2000 FORD WINDSTAR Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

MY WIFE WAS STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT. LIGHT TURNED GREEN, SHE WENT TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. ABOUT HALF WAY THRU THE TURN, THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK. AT THAT POINT MY WIFE COULD ONLY COAST THRU THE INTERSECTION. STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR DID NOTHING. HAD VAN TOWED AND LOOKED AT. TRANSMISSION FAILED. MILEAGE AT 72,000.

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH VEHICLE JERKED AND VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, AND A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ENGAGE OR MOVE IN ANY GEAR. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO PULL FROM A STOP SIGN AND THE VEHICLES ENGINE REVVED UP BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. *TC

1/31/05: PUT VAN IS DRIVE AND A LOUD CLUNKY NOISE OCCURED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOTMOVE. I NEEDED THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT $2295.00. THE VAN ONLY HAS 37,000 MILES AND IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY OFF COURSE. DEALER SAYS TOO BAD. STAY AWAY FOR FORD WINDSTAR. *AK

AT APPROXIMATELY 62,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR SUDDENLY FAILED. I WAS STARTING UP FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT A BUSY INTERSECTION WHEN I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR AND THE CAR STOPPED MOVING. THE CAR WOULD GO IN REVERSE ONLY. I HAD IT TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE SUN GEAR HAD SHEARED OFF. (RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET INDICATED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR.) I HAD A MECHANICAL ENGINEER LOOK AT THE BROKEN PART AND HE CONCLUDED THAT THE WELD WAS NOT DEFECTIVE, IT WAS JUST POORLY DESIGNED. THE REPLACEMENT PART HAS BEEN REDESIGNED AND IS NOW REINFORCED, WHICH WOULD INDICATE TO ME THAT FORD IS WELL-AWARE OF THE DESIGN FLAW. (SINCE THEY WENT TO THE TROUBLE OF REDESIGNING THE PART) THIS IS JUST THE LATEST IN A LONG LINE OF...

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED TO HESITATE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP, WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED.*AK

CONSUMER TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE BAY BRIDGE. NAR 1-22-03 THE CONSUMER WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HESITATE FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, BUT THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD ON 2 OCCASIONS IT WAS NORMAL. THE ABS LAMP ILLUMINATED AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE RELAY. THE WINDSHIELD WASHER WARNING LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE WASHER BOTTLE HAD TO REPLACED. THE VEHICLE ALSO SHUDDERED WHILE BRAKING. *JB

VEHICLE COULD ONLY GO BACKWARDS AS A RESULT OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *PH THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AS IS THEREFORE THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT COVER UNDER ANY WARRANTY. *NM

THE INTERMITTENT FUNCTION ON MY WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR HAS FAILED. FORD HAS A RECALL ON CERTAIN MODELS OF MY VEHICLE, BUT EVIDENTLY MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH I HAVE THE MALFUNCTION. VEHICLE ALSO HAS HARD SHIFT WHEN DOWNSHIFTING GOING AROUND A CORNER. *JB

BOUGHT 2000 FORD WINDSTAR LESS THAN 6 MONTHS AGO . VAN JUST TURNED 70,000 MI WIFE WAS STOPPED AT BUSY INTERSECTION,TRIED TO ACCELERATE,AND TRANSMISSION CLUNKED, AND MADE AN AWFUL NOISE .TRANSMISSION FAILED. WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. FORD DEALER SAID IT WOULD COST $ 2,500. AN EXPENSE I CANNOT AFFORD, ESPECIALY RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. SURE WOULD BE NICE IF FORD MO. CO. COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR POORLY MANUFACTURED VEHICLES !!!!*AK

TRANSMISSION IN 2000 FORD WINDSTAR FAILED AT 77000 MILES. REQUIRED TOTAL REPLACEMENT. *JB

WHILE AT A STOPTRANSMISSION MADE A NOISE ,AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

PROBLEM INCIDENT--- FORD DEALERSHIP USING BG PRODUCTS TRANSMISSION FLUSH SYSTEM TO PERFORM THE 60000 MILE EMISSION SERVICE INDUCES A SERIOUS TRANSMISSION LEAK. DEALER SAYS THE BG PROCESS CAN NOT CAUSE SUCH A PROBLEM. SENT THE VEHICLE AWAY WITH A SERIOUS TRANSMISSION LEAK.

