Taurus (94/95), Sable (94/95), and Windstar (95) Transmission Problems

Office of Defects Investigation Complaints Database

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

ID#VehicleDate of FailureSummary
481815 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, January 01, 1995 TRANSMISSION SLIPPED FROM NEUTRAL TO DRIVE AND FROM PARK INTO REVERSE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *SKD
482376 1994 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, March 14, 1995 TRANSMISSION STICKS IN SECOND GEAR, CAUSING ENGINE TO REVV IF GOING OVER 40 MPH. *SKD
484300 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, July 17, 1995 BRAKE FAILURE. *SD ROUGH IDLE. *SD TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SD ELECTRICAL BURNING ODOR. *SD HORN INOPERATIVE DUE TO SHORT. *SD AIR CONDITIONER CONTROL PANEL VERY HOT TO TOUCH. *SD HATCHBACK LATCH WILL NOT CATCH UNLESS HATCHBACK IS SLAMMED. *SD POWER WINDOWS OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY. *SD
484378 1995 FORD TAURUS Friday, July 21, 1995 TRANSMISSION REPLACED DUE TO ERRATIC SHIFTING/FAILURE. *AW
486356 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, May 15, 1995 TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE DUE TO FAILURE OF THE 'PIGTAIL' SWITCH. *AW ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION, CAUSING ABS WARNING LIGHT/PARKING BRAKE LIGHT TO COME/STAY ON. *AW
486468 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, April 13, 1995 POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. CONTINUOUS BRAKE PROBLEMS. INTERMITTENT ACCELERATION, ALSO VEHICLE LURCHES WHEN PUT INTO GEAR. TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BECOME STUCK IN PARK POSITION. *SKD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEMS.
489122 1995 FORD TAURUS Monday, March 20, 1995 PARKING GEAR FAILED. *SKD TRANSMISSION SLIPPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *DH
501226 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, November 01, 1994 TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARSHLY. *DSH DOOR AJAR WARNING LIGHT COMES ON, EVEN WITH ALL DOORS CLOSED/LOCKED.
501582 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, February 11, 1996 TRANSMISSION LASHES, CAUSING ABNORMAL TORQUE SITUATIONS/LOSS OF CONTROL. *SD EXCESSIVE TENSION ON THE SHOULDER BELT CAUSES ABRASIONS/IRRITATION OF SKIN. *SD
501614 1995 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, February 21, 1996 DESIGN OF BRAKE PEDAL IS LOWER THAN THE GAS PEDAL, CAUSING DRIVER TO DEPRESS BOTH PEDALS SIMULTANEOUSLY. *SD SLUGGISH ACCELERATION.*SD TRANSMISSION MAKES NOISE WHEN DOWNSHIFTING. *SD WINDSHIELD WIPERS MAKE GRINDING NOISE. *SD DOORS DO NOT STAY IN OPEN POSITION. *SD
505871 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, April 01, 1994 TRANSMISSION FAILED FOUR TIMES. *DH
507071 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, August 12, 1996 TRANSAXLE FAILED. *DH
507322 1995 FORD TAURUS Friday, March 01, 1996 TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES INTERMITTENTLY. *SD CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGES BY ITSELF.
507906 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSION FAILED. WINDOW MOTOR FAILED, BATTERY FAILED. FUEL GAUGE AND DOOR CHIME FAILED.
509087 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, June 19, 1996 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
509819 1994 FORD TAURUS  TRANSMISSION TAKES TIME TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. *AK
510717 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, October 10, 1996 TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK SYSTEM FAILED, ALLOWING FOUR YEAR OLD TO ACCIDENTALLY KNOCK GEAR SHIFT OUT OF PARK GEAR, CAUSING ACCIDENT.
511084 1994 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, September 03, 1996 TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE ACCELERATING FROM STOP SIGN INTO TRAFFIC , TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING. THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY INADEQUATE LUBRICAT
512143 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, November 25, 1996 TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
512188 1994 FORD TAURUS Saturday, November 30, 1996 TRANSMISSION PLANETARY GEAR FAILURE. *AK
514167 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, January 19, 1997 TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE AND WOULD NOT SMOOTHLY SHIFT FROM FIRS TTO SECOND GEAR DUE TO TRANSMISSION CRACK IN FORWARD GEAR AND REVERSE DRUM IS BURN
514994 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, January 10, 1997 TRANSMISSION SLIPPING/INTERMITTENTLY 2ND AND 3RD GEARS INOPERATIVE.
515350 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSION FAILED.
516234 1994 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, March 04, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
517475 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, May 04, 1997 VEHICLE SLIPS OUT OF GEAR WHILE MOVING, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. TRANSMISSIONS FAILS TO ENGAGE CORRECT GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LUNGE AFTER STOPPING.
518304 1994 MERCURY SABLE Wednesday, June 04, 1997 WHEN SPEED CONTROL DEVICE WITHIN TRANSMISSION IS NOT WORKING PROERLY AS DESIGNED, TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT, BUT DOWNSHIFTS INTO LOWER GEAR. *AK
518503 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, June 02, 1997 INTERMITTENT RANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
518588 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, February 01, 1996 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
518675 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, April 14, 1997 OUTER TIE RODS FAILED. CALIPER FAILED. REAR BRAKE PADS FAILED. ROTOR FAILED. TRANSMISSION FAILED. BATTERY FAILED. STARTER FAILED. RIGHT SIGNAL LENS BROKE. RIGHT MIRROR GLASS FELL OUT.
518923 1994 MERCURY SABLE Monday, December 16, 1996 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
519185 1994 FORD TAURUS Sunday, June 01, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
520832 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, June 12, 1997 FOWARED CLUTCH PISTON FAILURE ALLOWS VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARDS UNTIL TRANSMISSION ENGAGES.
521080 1994 FORD TAURUS Thursday, July 10, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
521701 1994 MERCURY SABLE Sunday, August 17, 1997 TRANSMISSION PLANETARY GEAR FAILURE.
522060 1994 FORD TAURUS Thursday, July 17, 1997 FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON RECALL. TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL.
522233 1994 FORD TAURUS Sunday, June 22, 1997 SENSOR ASSEMBLY FAILED, CAUSING CAR TO HESITATE WHILE DRIVING. TRANSAXLE ASSEMBLY FAILED, CAUSING CAR TO HESITATE.
522259 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.
522375 1994 FORD TAURUS  TRANSMISSION FAILED.
523233 1994 FORD TAURUS  TRANSMISSION FAILED. IT WOULD SHIFT OUT OF GEAR AT STOPS. THEN DELAY GOING INTO GEAR, AND THEN LUNGE INTO GEAR VIOLENTLY. *AK
523445 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, September 15, 1997 TRANSAXLE MALFUNCTIONED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. IN ADDITION, TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED UPON BRAKE RELEASE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL BACKWARD INTO TRAFFIC.
523627 1994 FORD TAURUS  TRANSMISSION FAILURE. IT WOULD SHIFT OUT OF GEAR AT STOPS. THEN DELAY GOING INTO GEAR AND FINALLY LUNGE INTO GEAR VIOLENTLY. SOMETIMES IT WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR
523671 1995 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, June 13, 1995 VEHICLE STALLS CONTINUOUSLY. NOISE HEARD WHEN BACKING UP DUE TO FAILURE OF THE REAR TRANSAXLE. SHIFTER WILL NOT COME OUT OF PARK POSITION ON OCCASIONS DUE TO FAILURE OF THE STOP LIGHT SWITCH. BRAKE LIGHT BULB FAILED. CASSETTE PLAYER OPERATION IS NOISY.
523775 1994 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, August 26, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILED .
524247 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, September 01, 1997 TRANSAXLE PISTON FAILED.
524438 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  PISTON CRACKED, CAUSING THE CAR TO SLIP GEARS. SOLENOID FAILED. TRANSMISSION FAILED.
524725 1994 MERCURY SABLE Thursday, October 01, 2009 TRANSMISSION IS HAVING TROUBLE ENGAGING GEARS.
525192 1995 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, October 01, 1997 TRANSMISSION DOESOT ENGAGE INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
525436 1994 FORD TAURUS  TRANSMISSION CLUTCH PISTON BROKE, TRANSMISSION FAILED, TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED.
525586 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  ROTORS WARPING. CLUTCH PISTON FAILED. TRANSMISSION FAILED. DEFROSTER SWITCH FAILED.
525589 1994 MERCURY SABLE Sunday, September 01, 1996 TRANSMISSION SPEED SENSOR PROBLEMS. THE COMPRESSOR ON THE AIR CONDITIONER LOCKS UP.
525643 1994 MERCURY SABLE Friday, April 04, 1997 TRANSMISSION PISTONS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION.
526015 1994 MERCURY SABLE Monday, December 16, 1996 TRANSMISSION FAILED TWO TIMES, ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED.
526599 1994 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, April 01, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
526624 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, September 01, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
526626 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, November 03, 1995 TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THREE OCCASIONS.
526732 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, July 29, 1997 THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH PISTONS FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO JUMP INTO NEUTRAL GEAR.
526981 1994 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, December 10, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TRANSMISSION FAILED TRANSMISSION FAILED.
527020 1994 MERCURY SABLE Wednesday, October 01, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
527051 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSION FAILURE RESULTED IN TOTAL LOSS OF POWER.
527818 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, December 28, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILS TO ENGAGE AFTER STOP.
528048 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, June 03, 1996 ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN TWO ACCIDENTS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AIR BAG. DUP 531662, POSTED ON 03-NOV-98. *AK TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING HESITATION/STUMBLE. TURN SIGNAL JUMPS OUT OF POSITION. WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION, CAUSING BURNS AND INJURIES.
529582 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, January 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON FAILURE.
529584 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, January 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON FAILURE.
529585 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, January 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON FAILURE.
529586 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, January 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON FAILURE.
529613 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, January 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION AND REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILURE.
530355 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, January 01, 1998 TRANSMISSISON CRACKED, RESULTING IN LEAKAGE OF FLUID ONTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM CAUSING SMOKE.
530411 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, January 29, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
530466 1995 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, July 01, 1997 VEHICLE EXPERIENCED NO DRIVE POWER AFTER COMING TO A STOP, UNTIL THE GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED FULLY. THIS CAUSES THE TRANSAXLE TO JERK INTO GEAR WHICH IS DANGER
530639 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, December 01, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
530721 1994 FORD TAURUS Sunday, February 08, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
530767 1994 FORD TAURUS Sunday, February 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
530824 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, January 29, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 36969 MILES.
