2001 Ford Windstar: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Oct 13, 2017 · Electrical · 144,000 miles · TX

Over drive flashing off and on will not go off. Fuses blow out right after you start up the van. It started when I made a turn at a green light. On the back roads.

Filed Sep 24, 2015 · Steering · GA

Between my march 2015 oil change and my july 30 2015 oil change the control arms broke and completely ruined a tire all the way around the tire. Chewed it up very badly putting me at risk for an accident from a blow out or loss of control. I don't know exactly when the problem occurred. The problem was found by the shop at the oil change. I am finding online where there is much concern about the control arms on these vehicles. Both front lower control arms were replaced by the shop. The brought one of the tires into the lobby for me to see and it was absolutely chewed up all the way around the tire. It is a wonder I did not have an accident.

Filed Jun 2, 2014 · Fuel system, Tires · 164,000 miles · AZ

We had our left rear tire blow out and it tore off our fuel filler pipe. I imagine this could be extremely dangerous if the rim had sparked it could have caught fire.

Filed Aug 12, 2013 · Suspension · 201,000 miles · MA

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 ford windstar. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the rear suspension collapsed and caused the drivers side rear tire to blowout. The contact was able to drive to his residence where the vehicle was later towed to a dealer. The vehicle was not repaired nor was the failure diagnosed. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure and current mileage was 201,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed Jul 11, 2012 · Body, Suspension · FL

This vehicle has been ruining every front tire put on it ever since the recall front subframe work was done on it by ford in 9/2011 and it has been through 2 sets of front tires in the last 4,500 miles since the work was done. Ford does not acknowledge any responsibility and the last dealer who looked at it told me I needed tires. No kidding. The last time I took it to firestone to get tires, they told me they wouldn't touch it and that I needed to take it to a body shop; the specs were so off. The dealer that did the original work redocumented the car's problems 3 times but the manufacturer refused to buy it back and they did the work on it the best they could and this is what I am left with: an unsafe vehicle. I had a blow out on interstate 95 on christmas eve that could have taken my life and another blow out since then at a slower speed (thank god!) I need help nailing ford to the wall on this and making them be responsible for risking my safety and I am sure that I am not the only one. I wonder if other people have been hurt or lost their lives over this?? Over a few dollars?? Ford needs to be made to admit they did not protect their customers properly. I wonder if it all comes down to avoiding liability for people that have been injured. Please help me.

Filed Feb 1, 2011 · Body, Steering · 133,000 miles · MI

Vehicle is no longer drivable & is sitting at a ford dealership service lot. Incident occurred on tuesday, january 25, 2011 at approximately 4:30pm. Vehicle front subframe cracked and passenger side tire separated from car while driving resulting in loss of control of vehicle. Car would not steer or move, could not be pushed out of traffic.

Filed Aug 23, 2010 · Transmission · 150,000 miles · OH

2001 ford windstar 150,000 miles, driving on highway approx. 55 miles per hour, vehicle starting swaying then heard a load crash and a lot of smoke coming from under vehicle, thought it was a blow out. Pulled on to a side road both rear tires were bowed in and rear axle had split.

Filed Aug 10, 2010 · Body · 128,000 miles · OH

Driving down the road and sounded like a tire blew. Pulled off road and noticed rear passenger tire completely buckled in. Looked under vehicle and saw rear axle was in 2 pieces. Had to replace rear axle, brake line, and tire.

Filed Oct 21, 2008 · Body, Suspension · 92,000 miles · MA

Had just gotten onto highway going about 45 MPH ,changed lanes to accelerate and felt like a tire blew out ,heard something dragging, luckily exited off quickly pulled over to find that rear axel had broke and both tires were on their way to caving in. No accident or injury-thank god. Called ford dealership and was told no recalls on axles and this was a "common occurrence."

Filed Jan 4, 2008 · Suspension · 136,000 miles · MI

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 ford windstar. While driving 30 MPH, the driver side front tire blew out. The vehicle was pulled over, but the tire was unable to be changed due to broken parts. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The dealer stated that the coil spring failed and caused the tire to blow out. The current and failure mileages were 136,000.

Filed Jun 29, 2007 · Suspension · 77,042 miles · MA

I was driving downtown to pick up pizza for my family, as I braked for a stop sign and came to a stop I heard a loud noise and experienced a very hard shaking from the front of the van as if I had been hit by something. After investigating and finding no visible damage o vehicle I drove home slowly. After traveling approximately a mile or so I began to smell something hot. As I began to pull over to the edge of the road I saw smoke, and then I experienced a blowout of the left front tire and the left front side of the vehicle dropped towards the ground. Prior to this event I had no problem with the vehicle and heard no noises related to this. I am now having the vehicle transported to the local ford garage ,where they are going to replace the front springs, and assess for any other damage caused by this incident.

Filed Dec 27, 2006 · Tires · CA

Tire failure