15V608000
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY
If the brackets were not installed properly, the rear axle may fracture, affecting the vehicle handling and increasing the risk of a crash.
2003 FORD WINDSTAR
6 safety recall campaigns, 6 defect investigations, 2,056 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations6
Owner complaints2,056
Complaints citing a crash54
Complaints citing a fire31
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 6
12V193000
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
A FRACTURED AXLE CAN AFFECT VEHICLE HANDLING AND INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
12V194000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
A SEPARATION OF A FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM REAR ATTACHING BRACKET MAY RESULT IN A LOWER CONTROL ARM SEPARATION. A SEPARATION OF BOTH FRONT SUBFRAME REAR BODY MOUNTS MAY RESULT IN SEPARATION OF THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT. EITHER CONDITION COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
12V195000
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY
A FRACTURED AXLE MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
11V030000
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
THIS COULD RESULT IN REDUCED STEERING CONTROL INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
10V385000
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY
A FRACTURED AXLE CAN AFFECT VEHICLE HANDLING AND INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
What owners report most
- 296SERVICE BRAKES
- 262ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 209SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 184SUSPENSION
- 112POWER TRAIN
- 94POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- 75VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 69SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2003 FORD WINDSTARs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.