530878 1995 FORD TAURUS Sunday, January 18, 1998 REPLACED WORN FRONT STABILIZER BAR LINKS. BROKEN BELTS ON RIGHT/REAR TIRE. RIGHT REAR TIRE BELT BROKE. BRAKE ROTORS OUT OF ROUND. FAULTY IDLE AIR CONTROL SOLENOID, CAUSING TO BE HARD TO START. NO TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH ENGAGEMENT IN COLD WEATHER. SEVERAL TRANSAXLE COMPONENT REPAIRS. REPAIRED SHORTED WIRE AT CIRCUIT 193. FOG LIGHT BULBS BURNED OUT. REPLACED SHORTED MOON ROOF SWITCH. REPLACED SHORTED WIPER SWITCH. HEATER FAN BLOWER MOTOR HAS AN INTERMITTENT NOISE AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS.
531210 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, September 01, 1995 TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES.
531274 1995 FORD TAURUS Monday, February 09, 1998 ALUMINUM TRANSMISSION FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON RETURN SPRINGS SHATTERED AND DEPOSITED METAL THROUGHOUT THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING NOISE, SLIPPING, JERKING AND EVENTU
532262 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, November 01, 1997 HEAD GASKETS FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO MISS AND HESITATE. TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING LEAKAGE.
532365 1994 FORD TAURUS Friday, November 28, 1997 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT PROMPTLY SHIFT TO SECOND GEAR OR BEYOND. THE FIRST FORWARD GEAR WOULD REMAIN LOCKED. THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY FAILED COMPLETE
532429 1994 FORD TAURUS Friday, November 28, 1997 TRANSMISSION/DRIVETRAIN FAILURE.
532677 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  NEEDED HEAD GASKET REPLACEMENT AT 53,000 MILES TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING
532712 1995 FORD TAURUS  TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP DUE TO A LACK OF LUBRICATION WITHIN THE SYSTEM.
532769 1994 FORD TAURUS Sunday, February 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
532811 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, February 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
533080 1995 FORD TAURUS  TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING IT TO STALL AND JERK.
533748 1995 FORD TAURUS Monday, March 16, 1998 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND JERKING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM CORNERS/STOPS. ALSO, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS JUMPING AT SPEEDS OF 55-65 MPH.
533812 1994 FORD TAURUS Thursday, April 02, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
533969 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, October 01, 1997 WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WON'T SHIFT INTO ANY FORWARD GEAR FROM A STANDSTILL. AFTER STOPPING AT A LIGHT AND WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN, WOULD TAKE FOOT
534210 1994 FORD TAURUS Friday, April 10, 1998 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
534244 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, April 01, 1998 BLOWN ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD. IN ADDITION, REPLACED FAULTY TRANSMISSION/AIR BAG SENSOR AND TEMPERATURE SENSOR.
534250 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, October 01, 1997 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING.
534320 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, August 01, 1998 VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE. TRANSMISSION FAILED. FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN, AT POINT OF ACCELERATION VEHICLE WOULD HESISTATE/JOLT AND THEN BEGIN TO ACCELERATE.
534474 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, February 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
534550 1994 FORD TAURUS Friday, April 10, 1998 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 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.
534646 1994 FORD TAURUS Friday, April 10, 1998 TRANSMISSION TANSAXLE FAILED CAUSING OIL LEAK.
534706 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, April 04, 1998 ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT AT LOW MILEAGE. ALSO TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
535031 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, April 29, 1998 BRAKES FAILED FOUR TIMES. HEAD GASKET FAILED. TRANSMISSION FAILED.
535039 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, April 25, 1998 TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP.
535145 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, March 09, 1998 TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING PROPERLY CAUSING VEHICLE TO HESITATE AND LUNGE.
535211 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, April 29, 1998 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP/FAILED.
535299 1994 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, July 01, 1998 ORIGINAL AND REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSIONS HAVE FAILED.
535301 1995 FORD TAURUS Sunday, July 14, 1996 TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE AFTER BEING PARKED.
535386 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  VEHICLE EXPERIENCING FOLLOWING PROBLEMS: FAULTY COMPUTER CHIP/TRANSMISSION MISSING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR/INSIDE DOOR PANELING CAME LOOSE, AND FAULTY AIR CONDITIO
535419 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, November 01, 1997 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED.
535440 1994 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, May 12, 1998 UPON SHIFTING TRANSMISSION VEHICLE JERKS AND MAKES NOISE.
535447 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, May 04, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
535603 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, January 01, 1998 ENGINE HEAD GASKET/TRANSMISSION FAILED. TRANSMISSION FAILED.
535730 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, September 01, 1995 TRANSMISSION FAILED SEVERAL TIMES.
535942 1994 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, May 06, 1998 ALUMINUM PISTONS FAILED IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.
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.
536186 1994 FORD TAURUS  AFTER BOUGHT CAR IN A WEEK, SLOW DOWN OR STOP, MAKE TURN, TRANSMISSION SLIPS TO NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN, TAKE A WHITE THEN A VIOLENT JERK WHEN ACCELARATED/REV UP TO
536279 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, August 21, 1995 STEERING HANDLES POORLY, DRIFTS, REPAIRS MADE HOWEVER HAVE NOT CORRECTED SITUATION. ENGINE FAILURE CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION. TRANSMISSION IS NOISY AND LEAKS FLUID, UNABLE TO CORRECT NOISE PROBLEM.
536289 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, May 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
536361 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, July 01, 1997 WARPED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. TRANSMISSION FAILED.
536395 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
536644 1994 MERCURY SABLE  AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION.
536673 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, May 01, 1998 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION. TRANSMISSION JUMPS FROM NEUTRAL INTO GEAR AND JERKS FORWARD. MY RESEARCH REVEALS THAT THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE THE SPLIT
536721 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, December 02, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
536733 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, April 06, 1998 TWO NEW TRANSMISSION HAVE FAILED WITHIN A 3 WEEK PERIOD. AT INTERSECTION VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP IN AND OUT OF GEAR FORCING VEHI
536937 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, June 01, 1998 THE TRANSMISSION FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON FAILED. THE ORIGINAL PISTON WAS OF ALUMINUM CONSTRUCTION, AND THE REPLACEMENT IS OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION.
536952 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSION FAILED, RESULTING IN JUMPING OUT OF GEARS AND LOSS OF CONTROL.
537178 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, June 19, 1998 WE ARE HAVING TO PAY ABOUT $2100 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. THERE IS A RECOGNIZED PROBLEM WITH THE 1995 WINDSTAR TRANSMISSION. (JUST REVIEW THE WEBSIT
537434 1994 MERCURY SABLE  ALUMINUM PISTONS FAILED DUE TO DESIGN CAUSING TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
537516 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  HEAD GASKET AND TRANSMISSION FAILED.
537579 1994 FORD TAURUS Friday, June 19, 1998 REAR ENGINE MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED. TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO FAULTY PISTON DESIGN (ALUMINUM).
537634 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, June 25, 1998 WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, IT ROLLED BACKWARD CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STRESS ON THE TRANSMISSION GEAR CABLE WHICH BROKE WHEN THE V
537671 1994 FORD TAURUS Friday, October 10, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
537689 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, May 27, 1998 TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP AND FAIL TO ENGAGE. VEHICLE WOULD EITHER SURGE OR FAIL TO GO. EVENTUALLY REVERSE GEAR INOPERABLE.
537697 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, June 15, 1998 TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT OF GEAR WHEN VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP AND WILL ABRUPTLY JUMP INTO GEAR WHEN ACCELERATION BEGINS.
537738 1994 FORD TAURUS  TRANSMISSION FAILURES.
537766 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, July 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING HARD, IT CODED FOR INCORRECT GEAR ND TORQUE CONVERTER. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 52000 MILES.
537769 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, June 25, 1998 TRANSMISSION LEAKED FLUID FROM A SEAL CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO CATCH FIRE AND BURN.
537866 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO DESIGN FLAW OF THE ALUMINUM PISTONS.
537973 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  BLOWN HEAD GASKET. TIMING CHAIN CASING FAILED CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK. TRANSMISSION FAILED.
538128 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, June 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION ALUMINUM PISTON CRACKED/COLLAPSED.
538292 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, July 08, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILS TO ENGAGE FROM STOP. UPON DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR, VEHICLE JERKS INTO GEAR.
538316 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, May 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH PISTON FAILED DUE TO POOR DESIGN.
538344 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, July 10, 1998 INSIDE OF TRANSMISSION CASING CRACKED.
538384 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, July 02, 1998 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AT TIMES, WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR, SEVERAL CLOSE ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. (QCAW)
538451 1994 FORD TAURUS Friday, November 14, 1997 ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED, RESULTING IN INTERMITTENT STALLING. REPLACED ENGINE HEAD GASKET. TRANSMISSION FAILURE. STARTER MOTOR FAILED.
538776 1995 FORD TAURUS  TRANSMISSION INTERMITTENTLY AND UNPREDICTABLY SLIPS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM STOP. WHEN IT ENGAGES, IT DOES SO WITH A HARD JERK.
538810 1994 FORD TAURUS  HEAD GASKET FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE. TRANSMISSION PAN LEAKS. REAR POWER WINDOW MOTORS INOPERATIVE.
538845 1995 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, July 05, 1995 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
538853 1994 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, August 01, 1995 TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE.
538925 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, March 01, 1998 WHEN VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO GEAR, IT WOULD LAG BEFORE ENGAGING INTO DRIVE. DEALER CLAIMS THE FORWARD THRUST PISTON IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD CRACKED.
539077 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, July 21, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO HESITATE SEVERAL FOR SECONDS.
539096 1995 FORD TAURUS Thursday, July 23, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
539105 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, July 01, 1998 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE WHEN I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, FINALLY TRANSMISSION FAILED.
539149 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, August 03, 1998 UPON ACCELERATION VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN TRANSMISSION SLAMMED INTO GEAR, CAUSING WHIPLASH. QCAW
539581 1995 FORD TAURUS Saturday, August 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION PISTON FAILURE.
539650 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, August 03, 1998 TRANSMISSION SLIPPING.
539659 1994 FORD TAURUS  TRANSMISSION FAILED.
539702 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED. DESIGN OF VEHICLE CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL.
539794 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, July 30, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE, CAUSING SUDDEN LURCHING AND UNPREDICTIBLE AN DRIVETRAIN.
539821 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, August 04, 1998 THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT TO HIGHER GEAR CAUSING ENGINE TO REV HIGHLY, AS DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC.
539975 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO DESIGN MATERIAL (ALUMINUM).
540091 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  WEAK ALUMINUM FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON (DESIGN) CRACKED CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL.
540102 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, May 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION SLIPS CAUSING LOSS OF ACCELERATION. REPAIR SHOP REPORTED FAULTY COMPONENT IN TRANSMISSION FORWARD PISTON.
