Defogger Problems of Ford Windstar

The contact owns a 2002 Ford Windstar. The contact stated that heat would not come out through the vents in the front of the vehicle even though the heat was functioning properly in the rear. In addition, heat would not come through the defrost vents, allowing the front windshield to become foggy and reduce visibility. The contact also stated that when the failures began, a clicking noise would emit from behind the dashboard. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 130,000.

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The contact owns a 1999 Ford Windstar lx. The partial havoc bosch which was a part of the heat in the vehicle failed. The vehicle was taken to a radiator mechanic who informed him the partial havoc bosch fail and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was not notified. The manufacturer was notified and informed him that there were no recalls related to the failures and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 109,000. Updated 03/03/11 updated 04/28/11.

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The heater does not work going to the feet in my van. It pushes air through the other components when selected but never to the feet.

Front heater does not work. I went on web and found hundreds of complaints with same problem. Either heater door behind radio does not close or gear that operates door breaks. Rear heater works, but in cold weather or snowy weather, one cannot see out of windshield which can cause an accident.

We're writing this letter to inform you of what we see and feel is a flaw in the design of the 2003 Ford Windstar and a safety hazard. We took our 2003 Windstar to the dealership from which we bought it, " prairie Ford" located at 601 west roosevelt road, west chicago, illinois 60185 because we were having a problem with the dual sliding passenger doors windows fogging up with or without passengers. This was causing a vision problem for the driver because you could not see out those windows for the purpose of; backing out of a parking spot or when changing lanes due to these windows would not clear during cold outside temperatures. There are four ceiling vents (2) in the middle and (2) to the rear of the vehicle. We noticed that the (2) middle ceiling vents did not work whether you used the front controls or you used the passenger comfort controls asking for heat. The (2) far back ceiling vents did work and did produced heat and were very loud to the passenger to the point they could not hear conversation taking place from the front of the vehicle. This we believe is not very passenger friendly and the comfort controls do not provide comfort for your passengers. The passengers seated behind the driver and front passenger seat were not comfortable because they were always cold and could not see out their sliding door windows, because they would not defrost or clear. When you asked for heat a relay shut down the (2) vent to the middle passenger compartment ceiling vent and only the far back unit provided heat. We were informed that we are the first to complain about this problem by our sales person. We were further informed that this is a design flaw and they the dealership had no answers on how to fix this problem.

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1998 Windstar defroster blend door failure, which causes the windshield to ice up and we are unable to see. It appears to be a design problem and Ford wants $1000 to replace the entire heating unit.

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The defogger heater venilation blow out cold air. The blend door arm broke off this is a part of the heater box. Causing the window of the vehicle to fog up. The dealer is aware of the problem. Mr.

Ford refuses to acknowledge that this should be covered under warranty despite the fact that technical service bulletin #13073 was issued about this problem 5 months after my purchase. Without the blend door movement it is not possible to have defrosting of the front windows during freezing weather.

Consumer was traveling on a main street and turned on heat. Vents were blowing out cold air,and engine check light came on dashboard. Vehicle was not leaking any fluids. Thermostat was on hot. Dealership was aware of problem.

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I rented this vehicle from budget - I do not own it. However, we drove it the night of 4/07/00 to dinner during "blizzard-like" conditions in great lakes, IL - very windy, cold, and snowing. We had the heat on and the window defroster for the rear, left passenger-side (third window) window also on. This is a unique feature of the Windstar minivans. There are also two ceiling-mounted heating vents that direct heat into the back third of the van, including the third passenger side window which has the defroster embedded in it. I parked the van at the hotel after we returned from dinner. When I went out to the van the next morning, the third side passenger window on the left side was shattered. I phoned the waukegan police department and the officer who came out first asked if the window had a defroster in it. He said he was aware of other occurrences like this. He said he didn't think it was vandalism but instead was caused by the extreme temperature contrast between the air in the interior of the van (where the defroster and the heater were on) and the exterior air, which was well-below freezing. While the van was moving the air was constantly circulating both inside and outside the van, however, once the van was parked and the hot, interior air was no longer circulating , the extreme temperature contrast between the air on the inside of the van and the air outside of the van caused the window to shatter. While I am relieved that there were no occupants in the last seat of the van when the window shattered, I am concerned about the potential danger to others. Do you have any info about this engineering defect?>.

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Rear defogger is not operable in inclement weather when windshield wipers are turned on . The top of the window is okay. But at the bottom of window snow and ice would stick.

Windows fogged, visibilty limited, water poured from dash onto front passenger floor.

The front windshield the bottom part in cold weather and windshield blade wouldn't defrost . Tt.

In cold weather conditions inside of windows becomes extremely fogged, cannot be defrosted, causing poor visibility. Please give any further details.

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