I checked again and it looks like the recalls were for the front coil springs on the Windstars up until the 98 model year, coil springs could break and blow the front tire.
Anyway the dealership got the new springs in yesterday morning and I got the new springs and shocks (Gabriel Ultras) installed last night. Very surprised how easy this was on the Windstar, I'm used to rusted bolts, long breaker bars and lots of penetrating oil on suspensions. But the Windstar was easy, had everything swapped in a little over an hour with most of that time being jack work.
If anyone else replaces the coil springs on a 99+ Windstar note that springs have changed. I called 3 dealerships and only 1 seemed to know that my original springs had been replaced by a new part, the other 2 wanted to order the same original spring directly from the manufacturer. My OEM springs were about 1/2" diameter coils but at the top and bottom ends the diameter of the coils tapered to around 3/8" diameter for the last couple of loops. That 3/8" diameter section is what broke on the top of my original spring. The new springs stay at 1/2" diameter coils throughout the spring.