540165 1994 FORD TAURUS Friday, May 01, 1998 ALUMINIUM PISTON FAILED CAUSING TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND HAD TO BE REBULT. MFG HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS OF THIS EXACT SAME NATURE AND I BELIEVE BASED ON
540308 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, August 20, 1998 JUDGING FROM THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS WITH REGARD TO EARLY WINDSTAR TRANSMISSION FAILURES ON THE NET, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHA HAS HAD SOM
540316 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, March 19, 1997 THIRD TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
540341 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, April 01, 1996 TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH FAILURE.
540348 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, October 29, 1997 TRANSMISSION LEAKS.
540371 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, August 26, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE 5 MONTHS AFTER WARRANTY.
540502 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, July 08, 1998 TRANSMISSION SHIFTS TO NEUTRAL WHEN VEHICLE ATTEMPTS TO STOP. ENGINE MUST BE HIGHLY IDLED FOR TRANSMISSION TO RETURN TO FIRST GEAR.
540610 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, September 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
540696 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSION GONE BAD, POSSIBLE DUE TO ALUMINUM PISTON VERSUS THE NEW STEEL ONE USED ON THE NEWER MODELS
540741 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, August 31, 1998 DRIVER PULLS OUT ONTO A NORMALLY BUSY ROAD FROM A SIDE ROAD AND THE TRANSMISSION STALLED.
540775 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, September 11, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
540798 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSION/ABS BRAKES/ELECTRIC WINDOWS, AND REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILED. ALSO, SLIDING DOOR COMES OFF.
540800 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, June 25, 1998 TRANSMISSION AND ABS BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY.
540810 1994 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, September 30, 1998 TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL WHEN STOPPED. SOMETIMES IT GOES BACK INTO GEAR WHILE STOPPED OR SOMETIMES REQUIRES THE ACCELERATOR TO BE DEPRESSED BEFORE LURC
540824 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, February 01, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE ACCELERATING INTO TRAFFIC. POSSIBLY DUE TO SLIPPING.
540840 1995 MERCURY SABLE Monday, June 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILED IN TRAFFIC CAUSING VEHICLE TO STOP AND START ERRATICALLY. FAILURE DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY LACK OF LUBRICATION TO TRANSMISSION PLANETARY
541405 1994 MERCURY SABLE Thursday, July 30, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILED DUE TO CRACKED ALUMINUM PISTON, DESIGN OF ALUMINUM PISTON WAS REPLACED WITH STEEL DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN.
541544 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, September 13, 1998 TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND DOWN SHIFTS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.
541545 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, July 20, 1998 AFTER COMING TO A STOP, TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. VEHICLE EVENTUALLY GOES INTO GEAR WHICH CAUSES A SUDDEN JERK.
541634 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSION FAILED. VEHICLE ROLLED BACK WHILE IN DRIVE UPON LIFTING FOOT OFF BRAKE.
541637 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, September 10, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
541782 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, November 11, 1994 THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. THE CURRENT TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND BANGING AS THE LAST TO DID PRIOR TO FAILURE.
541874 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, August 22, 1998 DESIGN OF THE TRANSMISSION PISTON (ALUMINUM) FAULTY, RESULTING IN CRACKING.
542075 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, October 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
542132 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, September 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION PISTON FAILURE CAUSING INTERMITTENT STALLING. FRONT RIGHT FRAME OF DOOR LEAKS.
542268 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, February 25, 1998 TRANSMISSION PISTON FAILED CAUSING HESITATION AND STALLING.
543324 1994 MERCURY SABLE  TRANSMISSION FAILED.
543327 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR.
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.
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.
544637 1994 MERCURY SABLE Thursday, April 17, 1997 MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED CAUSING ENGINE VIBRATION / MOVEMENT. *YC TRANSMISSION FAILED RESULTING IN VEHCILE NOT ENGAGING INTO GEAR / STICKS. *YC
544937 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, February 01, 1999 SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION GEARS STICKING/JAMMING DUE TO FAILURE OF THE FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON. THERE IS CURRENTLY A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON TH
545019 1994 FORD TAURUS Friday, January 01, 1999 LUBE TUBE TO TRANSMISSION PLANETARY GEAR DID NOT FIT PROPERLY INTO CASE CAUSING REAR PLANETARY FAILURE, ALMOST RESULTING IN COLLISION WHEN VEHICLE REFUSED TO GO
545021 1994 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, February 03, 1999 ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *YC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, DUE TO CRACKED PISTON. *YC
545243 1994 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, March 16, 1999 TRANSMISSION FAILED. MJS SPEEDOMETER HEAD ASSEMBLY FAILED. MJS
545436 1994 FORD TAURUS Thursday, March 25, 1999 BRAKE ROTORS WARPED CAUSING SEVERE FRONT END VIBRATION. MJS RADIATOR FAILED. NLM DESIGN DEFECT CAUSED PLANETARY GEAR IN THE TRANSAXLE TO FAIL. MJS REAR WINDOWS STUCK IN THE UP POSITION FOR THE SECOND TIME. MJS INTERIOR DRIVER'S DOOR TRIM FELL OFF. MJS
545505 1994 FORD TAURUS Friday, April 16, 1999 TRANSMISSION PISTON CRACKED RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO NOT MOVE AND THEN SUDDENLY TAKE OFF ON OCCASIONS. MJS
545722 1994 FORD TAURUS Thursday, May 06, 1999 FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON CRACKED CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO SLIP AS PER TSB 94-24-7 SEQUENCE #080. NLM
546045 1994 FORD TAURUS  TRANSMISSION FAILURE RESULTING IN SLIPPING. MJS IGNITION KEYS REPLACED ON TWO OCCASIONS PRIOR TO IDENTIFYING STARTER FAILURE.MJS
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
546511 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, April 05, 1999 BRAKES REQUIRED REPAIRS. MJS MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED/BROKEN ON TWO OCCASIONS. MJS TRANSMISSION FAILED. MJS VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED FOR RECALL 98V-009, DEALERSHIP SAID VEHICLE WAS FINE, WITHIN 3 1/2 MONTHS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE COMPONENT AND WAS DENIED SERV SEATBELT COVER BROKEN. MJS DOOR PANEL GASKETS FAILED, WATER LEAKING INTO VEHICLE. MJS DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OPENED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO LATCH FAILURE. MJS
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
547866 1994 FORD TAURUS  TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL AT INTERSECTIONS. NLM
547924 1994 MERCURY SABLE Saturday, June 05, 1999 POOR DESIGN OF TRANSMISSION , EXPERIENCED FAILURE. *YC
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
548788 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  BRAKES ARE BAD. NLM ENGINE FAILED. NLM ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM FAILED. NLM TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL WHEN MAKING TURNS.
548909 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, March 11, 1999 ENGINE FAILED. MJS ENGINE OVERHEATING DUE TO FAULTY THERMOSTAT. MJS ENGINE SURGES, STALLS AND HESITATES DUE TO FAULTY IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE. MJS OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED. MJS TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING JERKING AND BUCKING. MJS SPEEDOMETER HEAD FAILED. MJS SIDING DOOR CONTACTS FAILED CAUSING DOOR AJAR LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. RIGHT FRONT DOOR LATCH (INSIDE HANDLE, LOCK MOTOR AND LOCK ACTUATOR) FAILED. MJS RIGHT SIDE WINDOW MOTOR FAILED. 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
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
549175 1994 MERCURY SABLE  TRANSMISSION IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, STICKS PRIOR TO ENGAGEMENT INTO GEAR AND WILL NOT MOVE/PAUSES. 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
600343 1995 FORD TAURUS Friday, April 01, 1994 TRANSMISSION SEAL FAILED. *SKD
600518 1995 FORD TAURUS Monday, May 01, 1995 TRANSAXLE FAILURE. *AK
601239 1995 MERCURY SABLE Sunday, November 13, 1994 TRANSMISSION SEAL FAILED. *DSH
601302 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, July 02, 1995 TRANSMISSION FAILED. *DSH
601483 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, June 02, 1994 TRANSMISSION FAILED. *DH
602268 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, January 11, 1996 TRANSMISSION REPLACED. LIGHTS FAILED.
604489 1994 MERCURY SABLE Saturday, February 01, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
604643 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, February 13, 1995 BRAKE DRUMS AND ROTORS REPLACED DUE TO VIBRATION. EMERGENCY BRAKE HANDLE CAME OUT OF FIXTURE WHEN APPLIED. TRANSMISSION VIBRATION CONTINUALLY, UNABLE TO FIX.
700018 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, August 24, 1998 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS GOES INTO NEUTRAL WHEN STOPPED AT LIGHT OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC STOPS SUCH AS ON INTERSTATE AND THEN WILL LURCH FORWARD WHEN GAS IS GIVEN OR
700077 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, September 09, 1998 TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT BY ITSELF FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING. WHEN AT A FULL STOP HAVING THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE, I WOULD STEP ON THE GAS AND IT WOULD
700107 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, October 23, 1998 AFTER BRINGING THE VEHICLE TO A COMPLETE STOP TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL BECAUSE WHEN I TAKE MY FEET OFF THE BRAKE AND PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR
700214 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, October 28, 1998 WHEN WARM AND DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT DOWN INTO 2ND GEAR, OR EVEN 1ST GEAR NO MATTER THE SPEED, AND STAY THERE.
700229 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSION CLUTCH PISTON HAS HAIRLINE CRACK. CAUSES TRANSMISSION TO JUMP INTO FIRST GEAR FROM A STOPPED POSITION. REAR BRAKES CONTINUALLY SQUEAL. RIGHT F
700234 1994 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, September 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION SLIPPING-STICKING IN GEAR, REAL JERKY WHEN SLOWING DOWN- TOOK TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD NEEDED NEW TRANSMISSION
700290 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, April 04, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURES OCCURED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING BETWEEN 40 AND 50,0000 MILES, PRIMARILY WEHN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP OR S
700314 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, October 01, 1998 ONE MONTH AGO I REPLACED THE BRAKE SYSTEM FOR $520.00 AND NOW MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
700326 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, September 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING BADLY. DEALER CLAIMS IT WAS A SENSOR. JUST HEARD ON THE NEWS FORD WINDSTARS HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH 95 TRANNYS. GOVERNMENT SHOULD IS
700328 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, May 04, 1998 TRANSMISSION WAS NOT DOWNSHIFTING COMPLETELY WHEN VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THEN WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED, IT WOULD SUDDENLY SHIFT INTO GEAR, LURCHING FORWARD. TH
700366 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, October 30, 1998 THIS IS AN ISSUE RELATED TO THE PAST, IS CURRENT FOR ME AND MAY BE IMPORTANT IN THE FUTURE. I BROUGHT MY VAN TO APPLE FORD BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING
700483 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, November 03, 1998 THERE IS A GROWING LIST OF '95-'98 WINDSTAR OWNERS EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THIS MANIFESTS ITSELF ANYWHERE FROM TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE TO COMPLETE FAIL
700510 1995 FORD TAURUS Saturday, January 10, 1998 WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE, INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING FROM A STOPPED POSITION WHEN TRYING TO ACCELLERATE. IT HAS ACTUALLY GOTTEN TO TH
700578 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, November 12, 1998 THE ALUMINUM PISTON IN THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 1995 FORD WINDSTAR CRACKED, CAUSING VERY UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHEN THE GAS IS APPLIED AFTER A STOP, THERE I
700781 1995 FORD TAURUS  TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO SHIFT INTO NETURAL WHEN AFTER COMING TO A STOP THEN SHIFTS INTO FORWARD GEAR AND JUMPS FORWARD RAPIDLY(THISMAY BE BECAUSE I'M PRESSING
700853 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, October 20, 1998 TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE - DEFECT WAS ALUMINUM FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON CRACKED.
