| ID# | Vehicle | Date of Failure | Summary |
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| 512635 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Tuesday, October 15, 1996 | HEAD GASKET FAIURE. *AK |
| 517608 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, March 01, 1997 | HEAD GASKET FAILED DUE TO A SMALL PINHOLE LEAK. *AK |
| 519321 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Friday, October 25, 1996 | ENGINE FAILED. HEAD GASKET FAILED. VALVE COVER GASKET FAILED. RECALL REPAIR NOT PERFORMED ON HEAT GAUGE BECAUSE VIN NOT ON RECALL LIST. INTAKE GASKET FAILED. OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED. AIR CONDITIONER FAILED. |
| 521102 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, July 25, 1997 | BLOWN HEAD GASKET. |
| 521339 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, July 02, 1997 | UPON APPLICATION OF BRAKES VEHICLE CLANGS/RATTLES AT LOW SPEED WHEN GOING UPHILL. ALSO REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS/DRUMS/CALIPERS AND BLOWN OUT ENGINE HEAD GASK |
| 523066 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, August 25, 1997 | DEALERSHIP DISCOVERED SMALL PIN HOLE LEAKS IN HEAD GASKETS. *AK |
| 523420 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, April 29, 1997 | HEAD GASKET MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. ALSO ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON/OFF. *AK |
| 523462 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, September 23, 1997 | HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSINGENGINE ROD TO BREAK/ENGINE HEAD TO WARP. *AK |
| 523936 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, September 28, 1997 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. *AK |
| 528304 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, January 13, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILED. |
| 530794 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Monday, February 09, 1998 | BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. |
| 530802 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. |
| 530903 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, November 12, 1997 | ENGINE BLEW THE HEAD GASKET. |
| 531075 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, February 14, 1998 | BLOWN HEAD GASKETS. |
| 531594 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 02, 1998 | BLOWN HEAD GASKET. |
| 532262 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, November 01, 1997 | HEAD GASKETS FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO MISS AND HESITATE. TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING LEAKAGE. |
| 532642 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, March 01, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILURE. (TSB #98-4-9) |
| 532677 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | NEEDED HEAD GASKET REPLACEMENT AT 53,000 MILES TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING |
| 532779 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, January 01, 1998 | FAULTY SEALS AND BOLTS ON THE HEAD GASKETS CAUSE COOLANT LEAKAGE AND OVERHEATING. |
| 532945 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, February 28, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAK. |
| 533197 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 16, 1998 | REPLACED DEFECTIVE ENGINE HEAD GASKET. ALSO ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. |
| 533386 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, January 01, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILED. *AK |
| 533473 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, March 01, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK AND OVERHEAT. |
| 533582 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, March 08, 1998 | HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STOP SHUDDER. ALSO ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. |
| 533739 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 30, 1998 | HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND STALLED. |
| 534024 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, October 23, 1997 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. *AK |
| 534212 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, February 01, 1998 | HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. |
| 534532 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | Saturday, April 18, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. |
| 534549 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | Sunday, April 19, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. |
| 534556 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, March 01, 1995 | BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WINDSHIELD WIPER/TURN SIGNAL SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED. CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. |
| 534588 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, April 02, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET/TRANSMISSION FAILED. |
| 534591 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, April 15, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW. |
| 534605 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, April 13, 1995 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED DUE TO A DEFECTIVE (CRACKED) ENGINE HEAD CYLINDER. |
| 534706 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, April 04, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT AT LOW MILEAGE. ALSO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. |
| 534746 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, March 01, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. *AK |
| 534884 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, April 13, 1998 | DEFECTIVE ENGINE CYLINDER THAT HAD A SMALL GAP IN IT, APPARENTLY FROM A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, CAUSED HEAD GASKET TO BLOW OUT. |
| 534911 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, April 13, 1995 | DEFECTIVE/CRACKED ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD CAUSED HEAD GASKET TO FAIL. |
| 534996 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, April 08, 1998 | HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT AT 49300 MILES. |
| 535002 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, April 08, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILED. |
| 535004 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, March 10, 1998 | HEAD GASKET/RADIATOR/THERMOSTAT AND HEATER CORE FAILED. |
| 535031 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, April 29, 1998 | BRAKES FAILED FOUR TIMES. HEAD GASKET FAILED. TRANSMISSION FAILED. |
| 535062 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, April 23, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. |
| 535063 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, April 16, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSED RADIATOR FLUID TO EMIT FROM TAIL PIPE. ALSO ENGINE CRANKSHAFT FAILED. |
| 535187 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, May 01, 1998 | HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT DUE TO A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. |
| 535275 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, April 14, 1998 | HEAD GASKETS FAILED. |
| 535375 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, May 08, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET MALFUNCTIONED. |
| 535385 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, January 19, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET MALFUNCTIONED. |
| 535469 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, May 09, 1998 | HEADGASKET FAILED. |
| 535472 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, March 12, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILED. |
| 535500 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | HEAD GASKET FAILED. |
| 535515 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, May 10, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. |
| 535603 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, January 01, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET/TRANSMISSION FAILED. TRANSMISSION FAILED. |
| 535626 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, November 28, 1997 | HEAD GASKET FAILED. |
| 535653 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, May 06, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. |
| 535661 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, May 11, 1997 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. |
| 535672 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, August 01, 1997 | HEAD GASKET FAILED. |
| 535925 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, April 01, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILED TWICE. |
| 535930 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, May 19, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILED. ALSO ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. |
| 535974 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, March 01, 1998 | TIE ROD ENDS FAILED. HEAD GASKET FAILED. |
| 536055 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, May 20, 1998 | BLOWN HEAD GASKET. |
| 536066 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, January 10, 1996 | INTERNET SITE WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM HAS MANY, MANY FOR WIDSTAR OWNERS WITH THE EXACT SAME PART FAILURE-FORWARD THRUST PISTON (TRANSMISSION) AND HEAD GASKET LEAK. |
| 536118 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | HEAD GASKET FAILED. |
| 536166 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, May 01, 1998 | APPARENTLY THERE ARE A LARGE PRECENTAGE OF HEAD GASKET FAILURES ON FORD 3.8L ENGINES. 2 BELIEVE FORD SHOULD WARRANTY THIS PROBLEM BEYOND THE NORMAL WARRANTY PE |
| 536172 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, May 10, 1995 | HEAD GASKET BLOWN |
| 536180 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, May 01, 1997 | CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON AND THE VEHICLE HAD HESITATION AT STOP LIGHT, DUE TO BAD HEAD GASKET. |
| 536192 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, April 13, 1995 | HEAD GASKET BLEW, BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTED CYLINDER HEAD (IT HAD A SMALL GAP IN IT, APPARENTLY FROM A MANUFACTURING DEFECT) |
| 536361 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, July 01, 1997 | WARPED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. TRANSMISSION FAILED. |
| 536552 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, April 21, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILED RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO OTHER COMPONENTS. |
| 536679 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, February 12, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILED. NLM |
| 536722 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, December 02, 1997 | HEAD GASKET FAILURE. |
| 536734 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, March 03, 1998 | CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE DEALER COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. A HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSED THE ENTIRE ENGINE TO FAIL. |
| 536868 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, April 01, 1998 | THIS MODEL YEAR WINDSTAR I AM TOLD IS NOTORIOUS FOR HEAD GASKETS FAILURES AT LOW MILEAGE. FORD STATES THAT THIS FAILURE IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AFTER 360 |
| 537516 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | HEAD GASKET AND TRANSMISSION FAILED. |
| 537581 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | | RECALL ON HEAD GASKET MAY RESULT IN ENGINE OVERHEATING OR ENGINE FAILURE, THIS FAILURE HAS NOT YET OCCURED AND REPAIR CAN NOT BE DONE UNTIL FAILURE IS EXPERIEN |
| 537677 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, June 22, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILRE. |
| 537973 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | BLOWN HEAD GASKET. TIMING CHAIN CASING FAILED CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK. TRANSMISSION FAILED. |
| 538451 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Friday, November 14, 1997 | ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED, RESULTING IN INTERMITTENT STALLING. REPLACED ENGINE HEAD GASKET. TRANSMISSION FAILURE. STARTER MOTOR FAILED. |
| 538810 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | | HEAD GASKET FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE. TRANSMISSION PAN LEAKS. REAR POWER WINDOW MOTORS INOPERATIVE. |
| 539186 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, December 01, 1997 | POWER STEERING PULLEY AND BELT FAILED CAUSING NOISE. STRUTS (STABILZER BAR) FAILED. SHOCK ABSORBER FAILED. ABS SYSTEM FAILED SEVERAL TIMES RESULTING IN ONE VEHICLE ACCIDENT. HEAD GASKET BLEW. |
| 539461 | 1995 MERCURY SABLE | Wednesday, July 09, 1997 | FRONT STABILIZER BAR FAILED. HEAD GASKET AND WATER PUMP FAILED TWO TIMES. STARTER MOTOR FAILED. |
| 539495 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, May 10, 1998 | TWO ENGINE FAILURES AS A RESULT OF HEAD GASKET/CYLINDER HEAD FAILURE. (QCAW) |
| 539702 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. DESIGN OF VEHICLE CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. |
| 540166 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, November 01, 1996 | FAULTY HEAD GASKET, BEGAN OVERHEATING ON THE WAY HOME, HEAD GASKET FAILED, REQUIRE A NEW ENGINE. RETURN TO THE GARAGE AND FOUND 3 OXYGENATORS, DEALER SAID THA |
