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1998 Ford Windstar latches & locks problems

Owners reported latches & locks problems in 17 complaints for the 1998 Ford Windstar, <1% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
17 1% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

Accelerator went down on its own while in reverse, no brakes to stop, resulting in a accident. Steering vibrates, recommend rotating the tires. Interior seats slightly twisted, door locks works sometime, interior lights work sometimes.

August 2000 CrashInjury

I own a 1998 ford winstar. I bought it two years ago and a month after I bought it the door ajar light goes on when I open the slider or the trunk and it won't go out therefore my dome light stays on and if I don't pull the fuse I risk the chance of loosing my batteryand when the fuse is out I can't open my windows.

Reported at 50 miles, May 2002

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