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2001 FORD WINDSTAR — Complaint #608424

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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS filed January 4, 2007

NHTSA complaint #608424 (ODI reference 10177731) concerns a 2001 FORD WINDSTAR and was filed on January 4, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 3, 2007. The vehicle had 90,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New York 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. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

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
New York
Mileage
90,000 mi

Complaint Description

TL* - THE CONTACT HAS A 2001 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED HEARD A LOUD BANG.HE LOOKED AT THE FRONT SUSPENSION AND NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE VAN WAS BEING FIXED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURE R, AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND THEY COULD NOT HELP HIM. THE CONTACT SAID THAT HE HAD PICTURES, AND WILL HAVE THE PART TO SEND.*AK

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 608424
ODI Number 10177731
Date Filed January 4, 2007
Failure Date January 3, 2007
VIN 2FMZA52411B

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