| 540743 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, August 15, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL. ALSO, WATER PUMP AND ENGINE PISTON ROD BEARINGS #2,5 AND 6 REPLACED. |
| 540904 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | Wednesday, July 15, 1998 | 2 MOTOR MOUNTS FIALED CAUSING VEHICLE TO JUMP WHEN ACCELERATING. HEAD GASKETS FAILED. |
| 541498 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, September 01, 1998 | CRACKED HEAD GASKET. |
| 542196 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL HEAD GASKET FAILURE OF RECALL NOTICE. |
| 543292 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, March 11, 1998 | CRANKSHAFT, BERARINGS, OIL PUMP AND TIMING CHAING FAILED. HEAD GASKET FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE. DOOR HANDLE TRIM COVER BROKEN. |
| 543387 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, July 15, 1998 | FRAME BENT OR OUT OF ALIGNMENT CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR OF THE TIRES. BRAKES VIBRATE VEHICLE WHEN BRAKING HARD. BRAKE PADS FAILED. RECALL WORK ON HEAD GASKET DENIED DUE TO VIN. TRANSMISSION CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. IGNITION SWITCH LOOSE. WINDOW ON PASSENGER'S SIDE FAILED. |
| 543472 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, July 15, 1998 | PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKET (RECALL COMPONENT) RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE COMPONENTS. |
| 544160 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | | MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED. HEAD GASKET FAILED. RADIATOR HAD A HOLE IN IT WHICH CAUSED ANTIFREEZE TO LEAK. |
| 544220 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Tuesday, February 23, 1999 | MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL, CONSUMER NEVER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE. HEAD GASKETS FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO SMOKE/STARTING DIFFICULTY. TIMING CASE COVER FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO SMOKE. ALARM SYSTEM ACTIVATES ON ITS OWN, REQUIRING THE FUSES AND WIRING TO BE DISONNECTED. |
| 544555 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, December 29, 1997 | BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS FAILED. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED CONTINUED ENGINE FAILURES RELATED TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE (RECALL NOTICE SENT AFTER REPAIRS), HOWEVER FAILURE DAMAGED ENTIRE ENGINE, DENIED S SEVERAL TRANSMISSION LEAKS DUE TO FAULTY AXLE SEALS. ROUGH IDLE AND ACCELERATION PROBLEM DUE TO FAULTY SPEEDOMETER CABLE ASSEMBLY. SUB MOUNTS FAILED CAUSING NOISE. DOOR SWITCH FAILED. |
| 544678 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Friday, February 12, 1999 | SUBFRAME MOUNTS RECALL, BUT CONSUMER CONCERNED AS TO WHY ENGINE MOUNTS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. BLOWN HEAD GASKET CAUSED VEHICLE NOT TO START. |
| 544915 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | | RECALL NOTICE NOT RECIEVED FOR HEAD GASKET FAILURE. |
| 545057 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, March 09, 1999 | VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE OVERHEATING DUE TO DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, HOWEVER REPAIRS MADE AT TIME OF OVERHEATING WERE ONLY TO THE THERMOS |
| 545216 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 08, 1999 | BRAKE SWITCH WIRING FAILED. MJS ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED DUE TO CRACKED RINGS. MJS VALVE COVER GASKET FAILED, RECALL ON HEAD GASKET HOWEVER DENIED RECALL REPAIR FROM DEALERSHIP DUE TO PART DISCREPANCY. (98M01) MJS SHIFT LEVER FELL OFF VEHICLE. MJS ENGINE EXPERIENCED CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH IDLE AND STALLING, REPLACEMENT OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS AND COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE DID NOT RECTIFY FAILURES, THE |
| 545271 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, February 08, 1999 | ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED. HEAD GASKET FAILED. |
| 545418 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | | CONSUMER NOT NOTIFIED OF HEAD GASKET RECALL DUE TO VIN. (RECALL 98M01) NLM RADIATOR LEAKING. |
| 545455 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, February 25, 1999 | BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *YC |
| 545582 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | Saturday, October 19, 1996 | HEAD GASKET FAILED DUE TO OVERHEATING, RECALL ON HEAD GASKET HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO MILEAGE AND DATE. (98MO1)MJS RADIATOR FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE, REPLACEMENT LEAKED DUE TO FAULTY RADIATOR CAP. MJS |
| 545630 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Monday, February 02, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING OVERHEATING, OVERHEATING CAUSED DAMAGE TO WATER PUMP & RADIATOR. *YC |
| 545772 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | HEAD GASKET BLOWN, AS PER NOTICE 98M01. NLM |
| 545785 | 1995 MERCURY SABLE | Monday, January 06, 1997 | MOTOR MOUNTS BROKEN. NLM HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT, CONSUMER NOT NOTIFIED BY DEAL ABOUT 60,000 MILE EXTENDED WARRENTY PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE. RADIATOR AND ALL COOLANT HOSES REPLACED. NLM BATTERY NEGATIVE CABLE REPLACED. NLM A/C HOSE DEVELOPED A HOLE ALLOWING REFRIGERANT TO LEAK OUT. NLM A/C COMPRESSOR FAILED CAUSING A/C NOT TO WORK. NLM FRONT MIDDLE SEAT BELT BUCKLE DOES NOT LATCH AND HOLD. NLM SPEEDOMETER MAKES WHISTLE/RATTLING NOISE WHILE DRIVING. NLM |
| 545841 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | Wednesday, May 05, 1999 | VEHICLE OVERHEATING DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE. MJS BATTERY FAILED. MJS |
| 545891 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, December 01, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILED AND WAS COVERED BY SERVICE PROGRAM 98M01, THIS FAILURE ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO ENGINE (NOISE) BUT FORD WILL NOT COVER THIS DAMAGE. |
| 546189 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | | HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING LEAKAGE, CAUSING FAILURE TO THE TIMING COVER GASKET / INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET / THERMOSTAT / CRANKSHAFT & BEARINGS WHICH WERE REPLACE THE BODY MOUNTS ON THE REAR CORNERS OF THE SUB-FRAME THAT SUPPORT THE ENGINE & TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCING FAILURE, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (98V323000). *YC |
| 546271 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, May 01, 1999 | HEAD GASKET OVERHEATED, CAUSING ENGINE TO BLOW. *YC |
| 546507 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Monday, May 03, 1999 | RECALL COMPONENT HEAD GASKET FAILED, HOWEVER DENIED DUE TO EXPIRATION DATE OF JANUARY 1999. MJS |
| 547202 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | Saturday, May 01, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. *YC |
| 547440 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Thursday, April 01, 1999 | CONSUMER DID NOT RECEIVE RECALL NOTICE ON THE HEAD GASKET, HEAD GASKET FAILED RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO ENGINE, DENIED REPAIR PER RECALL DUE TO EXPIRATION DATE (98 |
| 547535 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | HEAD GASKET BLEW, COOLING FLUID (ANTI-FREEZE) LEAKED DOWN INTO THE OIL GALLEY AND CONTAMINATED THE ENGINE OIL AND RESULTED IN DESTROYING THE BEARINGS (ROD,MAIN TRANSMISSION SERVICED TWICE. *YC |
| 547602 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, July 09, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILED, RECALL ON COMPONENT HOWEVER NO NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO CONSUMER AND THE DATE HAS RUN OUT, CONSUMER DENIED RECALL SERVICE. MJS |
| 547855 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, July 22, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING A LOUD CLUNK AND WHITE SMOKE TO BE EMMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. NLM |
| 548084 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, June 02, 1999 | BRAKES REPLACED. MJS HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING SMOKE TO COME OUT FROM EXHAUST. MJS |
| 548259 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | | FRONT AND REAR MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED. MJS HEAD GASKET FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (97V-019). MJS TRANSMISSION FAILED. MJS DESIGN FLAW OF THE AIR CONDITIONER UNIT (TUBE WELL BELOW THE BODY OF VEHICLE RESULTING IN DAMAGE FROM ROAD DEBRIS). MJS |
| 548925 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, March 11, 1999 | THREE MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED. MJS HEAD GASKET FAILED. MJS TRANSMISSION REPLACED HOWEVER CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH SURGING. MJS COMPUTER UNIT REPLACED. MJS |
| 549143 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | | HEAD GASKET FAILED WHILE DRIVING, HOWEVER WHEN CONSUMER CALLED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED PER RECALL DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR BECAUSE THE CAR HAD OVER 50,000 MILES. N |
| 549149 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, July 30, 1997 | HEAD GASKET FAILURE RESULTED IN COMPLETE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. MJS TRANSMISSION OIL LEAK FROM THE TORQUE CONVERTER, REQUIRED COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF TRANSMISSION DUE TO LEAKAGE. MJS DOME LIGHT DOES NOT GO OFF, DUE TO COURTSEY SWITCH FAILURE. MJS MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH FAILED CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW WASHER/WIPER. MJS WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED. MJS A/C CLUTCH CYCLE SWITCH FAILED. MJS DASH CUP HOLDER REPLACED. MJS SLIDING DOOR RATTLE NOISE. MJS |
| 549201 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, September 01, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILED. MJS ALUMINUM PISTON FAILED. MJS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHORTING OUT CAUSING LIGHTS TO FLICKER ON AND OFF. MJS ODOMETER FAILED. MJS RADIO FAILED. MJS |
| 549289 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Thursday, July 30, 1998 | POWER STEERING PUMP MAKES NOISE. YH RACK AND PINION FAILED CAUSING NOISE IN STEERING. YH BRAKE SHOES/PADS REPLACED. YH HEAD GASKET,TIMING CHAIN COVER AND WATER PUMP FAILED CAUSING LEAKAGE OF COOLANT. YH TRANSMISSION FAILED. YH TRANSMISSION LEAKS DUE TO PAN GASKET FAILURE. YH SUN ROOF SWITCH INOPERABLE. YH BUMPER CAME OFF. YH POWER DOOR LOCKS DO NOT UNLOCK BY BUTTON OR REMOTE. YH |
| 700065 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, October 08, 1998 | THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED AND ONLY HAD 35000 MILES ON IT AT TIME OF PURCHASE JUNE 1997. SINCE PURCHASE, IT HAS NEVER SHOWN OVERHEATING. THE HEAD GASKET S |
| 700069 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | Saturday, October 24, 1998 | HAVE HAD HEAD GASKETS WERE REPLACED, BUT CONTINUES TO RUN HOT AT INTERMITANT INTERVALS. NEED ASSISTANCE WITH THIS PROBLEM! PLEASE, CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSI |
| 700209 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | Monday, August 31, 1998 | VEHICLE WAS RETURNED FROM PIONEER FORD AFTER HEAD GASKET FAILURE, FAILURE OF HEAD GASKET WAS COVERED BY FORD UNDER RECALL, 2 DAYS LATER VEHICLE OVERHEATED AGAIN |
| 700358 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Friday, October 02, 1998 | WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED AS A PART OF THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY SERVICE PROGRAM NUMBER 98M01 FOR PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE AT MIDDLETON MOTORS IN |
| 700621 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, November 14, 1998 | CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO BLOWN HEAD GASKET. FORD IS AWARE OF THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE BUT IS PROVIDING NO ASSISTANCE. I WAS CAUGHT IN |
| 700680 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, November 07, 1998 | I WAS INFORMED BY RAMP FORD IN NY THAT THE HEAD GASKETS NEEDED REPLACEMENT - THIS WAS DONE NO CHARGE . BUT THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE TIMING CASE COVER GASKET WA |
| 700872 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, January 30, 1998 | THIS VEHICLE HAS ALSO HAD NUMEROUS BRAKE ROTARS/PADS/DRUMS REPLACEMENT. THE HEAD GASKET "BLEW" AT 72-74000 MILES. FORD COVERED THE REPAIR FOR THIS AT NO COST |
| 701056 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, November 10, 1998 | HEAD GASKETS FAILED AT CYLINDERS 3 AND 4. BOTH GASKETS FAILED IN THE SAME LOCATION AND TIME FRAME. THIS POINT TO A DEFECT IN THE GASKETS. AK |
| 701215 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, December 05, 1998 | AFTER HEAD GASKET REPL. IT RACED, JERKED, CUT-OUT, AND SHOOK. DEALER "RETORQUED" MOUNTS. NEXT DAY, PUT IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF PARKING SPACE, ENGINE RACED, |
| 701320 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, November 15, 1998 | ABS/TRANSMISSION FAILURES. ALSO REPLACED FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS/STRUTS/WIRING. ENGINE HEAD GASKE TBLEW OUT, CAUSING ENGINE TO LEAK. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON/O |
| 701390 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, December 13, 1998 | I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF TRANSMISSION FAILURES ON THIS VEHICLE AS WELL AS HEAD GASKETS BLOWING AND FORD SHOULD HAVE TO REIMBURSE FOR THE REPAIRS. THE VAN IS HAVI |