701001 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, November 28, 1998 WE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION IN JULY ON A TRIP FROM TX TO CT WROTE LETTER TO FORD TO WHICH THEY DID NOT RESPOND. PRIOR TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE WR
701005 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, September 17, 1998 TOOK VAN TO DEALER 9/17/98 BECAUSE AFTER STOPPING, VEHICLE HESITATED BEFORE IT KICKED INTO GEAR. DEALER FOUND NOTHING, CHARGED $98 FOR TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGE
701006 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, November 20, 1998 PROBLEM IS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP. VEHICLE BEGINS MOVING IN FIRST GEAR AND THEN REVS UP TO A POINT HIGHER THAN WHEN IT SHOULD
701009 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, October 20, 1998 WE CURRENTLY ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION,WHEN DRIVING THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT COMES ON AND IT SHIFTS HARD GOING AT ALL SPEEDS INCLUDING ABOUT 30 MPH.
701051 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, November 27, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT SUCH A LOW ORIGINAL MILAGE. HAS HAPPENED TO OTHERS
701263 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, November 20, 1998 SECOND GEAR FAILED. FIRST GEAR PERFORMED FINE BUT THE SHIFT INTO SECOND RESULTED IN HIGH ENGINE RPM AND NO TRANSFER OF POWER TO WHEELS. THIRD AND FOURTH GEAR
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
701334 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, June 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEARS, WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP & TRANSMISSION SHOP THAT THIS WAS QUITE COMMON ON THE WINDSTAR TRANSMISSION A
701379 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, December 12, 1995 TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPLIGHT, TRANSMISSION FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. TRANSMISSION SLIPPED THEN JERKED VERY HARD. I WAS NEARLY RE
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
701391 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, December 12, 1998 TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS WITHOUT WARNING AND UPSHIFTS ERRATICALLY. HAS DONE THIS OVER SINCE VAN HAD 40,000 MILES AND CONTINUES TIL NOW AT 72,000 MILES.
701525 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, December 19, 1998 THE FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON IS FAILING DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE TRANSMISSION WILL ENGAGE AND DISENGAGE WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW OR HIGH SPEED MAKING THIS A
701556 1995 MERCURY SABLE  KNOCKING AND JUMP-SHIFTING TRANSMISSION DURING ACCELERATION; KNOCKING TRANSMISSION DURING CRUISING AFTER ACCELERATION; ROUGHING/SCRATCHING BRAKING WHEN APPLYING
701653 1994 FORD TAURUS Sunday, December 27, 1998 THE TRANSMISSSION WAS RECALLED ON THE 1991 - RECALL # 94M84 - LISTED AS IRRATIC TRANSMISSION OPERATION - THE 1994 MODEL HAS THE SAME FAILURE. FORD REFUSES TO R
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
701809 1994 MERCURY SABLE Tuesday, October 20, 1998 IN NORMAL DRIVING THE CAR STARTED JERKING AND BUCKING. MY REGULAR SERVICE STATION DROVE IT AND SENT ME TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE. HE DROVE IT AND SAID IT HAD A
701848 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, October 15, 1998 THE TRANSMISSION SLIPES OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING AND WILL NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE AFTER THE ENGINE GETS WARMED UP.
702027 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, November 27, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT SUCH LOW MILAGE IS DUE TO A FACTORY DEFECT IN THE ALUMINUM CLUTCH PISTON.
702053 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, July 25, 1997 IN ADDITION TO THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE HEATING/ AC, DOOR LOCKS, WIPERS AND DOOR SENSORS. MY WINDSTAR ALS
702083 1994 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, December 08, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE FROM STOP. WHEN FINALLY INGAGED WOULD JERK AND SHIFT AND OVER REV. SPEEDOMETER WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL.
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
702142 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, October 01, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILED 2ND TIME JAN 6,1999
702230 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, January 13, 1999 TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE INTO GEAR.
702353 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, January 04, 1999 TRANSMISSION FAILURE BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. LURCHING AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS. TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR WHEN SLOWING TO GO AROUND A CORNER.
702566 1995 FORD TAURUS Friday, August 01, 1997 TRANSMISSION SLIPS AFTER STOPPING IN WARM WEATHER. CAR WILL NOT PROCEED. WAS TOLD BY SEVERAL MECHANICS WITHIN FORD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, AND THERE IS
702587 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, October 10, 1998 UPON COMING TO A STOP TRANSMISSION DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT INTO 1ST GEAR. THEN, UPON ACCELERATION TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND VEHICLE DOES NOT MOVE. WHEN TRANSMISSION DO
702597 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, January 03, 1999 THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT PROPERLY SHIFT BETWEEN THIRD GEAR AND OVERDRIVE. IT FEELS LIKE IT IS SLIPPING AT TIMES. ON OUR WAY HOME FROM FLORIDA THE ENGINE CHECK
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
703121 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, February 06, 1999 I AM AN ANGRY OWNER OF A 1995 FORD WINDSTAR THAT HAS HAD 2 FAILED TRANSMISSIONS. THE FIRST ONE FAILED AT 38,000 MILES WHEN IT WAS 1 YEAR OLD. THE SECOND FAILED
703216 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, February 01, 1999 TRANSMISSION CONSISTENTLY DISENGAGES OUT OF GEAR. WHEN IT ENGAGES AFTER A COUPLE OF SECONDS THERE IS A CLUNK INTO GEAR AND THE VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD. ALSO WHEN
703268 1995 MERCURY SABLE Sunday, April 12, 1998 THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD 6 TRANSMISSIONS INSTALLED ( NEW AND REBUILT), THE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE HAD MY CAR MORE THAN IHAVE OVER THE PAST TEN MONTHS. I DRIVE IT
703601 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  #1. THE TRANSMISSION-HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIME AND IS FOR IT AGAIN M AKING IT 4 TIMES.THE DEALER IS REPLACING THE O RIGINAL TRANSMISSION WITH DEFECTIVE REBUILT T
703609 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, July 10, 1998 WE ARE AWARE OF OTHER 1995 WINDSTARS HAVING TRANSMISSION TROUBLES AND WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT THE STATUS OF FOR'S S
703726 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, July 30, 1998 THIS TRANSMISSION HAS GRADUALLY FAILED TO MOVE FROM A STANDSTILL INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE...NOW IT LUNGES INTO GEAR AFTER AN INDEFINITE LENGTH OF TIME.
703766 1994 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, February 24, 1999 I'VE READ MANY CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ON THIS COMPONENT, 46K MI IS VERY PREMATURE FOR TRANSMISSION FAILURE
703914 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, February 05, 1999 TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 52552 MILES. ALTHOUGH IN DRIVE POSITION, VEHICLE ACTS AS THOUGH IN NEUTRAL FROM EITHER A STOPPED OR MOVING POSITION. FURTHER RESEARCH I
703943 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, February 01, 1999 TRANSMISSION REPAIRE REQUIRED: MASTER ASSEMBLY WITH SEALS, OVERDRIVE BAND, FORWARD PISTON, EPC CELENOID, LUBE KIT, LOW SERVO PISTON, FLUID AND FILTER, TORQUE C
704125 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, February 25, 1999 THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING TO SHIFT AND WOULD HESITATE. WE ALSO HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE. FEARING THAT THE TRANSMISSION'S HESITATION COULD CAUSE US TO BE IN AN
704129 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, December 08, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT HIGH SPEED CAUSES DRIVER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE
704146 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSIONS HAS BEEN ALWAYS A PROBLEM. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NEW IT WAS TAKEN SEVERAL TIMES TO THE DEALER THAT AFTER IT IS PLACED ON PARK, THETHERE IS A PLAY
704217 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, February 08, 1999 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT NOTICE, BEGAN SLIPPING AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD.
704223 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, July 11, 1998 MANUFACTOR'S DEFECT IN TRANSMISSION.
704287 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, July 15, 1998 TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT.
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
704639 1994 FORD TAURUS Thursday, March 18, 1999 WHEN VEHICLE ALMOST STOPPED AND THEN ACCELERATES THERE IS A LONG HESITATION. DEALER REPORTS TRANSMISSION FAILURE PERHAPS DUE TO ENGINE MOUNT FAILURE.
704667 1994 FORD TAURUS Saturday, March 06, 1999 TRANSMISSION SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL AT STOP, CAUSING VEHICLENOT TO MOVE FORWARD. IT THEN "JUMPS" INTO GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD.
704686 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, March 01, 1999 TRANSMISSION NEEDED OVERHAUL. DEALER RECOMMENDED REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION PISTONS DUE TO A NEW MATERIAL BEING USED. *AK
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/
704958 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, February 17, 1999 TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. POTENTIAL CAUSE WAS PISTON ASSEMBLY IN TRANSMISSION.
