2002 FORD WINDSTAR Wheels Problems

Rear Axle . Fell on the highway split in half while I was driving on a state Hwy 71 at 45 mph. Cracked rear axle. 2002 Ford Windstar part of a recall for Rear axle. No warning was given and didn't know about the recall until after it happened. Inspection was preformed by a mechanic. I could have flipped or rolled or caused a major collision as this highway is very heavily traveled.

The rear axle of my 2002 Ford Windstar completely fractured while traveling on Interstate 75. The rear axle broke while driving about 60 miles per hour on Interstate 75 in Florida. By the grace of GOD my passenger and I survived. In attempting to stop, the van hit the guard rail on the Highway. I was able to keep the van in the right lane. The van gave us NO warning. While waiting for the AAA tow truck, a Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT} patrol vehicle stop to ensure we were alright. The FDOT driver inspected the Windstar, took pictures and stated he has never seen a broken rear axle like that before.

My tire starting making a whistle screech sound and a sway and I look under my tire is crooked and my axel beam was cracked. Thankfully my kids were not with me and no one was hurt

I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO FORDS AND THEY SAY MY BRACKET GUARD NEAR REAR AXLE IS DEFECTED AND WAS UNDER FORD RECALL AND THAT IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD , THOUGH WHEN TERRY HENDRICKS FORD SENT IN A CLAIM THEY SAD IT HAD EXPIRED ALTHOUGH I NEED IT RECALLED FOR REPAIR

THE REAR AXLE BROKE AT 45MPH BLOWING OUT BOTH REAR TIRES THANKGOD WE WERN'T HURT AND HAD NO CARS BEHIND US SEEN RECALL ONLINE CALLED FORD BUT WAS TOLD THE VAN WAS NOT PART OF RECALL WAS PURCHASED IN MI NEW AND HAS U DESIGN AXLE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL TURNED INWARD AND THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED DURING THE FAILURE. FORD & LINCOLN OF SMITHTOWN (440 JERICHO TURNPIKE, SMITHTOWN, NY 11787) WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO TOW THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 189,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

MY TIRES WIGGLE WHEN DRIVING LIKE THEY ARE ABOUT TO COME OFF

AS I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET THE REAR AXLE BROKE AFTER I TURNED RIGHT.

REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY SNAPPED YET OUR VIN IS NOT ON RECALL LIST. THIS WAS NOT DUE TO ANY ACCIDENT OR DAMAGE ON OUR BEHALF THIS WAS SIMPLE DAILY IN TOWN FIVE MILES DRIVING THEN SNAPPED AND NOT USABLE. WE WERE DRIVING AND TURNED LEFT AND. OR EVEN TWO BLOCKS THE VEHICLE MADE A SNAP SOUND ALMOST LIKE A POPPED TIRE. BOTH TIRED ARE INWARD AND THE VEHICLE IAN NOW PARKED DUE TO THE SNAPPING OF THIS.

THE REAR AXLE STARTED TO SNAP IN NOVEMBER 2017 WHEN I WAS DRIVING WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS IN THE VAN. WE SMELLED BURNING RUBBER AND PULLED OVER. IF WE HAD DROVE ANY FURTHER THE AXLE WAS GOING TO SNAP WITH ALL OF US IN THE VEHICLE. FORD IS REFUSING TO COVER ALL THE COSTS OF THE REPAIR BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD THE BRACKET/SUPPORT PUT ON. WE DID NOT PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE TILL MARCH 2017. WE WANT THE FULL COST OF THE REPAIR COVERED AND THE FORD DEALERSHIP'S STORAGE FEES ERASED. OUR BILL IS CURRENTLY $1,809.65. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AND THE TIME IT HAS BEEN SITTING THERE WHILE WE FIGHT FORD TO PAY THE BILL. THIS WAS NOT AN ACT OF WEAR AND TEAR BUT AN ACT OF A RECALL ON THE MANUFACTURER.

ON SATURDAY MORNING JULY 15TH 2017, I WAS DRIVING AT 2:30 AM. I HAD JUST LEFT FOR MY FIRST JOB AND CROSSED A SET OF TRAIN TRACKS. WHEN I DID, THE REAR AXLE SNAPPED ALMOST CAUSING ME TO CRASH. AFTER LOOKING FOR THE COST TO REPLACE THE AXLE, I CAME UPON A FORD RECALL. WHEN I PLACED MY VIN IN THE COMPUTER IT CAME UP THAT MY 2002 FORD WINDSTAR WAS IN FACT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I TALKED TO SOMEONE AT FORD VIA LIVE CHAT ON SATURDAY AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED HOME AND THEY STATED THAT THE RECALL WAS OUTSTANDING AND I NEEDED TO CALL THE FORD DEALERSHIP. I PAID AGAIN TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. NOW TUESDAY MORNING JULY 18TH 2017, BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND FORD IS SAYING THAT THEY CANT HELP ME AND I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF REPLACING THE COMPLETELY RUSTED...

