Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford windstar. The contact stated that all the gauges on the instrument panel failed to function properly. The contact mentioned that the fuel gauge would display full when the fuel was low. In addition, the vehicle would be in drive and the instrument panel would display that the vehicle was in reverse. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 157,007. The VIN was not available. Ma 10/15/2015
2000 Ford Windstar transmission complaints
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I was driving down on 896, in the left hand lane, when my 2000 ford windstar lx van stopped running. I was going about 50mph when all of a sudden it just stopped. (I did have some transmission slipping previously but it had stopped.) (I thought that it was because the van hadn't been driven for about 4 months). I immediately put my hazards on and called the delaware state police. If this had happened on the interstate, I would have been killed. As it was. It happened this morning while I was on my way to work. I had people come flying up behind my vehicle and blowing their horn at me. Thankfully it was not rush hour otherwise I would not be here right now, which means my children would be motherless!
I was driving and without any warning the van just made a huge sound, and went left to right and back several times. Very scary! I almost lost control of it. I had just left the highway! I managed to slow down and move the van by the side of the street. After full stop, went to look and noticed that the rear axle was almost touching the ground and looked broken in half! I remember the van went thru a recall in 2012 (07-19-2012) and had been taking care by suntrup ford. I found the papers today about that recall and the invoice from the dealership with the listing of the work done per ford. My take is that the recall was not done properly or the recall was not demanding enough. The brackets installed did not do the job to make this vehicle safe! I took photos.
My 2000 ford windstar was repaired last year on a recall for the possible rear axle failure. Ford installed brackets on the rear axle as a remedy. On saturday 8-30-14, the rear axle failed. The axle is actually broken and the break can be seen inside of the bracket they installed. I called ford and they told me they don't warranty the recall remedy repair. What are my options to have this remedied in good faith?
Abs light and traction control lights coming on. Sliding doors not fully locking coming open while driving.
Transmission started leaking fluids all over the road and started slipping to where I couldn't get home with it.
I was driving home from work at about 915 pm june 22 2014, when I hear my back tires sound like they were catching a flat. I slowed down and pulled over into a restaurant parking lot. When I pulled in I hear a loud scratch sound and I smelled burning rubber really bad. My cousin came on the scene to pick me up and he looked under the van and took a picture. The axle cracked in half and the back tires looked pushed in at the top and protruding out at the bottom..if I had been going the speed limit of 50 MPH I would have had an accident. I have 5 children waiting at home for me when I get off work. Im just thankful I didn't have an accident. But now I don't know how I can continue working without my van.
My van has had weird swaying issues when going very slowly or fast like highway speeds. Finally the other day, the axle broke. The rear one. That was recalled. They were so bad in these vehicles, ford was buying them back and giving people rental cars until they were fixed. I was told they won't fix it at a dealership, then ford said the same! They won't fix a part that is broken after having a known problem, so known that there was a huge recall and they were doing buybacks because of it? But they won't fix mine? I have to walk miles to the grocery store and miles to work. This shouldn't be my problem. My entire family was in the van when it broke. They all could have died! Ford doesn't care! They won't even fix a part that they know they screwed up on and were fixing! Such crap.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford windstar. The contact stated that the dealer inspected the vehicle and stated that there was erosion and cracking around the axle. The contact received a recall notification for the federal safety agency campaign id number: 10v385000 (suspension), however the contacts state was not apart of the recall, as it only covered the north eastern part of the united states where concentrated use of salt on road surfaced was used to melt and/or break up road surface ice. . The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 148,900. The consumer stated while working on the rear air conditioning unit, a crack was observed on the rear axle. The crack was located on the axle a distance from the left rear, driver's side wheel. The consumer stated during the examination of the rear suspension system, it was easy to see that there was an opening in the axle structure where the coil spring interfaced the axle. The opening allowed salt concentrated road spray to enter the internal structure of the axle and settle to its lowest point. Since the axle had no drain holes to allow for trapped road spray to drain away, the salt concentrated road spray would in fact set up corrosion within the internal structure of the axle which, over time would weaken the strength of the rear axle allowing fatigue cracks to appear. Updated 07/16/14 updated 09/16/14*lj updated 1/15/15
Was traveling at 58 MPH, the transmission made a loud noise, the van jumped a couple of times, then just completely stopped moving in the middle of the highway.
