Ford Windstar - 1998 Review

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Buzz1959
Felton, DE

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Great Experience with Ford Windstar!

daily driver, Safety conscious, not rich, value conscious, interested in comfort, married, dependent on daily vehicle

Pros

Great mileage for a van, It is sturdy and last., The vehicle holds 7 passengers

NOV

2007

I read one of the reviews that knocked the Windstar but I loved that van. We did maintence on the van on a regular basis and maybe that was the key? The seats were comfortable, the van was easy to drive, we got great gas mileage and to be honest, with 3 kids, it took a beating with spills, bangs and kids getting sick. The only thing that we didn't like about the van was that it eventually lost all of it's original hub caps. They were poorly made and eventually they all popped off. (one came off after a visit to Jiffy Lube so I won't hold Ford responsible for that one). We now have a 2007 FreeStar and don't like the van at all. I wish for had stuck to the original concept of the Windstar but they cut a lot of corners with this new model. The seats are very uncomfortable on long and short trips. There is a huge blind spot on the van, in part because of the built in head rests on the diver and passenger front seats. After nearly clipping a few cars on the highway, we learned to be very careful when switching lanes. We have also had trouble with the transmission slipping, nothing major yet but we are expecting the worst. Of course, Ford cannot find anything wrong with the transmission but we had a similar problem with a 2002 Ford Taurus that we owned. During a holiday weekend, we broke down on the highway, had to be towed and spent Friday-Monday in a hotel waiting for our vehicle to be repaired.