REAR AXLE FRACTURED WHILE DRIVING FROM SCHOOL TO HOME, THERE IS UNEVEN ROAD SURFACE BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DRIVEWAY OR PARKING LOT AND GOING INTO THE FIRST STREET ROADS INTERSECTION, I HEARD A NOISE IN THE REAR WHILE CROSSING THIS UNEVEN SURFACE INTERSECTION, HANDLING OF THE VEHICLE BECAME NOTICEABLE DIFFERENT AND A SMELL OF BURNT RUBBER AND SMOKE STARTED, AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, THE REAR WHEEL WAS CROOKED AND AFTER FURTHER OBSERVATION I OBSERVED THE REAR AXLE FRACTURED CLOSE TO THE REAR WHEEL (DRIVING SIDE) CAUSING THE REAR WHEEL TO RUB AGAINST THE INNER WHEEL HOUSE AND AFFECTING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. FORD FIRST INSTALLED BRACKETS OVER THE AXLE TO REINFORCE IT IN 2010 (RECALL 10S13), THEN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2016 SENT ME ANOTHER LETTER (SAFETY RECALL NOTICE 15S27) TO BRING MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO VERIFY IF THE BRACKETS WERE INSTALLED CORRECTLY, AFTER BRINGING MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER...

REAR AXLE BROKEN. MECHANIC AT BELL TIRE IT WAS RELATED TO THE RECALL ISSUE WITH THAT PART. HE ALSO SHOWED ME ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN AROUND THE FRONT SUPPORTS WHICH IS ALSO RECALL RELATED. I AM NOT A MECHANIC SO DON'T EXPECT THIS INFORMATION TO BE ALL TECHNICAL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE VEHICLE MOVED FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WHEEL AXLE WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE 76,698.

VEHICLE CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AWAITING FROM FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP CENTER TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE AS THE DEALER WONT FIX THE CORRODED SUB FRAME INSTEAD THEY WANT THE CRC DEPT SEND THE PARTS TO THEM, ACCORDING TO CRC DEPT THEY ESCALATED THE ISSUE TO THE SECOND LEVEL BUT NO ACTION UNTIL NOW HAS BEEN TAKEN...I FEEL THAT THEY'RE IGNORING MY REQUEST OR HAS BEEN SITTING THERE WITHOUT TAKING ANY ACTION. WE ALMOST DIED ON THIS AS THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL FELL OFF..I'M TRYING MY LUCK IF YOU CAN HELP US TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE WITH THEM...THANKS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

REAR AXEL CRACKED AFTER PERIOD OF TIME RESULTING IN BLOW OUT TIRE IN A PARKING LOT. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ONLINE, I HAVE FOUND FORD RECALLED THIS SAME VAN FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM BUT DID NOT IN OUR STATE ALTHOUGH THE RECALL WAS DUE TO STATES WITH WEATHER LIKE SNOW, ICE, SALT, ETC WHICH CAUSED SAID ISSUE. WHY WOULDNT NEBRASKA BE INCLUDED IN THIS SINCE ITS NEBRASKA AND ITS SNOWY ALOT? LUCKILY WE WERE IN A PARKING LOT, WE WERE NOT DRIVING AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED DOWN HIGHWAY LIKE I SAW WHILE RESEARCHING THIS ONLINE WHICH A MAN WAS KILLED WHO HAD THIS HAPPEN. I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS AND TRAGIC MISTAKE MADE BY FORD AND NOW MY VAN SITS IN A PARKING LOT WITH NO WAY FOR ME TO GET IT TO A SHOP TO GET A REPAIR MADE EVEN IF I DID...

THEY HAD A RECALL IN 2011 WHERE THEY PUT SUPPORT BRACKETS ON THE REAR AXLES. 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. FORD SAID THE BRACKETS ARE ONLY WARRANTIED FOR 12 MONTHS. THESE VANS DO NOT NEED BRACKETS THEY NEED NEW AXLES. *TR

I HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE BACK OF MY VAN. TOOK IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND LEARNED THE REAR AXLE HAD A LARGE CRACK AND WAS ALMOST BROKEN IN HALF. FORD HAS A RECALL IN EFFECT FOR 2002 FORD WINDSTAR'S FOR AXLES THAT ARE CRACKING/BREAKING (NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V195000); HOWEVER, FORD IS SAYING THAT MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT A PART OF THEIR RECALL EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A 2002 FORD WINDSTAR. I HAD THE REAR AXLE WELDED TO REPAIR THE CRACK. THIS WAS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE AXLE. I STARTED HEARING POPPING SOUNDS AGAIN, RETURNED TO THE REPAIR SHOP ONLY TO LEARN THE AXLE IS NOW BROKEN ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE AXLE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION AND I FEEL SINCE FORD HAS A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE THAT MY VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED. I AM AFRAID TO MAKE ANOTHER REPAIR...

