2000 Ford Windstar Fuel System Problems

TRANSMISSION STARTED LEAKING FLUIDS ALL OVER THE ROAD AND STARTED SLIPPING TO WHERE I COULDN'T GET HOME WITH IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A FUEL SMELL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE FUEL LINE. THE CONTACT STATED REPAIRS WERE MADE BUT SHE WAS UNSURE OF WHAT WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO SMELL FUEL IN THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THERE WAS A RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 00V164000 (COMPONENT: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: DELIVERY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY TOLD THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157,000.

2000 FORD WINDSTAR LX 3.0. STALLING WHILE DRIVING, WHEN PARKING, WHILE TURNING . SOMETIMES WILL RESTART BUT AS TIME HAS PROGRESSED THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN. BEGAN WHILE UNDER WARRANTY BUT WOULD ALWAYS RESTART WITH PATIENCE BUT NOW HAS BEEN ROWED TO DEALERSHIP LAST SIX TIMES. NUMEROUS VERY COSTLY PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED SINCE NO CODES ARE PRODUCED IN THESE EVENTS BUT NO SOLUTION HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED TO ALLEVIATING THE STALL. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC. *TR

I BOUGH T A 2000 WINDSTAR 1 MONTH AGO AND I HAD A STRONG SMELL OF FUEL AND FOUND A LEAK ABOVE THE LEFT REAR TIRE WHICH I SAW MYSELF. THE FUEL SYSTEM PROVED TO BE FAULTY AS PER THE DEALER'S REPORT. I LOST MY TRUST TO THE VEHICLE, AND I AM UNCOMFORTABLY USING IT FOR MY FAMILY, AND UNCOMFORTABLY SELLING IT TO ANY BODY DUE TO SAFETY REASONS. I AM SCARED DUE TO THE FOLLOWING: NO RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM. THE STORY I HEARD ABOUT THE FAMILY WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY BURNED IN A GM CAR DUE TO FAULTY FUEL SYSTEM. HEREWAS A FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM IDENTIFIED IN WINDSTAR 2000 AT THE NHTSA WEBSITE. *AK

I HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS STARTING MY 200 FORD WINDSTAR SE. ON MONDAY, JAN. 8, 2007, I DROVE MY VAN TO GET COFFEE, CAME HOME AND PARKED IT IN THE DRIVEWAY. A FEW MINUTES LATER, I NOTICED SMOKE AND FLAMES. THE CAR BURNED OUT, DESPITE THE EFFORTS OF OUR LOCAL FIRE DEPT. *NM

FUEL RAIL LEAKING GASOLINE, DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THIS AS THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE CRACKS, LEAK IS NEAR ELECTRIC STUFF, STRONG ODOR AND SOME LIQUID GAS. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED GAS AND FUMES LEAKED CONSISTENTLY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION OR PARKED. THE FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED, BUT THAT DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL #00V164000 REGARDING FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED.

