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2002 FORD WINDSTAR — Complaint #1118906

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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS filed October 9, 2014

NHTSA complaint #1118906 (ODI reference 10643709) concerns a 2002 FORD WINDSTAR and was filed on October 9, 2014. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 9, 2014. The vehicle had 90,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Massachusetts based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:rear:springs:coil springs, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD WINDSTAR cohort independently describe similar suspension:rear:springs:coil springs failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2002 FORD WINDSTAR shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2002 FORD WINDSTAR
Component
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
State
Massachusetts
Mileage
90,000 mi

Complaint Description

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE SUSPENSION WAS UNSTABLE, CAUSING A STRONG VIBRATION AND NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT BURNING PLASTIC FUMES EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED WENT OVER A BUMP AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RIDING STEADY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER AND UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE REAR FRAME, REAR AXLE AND THE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR FRAME, REAR BRAKE DRUMS AND COIL SPRINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1118906
ODI Number 10643709
Date Filed October 9, 2014
Failure Date October 9, 2014

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.