WHEN I PUT THE VAN IN DRIVE IN THE A.M., IT HESITATED LIKE I HAD IT IN BETWEEN GEARS. AS I PULLED OUT INTO THE HIGHWAY, WE HEARD A LOUD CRUNCH LIKE WE BOTTOMED OUT. AS WE ARE SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD WITH ON COMING TRAFFIC, THE VAN ONLY WENT IN REVERSE!! MUCH TO THE SURPRISE OF ON COMING TRAFFIC. THIS MINI VAN HAS ONLY 47,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN BABIED FOR A LONG TIME. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. *JB

WHILE DRIVING, THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK THE POWER LOCKS DID NOT OPERATE PROPERLY, THE REAR SEAT BELT WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE INSIDE LIGHTS DID NOT GO OFF WHEN THE DOOR WAS SHUT. *JB

WHILE DRIVING PULLING ALIGHT UTILITY TRAILER MY OVERDRIVE OFF LIGHT CAME ON.WHEN I TRIED TO DISENGAGE THE OVERDRIVE NOTHING HAPPENED. I TOOK THIS VEHICHLE TO THE DEALER OF PURCHASE, AND I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO SERIOUS PROBLEM.I READ IN MY OURNERS MANUAL THAT THIS FLASHING OD OFF LIGHT INDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED IMEADIATE SERVICE. I THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LARGER DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO IN OVERDRIVE AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS BURNED. THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND THEY OFFERED TO INSTALL A FORD REBULIT FOR APROXIMATLY $2400. THE VAN HAD ONLY 49900 MILES. I TOLD THEM I WAS NOT INTERESTED IN PURCHASING ANYTHING FROM A COMPANEY WHO COULDN'T BUILD A TRANSMISSION THAT WOULD NOT LAST MORE THE 41000 MILES. I CONTACTED AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION SERVICE WHO COULD INSTALL A REBUILT TRANSMISSION AT ABOUT THE SAME...

WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE AND SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH OF THE VEHICLE. THEN, VEHICLE WON'T MOVE. AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP REPAIRED THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOT OF SQUEAKS AND NOISES IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SEVERAL DAYS LATER , WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE NOISE WAS HEARD AGAIN ,AND VEHICLE STALLED WHILE MAKING A U-TURN. ALSO, THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE BROKE. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED.*AK

TRANSMISSION BROKE WHEN VEHICLE WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY THIS PAST WINTER. WE HAVE HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED 5 TIMES SINCE THEN. HE CONTINUES TO HESITATE AND WE HAVE TALKED TO SEVERAL OTHER WINDSTAR OWNERS WHO HAVE ALSO HAD TO GET MULTIPLE TRANSMISSIONS. IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH FORD TRANSMISSIONS?*AK

WE PURCHASED A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR LIMITED ON 3/21/04 FROM A FORD DEALERSHIP IN IONIA, MI. WE WERE TOLD THE VAN HAD BEEN VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND HAD BEEN GONE OVER MECHANICALLY BY THEIR PEOPLE. IT ONLY HAD 38,549 MILES ON IT. WE HAVE ONLY HAD IT A MONTH AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT OF IT. DO WE HAVE ANY RECOURSE? AT THE TIME THIS HAPPEN, THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN UP A HILL IN HEAVY DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT, THE VAN JUST WOULD NOT GO ANY WHERE EXCEPT BACKWARDS. MY COLLEGE AGE SON AND HIS BUDDIE GUIDED THE VAN BACKWARDS INTO A PARKING LOT A FEW FEET AWAY TO WAIT FOR A WRECKER. IT WAS TOWED 35 MILES, WHICH IS WHERE IT IS SITTING UNTIL WE CAN DECIDE WHAT TO DO. I HAD MECHANIC LOOK AT IT, BUT HE FELT IT SHOULD BE COVERED. HE...

