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1998 Ford Windstar shifting problems reports

19 NHTSA complaints describe hard shifts, slipping gears, jerky transmission on the 1998 Ford Windstar — roughly 1% of all complaints for this model year.

19
Shifting problems reports
1%
share of complaints
95,000 mi
median reported incident mileage (all complaints)

Shifting problems in other Windstar years

1999 Windstar16
1995 Windstar56
Windstar shifting problems by year →

Symptom counts come from keyword analysis of complaint narratives. One complaint can describe several symptoms, and classification is approximate — read the underlying reports on the full 1998 Ford Windstar report before drawing conclusions.