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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006078165 | Incident Date: Sep, 03 2006 |
| Consumer's City: SACRAMENTO | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: WINDSTAR | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 2FMZA51463B | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 08 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Feb, 05 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I own 2003 ford windstar, serviced by the ford dealership. at 70,000 miles while driving on the freeway, the overdrive indicator light started flashing. within an hour the transmission failed altogether, no forward or reverse gears. the teardown revealed a failed torque converter, input shaft support bearings, and burnt out intermediate clutch pack. the vehicle is at the ford dealership having its transaxles replaced completely as it is beyond repair. the industry standard for transaxles is a minimum of 120,000 miles between rebuilds. my research indicates this transaxles model, the ford axod and its variants, has been the subject of a huge number of failures, which are reported to occur at approximately 70,000 miles. the failures are alternately attributed to various components, which lead me to believe that internal components which are unreliable have been used in its manufacturing. *nm |
