15V608000
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY
If the brackets were not installed properly, the rear axle may fracture, affecting the vehicle handling and increasing the risk of a crash.
1998 FORD WINDSTAR
4 safety recall campaigns, 10 defect investigations (1 open), 1,949 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations101 open
Owner complaints1,949
Complaints citing a crash84
Complaints citing a fire90
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
12V193000
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
A FRACTURED AXLE CAN AFFECT VEHICLE HANDLING AND INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
12V195000
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY
A FRACTURED AXLE MAY RESULT IN A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
10V385000
SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY
A FRACTURED AXLE CAN AFFECT VEHICLE HANDLING AND INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
What owners report most
- 255POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- 110ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
- 86SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
- 79SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
- 57VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 55SUSPENSION
- 53WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
- 52ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 1998 FORD WINDSTARs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.