WHEN I AM DRIVING THE VAN, IT WILL DOWN SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR AND I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE IT OUT OF THIS GEAR. THE CAR WILL NEED TO SIT FOR APPROX. 2 HOURS BEFORE I CAN DRIVE IT AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED TO ME AND MY FAMILY ON A HIGHWAY GOING APPROX. 40MPH ON A LIGHTLY SNOWED MASS TURNPIKE WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL SECONDARY TO THE SUDDEN DECREASE IN WHEEL SPEED. THIS IS WHEN I BECAME AFFRAID OF THIS PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO NEUTRALIZES DURING ACCELERATION WHICH HAS ALMOST CAUSED A REAR END COLLISION INTO ME. THE DEALER SAID THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS SO I AM LEFT WITH THIS POTENTIAL HAZARD TO MY FAMILY AND OTHERS. I KNOW OTHERS WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM ALTHOUGH THEY WHERE DISSABLED ON THE ROAD AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. ALL OF THESE EXAMPLES HAPPENED WITH MILES UNDER 50,000. SOME DAYS I CAN DRIVE THE VAN ON 100 MILE TRIPS AND OTHERS I WILL BE DRIVING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND THE GEAR WILL GET STUCK IN 2ND. I TAKE GOOD CARE OF THIS VAN AND HAVE NON AGGRESSIVE DRIVING HABITS WITH THIS CAR. PLEASE HELP. THIS TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE ON MY 95 WINDSTAR.
1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
BOUGHT THE VAN IN SEPT. 2002 WITH 55,000 MILES, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITHIN A WEEK OF HAVING IT. TOOK IT BACK TO CAR LOT WHERE WE BOUGHT IT, THEY TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER, COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING EXCEPT THAT IT CAME UP A LEAN CODE THEY TOLD ME I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PUT GAS CAP ON THE RIGHT WAY. THAT IS NOT THE PROBLEM. KEPT DEALING WITH LIGHT ON TO THIS DAY. MAY 2003 HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED, GOT IT BACK STARTING HAVING SAME PROBLEMS,TOOK IT BACK THEY SAID THEY FORGOT TO REPLACE A WIRE, STILL HAVING PROBLEMS TO THIS DAY WITH TRANSMISSION IN FACT OCT. 2010 HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED THEY SAID SHAVINGS FOUND IN MOTOR WILL NEED TRANSMISSION REPLACED AGAIN. DOME LIGHTS FLASH ALL THE TIME. THE GAUGES GO HAYWIRE ALL THE TIME, PEG FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. HAD THAT REPLACED AND DID IT AGAIN. TOOK IT IN FOR RECALL DEC. 28,2010 CRACKED REAR AXLE STILL AT DEALER. NOW JUST HEARD THAT THE RECALL FOR SUB FRAME WILL GET PAPERS IN FEB. GUESS IT WILL BE THERE LONGER. OUR DUMB MISTAKE WE BOUGHT ANOTHER WINDSTAR IN SEPT. 2010 A 2003 ALL WE COULD AFFORD, THAT HAS PROBLEMS WITH ABS LIGHT. TOLD OVER $800 TO FIX. WE NEED TWO NEW CARS, DON'T FEEL SAFE IN EITHER.