| 701783 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | FORD PAID A PORTION OF THE HEAD GASKET REPLACEMENT PRIOR TO THE RECALL. DEALERSHIP CLAIMED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION WHEN I INITIALLY DETECTED IT |
| 702020 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, December 15, 1998 | NO HEAT. APPARENTLY A BLOWN HEADGASKET. I'VE HEARD OF NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS NATURE (SO IT'S NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT). TAKING IT TO DEALER FOR CO |
| 702078 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, December 23, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILURE, COVERED UNDER RECALL, REPAIRED 7/98. ENGINE DEVELOPED A KNOCK, STARTED RUNNING ROUGH, COOLANT LEVEL LOW WITH NO EXTERNAL LEAKAGE. DEALER |
| 702113 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, July 01, 1997 | TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REBUILT TWICE AND HEAD GASKET REPLACED TWICE. WHEN TRANSMISSION GOES BAD SLIPS STALLING TIME TO PULL OUT. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS DELAY COULD |
| 702118 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, January 03, 1999 | KNOWN HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON THE 3.8L 6 CYLINDER ENGINE USED IN THE WINDSTAR AND THE TAURUS. CONTACTED FORD. GAVE THEM EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS KN |
| 702226 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, December 31, 1998 | FORD HAVE A RECALL ON THERE 95 WINDSTAR HEADGASKET.I NEVER GOT A RECALL NOTICE ANNOBODY CALL ME.WELL ON 12/31/98 MY HEADGASKET BLEW,HAPPEN AROUND 8.00PM.WE CALL |
| 702244 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, January 13, 1999 | FORD OFFERED PROGRAM UNTIL 12/31/98 IF HEAD GASKET BLEW. (FORD DID NOT MAKE ME AWARE OF THIS PROGRAM, HAD I KNOW, I WOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR REPAIR). O |
| 702271 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, January 12, 1999 | AFTER STARTING VEHICLE FROM COLD START, PISTON FULL OF ANTIFREEZE, DUE TO DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET. DEALER INFORMED ME OF RECALL NUMBER 98M01, BUT STATED I WOULD |
| 702288 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, January 07, 1999 | FORD HAD INITIATED AN "OWNERS NOTIFICATION PROGRAM" BECAUSE OF FAULTY HEAD GASKETS IN THE 1995 WINDSTAR. BASICALLY, IF YOUR HEAD GASKET BLEW PRIOR TO DECEMBER |
| 702557 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, January 20, 1999 | REF SERVICE PROGRAM 98M01. HEAD GASKETS FAILED 3 WEEKS AFTER PROGRAM EXPIRED. FORD OFFERED NO FLEXIBILITY. $1500 REPAIRS. *AK |
| 702603 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, December 20, 1998 | I RECEIVED A LETTER IN AUGUST OF 98 REGARDING FORD HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE HEAD GASKET SEALS ON THE 3.8L MOTOR, IF I WAS HAVING A PROBLEM BEFORE 12/98 TO BRIN |
| 702666 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, December 16, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED PREMATURELY, CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE AT HIGH SPEEDS. |
| 702685 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, January 11, 1999 | TRANSMISSION REPAIRED ON 11/29 /98 . ONLY 7 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP, 6 WEEKS LATER ENGINE WENT WAS TOLD IT WAS A POSSIBLE HEAD GASKET. WAS TOLD FORD HAD A NOTIFICA |
| 702729 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, January 27, 1999 | AFTER BRINGING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP ON 11DEC98 FOR RECALL OF HEAD GASKET. THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY TESTED WITH TOTAL HOURS BY TECH #128 WAS .6 . AT THIS TIME THE T |
| 702785 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, December 16, 1998 | I EXPERIENCED HEAD GASKET FAILURE 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE RECALL PROGRAM EXPIRED. THE DEALERSHIP DELAYED IN FIXING IT, RESULTING IN ENGINE FAILURE. |
| 702921 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, January 30, 1999 | IN JUNE 1998, FORD MOTOR IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM WITH DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS. WE WERE MAILED A LETTER FROM FORD THAT PROVIDED EXTENDED WARRANTY UNTIL 12/98 OR 60, |
| 703242 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, December 15, 1998 | DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS LEAK COOLANT INTO COMBUSTION CHAMBER. FORD RECOGNIZES THIS PROBLEM (SERVICE PROGRAM 98M01) BUT WONT FIX VEHICLES AFTER 60000 MILES OR A |
| 703269 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, February 15, 1997 | ON THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET ISSUE, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD LAST MAY 1998 AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY CHE |
| 703308 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, February 05, 1999 | A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, AND A BULLETIN WAS RELEASED BUT HAD A MILEAGE AND TIME LIMIT WHICH I AM SLIGHTLY OVER, FORCING |
| 703310 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, February 12, 1999 | FAILURE OF ENGINE HEAD GASKET 2 MONTHS BEYOND FORD'S "EXTENSION" OF RECALL NOTICE 98M01 FOR THIS PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED ISSUE WITH FORD 3.8L 6CYL ENGINES. FORD |
| 703314 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, February 13, 1999 | THERE MAY BE OTHER UNDERLYING PROBLEMS THAT CASUED HEAD GASKET TO BLOW, BUT THIS CANNOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO EXTREME DAMAGE FROM COOLANT IN THE ENGINE, 3RD CYLI |
| 703397 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, February 16, 1999 | I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A LETTER SENT TO SOME OWNERS OF WINDSTARS STATING THAT THE HEAD GASKETS WERE DEFECTIVE, HOWEVER I NEVER RECEIVED THIS LETTER. *AK |
| 703432 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, February 11, 1999 | A RECALL LETTER RECEIVED IN JUNE OF 1998 STATED THAT HEAD GASKET REPAIR WAS COVERED UNTIL DEC,31.98. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT FORD IS VERY AWARE OF AND SHOULD COV |
| 703458 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, February 18, 1999 | I AM SURE THAT THE HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN ON THE ENGINE. I HAD HIGH ENGINE TEMPERATURE, AND WHITE SMOKE WITH WATER COMING FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE PERSON THAT |
| 703468 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, January 20, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER RECALL PERIOD HAD EXPIRED. FORD RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT OF HEAD GASKET AT OWNER'S COST. AFTER HEAD GASKET REPLACEMENT, VEH |
| 703518 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, January 14, 1999 | ENGIN EHEAD GASKET FAILED 14 DAYS AFTER EXPIRATION OF EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM. *AK |
| 703572 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, February 17, 1999 | CHARGED $900 TO REPLACE HEAD GASKET. IS THIS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL? WHAT ELSE SHOULD I CONTACT FOR ABOUT? *AK |
| 703835 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Sunday, November 01, 1998 | HEAD GASKETS NEED TO BE REPLACED TWICE |
| 703920 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, February 17, 1999 | MY VEHICLE'S HEAD GASKETS 'BLEW' WHICH RESULTED IN WATER/COOLANT IN MY ENGINE/OIL PAN RESULTING IN THE REQUIREMENT FOR A NEW ENGINE BLOCK. I DID NOT HAVE THE E |
| 703971 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, February 24, 1999 | HEAD GASKETS FAILED. FORD AWARE THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW, BUT WILL NOT COVER IT. |
| 704074 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, February 06, 1999 | THE HEAD GASKETS FAILED AT 62000 MILES ON 6 FEB 99. FORD KNEW ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE GASKETS, BUT SENT A NOTIFICATION LETTER TO COVER THE COSTS AS LONG AS FAILURE |
| 704145 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, March 07, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLOWN CAUSING CRACKED HEADS. FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY TO 60,000 MILES BUT FAILED TO NOTIFY OWNERS. ALSO, REPLACED ENTIRE BRAKE ASSEMBLY AT 50, |
| 704189 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Monday, March 08, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILURE POST FMC 98M01 GUIDELINES (PROGRAM TERMINATED AT 12/31/98). I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM AS DEALER CLAIMS THAT A NUMBER OF THESE HAVE |
| 704212 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Tuesday, March 09, 1999 | HEAD GASKET BLOWOUT RESULTED IN TIMING COVER GASKET BLOWING. ALSO RESULTED IN ANTIFREEZE LEAKAGE WHICH CAUSED TIMING COVER BOLTS TO HARDEN AND CRASKED THE TIMIN |
| 704254 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Tuesday, March 09, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING ENGINE DAMAGE. DEALER'S SERVICE DEPT. SAYS ENTIRE ENGINE MUST BE REPLACED ($3,600). |
| 704261 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 08, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING COOLANT. I CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR 5 YEARS AND 60K MILES WHICH I HAVE EXCEEDED. I AM THE ORIGINA |
| 704268 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, March 03, 1999 | NEVER RECEIVED NOTICE FROM FORD ABOUT A "HEAD GASKET CHECK" OR AN EXTENSION ON THE ENGINE WARRANTY. LOCAL FORD DEALER WOULD NOT CONSIDER COVERING ENGINE HEAD GA |
| 704273 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, February 01, 1999 | LEAK OF COOLANT IN HEAD GASKET CAUSED FLUID TO ENTER ENGINE BLOCK CAUSING DAMAGE TO BEARINGS AND VALVES |
| 704409 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, February 13, 1999 | I BLEW THE HEAD GASKET ON THE ENGINE 2 WEEKS AGO,AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS READY TO GO AS WELL..AFTER ALL THE PEOPLE WITH THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM,IM SURPRIS |
| 704457 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, December 20, 1998 | HEAD GASKETS BLEW DURING 12/98. THIS SITUATION COULD POSSIBLY CASE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH UNDER HIGHER SPEEDS. FORD WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR OF THE ENGINE |
| 704544 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | CALLED THE DEALER ABOUT THE TROUBLED HEAD GASKET. DEALER COMMENTED THAT THERE IS A RECALL, BUT THE MILLAGE CAN'T EXCEED 60K. I TOLD THE DEALER THAT THERE WAS A |
| 704559 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, December 16, 1998 | HEAD GASKETS FAILED COMPLETELY. UPON BRINGING TO FORD DEALER, INFORMED THAT THEY KNOW PROBLEM EXISTED. NEVER CONTACTED ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF THE PROBLEM. F |
| 704659 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 01, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET/RADIATOR REPLACED, DOMN LIGHTS WON'T SHUT OFF, WATER IN REAR TAIL LIGHT, HOOD WONT SHUT, AIRCONDITIONING SWITCH REPLACED, BRAKES MAKING NOISE |
| 704720 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, December 05, 1998 | FORD COVERED THE COST FOR THE HEAD GASKET AT 117000KMS. BUT AS YET HAVE NOT REPORTED TO THEM ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION UNTILL I GET THE FINAL BILL (TUES. MARCH 23/ |
| 704725 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, March 19, 1999 | ORIGINAL HEAD GASKET LEAKED COOLANT INTO CYLINDER # 3 MAKING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON. ENGINE SHUDDERED AND SMOKED/STEAM AND WATER CAME OUT OF EXHAUST PIPE. |
| 704765 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, March 11, 1999 | FORD APPARENTLY SENT OUT A BULLETIN ON HEAD GASKETS IN 1998. WE DID NOT RECEIVE SUCH A BULLETIN. IF WE DID, I WOULD HAVE CONTACTED FORD AT THAT TIME TO SCHEDU |
| 704863 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, March 23, 1999 | ON 3-21-99, WAS PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON VEHICLE AND FOUND TRACES OF OIL IN RADIATOR. EXPERIENCE TELLS ME THAT THIS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH HEAD GASKET |
| 704940 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 08, 1999 | FORD ADMITTED IN A LETTER TO ME IN JUNE 1998 UNDER SERVICE PROGRAM 98M01 THAT THE HEAD GASKETS COULD FAIL PREMATURELY. IF THE CONDITION OCCURRED WITHIN 5 YRS OR |
| 705015 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, March 04, 1999 | RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD JUNE, 1998 STATING THAT PREMATURE FAILURE OF HEAD GASKETS MAY OCCUR. THEY WOULD PAY FOR THIS IF VAN IS LESS THAN 5 YRS OLD OR HAS L |
| 705022 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, February 15, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED JUST AFTER RECALL EXPIRED. IT WAS TESTED ONLY A FEW MONTHS BEFORE AND TESTED OK. *AK |
| 705055 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 15, 1999 | FORD HAS BEEN NOTIFIED THAT I NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION FOR ANY HEAD GASKET PROBLEM WHICH IS NOW COSTING ME AN EXCESS AMOUNT OF MONEY. |
| 705066 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, March 27, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING STARTER NOSE TO SHEAR OFF, AND COOLANT TO BE EJECTED ONTO EMISSION CONTROL COMPONENTS, INCLUDING CATALYTIC CONVERTER) AND OUT OF EXH |
| 705118 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | NEVER RECEIVED A NOTICE OF EXTENDED WARRANTY OF HEAD GASKETS. THEY WENT 5 DAYS AFTER 12/31/98. DEALERSHIP PAID FOR THE REPAIR, BUT NOW ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLAC |
| 705131 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 29, 1999 | BLOWN HEAD GASKET OCCURRED AT STOP SIGN, HUGE PLUME OF WHITE SMOKE. LUCKILY, THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE FREEWAY AND CAUSED A CRASH/FATALITY. FORD KNOWS THERE |
| 705216 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, March 24, 1999 | HEAD GASKET REPLACED LAST AUGUST, NOW HEAD IS CRACKED AND NEEDS |
| 705220 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 29, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILED AT 48K AND AGAIN AT 53K MILES. FORD'S EXTENDED WARRANTY 98M01 FOR THE GASKET ENDS AT 60K, BUT SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO COVER RECURRING FAILURES |
| 705272 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, April 01, 1999 | THERE ARE EVIDENTLY SEVERE PROBLEMS WITH THE 1995 WINDSTAR HEAD GASKET AND TRANSMISSION. WHEN WILL THE GOVERNMENT RESPOND TO OUR COMPLAINTS AND FORCE FORD TO T |
| 705273 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 29, 1999 | FORD RECALLED THE HEAD GASKETS IN THE '95 WINDSTARS. THEY SENT THEIR LETTERS OUT, AND I TOOK MINE DOWN TO THE DEALER NEAR ME TO GET IT CHECKED OUT. THEY SAID T |
| 705357 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 01, 1999 | HEAD GASKET IN ENGINE FAILED, CAUSING OVERHEATING OF ENGINE. *AK |
| 705379 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, March 30, 1999 | HEAD GASKET BLOWN, POSSIBLE CRACKED BLOCK. FORD WON'T HELP PAY. *AK |
| 705459 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 29, 1999 | MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD ME OF THE HIDDEN WARRANTY THAT EXISTED ON THE HEAD GASKET OF THE 1995 FORD WINDSTAR. THEY ASKED FOR MY MILEAGE AND VIN NUMBER UP |
| 705616 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, April 06, 1999 | FAULTY HEAD GASKET IS A KNOWN DEFECT, SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED |
| 705619 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, March 02, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSED COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. APPEARS TO BE KNOWN DEFECT BUT FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM. |
| 705625 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, January 14, 1999 | ENGINE REPLACED DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE. WARRANTY EXPIRED. TOTAL COSTS $3869.64 |
| 705683 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 01, 1999 | HEAD GASKET IS DEFECTIVE ON 1000'S OF 3.8L ENGINES, SHOULD BE RECALLED |
| 705685 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, February 22, 1999 | HEAD GASKETS BLOWN CAUSING COOLANT TO MIX WITH OIL IN ENGINE. FORD HAD A PROGRAM WHICH EXPIRED 12/31/98 THAT COVERED REPAIRS TO HEAD GASKETS REGARDLESS OF MIL |
| 705721 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, June 20, 1998 | MY VEHICLE OVERHEATED IN JUNE, 1998 AND I ADDED ADDITIONAL COOLANT. IN APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS, I RECEIVED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY NOTICE FROM FORD WHERE HEAD GASKE |
| 705806 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | THE HEAD GASKETS BEGAN TO FAIL ON APRIL 12,1999, RESULTING IN THE OVERHEATING OF OUR ENGINE. ALTHOUGH FORD ISSUED A LETTER TO US LAST JUNE REGARDING THE PROBLE |
| 705817 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, April 18, 1999 | THE HEAD GASKET(S) FAILED, CAUSING THE CAR TO OVERHEAT AND POSSIBLY SUSTAIN INTERNAL DAMAGE. MY WIFE WAS STRANDED IN TRAFFIC, POSING A DANGER TO HERSELF, OUR C |
| 705967 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, April 24, 1999 | THE HEAD GASKET ON OUR 95 FORD WINDSTAR BLEW UP TODAY, AND WE HAVE FOUND MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS 95 FORD VAN'S HEAD GASKET ON THE INTERNET. WE ARE DEEP |
| 706004 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | Thursday, April 01, 1999 | I WAS TOLD BY FORD THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RUINED ENGINE. BUT HAD THEY NOT INSTALLED FAULTY HEAD GASKETS, OVERHEATING WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURED AND THEN |
| 706020 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, April 17, 1999 | AT 57,898 MILES (SEPT. '98), MY WINDSTAR STARTED ACTING FUNNY. I BROUGHT IT TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP , WHO SAID IT APPEARED TO BE A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM, AND TO BR |
| 706027 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, April 01, 1999 | THE WINDSTAR IS VERY UNSAFE. THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED THREE TIMES, ALWAYS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN TRAFFIC, SOMETIMES AT HIGH SPEEDS. THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAU |
| 706123 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, April 28, 1999 | I CONTACTED FORD CUST. SERVICE AND THEY WERE AWARE OF THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE IN THE 95 WINDSTAR. THEY DID NOT ISSUE A RECALL, THIS PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE DESI |
| 706183 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | Sunday, May 02, 1999 | RECEIVED LETTER FROM FORD VEHICLE SERVICE AND PROGRAMS DATED JUNE, 1998 ABOUT A PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE TO OWNERS WITH MY MAKE AND MODEL: SERVICE PROGRAM |
| 706187 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, December 01, 1998 | ENGINE - BOTH HEAD GASKETS WERE REPLACED BY DEALER, THEN ENGINE REPLACED, TRANMISSION SHOWED BURNT FLUID AND WAS REPLACED 3 MONTHS FOLLOWING ENGINE REPLACEMENT, |
| 706235 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, January 07, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILED WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE FREWWAY APPROX 100 MILES FROM HOME. CONTACTED DEALER, WHO CONTACTED FORD AS FORD HAD RECOGNIZED THAT THIS P |
| 706252 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, April 04, 1999 | HEADGASKETS ON THESE ENGINES ARE BOUND FOR FAILURE, FORD UPGRADED THE GASKETS BUT WILL NOT STAND COVER THE COSTS AFTER DEC. 1998. MOST PEOPLE LOOSE THIER ENGIN |
| 706256 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | BLOWN HEAD GASKETS AROUND JULY, 1998 WHICH FORD PAID FOR. THEY CHARGED ME AROUND $900 TO FIX A LEAK TO THE TIMING COVER THAT I THINK WAS CAUSED BY THE HEAD GASK |
| 706282 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, May 04, 1999 | OUR 1995 FORD WINDSTAR BLEW A HEADGASKET ON 05/04/99 WITH ONLY 53,000 MILES. APPARENTLY THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THESE VEHCILES CONCERNING HEADGASKETS BU |
| 706357 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, May 02, 1999 | I RECEIVED A SERVICE BULLETIN FROM FORD IN 1998 WHICH STATED THAT: IF THERE WERE PROBLEMS WHERE THE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE 60,000 MILE |
| 706365 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, August 13, 1998 | COOLING SYSTEM AND HEAD GASKET RELATED FAILURES IN 1995 FORD WINDSTARS ARE COMMON FROM 35 TO 70K AND RESULT IN MAJOR REPAIR EXPENSES. *AK |
| 706395 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | Wednesday, December 30, 1998 | I CONTACTED THE FORD COMPANY TO FIND OUT IF THIS WAS A RECALLED ITEM. THEIR RESPONSE WAS THAT THEY HAD PUT AN EXTENED WARRANTY ON THE HEAD GASKETS WHICH EXPIRED |
| 706522 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, May 06, 1999 | FORD HAD ACKNOWLEDGED A FAULTY HEAD GASKET PROBLEM WITH THE 95 WINDSTARS BY EXTENDING THEIR WARRANTY SERVICE TO COVER UP TO 60,000 MILES. THEY REFUSED TO COVER |
| 706530 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, April 26, 1999 | HEAD GASKET SHOULDN'T FAIL ON A MINIVAN LESS THAN FOUR YEARS OLD WITH LESS THAN 40,000 MILES. HOPE NO OTHER FAILURES ARE IMMINENT. *AK |
| 706634 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, May 17, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK WHICH ALSO CAUSED ENGINE BEING TOO COLD OR TOO HOT. CONTACTED FORD, NO ASSISTANCE PROVIDED. *AK |
| 706639 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | Sunday, April 18, 1999 | HEAD GASKET HAS ALSO CAUSED $800 IN OTHER DAMAGE. PROBLEM IS WELL KNOWN ON THIS ENGINE, SEE '95 WINDSTAR ISSUES. *AK |
| 706655 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, May 19, 1999 | THE HEAD GASKET FAILED AT LESS THAN 62000 MILES OR 5 YEARS. FORD HAD SAID THEY WOULD PAY, BUT NOT PAST 5 YEARS OR 60000 MILES. THAT OFFER EXPIRED 12/31/98.*AK |
| 706663 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, October 26, 1998 | 8/3/98 OUR '95 WINDSTAR HAD THE HEAD GASKETS REPLACED UNDER FORD'S "EXTENDED WARRANTY" PROGAM. WE HAD HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE MISSING IN THE PAST. ON 10/ |
| 706673 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, December 12, 1998 | THE 1995 WINDSTAR IS A THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF THEIR OWNERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE TRANSMISSIONS MAY FAIL AT ANY TIME AND THE HEAD GASKET WILL LEAD TO BLOWN EN |
| 706781 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, February 08, 1999 | PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKETS ALLOWED ENGINE COOLANT TO RUIN PISTON BEARINGS WHICH RESULTED IN ENGINE OVERHEATING AND FAILURE. FORD HAD AN EXTENDED WAR |
| 706829 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, May 01, 1999 | SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF ACTIVITY WITH BLOWN HEAD GASKETS ON THE 1995 FORD WINDSTAR WITH A 3.8L V-6. CERTAINLY THERE MUST BE SOME RECOURSE WITH FORD IN HAVING THIS |
| 707038 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 15, 1999 | THE HEAD GASKET BLEW ON THE ENGINE, CAUSING IT TO SUDDENLY AND RAPIDLY OVERHEAT. WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM I FOUND IT WAS A WELL KNOWN DEFECT IN THE 19 |
| 707125 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, June 01, 1999 | ENGINE RACED WHEN FIRST STARTED IN THE AM--DEALER SAID THAT HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN,THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR WINSTARS, THAT FORD HAD A HIDDEN WARRANTY I |
| 707145 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, May 29, 1999 | THE HEAD GASKET ON MY WINDSTAR IS DEFECTIVE. I CALLED FORD TO FIND OUT IF A RECALL WAS ISSUED. I WAS TOLD THAT A LETTER WAS SENT OUT TO DEALERS AND OWNERS FOR T |
| 707314 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, May 13, 1999 | HEAD GASKET BLEW WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT RAPIDLY. *AK |
| 707597 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, June 02, 1999 | PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKET CAUSED THE CAR TO START LURCHING SEVERELY WHILE DRIVING UP AN EXTENDED GRADE ON HIGHWAY 101. THE SUDDEN LURCHING CAUSED TH |
| 707612 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, June 14, 1999 | ON 3/26/99 THE HEAD GASKET WENT OUT ON MY 1995 FORD WINDSTAR. ALTHOUGH NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED, THIS CREATED AN UNSAFE SITUATION SINCE I WAS TRAVELING IN RUSH HOU |
| 707637 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, June 17, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILED, COOLANT LEAKED INTO ENGINE, DESTOYING THE |
| 707718 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, June 21, 1999 | A LOCAL FORD DEALER HAS INFORMED ME THAT THIS VEHICLE NEEDS A HEAD GASKET REPLACEMENT. I FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE THAT A HEAD GASKET FAILURE SHOULD BE EXPECTED AT |
| 707737 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, March 07, 1999 | FORD VAN RECALLED FOR HEAD GASKETS 8/98 (MILEAGE 58000). BROUGHT TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT BACK WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AS IT WAS A NINE TO TEN |
| 707741 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Sunday, June 20, 1999 | DEALERSHIP ADVISED ME OF PRE-MATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE, DETECTED ANTIFREEZE ON MY SPARKPLUGS, ADVISES HEAD-GASKET REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF $1400 |
| 707748 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, June 15, 1999 | FORD DID PAY FOR THE HEAD GASKET PER RECALL, HOWEVER THE DEALER RECOMMENDED AN ENGINE FLUSH BECAUSE OF THE HEAD GASKET. HAD TO PAY 100 FOR THAT. THEN THE DEA |
| 707768 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, July 09, 1998 | CURRENTLY OUR VEHICLE IS AWAITING A NEW ENGINE AFTER HAVING THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED ON A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD LAST OCTOBER. WHILE WE HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRA |
| 707778 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, June 19, 1999 | MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE HEAD GASKET (COMMON PROBLEM ON 95 FORD WINDSTAR). FORD HAS REPAIRED SEVERAL VEHICLES IN EXCESS OF THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT ONLY O |
| 707887 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Saturday, May 15, 1999 | THE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND HAS BEEN REPAIRED. SINCE THAT TIME IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO ME THAT FORD IN THE YEARS OF 94 & 94 HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAD GASKET BLOW |
| 707897 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, June 24, 1999 | THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF REPORTS OF FAILED TRANSMISSIONS AND HEAD GASKETS IN THE 1995 WINDSTAR. WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES? *AK |
