Transmission problem - problem began with some"rough" shifts, noticeable at 20 and 40 MPH. When went to merge onto tollway, car was unable to go above 40 MPH, until as I was about to pull over, car jerked and began to accelerate. I knew something was seriously wrong with car then, so made appointment at dealership. It has been at dealer for 2 weeks waiting for a new transmission. Driver sliding door doesn't always want to close. Try to close, and it either clicks, or closes a couple of inches and then reopens. Shake car, and eventually it will close. It is at dealership for the 4th time, in hopes of a repair. What happens if can't close door at all? Can't drive car full of little kids with door open. Fuel pump wouldn't work, car had to be towed from a parking lot. No prior warning to this problem, what if this happened while driving?
1999 Ford Windstar transmission complaints
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Consumer was at a traffic light and went to take off, but vehicle did not move forward. Consumer's husband worked for ford, and determined it was due to failure of transmission. *ak vehicle will not move in drive gears due to metal presence in the transmission fluid.
Abrupt transmission failure without any previous symptoms - failed to engage forward or reverse.
Grinding noise which is in time with the tire rotation, dealer is assuming there is a problem with the transmission, vehicle has not been inspected yet.
Filed for lemon law going to arbitration. No safety defect mentioned in summary.
When putting gear in reverse vehicle went forward. Consumer had to put gear back into park to reshift. Consumer stated that gears operated roughly.
While parked vehicle jumped from park to reverse, pinning my husband against a tree and threw him to the ground and proceeded through the front of our closed garage.
On the highway up the hill I notice smoke coming out from behind my van and when I halted I notice transmission oil coming underneath my van and I call road assistance.
Van was running in park and jumped from park to reverse. Pinned my leg to a tree, then threw me to the ground and then proceeded into my garage through the closed door. It then stopped.
Unknown exact problem at this time grinding noise after the engine has been started and nothing else has been touched. Sounds either like gears are shifting like a stick shift car in the wrong gear or like you trying to start the car after it has been started.
Transmission experienced a leak. Nlm
Consumer had problem with transmission twice. Transmission wouldn't shift due to a cable being loose, and dealer replaced transmission twice. Also, dealership replaced a cable on the sliding door, and instrument panel performs erratically.
Leaving a filling station and returning to the street attempting to stop because of traffic the transmission made a grinding noise, the car kept moving, the engine was not reving up but the van kept moving, I steered to the right as much as I could I was almost side siped by a 18 wheeler. After reaching the street I let up on the brake pedal and the van coasted to a stop. I took it to the garage today and they check the ABS brakes but found nothing wrong. It appeared to me that when I stepped on the brake the transmission styed engaged , because when the car came to a stop the grinding noise stopped. The garage did not check the transmission, they felt it couldn't happen. I'm 74 years old in excellent health. The motor was not reving up so I did not have one foot on the gas peddle, as they assumed I did. I tried sat with 1 foot on the gas and the other on the brake and the car would not move. So in my opinon it had to be in the transmisson. If that 18 wheeler would have hit me they would have said the driver failed to stop, and my wife and I would have been dead .
Abs module wire burned out; odometer and speedometer did not work.
Vehicle experiences sudden acceleration on its own up to 15-20 MPH. The accelerator pedal does not have to be applied. On occasion transmission appears to be between gears..
If you proceed uphill and come to a stop to park, I place set the emergency parking brake before I put the van in park. When I leave I put my foot on the brake put the van in drve or whichever gear I need and I get an extremely loud clunk as if the trans. Is going to fall out. While going uphill, once at approximately 5 to 10 MPH and a second time at 45 to 50 MPH the transmission slipped for a second all together. Then it jumped back into the gear it was in previously, not berfore actually slowing down and almost stopping. I brought the van nto the local ford dealer to be looked at and within a few hours they called me for pick up and said there was nothing wrong. I find that hard to believe, I've been around cars all my life and that sound is not normal and the things that have happened are not normal. I called the dealer and he said it sounds like it may have loww tranny fluid. That has been checked and that is not the case. I feel like I'm getting the run around here and am not gettting any sound answers as to why this happens. I also just found out today from the person at the dealership that the windstar has many technical bulletins out regarding the transmission. I feel a little left out of hte crowd here. I'll be taking my family on a vacation back to minnesota and I want to make sure thevan will make it. After all thats why we pay for the warranties now isn't it. Thanks for your help and guidance with this issue.
Vehicle was parked in the garage with the emergency brakes on and in park, there was loud popping noise, and car apparently engaged in gear and proceeded to go out of the garage, dragging ms davis . Car went several hundred feet and then stopped on an incline. Emergency brake was still on, and the indicator showed in park. Contacted dealer, and dealer suggested to contact manufacturer.
When applying brakes to slow down, transmission would make a loud sound. And vehicle would accelerate. Then transmission would make again the same noise & then it would jerk. Been to dealer & mechanic could not locate cause of noise.
Going from park to drive on an incline, transmission grates and difficult to put into gear, valves rattle when accelerating, van accelerates up to 20 MPH without touching gas pedal, popping sound in steering when turning, makes grinding sound when accelerating, dealer has not been able to fix problems, also rear sliding door was in a completely different color from the rest of the interior, engine vibration.
When putting vehicle in gear, a loud metal-to-metal "clunking" noise is heard from transmission. Dealer says in normal.
While slowing down and then accelerating, transmission jumps and jerks into gear.
Gear was put into neutral without applying the brakes which caused the vehicle to take off with children in the vehicle and run into a creek. Dealer has not seen vehicle.
Vehicle was in park when transmission jumped gears, going forward on its own. The dealer replaced transmission . Manufacturer notified.
Consumer has been experiencing ongoing problems with following parts: 1. Automatic transmission slipping in lower speed; 2. Steering would make a popping noise only in wet conditions, and 3. Starter woud grind when starting vehicle. Dealer/manufacturer notified.
Transmission failed. Yh
Van was returned to dealer to fix a minor problem with the transmission. When slowing down and then accelerating, the transmission would jump and jerk into gear. Ford elected to replace the transmission. Then the technician discovered the steering problems and replaced the rack and pinion. Then discovered the lower steering assembly was defective. Therefore, they have had my new van in the shop for 3 weeks.
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