705061 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, March 26, 1999 SPEEDOMETER REPLACED AT MY COST OF ABOUT$400 FOR PART AND LABOR AT DEALER. AT THE SAME TIME WE REQUESTED THE TRANSMISSION BE CHECKED BECAUSE, AFTER BEING WARME
705071 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, March 21, 1999 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED PREMATURELY. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER CONTACTED AND DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY. NEW TRANSMISSION INSTALLED WITH INCORRECT SPEEDOMETE
705099 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, March 15, 1999 HARD SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR, ALSO HESITATION WHILE DRIVING IN FREEWAY. CAN FEEL SHAKING WHILE ON FREEWAY. AND CAN SMELL TRANSMISSION FLUID. *AK
705121 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, February 15, 1999 IN LOW SPEED, TRANSMISSION GOES INTO NEUTRAL AND SUDDENTLY BACK IN TO GEAR. *AK
705227 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, February 15, 1999 UPON ACCELERATING ACELLERATING FROM STOP, TRANSMISSION SPINS UP THEN BANGS INTO GEAR. *AK
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
705324 1994 FORD TAURUS Sunday, April 04, 1999 TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS NOT DUE TO BAD TRANSMISSION. IT IS DO TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. HAS BEEN FIXED BEFORE FOR SAME THING. GOING DOWN THE ROAD THE TRANSMISSION
705921 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, April 03, 1999 THIS TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED AT LESS THAN 60,000. WE HAVE DRIVEN THIS VAN VERY LITTLE AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. I AM NOT SURE THIS IS CONSID
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
706267 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, April 27, 1999 AFTER RESEARCHING THE INTERNET, I LEARNED THAT MANY CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSIONS IN THE WINDSTAR BEFORE REACHING 50,000 MILES AND REPLACE HEAD GA
706556 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, November 01, 1997 A CIRCULAR ALUMINUM RING IN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED/BENT. FORD CHANGED TO STEEL THE FOLLOWING YEAR. DUE TO HEARSAY MULTIPLE FAILURES
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
706765 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, May 06, 1998 AT35,000 MILES, FIRST TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. AT 38,000 MILES I HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE . FORD SAID I HAD A MAIN BEARING KNOCK
706851 1994 MERCURY SABLE Monday, May 17, 1999 DURING VEHICLE OPERATION TRANSMISSION INTERMITTENTLY WILL SLIP OUT OF GEAR AND DROP BACK INTO GEAR WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION. UPON INSPECTION SEALS AND PINS HAV
707097 1995 MERCURY SABLE Sunday, April 18, 1999 AT SLOW MOVING TRAFIC, TRANSMISSION SLIPS, VEHICAL DOES NOT MOVE, BUT RPM GOES UP. SUDDENLY TRANSMISSION SLAMS AND VEHICAL JERKS FORWAD. HAPPENS AT RANDOM, ALWA
707354 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, May 01, 1999 THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD TWO MAJOR COMPONENT FAILURES (ENGINE TIMING GASKET AND TRANSMISSION) WITH LESS THAN 35000 MILES. ADDITIONALLY IT HAS ALSO HAD ONE MAJOR RE
707392 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, May 27, 1998 TRANSMISSION WOULD DOWNSHIFT ERRATICALLY , WHEN DECELERATING THEN ACCELERATING AGAIN TRANSMISSION WOULD JUST REV UP, AND STEADILY LOSE SPEED.THEN ALL AT ONCE IT
707415 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, May 25, 1999 ABOUT $1300 TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION. *AK
707801 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, June 18, 1999 THIS REPORT CONCERNS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE THAT COULD VERY WELL BE A SAFETY CONCERN. A DESIGN DEFECT IN THE FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON OF THE TRANSAXLE FAILS AND C
707811 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, June 14, 1999 TRANSMISSION SLIPS GOING INTO 2ND GEAR ( ALMOST REARENDED FROM CAR BEHIND). HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO THIS PROBLEM, AND FIND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PRO
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
708112 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, June 26, 1999 THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED IN 1995 AFTER FAILING AT APPROXIMATELY 9000 MILES. THE SECOND TRANSMISSION HAD A SPEED SENSOR FAILURE AT 31,500 MILES AN
708166 1994 FORD TAURUS Saturday, May 01, 1999 WHILE ACCELERATING FROM 15 MPH AND TURNING LEFT, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR THEN BANGS INTO GEAR, CAUSING TIRES TO SCREECH AND CAR TO JUMP FORWARD QUIC
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
708310 1995 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, June 30, 1999 THE TRANSMISSION DROPS OUT OF GEAR AT STOP LIGHTS/SIGNS. YOU DO NOT KNOW THIS HAS HAPPENED UNTIL YOU TRY TO MOVE FORWARD AND THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE. THE TRANSMIS
708490 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, September 24, 1997 THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH: 1. THE ENGINE GASKETS AND, 2. THE TRANSMISSIONS OF MANY OF THE 1995 FORD WINDSTARS AND FORD TAURUS'S. THEY ARE ROUTINELY FAILING. GIV
708491 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, April 01, 1999 THE ALUMINUM PISTON IN THE TRANSMISSION CRACKED RESULTING IN SPORADIC SHIFTING PROBLEMS. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT PRIOR TO COMMPLETE FAILURE OF THE PART.
708618 1994 FORD TAURUS Thursday, July 01, 1999 TRANSAXLE IS AN AXOD MODEL THAT HAD THE FORWARD PISTON AND SEAL FAIL, RESULTING IN SEVERE SLIPPAGE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. THIS PROBLEM APPEA
708644 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE AFTER DECELERATION AND STOPPING, AS WELL AS INTERMITTENT FAILURE. DEALER REPLACED CRACKED FORWARD PISTON. PERSONNEL AT DEALERSHIP REMARKE
709033 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, June 01, 1999 AFTER THE VEHICLE WARMED UP, FIRST GEAR WOULD NOT ENGAGE UNTIL ABOUT 2000 RPM, AT WHICH TIME, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLAM INTO FIRST GEAR. WE BROUGHT IT TO AN A
709483 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, July 26, 1999 WHEN THE TRANSMISSON WENT OUT, I HAD JUST STARTED UP THE ENGINE, BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, DROVE FORWARD TO THE END OF THE BLOCK, STOPPED, MADE A LEFT TURN, A
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!
709534 1994 MERCURY SABLE Saturday, June 05, 1999 I HAVE HAD OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR FEUL PUMP REPLACED , NEW HEAD PUT ON CAR, TRANSMISSION SCREEN AND FILTER REPLACED BECAUSE OF LEAKAGE, BRAKES REPLACED RO
709536 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, July 15, 1999 FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON FAILED AND REPAIRED. ACTUAL MILEAGE AND DATE OF FAILURE UNKNOWN SINCE TRANSMISSION SLOWLY SELF DISTRUCTS AFTER PISTON FAILS.
709594 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, August 04, 1999 TRANSMISSION WAS SERVICED EVERY 20K MILES - JUST QUIT
709942 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, August 03, 1999 TRANSMISSION HANGS IN NEUTRAL AFTER STOP-DEALER SAYS FRONT PISTON FAILURE $2,000 REPAIR.
709952 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, November 20, 1998 WAS ADVISED TO WAIT FOR SERVICE WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AS IT WAS ONLY A MAINTENANCE ITEM, BUT NOW TOLD TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION AS FORD HAS A DESIGN DEFECT I
710082 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, August 15, 1999 THIS IS THE 2ND TRANS. (NEW TRANS. HAD TO BE INSTALLED APPROX. 2MONTHS AFTER ORIGINAL SALE) AND 3RD MAJOR REPAIR (ENGINE PEPLACED LAST YEAR DUE TO DEFECTIVE HEA
710404 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, August 15, 1999 APPEARS THAT EVERY PERSON THAT I KNOW WITH A 1995 WINDSTAR HAS HAD ENGINE FAILURE AND NOW THE FORWARD PISTON IN THE TRANSMISSION FAIL. THIS REPAIR IS DUE TO AL
710418 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, July 03, 1999 ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION FAILURES SEEM VERY HIGH FOR 95 WINDSTAR VANS. INTERNET SITES ARE FILLED WITH STORIES SIMILAR TO MINE. BOTH THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE F
710548 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, June 15, 1999 TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES WHEN YOU COME TO STOP. YOU HEAR NOTHING. IF YOU TRY TO ACCELERATE NOTHING HAPPENS BUT RPM'S GO UP. TRANSMISION THEN ENGAGES, TIRES SPIN
710591 1994 MERCURY SABLE  I BELIEVE THAT THE FORD COMPANY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. MY CAR HAS 84,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. I AM WELL AWARE OF T
710595 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, August 20, 1999 TRANSMISSION FAILED PULLING INTO TRAFFIC FROM A SIDE STREET. WE WERE NEARLY HIT BROADSIDE.
710669 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, August 07, 1999 ON 12/21/98 (50,795 MILES), OUR WINDSTAR HAD BEEN BUCKING AND BEGAN OVERHEATING. WE HAD THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED, THE THERMOSTAT REPLACED, AND THE COOLANT FLU
710728 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, August 28, 1999 TRANSMISSION SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR AND NOT ENGAGING CORRECTLY
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
711024 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, August 28, 1999 TRANSMISSION SELF-DESTRUCTED EXACTLY 4 YEARS AFTER PURCHASE DATE. EIGHT MONTHS EARLIER, AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETECTED "CHUNKS" OF METAL INTRANSMISSION FLUID
711044 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, September 04, 1999 HAVE DISCOVERED AT LEAST 200 OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THESE FAILURES THAT HAVE CAUSED TRANSMISSION AND FULL ENGINE FAILURES WITHOUT ANY HELP FROM FORD .FORD HA
711450 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, September 16, 1999 THE FAILURE IS A PLANETARY GEAR. THIS PROBLEM FROM WHAT I HAVE UNCOVERED IS DUE TO ALUMINUM PISTON VALVES AND INSUFICIENT HOSE/ORFICE FOR THE TRANSMISSION FLUI
711461 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, September 14, 1999 WE JUST HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACE IN OUR WINDSTAR. OUR REPAIR MAN TOLD US THAT DUE TO A ALUMINUM PART THAT FAILS UNDER NORMAL USE IS THE REASON FOR THIS . I
711491 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, June 20, 1999 TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAUSES INADVERTENT LUNGING ACCELERATION. 6 WINDSTARS AT THE TRANSMISSION SHOP AT ONE TIME FOR SAME FAILURE.
711605 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, August 22, 1999 TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE AT TIMES. VEHICLE SURGED ONCE TRANSMISSION WAS ENGAGED. CAUSED DANGEROUS SITUATION IN CONGESTED TRAFFIC
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
711651 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, January 11, 1999 I HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY DISSATISFIED WITH THE QUALITY OF MY FORD WINDSTAR. WITH THE TRANSMISSION REPAIR I WILL HAVE INVESTED CLOSE TO $4000 IN THE VAN. I HAVE SUR
711804 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, June 25, 1999 SUDDEN AND COMPLETE FAILURE OF TRANSMITION. REPLACEMENT NEEDED
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.
