1999 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

THE REAR AXLE CRACKED ON MY 1999 FORD WINDSTAR WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH ON A CITY STREET. THE AXLE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE CAR IS BEING PICKED UP TOMORROW (THURSDAY AUGUST 19, 2010) AND I WILL SEE IF THE BROKEN AXLE IS AVAILABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR FACILITY BUT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. IN ADDITION, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER RECALL BUT THE RECALL DID NOT PERTAIN TO THE FAILURE THE CONTACT WAS EXPERIENCING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 156,055.

1999 FORD WINDSTAR REAL AXLE PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING LOCALLY FELT THAT SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT. RETURNED HOME TO FIND THAT THE REAR AXLE HAD SNAPPED. HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SPEND THE MONEY AND HAVE IT FIXED. *TR

WAS DRIVING MY 99 WINDSTAR SOUTH BOUND AT ABOUT 70 MPH ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY AND HAD THOUGHT THAT A TIRE WENT FLAT ALMOST LOST CONTROL TRIED TO PULL LEFT BUT THE VAN WAS STILL GOING RIGHT AND ALMOST SPUN ME AROUND AND ALMOST COLLIDED WITH THREE OTHER CARS,UPON PULLING OVER HEARD NOISES COMING FROM REAR. LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND THE AXLE WAS BROKEN IN HALF. HAD TO WAIT OVER AN HOUR FOR A TOW JUST TO GET OFF THE ROAD AND THEN WAIT FOR ANOTHER TOW FROM THERE. I DRIVE 200 HUNDRED MILES DAILY 5 DAYS A WEEK. IT WAS MANY ONLY VEHICLE TOO. *TR

1999 FORD WINDSTAR MINIVAN - WHILE DRIVING VAN JUST DROPPED IN THE BACK DRAGGING AND SMOKING UNTIL WE COULD PULL OVER. VERY SCARY. CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THE REAR AXEL JUST CRACKED IN TWO. REAR TIRES WERE BOWED IN AND VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. TOW TRUCK OWNER SAID IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE...CRACKED MORE TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT AND THE WHOLE VAN MIGHT HAVE FLIPPED. WHO DRIVES MINI VANS? THOSE WITH 3 PLUS CHILDREN. SAFETY SHOULD BE MORE OF A PRIORITY FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED WITH THE HAZARD OF NOT KNOWING HOW FAST HE WAS DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO A RECALL (NOT LISTED IN THE NHTSA DATABASE) IN MARCH 2010 BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST HIM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 113,000. UPDATED 10/26/10. *LJ UPDATED 10/26/10*JB

NOISE HEARD IN FRONT END. SUSPECTED PROBLEM POSSIBLY WITH JOINTS....TURNS OUT TO BE A RUSTED AND CRACKED FRAME. *TR THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS THE SALVAGE CO WHO TOOK OUR CAR WITNESSED THIS SAME PROBLEM. DANGEROUS!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMALLY LOUD POP. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT BOTH REAR TIRES WERE FLAT. THE REAR AXLE WAS ALSO FRACTURED IN HALF AND HANGING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE BOTH REAR TIRES AND THE AXLE WERE REPLACED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES ARE UNKNOWN.

TRANSMISSION BANGS HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND OVERDRIVE LIGHT COMES ON SAYING OD IS OFF. THIS STARTED A FEW MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT IT IN LATE 2001;IT WAS FIXED BY THE DEALER. IT STARTED AGAIN IN EARLY 2006. MILLER FORD REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT WAS JUST OUT SIDE OF MY 4 YEAR WARRANTY BUT STILL WITHIN THE MILEAGE. (79,000). I TOOK IT BACK AGAIN IN 2008. THEY STILL WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR ME. TOOK IT 2009 THEY LOOKED AT IT, CHARGED ME $400.00 DOLLARS AND SAID I NEEDED A NEW RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. OH WELL. NO MORE FORDS. *TR

RUSTED OUT SUB FRAME. IT COST ME $1,150.00 DOLLARS TO REPAIR WITH A USED ONE. NOT HAPPY. TRANNY SLAMS FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR; IT STARTED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT IT IN 2001, THEY FIXED IT. THEN IT STARTED AGAIN IN 2006 WHEN IT HIT ABOUT 80,000 MILES. I STOPPED DRIVING IT FOR AWHILE AFTER FIGHTING OVER IT WITH THE MILLER FORD DEALER THEN FINALLY GOT THE MONEY TO REPAIR THE SUB FRAME. NOW I JUST DRIVE IT AND USE 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. THE OD LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. *TR