Ford Windstar owners have reported 230 equipment related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 12 most common equipment problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's equipment (126 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's carrier/rack (40 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
The rear axle passenger side broke. Read details...
The rear axle or metal brackets on my vehicle snapped while I braked for another vehicle approaching. I had the metal on my axle welded to fix the problem temporarily that is because it is currently broke again. I believe there is a recall for this specific problem. Read details...
7/21/2011 bought van from private party. Recall completed in March of 2011 regarding back axle. On 7/13/2012 8pm, my 18yr old son, while driving home from lacrosse practice, nearly killed. Upon pulling out onto the main road, he lost all controls, no steering, no brakes and no power. Read details...
They had a recall in 2011 where they put support brackets on the rear axels. Mine did have the brackets put on and right behind the bracket the axle still broke driving down the street at 40 mph where we almost hit another car with children inside her and my vehicle. Read details...
I was driving down the road about 35 mph when my gauges started to bounce back and forth like crazy until 1 of them broke off. I manage to fix the broken gauge and then about 5 days later it happened again. I manged to fix it once again and now it's doing it more often. Read details...