Ownership Cost for 1997 FORD WINDSTAR GL
Estimated: $23916 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $984 | $472 | $413 | $374 | $335 | $2578 |
| Insurance | $1451 | $1502 | $1554 | $1609 | $1665 | $7781 |
| Fuel | $1857 | $1913 | $1980 | $2059 | $2152 | $9961 |
| Maintenance | $40 | $253 | $137 | $225 | $1038 | $1693 |
| Repairs | $91 | $323 | $353 | $487 | $612 | $1866 |
| Taxes & Fees | $24 | $24 | $24 | $24 | $24 | $36 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $4448 | $4466 | $4441 | $4756 | $5805 | $23916 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2000 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | BOTH SLIDING DOORS FAILED ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, THEY DIDN'T WORK AUTOMATICALLY OR MANUALLY. THE DEALER INSPECTED FOUR TIMES, AND PROBLEM CONTINUED. *AK THE RADIO QUIT , THE DIRECTIONAL SWITCH HAD BROKEN, THE POWER DOORS/SWITCHES FAILED VARIOUS TIMES, AND THE DOOR UNLATCHED WHILE PARKED AND IN MOTION. *SCC *JB |
| 1997 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | HAVE A 97 FORD WINDSTAR ALL OF A SUDDEN I HAD A TIRE BLOW COMPLETELY HERE TO FIND OUT THAT THE COIL SPRING ON DRIVERS FRONT BROKE AND WENT INTO TIRE, THEN TO FIND OUT THERE WAS A RECALL 2 YEARS AGO ON IT BUT WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF IT AND ALSO A FEW WEEKS AGO, VAN ALL OF A SUDDEN KEPT GETTING REAL HOT WITH ROLLING WHITE SMOKE JUST TO FIND OUT THAT THERE WAS PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAD GASKETS ON THESE WINDSTARS BUT YET STILL WAS NEVER NOTIFIED, THIS IS NOT RIGHT, I FEEL WE WERE CHEATED, NOW HAVE A VAN THAT SITS AND STILL OWE $10,000 ON BECAUSE I'M A FAMILY MAN OF SIX AND CANNOT AFFORD THE COST OF THESE MAJOR REPAIRS, I'M AFRAID OF WHAT MIGHT OF HAPPENED IF THIS WOULD OF BLEW WITH ALL MY FAMILY IN IT ON A HIGHWAY, IS THIS HOW THE FORD COMPANY TREATS THEIR CONSUMERS BY LYING AND DECIEVING THEM. |
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