1999 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

MY WINDSTAR SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY WITH A BAD TRANSMISSION. THE VAN ONLY HAS 119000 AND HAS BEEN ACTING UP FOR THE LAST YEAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT NOTICED THE REAR AXLE WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE REAR AXLE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V195000 (SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY) THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED AND REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V195000 (SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY). AFTER THE REPAIR, THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIGOROUSLY. THE DEALER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THEY NEEDED TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V385000 (SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY) AND WAS TOWED TO THE AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE SUB FRAME WAS CORRODED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 196,098. AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 198,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EMITTED WHITE SMOKE AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE WIRING HARNESS AND THE ABS PUMP MODULE, WHICH WAS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE WIRING HARNESS TO BECOME BURNED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,037.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED JERKING AND SWERVING ABNORMALLY, CASUING THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERD THAT THE BOLTS WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED AND HAD CAUSED THE AXLE TO FRACTURE. THE MECHANIC DID NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BECAUSE THE AXLE WAS PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V385000 (SUSPENSION: REAR: AXLE: NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY). THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE BROKEN AXLE BECAUSE IT WAS REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY UNDER THE RECALL AND HAD EXCEEDED THE 12,000 MILE GUARANTEE ON THE COMPONENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD BE IN CONTACT AT A LATER DATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.

THE SUBFRAME ON MY 1999 FORD WINDSTAR VAN SUBFRAME IS RUSTING INTO HAD TO HAVE IT WELDED TO GET HOME. *TR

LIVED IN THE SALT BELT STATE OF PA. FRAME RUSTED OUT AND I LOST STEERING CONTROL AND ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT.THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE VIA NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE10026 AND I WOULD LIKE FORD TO RECALL AND FIX THIS AT THIER COST. *TR

MY ABS LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH AND IS NOW ON CONSTANT,MY BRAKES WORK BUT NOT THE GREATEST. MY AIR BAG LIGHT WILL START TO FLASH AND THEN COME ON CONSTANT ONCE THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED THE LIGHT USUALLY STAYS OFF BUT WILL DO THIS AT RANDOM. I HAVE HAD ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE I HEAR A POPPING NOISE IN THE FRONT END WHILE MAKING TURNS. WE HAVE REPLACED MOST OF THE FRONT END AND STILL HAVE THE ISSUE. I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT IDLING REAL FAST THEN DOWN TO NOTHING IT BUCKS AND SPUTTERS WHEN PLUGGED INTO A COMPUTER IT SAYS THE VEHICLE RUNS LEAN SO WE REPLACED THE O2 SENSORS AND THINGS AND IT DID NOT HELP. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY VEHICLE AT ALL MOST OF THE TIME HOWEVER I NEED TO GET TO AND FROM WORK AND THE SCARY PART IS I HAVE TO HAUL MY CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY PERSON I CARE FOR AROUND IT . VERY DISAPPOINTED FORD[XX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE WINDSTAR WAS PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY OUTSIDE. ENGINE COLD AND TURNED OFF. OUR SON SAW SMOKE OUTSIDE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WE RAISED THE HOOD CAREFULLY AND PUT FIRE OUT WITH FIRE EXT. AND GARDEN HOSE. FIRE WAS UNDER THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER ON THE DRIVERS SIDE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WIRING HARNESS BURNED AND OTHER COMPONENTS BY SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH CATCHING FIRE. WE HAD THIS SWITCH REPLACED IN A FORD RECALL, BUT APPEARS THE REPAIR WAS DONE INCORRECTLY (FUSE INSTALLED ON WRONG SIDE OF WIRING HARNESS, ALLOWING THE SWITCH TO REMAIN HOT). SO FORTUNATE THAT THE CAR WAS NOT PARKED IN THE GARAGE, FOR I WOULD NOT BE WRITING THIS REVIEW TODAY! *TR