2000 Ford Windstar steering problems
72 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the steering on the 2000 Ford Windstar — 4% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“The steering started to fail to return to normal position. I had the original recall bracket put on my vehicle as can be seen in the photo but this did not actually make the steering arm any better and probably made it worse by allowing the bracket to collect road salt. Ford as been evasive toward…”
filed Dec 2, 2019
“I watched last night as my wife and kids were coming home on the parkway, the rear axel snapped in. Two and both tires just dangeling basically,we had a blow out also managed to get the2000 ford windstar lx off of the main road where I had to call several to companies and no one with a wrecker was…”
filed Jun 30, 2017
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Steering problems in other Windstar years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 Windstar | 40 | 3% |
| 2002 Windstar | 35 | 3% |
| 2001 Windstar | 70 | 4% |
| 1999 Windstar | 184 | 12% |
| 1998 Windstar | 143 | 10% |
| 1997 Windstar | 13 | 7% |
| 1996 Windstar | 50 | 4% |
| 1995 Windstar | 75 | 2% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2000 Ford Windstar
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.