Engine overheats and smells like anti freeze burning. It's making a wierd noise. Took vehicle to mechanic, and they replaced head gasket.*ak
1995 Ford Windstar engine complaints
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We purchase this vehicle in 2000 and we were not informed that ford had generous repair for their head gaskets. We meet the requirement for the mileage, but not the timeframe for two months. I feel that this should be taken care of because we were not notified or told when we purchase the van. The estismate cost is going to be around 1600.00 dollars. I feel someone should have to pay for this because we were never informed.
Engine blewout while driving. Vehicle checked by dealer, who determined that engine head gasket was faulty. Consumer had gasket replaced at 93000 miles, 2,000 miles later engine blewout again.
Vehicle was overheating while driving. Dealer notified, and informed consumer that vehicle had a blown head gasket. Feel free to provide any further information.
Consumer's vehicle experienced the same problem with the brake line as stated in recall #02-v-101-000. But by this vehicle not included in recall due to VIN. Dealer contacted.*ak head gasket failed. Consumer is asking reimbursement for repairs.
The engine has been replaced on two occasions at the consumers expense, the first occasion occurred when a rod blew, the second occuurrence the head gasket blew, ford will not assist consumer at all even though they have a notification and extended coverage offer for the same problem.
Head gasket failed 3 weeks past 2nd extended warrenty by ford causing the engine to need to be replaced.
Exhaust system has corroded, and is causing fumes to enter vehicle while driving. Dealer notified.*ak oxygen sensor failed twice and was replaced. Head gasket failed and was replaced; also the internal leaks from head gaskets in vehicle corroded flex pip and exhausting into vehicle. Engine failed and was replaced. The outer right and left tie rods failed and were replaced. Air filter failed and was replaced. Pcv valve failed and was replaced. The vehicle had continues exhaust leaks into the vehicle, caused some serious health problem to the driver.
Engine head gasket replaced at 47,000 miles, engine timing cover gasket replaced at 92,000, engine failed (rod bearings, crankshaft, and rod) shortly thereafter shutting down braking and steering systems in vehicle. Have been told this was due to coolant leaking into engine oil system from previously mentioned problems and is being experienced by many owners due to poor engine design. Engine failure had the potential to cause accident had the driving situation been different when it occurred.
Consumer stated the head gasket and manifold had blown, consumer inquired about the head gasket being under warranty and was informed that the extended warranty ended in january.
Surpassed ford expanded warantee by a little over 2 months. Ford has refused to consider payment or partial payment for repair- even though the mileage is relatively low and the product defect well known. No safety defec tstated.
Vehicle was making a strange noise upon starting. Took vehicle to a mechanic, and they stated that head gasket broke. Please provide any further information.
The head gasket failed allowing coolent to leak into the fireing chamber, thereby causing the engine to bind up. Upon removal of the #4,5 and 6 spark plugs, anti-freez leaked out of the #4 spark plug hole. This is consistant with the known failures of the gasket in question.
Vehicle parked after july,2000 as problem could not be identified. Was taken by ambulance 3 times while in the vehicle. October 31, 2000, sought a third opinion-car taken to inver grove ford. Internal head gasket leak. This was the second time that the head gaskets had been replaced. While driving car home, it overheated and was returned to dealership for engine replacement. Was advised that the flexpipe as corroded and exhausting into the car. Was tole this was the probable source of my getting sick in the car. Even after the repairs, I am so chemically sensitive that I can not even get into the car. This car has been parked since july,2000 as it is too toxic for me to be in thius van at all. Ford has been contacted on multiple occasions as well as the dealerships. I advised them in june of 2000 that this van was making me quite sick and they were advised of the ambulance call and emergency room visits. I specifically advised them of the odors exhausting in the car and that I had been diagnosed with chemical sensitivites, providing ford with medical documentation, which also advised that my doctor felt the car needed to be replaced. I have forwared correspondance to the ford customer service department, the ford appeals board twice, and the attorney general of minnesota. No one has been able to help. There are multiple problems with the car including probable mild in the heater box, and the exhausts and chemicals in the car. I have tried to trade the car in but dealerships, including ford will only offer a trade-in value about $6,000 or less than the book value. I am told over and over that no one wants any of these cars. I don't fell at all comfortable selling the car personally since it has made me so sick. I could go on and on but I wont.... I would appreciate some type of response. Thank-you.
