1999 Ford Windstar visibility problems

Filed Nov 26, 2019 · Steering, Transmission · 60,000 miles · PR · fire

I have 3 problems with my 1999 ford windstar which currently has 60,000 miles. One of them is the glass in front when I'm driving in the rain I have to turn on the wipers the driver's side in the middle part of the wiper stays wet while the passenger side cleans very well. The other problem I've always had is the powersteering when I'm driving, I'm going to turn to the side and the car turns off the guide gets hard and I can't straighten it to turn it on again. The last problem is the transmission, one day the family went all together in the car and shortly after we realized that it was overheating we parked in the grass we turned off the car and the part of the engine caught fire after the accident we realized that the transmission liquefied oil. I had the transmission repaired and began to give some tiresome every time I changed gears. The car is currently parked with the damaged transmission. I understand there is a recall for the transmission

Filed Nov 26, 2019 · Steering, Transmission · 60,000 miles · PR · fire

I have 3 problems with my 1999 ford windstar which currently has 60,000 miles. One of them is the glass in front when I'm driving in the rain I have to turn on the wipers the driver's side in the middle part of the wiper stays wet while the passenger side cleans very well. The other problem I've always had is the powersteering when I'm driving, I'm going to turn to the side and the car turns off the guide gets hard and I can't straighten it to turn it on again. The last problem is the transmission, one day the family went all together in the car and shortly after we realized that it was overheating we parked in the grass we turned off the car and the part of the engine caught fire after the accident we realized that the transmission liquefied oil. I had the transmission repaired and began to give some tiresome every time I changed gears. The car is currently parked with the damaged transmission. I understand there is a recall for this transmission

Filed Dec 15, 2010 · Visibility · 109,000 miles · MI

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford windstar lx. The partial havoc bosch which was a part of the heat in the vehicle failed. The vehicle was taken to a radiator mechanic who informed him the partial havoc bosch fail and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was not notified. The manufacturer was notified and informed him that there were no recalls related to the failures and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 109,000. Updated 03/03/11 *bf updated 04/28/11

Filed Oct 9, 2009 · Electrical, Visibility · 114,850 miles · CA

The brake deactivation switch located under the master cylinder (behind the air filter) develops a leaking and "ABS" light turn on in the dashboard in my 1999 windstar se van since on sept. 29, 2009, therefore MPH is not working on speed-o-meter and mileage gets blank likes "---------". Also heat & A/C fan motor is working fine but heat and A/C did not operate as well. Cruise control has also quit.

Filed Jun 17, 2009 · Visibility · 135,000 miles · NY · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford windstar. The contact stated that the front windshield wiper motor burned three times within the last three years. In 2001, the vehicle was repaired according to the federal safety agency campaign id number 01v261000; however, it did not correct the failure. Ford stated that the recall repair was already performed on the vehicle; therefore, they would not assume liability for any repairs to the windshield motor. The failure mileage was less than 135,000 and the current mileage was 140,000.

Filed Oct 6, 2008 · Visibility · 166,000 miles · CT

Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford windstar. The contact stated that the windshield wipers worked intermittently, but currently do not work at all. The dealer stated that his VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 01v261000 (visibility:windshield wiper/washer:motor), although the failures were identical. The failure mileage was 166,000.

Filed Jul 1, 2008 · Electrical, Visibility · 79,803 miles · LA

1999 ford windstar faulty brake pressure switch for cruise control needed to be replaced. From the website, ford windstar recall: many owners of these popular vans have encountered any of the following problems. Ford has not taken action to solve these critical problems yet.

Filed May 13, 2008 · Electrical, Visibility · GA

Not only does my 99 windstar stall and jerk and will not pick up speed properly but the check engine light will not go off and the ABS light will come on after I start the van and stay on as well. If I drive over 55 the o/d light flashes. When I take off from a light the o/d light flashes and the van will not pick up speed and then it jerks into gear.

Filed Mar 7, 2007 · Visibility · 100,152 miles · WA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 1999 ford windstar. The vehicle was parked and caught on fire. The contact stated that a week before the fire the windshield wipers were not operating normally. The mechanic recommended that she change the pulleys in the air conditioner. The contact attempted to have the vehicle repaired. However, a ford dealer was unable to diagnose the caus eof the problem. The police and fire department were notified, and were unable to diagnose the cause of the fire. The vehicle was destroyed. The current and failure mileage was 100,152.

Filed Mar 3, 2007 · Visibility · ME

On 5/1/05 my wife drove the van to work when she arrived at work the windshield wipers would not turn off. She then noticed smoke coming form under the dash. She had a friend disconnect the battery (that act probably saved the vehicle form catching fire). I had the vehicle towed to clair ford in saco, me. Clair ford told me the wiper motor burned out due to some kind of short circuit they said they could not tell what caused the short circuit. On 5/20 I read about a recall form ford for wiper motors burning up. I contact customer service via e-mail and a woman called me a few days later and said there were no recalls involving wipers and ford would not do anything to resolve this issue. I then researched the federal safety agency web site it showed me that ford had recalled the wipers in 2001 under recall number 01s25.