2000 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THE FRONT TIE ROD BROKE. THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE LEFT TIE ROD, STRUT, UPPER STRUT AND UPPER BEARING BECAUSE THEY WERE COVERED WITH RUST. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AND HEARD SOMETHING SNAP IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THEN THERE WAS A LOUD BANGING SOUND. THE DEALER REPLACED THE RIGHT FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BECAUSE OF RUST. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THIS WAS A DEFECT BECAUSE SALT WAS NOT USED ON THE ROAD NEAR HIS RESIDENCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75224 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84199. UPDATED 02/09/11*LJ UPDATED 05/31/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT SUB FRAME WAS BEGINNING TO RUST. PRIOR TO THE EXAMINATION THE CONTACT HAD THE REAR AXLE REPAIRED DUE TO RUST. THE SUB FRAME WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 53000.

THE ABS INDICATOR LIGHT FLUCTUATES ON AND OFF DURING DRIVING MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD DOING 90KM WHEN I HEARD A LARGE BANG AND LOST ALL CONTROL OF MY VAN. I VEHICLE CAME TO REST AT THE EDGE OF A STEEP DITCH. APPARENTLY THE SUBFRAME ON IT HAD ROTTED CAUSING THE RIGHT CONTROL ARM TO BREAK, WHICH IN TURN TORE THE AXEL FROM THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID TO LEAK EVERYWHERE. AS WELL VERY LIKELY CAUSING TRANSMISSION ISSUES. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE CHICAGO INTERSTATE I-290 AT AROUND 3:30 AM WHEN MY REAR AXEL SNAPPED ON MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR MINIVAN. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2010 ON A CLEAR DAY WITH IDEAL ROAD CONDITIONS BUT IN A LONG TERM CONSTRUCTION ZONE. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MILES PER HOUR AND IN LIGHT TRAFFIC WHEN THE AXEL SNAPPED ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE CAUSING ME TO JERK VIOLENTLY TO THE RIGHT AND THROUGH CONSTRUCTION BARRIERS INTO AN OPEN LANE AND ONTO THE SHOULDER A SHORT DISTANCE LATER. ANY OTHER TIME, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN TRAGIC BUT GIVEN THE EARLY HOUR OF MY TRAVEL TO WORK AND THE REDUCED SPEEDS DUE TO ONGOING CONSTRUCTION I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VIOLENT MOVEMENT TO THE RIGHT WITHOUT INJURY OR MISHAP. THE CAR WAS TOWED A SHORT TIME LATER TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND I SEARCHED FOR INFORMATION ON BROKEN AXLES AND WINDSTARS I FOUND THE INFORMATION ON THE FORD RECALL. A LOCAL DEALER PAID FOR TOWING TO THEIR LOT, AND ARRANGED FOR A LONG-TERM LOANER VEHICLE AND FOR VEHICLE RENTAL INSURANCE. THE CAR WAS MAINTAINED IN A REGULAR FASHION BUT WAS 10 YEARS OLD AND HAD 184 THOUSAND REAL MILES ON THE ODOMETER. IT REMAINS AT THE FORD DEALER IN ELMHURST, ILLINOIS AWAITING WORD FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY ON ANY REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT DISCUSSIONS. NO OFFERS OF CORRECTION, REPAIR, OR REPLACEMENT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THIS TIME, OCTOBER 20TH, 2010 BEST REGARDS, *TR

THE SUBFRAME, LOCATED AT THE FRONT UNDERSIDE OF THE 2000 WINDSTAR, IS SUPPOSED TO HELP KEEP THE ENGINE AND OTHER INTEGRAL PARTS OF THE WINDSTAR IN PLACE AND STABLE. IT HAS BEEN COMPROMISED ON THIS VEHICLE WITH 185,000 MILES, AND BROKE DURING A TURN INTO A PARK AFTER CHURCH ON THE AFOREMENTIONED DATE (10-10-10). FORTUNATELY THE RESULTS WERE NOT DEADLY BUT COULD HAVE BEEN IF WE WERE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHICH WE FREQUENTLY DO. WHAT HAPPENED WAS A DETACHMENT OF THE DRIVE AXLE (HALF SHAFT) FROM THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH OCCURRED WHEN THE LOWER CONTROL ARM MOUNT SEPARATED AND CAUSED THE WHEEL TO PULL FREE FROM THE DRIVE AXLE. FURTHERMORE THERE WERE NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED FAILURES. THE AREA OF THE SUBFRAME AFFECTED BY THIS CORROSION IS LOCATED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE LOWER CONTROL ARM. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAS OCCURRED. THIS VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO TPS TRANSMISSION IN TOLEDO OH AND IS BEING REPAIRED. THE SUB FRAME IS BEING REPLACED AND I WILL ASK THAT THE OLD PART BE RETURNED. IN THE MEANTIME WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE WITH THIS OBVIOUS GROWING PROBLEM? *TR

REVERSING VEHICLE FRONT SUBFRAME FAILURE, LOWER SUSPENSION ARM BROKEAWAY DRIVE SHAFT DISCONNECTED SUBFRAME & DRIVESHAFT REPLACED OLD PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY REAR AXLE SNAPPED IN HALF CAUSING ME TO SLIDE SUDDENLY. I PHONED A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT FORD HAS A RECALL ON THE WINDSTAR (MINE IS A 2000). WHY IS FORD NOT SENDING OUT WORD TO PEOPLE, MY FAMILY COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED OR KILLED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BROKE WHICH CAUSED A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUFFERED BACK PAINS DUE TO THE LOSS OF CONTROL. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE SUBFRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 78,000.

WHILE DRIVING A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR THAT HAD BEEN REGULARLY MAINTAINED AND BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR EVERY CHECKUP, THE TRANSMISSION DECIDED TO GO OUT. I HAD PARKED THE CAR AND WHEN I WENT TO GO FORWARD, NOTHING HAPPENED. THE CAR HAD BEEN RUNNING GREAT UP UNTIL THIS POINT AND THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS OF THE TRANSMISSION BEING READY TO GIVE. I HAD TO GET THE CAR TOWED TO GET A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. I DO NOT HAVE THE OLD PART, BUT HAVE HEARD IT IS A RATHER COMMON PROBLEM AMONG '99-'03 WINDSTARS. *TR