AFTER DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR HIGHWAY NORTH OF BOSTON, MA (128/95 NORTH) MY WIFE AND I, FIRST HEARD SCRAPING NOISE THAT BECAME LOUDER AND BEGAN SMELL LIKE BURNING RUBBER/BRAKES. THE CAR LURCHED ACROSS THE ROADWAY/HIGHWAY AND WE SWERVED AND ALMOST SIDESWIPED CAR IN THE ADJACENT LANE. WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF EXITING THE HIGHWAY ON THE OFF RAMP TO MY WORK AT RTE 28 SOUTH STONEHAM/WAKEFIELD. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER, GATHER OUR THOUGHTS AND CONTINUE TO A GULF STATION ON RTE 28 IN STONEHAM, MA. THE GULF STATION MECHANIC/MANAGER SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT, A REAR AXLE LITERALLY SPLITTING IN HALF. AFTER VIEWING THE REAR BROKEN AXLE AND LOOKING AT THE CONDITION OF THE FRONT RIGHT END AND THE OVERALL CONDITION OF THE SUB FRAME THEY POLITELY AND FORGIVINGLY SAID THEY HAVE RARELY SEEN SUCH A THING (CRACKED/SEPARATED REAR AXLE AND WENT ON TO...

WHILE DRIVING MY VAN I HEARD A VERY LOUD NOISE AND MY DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE IMMEDIATELY WENT FLAT. I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE SAFELY TO A STOP ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD MY VEHICLE LOOKED AT BY THE MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME THAT A COIL SPRING AROUND MY STRUT BROKE WHICH CAUSED MY TIRE TO BE SLICED OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. I WAS VERY LUCKY I WAS NOT GOING ANY FASTER WHEN THE SPRING BROKE AND SLICED MY TIRE OPEN. I REVIEWED ISSUES ONLINE THAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE HAVING RELATING TO MY ISSUE REGARDING THE MAKE AND MODEL OF MY VEHICLE. APPARENTLY FORD HAD A RECALL ON THE WINDSTAR COIL SPRINGS FROM A DIFFERENT YEAR OF THE FORD WINDSTAR VANS DUE TO THE VERY SAME PROBLEM WITH THE COIL SPRINGS BREAKING AND CAUSING THE TIRE TO BE...

THE ABS, TRACK OFF, BRAKE LIGHT INDICATORS, AND CHECK TRACTION CONTROL INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATE. THEY REMAIN ON UNTIL THE KEY IS TURNED OFF, AND THEN RESET. THE FREQUENCY IS INTERMITTENT AND NOT MEASURABLE. INITIAL CHECKS HAVE NO RESULTS AS THE LIGHTS ARE OUT WHEN CHECKED BY A REPAIR SHOP. *TR

WE WERE SLOWING TO PULL UP TO OUR HOME. WE WERE DRIVING ABOUT 10 MPH. ABOUT 70 FEET FROM OUR HOME. IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS A FLAT TIRE WITH RUBBING AND BUMPING NOISES. WE PARKED ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF OUR HOME. UPON INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE TIRES WERE INTACT. THE TIRES ARE BOWING IN. WE LOOKED UNDER THE REAR OF THE CAR. WE SAW A LARGE CRACK OF THE REAR AXLE CLOSER TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR. FORD RECALLED THE REAR AXLE FOR THIS VERY REASON 3 YEARS AGO DUE TO CORROSION CAUSED BY YEARS OF EXPOSURE TO SALTED ROADS. FORD PERFORMED THE RECALL WORK BY PLACING A BRACKET ON THE AXLE. THE BRAKE ON OUR AXLE OCCURRED UNDER THE BRACKET. FORD IS NOT ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY EVEN THOUGH THE SUPPORTS THEY PLACED ON THE AXLE FAILED TO DO THEIR JOB. THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS THIS...

VEHICLE ABS LIGHT HAS BEEN ON CONSISTENTLY SINCE PURCHASING VEHICLE FROM CARHOP/ UAC. REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO THE WARRANTY DEPARTMENT ONLY TO BE TOLD ANY ELECTRICAL IS NOT UNDER THEIR WARRANTY! THIS WAS REPORTED WITHIN A WEEK OR SO OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE USED FOR 8500$. SINCE HAVE REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES FOR BRAKES, ( TOP OF THE LINE BRAKES, NOT CHEAP ONES) LIGHT STILL REMAINS ON AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS TO A SHOP. ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM STILL INOPERABLE AND ALMOST CAUSED CRASH 12-7-2012 WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP ON A LIGHTLY ICY ROAD. SEVERAL OTHER ELECTRICAL ISSUES HAVE BEEN GOING ON WITH THE CAR AS WELL. IT BLOWS BRAND NEW FUSES, RATED HIGHER THAN WHAT THE SLOT CALLS FOR, THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT STAYS ON, DESPITE TAKING THE VAN TO A TIRE SPECIALIST AND THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF AIR PLACED IN EACH TIRE. ALSO THE CRANKSHAFT POSITIONER HAS CAUSED THE...

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING AT ABOUT 50 MPH. I WENT OVER A BUMP ON THE ROAD AND MY REAR AXLE CRACKED IN HALF. I HAD LITTLE TO NO WARNING. *TR