Four problems related to brakes failed have been reported for the 1998 Ford Windstar. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
1998 Ford Windstar brakes failed causing the vehicle to hit a gate in the closed toll booth lane. Ohio traffic crash report #10-0724-91.
While driving at 75 mph front coil spring snapped and broke, puncturing the front drivers side tire. Consumer had the coil spring replaced once. This was the second time this has happened. The front end of the vehicle completely dropped. Also, there was a brake failure. Two NHTSA recalls regarding front coil springs, recalls 01i007000 and 01v199000 were issued.
Complete brake failure&stuck accelerator-backing up driveway with feet on brakes-accelerator pedal went down on own van wrapped around tree- reported brake problem on test drive-they fixed it,but no good.
Anti lock brake transducer failed. Mjs.