Issue ID | 478120 |
Internal NHTSA # | 10070547 |
Manufacurer | Ford Motor Company |
Brand | FORD |
Model | WINDSTAR |
Model Year | 1995 |
File date | 15/07/03 |
Component | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING |
Product type code | VEHICLE |
Description of the problem | My 2 main problems are my transmission & timing gear cover. The tranmission is very hazardous. Mine is slipping between 1st & 2nd gear. I have been reading on the internet that on some of the transmissions they have been slipping out of gear. I sure don't want to have that surprise. I'm disabled & need my van to haul my powerchair with me when i go to the doctors office. I wouldn't know what to do. I talked to a mechanic & he said if it goes it will leave me on the road. I think this van is very dangerous on the road. Ford know they were having head gasket & transmission trouble on the 1995 windstar why don't they take care of there problems. They know they had bad gaskets on the heads,timing chain covers,& transmissions but they still went with the cheaper gaskets that leak. I think the government should step in & make them pay for those repairs before more people get killed like that ford police car that jumped out of gear & ran over some people in southern mn. A few yrs. Ago. Whats it going to take? A few more thousand people to get killed before they figure that there transmissions are no good. |
Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 79000 |
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Source of the issue | CONSUMER ACTION GROUP |
City and State | VIRGINIA, MN |
VIN pattern | 2FMDA5142SBXXXXXX |
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Date of purchase | 29/06/24 |
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Transmission type | AUTO |
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