10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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problem #1

Dec 112003

Windstar 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
After and while raining there an excessive amount of water is getting into the fuel tank from the fuel filler door. This is causing the vehicle to stall frequently or not start at all. After a couple of bottles of dry gas are added the stalling is stopped until more water gets into the gas tank. There is no type of weatherstripping around the fuel filler door that prevents moisture from coming into the fuel filler area and there is alway water there after rain or snow. I have gone to several Ford dealerships to look at similar Ford Windstar and even the new Ford freestar minivan and found randomly that on some of those cars there was a rubber stopper attached to the fuel filler door which looks like it would create a seal to prevent water from coming in. However most of the vehicles that I looked at did not have that rubber stopper on the fuel filler door yet it clearly looks like it belongs there.

- Arlington, MA, USA