2000 FORD WINDSTAR Suspensionrear Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND AN UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE HOME AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS LEANING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 866-436-7332 AND ADVISED THEM THAT SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR MANUFACTURER NUMBER: 15S27 (SUSPENSION) ON THE REAR AXLE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A FORD DEALER AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 21985359. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE REAR AXLE FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER (BENNA FORD ROUSH SUPERIOR LOCATED AT 3022 TOWER AVE, SUPERIOR, WI 54880; (715) 394-8669) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR AXLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AT 800-392-3673 AND STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS REPAIRED IN MAY OF 2016 AND WAS CLOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: CAS-12795007. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE SUDDENLY SHREDDED. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE REAR AXLE SEVERED AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE TIRE, WHICH CAUSED IT TO FLATTEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LIBERTY FORD IN PARMA, OHIO WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR AXLE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED IN 2011 PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V385000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 199,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. ACCORDING TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER STATED THAT A MANUFACTURER RECALL WAS COMPLETED BY A DEALER THAT WAS NO LONGER IN BUSINESS (JACK SAFRO FORD DEALER). THE PREVIOUS OWNER REINFORCED THE BRACKET, BUT DID NOT REPLACE THE REAR BRACKETS. SHORTLY AFTER DRIVING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AND THE REAR WHEELS FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR AXLE CRACKED FROM THE REINFORCEMENT BRACKETS AND PARTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED THAT THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER (NAPLETON LINCOLN BLUE ISLAND, 2950 W 127TH ST, BLUE ISLAND, IL 60406, (708) 385-4500) FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE SUDDENLY SHREDDED. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE REAR AXLE SEVERED AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE TIRE, WHICH CAUSED IT TO FLATTEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LIBERTY FORD OF PARMA, OHIO WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR AXLE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED IN 2011 PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V385000 (SUSPENSION); HOWEVER, THE FAILURE STILL REMAINED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 199,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD POP AS IF TWO TIN CANS WERE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS CORRODED AND FRACTURED IN HALF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, AN UNUSUAL NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE SLIGHTLY COLLAPSED ONTO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR AXLE FRACTURED AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO TILT INWARDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. IN 2010, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V195000 (SUSPENSION). THE FAILURE RECENTLY RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 218,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE REAR AXLE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157,000.

THE REAR AXEL BROKE. CONTACTED FORD BECAUSE THIS WAS A RECALL THAT THEY JUST PUT BRACKETS OVER PARTS OF THE AXEL. IT STILL BROKE DUE TO CORROSION. WHEN I CONTACTED FORD THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THEY PUT BRACKETS ON AND THAT FIXED IT BUT IT STILL BROKE RIGHT WHERE THEY SAID IT WAS GOING TO. *TT

DEAR SIR/MADAM I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT FOR A FORD WINDSTAR 2000, THE REAR AXEL, WHICH WAS ON RECALL AND FORD HAD CONTACTED US TO HAVE IT REPLACED, HOWEVER AFTER CALLING FORD AND ALL THE NEAREST DEALERS AND WE ACTUALLY WENT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AS WELL. NO DEALERSHIP WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE THE RECALL REPLACEMENT FOR THE AXLE OR ANY REPAIRS IN THAT MATTER. THANKS, FORD OWNER *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD HAD BROKEN ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE TIE ROD WAS RUSTED THROUGH. THE CONTACT ASKED THE DEALER WHY THE TIE ROD WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V030000 (SUSPENSION: REAR AXLE). THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER STATED THE TIE ROD WOULD NOT BE REPLACED EVEN THOUGH IT RUSTED THROUGH LIKE THE REAR AXLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF A DANGER THIS IS BUT I THINK ITS IS A CRIME FOR A CAR DEALERSHIP TO INSTALL A NEW PART ON A RUSTED OUT OLD PART WITH OUT NOTIFYING THE CUSTOMER. [XXX] UPDATED 11/02/2011 *LN INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V385000 (SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FINE AND DID NOT NEED TO BE REPAIRED. APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS LATER, THE CONTACT NOTICED A LOUD RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 09/27/11*LJ UPDATED 2/23/12 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V385000 (SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY). THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, SHE HEARD A LOUD CLANKING NOISE AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS SAFELY DRIVEN HOME AND THEN TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WAS 160,000.

