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The contact owns a 1999 Ford Windstar. When the vehicle is turned off and the door is opened, the doors and windows sometimes continue to operate. The failure has occurred two or three times within the last six months. The contact attempted to find out if a safety recall was available, but he was given the run around. NHTSA campaign id number 00V351000 (electrical system:wiring:interior/under dash) was the recall in question. The current mileage was 119,000 and failure mileage was 115,000.
My 1999 Ford Windstar spontaneously started on fire while parked in the garage. It had not be run for at least 8 hours prior to the fire. While no one was injured this could have started our entire house on fire. The insurance fire expert located the start of the fire to the wiring of the heater.
Interior lights turn on and/or flicker when car is in motion. All doors closed tight. The lights made it hard to see out of the vehicle when driving at night. Ford said they would not correct problem.
While driving the vehicle produced a thick smoke from the interior cluster without warning. The cause has yet to be determined. Please provide additional information.
While driving my 1999 winstar the overdrive light came on, so I looked in my rearview mirror and saw smoke comming from under the vehicle. So, I pull over to the side of the road and stop, transmission fluid was leaking out. My winstar van broke down out side of nashville, tn with 70,401 miles on it. The costs at john barker's two rivers Ford in nashville was $2017.81.
- Montgomery, AL, USA
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Consumer states that while driving at highway speeds the vehicles engine shut down. No warning. No injuries. Consumer was not able to restart, vehicle was towed to dealer. Dealer states the instrument cluster needs replacing.
Interior lights flicker frequently for no apparent reason. Light switch manipulated but does not seem to affect it. Radio volume changes. Failure occurrence several times per day. Last occurrence was yesterday (9/26/02) where the lights flickered three separate occasions.
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- Hebron, OH, USA