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Ford Windstar
804 messages, Last post on Sep 24, 2012 at 2:07 PM
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What is this discussion about? Ford Windstar, Ford Windstar Cargo, Van
#803 of 804 Lower Exhaust Manifold vacuum leak by nanster59
Jul 09, 2012 (10:22 pm)
My Windstar suddenly started running rough... just before I was going to sell it, of course. My mechanic looked it over and finally found the leak. It will cost $400 when when they have time, and that price will include the labor to find the leak. The dealer, without ever seeing it wants $600. I hate that I have to pay this for a van I want to get rid of. And, now I see there is a recall on vans that originated in the upper east (this one did) so I have to look for a rusting underbody, plus the tranny has a recall for a problem when in reverse. Sheesh, why doesn't Ford work on being better. I've considered looking into an Escape or Focus, but now I have to hesitate.
#804 of 804 New ford vs used Toyota by windstruck
Sep 24, 2012 (2:07 pm)
We owned a '91 Previa with 145k miles. back in 2000,We bought a brand new 99 Windstar. The person that we sold the Previa to said that we were making a mistake; he was buying our Previa due to major problems with his 95 windstar. We thought that surely Ford would have 'gotten the bugs out' of the Windstar by 1999.To date, he still has the '91 Previa (220k miles), and we have suffered our 2nd tranny failure on the Windstar, with only 110k miles. Not to mention repeated trips to the stealership for various abs, air bag, check engine lights and sensors, two of which failed within the first week of ownership. (The tech said that the new van wasn't used to being driven since leaving the Ford assembly plant, ha-ha)
So, would you chose a new Flex, or a used Sequoia/Sienna?
For the premium price of the Flex, I've read about too many problems about it already!
The only thing that domestics have on the foreign are the looks, and in some cases, comfort.
But remember-it is always uncomfortable when you're stranded on the highway!
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