1999 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

NOTICED LOUD SCRAPING NOISE WHEN STEERING HAD VEHICLE INSPECTED AND FOUND RIGHT FRONT SUB-FRAME RUSTED AND SEPARATED FROM ROUND RUBBER BUSHING LOOKING INTO REPAIRS NOW AND FOUND ONLINE THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT CAN CAUSE STEERING LOSS. *TR

I OWN A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR SE - I HAVE HAD MAJOR ONGOING ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH IT FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS. I HAVE SEEN 2 DIFFERENT FORD DEALERSHIPS AND 3 DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND NO ONE CAN RELIEVE THE ISSUE. MY ABS BREAK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF. WHEN THIS BEGAN, I ALSO BEGAN TO LOOSE OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ONE BY ONE, MY POWER WINDOWS WENT OUT, MY POWER MIRRORS NO LONGER WORK, AND MY DASH BOARD NEEDLES JUMP ALL OVER THE PLACE. I'VE SPENT 1,700 IN REPAIRS AND STILL THIS PROBLEM REMAINS UNSOLVED. JUST LAST MONTH IT SAT AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP FOR 2 WEEKS FOR THEM TO STILL TELL ME THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO FIX IT OR WHAT IS CAUSING THE ISSUE. PLEASE HELP! *TR

SUBFRAME SEVERELY RUSTED @ REAR ENGINE CUSHIONS. MUST BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE TIRE SEEMED TO HAVE A MIND OF IT'S OWN. WE WENT TO TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS - THE SECOND SAID THE SUBFRAME WAS RUSTED AND WE SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE VAN BECAUSE THE ENGINE WILL FALL OUT. *TR

THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS GO ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. TURNING OFF VEHICLE USUALLY RESETS. THEY WILL COME BACK ON WHEN DRIVING AFTER A WHILE AND MANY TIME AFTER HITTING A BUMP. *TR

CORROSION RELATED FAILURE FRONT RIGHT SUB-FRAME. LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SHAKING, RIGHT FRONT BRAKE LOCKED UP. ALSO ABS BRAKE LIGHTS ON IN DASH, ABS NO LONGER WORKS, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ON, WORKS NO MORE. *TR

FORD WINDSTAR 1999: MY MECHANIC SAID THE FRONT SUB-FRAME IS RUSTED TO THE POINT THAT IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I AM TAKING IT TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER FOR EVALUATION. FORD WILL ALSO PERFORM THE REAR AXLE RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND HE COULD HEAR A LOUD SNAPPING NOISE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME WHERE IT WAS PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THE SUB FRAME WAS BROKEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 87,000. UPDATED 02/17/11 *BF THE SUBFRAME WAS REPLACED AT THE CONSUMERS EXPENSE. UPDATED 06/06/11

TOOK MY VAN INTO MIDAS FOR AN OIL CHANGE, THE MECHANIC CALLED ME OUT AND SHOWED ME THE K FRAME IS ROTTED AND HANGING OFF THE VEHICLE ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. THIS IS ALSO CAUSED ADDITIONAL FRONT END DAMAGE. MECHANIC TOLD US DO NOT DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. IT HAS BEEN SITTING IN THE FRONT OF OUR HOUSE SINCE. *TR

IRREGULAR BRAKING, EXPERIENCED AS AN ODD, SLIPPING LURCH AT THE COMPLETION OF A STOP OCCASIONED INVESTIGATION OF A SUPPOSED BRAKING PROBLEM BY OUR MECHANIC. PREVIOUSLY NOTED WAS THE MISALIGNMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL ABOUT A QUARTER TURN FROM VERTICAL DURING STRAIGHT-AHEAD DRIVING. AFTER CHECKING THE BRAKES THE MECHANIC WAS PUZZLED BY A RUBBING NOISE HE HAD HEARD ON HIS TEST DRIVE. WHILE REPOSITIONING THE CAR TO INVESTIGATE, THE ENGINE CRADLE SUDDENLY SEPARATED FROM THE SUB-FRAME AND DROPPED TO THE GROUND, WRENCHING THE STEERING WHEEL FORWARD AND DISCONNECTING THE STEERING MECHANISM FROM THE WHEELS. ANCILLARY DAMAGE IS AS YET UNASSESED. THE CAUSE OF SEPARATION WAS MASSIVE,EVIDENT CORROSION WHERE THE ENGINE CRADLE ATTACHES TO THE SUB-FRAME. THIS VEHICLE IS LOCATED IN A "SALT-BELT" STATE. *TR