Front Suspension Lower Control Arm Problems of Ford Windstar

The contact owns a 1999 Ford Windstar. The vehicle was repaired under NHTSA campaign number: 12v194000 (suspension). After the remedy was performed, the front lower control arm fractured. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unavailable.

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The contact owns a 2001 Ford Windstar. While making a left turn at 10 mph, the contact heard a loud noise. The vehicle was towed to the repair shop and it was discovered that the lower control arm bracket failed and the sub-frame was rusted. The repair would cost $1,000. The vehicle is no longer under warranty. The current and failure mileages were 130,000.

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I was driving my 1999 Ford Windstar doing 40 to 45 miles per hour when all of a sudden something broke. A passer by tried to push the vehicle off the road but was unsuccessful. I ended up having to call a tow truck to have the vehicle towed. Turned out the problem was the bracket that is attached to the frame of the vehicle that the lower control arm connects to snapped off the frame with the control arm still attached to it. In addition to this problem it pulled the driveshaft away from the transmission. Therefore this is going to be a costly repair because of a defective piece of metal during the manufacturing of the van. Therefore at the moment I am unable to use the vehicle and will have to wait until I get the money to repair it. As far as I'm concerned I will not buy a Ford ever again!!.

I just paid our local Ford dealership (van was in for a nys inspection) to perform weld repair on the "front strut/control arm support rod" bushings because they were loose and, in the dealers words, a safety hazard (loose due to corrosion and questionable weld quality by Ford manufacturing). Degradation of welds on a major suspension component under normal wear & tear conditions- isn't that a significant safety issue? how many Windstars has this happened to? I can see replacing components (I. E. Brakes, alternators, tires, etc. ) over the live of a vehicle but weld repair on the suspension sub-frame? based on other complaints, is this a viable condition or did the dealer fleece me?.

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The car has been riding rough and when you went over bumps in the road or the surface was not even, the engine felt like it was about to fall out of the car. I had the shocks and struts checked and they were fine. I did receive an extended coverage announcement in the mail on 8/2001 (program #01m03) for the front coil springs and assumed that was the problem. I brought it to the Ford dealership and they said the springs were fine but, they had to "weld both of the lower control are brackets back on to the car". They did not go into any explanation as to why this happened but I got the feeling from their tone of voice and body language that this was not suppose to happen.

Front right control arm broke once, and left control arm has broken three time in the past two months. Dealer has been making the repairs.

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