1998 Mark Iii Ford Windstar

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › automatic transmission. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs	1		0	0	0
Power Train › Automatic Transmission	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs

Filed May 14, 201284,000 milesIL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MARK III FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED TWO RECALLS RELATING TO THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS: 01I007000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS) AND 01V199000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED, AS THE RECALLS HAD BOTH EXPIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF EITHER RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 84,000. THE MECHANIC ALSO DISCOVERED THE REAR SPRINGS HAD FRACTURED. UPDATED 06/25/12

Power Train › Automatic Transmission

Filed Aug 7, 2000MA

TRANSMISSION FELL APART. *ET

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1998

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Deaths	Assessment
1999	1	0	0	0	Routine
1998 — this page	2	0	0	0	Routine

Compare every Ford Windstar year →

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.