711875 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, September 22, 1999 TRANSMISSION - CRACKED ALUMINUM PISTON, NO 1ST OR REVERSE, HAD TO SHIFT TO SECOND,BRAKE, AND INCREASE RPMS TO ENGAGE IN 2ND. FLYWHEEL CRACKED RESULTING IN IMME
712072 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, September 23, 1999 THIS TRANSMISSION IS INTERMITTANTLY NOT GOING INTO GEAR AND WHEN IT IS IN GEAR AND YOU ARE REVERSING DIRECTION (REVERSE TO DRIVE), IT INTERMITTANTLY LUNGES FORW
712128 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, September 01, 1998 IN RESEARCHING DEFECT FOUND IN THE FORD WINSTAR, I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS BY OTHER OWNERS ABOUT TRANSMISSION FAILURE. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MY LOCAL FORD D
712145 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, September 23, 1999 TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE AT TIMES AND AT OTHERS DISENGAGES ..... BRINGING TO DEALER THIS WEEK
712167 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, July 12, 1999 TRANSMISSION SEIZED DUE TO BROKEN IMPELLER WHILE AT DEALER (FAMILY FORD - CARLISLE, PA). COULD HAVE CAUSED ACCIDENT HAD IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING.
712241 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, September 24, 1999 TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE DEALER 31000 MILES TO HAVE TRANSMISSION CHECKED OUT BECUASE IT WAS SHIFTING HARD. THEY SAID IT WAS FINE. 20000 MILE LATER IT GOES OUT.
712740 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, June 17, 1999 INTERNAL TRANSMISSION BREAKDOWN OCCURRED CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE PRODUCT AND FORD COMPANY REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBLITY FOR REPAIR.
712859 1994 MERCURY SABLE Monday, July 05, 1999 TRANSMISSION WOULD STAY IN NEUTRAL FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN JERK INTO GEAR. BOTH FORWARD OR REVERSE. ONCE IN GEAR, IT WOULD BE OKAY UNTIL COMING TO A STOP, THEN I
713165 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, October 01, 1999 THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE REBUILT. AT 80,000 MILES. I DO NOT TOW WITH THE VEHICLE NOR DID I ABUSE IT. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND TH
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.
713278 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, September 01, 1999 FORWARD PISTON AXOD-E MADE OF ALUMINUM AND FAILS REPLACEMENT IS NOW STEEL. THIS FAUL CAUSES TRANSMISSION TO FAIL REQUIRING COMPLETE OVERHAUL OR REPLACEMENT
713323 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, October 14, 1999 FOR THE PAST WEEK THE VEHICEL RANDOMLY WOULD HESITATE DURING ACCELLERATION. TODAY THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO IN REVERSE. CALLED THE DEALER , THEY SAID 36,000
713401 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, October 09, 1999 RECALL FOR ENGINE HEAD GASKET, WIRING, ALSO HAD CRACKED WHEEL AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *AK
713525 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, October 18, 1999 VIRTUALLY NO FIRST GEAR. AT A COMPLETE STOP IT WOULD HESITATE UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 2.5 RPM AND THEN TAKE OFF. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, BUT ONE WEEK LATER EN
713636 1994 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, October 19, 1999 CAR WAS BEING OPERATED ON IS HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED,CAUSING THE CAR TO LOSE ALL FORWARD MOTION AND COASTED TO A STOP DURING RUSH HOUR.
714278 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, August 25, 1998 I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS SMALL PROBLEMS WITH MY WINDSTAR. LARGE PROBLEMS BEGIN WITH THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT IN AUGUST OF 1998. NOVEMBER 2, 1999 WHILE DRIVING AT
714299 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, May 02, 1998 WE HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION TWICE. THE FIRST TIME AT 72,000 MILES AND THEN AGAIN AT 94,000 MILES. THE BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, TIE RODS, REAR WHELL CYLINDERS
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
714315 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, September 23, 1999 TRANSMISSION FAILED, BURNT FLUID, SHUDDERING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, HARSH ENGAGEMENT WHEN STARTING OUT - REQUIRED A TRANSMISSION REBUILD - FORD CONTACTED BUT PROVIDE
714320 1994 MERCURY SABLE Friday, October 15, 1999 THIS WILL BE THE THIRD TIME I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND I ALSO HAVE HAD TO REBUILD THE ENGINE. I ONLY HAD THE LAST TRANSMISSION REPLACED 14 MONTH
714351 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, October 01, 1999 WILL IT TAKE A FATALITY BEFORE FORD IS MADE TO RECALL THIS TRANSMISSION? YOU SAY YOU DO NOT NEED A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS TO FORCE A MANUFACTER RECALL .
780205 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  CONSUMER EXPERIENCES TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.
780296 1994 FORD TAURUS  SPLIT ALUMINUM PISTON CAUSED TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
780460 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, July 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION. WHEN VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP AND DRIVE DISENGAGES INTO WHAT FEELS LIKE NEUTRAL. I MUST ACCELERATE TO ENGAGE DRIVE AGAIN (WITH A JOLT
780477 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF DRIVE WHEN VEHICLE IS SLOWING DOWN. 1ST GEAR HAS FAILED. REVERSE GEAR HAS BEGUN TO SLIP OUT. CANNOT SHIFT FROM PARK OR DRIVE INTO REV
780700 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, July 29, 1997 TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING PROPERLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HESITATE AND LUNGE.
780811 1994 FORD TAURUS  AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
780968 1994 MERCURY SABLE Tuesday, September 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE FROM STOP.
780988 1995 FORD TAURUS Saturday, September 26, 1998 TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED. ALSO ENGINE MOUNTS FAILED.
781068 1994 MERCURY SABLE Friday, September 25, 1998 WHEN ENGINE IS WARM AND COMPLETELY STOPS.ALSO, TRANSMISSION IS SLOW TO ENGAGE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. AW
781175 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, October 09, 1998 TRANSMISSION/ENGINE HEAD GASKET, AND TIMING CHAIN FAILED.
781312 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, July 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED.
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
781387 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, October 15, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE,FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON MALFUNCTIONED.
781393 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, December 01, 1996 TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING. ALSO MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH FAILED, AND STRESS FRACTURES ON STEEL WHEELS.
781519 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, September 01, 1998 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP IN/OUT AT STOPS.
781528 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, July 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILURE, BEGAN TO SLIP.
781784 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, January 02, 1999 TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
781809 1994 FORD TAURUS  TRANSMISSION FAILED.
781993 1995 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, June 24, 1998 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION/TORQUE CONVERTER MALFUNCTIONED.
800837 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  WHILE PARKED ON SLANT IN PARKING LOT, VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN ENBANKMENT DUE TO TRANSMISSION GEAR SLIPPING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK
801529 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, August 05, 1996 THE TRANSMISSION PLANETARY GEAR WENT OUT IN THE CAR , PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK
801771 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  WHEN DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN, THE TRANSMISSION ACCELERATES . *AK
803375 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, March 01, 1996 WHEN IN PARK POSITION THE TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO REVERSE WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL. *AK
804240 1994 FORD TAURUS  WAS ADRIVING AND THE TRANSMISSION FAIL. PLEASE DESCRIBE .
806344 1994 MERCURY SABLE  TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED WHILE SITTING AT STOP SIGN, UPON PRESSING ACCELERATOR, VEHICLE HESITATED, THEN LURCHED FORWARD. TRANSMISSION SHOP INDICATES DEFECT I
807566 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  AT TIMES WHEN IN DRIVE TRANSMISSION SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL DUE TO A CRACKE DPISTON IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *AK
809021 1994 FORD TAURUS Saturday, January 18, 1997 WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO GO INTO (1ST) GEAR THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO INTO (1ST) GEAR, IT GOES INTO NEUTRAL. THE ENGINE HAS TO BE REVD UP TO GO INTO (1ST) GEAR.
810485 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, March 21, 1997 CAR TRANSMISSION JUMPING IN AND OUT OF GEAR. *AK
812191 1994 MERCURY SABLE Friday, April 11, 1997 OWNER STATES THAT TRANSMISSION OVERHEATS; ALSO TRANSMISSION ROPS OUT OF GEAR. *AK
812565 1994 FORD TAURUS  DURING NORMAL OPERATION VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL WITH OUT REASON. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
812749 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION PISTONS CRACKED DUE TO USE OF ALUMINUM PARTS IN POORLY DESIGNEDTRANSMISSION. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
813046 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, May 15, 1997 WHEN SLOWING DOWN FOR STOPPING TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP OUT OF GEAR, VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD/BACKWARD, ACCORDING TO DEALER, FORWARD PISTON CRACKED, ENTIRE T
815370 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, May 15, 1997 TRANSMISSION STICKS IN DRIVE/ WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE AFTER ENGINE HAS WARMED UP, COULD CAUSE CRASH. ACCORDING TO DEALER, TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING. *AK
815389 1994 FORD TAURUS Thursday, June 05, 1997 WHEN SHIFTING INTO ANOTHER GEAR, TRANSMISSION TAKES A WHILE BEFORE CATCHING IN GEAR. ITS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM. TOOK TO DEALER & TOLD WOULD BREAK IT DOWN TO FIND
815598 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. *AK
815965 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  THE FIRST AND REVERSE GEARS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. WHEN PUT INTO GEAR THE GAS HAS TO BE PRESSED FOR THAT GEAR TO BE KICKED IN. DEALER SAID TRANSMISSIN HAS TO
818931 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, November 10, 1997 THE VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION WENT WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING, AND THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 49,000 MILES ON IT. *AK
819132 1995 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, July 01, 1997 WHILE DRIVING THE DEFECTIVE DESIGN OF "ALUMINA" FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON IN TRANSMISSION STALLS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO ENGAGE IN POSITION. *AK
819640 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, November 21, 1997 WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED BECAUSE THE PISTON IN THE TRANSMISSION HAD A CRACK IN IT. WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WARMS UP THE CRACK EXPANDS, CA
819951 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, November 17, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILED TO WORK AFTER 33,000 MILES. WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT LEVER INTO REVERSE OR INTO DRIVE. WAS ABLE TO TAKE TO DEALER & HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED.
820161 1994 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, December 23, 1997 CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PUT INTO DRIVE IT WOULD HESITATE. WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETLY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
820738 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, June 04, 1997 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
820794 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, July 20, 1997 TRANSMISSION FAILED WHEN GOING 45MPH. WHENEVER GAS IS GIVEN ENGINE WOULD RACE & THEN SLAM INTO GEAR (3RD GEAR) AFTER STOPPING & THEN TAKING OFF. TOOK TO DEALER
822043 1994 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, March 18, 1998 WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS OUT OF GEAR.. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
822101 1994 FORD TAURUS Saturday, December 20, 1997 DRIVING VEHICLE IN OVERDRIVE AT 30MPH WHEN A PART IN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. IT CAUSED THE LEVER TO SLAM IN ANOTHER GEAR. ALSO WHEN VEHICLE IS STOPPED & BRAKES
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
822415 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, December 16, 1997 WHEN DOWNSHIFTING VEHICLE TO COME TO A STOP, THE GEAR WOULD JUMP FROM 1ST GEAR TO NEUTRAL. TOOK TO TRANSMISSION SHOP & MECHANIC SAID THAT FLUID WAS LEAKING OUT
823445 1994 MERCURY SABLE  WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL THE VEHICLE DOES NOT MOVE FOR A FEW SECONDS , THEN IT JUMPS OUT OF GEAR. DEALER SAYS IT NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION. MILEAGE IS 40,000.
