Worst years for a Ford Windstar
Owners have filed 19,460 complaints about the Ford Windstar with NHTSA across model years 1985 to 2005. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.
Avoid
1995 Ford Windstar4,799 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.
Every Ford Windstar year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
| Year | Grade | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Median miles | Most reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | Engine & Cooling |
| 2004 | A | 33 | 0 | 2 | 129,000 | Suspension |
| 2003 | C | 2,057 | 54 | 31 | 99,000 | Brakes |
| 2002 | C | 1,928 | 72 | 73 | 101,500 | Brakes |
| 2001 | C | 2,297 | 91 | 79 | 107,245 | Brakes |
| 2000 | C | 2,191 | 87 | 66 | 107,000 | Brakes |
| 1999 | C | 2,040 | 64 | 86 | 101,850 | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 1998 | C | 1,949 | 84 | 90 | 90,000 | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 1997 | A | 249 | 6 | 11 | 88,890 | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 1996 | C | 1,855 | 71 | 53 | 85,550 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1995 | D | 4,799 | 179 | 66 | 97,657 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1994 | A | 25 | 2 | 0 | 134,000 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1993 | B | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | Engine & Cooling |
| 1992 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 1991 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | Body & Structure |
| 1990 | — | 11 | 1 | 2 | — | Fuel & Propulsion |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 0 | 1 | — | Engine & Cooling |
What breaks on a Ford Windstar
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Exactly what failed on a Ford Windstar
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Ford Windstar, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Ford Windstar problems by state
Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.
Compare the Ford Windstar
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.