HAVE BEEN HEARING A NOISE FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE FOR AWHILE. HAD IT IN TO THE DEALER FOR TWO RECALL REPAIRS. THE NOISE CHANGED YESTERDAY AND WHEN THE REAR WAS INSPECTED AGAIN BEFORE LEAVING FOR WORK, I FOUND THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR COIL SPRING BROKEN. THIS ISSUED SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED WHEN THE REAR AXLE RECALL WORK WAS COMPLETED. I DRIVE 50 HIGHWAY MILES EACH WAY TO AND FROM WORK AND THIS IS DANGEROUS. MISSED WORK TODAY AND DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS WILL BE ABLE TO BE FIXED. I SEE FORD HAS HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH OTHER COIL SPRINGS. WHY HAVE THEY NOT ADDRESSED IT WITH ALL THE OTHER SUSPENSION PROBLEMS ON THESE 2000 FORD WINDSTARS? *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER IN OCTOBER OF 2010 FOR A RECALL REPAIR ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V385000 (SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY). FOURS MONTHS LATER, THE DRIVER'S SIDE CONTROL ARM FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL REMEDY WAS INSUFFICIENT AND PLANNED TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS HE HEARD A LOUD SNAPPING NOISE. WHEN HE STOPPED THE VEHICLE, THE REAR AXLE REINFORCEMENT BRACKET FRACTURED ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE AXLE HAD SHEERED AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HIM THAT HE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 141,000.

HI, WE HAVE A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR THAT WAS RECALLED. LAST YEAR WHY DRIVING, THE REAR AXLE BROKE ON US WITH OUR KIDS IN THE CAR. BUT BEFORE THEN; WE HAD ODOMETER GOING OUT AND ALL THE DASHBOARD GOING OUT. UPON THEN FIXING THE REAR AXLE WE HAVE BRAKE FLUID LOST AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DON'T WORK AND THE DASHBOARD HAVE A MIND OF IT OWN AND WE KEEP HAVE THE DOOR LOCKS GOING ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. IT'S LIKE A GHOST IN THE MACHINE. PLEASE HELP! THANKS!! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 11V030000 STRUCTURE FRAME AND MEMBERS UNDER BODY SHIELDS, AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 10V385000 SUSPENSION REAR AXLE NON POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY WERE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE AND WERE COMPLETED ON APRIL 4, 2011. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE VEHICLES FRONT END MADE A RUBBING SOUND WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK. THE DEALER STATED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WOULD NEED TO BE PERFORMED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILES WERE 94,000.

FORD REAR AXLE RECALL. FOUND RECALL ABOUT MY VEHICLE 3 MONTHS AFTER REAR AXLE BROKE. HAD AXLE WELDED TOGETHER. IN NOV 2010 AXLE WAS ALLEGEDLY ORDERED IT IS NOW MARCH 2011 AND STILL NO ANSWER AS TO WHEN I AM GETTING NEW AXLE. MARCH OF THIS YEAR AXLE BROKE AGAIN AND HAD TO WELD IT TOGETHER.IT COST ME 450 EVERY TIME TO WELD IT. *TR

I HAVE A FORD WINDSTAR AND I HAVE AND HAVE BEEN WAITING A VERY LONG TIME. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHEN I AM GETTING MY WINDSTAR BACK. *TR

OUR FORD WINDSTAR HAD A REAR AXLE FAILURE IN WHICH THE AXLE SPLIT IN HALF CAUSING THE VAN TO LOSE CONTROL. WE REPLACED IT IN 2009. A RECALL WAS ISSUED IN OCT. 2010 SAYING THAT THE PART WAS TO BE REPLACED PROMPTLY. WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE IT REPLACED BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE AND WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR A PART TO BE MADE. FOR FIVE MONTHS NOW WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE PART STILL HAS TO BE MANUFACTURED AND IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL MORE MONTHS TO A YEAR TO GET THE PART. FORD HAD US INSPECT(30 SECOND BEND DOWN NEXT TO THE CAR) THE REPLACED PART(USED FROM A JUNK YARD) TO SEE IF IT IS SAFE AND SAID IT WAS OK. HOWEVER THE PART THAT REPLACED THE ORIGINAL IS VISUALLY IN WORSE CONDITION. AND NOW WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT 'GLUE INJECTION'...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED BY THE DEALER, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED RECALL 10V385000 (SUSPENSION: REAR: AXLE: NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY) BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 172,168.

