Ford Windstar Years to Avoid, Problems & Recalls

Which Ford Windstar years should you avoid?

Going by 14,153 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Ford Windstar years to avoid are 1995.

19953,326 complaints, 2.2× a typical Windstar year, most often about the engine.

How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →

Year	Complaints	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
1995Avoid	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

Year

Complaints

Relative volume

Recalls

Fires

Crashes

Most reported

Status

2005

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Engine

Routine