2001 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

INTERMITTENT ABS AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ON SINCE 2009 - 6 YEARS WITHOUT RELIABLE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM DUE TO A POOR MANUFACTURING ISSUE AND STILL NO RECALL. PLEASE INVESTIGATE!!

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 35 MPH WHEN MY GAUGES STARTED TO BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH LIKE CRAZY UNTIL 1 OF THEM BROKE OFF. I MANAGE TO FIX THE BROKEN GAUGE AND THEN ABOUT 5 DAYS LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I MANGED TO FIX IT ONCE AGAIN AND NOW IT'S DOING IT MORE OFTEN. I'VE HAD THE ALTANATOR CHECKED, BATTERY CHECKED, AND I'VE HAD THE CODES PULLED ON IT AND THERE IS NO CODES ON IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE EMITTED A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS ANGLED AT 90 DEGREES TOWARDS THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V195000 (SUSPENSION). WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE REPAIR WAS NOT NECESSARY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 209,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED. ONCE THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AT HIS RESIDENCE, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL COLLAPSED DUE TO THE REAR AXLE MALFUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

OUR VAN HAS A RUSTING SUBFRAME. WE BROUGHT IT IN TO A MECHANIC BECAUSE OF A SCRAPING SOUND WE HEARD WHEN MAKING SHARP RIGHT-HAND TURNS, ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING DOWN AN INCLINE. THE MECHANIC TOLD US OF A POTENTIAL RECALL ON A RUSTING SUBFRAME SO WE BROUGHT IT INTO A FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY REFUSED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SUBFRAME AT THEIR COST.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THERE WERE TWO LOUD POPS COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND OBSERVED THAT THE REAR AXLE BEAM FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE CONTACT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 210,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR DOING ABOUT 15MPH I NOTICED A SMELL LIKE BURNING RUBBER AND THE TIRE SLANTEDINWARDS AT THE TOP OF REAR PASSANGER SIDE. I IMMEDIATLEY PULLED OVER. I WAS RIGJT IN FRONT OF A AUTO REPAIR SHOP WHO ONFORMED ME THE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLE HAD BROKEN. I HAD JUST LEFT MY HOME SO I WAS NO MRE THAN FOUR BLPCKS FROM HOME WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURED.

ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON TOOK IT TO FORD DEALER SAID ITS THE ABS ECU BOX. THEY ALWAYS HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH A WIRE INSIDE THE BOX COMING LOSE

THE REAR AXLE BROKE WHEN OUR DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT NIGHT. WHEN SHE GOT HOME SHE TOLD US THAT THE VAN WAS NOT HANDLING WELL AT ALL. IT TURNS OUT THE REAR AXLE HAD CRACKED WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL TO PUSH UP INTO THE WHEEL HOUSING AND START RUBBING AGAINST THE WHEEL WELL. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED NEAR OUR HOME AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH FURTHER TO GO AS IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. ALSO LUCKY THE SPEED WAS ONLY ABOUT 30 MPH, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IT WOULD HAVE MADE IT SAFELY HOME IF IT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGHER SPEED. OUR VAN WAS PART OF A RECALL THAT WAS DONE IN 2011 WHERE THEY INSTALLED BRACKETS/CLAMPS INSTEAD OF REPLACING THE REAR AXLE. THE BREAK HAS OCCURRED RIGHT UNDER THE CLAMPING BRACKET. IT ALSO APPEARS TO BE CRACKED ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE AS THE TIRE IS TILTING INTO THE WHEEL WELL ON THAT SIDE ALSO. IT APPEARS FORD HAS LEFT MANY WINDSTAR DRIVERS IN A POTENTIAL VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

ABS AND EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON. TURNED VEHICLE OFF, WAITED BRIEFLY, AND TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK ON, LIGHTS WEREN'T VISIBLE. NEXT ERRAND RUN OF THE DAY, GOT A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY FROM THE HOUSE, WHEN THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. WENT INTO STORE, CAME BACK OUT, STARTED THE VEHICLE, AND LIGHTS STAYED OFF.