823801 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, June 15, 1997 WHEN STOPPING THE VEHICLE AND TRYING TO GO AGAIN THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT GO INTO GEAR. WHEN FIRST PRESSING ON THE GAS, IT HESITATES ABOUT 5 SECONDS AND THEN
824739 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, June 05, 1998 SENSOR ON TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT INTO LOW GEAR. DELAERS HAVE CORRECTED PROBLEM. *AK
825741 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, July 15, 1998 TRANSMISSION MAKES A TERRIBLE SOUND WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER STATES TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE, VEHICLE IS REPAIRED AFTER TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT, RESULTING IN
825897 1995 MERCURY SABLE  OWNER COULD NOT SHUT ENGINE OFF AFTER TURNING KEY, POSSIBLE CAUSE STEERING COLUMN FAILURE. ALSO, TRANSMISSION LEAKS FLUID, CAUSE UNKNOWN. REARVIEW MIRRIOR HAS
826119 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, July 27, 1998 TRANSMISSION FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON HAS CRACKED BUCAUSE IT IS MADE ALUMINUM. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
826129 1994 FORD TAURUS Thursday, July 30, 1998 VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN OR A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, STATES THAT THE PISTON IS CRACKED, DEALER
826259 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, November 27, 1996 TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL, ALMOST RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER DID A TRANSAXLE REPAIR, PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. DEALER CANNOT DE
826794 1994 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, August 11, 1998 THE PISTON IN TRANSMISSION WAS CRACKED ON THE HEAD, WHICH ALLOWED FLUID TO LEAK, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. DEALER IS AWARE OF DEFAULT, AND CANNOT DUPLIC
826835 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  VEHICLE HAS A CRACKED PISTON. THE DEALER INSTALLED A TRANSMISSION IN JUNE OF 96. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, REOCCURRING PROBLEM. *AK
827228 1994 FORD TAURUS Thursday, July 17, 1997 WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT. THEREFORE, THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT GE
827739 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, July 10, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHIN 67000 MILE OF WEAR. BELIEVES THIS IS NOT CONSIDERED NORMAL. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
827806 1995 FORD TAURUS Sunday, March 24, 1996 THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SHIFTING INTO SECOND GEAR, IT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE
828079 1995 FORD TAURUS Saturday, June 27, 1998 WHEN DRIVING AT FIRST NO PROBLEM. STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND THE CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS, THEN KICKED IN HARD AND WENT FORWARD. HAD INTERMITTENT TRANSMISSION PRO
828669 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, May 17, 1998 TRANSMISSION FELT LIKE IT WAS DRAGGING. DEALER CONTACTED AND STATED THERE WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM. REPAIR WORK DONE BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
829058 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, October 06, 1998 TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER INFORMED COMSUMER THAT THE FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 46,000 MILES OF WEAR.
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.
829441 1994 FORD TAURUS  WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE NOT TO GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD. CAUSE U
829560 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, August 01, 1998 CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE, WITHOUT WARNING, TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER RECORD WOULD BE KEPT, BUT NOT
829827 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, October 01, 1998 THE DEFECTIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO THE ALUMINUM PISTON WHICH BROKE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SURGE FORWARD OR NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY, M
829986 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, August 18, 1997 CONSUMER WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT HAD NO PRESSURE, CAUSING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TO SLAM INTO GEAR, MAKING A LOUD CLOCKING NOISE. ALSO
829993 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, August 18, 1997 . COSUMER IS HAVING AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THE RPM GETS UP TO ABOUT 5 BEFORE THE GEAR WOULD CHANGE, AND WHEN IT FINALY CHANGES THERE IS A HARD JERK
830000 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, May 01, 1998 WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT BY THE DEALERSHIP AROUND THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY, 1998. *AK
830033 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, July 12, 1998 TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, AND THE GEARS ARE HARD TO SHIFT WHEN DRIVING, AND THE GEAR WOULD GO INTO NEUTRAL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS, AND THEY DON
830039 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, February 01, 1998 TRANSMISSION WAS MAKING NOISE AND SHIFTING GEARS. DEALER CONTACTED AND COMPONENT WAS DEFECTIVE. REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AT OWNERS EXPENSE, NO WARRANTY. *AK
830126 1994 MERCURY SABLE Saturday, September 26, 1998 WHEN LEAVING STOP LIGHT/SIGN & PRESSING ACCELERATOR PEDAL, VHEICLE WOULD JUMP OR JERK TO ANOTHER GEAR. TOOK TO DEALER & TOLD TRANSMISSION PISTON SEAL MADE OF AL
830162 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, October 09, 1998 WHILE TRYING TO PULL OFF FROM A PARKING SPACE THE TRANSMISSION WON'T GO INTO GEAR OR IT JUST SLIPS OUT OF GEAR ALTOGETHER. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
830301 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, May 04, 1998 ONGOING PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITHIN 53000 MILESS. CONSUMER HAD TO RELACE TRANSMISSION TWICE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
830340 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Monday, October 12, 1998 WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE GEARS TO BURN OUT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMAITON. *AK
831038 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, November 13, 1998 WHEN STOPPING FOR A STOP SIGN, THEN WHEN CONSUMER TRIED TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE. CONSUMER SAID THAT TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, TH
831109 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, April 04, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE AT 53000 MILES OF WEAR. CONSUMER LEARNED OF OTHER CONSUMERS HAVING THIS SAME CONDITION, AND BELIEVED THIS IS A CONDITION CONCERNI
831258 1995 FORD TAURUS Saturday, April 12, 1997 WHILE BACKING THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THE TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN THE SHOP TO REPLACE THE TRANSMIS
831309 1994 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, October 14, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE. VEHICLE NEEDED TO RUN FOR A WHILE BEFORE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO GEAR. AT TIMES CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO APPLY THE ACCELERATOR PEDA
831692 1994 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, November 03, 1998 WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH THE VEHICLE STOPPED, CAR WAS TOWED TO SHOP. MECHANIC STATED THE TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE, INSPECTION OF TRANSMISSION IS BEING DONE .
831830 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, November 27, 1998 CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ERRATIC OPERATION OF VEHICLE TRANSMSSION WHILE DRIVING; VEHICLE WOULD SLIP OUT GEAR. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
832029 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION JUMPS OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, WHEN PROCEEDING FROM A STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC LIGHT THE VEHICLE HESITATES OR JERKS. THIS
832145 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, March 04, 1998 TRANSMISSION WOULD STICK. COULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. HAPPENS FREQUENTLY. TOOK TO DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED. *AK
832253 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, December 07, 1998 TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS IS ALSO MFR. DEFECT FOR VEHICLE WITH ONLY 76000 MILES OF WEAR. DEALER NOT CONTACTED AT THI
832561 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, November 24, 1998 DP 98004 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE: THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP IN SECOND GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. DRIVER WA
832667 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, November 30, 1998 WHENEVER DRIVING TRANSMISSION WOULD SKIP & MAKE LOUD BANGING NOISES. VEHICLE WAS DRIVABLE & WAS ABLE TO SHIFT THE GEARS. TOOK TO TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. *AK
832683 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, September 28, 1998 THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE HESITATES TO SWITCH GEARS, AND AT TIMES LUNGES FORWARD. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BE
833003 1994 FORD TAURUS Friday, December 11, 1998 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT OR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. DEALER WILL REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. *AK
833302 1994 MERCURY SABLE Friday, January 01, 1999 CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. WHEN THE PUT FOOT ON THE PEDAL, IT WOULD
833390 1994 MERCURY SABLE  FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON INSIDE TRANSMISSION BREAKS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SURGE FORWARD, WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT.FORD IS AWARE OF DEFECT.
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
833498 1995 MERCURY SABLE  DEFECTIVE PISTON WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION IS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL, QUITS PULLING, WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
833581 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, May 05, 1998 WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH RING AND PINION GEAR BROKE, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK
834044 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, June 10, 1998 WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH THE TRANSMISSION DIED OUT AFTER MAKING CLUNKING NOISES. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AAMCO. WAS INFORMED BY THE MECHANIC THA
834073 1994 MERCURY SABLE Monday, December 28, 1998 WHEN STOPPING AT AN INTERSECTION IT TAKES TIME TO BUILT UP POWER PRESSURE WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. PROBLEM IS COMING FROM THE CLUTCH PISTONS. VEHICLE IS IN SHO
834381 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  AT 45,000 MILES TRANSMISSION HAS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO OPERATE IN 1ST GEAR OR REVERSE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *
834557 1994 FORD TAURUS  TRANS AXLE PROBLEM CAUSES THE FOWARD AND REVERSE GEARS TO WORK ERRATICALLY. WHEN DRIVING AND COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP, GEARS DO NOT PICK BACK UP, AND THE RE
834886 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION GOES FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO AN ALUMINUM PISTON. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
835253 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, January 01, 1999 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE SYSTEM TO SLIP WHILE DRIVING, WHICH MAY CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#.