I INTEND TO SEND A LETTER TO OUR STATE SENATOR BECAUSE OF THE UNFAIR SERVICE AND QUALITY OF THIS CAR. I ASKED POK. FORD TO CHECK A VIBRATION IN THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS TOLD TO GET NEW ROTORS AND NEW BRAKES. THEY SAID INSPECTION WAS DUE SOON, SO I SAID FINE FIX IT, BUT ALSO DO AN INSPECTION. AFTER FIXING, THE PEDAL STILL VIBRATES. THEY SAY THE TIRES, THEY'RE BALD AND STRAP IS SHIFTED, KNOWING THIS THEY PASSED MY CAR ANYWAY. CONCERNED I WENT TO BJ'S TIRE CENTER THE FOLLOWING DAY TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND IF THEY WERE UNDER WARRANTY. THEY REPLACED THE TWO FRONT TIRES BECAUSE THEY HAD NO TREADS, GAVE ME AN ALIGNMENT AND SAID THIS WAS NOT THE PROBLEM WITH THE GAS PEDAL. ON THE WAY TO THE DOCTORS WITH MY CHILDREN I FELT MY GAS PEDAL STICK. FORD CLAIMS THAT MAYBE THE VIBRATION WAS THE TRANSMISSION. I WENT TO THE PLACE THAT DID MY TRANSMISSION, HE SAID THIS WAS NOT TRANSMISSION RELATED. HE POPPED THE HOOD AND SAID THIS COULD BE THE PROBLEM, MY GAS CABLE LINE LOOKED LIKE IT WAS SAWED. HE CLAIMS THIS JUST DOES NOT USUALLY HAPPEN. I TOLD JASON WHAT HE SAID, JASON CLAIMS HE AND I WAS CRAZY. HE CAME OUT AND LOOKED HIMSELF, HE SAID IT WAS WORN, FRAYED AND VERY LOOSE. AFTER ARGUING WITH JASON BECAUSE HE HAD MY CAR FIVE TIMES FOR THE SAME REASON, AND IT TOOK A TRANSMISSION GUY TO NOTICE THE CABLE LINE, JASON TOLD ME TO LEAVE THE GROUNDS AND DON'T COME BACK. WHEN I GOT HOME I CALLED THE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE, FEDERAL TRADE COMM, DEPT OF MOTOR VEHICLE, AND A LAWYER. I CALLED FREEDOM FORD IN BEACON. HE TOLD ME TO BRING THE CAR IN. THE SERVICE MAN SAID THE CHAMBER THAT THE CABLE GOES THROUGH WAS FREE AND THERE WAS NOTHING GRABBING ON THE CABLE, THIS DOES NOT USUALLY HAPPEN AND HE THINKS IT MAY HAVE BEEN DONE, BUT DIDN'T COMMENT HOW. I CAN'T SAY HOW IT HAPPENED BUT I CAN SAY THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IF POK. FORD DIDN'T DO THIS AND IT DIDN'T GET STUCK THAN THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ISSUE. I ALSO HAVE TWO DOORS THAT ARE STILL BROKE AND WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED MANY TIMES. *JB

HI, FORD WINDSTAR VAN MANUFACTURED IN 1999-2000 NEEDS RECALL FOR FAULTY VALVE COVER, INLET MANIFOLD SEALS WHICH IS CAUSING "LEAN FUEL" ERROR CODES P0171 AND P0174.*AK FORD KNOWS IT BUT NOT TAKING ANY STEP WHICH IS CAUSING WORST FUEL ECONOMY FOR THOSE VEHICLES AND A WHOLE LOT MORE POLLUTION BECAUSE OF THOSE VEHICLES. I PERSONALLY WENT TO FORD DEALER WITH FOLLOWING PARTS NUMBERS ( XF2Z-9H486-AA PORT SEAL-PACKAGE OF 6(1 PKG REQ. PER VEH) 3F2Z-9S479-AA ISOLATOR BOLT ASSY. - PACKAGE OF 8 (1 PKG REQ. PER VEH) XF2Z-9E498-DD VACUUM LINE 3F2Z-6582-BA VALVE COVER - LH ). THE SALES PERSON HAD JUST ONE LOOK AND HE TOLD ME THE TOTAL COST OF ALL !!! HE TOLD ME THEY ARE SELLING 3-4 SETS EVERYDAY !!! IF YOU TYPE "P0171, P0174" ON ANY INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE, YOU WILL GET THOUSANDS OF SEARCH RESULTS WITH FORD WINDSTAR CONNECTION. FORD HAD PUBLISHED A BULLETIN COVERING AND ADVISING PEOPLE WHAT TO DO. THEY PULLED IT BACK CONSIDERING THAT MIGHT PROVIDE INDIRECT REPONSIBILITY. DOT MUST INVESTGATE THIS AND FORCE FORD FOR RECALL. I AM SURE DOT CAN DO A LOT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THANKS. RAHUL SHUKLA 140, CROOKED LANE KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 610-270-5963 (WORK)

