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Transmission Failure
2000 Ford Windstar (Page 6 of 7)
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Ford dealer.
9.1
really awful- Typical Repair Cost:
- $2,370
- Average Mileage:
- 102,600 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 140 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- replace transmission (55 reports)
- Ford should recall it (38 reports)
- not sure (24 reports)
- completely rebuilt (15 reports)
- got rid of vehicle (8 reports)
transmission problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I just bought this car 1.5 months ago so it is still covered under the 60-day warranty issued by the seller. I purchased this vehicle as our families only source of transportation. I owned a 1995 Ford Windstar for 6 years previous and never had transmission problems an thought it was time to upgrade. As we returned from a weekend trip 3 hrs from home suddenly the O/D light starts flashing. Closer to home i smell something burning. Three blocks from my home the entire back of car is smoking!!! I mean its SMOKING. Fluid gushing from underneath the car. My neighbors come out cause of the smell. Thank goodness this didn't erupt on the highway. Thank goodness for that! I go to MY mechanic an he tells me directly my transmission needs to be fixed/replace. I then bring it back to the dealer who holds the warranty, he keeps it for 2hrs, calls me and says they see nothing wrong with it. They just put fluid in an it's driving fine. Their only explanation is "This model has a history of boiling out transmission fluid sometimes, keep extra bottles in back an pull over to refill if this happens again." "Its just something that happens with Ford vans."
Are you kidding me!!! I have NEVER had a car that requires such constant pacifying. I told the dealer this is NOT a solution. I am not happy at all. I will drive it off the lot today, an when the trans dies in another week they will have to replace it than. I guess my next option after my warranty is to buy an extended warranty an face that it may need constant fixes.
- rv, Albany, NY, US