835598 1994 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, March 09, 1999 WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WENT INTO THE NEUTRAL POSITION DUE TO ALUMINUM PISTONS IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. IT ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER
835793 1995 FORD TAURUS  TRANSMISSION SLIPS, AND CONSUMER HAS TO PRESS ON THE GAS VERY HARD TO GET IT TO CATCH, WHILE DOING THAT IT SHOOTS FOWARD VERY FAST AND HARD WITH A JERK. THE DEA
835821 1994 FORD TAURUS Sunday, February 28, 1999 WHEN DRIVING AT 55 MPH WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTING RIGHT FROM GEAR TO GEAR. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE HOME, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, AND
836793 1995 FORD TAURUS Monday, February 01, 1999 WHEN CONSUMER TRIED TO START VEHICLE IN THE MORNING, VEHICLE STARTED. BUT WHEN SHE MOVED THE TRANSMISSION PAWL FROM PARK TO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. WAS
836905 1995 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, September 23, 1998 WHENEVER VEHICLE IS WARM OR HOT IT BUCKS OR JERKS. HAVE TAKEN TO REPAIR SHOP & THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. ALSO, FRONT END MADE CLICKING SOUNDS. REAR BRAKE
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
837260 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, September 21, 1998 THE ALUMINUM FORWARD PISTON CLUTCH TRANSMISSION CRACKED AND OVERHEATED. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. THERE IS TSB THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE R
837510 1994 FORD TAURUS  ALUMINIUM PISTON WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION SNAPPED, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. COULD RESULT IN A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. *AK
837640 1995 FORD TAURUS  AT 66,900 MILES TRANSMISSION HAS MALFUNCTIONED AND WILL NOT SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR. PLEASE GVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
837760 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, October 01, 1998 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL BACK AT A STOP AND THE VEHICLE REVS UP, WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFOR
837970 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, May 12, 1999 TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN AND OUT OF 1ST AND 2ND GEAR, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO PICK UP SPEED. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
837979 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, May 08, 1999 WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR INDICATION TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, AND THE VEHICLE JERKED/ VIBRATED AND STALLED. ALSO WHEN CONSUMER DRIVES FORWARD VE
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
838604 1995 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, May 25, 1999 VEHICLE WAS IN FOR A RECALL SERVICE AT AL PIEMONTE, AND TRANSMISSION LEAKAGE OCCURRED AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED. *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
838789 1994 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, December 30, 1998 TRANSMISSION MADE WITH ALUMINUM RINGS MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. REPLACED TRANSMISSION WIT
841009 1995 MERCURY SABLE  TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND THEN INTO DRIVE , AND VEHICLE SUDDENDLY ACCELERATED,TOOK OFF WITH FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKES, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *
841588 1994 FORD TAURUS  THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD WHEN IN MOTION. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. *AK
842849 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, January 01, 1999 TRANSMISSION SLIPS STARTING FROM A START POSITION.SLIPS ON UPSHIFT.CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. THIS IS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION. *AK
843427 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, May 28, 1999 TRANSMISSION: THE ALUMINUM PISTON WAS INSTALLED INSTEAD OF THE STEEL ONES. THIS CAUSED THE PISTON TO CRACK. THE GEARS WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. WILL BE TAKING V
843564 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  AT 56,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION IS PREMATURLEY WEARING OUT, IT WILL NOT SHIFT GEARS. DEALER HAS NOT DIAGNOSED THE FAULT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
843974 1994 MERCURY SABLE Wednesday, May 12, 1999 WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE IS A POWER SHORTAGE WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION WHICH CAUSESTHE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN. *AK
844058 1994 MERCURY SABLE Saturday, July 17, 1999 FORWARD PISTON CRACKED IN THE TRANSMISSION. DEALER CONTACTED AND IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. REPAIRWORK DONE AT OWNERS EXPENSE. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
844311 1994 MERCURY SABLE Tuesday, February 02, 1999 TRANSMISSION PISTON IS MADE OF ALUMINUM INSTEAD OF HARD METAL, AND IS SPLITTING. VEHICLE GETS HOT & FLIUID GETS THIN. VEHICLE ALSO GETS STUCK IN NEUTRAL. *AK
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
844963 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, March 01, 1999 TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO CRACKED PISTON . BELIEVED THIS CONDITON WAS DUE TO MFR. RECALL ON THE FORD/SUBFRAME... SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA INTHIS MATTER OR PRO
845471 1994 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, August 18, 1999 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WHICH WAS MADE WITH ALUMINUM PISTONS, MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL/ REV AND ACCELERATE AT HIGH SPEEDS. THIS MAY MAY RESU
845889 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  FORWARD CLUTCH PISTON CRACKED ,CAUSING VEHICLE TO BEHAVE LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. ALSO, WHEN TRANSMISSION WOULD FINALLY KICK IN, VEHICLE WOULD SERGE FORWARD.
845980 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Saturday, July 17, 1999 TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. WOULD MAKE CLUNKING NOISES. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE MECHANIC CHECK IT. *AK TRANSMISSION OVERHAULED DU
845994 1995 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, June 27, 1995 WHEN TRYING TO CHANGE GEARS AND ENTERING ON AND OFF HIGHWAYS, TRANSMISSION DOES NOT RESPOND.DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE OF T
846422 1994 FORD TAURUS  FOWARD STRUT GEAR WHICH IS MADE FROM ALUMINUM HAS CRACKED, CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO BECOME FAULTY . PART HAS BEEN REDESIGNED,AND IS NOW MADE OUT OF STEEL. *AK
846552 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  FOWARD CLUTCH PISTON WITHIN TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HESITATE AND WILL NOT ENGAGE INTO FIRST GEAR RIGHT AWAY. *AK
847376 1995 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, December 09, 1998 TRANSMISSION WOULD MAKE NOISES WHEN GEARS ARE SHIFTED. VEHICLE STAYS IN ONE GEAR ONLY. IF VEHICLE IS PARKED, WOULD CHANGE GEARS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & INFORM
847727 1995 FORD TAURUS Monday, November 09, 1998 THE TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING FLUID. HAD THE SEALS CHANGED TWICE. TRANSMISSION STILL LEAKED. TOOK TO MECHANIC & WAS INFORMED TORQUE CONVERTOR NEEDED REPLACING. H
848178 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Thursday, July 15, 1999 TRANSMISSION WON'T SHIFT INTO GEAR.THE ALUMINUM PISTON IS CRACKED. IT DOES NOT ALLOW THE FLUID TO BUILD UP SUFFICIENTLY. CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK
849159 1994 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, September 01, 1999 DUE TO A DEFECTIVE ALUMUMIN PISTONS, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BETWEEN 1 AND 3RD GEARS MOVES ROUGHLY WHICH MAY CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH. DE
849160 1994 FORD TAURUS  THE ALUMINUM PISTON WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION PREMATURELY MALFUNCTIONED WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE NOT TO SHIFT CORRECTLY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
849946 1994 MERCURY SABLE Sunday, April 12, 1998 WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE IS STALLED /JERKED AND LOST POWER. ALSO, TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. THIS WAS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION PUT INTO
849965 1995 MERCURY SABLE Saturday, March 01, 1997 THERE IS A LEAK COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION, AND TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STARTING POSITION VEHICLE HEASITATES. *AK
850045 1994 FORD TAURUS  THERE WAS KNOW SIGN OF TRANSMISSION BEING BAD. ALL OF A SUDDEN CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE AN OIL CHANGE AND THE MECHANIC PUT THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR AND IT W
850647 1994 FORD TAURUS  WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFTED FROM NEUTRAL INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE ON ITS OWN. BEEN TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC ALUMINUM CLUTCH PISTON VALVE W
851225 1995 FORD TAURUS  WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND THEN APPLYING THE GAS, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN IT JUMPS FORWARD. DEALER SAID NEW TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE P
851237 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, February 01, 1999 WHEN DRIVING AT 40 MPH TRANSMISSION SLIPPED, AND VEHICLE WOULD'NT GO ANYWHERE, AND SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY. *AK
852158 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, March 15, 1998 WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WOULD COME OUT OF GEAR AND CAUSE VEHICLE TO STOP OPERATING UNTIL GEAR KICKED BACK IN. THIS CONDITION COULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE COLLI
852445 1995 MERCURY SABLE Thursday, July 01, 1999 WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND COMING TO A STOP TRANSMISSION DISENGAGED WHEN COMING TO A STOP. WHEN APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE JUMPS FORWARD. DEALER
953153 1994 FORD TAURUS Monday, October 04, 1993 BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN 1994 A FEW DAYS AGO TRANSMISSION BLEW-UP HAD BACK TO DEALER, CASING WAS CHANGED BUT HAVE NOTHING BUT JERKING STARTS AND SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR
959839 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, January 10, 1995 OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION FAILURE, VEHICLE STALLS WHEN ACCELERATING. TT
963685 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, April 11, 1995 SLOWING DOWN APPLIED BRAKES VEHICLE JERKS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND TRANSMISSION CAUSED VEHICLE TO STALL. TT
965616 1995 FORD TAURUS Thursday, May 25, 1995 POWER STEERING SEEMS TO FEEL HARDER THAN NORMAL. *AK NOISY ENGINE. *AK COOLING FAN IS RUNNING EXCESSIVELY. *AK COOLING FSN IS RUNNING EXCESSIVELY. *AK VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARD/WARWARD WHEN TRANSMISSION IS IN PARK GEAR. IGNITION KEY WON'T COME OUT OF SWITCH WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK. *AK
966015 1995 FORD TAURUS Wednesday, May 24, 1995 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LEFT CAR IN PARK, CAME BACK OUT VEHICLE HAD ROLLED AWAY, RETURNED TO VEHICLE STILL IN PARK. TT
967342 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND TRANSMISSION KEEPS SLIPPING. TT
967606 1995 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, July 25, 1995 REAR NOISE. *AK ABS LIGHTS COME ON/OFF. *AK TRANSMISSION SLIPS INTO LOWER GERA, THEN LUNGES FORWARD; DRIVER HAS HAD CLOSE CALLS IN REAR ENDING OTHER VEHICLES, DEALER COULDN'T DETECT CAUSE. *AK ELECTRICAL FAILURE. *AK
968284 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Wednesday, March 15, 1995 ABS: PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR; HAVE TO KEEP PUMPING TO GET PEDAL OFF FLOOR; RESULTS IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK TRANSMISSION SLIPS. *AK INTERMITTENT STALLING/SURGING. *AK HORN SHORTED OUT. *AK A/C CONTROL PANEL OVERHEATED. *AK HATCHBACK LATCH FAILED. *AK ELECTRICAL WINDOWS INTERMITTENTLY OPERATE. *AK
969764 1994 FORD TAURUS Tuesday, October 26, 1993 FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEMS. *AK TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK THINKS AUTOMOBILE IS A LEMON BECAUSE IT STOPS IN TRAFFIC CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. TT
971102 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Sunday, January 01, 1995 PROBLEM WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VEHICLE NOT STOPPING AS IT SHOULD ( PLEASE EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL). TT
972874 1995 FORD TAURUS Sunday, September 24, 1995 WHILE ENGAGING THE REVERSE GEAR IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS, VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND CRASHED INTO TREE. TT
978455 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, February 20, 1996 VEHICLES TRANSMISSION WHEN IN PARK ON ANY TYPE INCLINE OR DECLINE GEAR JAMS UP AND IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT.MFR IS AWARE OF THIS DUE TO POOR DESIGN. TT
980907 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR  TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INTO NEUTRAL. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
985771 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Tuesday, June 04, 1996 FAILURE OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL STOP IN TRAFFIC AND WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR. *AK
986336 1995 FORD TRUCK WINDSTAR Friday, September 15, 1995 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PARK/LOCK FAILURE, DOES NOT STAY LOCKED IN PARK POSITION, VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS OUT OF GARAGE. *AK
986469 1995 FORD TAURUS  VEHICLE'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOES NOT DOWN SHIFT. *AK

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