I currently own 2 - 2000 ford windstar vans. Both of my vans are wheel chair conversion vans, rear entry type. They are used to transport my son, a student in college at mississippi state university. He has cerebral palsy, and uses a power wheelchair. His friends, and attendants use the vans to transport him. Last spring I had one of the vans taken to the dealership for the key programming. Without my knowledge, the repair to the rear axel was made, which involved installing support brackets to the axel. These brackets are clamped together on the top of the axel. This increase in axel height caused a problem that took several months for me to diagnose. Anytime the van drove over a bump, a severe jar, and loud bang happened. A couple of weeks ago, both vans were sitting next to each other. I was describing the problem to one of my drivers, and began to show him what might be the problem. And I saw it, the installed brackets were hitting the bottom of the wheelchair floor. It was metal against metal, and had began to bend into the floor pan. I took the van back to the dealership, who stated they did what was required, and that was all they could do. But now all the weight of the van is pounding on these brackets, which are designed to strengthen a weak spot on the axel. They decided to place a piece of rubber above the bracket, but this only increases the axel height. I feel the axel should have been replaced. The factory bump stop no longer functions, as this new dealer designed bracket is my new bump stop. I'm concerned this constant slamming of the body into the corroded axel is more dangerous than what I was facing originally. Calls to ford has been pointless. I have read dealers have discretion of replacing vs repairing
When shifting the car into p, r, n, or d, it makes a loud thumping sound and makes the whole car jerk. When I turn the steering wheel you can hear a loud grinding, creaky cracking like noise coming from the front of the car.
I was driving on the highway and all my instrument panel needles (gas, RPM, mileage, temperature) were all jumping around. This went on all the way home. I parked the car but the RPM needle was stuck and I could not shift the car into park (p) and could not turn off the car. I called a local mechanic and he came over and put the car in neutral (n) and turned off the car. The car had to be towed to the mechanic to have the instrument panel checked. The mechanic was able to move the RPM needle so that I could shift the car but the instrument panel continues to sporadically go from working, to not working at all, to all the needles jumping around. The mechanic was aware that I had the transmission done 3 times since I bought the car in sept. 2003 and told me that the malfunctioning instrument panel may be contributing to the transmission issues.
11s16 example template, front lower control arm: see suspension and structure of vehicle. I do not see a recall that visibly includes california as a recall state. I have definitely experienced this or a similar issue. There appears to be a large scale recall and buyback program. My vehicle was positively identified for the cruise control/speed control recall and serviced at gosch ford in hemet, ca. I experienced more issues than only that, or even than that and the above. Contact for more information. Not limited to only this recall, vehicle experienced several issues, many of which were attended to with out of pocket funds, either to prevent, or due to, mechanical breakdown/failure. Please also consider axle recall, and additional for this vehicle. I need an assessment done on my ford 2000 windstar lx so I may be compensated for the total costs and damages and have the vehicle replaced or completely repaired to a safe, drivable condition. (right front corner of vehicle collided with an object, part(s) failure apparent as what appears to be the front lower control arm is detached. A separation of a front lower control arm rear attaching bracket may result in a lower control arm separation. A separation of both front subframe rear body mounts may result in separation of the steering intermediate shaft. Either condition could result in significant loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash. Front
2000 ford windstar. Consumer writes in regards to defective rear axle assembly in vehicle. *smd the consumer stated she noticed a clunking sound when she backed out of her driveway, but didn't think much of until the second week in february, when it happened again, but it was much louder. The rear end of the vehicle felt as though it was swaying, when she drove over a bump in the road, the consumer took the vehicle to a mechanic, where a huge crack was fond in the rear axle's man bar. The mechanic informed the consumer a recall had been issued for the same problem. When the consumer and the mechanic contacted the local ford dealer, they were told there we no recalls associated for the vehicle identification number.
The first time my wife was driving our 2000 ford windstar van lx. She was crossing over a bridge and the rear axle broke in have.the van was towed to our mechanic he put another rear axle on, to the tune of 1,750 dollars. The year that was 2007. Fast forward to feb.2, 2013 I'm backing out of our driveway and guess what happens, you guessed it the rear axle breaks again.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford windstar. The contact stated that while driving approximately 10 MPH, the rear axle fractured. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The technician stated that the rear axle needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was contacted and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 12v193000 (power train). The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 144,000.
I have 2 problems with the brakes, problem 1 the master cylinder is leaking, causing the brake light to come on. Problem 2 the ABS light will come on when driving, it turns itself on and off. Power train, the o/d light will flash when starting up, will turn off after a couple of minutes.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford windstar. While at a stop light the contact heard a loud bang and the vehicle became resistant to acceleration. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where the technician advised the contact that the transmission would have to be replaced. The transmission was replaced. The contact also noticed that the brake lights were illuminating without depressing the brake pedal. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostics where the technician stated that the battery should be replaced however, the failure continued after the battery was replaced. The vehicle was not further repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 79.000.
