NHTSA Complaint #10329025 — 2002 FORD WINDSTAR

DROVE CAR AND PARKED ALONG STREET. WHEN I RETURNED AROUND 4 HOURS LATER I OPENED CAR DOOR AND SAT DOWN IN DRIVER SEAT. A LOUD BAG WAS HEARD AND I THOUGHT SOMEONE THREW SOMETHING OR SHOT MY VAN. GOT OUT AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. WHEN I DROVE AWAY MY LEFT FRONT TIRE EXPLODED. THE NEXT MORNING I FOUND THE COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND CUT THE TIRE WHEN I TRIED TO DRIVE AWAY. HAD I BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VAN. AFTER RESEARCHING THE INTERNET THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH FORD COIL SPRINGS AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A RECALL FOR MODEL YEARS 1999-2001. *TR