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I've purchased a 1995 Ford Windstar back in 2001, had transmission failures few months later. I would not want another lemon like this one! but I am definitely more careful now when looking for a new car. I won't stay away from Fords completely because of Ford trucks like the F-150 and Ranger which are among the most reliable vehicles on the market. At 144k miles most Toyotas and Hondas are just breaking in. In the end, we sold the van to the junkyard, with only 144k miles on the odometer! Absolutely ridiculous. It's a good thing I wasn't far from home that day and traffic was light. However I could still use 3rd gear which allowed me to limp back home. One morning while driving, I got the blinking overdrive light of doom, meaning that the transmission has failed. I experienced a few problems with this van but the failure of the transmission was the final straw. That just isn't possible without extraordinary luck or sinking a ton of money into it. We bought this van with the intention of keeping it for at least 10 years, but this is no Toyota Previa. Years later I found out that the transmission had already been rebuilt! at only 77k miles! How did I find out? I got under the car one day and found a sticker on the transmission that said "remanufactured". Me and my wife bought the van with 77k miles in 2006 from a used car dealer. Avoid the Windstar like the plague.Īvoid like the plaque indeed. You need to do your due diligence because once the money is out of your hand and the title is in your name, it's all on you. My advice is, if you are looking for a vehicle, it does not matter how clean, well kept, or low the miles are, you need to do some research. just like it shifted into neutral, never to return to a working gear. I learned of many people driving normally and the same problem. I learned that this is a very common problem in not only the Windstar, but the Taurus as well. I decided to check the internet to see how hard it would be to fix. It did not stay in high rev, it did that because I had my foot on the gas. I was going about 55 and all of a sudden the engine went into high rev. I was driving to work this week( May of 2020)and it was like the vehicle went into neutral and stayed there. I purchased this very clean, well kept, 66000 mile ,2001 Ford Windstar in April of 2019.
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