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2001 Ford Windstar exhaust system problems

16 complaints about exhaust system have been filed for the 2001 Ford Windstar, which is <1% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
16 1% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 1 injury.

What owners wrote

The tail pipe sticks out very far and has very sharp points on it. Son punctured his left knee on one of the points. It dug into his knee and left a gapping hole which needed stitches. Tail pipe sticks out too far and the end should be even all around.

June 2001 Injury

Engine light continued to come on. After diagnostic was complete, it was determined to replace the egr valve & sensor. Van has not been able to pass inspection in nc due to "not ready" rejection since the above mentioned repairs were made. The minivan has been at the ford motor dealership for approximately 3 weeks, and they have been unable to find the cause of the problem. An engineer from the ford detroit office was sent to raleigh, nc to investigate the problem, and cause still undertermined.

Reported at 40,000 miles, December 2002

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