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2000 Ford Windstar electrical system problems

230 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2000 Ford Windstar, which is 10% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
230 11% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
111,000 miles 165 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 16
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2000 Ford Windstar Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 111,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 15 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 25 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 37 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 34 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 15 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 11 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 7 complaints 200k+ miles: 4 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 111,000 miles
Based on 165 complaints that include mileage. 10% 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 miles7
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles15
80k to 100k miles25
100k to 120k miles37
120k to 140k miles34
140k to 160k miles15
160k to 180k miles11
180k to 200k miles7
200k+ miles4

What the data shows

Of the 165 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 111,000 miles, and 10% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes, 16 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford windstar. He received a recall notice for the cruise control switch. He stated that the cruise control failed prior to receiving the recall notice and the vehicle caught fire. Prior to the fire the dealer stated that they would need perform a diagnostic test. Ford confirmed that the switch should be repaired without diagnostic testing. There have been no repairs. The failure is directly related to NHTSA campaign id number 09v399000, vehicle speed control.

November 2008 CrashFireInjury

These cars are not reliable and totally unsafe after 1 year of buying my ford windstar 2000 my brake lights when out completely then all my lights went out even the interior lights. The ABS and the emergency brake lights stays on all the time I'm afraid get ford to fix these problems.

Reported at 130,000 miles, July 2006

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Electrical system problems in other years

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