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2001 Ford Windstar wheels problems

28 complaints about wheels have been filed for the 2001 Ford Windstar, which is 1% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
28 1% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
144,000 miles 20 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wheels problems show up

Wheels complaints by mileage, 2001 Ford Windstar Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 144,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 5 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 8 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 144,000 miles
Based on 20 complaints that include mileage. 5% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles5
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles8
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 20 wheels complaints that report mileage, the median is about 144,000 miles, and 5% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the wheels complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Vehicle shook uncontrollably while making a right turn. Driver applied the brakes and the pedal went to the floor. Driver was able to maintain control of the vehicle. The left front wheel sheared off, and the lugs: nuts were still attached to the wheel. Vehicle was towed to the dealer, and mechanic determined that the wheel, lugs: nuts, and other parts needed to be replaced.

March 2005

1. Rear axle fractured severely & broke making the car un-drivable on 24 jan 2019 while in motion driving in city traffic. Ford put braces on this vehicle under recall# 10s13, but they failed to prevent further corrosion and metal fatigue. The axle was a bad engineering design from the drawing board combined with not e-coating the metal during manufacturing to prevent corrosion of the metal due to road salt. The axle fractured next to the brace on the driver side as shown in the 4 images below.

Reported at 132,596 miles, January 2019

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