2000 FORD WINDSTAR — Complaint #859330
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY filed June 1, 2011
NHTSA complaint #859330 (ODI reference 10404797) concerns a 2000 FORD WINDSTAR and was filed on June 1, 2011. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 1, 2011. The report was geocoded to Michigan based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:rear:axle:non-powered axle assembly, 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:rear:axle:non-powered axle assembly 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 2000 FORD WINDSTAR shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
2000 FORD WINDSTAR. CONSUMER WRITES TO EXPRESS DISCONTENT REGARDING VEHICLES RECALLS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED SHE RECEIVED FOUR RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR THE RECALL REGARDING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BRAKE HARNESS, THE ODOMETER AND SPEEDOMETER WERE DAMAGED. THE DEALER INFORMED HER THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE DEFECTIVE PART. WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALER FOR ANOTHER RECALL, THEY KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR A WEEK, ONLY TO BE TOLD THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO REPLACE THE REAR AXLE. *JB
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 859330 |
| ODI Number | 10404797 |
| Date Filed | June 1, 2011 |
| Failure Date | June 1, 2011 |
| VIN | 2FMZA5144YB |
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THE REAR AXLE TWISTED SO BAD THAT IT DESTROYED MY RIGHT REAR BRAKES. THE NEW DRUM WILL NOT GO ON IT IS SO BADLY TWISTED. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THERE IS RUST UNDER THE VEHICLE. UPDATED PORTABLE 08/
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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