| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004002179 | Incident Date: Dec, 25 2004 |
| Consumer's City: WOODBURY | Consumer's State: MN |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: FORD | Model Year: 1999 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:manual transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 18 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Purchased in may 2001 - 1 week later -back at the dealership with the "check engine" light on. had to fix that. many misc. things i've had to replace on the van also, to the tune of $1500.00 out of pocket. in 2003, my "check transmission" light went on every time it was driven. dec 2004, i'm by myself w/2 kids, 1 hour from home on a sunday. car is smoking on front end. to make the long story short, i ended up getting a new transmission & radiator at a ford dealership. total cost from me - $3200.00. doing research online, i find that it is quite common for 1999 ford windstar's to have to have transmission's replaced with low miles. hundreds of people have posted on msn auto's about the same problems. mine was replaced at 70,000!! my new transmission (ford factory) "dies" when i put the car into gear. so, after a 2 week wait to get into ford, i find that it needs another transmission, because my $3200 i got 3 weeks ago, one has something wrong. so, i'll be out for 1 week & still have a "lemon" car. what makes it difficult is that i didn't have $3200.00 for this car. i'm still paying on the 15,000.00 we paid on this vehicle, in anticipation of not having any major car problems. a recall of these vehicles should be investigated. 1999 ford windstar se. *nm |
