1999 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

1999 FORD WINDSTAR. CONSUMER STATES HE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WHICH HE BELIEVES WAS DUE TO A FRACTURE IN THE REAR AXLE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT END COLLISION RESULTED IN A GREAT DEAL OF DAMAGE TO HIS VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE REAR AXLE OF THE VEHICLE WAS FRACTURED WHICH CAUSED HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASH. *JB

ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DURING A SNOW COVERED ROAD CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN 180 DEGREES. WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A FATAL T-BONE ACCIDENT ON A BUSY ROAD. LUCKILY I WAS ON A SECONDARY ROAD. I HAD MY CHILDREN IN THE VAN AT THE TIME. *TR

THE DASHBOARD GAUGES, TACHOMETER, SPEEDOMETER, GAS, AND TEMPERATURE GO HAYWIRE CONSTANTLY. ONE TIME ON A HILL, I COULD NOT PUT THE SHIFT LEVER IN PARK SO THAT I COULD ASSIST A HANDICAPPED FAMILY MEMBER OUT OF MY VEHICLE. THE TACHOMETER NEEDLE WAS PINNED TO THE RIGHT, AND THE SHIFT INDICATOR COULDN'T MOVE TO THE RIGHT TO ENGAGE PARK. I NEVER KNEW HOW MUCH GAS I HAD, THE SPEED I WAS GOING, OR THE RUNNING TEMPERATURE OF MY VEHICLE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT RAN CONSTANTLY EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO CODE SHOWING UP IN THE EMISSION CODE SCANNER.. $ SETS OF INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS WERE INSTALLED AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. 3 BY FORD, ONE BY ANOTHER MECHANIC. I HAVE A CRACKED REAR AXLE, THE VAN SITS AT THE DEALERSHIP, AND I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE FRONT-END SUB-FRAME. *TR

COMPLETE FRACTURE OF PASSENGER SIDE ENGINE CRADLE CAUSING STEERING ISSUES. FRACTURE 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM FRAME BOLT. NO OTHER RUST OR FRACTURES ON FRAME OR SUB CHASSIS, REPAIRS BY FORD AND GOODYEAR OF RACK REPLACEMENT AND TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT DID NOT SEEM TO WARRANT NOTIFICATION TO ME OF PENDING ISSUE WITH FRAME WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED MAJOR INJURY TO MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE. NOTE THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN FLORIDA WITH 1 OWNER NOT IN SALT BELT STATES

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, SHE SUDDENLY HEARD A LOUD CRACKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FRONT SUBFRAME HAD CORRODED AND FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 136,000. UPDATED 02/23/11 *BF UPDATED 07/01/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE STOPPED THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE A USED REAR AXLE WAS INSTALLED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 158,548.

IN AUGUST OF 2010 I WAS DRIVING MY WINDSTAR WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG DURING A TURN. I KNEW I HAD NOT HIT ANYTHING AND AS I STRAIGHTENED OUT MY WHEEL I NOTICED THAT IT WOULD NOT RETURN TO THE NORMAL POSITION. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP TO GET IT LOOKED AT. AS SOON AS THE MAN PUT THE VAN UP IN THE AIR HE KNEW WHAT WAS WRONG. THE SUBFRAME ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WAS ALMOST RUSTED THROUGH. THE MAN TOOK IT DOWN AND TOLD ME NEVER TO DRIVE THE CAR AGAIN IN THIS SHAPE. HE SAID THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN SO MUCH RUST UNDER A CAR THAT WAS STILL RUNNING. MY WINDSTAR ONLY HAS 86000 MILES ON IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT CAN HAPPEN TO A CAR THAT HAS SUCH LOW MILES, I THOUGHT IT SHOULD HOLD UP BETTER. *TR

DURING LAST ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, I WAS ADVISED THAT SUBFRAME RUSTING WAS GETTING CLOSE TO LEVEL OF MAKING DRIVING HAZARDOUS. ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR (PART AND LABOR) IS $1700 - $1800.00.

I BOUGHT A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR LX IT HAD 130000 MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT IT WAS MAKING A WEIRD NOISE WHEN I WOULD TURN SO I HAD THE POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED BUT IT CONTINUED TO MAKE THE NOISE THEN A COUPLE MONTHS LATER IT BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN AND STILL MAKING THE NOISE SO I AM NOW BEING TOLD ITS THE RACK AND PINION AND ALSO BEING TOLD BY A FEW DIFFERENT MECHANICS THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE ITS VERY UNSAFE BECAUSE ITS ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU CANT TURN THE WHEEL AS IM INVESTIGATING FURTHER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THERE IS OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE NOW IM GOING TO TRY TO REPLACE IT BUT AM LOOKING AT PURCHASING A USED ONE AND AM CONCERNED THAT IT WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO TURN CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT SO TO ME THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO FORD. *LN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY WANDERED OUT OF THE LANE TOWARDS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL AND AVOID CRASHING INTO A VEHICLE. SUDDENLY, THE FRONT END DRIVER SIDE COLLAPSED TO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE SUBFRAME HAD COMPLETELY FRACTURED AS A RESULT TO EXCESSIVE RUST AND WAS BEYOND REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.