# Winsstar 2003 engine shuts off **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** windstar, ford\ **Created:** [August 11, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/winsstar-2003-engine-shuts-off/34872 "2009-08-11T00:37:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aarons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@aarons](https://community.cartalk.com/u/aarons)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/winsstar-2003-engine-shuts-off/34872/1 "2009-08-11T00:37:49Z")
2003 windstar 55,000 miles. recently driving city speeds engine miss fired. felt at first like a rough road surface. repeated within a block and noticed warning lights on dash flashing off and on. But continued to run. moments later tac started to read from 0 to operating speed of maybe 2000. Then it shut off. I got it off the road. It restarted imideatly,drove it home 4/5m blocks no trouble. Had towed to ford dealership. They could find nothin, no codes. BEen working fine for a few days now. No problems. Question is obivious anyone have an idea as to the problem? I’m not about to take it out on a four lane highway for fear the engin will shut down at high speed. Thanks in advance for the feed back ---
**Author:** ![aarons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@aarons](https://community.cartalk.com/u/aarons)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/winsstar-2003-engine-shuts-off/34872/2 "2009-08-11T00:39:10Z")
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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:** [August 11, 2009, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/winsstar-2003-engine-shuts-off/34872/3 "2009-08-11T12:05:24Z")
The same thing happened to my sister-in-law’s Windstar. The trouble turned out to be the alternator. This may or may not be your problem also. ---
**Author:** ![bennyandthejets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@bennyandthejets](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bennyandthejets)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/winsstar-2003-engine-shuts-off/34872/4 "2009-08-11T15:59:38Z")
Fuel starvation? fuel filter, pump?