| 707937 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, June 05, 1999 | I BEGAN EXPERIENCING ALL THE CLASSIC SIGNS OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE INTO KINGS CROWN FORD AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS ONLY A THERMASTAT. I PA |
| 708183 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, June 28, 1999 | ENGINE DEAD DUE TO HEADGASKET FAILURE. *AK |
| 708203 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, June 15, 1999 | HEAD GASKETS FAILED AT 61,000 MILES. AFTER REPAIRS MADE, DEALER NOTED THAT RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY WAS WORN OUT. THIS IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT THAT SHOULD NOT |
| 708266 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, July 01, 1999 | BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND FRONT ENGINE TIMING COVER LEAK. MINIMUM ESTIMATE FROM DEALER IS $1900. WE CONTACTED FORD MOTOR WHO OFFERED NO RELIEF. WE ALSO HAD TO RE |
| 708304 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, July 02, 1999 | TRANSMISSION: SUDDEN DOWNSHIFTING WITH DRAMATIC LOSS OF SPEED; FOLLOWED BY UPSHIFTING AND SPEED SURGE. ENGINE: COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE AFTER DEALER HEAD GASKET |
| 708308 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, July 05, 1999 | HAD 2 HEAD GASKET FAILURES - NOW THE CRANKSHAFT BEARINGS GONE, REQUIRING A SHORT BLOCK. BELIEVE BEARINGS ARE A RESULT OF THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS. |
| 708398 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 08, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD-GASKET FAILURE, AT THE NO. 4 CYLINDER, ON A WELL-MAINTAINED VEHICLE. WINDSTAR HEAD GASKET FAILURE (PARTICULARLY AT THE NO. 4 CYLINDER) IS A KNOWN A |
| 708410 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, June 30, 1999 | FORD ADMITS HEAD GASKETS ARE DEFECTIVE, BUT WILL ONLY REPLACE THEM IF THEY BLOW BEFORE 60000 MILES. |
| 708532 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, February 04, 1999 | CAR FIRST RAN HOT ON 2/4/99. FORD WOULD NOT PAY SINCE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. HAD AN INDEPENDENT TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKETS. PICKED UP CAR - CAR RAN BAD. R |
| 708538 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, August 10, 1996 | PROBLEMS BEGAN WITH ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AT 32,000. MANUF. SAID "DON'T WORRY." HEAD GASKETS/BLOCK AT 51,000. NEW ENGINE ONE YEAR LATER. SECOND ENGINE THREE |
| 708787 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, February 15, 1999 | LOSS OF ENGINE COOLANT, ENGINE OVERHEATING. REPLACED DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT, OWNER NOTIFICATION 98M01. FORD WILL NOT COMPENSATE FOR R |
| 708849 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, July 15, 1999 | THIS HEAD GASKET FAILURE APPEARS TO BE COMMON ON THIS MODEL OF 1995 WINDSTAR. ALTHOUGH FORD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 60,000 MANY DEFECTS OCCUR JUST MILES BEYON |
| 708976 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, July 16, 1999 | WHO'S WINDSTAR ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVEN'T BLOWN? DOOR AJAR LIGHT IS ALSO A PAIN. WAITING FOR TRANSMISSION TO GO NEXT. *AK |
| 709047 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, July 10, 1999 | BLOWN HEAD GASKET, 9,000 MILES AFTER THE RECALL LIMIT |
| 709330 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, July 24, 1999 | VAN BLEW A HEAD GASKET WITHOUT WARNING. |
| 709509 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, July 20, 1999 | ENGINE FAILED 50 MILES AFTER THE HEAD GASKETS WERE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR THE ENGINE TO BE REPLACED! |
| 709511 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, July 15, 1999 | ENGINE OVERHEATED DUE TO MAJOR LOSS OF COOLANT. DIAGNOSED BY DEALER AS FAILED HEADGASKETS. FORD REFUSED TO PAY ANY PART OF REPAIR EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE ADMITTED |
| 709516 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, July 27, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILED WITHOUT WARNING OR PREVIOUS PROBLEM (I.E. NO OVERHEATING, NO POOR HEATER OPERATION, ETC.). CAUSED VAN TO START RUNNING VERY ROUGH. ALMOST S |
| 709572 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, March 28, 1999 | JUST ONE MORE OF THE MANY 3.8L 95 WINDSTAR HEAD GASKET FAILURES. |
| 709632 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, July 31, 1999 | REPLACED HEAD GASKET LESS THAN ONE WEEK AGO. REPLACED OXYGEN SENSORS SAME DAY OF FAILURE. ON HIGHWAY HEADED FOR VACATION ENGINE DIED AND LOSS ALL POWER. HAD |
| 709712 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED, AND AT 42,300 MILES ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. FORD DID NOT ADMIT FAILURE OF ENGINE DUE TO HEAD GASKET, AND OWNER HAD TO PAY $3 |
| 709756 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, August 07, 1999 | VEHICLE IN FOR BRAKE SERVICE, DEALER REQUESTED PERMISSION TO REPLACE HEAD GASKETS UNDER FORD EXT. WARR. 98M01, ENGINE FAILED WITHIN 600 MI. OF REPAIR SERVICE, N |
| 709892 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, December 05, 1998 | HEAD GASKET FAILED WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO ACKNOWLEDGED FORD QUALITY PROBLEM, CAUSING $2,200 IN DAMAGE TO CRITICAL ENGINE PARTS. FORD WAS REPAIRING OR REPLACING |
| 710097 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Tuesday, August 17, 1999 | FORD MOTOR COMPANY COMPLETELY UNCONCERNED ABOUT HEAD GASKET FAILURE OF CAR WITH 65K . I AM ORIGINAL OWNER WHO HAS KEPT ALL SERVICE AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE |
| 710196 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | Thursday, August 12, 1999 | FORD ISSUED A NOTICE, NOT A RECALL AS I FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE, BECAUSE OF THE PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKETS. THE FAILURE COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A S |
| 710389 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, May 14, 1999 | THIS FORD VEHICLE HAS HAD AN EXTREME NUMBER OF FAILURES. STARTING WITH THE HEAD GASKET THAT THE DEALER WANTED US TO PAY FOR AFTER THEY MADE THE MISTAKE OF SAYI |
| 710533 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, March 21, 1999 | VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE OF CRASH WHEN THE HEAD GASKET BLEW. |
| 710572 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, August 01, 1999 | MY MECHANIC TELLS ME THIS IS HIS 28TH HEAD GASKET REPAIR TO A FORD CAR THIS YEAR SO FAR. I CONTACTED MY DEALER'S SERV. DEPT. AND THEY TELL ME THERE WAS A RECALL |
| 710577 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, June 11, 1999 | ONE MONTH BEFORE "THROWING ROD" IN ENGINE, ENGINE BEGAN TO MISS BADLY. MIDDLETON FORD SAID IT WAS THE HEAD GASKET, AND WOULD BE COVERED BY RECALL WARRANTY, BUT |
| 710609 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Friday, August 27, 1999 | I AM REPORTING THIS BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL I SHOULD BE PENALIZED FOR A FAULTY HEADGASKET BEING PUT IN THE VEHICLE. I HAVE TO PAY BECAUSE I DRIVE CAREFULLY AND MO |
| 710630 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, June 20, 1999 | THE HEAD GASKET BLEW WHICH CAUSED THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" TO COME ON AND THE ENGINE STARTED TO MISS. THE DEALER HAD ADVISED TO WATCH COOLANT LEVELS BECAUSE THI |
| 710768 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, July 05, 1999 | 3.8 L ENGINE FAILED 1 YR AFTER HEAD GASKET REPLACED. I BELIEVE THAT AN ENGINE SHOULD LAST MORE THAN 86,000 MILES. |
| 710770 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, August 04, 1999 | DUE TO THE FAULTY HEAD GASKET, 2 DAYS LATER NOTICED A KNOCK (CONFIRMED BY DEALER TO BE A BAD ROD BEARING CAUSED BY THE ABOVE )CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SEIZE 2WEEKS |
| 710804 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, November 04, 1997 | SINCE 1997 WE HAVE REPLACED 4 HEATER CORES, 2 RADIATORS, HEAD GASKETS TWICE, WE ARE FACING REPAIRS AGAIN ONLY A FEW WEEKS AFTER REPLACING THE 3RD HEATER CORE. |
| 710816 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, July 01, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON #4 CYLINDER. *AK |
| 710854 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, October 16, 1998 | HEADGASKET ON ENGINE FAILED; THIS FAILURE PROMPTED ENGINE DAMAGE THAT WAS IRREPARABLE. HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE. NOW TRANSMISSION IS FAILING AND IT WILL NOT EASILY |
| 710886 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, May 15, 1999 | HEAD GASKETS BLEW WITHOUT WARNING AND CAUSED THE ENTIRE ENGINE TO SEIZE REQUIRING A NEW ENGINE REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF 3864.73. I WAS TOLD IF I HAD TRIED TO D |
| 710995 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, March 14, 1999 | VEHICLE BROKE DOWN IN HIGHWAY,TOWED TO DEALER DIAGNOSED AS HEAD GASKETS/RELATED FORD WOUILD FIX UNDER RECALL/WORK DONE/WENT TO PICK UP VEHICLE/WORK COMPLETED/RE |
| 711082 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, August 22, 1999 | OUR 95 FORD WINDSTAR HAS IT'S 3RD ENGINE, BECAUSE OF HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS, WE PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND 11 DAYS AFTER IT EXPIRED THE ENGINE WENT OUT W |
| 711470 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, August 24, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILURE-LEAKED COOLENT INTO ENGINE, ENGINE FAILURE, NOW WE NEED NEW ENGINE, HAD EXTENDED WARRENTY, FORD WILL NOT HONOR ANY WARRANTY ON THIS DEFECT. |
| 711626 | 1995 MERCURY SABLE | Wednesday, September 01, 1999 | BLOWN HEAD GASKET, FAILED MOTOR MOUNTS, FAILED TIMING CHAIN COVER GASKET, TRANSMISSION GASKET FAILURE, RADIATOR LEAK, COOLONG FAN FAILURE |
| 711796 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, September 10, 1999 | PURCHASED VAN USED FROM FORD DEALERSHIP. 2 MONTHS OR APPROX 2,500 MILES LATER HEAD GASKET FAILED LEAKING COOLANT INTO OIL AND DESTOYING ENGINE. FORD DEALER WILL |
| 711852 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, May 16, 1999 | FORD HAS A HISTORICAL PROBLEM WITH THE PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE 3.8L HEAD GASKETS. ALSO, IN 1994-95, ALUMUNUM FORWARD CLUTCH PISTONS WAS USED IN THE AXOD TRANS. |
| 711930 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, September 01, 1999 | WE HAVE HEARD RUMOR OF A "SECRET WARRANTEE" ON THE HEAD GASKET THAT FAILED. IS IS TRUE AND IF SO WHERE DO WE START? WE PAID $1100. FOR REPAIRS AND FEEL BADLY |
| 712030 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | Friday, September 03, 1999 | HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. LOST COOLANT, HEAD CRACKED. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT ON THIS 3.8 ENGINE. FORD REFUSE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE THE CAR IS MORE THAN 5 YEARS |
| 712071 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, August 20, 1999 | IN JUNE OF 1998, WHILE WE WERE LIVING IN FAYETTEVILLE, AR, WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY STATING THAT THEY HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR HEAD GASKETS I |
| 712195 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, September 25, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILED, MISFIRE ONE CYLINDER DRAINING COOLANT, NO SMOKE THOUGH. 98M01 EXPIRED. NOW WHAT? |
| 712211 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, September 23, 1999 | HEAD GASKET WENT OUT. IT WAS REPLACED WITH RECALL. REAR HATCH LOCK ACUATOR BROKE NOT FIXED YET. WINDSHIELD WASHER WORKS ONLY AFTER IT IS PUSHED REPEATEDLY ABO |
| 712217 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | Tuesday, December 01, 1998 | HEAD GASKET WAS RECALLED IN 1998 AND REPLACED. IS THERE ANY SIMILARITY OR CONNECTION TO THIS GASKET LEAK. MATERIAL DEFECTS, ETC. I'VE BEEN QUOTED $500 TO FIX |
| 712238 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, April 12, 1999 | HEAD GASKETS BAD - THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WHICH FORD HAS ALREADY ADMITTED IS A DESIGN FLAW. THEY REPAIRED CARS WITH UNDER 60K MILES (WHICH OWNERS SELF-DIAGNOS |
| 712316 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, September 22, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILURES - 3 TIMES @ 54,000, @65,000, @74,000 MILES |
| 712419 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, June 02, 1999 | TIMING COVER GASKET & SEAL FAILURE AND CYLINDER HEAD GASKETS FAILURE AT 48,834 MILES. SYMPTOMS WERE HESITATION/JERKING WHEN ACCELERATING & COOLANT LOSS. BOTH F |
| 712433 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, September 22, 1999 | THE HEAD GASKET FAILED AND THEREFORE THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED. FORD STATED THERE WAS A DESIGN FLAW AND THEY EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTY FROM 50,000 MI. TO 60,000 MI. |
| 712515 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, September 22, 1999 | BLOWN HEAD GASKET. THIS WAS A PROPERLY MAINTAINED ENGINE AND THERE WAS NO WARNING OF ANY PROBLEM. I AM FACED WITH BUYING A NEW LONG BLOCK AT A COST OF $4700. FR |
| 712558 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, September 30, 1999 | HIGH TEMPERATURE INDICATION DURING DILEING AND 0-15MPH. TOOK TO LOCAL FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAVE A BAD HEAD GASKET THAT WILL REQUIRE ME TO REPLACE TH |
| 712578 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, September 11, 1998 | THE HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN TWICE IN 53 WEEKS, AND FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON THE WEB THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. |
