Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / WINDSTAR / 2003

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007114527 Incident Date: Aug, 05 2007
Consumer's City: JACKSONVILLE Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: WINDSTAR Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2FMZA51463B Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 05 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 12 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My wife was parked and started our 2003 ford windstar on 6 aug 2007 when she noticed a large amount of white smoke coming from the engine compartment, she had already driven the vehicle for approximately 40 miles that morning. thinking the engine was on fire she opened the hood, she saw the smoke coming from the electrical connection leading to the speed control pressure switch. the vehicle was immediately off and she notice the speed control pressure switch and electrical connection wire was badly charred. she attempted to restart the vehicle several times with the same result, large amounts of white smoke and strong odor of burning wire. we where lucky that it did not ignite into a fire. we are passing this information along so that everyone who needs to know will get the message. i checked and did not find a recall for this particular problem on this make and year. *jb