2000 FORD WINDSTAR AXLE BROKE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR WITH 180000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN ROLLED OVER EIGHT TIMES AND CRASHED INTO A HIGHWAY SIGN. THE CONTACT WAS INJURED AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE REAR AXLE FAILURE CAUSES THE CRASH TO OCCUR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR THE REAR AXLE ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER ABOUT THE FAILURE AND THEY MAILED A LEGAL NOTICE ABOUT NOT DISCLOSING THE INFORMATION SINCE HE WAS HE GOING TO FILE A LEGAL CLAIM. THE CONTACT ALSO HAD PICTURES OF THE CRASH. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

CONCERNS ABOUT BACK AXLE AND BRAKE SYSTEM WE MOUNTAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NC AND GET CONSIDERABLE SNOW AND ICE WHICH LEADS TO CORROSION OF AXLE AND DID NOT SEE NC ON THE LIST OF RECALLS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V385000 (SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FRO THE RECALL REPAIR WERE NOT READILY AVAILABLE AND THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THAT THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. A FAILURE DID NOT EXIST. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 137,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL FOR A FRACTURED AXLE, RECALL 10V385000 (SUSPENSION: REAR: AXLE: NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MARCH 2011. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BOUNCED WHILE SHE DROVE AT ANY SPEED. WHEN SHE INSPECTED, SHE SAW THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE AXLE WAS REPLACED. A YEAR AND A HALF LATER WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE EXAMINED, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS BENT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,633 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 108,944. UPDATED 01/14/11*LJ

AFTER RECEIVING INFO ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF A REAR AXLE DEFECT I BROUGHT MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR TO MY LOCAL DEALER. UPON INSPECTION I WAS TOLD I WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE OFF THE LOT. THE REAR AXLE WAS CRACKED. I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT I WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT OR THAT I DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. FORD NOW ONLY WANTS TO COVER A SMALL RENTAL CAR BUT NOT A MINIVAN. THERE IS A REASON I HAD A MINIVAN! I NEED THE SEATS! FORD SAYS THEY UNDERSTAND MY CONCERN YET THEY OFFER NO SOLUTION OTHER THAN CORPORATE IS LOOKING INTO YOUR CONCERN! NO OWNER SHOULD HAVE ANY OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE DUE TO THIS RECALL. THERE SHOULD BE A URGENT LETTER SENT TO EVERY OWNER OF THIS CAR SAYING BRING TO A DEALER IMMEDIATELY. THE RISK IS TOO GREAT! *TR

REAR AXLE ON 2000 FORD WINDSTAR COMPLETELY FAILED AND CRACKED TODAY WHILE PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY AFTER COMPLETING A 300 MILE TRIP ON THE HIGHWAY. RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED ABOUT A MONTH AGO. *TR

WE CURRENTLY OWN A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR SE MINIVAN AND WANTED TO ADD OUR COMPLAINT REGARDING THE REAR AXLE SNAPPING. WE WERE LUCKY IN THAT WHEN OUR VAN STARTED TO FISHTAIL WE TOOK IT IN THINKING IT WAS THE TIRES AND HAD THEM REPLACED, THIS IS WHEN THE TIRE DEALERSHIP NOTICED THE REAR AXLE WAS SLIT ALMOST ALL THE WAY THROUGH. WE HAD IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP IN WHICH IT COST $645 TO HAVE A NEW AXLE PUT ON. WE ARE VERY THANKFUL IT DIDN'T BREAK WHILE WE WERE DRIVING IT. *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK DRIVING MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR REAR AXLE BROKE IN HALF THE WHEELS WHERE BOWED OUT I HAD TO HAVE A TOW TRUCK FLATBED THE CAR BUT HE HAD SOME DIFFICULT TIME BECAUSE IT COMPLETELY SNAPPED INTO TWO. A FEW DAYS BEFORE I HEARD SOME SQUEAKING SOUND COMING FROM THE BACK AND I WAS GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE MECHANIC BUT THEN THESE HAPPENED. NOW I HAVE BEEN HEARING SQUEAKY SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT AND MAYBE IS THE FRONT AXLE NOW. THIS IS RIDICULOUS I HARDLY HAD MONEY TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AND THE TOW TRUCK AND NOW I HAVE TO TAKE IT AGAIN. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN THE "CHECK THE ENGINE" LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON EVEN AFTER I TAKE IT TO THE MECHANIC TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT...