While traveling on highway, vehicle started slowing down. Consumer was able to pull over to shoulder and oil or antifreeze was leaking from underneath the vehicle. *ak the vehicle has been in for repair three times for a failed gasket. The engine won't heat up properly due to the thermostat being stuck in the open position. New oxygen sensors had to be installed due to being contaminated from the coolant.
While driving engine cut off. Dealer has been notified.
Consumer states that the temperature gauge would often show hot. The dealer stated there was also a problem was with a part of the transmission. The part was replaced but a few weeks later the transmission failed. The transmission was rebuilt. The transmission failed again. At this time the dealer realized that the cause of the problem was a leaky head gasket. The transmission failure was caused by the overheating which was caused by the temperature sender burnout caused by the thermostat malfunction caused by the leaky head gasket. Consumer is requesting reimbursement due to never being told of the customer satisfaction warranty. *slc
Engine is overheating while driving. Dealer was not notified at this time. Feel free to provide any further information.
While driving heard a popping noise/vehicle will run roughly, and would not go into reverse.contacted mechanic.outer head gasket had blown.also, replaced transmission.
Vehicle was leaking engine coolant and oil due to head gasket failing. Consumer had head gasket replaced. But after only 22,000 miles head gasket went out again. Dealer did not want to replace head gasket again.
Consumer stated the engine light woul illuminate, antifreeze was leaking, head gasket failed, thermostat and thermostat gasket failed, o-ring were leaking and also if the vehicle was sitting for any length of time the vehicle would start to overheat. * yd 2 oxygen sensors were replaced. Updated
While driving 65 MPH and without warning vehicle made a popping noise, and the engine shutdown. Driver was able to drive vehicle to side of road. Dealer has been notified.
Smoke was coming from tailpipe. Dealer determined that headgasket was blown and had to be replaced.*ak consumer adds while driving, heard a cracking sound, and smoke began to come from tailpipe. Dealer found cracked head gasket and water leaking from exhaust pipe.
When starting vehicle and putting it into gear, there's a jerk. When stopping vehicle jerks, vehicle stalls in intersections. *ak consumer feels entitled to reimbursement of monies paid for repairs to vehicle.
I was driving from wisconsin to pennsylvania at night. In ohio, I noticed a significant loss of power, and "whooshing" noise from under chassis, gradually getting worse over a couple of hours. At that point, the check engine light also came on. After arriving in pittsburgh (and after christmas holiday) I took the car to a muffler shop. As I expected, one of the catalytic convertors was clogged. On diagnosing the PCM fault codes, they discovered that the rubber hoses connecting to the dpfe (differential pressure feedback egr) sensor was nearly completely melted away (because of the increased exhaust backpressure from the cat failure???). I was preparing the car for another long-distance trip on 6/10/02 when I discovered that the plastic air intake plenum and the wiring harness in that area were damaged by heat, as well. The area of damage is right in the area of the metal tubes coming from the exhaust system that the rubber hoses to the dpfe sensor connect to. About 8 of the wires had their insulation completely burned through (about 1" in length). Many of the rest of the wires had embrittled insulation, or the insulation was melted together (there seem to be about 50 conductors in the wiring harness at that location). I'm really quite surprised that no fuses blew, since the bare wires were all adjacent to eachother (on the back side of the wire bundle, out of sight if you're not looking closely). I hadn't detected any electrical failures at the time, or during the intervening 6 months, but this was clearly a fire hazard. I have some reasonably clear digital photographs of the damaged wires (taken while I repaired the insulation on all of the conductors with vinyl electrical tape). I'll be happy to email them to you if you're interested.
At 55mph head gasket had overheated, and they can see black smoke coming from gasket. Cause unknown. Dealer notified.
Ford offered an extended warranty, 7 years or 100,000 miles because of head gasket problems. The consumers vehicle has 43,000 miles but the 7 years expired in march. On april 22 the vehicle was diagnosed with a blown head gasket. Ford will not remedy the problem. *jg
On two occasions the temperature gauge reached the hot zone and dropped. The vehicle also started to smoke. The dealer replaced the engine under manufacturers head gasket recall, but the problem reoccurred, then the dealer replaced sensor and thermostat. Finally the engine had to be replaced for the second time, but ford will not pay for these repairs.
While being driven, the vehicle overheated. One dealer says it was due to the heater core another dealership says it was due to the head gaskets. Vehicle has been repaired. Not under recall.*jb the head gasket failure was determined to be the cause for the vehicles overheating.
While driving 30 MPH, transmission failed, no prior indication that something was wrong. This is third transmission in vehicle.*ak. Consumer stated vehicle also experienced 2 blown head gaskets, and an oil leak.
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