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2003 Ford Windstar transmission problems

Owners reported transmission problems in 100 complaints for the 2003 Ford Windstar, 5% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
100 5% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
87,000 miles 88 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 2003 Ford Windstar Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 87,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 17 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 11 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 17 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 19 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 8 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 5 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 4 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 87,000 miles
Based on 88 complaints that include mileage. 25% 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 miles4
40k to 60k miles17
60k to 80k miles11
80k to 100k miles17
100k to 120k miles19
120k to 140k miles8
140k to 160k miles5
160k to 180k miles4
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 88 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 87,000 miles, and 25% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

I thought the van was in park and got out of the vehicle. It popped out of gear and started to roll back. I tried to get back into the vehicle but it rolled to fast and crushed my leg between the vehicle and a pole. After I was thrown from the vehicle it then started to go forward on an incline. The accident caused me to have surgery to repair a broken left leg. The vehicle was taken to freeway ford where the found that the parking linking was out of adjustment causing it to pop out of gear.

Reported at 27,600 miles, June 2004 CrashInjury

03 windstar was parked on a slight incline with the engine running, A/C was on. My wife and I unloaded the children from both sides of the van (manual sliding doors) and I unloaded a stroller from the back of the van closing the tailgate. We placed items in our garage and I moved the kids toys out of the way so I could pull the van in the garage. My wife needed help taking items in the house and I followed the children into the house. We heard a loud crash.

Reported at 22,712 miles, May 2005

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