Three problems related to transmission not go into gear have been reported for the 2000 Ford Windstar. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Ford Windstar based on all problems reported for the 2000 Windstar.
While driving and coming to complete stop at a stop sign automatic transmission would not go into gear. Transmission totally failed , only the reverse gear was working. Vehicle was towed to the dealer. Technician indicated they could replace it with a new transmission or rebuilt it at consumer's expense.
Heard very loud noise, car would not go in gear. Transmission had to be repaired at cost of $2000.
Wife was driving vehicle on a 2 lane road with no shoulder at about 45 miles per hour. Transmission all of a sudden would not go into gear. Transmission totally failed. This was about 2 hours after I had picked up the vehicle from the dealership for the same problem. When I picked it up they said they could not duplicate the problem, so there must not be anything wrong.