I HAVE A FORD 2000 WINDSTAR. IN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY LAST WEEK THE REAR AXLE SNAPPED IN HALF. I SAW THE ARTICLE TODAY ON THE NEWS ABOUT THE RECALL BUT THOUGHT YOU WOULD WANT TO ADD THIS TO THE STATISTICS. I CALLED A FORD DEALER WHO SAID TO BRING IT IN AND IT WOULD BE FIXED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60MPH, I NOTICED THAT THE BACK END OF THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS SWAYING OR SLIDING AS IF ON ICE. I EXITED THE HIGHWAY AND DROVE TO A PARKING GARAGE ABOUT 5 MILES AWAY. WHILE PULLING UP TO THE GATE AT THE GARAGE AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE, WHICH WAS THE REAR AXLE BREAKING COMPLETELY IN HALF. REPLACED WITH A USED AXLE. *TR

I OWN A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR WITH A REAR AXLE THAT IS CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. NOTICED INSTABILITY AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND BELIEVED IT TO BE AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM, BUT TECHNICIANS DISCOVERED REAR AXLE PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS PARKED AND HASN'T BEEN DRIVEN SINCE AXLE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED. ESTIMATES FOR REPLACEMENT RUN FROM $1000 TO $2200. REAR TIRES ARE WORN UNEVENLY AND TIRES ARE NOTICEABLY TILTED INWARD IN REAR. *TR

LARGE CRACK ALMOST ENTIRELY AROUND REAR AXLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE. DISCOVERED CRACK WHEN INVESTIGATING NOISE FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. APPEARS CRACK STARTED ON INSIDE OF FORMED CHANNEL. ALSO NOTICED A SHORT APPROX. 1 INCH CREASE LINE IN THE CENTER OF THE FORMED CHANNEL NOT FAR FROM WHERE THE CRACK STARTED. CORROSION APPEARS TO HAVE OCCURRED ON THE INSIDE OF THE AXLE BEAM. WHILE INVESTIGATING THE OTHER SIDE (PASSENGER SIDE) NEAR ANOTHER CREASE LINE, POKED A HOLE IN THE AXLE BEAM WITH A SCREWDRIVER. NO SEVERE CORROSION IS EVIDENT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE AXLE BEAM. ATTEMPTS TO FIND A USED AXLE BEAM HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFULLY DO TO SIMILAR DAMAGE. REPAIRING THE AXLE SEEMS ILL ADVISED CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE INTERNAL CORROSION AND A NEW AXLE IS BEING LOOKED INTO. LUCKILY MY WIFE PAYS ATTENTION TO THOSE LITTLE ODD NOISES AND WASN'T GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND IT TOTALLY FAILED....

ON 8-16-2010 WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR I LOST THE STEERING ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE VEERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC BUT I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE BACK UNDER CONTROL. THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM WAS DUE TO MY REAR AXLE SNAPPING IN HALF. THE AXLE BREAKING CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE REAR WHEELS AND THE SHOCKS AS WELL. THE TOTAL COST OF REPAIR WAS $1310.25. MY MECHANIC SHOWED ME AN ARTICLE ON THE FRONT COVER OF AN AUTOMOTIVE MAGAZINE THEY RECEIVE ABOUT THE REAR AXLES FAILING ON FORD WINDSTARS DUE TO WATER AND SALT GETTING INSIDE. THIS CAUSES THE AXLE TO CORRODE FROM WITHIN AND EVENTUALLY BREAK. FORD AT THIS TIME IS REFUSING TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES. I AM VOICING MY COMPLAINT IN THE HOPE THAT FORD WILL BE FORCED TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND REIMBURSE THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN EFFECTED BY THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE...

REAR AXLE BROKE INTO 2 PIECES. PRIOR TO COMPLETE BREAKAGE, FISHTAILING WAS EXPERIENCED AT FREEWAY SPEEDS(55-70 MPH). WHEN AXLE BROKE COMPLETELY, THE REAR WHEELS TILTED IN AND CONTACTED THE INNER FENDER. *TR

2000 FORD WINDSTAR, REAR AXLE BEAM BROKE / SPLIT WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY. REPAIRED BY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP FOR $1,250 FOR NEW REAR AXLE BEAM. *TR

200 FORD WINDSTAR VAN REAR AXLE BEAM BREAKING IN HALF. THIS OCCURRED AS MY MOTHER WAS RUNNING AN ERRAND AROUND TOWN. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME, WHERE SHE CALLED ME TO COME AND LOOK AT THE PROBLEM. SO FAR I HAVE YET TO CONFIRM WITH FORD IF THEY WILL FIX THE PROBLEM OR IF THERE IS A RECALL ON IT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2000 WINDSTAR ON THE SKUYKILL EXPRESSWAY ON MONDAY, JULY 19, 2010 AT 12:33 PM ON MY WAY TO AN APPOINTMENT. ABOUT A QUARTER MILE BEFOR THE GILPH MILLS EXIT HEADING EAST, I WAS IN THE PASSING LANE TRAVELING ABOUT 55-60 MPH, WHEN THERE WAS A LOAD "POP" FROM THE REAR OF MY VAN. I IMMEDIATELY LOST CONTROLL OF THE VAN AND IT SLID ACROSS THE HIGHWAY . I FIRST HIT THE EMBANKMENT OFF THE SHOULDER, WAS THROWN BACK INTO THE HIGHWAY AS THE VAN SLIDE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THEN FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. THE VAN CAME TO REST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SKUYKILL EXPRESSWAY UPSIDE DOWN, FACING THE TRAFFIC. THANK GOD ALL TRAFFIC STOPPED AND NO ONE HIT ME, AND I DIDN'T HIT ANYONE.. THE VAN WAS TOTALLED. I SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES, AS WELL AS BROKEN AND BRUISED RIBS IN MY BACK, AS WELL...