Sitting at a stoplight, foot on brake. When light turned green, normal pressure on accelerator. Loud bang sound. No forward or reverse gear. Put vehicle into neutral and pushed into nearby driveway. Vehicle towed that evening. Faulty transmission. Ford dealer says possibly bad torque converter. Rebuilt transmission installed. Cost to me $3000. Ford claims no recall on the part or the assembly.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford windstar. The contact stated that he took the vehicle in for repairs under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 10v385000 (power train:axle assembly). After the repairs, the contact discovered that the rear axle was still fractured. The vehicle was not taken back to the dealer and the manufacturer was not contacted. The failure and the current mileage was 160,000.
The rear sling door has door latches locks linkages problem it does not close all the way the door latches do not latch and lock all the way close make it unsafe that the door could open at any time from 0 to 75 mpr it's a 2000 ford windstar and I called ford and ask about the rear axle recall and did not want to fix my rear axle at all or any of the recalls that it has.
Hi I owned a ford windstar 2001 and having trouble for the past months.. We took it to auto shop mechanics and got transmission rebuilt paid almost $2,000 for it. Then got that fixed then I drove it for a while then all of the sudden driving on the freeway the engine quit so I called for help tow truck was there then brought it to auto mechanics to get it fixed problem was alternator got that fixed paid over $500.00 .now runs okay .. But now every time I turn the van on the engine lights on all the time while driving and ABS lights on then the brake lights on too.. And the smoke that coming from exhaust from the rear smoking so bad...I need help this is could be part of a recall for fordwindstar.. I just don't have money to pay for the fixing ..I hope ford realized this I think I'm not alone out there dealing the same problems...thank you looking forward for the response...
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford windstar. The contact attempted to accelerate forward from a complete stop when she heard a loud pop. She was unable to accelerate forward however, she was able to accelerate in reverse. The vehicle was towed to a private mechanic where he noticed that water was in the transmission and advised the contact to have the transmission replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. No repairs were performed. The current and failure mileages were 107,000. The VIN was not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford windstar. The contact noticed a leak coming from underneath the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed with a faulty transmission. The manufacturer was aware of the failure; however, offered no further assistance. No repairs were performed. The current mileage was 115,965. The approximate failure mileage was 115,800.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford windstar. The contact stated while driving 10 MPH the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was inoperable so the contact pushed the vehicle off the road and into a parking space. The contact towed the vehicle to his residence. The contact called the dealer who stated they needed to perform a diagnostic test. The contact stated the transmission needed to be replaced. The contact stated the faulty transmission was a known issue for his year, make, and model. The failure mileage was 156,000.
While driving my 2000 ford windstar in a grocery store parking lot, preparing to go onto a very busy road, the van made a loud bang and slammed to a stop. I was alarmed as I had my foot on the gas pedal at the time and I was going about 10 miles an hour. The jolt from the sudden stop was enough to jerk myself and my 3 children forward, it was rather shocking. If I had been going 65, or if there had been a car close behind me, and it slammed to a stop, it would have had catastrophic results. I pressed the gas to go, and nothing. The only gear that would work was reverse. I had to park it and call a tow truck, it was taken to a ford dealer who determined the transmission needed to be replaced. The van had 115, 552 miles on it.
2000 ford windstar lx transmission blew out while driving on interstate i85 in va 80,000 miles on it. Fluid came spewing out the back end of the van. $2500 cost to replace the entire transmission. No warning signs that there was a problem with the transmission.
2000 ford windstar van, I think when ford made these vans , so many of the part was defects , that's why so many recalls , there are 12 recalls on the van and more to come, please recalls the windstar , not just part but the whole car before more deaths occur , there's some thing serous wrong with this van , with all the noise under the front , and the steering, the van some times smells like some thing is burning , I check all the fluids and the smell is still there, transmission problems , the van has had more then one tranmission that I know of replaced, the door pop open while driving( side sliding door) , please recall the whole van, don't let our children lives be in danger .
2000 windstar-cruise control slowly stopped working, almost like a loose button or wire was the issue, then completely stopped, ABS light randomly going on and off then finally staying-stopping distances increased, tach, speedometer, and other dash gauge needles swinging wildly while driving- tach stopped working first then speedometer(witnessed by iowa highway patrol), od off light started coming on at random times. Finally stayed on, transmission slipped occasionally when at stop signs. Took it to trans. Shop no codes found, next day the van would not shift into any gear. Van is now a yard ornament. Issues ongoing over the course of about a year.
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