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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Cars / January 2008request advice on heading off tranny problems
Hi all and HNY -- I have a 1999 Ford Winstar van. We bought it new, and the mileage on it is nearing 100,000 miles. It has the 3.0 liter engine. I have read that a lot of people have had transmission problems with this year of Ford Windstar. Is there anything I can do to avoid transmission problems (besides selling it)? What is it exactly, that fails in the transmissions of this model? We've had the transmission fluid flushed several times during ownership. Thanks Jim >Hi all and HNY -- > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Jim You are doing it right. Keep that fluid fresh.  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com I don't own a Windstar. In my mind if you had the tranny fluid and filter changed on a regular (every 20,000 to 30,000) miles then you have done everything you can do to properly maintain this transmission. If you have not done this you run a greater risk of transmission failure. Steve > Hi all and HNY -- > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Jim A lot depends on driving habits. my 99 windstar started to slip/rumble/jerk shifting into 3rd at about 100k, this was 20-30k after the last filter/flush. I did just a filter and that 5-6 qts you lose and 95% of the problem was fixed. Because of this I'm thinking that when I do a full flush it will be fine. > my 99 windstar started to slip/rumble/jerk shifting into 3rd at about 100k, this was 20-30k after the last filter/flush. I did > just a filter and that 5-6 qts you lose and 95% of the problem was fixed. Because of this I'm thinking that when I do a full flush > it will be fine. Most automatic tranny failures can be due to lack of maintenance. >> my 99 windstar started to slip/rumble/jerk shifting into 3rd at about 100k, this was 20-30k after the last filter/flush. I did >> just a filter and that 5-6 qts you lose and 95% of the problem was fixed. Because of this I'm thinking that when I do a full flush >> it will be fine. > > Most automatic tranny failures can be due to lack of maintenance. Like change of fluid & filter. Might seem expensive, but a lot less than a rebuilt tranny... An argument goes -- if the tranny fluid was not replaced within 20-50 K miles, don't bother. The reasoning was that replacing it may actually accelerate failure. This seemed to be true on the older trannys, don't know if there is any data on the newer designs. >>> my 99 windstar started to slip/rumble/jerk shifting into 3rd at about >>> 100k, this was 20-30k after the last filter/flush. I did just a filter [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Like change of fluid & filter. Might seem expensive, but a lot less than a > rebuilt tranny... >An argument goes -- if the tranny fluid was not replaced within 20-50 K >miles, don't bother. The reasoning was that replacing it may actually [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> Like change of fluid & filter. Might seem expensive, but a lot less than a >> rebuilt tranny... Changing the fluid will never cause tranny dammage. The damage is caused by not changing it. Change the fluid. Give the tranny a fighting chance. If you don't change it, it WILL fail. If you change it, it MIGHT, but more likely it MIGHT NOT. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com there was a recall on the servo comming off and dumping fluid on cat converter starting fire. http://www.minibite.com/america/malone.htm |
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