Ford Windstar
Owners filed 14,153 complaints across 16 model years of the Ford Windstar. The 1995 drew the most (3,326); the 2005 the fewest (1).
Model years16
Complaints14,153
Recalls100
Fires426
Deaths13
Every Ford Windstar model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2004 | 24 | 0 | 2 | — | Suspension | Routine | |
| 2003 | 1,510 | 9 | 27 | 33 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported | |
| 2002 | 1,353 | 9 | 48 | 45 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Fatalities reported | |
| 2001 | 1,686 | 16 | 62 | 66 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Fatalities reported | |
| 2000 | 1,675 | 16 | 55 | 62 | Electrical System | Fatalities reported | |
| 1999 | 1,522 | 13 | 61 | 50 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Fatalities reported | |
| 1998 | 1,433 | 14 | 65 | 54 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Fatalities reported | |
| 1997 | 192 | 6 | 9 | 6 | Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs | Routine | |
| 1996 | 1,386 | 9 | 45 | 60 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1995 | 3,326 | 8 | 50 | 136 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 | — | 2 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc | Routine | |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 | — | — | Visibility › Rearview Mirrors/Devices › Exterior | Routine | |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine |
Which Ford Windstar years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1995 is the weakest year on record, with 3,326 complaints concentrated in the engine and engine cooling › engine. It carries 8 recalls.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.