2003 Ford Windstar: tire blowout or tread separation

Filed Aug 15, 2017 · Suspension · 150,000 miles · MA

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford windstar. While driving 15 MPH, the contact heard a scraping sound from underneath the vehicle and the rear passenger tire blew out. The contact noticed that the rear axle had fractured, which caused the tires to fail. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or mechanic. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer and dealer were not made aware of the failure. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v608000 (suspension), but the vehicle had not been serviced. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000.

Filed Jan 14, 2016 · Suspension · 220,000 miles · TN · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford windstar. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 50 MPH, the contact noticed a burnt rubber odor and then an unknown rear tire blew out. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the rear axle, tire line, and the rear tire needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 10v385000 (suspension). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 220,000.

Filed Mar 15, 2010 · Electrical, Locks · 45,000 miles · AZ

Electrical problem doors lock sometimes, next time no lock, ABS lite will not go off replace fuse, drive 5 miles, ABS lite comes back on, has for 2 years,wasted money and time on trying to find solution. Fuses blow out faster then I can replace them.

Filed Jan 29, 2009 · Suspension · 59,396 miles · NY

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 ford windstar. After shifting from park into reverse, the front passenger side tire blew out. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and they stated that the front passenger side coil spring failed and punctured the tire. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer stated that they were not liable for the repairs and there were no recalls. The current mileage was 59,700 and failure mileage was 59,396. Updated 02/24/09. *lj updated 02/24/09.

Filed Jul 19, 2008 · Suspension · 59,396 miles · NY

2003 ford windstar, 59396 mi. Driving down lockport rd on 6/20/08, heard loud snap, clunk, then tire blow out. Called for aaa assistance, tow truck operator told me it was broken right spring, saying it was a common problem and had towed several minivans of this model, what could have happened if I made it 2 miles to interstate 190 where the speed limit is 65 MPH? This happened at approx. 20 MPH. Is this a common thing like the tow operator says? In all, resulted in 555.25 in damage because of the spring failure.

Filed Jul 24, 2007 · Suspension · 66,600 miles · PA

With no warning, the front left coil spring on my 2003 ford windstar snapped as we were driving. The broken spring shot into my tire causing a blowout and loss of control of the vehicle almost hitting a guard rail and then oncoming traffic. We were able to get the vehicle under control and stop it but were lucky that we were only going 35 MPH at the time. If this would have happened on a highway, there would have been injuries and possibly fatalities. This caused a very dangerous situation with myself, my wife, and my four children in the vehicle at the time. This has been a recurring issue with windstars since 1996. I had the vehicle repaired at a local repair shop. It was memorial day weekend and we needed our vehicle and, in addition, did not know what the problem was when I took it to be repaired. I phoned ford and they told me that this was not covered and would not reimburse me for the repair. With only 66,000 miles on my vehicle, this should not have happened and caused a very dangerous situation. Now I am wondering when the other coil spring will snap. I believe that ford should be responsible for the repair of this vehicle since this is a recurring issue and could have caused a major accident. I have retained the broken coil spring.

Filed Sep 26, 2005 · Tires · TX

I purchased four new michelin hydroedge tires for my wife's car in february 2005. Bgod haex 2004 215/65/r1698t. Two have blown, literally, apart on her ford windstar 2004 minivan - sel model. I have returned them to costco and they have replaced all four with a lesser michelin tire. Tires were filled w/ nitrogen. Both blowouts were in the "heat of the day." no deaths or accident, but second blow up occurred at 65 miles per hour.

Filed Jul 26, 2005 · Tires · 52,900 miles · CA

Failure(premature tread seperation) on 07/24/2005 at 10:30 pm my husband and I were in our 2003 ford windstar( on hwy 65) when we eperianced a blow out, we were traveling at the posted speed and there were no obstructions in the road. Upon investigation of the tire ( ameri gs60 p215/70/r15) we discovered complete seperation of tread right down the middle of the tire(causing damage to gas spicit, a rear water line, bumper damage, complete removal of the d-side rear wheel well shield) we found this odd because tire had much tread left also tires were rotated at local wal mart only less than 6-months

Filed Nov 5, 2003 · NY

The right front tire blew out. The driver pulled over to change the tire with the jack. While taking off the flat tire, the jack collapsed without warning. The driver was not injured. *ak the tire was being changed in the garage on a flat cement floor. *scc