REAR AXLE CRACKED COMPLETELY IN HALF WHILE DRIVING, TOPS OF TIRES RUBBING ON WHEEL WELL. ALMOST RESULTED IN ACCIDENT WITH 4 CHILDREN IN THE CAR. WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE REAR END STARTED SWAYING AND BECAME HARD TO CONTROL. WE HAD IT TOWED TO OUR HOME AND A MECHANIC TOOK A LOOK AND SHOWED US WHERE THE AXLE IS COMPLETELY BROKE IN HALF, THE SPRING IS HANGING AND THE HUBS ARE BAD. *TR

2000 WINDSTAR REAR AXLE RUSTED THRU. *TR

2000 FORD WINDSTAR (REAR AXLE SPLIT) ACTION #PE10016. *TR

THE REAR AXLE HAIR LINE BEGAN TO CRACK AT AROUND 90K MILES AND IS SEVERELY CRACK NOW AT 97K MILES AND AWAITING PARTS. THE PART LOOKS TO COST AROUND $500.00 NOT INCLUDING INSTALLATION. THE GAUGES ON THE CAR ARE WACKY AND SEEMS TO WORK AT WILL AND THE ABS LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND MY REAR AXLE BROKE NOT ONCE BUT TWO TIMES. IM GETTING TIRED OF BUYING NEW AXLES. I WENT ON A FORD SITE AND IT SAID THAT THE YEAR OF MY VAN IT IS KNOWN FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. THEY CONSIDER IT A DEATH TRAP. I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL. IF THIS IS KNOWN FOR HAPPENING THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

DROVE VEHICLE TO DESTINATION AND WHEN WE ARRIVED THE AXLE SNAPPED IN HALF ON THE 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. VEHICLE JUST TURNED 100,000 MI WHEN REAR AXLE SNAPPED. TOWED TO REPAIR FACILITY, WAITING FOR REPAIR ESTIMATE. *TR

THE REAR AXLE ON MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR SNAPPED IN HALF WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE VAN BEGAN TO SHAKE AND BOUNCE VIOLENTLY AND FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VAN TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WITHOUT HITTING ANOTHER CAR OR SOMETHING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UPON INSPECTION, BOTH REAR WHEELS HAD COLLAPSED INTO THE WHEEL WELLS AND THE AXLE HAD COMPLETELY BROKEN IN HALF. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING OF THIS ISSUE. THE VAN NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE THE REPAIRS WERE MADE TO REPLACE THE REAR AXLE. TOTAL REPAIR COST EXCEEDED $1800. *TR

I HAD PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM A PRIVATE OWNER IN MARCH 2010 WHO REPORTED NO ISSUES. I DRIVE THIS VEHICLE DAILY TO WORK, AS WELL AS TRANSPORTING CHILDREN TO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. RETURNING HOME FROM WORK ON MAY 06, 2010, I NOTICED THE VAN HANDLING ODD; HAD TO KEEP RIGHT PRESSURE ON THE STEERING WHEEL (LIKE AN ALIGNMENT ISSUE). THE FURTHER I DROVE THE MORE PRESSURE I HAD TO MAINTAIN. I BEGAN TO SLOW MY SPEED (FROM 70 MPH TO 60 MPH) BECAUSE THERE WAS EXCESSIVE SWAY WHEN CROSSING BRIDGE JOINTS. I CONTINUED TO REDUCE SPEED TO ABOUT 50 MHP AND APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES AFTER I FIRST NOTICED THE SWAY, I HEARD A LOUD "POP" AND THE REAR OF THE VAN DROPPED. I WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY PULL TO THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWAY AND STOP. THE TIRES WERE LEANING IN AT THE TOP ON BOTH SIDES AND HAD BEGUN SMOKING....

2000 FORD WINDSTAR REAR AXLE CRACKED. REPLACED AT DEALER AT APPROX. $950 COST. *TR