WHILE DRIVING AND COMING TO COMPLETE STOP AT A STOP SIGN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. TRANSMISSION TOTALLY FAILED , ONLY THE REVERSE GEAR WAS WORKING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. TECHNICIAN INDICATED THEY COULD REPLACE IT WITH A NEW TRANSMISSION OR REBUILT IT AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

MY COMPLAINT IS WITH MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. IN APPROX. JUNE OF 2003(DON'T HAVE EXACT DATE BECAUSE VEHICLE IS AT DEALERSHIP), WITH NO WARNING MY TRANSMISSION FAILED. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED. EASY CARE WARRANTY REFUSED CLAIM DUE TO FACT TRANSMISSION WAS FLUSHED 1000 MILES PAST RECOMMENDATION. DEALERSHIP NOR FORD MOTOR CO. PROVIDED NO HELP. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO LOCAL MECHANIC FOR REPAIR. LOCAL MECHANIC DOCUMENTED THAT TRANSMISSION HAD NO IMPACT ON FAILURE. COST OF REPAIR WAS APPROX. $2100. IN JAN. 2004, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. LOCAL MECHANIC RAN DIAGNOSIS AND STATED IT MUST BE REPAIRED BY FORD DEALER. STATED THAT DRIVABILITY WAS OK. TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP TODAY, FEB.2, 2004. ONCE AGAIN, EASY CARE REFUSED CLAIM BECAUSE IT WAS A POORLY DESIGNED PART AND THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS. ONCE AGAIN, FORD MOTOR CO. WAS NO HELP. STATED THAT VEHICLE'S WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. PER EASY CARE, THERE IS...

COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION AT 42,000 MILES. NO FORWARD GEARS- ONLY REVERSE. HEARD A LOUD BANG WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A RED LIGHT.*AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED. I WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, I STOPPED TO LET ANOTHER AUTO PASS. I WAS NOT ABLE TO MOVE MY CAR. THE REAR SUN GEAR DRUM BROKE IN TWO PIECES, WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. TOTAL COST $2,426.79 NOTE: I HAVE BROKEN PIECES. MANY FAILURES FOR 2000 TO 2002. *JB

TRANSMISSION ON MY 2000 WINDSTAR LX TOTALLY FAILED AT 70,000 MILES. REPAIR COST OVER $2,500. I WROTE TO FORD AND COMPLAINED, AS I AM AWARE OF THIS HAPPENING TO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH WINDSTARS, MANY WITH LESS MILAGE, ONE AS LOW AS 45,000 MILES. FORD HAS REFUSED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION, ALTHOUGH IT MUST BE OBVIOUS THERE IS A DEFECT. THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS CLAIM TO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM IN A WINDSTAR BEFORE. I FIND THIS IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE.*AK

WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND ONCE THE LIGHT HAD CHANGED AND I WAS ABLE TO PROCEED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WOULD MOVE IN REVERSE BUT NOT IN THE FORWARD GEAR. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SUN GEAR HAD BROKEN CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. COST FOR THE REPAIR TO THE VEHICLE IS ESTIMATED AT OVER $2000.

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE FORD 2000 WINDSTAR EXPERIENCED TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING OF ANY KIND. THE VEHICLE HAD 39000 MILES! IT WAS NEVER USED IN ANY HEAVY-WEIGHT SITUATIONS AND NEVER TOWED ANYTHING. MY WIFE USED IT TO DRIVE THE KIDS AROUND TOWN AND TO DO THE GROCERY SHOPPING. FORD HAS REFUSED TO STAND BEHIND THIS VEHICLE. MY REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE WENT ALL THE WAY TO DETROIT. THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES WERE RUDE. THE COSTS FOR TOWING AND REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION WERE $2149.58.*AK

HEARD VERY LOUD NOISE, CAR WOULD NOT GO IN GEAR. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPAIRED AT COST OF $2000. *LA

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND STOPPING AT A LIGHT HE HAD NO GEARS, EXCEPT REVERSE AND PARK. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE MECHANIC. AFTER MECHANIC EVALUATED THE VEHICLE CONSUMER TOWED IT TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. HE THEN CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD TO CONTACT A FORD DEALER IN HIS AREA. CONSUMER CONTACTED A FORD DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE HE DID NOT PURCHASE THE VEHICLE FROM THEM OR HAD THE SERVICE DONE THERE . *AK TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER HAD TO BE REMOVED. FAILURE WAS THE RESULT OF A BROKEN SUN GEAR. CONSUMER STILL HAS THE PART. *PH

MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR WITH (46,000 MILES) RECENTLY BEGAN MAKING A SMALL WHIRRING OR TICKING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD. EXAMINATION BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT A LOCAL DEALER INDICATED THAT THE ORIGIN OF THE PROBLEM WAS THE TRANSMISSION. UPON TEARDOWN OF THE TRANSMISSION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STATOR SUPPORT BEARING HAD "BLOWN APART." THE DEALER WISHED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION FOR $3700. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ALSO EXAMINED THE CAR AND FOUND THAT IN ADDITION TO THE STATOR, THE PUMP SHAFT, TORQUE CONVERTER, AND CLUTCHES WOULD ALL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE GEAR TRAIN OR THE SOLENOIDS. IT SEEMS UNBELIEVABLE THAT SUCH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE MANIFESTED ITSELF IN NOTHING MORE THAN A SMALL TICKING SOUND THAT MECHANICS AT THE DEALERSHIP WERE AT FIRST UNABLE TO EVEN DETECT. IT IS EVEN MORE AMAZING AND FRIGHTENING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STILL DRIVABLE. THERE WAS NOTHING SUSPICIOUS FOUND...

WHILE LEAVING OUR PARKING LOT THE TRANSMISSION MADE A FEW HARD JERKS WHILE STOPPED AND THEN WOULD NOT GO IN A FORWARD MOTION, TRIED TO GO IN REVESE NOTHING. PUSHED THE VAN BACK TO A PARKING SPACE, CALLED FORD CUSTERMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD NO WARRANTIES OR "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAMS" (SECERET WARRANTIES) EXSITED.CALLED AROUND TO SURVEY OPTIONS AND NOTED THAT THE WINDSTAR HAS HAD AT LEAST 3 UPGRADE KITS ISSUSED FOR THE TRANSMISSION. FOUND A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. CALLED FORD AGAIN, ASKED ABOUT THE VARIOUS OTHER COMPLAINTS AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS TRANSMISSON HAS NEVER HAD PROBLEMS THAT ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM NON-FORD SOURCES IS FALSE OR INCORRECT. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE TRANSMISSON UPGRADE KITS (INFO FOUND ON FORD'S WEBSITE) WAS MET WITH THE SAME RESPONSE THAT THE TRANSMISSON HAS NEVER HAD A PROBLEM AND NON-FORD INFO.... AAMCO ESTIMATES $2200 TO $3500 FOR A REBUILT TO...

THE TRANSMISSION JUST QUIT WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING OR PROBLEMS. LEFT WIFE AND KIDS STRANDED IN MIDDLE OF BUSY STREET. *LA

2000 FORD WINDSTAR 43,000 MILES, MY WIFE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THERE WAS NO WARNING OR NOISE OF ANY KIND. THIS HAPPENED WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING FREEWAY SPEEDS. I WENT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE SAID ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEE HAD THE SAME VAN AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO HIM AT 37,000 MILES. I WENT TO WORK AND A CO-WORKER SAID THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO HIS DADS VAN AROUND 40,000 MILES. FORD SHOULD FINS A TRANSMISSION THAT WILL LAST LONGER THAN THAT FEW OF MILES.

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STOPPED FUNCTIONING. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT WITH NEW COMPONENTS. *AK *SCC *JB

TRANSMISSION AX4S FAILED AT STOPLIGHT. GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF DRUM. VEHICLE HAD 50,623 MILES WHEN FAILURE OCCURRED. TRANSMISSION WAS OVERHAULED AT A COST OF $2037.92.

TRANSMISSION HAS ALWAYS KICKED FORCEFULLY AND ABRUPTLY IN LOW SPEED OR ON DECELERATION AT LOW SPEED. THERE HAS BEEN A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK(INDICATED BY RED FLUID ON AND AROUND THE THE TRANSMISSION PAN) BUT THE FLUID LEVEL HAS REMAINED CONSTANT AND AT APPROVED LIMITS. WE HAVE MENTIONED THIS TO DEALERS BUT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD THAT WAS NORMAL AND THAT IF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL WAS WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS THEN THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM. ON THIS DATE AS WE ACCELERATED FROM A FOUR-WAY STOP THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY FORCEFUL KICK AND THE VAN LOST POWER AND FORWARD MOTION AND ACTUALLY BEGAN TO DRIFT BACKWARD. THE DEALER TOLD US WE REQUIRED A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER, SOME NEW GEARS REPLACED, AND THAT WE WOULD BE BETTER OFF HAVING THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION REPLACED.

VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO FOUND THAT VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. *AK

COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH ONLY 48,000 MILES.

