2005 Ford Windstar

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Engine	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Engine

Filed Apr 30, 2015139,000 milesMI

BOUGHT THE VAN USED IN JUNE 2012 WITH 139000 MILES ON IT. THE VAN STARTED TO STALLS WITHOUT WARNING RIGHT AWAY. AT A STOP MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 50 MILES PER HOUR. HAVE TO COAST TO A STOP HOPING NOT TO GET HIT BY TRAFFIC. WAIT ATLEAST 30 SECONDS THEN THE VAN WILL START AGAIN. THE USED CAR DEALER TRIED TO REPAIR IT AND THOUGHT THEY HAD BUT STILL STALLS. HAVE HAD THE VAN INTO SEVERAL REPAIR SHOPS INCLUDING THE FORD DEALERSHIP. NOTHING COMES UP ON THE COMPUTER AND THE CONDITION IS WORSEN IN WARM WEATHER. HAVE COME CLOSE TO BEING HIT BY TRAFFIC SEVERAL TIMES. PLEASE HELP. THIS CONDITION NEEDS TO FIXED EVEN IF IT DOESN'T SUPPORT A RECALL. *TR

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Deaths	Assessment
2005 — this page	1	0	0	0	Routine
2004	24	0	2	0	Routine
2003	1,510	9	27	1	Fatalities reported
2002	1,353	9	48	1	Fatalities reported
2001	1,686	16	62	1	Fatalities reported
2000	1,675	16	55	3	Fatalities reported
1999	1,522	13	61	1	Fatalities reported
1998	1,433	14	65	3	Fatalities reported
1997	192	6	9	0	Routine
1996	1,386	9	45	1	Fatalities reported
1995	3,326	8	50	2	Fatalities reported
1994	23	0	0	0	Routine
1993	11	0	1	0	Routine
1992	2	0	0	0	Routine
1991	3	0	0	0	Routine
1990	6	0	1	0	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.