WHILE FILLING UP AT THE GASOLINE STATION CONSUMER NOTICED GASOLINE POURING OUT FROM THE FUEL FILLER NECK HOSE. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, BUT MECHANIC WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE, AND HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *AK

00 V 164 000/FUEL LINE FITTINGS: WHILE RE-FUELING THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FILLER NECK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER LOCATED A RUBBER FUEL LINE THAT WAS DETERIORATING AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THAT RECALL. *JB

INFORMATION REQUEST. LETTER AND PACKAGE IS IN THE MAIL CONCERNING OUR COMPLAINT! *AK THE CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW THE STATUS OF HIS COMPLAINT.

AFTER AND WHILE RAINING THERE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF WATER IS GETTING INTO THE FUEL TANK FROM THE FUEL FILLER DOOR. THIS IS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL FREQUENTLY OR NOT START AT ALL. AFTER A COUPLE OF BOTTLES OF DRY GAS ARE ADDED THE STALLING IS STOPPED UNTIL MORE WATER GETS INTO THE GAS TANK. THERE IS NO TYPE OF WEATHERSTRIPPING AROUND THE FUEL FILLER DOOR THAT PREVENTS MOISTURE FROM COMING INTO THE FUEL FILLER AREA AND THERE IS ALWAY WATER THERE AFTER RAIN OR SNOW. I HAVE GONE TO SEVERAL FORD DEALERSHIPS TO LOOK AT SIMILAR FORD WINDSTARS AND EVEN THE NEW FORD FREESTAR MINIVAN AND FOUND RANDOMLY THAT ON SOME OF THOSE CARS THERE WAS A RUBBER STOPPER ATTACHED TO THE FUEL FILLER DOOR WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD CREATE A SEAL TO PREVENT WATER FROM COMING IN. HOWEVER MOST OF THE VEHICLES THAT I LOOKED AT DID NOT HAVE THAT RUBBER STOPPER ON THE FUEL FILLER DOOR YET IT CLEARLY LOOKS LIKE IT BELONGS THERE.*AK

FOR SOME REASON, THE FIRST TIME, ON 10 MAY 2003, THE ENGINE RACES AT ABOUT 3500 - 4000 RPM, AT A STOP SIGN AND STILL MAINTAINING. WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED VAN SPEEDS VERY, VERY QUICKLY, WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IN THE REAR END OF A VEHICLE IN FRONT. ALSO, IN IDLE, THE ENGINE RMPS ARE BETWEEN 3500 - 4000 RPM. *NLM

VEHICLE STALLED ON FREEWAY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK *SLC

FUEL LEAKING FROM VEHICLE. DEALER DETERMINED A CLAMP WAS MISSING ON FUEL LINE, CAUSING IT TO COME OFF AND LEAK FUEL. DEALER STATED CLAMP HAD BEEN OMITTED AT THE FACTORY.*AK *NLM

CONSUMER HAD THREE QUARTERS OF FUEL NSIDE OF VEHICLE. NEXT MORNING HE WENT OUTSIDE TO START VEHICLE AND IT WOUD NOT START. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

SEVERE FUEL ODOR GETS INTO VEHICLE DURING HOT WEATHER CONDTION WHILE DRIVING OR PARKING. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM WAS REOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

GASOLINE TANK WAS BUILDING UP PRESSURE INSIDE OF TANK. WHEN HE OPENED GASOLINE TANK CAP THERE WAS A SOUND LIKE EXPLOSION . WHEN FUEL WAS INSIDE, THERE WAS PRESSURE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM MECHANIC REPLACED FUEL PRESSURE TANK VALVE.*AK

ALTHOUGH FUSED THE PUMP STILL CAUGHT FIRE. PARTS HAVE BEEN SAVED. *AK