Problem on my windstar

95 windstar, 150k miles, big shudder when switch to D gear from reverse , only happen right after cold start (back out from garage), no help after tranny flush. and no problem when the van is warm, Any idea? Thanks a lot.

Did yiu have tranny completly flushed. Not just drained. I had this with a 2001. it had been services but they did not drain and flush the converter.. Ford did this and no more trouble.

Is it serious? Can I leave it there until the next flush? Thanks a lot!

95 windstar, 150k miles, big shudder when switch to D gear from reverse , only happen right after cold start (back out from garage), no help after tranny flush. and no problem when the van is warm, Any idea? Thanks a lot.


Have you checked your motor mounts? The 3.8 has a mount right under the oil filter and it gets driped on and the rubber gets bad. (good placement Ford!) I'm thinking the you many feel the engine moving because of the faster idle at start up. The change of directions (going from R to D) may be smoother because of the slower idle after warm up.

Regards

Dan

Is it serious? Can I leave it there until the next flush? Thanks a lot!
not serious just that the shudder did not go away untill the whole thing was flushed thenit worked perfect.

not serious just that the shudder did not go away untill the whole thing was flushed thenit worked perfect.


Thanks a lot!