| 712749 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, October 01, 1999 | THE BLOWN HEAD GASKET IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE 3.8L ENGINE. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. IF YOU NEE |
| 712768 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, September 23, 1999 | HEAD GASKET BLEW CAUSING A LOT OF STRONG SMELLING, WHITE SMOKE TO COME FROM UNDER THE CAR AND OUT OF THE EXHAUST. MY WIFE HAD FOUR CHILDREN IN THE VAN AT THE T |
| 712805 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | I HAD RECEIVED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY NOTICE FROM FORD STATING THEY HAD A PROBLEM WITH PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE HEAD GASKETS ON THE 95 WINDSTAR. THE LETTER STAT |
| 712930 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, May 20, 1999 | IN MARCH 1999 THE HEAD GASKET FAILED ON MY 1995 FORD WINDSTAR.THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT 75000 MILES WHICH WAS BEYOND FORD'S EXTENDED WARRENTY FOR THIS DEFECT BY 1 |
| 712960 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, September 26, 1999 | HEAD GASKET BLEW WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING, EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE HAD BEEN METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED |
| 713003 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, August 29, 1999 | THE ENGINE FROZE UP. THIS WAS DUE TO THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM THAT THIS 3.8L V6 ENGINE IS KNOWN FOR. THE ONLY INDICATION WE HAD WAS ERRATIC READINGS OF THE TEMPE |
| 713021 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, September 01, 1999 | EXCEEDED FORD'S 60K WARRANTY ON HEAD GASKETS AND FORD REFUSED TO COVER REPLACED |
| 713080 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, October 09, 1999 | IN THE PAST FOUR MONTHS, THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD THE FOLLOWING REPAIRS: 6/17/99: COOLANT LEAK, RESULTING IN REPLACING HEAD GASKET AND WATER PUMP, REAR WHEEL BRAKES |
| 713095 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, September 23, 1999 | HEAD GASKETS BLOWN ON FORD 3.8L ENGINE. |
| 713159 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, September 01, 1999 | DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET. FORTUNATELY FORD REPLACED UNDER SECRET WARRANTY. HOWEVER, I HAVE ASKED FOR CREDIT OF $4,000.00 TOWARD PURCHASE OF 2000 WINDSTAR BECAUSE |
| 713260 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, November 30, 1998 | VEHICLE IS ONE OF MANY 1995 WINDSTARS TO BLOW A HEAD GASKET WITHOUT OWNER NEGLECT AND HAVE ITS TRANSMISSION FAIL WITHOUT OWNER NEGLECT OR OVERUSE. |
| 713300 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Wednesday, April 14, 1999 | THE HEAD GASKETS WERE DEFECTIVE. REPAIRED AND DEFECTIVE A SECOND TIME. THE ENGINE BLOCK WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED. FORD MOTOR FINALLY ACCEPTED RESPONSIBILITY I |
| 713367 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, October 13, 1999 | DEALER DIAGNOSED A HEAD GASKET FAILURE DURING ROUTINE 90K MILE CHECK UP (ANTI-FREEZE ON SPARK PLUGS). FORD REFUSES TO PAY. |
| 713401 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, October 09, 1999 | RECALL FOR ENGINE HEAD GASKET, WIRING, ALSO HAD CRACKED WHEEL AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *AK |
| 713476 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, October 04, 1999 | HEAD GASKETS FAILED ALLOWING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO INTERNAL ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ENGINE BURNED INTERNALLY AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. TOTAL COST 3990.00. FORD HAS NOT |
| 713512 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, October 07, 1999 | SAME PROBLEM WITH HEAD GASKETS AS THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING. *AK |
| 713523 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, October 02, 1999 | SYMPTOMS OF THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON THIS VEHICLE BECAME MANIFEST ON 10/2/99. HOWEVER, IN RETROSPECT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER LURKING SYMPTOMS SINCE ABOUT 40K MI |
| 713620 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, October 18, 1999 | THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED, THIS WAS A KNOWN MANUFACTURING PROBLEM AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY FORD.*AK |
| 713669 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, October 21, 1999 | DUE TO THE HEAD GASKET FAILURE, THESE FAILURES OCCURRED. FORD WILL NOT REPLACE OR REIMBURSE FOR THE REPAIRS. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SOME ACTION AS I DO NOT HAVE |
| 713720 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, October 10, 1999 | ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO FAILED CAM SHAFT BEARING. HEAD GASKET HAD BEEN REPLACED 6 MONTH PRIOR DUE TO LEAKAGE. FORD DEALERSHIP MAKING REPAIR COULD NOT OBTAIN THE |
| 713791 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, September 25, 1999 | A HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED ON THE CAR AT 69,000 MILES CAUSING ADDITIONAL REPAIRS, I.E: PLUGS, AIR FILTER, COOLANT ETC. THE SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED ME THA |
| 713836 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, October 12, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILURE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ESTIMATED THAT IT LEAKED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME PRIOR TO COMPLETE FAILURE. COOLANT IN THE OIL HAS RESULTED IN THE DETERIOR |
| 714003 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Thursday, October 14, 1999 | PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. NO INCURRING CONDITIONS |
| 714016 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, October 26, 1999 | FAILED HEAD GASKET, WHICH HAS BEEN ON GOING PROBLEM. DEALER STATES SINCE I AM OVER THE MILEAGE WOULD NOT HELP PAY BILL ON A PRO-RATED OFFER. IF I WOULD HAVE K |
| 714033 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, June 04, 1998 | THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT HEAD GASKETS ARE DAMAGE OR BLOWN IN LESS THAN 16 MONTHS DEALER AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT FIX PR |
| 714067 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, October 29, 1999 | HEADGASKET FAILED. DEALER SAID RECALL EXPIRED DEC.1998. ESTIMATED $900 REPAIRS. UNDERSTAND PROBLEM WAS AND IS RECURRING |
| 714077 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, October 29, 1999 | BLOWN HEAD GASKET. EXISTING FORD SERVICE BULLITEN 98M01. |
| 714105 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, August 28, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILED. HAD TRIED TO GET PROBLEM LOOKED AT DURING WARRANTY PERIOD, WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT REPAIR WOULD NOT BE MADE UNTIL PART FAILED. WARRANTY |
| 714230 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, October 26, 1999 | I UNDERSTAND THAT A VERY HIGH % OF THESE ENGINES HAVE A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. THE FORD COMPANY HAS MADE A REPLACEMENT GASKET TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS REPAIR |
| 714232 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, October 29, 1999 | ON FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1999 MY 1995 FORD WINDSTAR BLEW IT'S 3.8 LITER V-6 ENGINE HEAD GASKET. AS I DROVE THE CAR IT BEGAN TO EMIT CLOUDS OF STEAM FROM |
| 714272 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, November 02, 1999 | CAR WILL NOT CRANK DUE TO BLOWN HEAD GASKET. FORD HAS RECOGNIZED PROBLEMS WITH HEAD GASKETS ON 1995 3.8L ENGINES BUT STATE THEY WILL NOT COVER THIS FAILURE SIN |
| 714310 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, October 28, 1999 | WE HAVE JUST EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT MANY OWNERS OF 95 WINDSTARS COMPLAIN ABOUT - BLOWN HEAD GASKETS AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUR |
| 714342 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, October 28, 1999 | AS THE OWNER OF A 95 FORD WINDSTAR WITH THE 3.8L MOTOR, I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD EXTENDING WARRANTY COVERAGE DUE TO PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. |
| 714364 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, August 07, 1999 | ENGINE OVERHEATED. AT 82,904 MILES, DEALER REPLACED THERMOSTAT AND HEAD GASKET ON 8/7/99. ON 10/29/99 WITH 86,411 MILES IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE JUST |
| 714386 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, October 29, 1999 | OUR MINI-VAN BLEW A HEAD GASKET AND HEAD WAS CRACKED. THESE DEFECTS WERE KNOWN TO FORD WHO REAPIRED THEM THRU DECEMBER 1998 HOW CAN FORD LIMIT REPAIR OF A MAN |
| 714401 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, November 05, 1999 | HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER, ROUGH RUNNING, WHITE SMOKE OUT EXHAUST, AND STRONG COOLANT SMELL INSIDE OF VEHICLE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM |
| 714403 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, October 29, 1999 | HEADGASKET BLEW AND CAUSED MOTOR TO BE RUN WITH ANTIFREEZE IN THE #1 CYLINDER. MOTOR GONE... |
| 714458 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | Monday, October 25, 1999 | FORD IS AWARE OF THE PREMATURE FAILURE OF HEAD GASKETS...I RECIEVED A NOTICE,HOWEVER WHEN MY ENGINE GASKET BLEW AND THE CAR OVERHEATED I WAS AT 75,600.600 MILES |
| 714474 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, November 05, 1999 | PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE DUE TO FACTORY DEFECTIVE GASKETS (FORD SERVICE PROGRAM # 98M01) |
| 714510 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, October 31, 1999 | WIDESPREAD FAILURE OF 1995 WINDSTAR 3.8L ENGINE HEAD GASKET... ME THIS TIME. |
| 714587 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, November 05, 1999 | THE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND WE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE THAT FORD WOULD COVER UP TO 5 YRS. OR 60,000 MILES, IF THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT, HOW CAN THE |
| 780030 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT. VEHICLE AT DEALER FOR REPAIRS. |
| 781175 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, October 09, 1998 | TRANSMISSION/ENGINE HEAD GASKET, AND TIMING CHAIN FAILED. |
| 781228 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, October 09, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET/WATER PUMP SEALS, AND TIMING CHAIN AND GEAR FAILED. |
| 781346 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, October 01, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET/TRANSMISSION/ABS/BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH/TIE ROD AND POWER STEERING HOSE FAILED. *AK |
| 781352 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, October 01, 1998 | ENGINE HEA DGASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. *AK |
| 781746 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, November 27, 1998 | ENGINE OVERHEATED DUE TO BLOWN HEAD GASKET. |
| 781817 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Wednesday, December 30, 1998 | BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET/4 MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE, AND ALTERNATOR MALFUNCTIONED. |
| 781956 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, February 10, 1999 | REAR AXLE BROKE, AND ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT. |
| 818951 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, October 27, 1997 | VEHICLE HAD BEEN RUNNING ROUGH. CALLED DEALER & INFORMED TIMING CHAIN HOUSING WAS GONE. NEEDS TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKETS. *AK |
| 819544 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, October 31, 1997 | THE DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET BLEW WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE BLOCK TO CRACK AND OVERHEAT THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DIE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER CANNOT DETERMIN |
| 819697 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, November 23, 1997 | DRIVING AT APPROX 60 MPH STARTED TO SMELL ANTI FREEZE, SMOKE COMING FROM EXHAUST, WENT TO DEALER , HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. *AK |
| 821553 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | VEHICLE HAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 822112 | 1995 MERCURY SABLE | Sunday, March 01, 1998 | CRACKED ENGINE BLOCK AND BLOWN HEAD GASKETS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. IN ADDITION, MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED, AND ONGOING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS OF KNOCKING/HE |
| 822293 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 30, 1998 | THE HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN OUT PREMATURELY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 822762 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, April 18, 1998 | WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH THE HEAD GASKET BLEW UP, LEAVING VEHICLE UNDRIVABLE, AND VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. CONSUMER SAID THE PROBLEM HAD HAPPENED |
| 823123 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALER SAYS THAT THE HEAD GASKET HAD BEEN BLOWN AND THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK. DEALER HAS FIXED. *AK |
| 823203 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, March 28, 1998 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 60MPH IT STARTED TO OVERHEAT. TOOK TO DEALER & THE MECHANIC SAID THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. ALSO THE ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD. THERE WAS D |
