORE ANYTHING THIS EXPENSIVE HAPPENS. WANT FORD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS AND EXTEND WARRANTY TIL WINDSTAR IS PAID FOR IN 2005.
I COMPLAINED OF A RATTLING NOISE SOUNDING LIKE CHAINS UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VAN , STARTING FROM 7,700 MILES TO THE PRESENT. EACH TIME TAKING IT IN AND BEING TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM, TO THEM FIXING SOMETHING AND THE NOISE STILL BEING THERE. I STATED TO THEM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT THE VAN WAS NOT RIDING RIGHT. I COMPLAINED OF A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHEN I TURNED THE WHEEL. AGAIN, THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. THE BRAKES WHERE ALWAYS RUBBING AND THEY REPLACED THE PADS. I WAS TOLD SEMI-METALLIC PADS MAKE NOISES. THEY REPLACED THE COMPUTER, BECAUSE I COMPLAINED THAT UPON ACCLERATION THE VAN WOULD MAKE A PINGING NOISE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS COMBUSTION WITH THE GAS. I FOLLOWED THERE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT WHAT GAS TO USE, AND OTHER THINGS TO DO. IT STILL CONTINUED AND THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING ELSE ABOUT...
DURING THE FIRST 2 YEARS OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS ALWAYS A NOTICEABLE THUNK WHEN THE GEARSHIFT WAS FIRST ENGAGED. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS I INQUIRED OF THE DEALER WHAT THIS MIGHT BE AND WAS ADVISED THAT IT WAS NOT UNUSUAL AND THAT I SHOULD USE THE PARKING BRAKE AT ALL TIMES TO MINIMIZE THIS PROBLEM. IN ANY EVENT, AFTER 2 1/2 YEARS OF MAINLY HIGHWAY DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION SIMPLY FAILED ONE DAY WHILE I WAS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY DRIVING ABOUT 110 KM/HR. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS ARISING FROM A HYDRAULIC LINE THAT HAD BURST INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION LEAKING A CONTAMINATING FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY RESULTED IN A MELT-DOWN OF THE WORKING PARTS INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION.
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WHEN TURNING EITHER LEFT OR RIGHTSTEERING WOULD MAKE A LOT OF NOISE. ITS VERY HARD TO TURN STEERING WHEEL. ODOMETER MILEAGE RUNS VERY FAST, AND NOT SHOWING CORRECT MILEAGE. *AK
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