2003 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

REAR AXLE CRACKED . FORD SAID THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY AXLE , NOW FORD SAYS THEY RECALL IS OVER . I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW FORD CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS. *TR

PURCHASED A 2003 FORD WINDSTAR ON 10/14/13,DROVE VEHICLE TO SOUTH CAROLINA FROM NEW JERSEY ON 10/15/13,ABOUT HALFWAY THERE NOTICED A LOUD CLUNKING WHILE BRAKING, OR TURNING VEHICLE LEFT OR RIGHT.HAD VEHICLE LOOKED AT BY MECHANIC ON 10/24/13.IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A COMPLETELY ROTTED SUBFRAME AND MOTOR MOUNTS.I LOOKED INTO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AND FOUND ONE FOR THE SUBFRAME ,NUMBER 11S16.I CALLED FORD MOTOR CORPORATION ON OCT30,AND 31ST ABOUT THE RECALL.I WAS TOLD IT WAS REPAIRED BACK IN APR18,2011.REPAIRS DONE WERE AN INSPECTION OF SUBFRAME,AND ALL LOOKED WELL.SUBFRAME WAS NEVER REPLACED ,NOW 2 YEARS LATER,FORD HAS WIPED IT'S HANDS CLEAN OF THE RECALL SAYING IT WAS SATISFIED ON APR18,2011,BY A MECHANIC CLAIMING THE SUBFRAME LOOKED OK AT THE TIME.HOW DOES A FAULTY PART THAT COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT,BECOME OK BECAUSE IT LOOKED GOOD AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION?I AM APPALLED AND DISHEARTEN THAT A MAJOR CORPORATION SUCH AS FORD WOULD TAKE THE EASY WAY OUT AND SAY IT'S NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR A PART THAT THEY RECALLED INITIALLY,AND NOW SAY THAT BECAUSE IT WAS INSPECTED,IT NOW IS FINE.I THOUGHT A RECALL WAS IN PLACE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY,AND IF SO,HOW DOES IT EXPIRE? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

THE BRAKE LIGHT AND THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I TESTED THE BRAKES AND THEY STILL WORKED. PULLED OVER AND CHECKED THEM OUT ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. WORKED OK CONTINUED ON MY TRIP. HAVE SINCE HAD NUMEROUS TIMES THIS HIS OCCURRED. HAVE FOUND OUT THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN AND HAS REACHED NORMAL OPERATING TEMPS. HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MECHANICS THAT THE ABS MODULE IS BAD! I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED YET. LIGHTS ARE ANNOYING THOUGH. *TR

MY 2003 FORD WINDSTAR WAS TAKEN IN FOR THE REAR AXLE RECALL AND WAS REPAIRED. THE AXLE HAS CRACKED AGAIN WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THAT THEY CONTACTED FORD ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND WERE TOLD THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR OR REPLACE THE AXLE THE VAN ONLY HAS 47000 MILES ON IT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED OR REPLACED AT FORD EXPENSE. *TR

I'M DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON. IT DOESN'T GO OFF UNTIL I TURN OFF IGNITION. WHEN I START THE ENGINE AGAIN THE LIGHTS ARE OFF BUT USUALLY WITHIN 10 MILES DOWN THE ROAD THE ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT COME ON AGAIN. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THE LIGHTS WON'T COME ON BUT THE NEXT TIME I DRIVE THE VEHICLE THEY WILL COME ON AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT FRONT ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,234.

BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ALL CAME ON AND ARE STAYING MOST OF THE TIME. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 FORD WINDSTAR THAT HAS BEEN OWNED BY MY FAMILY SINCE IT LEFT THE LINE. I WAS NOTIFIED OF A RECALL TO THE CONTROL ARMS IN 2011 AND TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. IN JUNE 2012 I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AND HAD JUST TURNED ON MY STREET WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND MY CAR WOULD BARELY MORE. WHEN IT HAPPENED I THOUGHT THAT MY ENGINE HAD HIT THE GROUND. I LUCKILY WAS ONE HOUSE AWAY FROM HOME( I HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF THE EXPRESSWAY TRAVELING 70 MILES AN HOUR.) AS I LIMPED MY WAY INTO THE DRIVE WAY I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE I HAD A FLAT THE WAY THAT MY CAR WAS DRIVING. HOWEVER WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR MY ENTIRE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE CAR WAS LESS THAN AN INCH FROM THE GROUND. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO A SHOP I WAS TOLD THAT MY STRUT (SPRING) HAD JUMPED OFF THE MOUNT. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE STRUT (SPRING) BUT THAT IT HAD JUMPED THE MOUNT. NEEDLESS TO SAY WHEN FORD WAS CONTACTED I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE. THIS IS VERY WRONG GIVEN THERE WAS EXTENTSIVE DAMAGE DONE TO THE CONTROL ARM AND IT PULLED THE TIE-ROD END OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE. THERE WERE NO ISSUES WITH THE FRONT END AND I FEEL THAT THE BRACKETS THAT WERE INSTALLED DUE TO THE RECALL MAY HAVE SHIFTED THE STRUT AND CAUSED THE DAMAGE. BUT FORD WOULD NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MATTER .