# 2001 Ford Windstar

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-windstar/28063>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** transmissions, windstar, ford\
**Created:** [March 21, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-windstar/28063 "2009-03-21T15:14:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![skkoop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@skkoop](https://community.cartalk.com/u/skkoop)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-windstar/28063/1 "2009-03-21T15:14:34Z")

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118,000 miles and when I drive it at about 65 mph it feels like it is starting to choke and feels like it will die. Transmission?

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**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-windstar/28063/2 "2009-03-21T15:19:33Z")

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I would first suspect a fuel delivery problem. Maybe a bad fuel filter or fuel pump.

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**Author:** ![skkoop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@skkoop](https://community.cartalk.com/u/skkoop)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-windstar/28063/3 "2009-03-21T15:23:29Z")

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Thanks for the info. We know nothing about car problems/repairs so have to trust our Ford dealer. Will check this out.

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**Author:** ![skkoop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@skkoop](https://community.cartalk.com/u/skkoop)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-windstar/28063/4 "2009-03-21T15:26:34Z")

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Just remembered. 11,000 miles ago replaced fuel pump and filter. Could it be bad again? We are driving about 3000/month.

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**Author:** ![augiesgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@augiesgirl](https://community.cartalk.com/u/augiesgirl)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-windstar/28063/5 "2009-03-21T16:46:48Z")

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My mothers 1999 Windstar with 75,000 miles just had the transmission replaced. At around 50 - 65 miles per hour, it would “stutter” - similar to a choking feeling - then stop after getting past a certain speed. The O/D light was also coming on - usually after driving 5 - 10 miles.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-windstar/28063/6 "2009-03-21T16:52:14Z")

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If it is bad again it’ll mean that something may be causing the pump to work too hard. You may have an EVAP system problem.

Choking at speed could also mean that it can’t breath out, as in a plugged axhaust. It could also mean you have a sensor going bad. There’re a few possibilities here. Any good shop can read the failure codes from the computer and that’ll help guide them in the right direction. Your symptoms should trigger some codes.

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**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-ford-windstar/28063/7 "2009-03-21T22:55:43Z")

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If ths trouble isn’t with the fuel system then another check would be the vehicle speed sensor.