Front Suspension problems of the 2000 Ford Windstar

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Windstar. The contact stated that while driving 50 mph, the front axle fractured. The contact merged onto the shoulder of the highway and the vehicle was towed to a local mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. Both the dealer and the manufacturer denied assistance with repairs. The failure and current mileages were 136,000.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Windstar. While driving approximately 2 mph making a turn the vehicles front sub frame cracked in half. The vehicle was towed to a local mechanic who stated that the sub frame, front struts and the front axle needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. She was unable to provide a VIN. The failure mileage was 72,500.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Windstar. While having the tires rotated, the contact noticed that the sub frame on the front passenger side of the vehicle was covered with rust and nearly cracked. The vehicle was not inspected. The failure and current mileages were 95000.

Mileage ~122,000. After shocks and struts were replaced 2 months ago, a grinding and popping was heard from the front end when turning and driving over 20 mph. Car was brought in to local repair shop and technician stated that the driver's side shock plate was going bad. You could place your hand on top of the shock plate while the wheel was turning and feel it grinding. Replaced shock plate on 11/5/08; noises got worse. Vehicle was brought in on 11/11/08 and at first the repair shop said the new plate was bad and the other plate was going out. You put your hand on both plates and felt the grinding as the steering wheel was turned. Repairman decided to see if a service bulletin was issued by Ford on the problem; it was. Ford stated that a spacer needed to be placed between the shocks and the shock plate if this noise begins to happen. I am now waiting for the dealership to get the parts in and anticipating paying at least $400. 00 for this repair. If Ford knows about their design flaw, they should at least pay for the replacement part. This is not the first time I have had to pay for parts and replacement on some Ford design flaw; a flaw in which Ford had described in a service bulletin but took no responsibility for when it came to having to fix it.

I own a 2000 Ford winstar, the rear axle beam twice now for cracking/splitting ,both happend in the same spot,what are the chances of that? bad metal ! I replace it with a 96 rear axle which has supports and a support beam under the axle, wish when I changed it the first time I changed it with this year axle!! next I just noticed the other day that the sub-frame (engine cradle ) is rotted out on the passanger side! when going to the junk yards I have noticed his is a common problem, why wouldn't Ford do something about this? after all these are family vans that haul chrildren 99% of the time! these things could cause death very easy! if they fail on a hwy god help them !!!.

Vehicle vibrates at hihgway speed and can't be resolved by wheel balancing etc.

Dt:the consumer has had the car aligned twice and tires continue to wear on the inside of the front tires. The 1st alignment was at 18,000 miles, the dealer reported he needed new tires again. The consumer now has 78,000 miles on the vehicle and is on 4th set of tires. The consumer changed brand of tires but problem is still occurring. This is the consumer's 2nd Windstar and with the previous car went through the same thing with the tires.

Vibration in steering wheel when first bought. Took back and dealer replaced tires, didn't fix problem. Had TSB #002110 fixed in vehicle. Since there has been a vibration in the left front side. Dealer has claimed it is a normal driving condition. Will not fix vehicle because they don't know what is wrong with it.

While driving at 40-50 mph vehicle will start to pull to right. This happens all the time that consumer is driving. Contacted dealer, and the dealer was not willing to do anything.

While driving could feel vibration coming from front of vehicle and hard vibration from steering wheel. Then, took vehicle to dealer where they told her that was normal on make/ model and year of vehicle. An entire suspension system was installed as well as new tires and rims,but the vehicle still vibrates. The consumer believes the vibration was caused by steering problem and states that the vehicle was unsafe to drive.