TRANSMISSION ON 2000 WINDSTAR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AFTER 47,000 MILES.*AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE TWICE. FIRST FAILURE AT 29K MILE IN OCTOBER 2001. TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS AT 56K VEHICLE MILES BUT ONLY 27K MILES ON REBUILT TRANSMISSION. BOTH FAILURES OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. SECOND FAILURE IS 3K MILES OUTSIDE OF 2YR/24K WARRANTY PROVIDED BY FORD. I BELIEVE SUDDEN TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE.

BOUGHT VAN FROM DEALER JUNE 2001 WITH 28,000 MILES; ONGOING ISSUES WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OVER 24 MONTH PERIOD; 34,000 MILES, HARSH VIBRATION AND SLIPPING ON ACCELERATION (AT TIMES NO FASTER THAN 35 MPH GETTING ON INTERSTATE), REBUILD UNDER 3 YR, 36 WARRANTY (TORCH CONVERTER OTHER INTERNALS); 1 YEAR LATER, 58,000 MILES, SAME SYMPTOMS WITH FLUID LEAKAGE, TRANSMISSION TOTALLY GONE, REPLACE WITH NEW REBUILT TRANSMISSION UNDER PURCHASED EXTENDED WARRANTY; 4 MONTHS LATER, 64,000 MILES SAME SYMPTOMS, SLIPPAGE, HARSH VIBRATION, REBUILD TORCH CONVERTER UNDER WARRANTY; 4 MONTHS LATER (JUNE 2003) TRANSMISSION STARTING TO SHOW SAME SYMPTOMS, DEALER CAN NOT DUPLICATE; NOW CONSTANT VIBRATION WHEN TORCH CONVERTER IS LOCKED IN,CLUNKING, SLIPPING ON ACCELERATION AROUND CORNERS, END OF JULY FILED UNDER LEMON LAW AT STATE, WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM.

SUDDEN TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 34,000 MILES. NO WARNING. ALL FORWARD GEARS FAILED. MANUFACTURER OFFERING "SECRET WARRANTY." PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE COMMON TO ALL WINDSTARS AS FAR BACK AS 1994. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING PRIMARY WHEN IN OVERDRIVE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *PH

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AT STOP SIGN I HEARD A "CLUNCK" AND COULD NOT DRIVE FORWARD. AFTER A FEW CARS DROVE AROUND ME AND MY YOUNG CHILDREN SOMEONE FINALLY STOPPED TO PUSH MY WINDSTAR INTO A PARKING LOT THAT WAS CLOSE BY. I NEEDED TO HAVE THE VAN TOWED AND WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE 37200 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE AND IT IS NOT QUITE 4 YEARS OLD. AS ANGRY AS I AM I ALSO HAVE TO BE THANKFUL THAT THIS SUDDEN TRANSMISSION FAILURE DIDN'T HAPPEN JUST 2 WEEKS EARLIER WHEN MY FAMILY AND I WERE ON VACATION IN VIRGINIA. I AM LOOKING TO FORD AT THIS TIME TO HAVE MY VEHICLE FIXED WITH ASSISTANCE THROUGH A "GOODWILL" PROGRAM SO FAR I HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT FORD SEEMS TO BE AWARE...

CONSUMER STATED THAT TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT CHANGE PROPERLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND WAS TOLD THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED.*AK

WHILE SITTING AT STOP LIGHT, WENT TO PROCEED, NO ACCELERATION--TRANSMISSION WENT. TOWED TO DEALER, NOT UNDER WARRANTY--$2700 LATER FORD REPLACED WITH A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION--3 YEARS, 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. SAYS TO ME THAT FORD KNOWS SOMETHING IS WRONG HERE SINCE THEY DIDN'T REPLACE WITH A REBUILT ONE. I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED THE $2700 AND THE COST OF THE RENTAL CAR NEEDED FOR 7 DAYS.3 YEARS WITH THIS VAN, 3RD YEAR OF PROBLEMS--1ST YEAR-TIE RODS, 2ND YEAR-FUEL INJECTION PROBLEM, 3RD YEAR-REPLACE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE HELP.*AK

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE LEFT TURN AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, VEHICLE FAILED TO GO FORWARD. IT WOULD GO IN REVERSE, SO I DROVE IT BACKWARD INTO A PARKING LOT AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER. HAS 30,500 MILES, FORD WILL NOT ASSIST ME IN THE 2600.00 REAPAIR OF THE REQUIRED NEW TRANSMISSION. I AM VERY UNHAPPY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED TRANSMISSION JERKED. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK