Issue ID | 476429 |
Internal NHTSA # | 10069747 |
Manufacurer | Ford Motor Company |
Brand | FORD |
Model | WINDSTAR |
Model Year | 1995 |
File date | 15/11/02 |
Component | UNKNOWN OR OTHER |
Product type code | VEHICLE |
Description of the problem | To whom it may concern, in june of this year(2002) i was shopping for a vehicle for my wife and found a 1995 windstar at pat mccraken ford in dewitt michigan. It was in nice shape and ran good. I had no idea of the headgasket problem that i was about to inherit. Around the middle to the last of november my wife was driving home and it overheated. I replaced the thermostat, radiator cap and waterpump before taking it back to the dealer. He wants to charge me $900. 00 to replace the headgaskets not including new heads which might be bad. On a trade-in on something else he only wants to give me $1000. 00 for the van, which i know he will fix for his cost and put back on his lot to cheat some other unsuspecting person. What makes me mad is that he knew before he put it on his lot that the 1995 windstar's were prone to engine failures. Being unemployed at the present time i didn't need this problem. Terry |
Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 0 |
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Source of the issue | CONSUMER ACTION GROUP |
City and State | ST. JOHNS, MI |
VIN pattern | 2FMDA5143SBXXXXXX |
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Date of purchase | 29/06/24 |
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Transmission type | AUTO |
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