Four problems related to front air bag have been reported for the 2001 Ford Windstar. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Ford Windstar based on all problems reported for the 2001 Windstar.
I had a green light on a n/s street. The driver on the e/w street ran the light. I hit the driver side of his car, damaging my entire front end to the point of a total loss on the van. The passenger airbag did deploy (no passenger, however). The driver side did not. I am dealing with deep bruising on my sternum and chest.
On 11/20/05 at approximately 10:00 p. M. A deer ran in front of my van. The impact was on the drivers front left at the headlight section of the vehicle. Minor damage was done to the vehicle but the incident caused injury to my wife. The drivers airbag didn't deploy but the passengers did. This caused the airbag to break my wife's wrist in 2 places. At the same time the drivers seat belt locked but the passengers didn't causing my wife to go forward. Both of us were wearing our seat belts. This seems to me that there was some kind of defect in the system since everything happened backwards. At this time nothing has been done to the van but Ford customer affairs is suppose to be contacting me.
The consumer could see that the cracks were starting to appear on the passenger air bag compartment. The dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.
While driving the vehicle 55 mph the vehicle was involved in a head on collision yet neither of the frontal air bags deployed.