2000 Ford Windstar Fuel system Problems

“2 weeks after I bought, what I thought was going to be the best car I ever owned, the check engine light came on. Since I'm a single mom with 5 kids, im very tight on money, therefore, I went to the auto part store, put it on the machine, hoping I could do what I did with all other vehicles I owned, buy the parts, go online and read up on fixing it my self. I had just put all my savings into buying the van. The store clerk, gives me a list of 4 codes and the list of possible fixes. …”

“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.”

“My 2000 Ford Windstar will stall, while driving, without warning causing a loss of power to the engine, braking system and steering system in a 3800 pound vehicle. This is an intermittent problem, but repeats itself every 2 or 3 weeks or so. The last time it caused my wife to transverse into a stop sign controlled intersection in a populated residential area of los angeles county without brakes or steering. It has happened 15 times to myself and my wife and twice to south bay Ford since approximately nov of 2004. …”

“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.”

“We have owned this 2000 Ford Windstar since february of 2002. I have lost count of how many times we have taken it back to the dealer because of the poor gas mileage. It was getting 13 mpg and the dealer said that was normal. But over the past 3 months we have taken it back to the dealer 8 times because of the check engine light. The dealership has replaced the upper/lower intake gaskets, fuel pump, fuel filter, fuel line, mass oxygen flow sensor, both o2 sensors, valve cover gaskets, and a couple of other things too. The gas mileage actually got worse after several of the repairs. …”