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2001 FORD WINDSTAR — Complaint #593526

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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS filed August 22, 2006

NHTSA complaint #593526 (ODI reference 10166272) concerns a 2001 FORD WINDSTAR and was filed on August 22, 2006. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 15, 2005. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:front: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:front: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 2001 FORD WINDSTAR shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2001 FORD WINDSTAR
Component
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
State
Ohio

Complaint Description

I WAS TRAVELING AT 25-30 MPH HEARD A HEAVY CLUNKING NOISE, FELT THE STEERING WHEEL LOSE CONTROL OF THE WHEELS AND PULLED OVER ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. WE REPLACED THE COIL SPRINGS ON BOTH FRONT WHEELS. *JB

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 593526
ODI Number 10166272
Date Filed August 22, 2006
Failure Date May 15, 2005

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