2000 Ford Windstar wheels problems

Filed May 28, 2024 · Suspension, Wheels · MA

The rear axle broke for the second time on a Ford Windstar, after already breaking prior to a recall in 2010. It appears to have broken where a clamp was attached. This caused the rear wheels to fall into, and grind against the wheel well. This happened on a side street near my house. Had it happened at highway speeds, the rear wheels could have locked up or perhaps broken free causing loss of control. The axle problem has been known to Ford, but it is concerning that this is the second one to fail. I have not yet contacted ford or a a repair facility to evaluate. There were no warning lamps or other indication. The axle simply broke abruptly. I thought it was a tire blow out until I saw the wheels tilted in. The vehicle is older, but I maintain it well.

Filed Dec 2, 2018 · Suspension, Wheels · 92,000 miles · AZ

Went to "credit karma" and was informed that my vehicle was the subject of a ford the federal safety agency recall. Ford failed to notify me of recall on my vehicle. Recall id # 233939 dated 10/21/2015. Please help resolve this as I don't want to be driving an unsafe vehicle

Filed Jun 30, 2017 · Steering, Suspension · 167,000 miles · NC

I watched last night as my wife and kids were coming home on the parkway, the rear axel snapped in. Two and both tires just dangeling basically,we had a blow out also managed to get the2000 ford windstar lx off of the main road where I had to call several to companies and no one with a wrecker was able to help, so I called a toe company with a roll back, to get our van home then I found out abt the complaint hotline and the recalls after my wife and kids could have been killed, the vehicle was going straight,and the speedlimet wich was 45 MPH, when the axel just snapped in two pieces, and out of control she managed to slow down, my kids are 1 and 2, we want reinbursement for the van and the tow bill as this is a manufacturer defect

Filed May 27, 2016 · Body, Wheels · KY

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford windstar. While driving approximately 10 MPH, there was an abnormal noise coming from the rear driver side wheel. Upon inspection, the contact noticed that the wheel was tilted inward. The contact also stated that the frame of the vehicle was severely corroded. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v080000 (suspension). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN and failure mileage were not available.

Filed Apr 29, 2016 · Suspension, Wheels · 140,000 miles · NY

The rear axle on my 2000 ford windstar is cracked. There were two previous recalls on this issue and now a third. Ford wants me to pay $300.00 toward repair which I find unacceptable.

Filed Jan 12, 2016 · Suspension, Wheels · 65,258 miles · NY

9/1/2015 entering northern state parkway west went over bump/pothole rear axel suspension cracked and dropped also blew driver side rear tire. Van had to be towed to shop. Corosion on rear axel, brackets sealed to old axel,ford must reinforce axel. Axel recalled 2010/2011 must be refixed by ford.

Filed Nov 18, 2015 · Suspension, Wheels · 190,000 miles · CT

I got this van used from a family member then checked with local ford dealer to make shure recall work was done aka rear axle beam and front subframe were done they assured me that it was done about 2 monthes later the axlebeam broke due to corosion under the clamp they put on to stop this from happaning I almost lost control of the van went to the dealer next morning and they told me there weas nothing they can do as case was closed this repair does not fix the problem or prevent it from seperating if I was at highway speed the van whould have flipped they have sence sent us a letter stating the clamps may not have been installed right and want to charge for a replacement axle 300 I was travaling 25 miles an hour when this happened I have more pictures then this will allow me to upload but I have replaced the axle using my own garadge seeing how I cannot trust the dealler

Filed Jul 7, 2015 · Suspension, Wheels · 130,000 miles · MO

I bought my van used just a month before I noticed this defect, I came outside to get in the van and noticed the rear wheels leaning slightly inward at the top. My son in law inspected it further to discover that the rear axle had bent. Upon further investigation we discovered that there had been a recall on all ford windstar models between 1998 and 2003. We notified ford and they told us that this vehicle had already been recalled and repaired in 2011 and the repair had a 12 month warranty. My son in law checked and sure enough there were repair sleeves wrapped around the rear axle at both ends. This repair did not fix the original problem because the rear axle had cracked right under where the repair sleeve was placed and had bent bad, bad enough that both rear tires were rubbing the inner fenders at the top and the van was sitting much lower in the rear end than it should have been. Thank god I had noticed the problem before the axle completely cracked in half the rest of the way because there is nothing else holding the rear wheels onto the vehicle and if I was driving the wheel and part of the axle could have flown off to who knows where and possibly killed me and whoever else was in the van. I've had to completely replace the rear axle with another part from another van which is also defective and will soon have to be replaced again. Ford takes no responsibility for this past the original "fix" which was warrantied for only 12 months. The recall was not a good fix and seems to have only been a band aid to keep customers quiet until the warranty on it runs out. I have done research online and found that this is not an isolated incident and in fact has happened to many hundreds of people, coincidentally around the same time as my incident happened.

Filed May 21, 2015 · Suspension, Wheels · 133,000 miles · WI

Corrected recall was not done effectively within two years of repaired recall beam axle failed at the end of the repaired area.

Filed Sep 1, 2014 · Steering, Transmission · 134,345 miles · NJ

My 2000 ford windstar was repaired last year on a recall for the possible rear axle failure. Ford installed brackets on the rear axle as a remedy. On saturday 8-30-14, the rear axle failed. The axle is actually broken and the break can be seen inside of the bracket they installed. I called ford and they told me they don't warranty the recall remedy repair. What are my options to have this remedied in good faith?