1999 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

1999 FORD WINDSTAR - SUBFRAME RUSTED OUT. HAD REPAIRS DONE. HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED BY FORD FOR CURRENT REAR AXLE RECALL, WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RUST IN THE REAR AXLE. I AM HAVING THE CAR INSPECTED BY MY MECHANIC BECAUSE IT WOULD SEEM THAT IF THE FRONT END RUSTED OUT, SO WOULD THE BACK. *TR

1999 FORD WINDSTAR FWD PASSENGER SIDE SUB FRAME MOTOR MOUNT BROKEN IN HALF DUE TO CORROSION. *TR

OUR 1999 FORD WINDSTAR WAS FOUND TO HAVE SERIOUS RUST ON SUB FRAME ON PASSENGER SIDE DURING A MASSACHUSETTS STATE VEHICLE INSPECTION TODAY. I UNDERSTAND THIS MAKE AND MODEL IS SUBJECT TO A RECALL INVESTIGATION AND I WANT MY COMPLAINT ADDED TO THAT INVESTIGATION AND REQUEST A RECALL NOTICE BE ISSUED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR. AFTER ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHILE CHANGING THE TIRES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS CORRODED AND COVERED WITH RUST. HE WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THE REPAIR COST WAS $1200. THERE ARE NO RELATED RECALLS OR WARRANTIES FOR THIS FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

I HAD TO REPLACE MY FRONT SUBFRAME AKA ENGINE CRADLE AND TWO MOTOR MOUNTS DUE TO PREMATURE RUST ON MY 1999 FORD WINDSTAR THIS IS THE SECTION OF FRAME THAT HOLD UP THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION ALONG WITH MOST OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION. I LOST ALL ABILITY TO STEER AND WAS NEARLY IN AN ACCIDENT BRAKING TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND GETTING THE MINIVAN TOWED TO A MECHANIC. I KNOW THIS FAILURE HAS GENERATED A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ALSO WITHIN THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND I FEEL IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT RUSTED REAR AXLE RECALL WARRANTY. *TR

1999 FORD WINDSTAR LX. ENGINE CRADLE FAILURE AT MOUNT POINT PASSENGER REAR. REFERENCE NHTSA # PE10026. I AM IN THE SAME SITUATION. THE PASSENGER REAR ENGINE CRADLE MOUNT HAS FAILED CAUSING STEERING PROBLEMS AND LOSS OF CONTROL. THE PASSENGER TIE ROD AND CONTROL ARM ARE NOW BENT. AT THIS POINT THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE, BUT I AM FORCED TO DRIVE IT. THE VEHICLE IS PULLING SEVERELY TO THE LEFT. THIS CONDITION IS WORSE ON ACCELERATION DUE TO THE BENT STEERING COMPONENTS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING @ 50 MPH CAUSING DIFFICULTY STEERING. *TR

SUB FRAME ON MY 1999 FORD WINDSTAR IS ROTTED, THE ENGINE IS ROCKING, THE STEERING IS LOOSE, WHEN MAKING RIGHT HAND TURNS THERE IS GRINDING FROM THE FRAME RUBBING, WHEN DRIVING THERE IS A VERY LOUD BANGING FROM THE ENGINE ROCKING BACK AND FORTH ON THE ROTTED FRAME. IT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED, AND THE CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE AS IT OCCURS ALL THE TIME. *TR

FRACTURED SUBFRAME PASSENGER SIDE. HARD TO TURN RIGHT. STEERING WHEEL OFF SET. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE HAD BEEN OCCURRING SINCE OCTOBER 2010. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 125,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 126,000.

NOTHING APPEARED WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE AND THEN I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK AND GRINDING IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING THROUGH RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN THE CITY, I FELT VERY UNSAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AS I COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG BUT SLOWLY DROVE IT HOME. I FOUND OUT THAT THE SUBFRAME IS BROKEN DUE TO RUSTING. *TR