Talk:Ford Windstar

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I'm confused with when generation 1.5 occured. I have info. to confirm the front fascia had a minor update for 1998, not 1996. I would appreciate if someone would correct my mistake if I am wrong. Bavaria 21:56, 21 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Ford updated the front end of the Windstar in the 1998 model, which was introduced in April of 1997. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.20.233.162 (talk) 01:05, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Trivia, driver side sliding door.....
This article mentions that Chrysler introduced the sliding passenger door in 1996. The Nissan Axxess had this back in 1990 (perhaps even earlier). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.50.113.28 (talk) 16:11, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Chrysler introduced the second sliding door in 1996, a first for mini-vans. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.20.233.162 (talk) 01:05, 17 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Chrysler introduced the DRIVER side sliding door in the late 90s
 * minivans have had passenger side sliding doors since the 80s with the first Chrysler Caravan. Ford didn't want to have to completely redesign the windstar so in order to be "competitive" with the double sliding doors, the windstar had bigger front doors. much like a coupe has bigger front doors.
 * Achang1 (talk) 10:15, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Windstar/Aerostar
The first generation Windstar was instroduced in the very early 1990s with the same body style as the Aerostar. The Aerostar was discontinued shortly thereafter. Ford rushed to produce the Aerostar when they saw the popularity of the Dodge Caravan, knowing that the Aerostar was going to be temporary until they could get a good product on the market - the Windstar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.49.9.65 (talk) 21:10, 20 June 2007 (UTC)


 * The Windstar was introduced ~1994/1995 with its first generation body design. The Aerostar was still in the market, mostly as fleet sales, until 1997. The Aerostar was Fords attempt at creating a minivan in 1986. Since they have never done it before, they decided to design it after the Ranger, thats why the Aerostar has the 3.0 vulcan engine and is RWD.
 * the windstar is also far from a good product, 3.8 headgasket failures, electrical problems, and weak/old AXOD-E transmissions. Achang1 (talk) 10:19, 25 July 2008 (UTC)


 * In some ways, the article needs to be re-written when it comes to comparing the Aerostar and Windstar. I'm not speaking from an opinion so much as from facts...the Windstar is NOT smaller than the Aerostar (it's between 11-25" longer, depending on which version of the Aerostar you are comparing it to, and I could go on from there).  Also, while the Aerostar has high parts commonality with Ford's light-truck lineup, it is a unique platform of its own...not some haphazard design some make it out to be.  SteveCof00 (talk) 07:23, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

3.8L Engine details
I would like to see detailed differences between the 3.0 and 3.8 engines, as well as information on torque, redline, 0-60 times, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.116.223.114 (talk) 05:37, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Ford Windstar
Hi, I have a 1995 GL Windstar with damaged 3.8 motor, up to what year motor can I replace in this model? Thanks Domingoruiz0250 (talk) 16:47, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

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