Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / WINDSTAR / 1996

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003026695 Incident Date: Jun, 06 2003
Consumer's City: THORNTON Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: WINDSTAR Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:cruise control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2FMDA5140TB Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 28 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Sep, 14 1996
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: the contact owns a 1996 ford windstar. two years ago around june 7 2003 while driving the van all weekend, when they got out of the van and walked into a store, were not into the store for 10 minutes and someone said that the vehicle on fire. had problems with abs light coming on, and they tried to have this fixed. were not successful in getting this fixed. the vehicle was totaled, and the insurance company covered it. she believed the problem was from the deactivation of cruise control switch. the fire started under the hood. *ak