| 823381 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, April 28, 1998 | WHIILE DRIVING THE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 823432 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | WATER PUMP WAS LEAKING WHICH CAUSED WATER TO GET INTO HEAD GASKET OF ENGINE, RESULTING IN A BLOWN HEAD GASKET |
| 823433 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | DRIVING AT 35-40 MPH, WATER PUMP WAS LEAKING WATER ONTO ENGINE, CAUSING HEAD GASKET TO BLOW UP, AND VEHICLE TO MAKE LOUD NOISE. *AK |
| 823558 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | AT HIGH SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD FEEL AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. THE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE. DEALER IS FIXING IT. *AK |
| 823821 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, April 15, 1998 | ENGINE BLEW HEAD GASKET. VEHICLE OVERHEATED & STOPPED RUNNING. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. MECHANIC SAID HEAD GASKETS FAILED IN 3.8 LITER MOTOR. HEAD GASKETS REPLA |
| 825996 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO BLOW. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 826051 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT AT 43,000 MILES. ALSO PROBLEM CAUSED ENGINE PISTONS TO OVERHEAT. DEALERS ARE AWARE OF PROBLEM. |
| 826507 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | | ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE GASKETS. *AK |
| 828291 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Monday, August 17, 1998 | THERE WAS A NEW HEAD GASKET PUT ON THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER. TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME, AND THE FUEL WAS EMPTY IN THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS FUEL LEAKING, BUT CAN'T |
| 829096 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Friday, June 19, 1998 | VEHICLE WOULD MAKE NOISES WHILE DRIVING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. TRANSMISSION WAS DEAD & NEEDED WATER. ALSO, WATER PUMP & ENGINE HEAD GASKET NEEDED REPLACING. |
| 829197 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Saturday, October 17, 1998 | CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE AND IN PROCESS OF TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, AND THE FUEL GOT ALL OVER THE ENGINE. |
| 829501 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | Saturday, October 24, 1998 | HEAD GASKET STARTED TO LEAK WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE IMOPERATIVE. NHTSA INVESTIGATION # 1E 98 080. DEALER/ MFR NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO |
| 830827 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | IE 98 080;TIMING GASKET IS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE, CAUSING THE HEADGASKETS TO FAIL. DEALER ARE AWARE OF DEFECT. *AK |
| 831001 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, August 06, 1998 | IE98080, THE DEFECTIVE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ARE CAUSING THE COOLANT TO LEAK WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE. DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKETS 2 TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHE |
| 831103 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, November 19, 1998 | THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH HEAD GASKETS. THE CONSUMER HAD TROUBLE STARTING THE CAR. WHEN PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, NOTICED THAT OIL WA |
| 831172 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Monday, November 16, 1998 | VEHICLE HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, AND IT WAS AS A RESULT OF A TIMING COVER GASKET THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE HEAD GASKET WAS RECALLED BY FORD, BUT THE REPA |
| 832684 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | Friday, October 30, 1998 | RECALL # 98M01KAA, HEAD GASKETS PREMATURELY FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE PROBLEMS. DEFECTIVE GASKET CAUSED ENGINE PROBLEMS BEFORE THE RECALL, BUT DID NOT REPLACE |
| 832956 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | RECALL NOT IN THE SYSTEM. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL REGARDING THE HEAD GASKET. DEALER REFUSED TO TAKE CARE OF THE RECALL. STATED ALL |
| 833216 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ARE LEAKING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. DEALER SAYS NEEDS NEW HEAD GASKETS. *AK |
| 833340 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS BUSTED AND OIL LEAKED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SIEZE UP. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK |
| 833412 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | THE ENGINE STARTS TO OVERHEAT AND THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE BECOMES COLD. DEALER SAYS ITS A BAD ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK |
| 833447 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | THE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS WERE LEAKING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE COOLANT. DEALER SAID ENGINE HEAD GASKETS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK |
| 833477 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, January 08, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT AFTER EIGHT DAYS WARRANTY RAN OUT. CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS WAS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT WHICH SHOULD BE HONORED BY DEALER. ALSO TRANSM |
| 833492 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | EVERY GASKET ON THIS VEHICLE IS LEAKING, INCLUDING ENGINE HEAD GASKET/TRANSMISSION GASKET/THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, AND THE VALUE COVER GASKET. DEALER HAS BE |
| 833568 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, December 07, 1998 | THERE IS WATER RUNNING FROM THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET, AND THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING ROUGH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN DRIVING IN LOW SPEED. *AK |
| 833592 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, December 28, 1998 | ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ARE FAILING. DEALER/MANUFAXCTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT SERVICE BULLETIN INDICATED THAT THE COST FOR REPAIRS WOULD GO TO CO |
| 833615 | 1995 MERCURY SABLE | | A RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED ABOUT PREMATURE HEAD GASKET FAILURE, SAYING THAT THE VEHICLE CAN STOP UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK |
| 833625 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, MAKING A LOUD NOISE AND SMOKE. DEALER SAYS HEAD GASKETS NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK |
| 833699 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. *AK |
| 833844 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Friday, December 25, 1998 | THE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT AFTER IT WAS FIXED 3 YEARS AGO THROUGH A RECALL BY FORD. CURRENTLY FORD HAS A NEW DESIGN GASKET WHICH THEY ARE GOING TO REPLACE AT T |
| 834179 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | Wednesday, January 20, 1999 | WHILE DRIVING ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO GARAGE FOR MECHANIC'S INSPECTION, MECHANIC MENTIONED HEAD GASKET LEA |
| 834240 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, January 27, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKETS WERE DEFECTIVE. HEAT STOPPED WORKING, STARTED OVERHEATING AND SHAKING, OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER CONTACTED AND AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT S |
| 834263 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | | VEHICLE HAD BAD ENGINE HEAD GASKET WHICH WAS NOTICED WHEN CONSUMER WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE JUST SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH. DEALER HAS BEEN C |
| 834487 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, January 26, 1999 | ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. MECHANIC TESTED COOLANT SYSTEM, AND FOUND COOLANT WAS POURING INTO THE HEAD, AND HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. THERE IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATI |
| 834530 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SMOKE, AND THE ENGINE TO BE INOPERABLE. DEALER SAID IT WAS A FAULTY HEAD GASKET. *AK |
| 834634 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, February 05, 1999 | IE98080; ANTI-FREEZE GOES THROUGHOUT ENGINE HEAD GASKET, CAUSING ENGINE HEAD GASKET TO BLOW UP, AND RESULTING IN MAJOR DAMAGE. COMMON PROBLEM. THERE IS A TSB |
| 834678 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | Tuesday, February 09, 1999 | THERE ISN'T ANY HEAT IN THE VEHICLE DUE TO ENGINE HEAD GASKET BREAKING AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. *AK |
| 834879 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, February 01, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKS COOLANT, WHICH MAY CAUSE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND SEIZE. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. THE VAN IS BEING SERVICED FOR THIS PROBLEM. * |
| 834884 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, February 10, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKETS PREMATURELY WORE OUT, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. FORD DENIED RESPONSIBILITY DUE TO WARRANTY ISSUES. *AK |
| 835070 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, January 30, 1999 | IE98080, COOLANT IS LEAKING FROM ENGINE HEAD GASKET WHICH MAY MIX WITH THE OIL AND SPRING INTO THE ENGINE AND CAUSE A FIRE. *AK |
| 835272 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ARE GOING BAD, CAUSING OVERHEATING AND OIL LEAKING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK |
| 835426 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, February 18, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL. ALSO, DAMAGED THE ENGINE AND MAY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACED GASKETS TWICE. PLEASE |
| 835441 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, March 02, 1999 | AN ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WITHIN 61,000 MILES OF WEAR. DEALER/MANUFACTURER INFORMED. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE EXTENED WARRANTY RAN OUT ON DECEMB |
| 835464 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, October 18, 1996 | DEFECTIVE ENGINE HEAD GASKET WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING. MAY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THERE WAS A |
| 835834 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, December 26, 1997 | WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT ON MARCH 5TH. THE PROBLEMS RETURNED, AND THE CONSUMER VEHICLE ISN'T WORK |
| 835856 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, February 20, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROIMATELY 35 MPH. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE COST OF REPAIR WOULD GO TO CONSUMER. *AK |
| 836071 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | Sunday, March 14, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ARE LEAKING AND VEHICLE IS INOPERABLE DUE TO HEAT ENGINE LIGHT STAYING ON. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER CONTACTED AND CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM. PRO |
| 836193 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, July 01, 1997 | IE98080, THE COOLANT IS LEAKING FROM ENGINE HEAD GASKET WHICH MAY RESULT IN A FIRE, ENGINE SIEZED WHILE DRIVING AND ENGINE PROBLEMS RESULTED. PLEASE PROVIDE F |
| 836273 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, March 13, 1999 | CONSUMER RECEIVED A SAFETY BULLETIN DATED JUNE-98 REGARDING ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. CONSUMER EXPRIENCED THE PROBLEM IN MARCH-99 AND THE BULLETIN HAS EXPIRED |
| 836384 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, November 21, 1998 | WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT AND THE ANT-IFREEZE LEAKED OUT INTO THE OIL. *AK |
| 836484 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 29, 1999 | IE98080; WHILE DRIVING ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED IN AN INTERSECTION WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. FORD DID AN OWNER'S NOTIFICATI |
| 836493 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, December 14, 1998 | HAD RECEIVED A SERVICE BULLETIN REGARDING ENGINE HEAD GASKETS. DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN OUT. HAD TO GET TIMING CHAIN REPLACE |
| 836789 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, December 02, 1998 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING. ANTI-FREEZE WAS COMING OUT FROM HEAD GASKET. *AK |
| 836820 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | COOLANT LEAKAGE IS CAUSING ENGINE HEAD GASKE/TIMING BELT AND WATER GASKET TO FAIL. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE WHAT IS CAUSING THE COOLANT LEAKAGE. *AK |
| 837016 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, February 26, 1999 | TRANSMISSION CAN SHIFT INTO REVERSE, BUT WILL NOT BACK UP. THE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEW. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD GO ON/OFF ON THEIR OWN, DAY OR NIGHT. THE KEY |
| 837134 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, February 05, 1999 | HAD STARTED VEHICLE & NOTICED IT WAS BLOWING SMOKE. TOOK TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN. RECEIVED A TSB ON HEAD GASKETS. HAD NO PROBLEM B |
