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2001 Ford Windstar brakes problems

564 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2001 Ford Windstar, which is 25% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
564 25% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
100,000 miles 469 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
13 and 16
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2001 Ford Windstar Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 100,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 36 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 67 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 116 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 83 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 65 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 43 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 28 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 9 complaints 200k+ miles: 8 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 100,000 miles
Based on 469 complaints that include mileage. 11% 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 miles7
40k to 60k miles36
60k to 80k miles67
80k to 100k miles116
100k to 120k miles83
120k to 140k miles65
140k to 160k miles43
160k to 180k miles28
180k to 200k miles9
200k+ miles8

What the data shows

Of the 469 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 11% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 13 crashes, 16 fires, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was driving on a snow/ice covered road on my way home from work. The road was not plowed. I lost my brakes and started to slide sideways down a hill. I tried to steer the 2001 ford windstar to the side of the road. I was not going very fast. I was petrified. I finally came to a stop my bumper hit a drain pipe. All axles were bent. Smoke was coming from the hood. The windstar was totaled. I received 18 stitches in my mouth. My top teeth bit through my bottom lip. I have a scar. The airbags did not deploy.

December 2005 CrashFireInjury

The warning lights for the ABS system on my 2001 ford windstar are coming on much more often now. Over the past couple of years they would come on only very infrequently, maybe once a week and only after having driven for an hour or so. Now they come on within minutes, though they still do not come on immediately. Now that it is winter I have noticed the brakes locking up and sending me into a skid whenever there is snow or ice on the road.

Reported at 52,000 miles, December 2010

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