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1998 Ford Windstar fuel system problems

Owners reported fuel system problems in 75 complaints for the 1998 Ford Windstar, 4% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
75 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
80,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 1998 Ford Windstar Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 80,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 8 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 80,000 miles
Based on 18 complaints that include mileage. 28% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles8
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 18 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 28% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 injury, 2 deaths.

What owners wrote

This van has all the defects and complaints listed on thegovt. Recalls the NHTSA site and others ihave too much info to put on this site if there is anyone I can send my complaint to please let me know iam putting it back into the shop again ive been thru a nightmare along with trying to assure my 4 kids that they were safe in this van thankyou angela wallace and by the wat the dealer that sold me this van will not cooperate at all

Reported at 37,000 miles, May 2001 Injury

A/C oct. 99 $168.98, dec. 99 $134.40 suspension july 01 $664.61, dec. 99 $515.85, jun 01 $61.78, body jun 01 $443.61 other CD player jun 01 $19.50 and $366.86 turn signal jan 02 $161.04 dome light jan 02 $84.02 jan 02 $89.72 door oct 99 $134.52, mar 03 $285.07 steering sept.02 $258.82, mar. 03 569.32 computer controls sept. 00 $106.02 engine jan 02 $784.75 coolant smell (found front cover gasket leaking) sept.

Reported at 50,930 miles, December 1999

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