| 837330 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | CONSUMER HAS A BAD ENGINE HEAD GASKET THAT IS CAUSING OIL LEAKS AND OVERHEATING OF THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK |
| 837366 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | ENGINE HEAD GASKET CRACKED CAUSING FAILURE. HOWEVER, MANUFACTURER HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THESE VEHICLES FOR THE HARD GASKETS. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAS |
| 837495 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, April 27, 2009 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKS. REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER EXPENSE. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK |
| 837940 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, April 12, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A LEAKAGE THAT LEAKED FLUID ONTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. *AK |
| 838011 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, March 27, 1999 | IE98080, DEFECTIVE ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKS COOLANT WHICH MAY CAUSE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING AND MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. KNOWN PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE |
| 838171 | 1995 MERCURY SABLE | Sunday, January 12, 1997 | THERE IS A LEAKAGE WITHIN THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. ALSO, WHEN SETTING CRUISE CONTROL AND APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE ACCELERATED. FINA |
| 838340 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | Monday, May 24, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO IDLE REALLY ROUGH. IN ADDITION, REPLACED DEFECTIVE MOTOR MOUNTS/ REBUILT TRANSMISSION, AND REPLACED DEFECTIVE |
| 838635 | 1995 MERCURY SABLE | Wednesday, April 14, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING ENGINE LEAKAGE . *AK |
| 838669 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | | POOR DESIGN OF ENGINE HEAD GASKET CAUSED GASKET TO FAIL AT APPROXIMATELY 53,335 MILES. *AK |
| 838748 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Thursday, April 15, 1999 | TRANSMISSION ISN'T SHIFTING PROPERLY. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE DUE TO FAILURE. THERE IS A LEAKAGE WITHIN THE HEAD GASKET, WHICH IS LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE OUT TH |
| 838964 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT UP BECAUSE THERE WAS A LEAKY ENGINE HEAD GASKET THAT BLEW. DEALER SAID IT WAS A MANUFACTURER'S DESI |
| 839453 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | ENGINE HEAD GASKETMALFUNCTIONED. THERE WAS AN EXTENDED MANUFACTRURER'S WARRANTY, BUT IT HAS EXPIRED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK |
| 839497 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN. A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT COMPAIGN WAS ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE . THE VEHICLE HAS EXCEEDED THE MILEAGE FOR THE CAMPAIGN. THE DEALER |
| 840697 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Saturday, June 12, 1999 | THE ENGINE'S HEAD GASKETS LEAKING OIL. HAD IT REPAIRED ONCE BEFORE & NOW PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. |
| 841375 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, June 25, 1999 | WHILE DRIVING ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO DEALERSHIP, AND PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK |
| 841478 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, June 23, 1999 | WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, TIMING CHAIN AND ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING THE CONSUMER NOT TO HAVE ANY POWER WITHIN THE VEHICLE. |
| 842333 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | ENGINE HEAD GASKET ALLOWING OIL AND ANTI-FREEZE TO GO INTO ENGINE, CAUSING A POTENTIAL ENGINE FAILURE. *AK |
| 842697 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, June 21, 1999 | A LEAK WITHING ENGINE HEAD GASKET CAUSED VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT AND FLOOD WITH ANTIFREEZE. CONSUMER HAD ENGINE REBUILT. *AK * MJS |
| 842740 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | | ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN WHICH CAUSED THE CHECK OIL LIGHT TO COME ON. VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN RIGHT NOW. DEALER HAS VEHICLE. *AK |
| 843013 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | | HEADGASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. ALSO, TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATED BETWEEN ON/OFF. *AK |
| 843213 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, July 15, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING GAS TO SPILL ALL OVER ENGINE AND DRIP OUT OF TAIL PIPE.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK |
| 843912 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, July 27, 1999 | ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND WON'T GO OFF, INDICATING THERE IS A LEAKAGE COMING FROM ENGINE HEAD GASKET. ALSO, SPARK PLUGS CAME OFF. *AK |
| 843934 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, July 27, 1999 | VEHICLE KEEPS RUNNING HOT. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED BLOWN HEAD GASKET CAUSED OVERHEATING. NO REPAIRWORK DONE. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMAT |
| 844424 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, June 08, 1999 | WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH THE ENGINE BLEW A HEAD GASKET. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF WARNING. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL TO SHOULDER SAFELY. THE DEALER WAS |
| 844478 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | Monday, June 29, 1998 | THE VEHICLE STARTED OVERHEATING. HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC NOTICED AN OIL LEAK. THE TRANSMISSION OIL WAS LEAKING, BUT LOCA |
| 844567 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, June 11, 1997 | ENGINE BLEW THE HEAD GASKETS AFTER OVERHEATING & WAS REPLACED 11 JUN 97. AFTER A FEW THOUSAND MILES, SAME PROBLEM EXISTED & THE HEAD GASKETS BLEW AGAIN AFTER O |
| 845707 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Tuesday, August 24, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS MATTER AND THE DEALER DID NOT NOTIFY CONSUMER. *YC |
| 845710 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Saturday, July 24, 1999 | THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE HEAD GASKETS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED , AND DEALER'S RESPONSE WAS THAT VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE A WARRANTY. *AK |
| 845944 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, July 12, 1999 | WAS DRIVING 45-50MPH WHEN ANTIFREEZE WAS COMING OUT OF TAIL PIPE, THEN VEHICLE DIED. VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC, WHO REFUSED TO REPAIR DUE TO TSB ON HEAD GASKETS |
| 846135 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, August 20, 1999 | CONSUMER WAS SENT A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING HEAD GASKETS . CONTACTED THE DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL, DEALER STATED THAT HE HAS ALREADY PERFORMED RECALL REP |
| 846753 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, September 02, 1999 | DUE THE DEFECTIVE ENGINE HEAD GASKET, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE, AND MAY HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK |
| 847475 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, September 10, 1999 | DEFECTIVE ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAKED FUEL ONTO ENGINE MANIFOLD WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK |
| 848614 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, August 22, 1999 | THE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS FAILED. THE PISTON HAD BURNT OUT. UNDERHOOD INTERIOR WALL WAS SCORCHED. VEHICLE HAD OVERHEATED. HAD NOTICE PUFF OF SMOKE FROM TAIL PIPE. |
| 848752 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | | ENGIN EHEAD GASKETS ARE RELEASING WATER FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK. MANUFCTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 848802 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | THE VEHICLE IS LOSING WATER AND OVERHEATING DUE TO A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. DEALER SAYS GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BETWEEN THE BLOCK AND THE HEAD. *AK |
| 849071 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN OUT AT 80,000 MILES, CAUSING POTENTIAL SAFTEY HAZARD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK |
| 849158 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT, RESULTING IN OVERHEATING, CAUSING A HOLE IN THE ENGINE DEALER WILL REPAIR THE GASKETS. *AK |
| 849203 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, September 27, 1999 | WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, AND THE CONSUMER SAW ALOT OF SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. *AK |
| 849307 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, September 29, 1999 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED TO OVERHEAT. NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM TAILPIPE. VEHICLE AT DEALER & INFORMED CONSUMER THAT ENGINEHEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN & |
| 849557 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Wednesday, September 29, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY RESULTIN A CRASH. COMMON PROBLEM. THERE WAS A TSB BULLETIN BUT IT HAS EX |
| 849727 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN, LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE OIL PAN. A SERVICE RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THE OWNER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER |
| 849839 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Monday, March 01, 1999 | WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE DUE TO ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLOWING OUT. *AK |
| 849947 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | Monday, September 20, 1999 | WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, AND THREI WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. *AK |
| 850646 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Thursday, August 19, 1999 | A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS MADE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. LESS THEN A YEAR LATER, MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE ENGINE MAIN |
| 851261 | 1995 FORD TAURUS | Sunday, December 01, 1996 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET WENT OUT TWICE. DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET DUE TO OIL LEAKING. ALSO, CRANKCASE WENT OUT, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAU |
| 851278 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | Tuesday, September 21, 1999 | ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW UP AND OIL WAS LEAKING FROM ENGINE . *AK |
| 851732 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | | ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT AT 30,000 MILES, CAUSING OIL TO GET INTO ENGINE, AND RESULTING IN VEHICLE STALLING. *AK |
| 851754 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, September 14, 1999 | WHEN DRIVING UP THE HILL VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE. CONTACTED DEALER AND HE REPLACED ENGINE HEAD GASKET. WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65MPH VEHICLE HESITATED AND JERKED |
| 852068 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Sunday, October 24, 1999 | WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. STEAM WAS COMING FROM VEHICLE. TEMPERTURE GAUGE WENT UP TO HOT LEVEL, AND ALL THE WATER CAME OUT OF T |
| 852378 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, October 29, 1999 | THE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL & ANTI-FREEZE ONTO THE ENGINE CAUSING FAILURE. *AK |
| 852586 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Friday, October 15, 1999 | THE HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING THE ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON & OTHER COMPONENTS TO MALFUNCTION. *YC |
| 852613 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING DUE TO A FAULTY ENGINE HEAD GASKET. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. |
| 852757 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | VEHICLE STARTED STEAMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST PIPES, AND BLOWING WATER OUT OF THE RADIATOR. DEALER REPLACED ENGINE HEAD GASKETS. *AK |
| 852964 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT, CAUSING COOLANT TO BE ABSORBED INTO THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 853255 | 1994 MERCURY SABLE | Wednesday, June 23, 1999 | HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR HEATER PROBLEMS AND WAS TOLD THAT IT NEEDED A NEW ENGINE HEAD GASKET. IT LEAKS AIR INTO THE RADIATOR OR COOLIN |
| 853273 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | | ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ARE LEAKING OIL ONTO THE ENGINE BLOCK. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 853290 | 1994 FORD TAURUS | | ENGINE HEAD GASKET AND GASKET COVER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, ALMOST CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AT 66,000 MILES. *AK |
| 853817 | 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR | Tuesday, December 07, 1999 | PREOBLEMS WITH ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK |