2000 Ford Windstar complaints

ABS LIGHT STAYS ON MOST OF THE TIME AND INTERMITTENTLY GOES OFF BUT COMES RIGHT BACK ON. *TR

ABS LIGHT ON. SYSTEM CODE C1185. *TR

ABS/TRAC CONTROL DEACTIVATION ALARM/WARNING AFTER SHORT WARMUP. NO APPARENT BRAKE FLUID MASTER CYL SWITCH LEAKAGE. OUTSIDE AMBIENT TEMP UPPER 70'S - MID-90'S F. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY AND MADE A LOUD DRAGGING NOISE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE REAR AXLE FRACTURED DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V193000 (POWER TRAIN). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

ABS LIGHT COME ON WITHOUT ANY SPECIFIC REASON - ECU MASTER RELAY HAS A BAD SOLDIER JOINT WHICH FAILS PREMATURELY AND CAUSES THE ABS LIGHT AND DTC C1185. IT ALSO CAUSES THE ENHANCED ABS BRAKING SYSTEM TO BECOME INOPERABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE RPM GAUGE DISPLAYED INACCURATE READINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V399000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

WHILE DRIVING THE VAN THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. *TR

ABS LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COMING ON. SLIDING DOORS NOT FULLY LOCKING COMING OPEN WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FRAME FRACTURED. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE BRACKET. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

ABS LIGHT CAME ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *JS

MY ABS LIGHT STAYS ON AND TRACTION CONTROL ENGAGES ON DRY PAVEMENT WHEN TURNING CORNER LEAVING THE VAN IDLE UNTIL I LET OFF GAS. BROUGHT IN AND WAS TOLD THESE CODES C1235,C1410,B1318. ALSO ABOUT POSSIBLE RECALL. *TR

THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS ON. THE MECHANICS THINK IT IS A BAD SOLDER JOINT IN THE ECU MASTER RELAY. MY ABS BRAKES NO LONGER WORK BECAUSE OF A BAD SOLDER JOINT THAT FAILED PREMATURELY! *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE I FELT THE REAR AXLE BEND. *TR

TRANSMISSION STARTED LEAKING FLUIDS ALL OVER THE ROAD AND STARTED SLIPPING TO WHERE I COULDN'T GET HOME WITH IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER AXLE BECAME FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE AXLE WAS FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 09/02/14*LJ UPDATED 11/18/2014 *JS

WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ABOUT 930 PM JUNE 22 2014 AND STARTED TO FEEL LIKE I WAS GETTING A FLAT IN THE BACK THEN I STARTED SMELLING RUBBER BURNING AND THE BACK END OF CAR KEPT SWAYING ALMOST OUT OF CONTROL THEN I HEARD A NOISE SO I PULL OVER SLOWLY AND BOTH MY BACK TIRES WERE PUSHED IN AT THE TOP AND OUT AT THE BOTTOM..I HAD MY VAN TOWED TO FORD AT 1 COMMERCE BLVD NORTH BRUNSWICK OFF OF ROUTE 1..AND IT HAS BEEN THERE EVER SINCE I CALLED TO CHECK AND SEE HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO FIX AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THEY ARE WAITING ON THE PART AND THEY HAVE 3 OTHER WINDSTARS TO FIX...NOW IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A MONTH AND I STILL HAVE HEARD NOTHING. *TR

THE BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON. THE BRAKE FLUID IS LOW. FILLED THE FLUID UP. A WEEK LATER SAME THING HAPPENS. I COULD NOT FIND A LEAK. FINDING A PUDDLE OF BRAKE FLUID UNDER THE VAN I HAD TO MAKE A BETTER EFFORT TO FIND THE LEAK. THE LEAK IS COMING FROM THE BRAKE PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. I WENT TO THIS SITE TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. HTTP://WWW.FORDWINDSTARRECALL.INFO/ *TR

EMERGENCY BRAKE DOES NOT RELEASE, NUMEROUS TIMES, JUST HAD COMPLETE BRAKES INSTALLED, NEW. *TR

ABS LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED. DEALER PERFORMED RECALL 09S09 AND REPLACED LEAKING SWITCH. RECALL DID NOT FIX ABS LIGHT STAYING ON. LIGHT BEING ON IS INTERMITTENT AND CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. FORD WANTS TO REPLACE NUMEROUS PARTS AT CONSIDERABLE COST STATING THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHTS WILL SOMETIMES ILLUMINATE AT THE SAME TIME WITH A WARNING CHIME. UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED AND TURNED OFF/ON; THESE LIGHTS WILL REMAIN LIT AND NEITHER THE ABS OR TRACTION CONTROL WILL FUNCTION. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT ABOUT 915 PM JUNE 22 2014, WHEN I HEAR MY BACK TIRES SOUND LIKE THEY WERE CATCHING A FLAT. I SLOWED DOWN AND PULLED OVER INTO A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT. WHEN I PULLED IN I HEAR A LOUD SCRATCH SOUND AND I SMELLED BURNING RUBBER REALLY BAD. MY COUSIN CAME ON THE SCENE TO PICK ME UP AND HE LOOKED UNDER THE VAN AND TOOK A PICTURE. THE AXLE CRACKED IN HALF AND THE BACK TIRES LOOKED PUSHED IN AT THE TOP AND PROTRUDING OUT AT THE BOTTOM..IF I HAD BEEN GOING THE SPEED LIMIT OF 50 MPH I WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE 5 CHILDREN WAITING AT HOME FOR ME WHEN I GET OFF WORK. IM JUST THANKFUL I DIDN'T HAVE AN ACCIDENT. BUT NOW I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN CONTINUE WORKING WITHOUT MY VAN. *TR

DRIVING AND LIGHT WILL COME ON AND WHEN YOU GO TO STOP IT WILL VIBRATE. AND THE BRAKES ARE NEW AND THAT LIGHT WILL BE OFF AND THEN IT WILL COME BACK ON AND STOP BAD AGAIN. *TR

MY VAN HAS HAD WEIRD SWAYING ISSUES WHEN GOING VERY SLOWLY OR FAST LIKE HIGHWAY SPEEDS. FINALLY THE OTHER DAY, THE AXLE BROKE. THE REAR ONE. THAT WAS RECALLED. THEY WERE SO BAD IN THESE VEHICLES, FORD WAS BUYING THEM BACK AND GIVING PEOPLE RENTAL CARS UNTIL THEY WERE FIXED. I WAS TOLD THEY WON'T FIX IT AT A DEALERSHIP, THEN FORD SAID THE SAME! THEY WON'T FIX A PART THAT IS BROKEN AFTER HAVING A KNOWN PROBLEM, SO KNOWN THAT THERE WAS A HUGE RECALL AND THEY WERE DOING BUYBACKS BECAUSE OF IT? BUT THEY WON'T FIX MINE? I HAVE TO WALK MILES TO THE GROCERY STORE AND MILES TO WORK. THIS SHOULDN'T BE MY PROBLEM. MY ENTIRE FAMILY WAS IN THE VAN WHEN IT BROKE. THEY ALL COULD HAVE DIED! FORD DOESN'T CARE! THEY WON'T EVEN FIX A PART THAT THEY KNOW THEY SCREWED UP ON AND WERE FIXING! SUCH CRAP. *TR

THE BRAKE PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL DEACTIVATION SWITCH (SCDS) (2B264) LOCATED UNDER THE MASTER CYLINDER (BEHIND THE AIR FILTER) OVER TIME DEVELOPS A LEAK. THIS CAUSES A SHORT AND A FUSE TRIP, FUSE #10 IF THE ENGINE IS ON. THIS LEAK ALSO CAUSES BRAKE FLUID TO WICK DOWN TWO WIRES TO THE ABS BRAKE MODULE (2C219). THE FLUID ACCUMULATES ON THE (ALWAYS ON) POWER CONNECTORS FOR THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM WHICH ARE POWERED BY FUSES 101 AND 102 AND ARE BOTH 40 AMP. THE FLUID ATTRACTS MOISTURE, ROAD SALT AND LEADS TO A FIRE WHEN THE FLUID AND MOISTURE ACT AS CONDUCTOR BETWEEN THE HOT LEADS AND GROUND. THIS SWITCH HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF OTHER FORD RECALLS, JUST NOT MY WINDSTAR VAN YET. MY WIRING HARNESS WHEN INSPECTED WAS WET WITH BRAKE FLUID, INCLUDING THE CONNECTIONS AND THE INLINE FUSES, WHICH BASICALLY PERMITS ELECTRICITY TO JUMP PAST THE INLINE FUSES AND CONTINUE TO HEAT UP THE WIRING HARNESS. THE FUSES BODIES CRUMBLED WHEN INSPECTED. SINCE MOST DOUBLE SIDE DOOR VANS ARE PREDOMINANTLY DRIVEN BY LARGE FAMILIES, THE POSSIBILITY OF MULTIPLE FATALITIES PER VEHICLE DUE TO A HORRIFIC DEATH FROM BEING BURNT ALIVE IS A VALID POINT TO CONSIDER. MOST VEHICLE FIRES SPREAD SO FAST THAT UNSTRAPPING MULTIPLE SMALL CHILDREN FROM RESTRAINT SEATS WOULD TAKE AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME, ESPECIALLY WITH SMOKE INHALATION AND THE HEAT OF FLAMES TO PROHIBIT RESCUE. THANK YOU FOR INVESTIGATING THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS EROSION AND CRACKING AROUND THE AXLE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V385000 (SUSPENSION), HOWEVER THE CONTACTS STATE WAS NOT APART OF THE RECALL, AS IT ONLY COVERED THE NORTH EASTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES WHERE CONCENTRATED USE OF SALT ON ROAD SURFACED WAS USED TO MELT AND/OR BREAK UP ROAD SURFACE ICE. . THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 148,900. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE WORKING ON THE REAR AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, A CRACK WAS OBSERVED ON THE REAR AXLE. THE CRACK WAS LOCATED ON THE AXLE A DISTANCE FROM THE LEFT REAR, DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL. THE CONSUMER STATED DURING THE EXAMINATION OF THE REAR SUSPENSION SYSTEM, IT WAS EASY TO SEE THAT THERE WAS AN OPENING IN THE AXLE STRUCTURE WHERE THE COIL SPRING INTERFACED THE AXLE. THE OPENING ALLOWED SALT CONCENTRATED ROAD SPRAY TO ENTER THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE AXLE AND SETTLE TO ITS LOWEST POINT. SINCE THE AXLE HAD NO DRAIN HOLES TO ALLOW FOR TRAPPED ROAD SPRAY TO DRAIN AWAY, THE SALT CONCENTRATED ROAD SPRAY WOULD IN FACT SET UP CORROSION WITHIN THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE AXLE WHICH, OVER TIME WOULD WEAKEN THE STRENGTH OF THE REAR AXLE ALLOWING FATIGUE CRACKS TO APPEAR. UPDATED 07/16/14 UPDATED 09/16/14*LJ UPDATED 1/15/15 *JS

ABS INDICATOR COMES ON AND OFF DURING DRIVING. ALL WHEEL SENSORS TEST GOOD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR SW. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH, THE REAR AXLE BECAME FAILED AND RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL UNTIL CRASHING. THE DETAILS OF THE CRASH WERE UNKNOWN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. A PRIVATE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND CONFIRMED THAT THE REAR AXLE FAILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

ABS WARNING LIGHT RANDOMLY ILLUMINATES AND EXTINGUISHES. THIS BEHAVIOR IS MORE FREQUENT IN COLD WEATHER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR AN HOUR WHEN HE DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS REPLACED DUE TO A RECALL IN 2011, WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

2000 FORD WINDSTAR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THE SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM MODIFICATION RECALL NOTICE PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER HE RETRIEVED THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IDLING CORRECTLY. THE DEALER STATED THE WORK PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE, HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE IMPROPER IDLING ISSUE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE VEHICLE HAD A VACUUM LEAK, AROUND THE MASTER CYLINDER. *JB

LOW BRAKE FLUID/ BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. ADDED A CAP FULL OF BRAKE FLUID AS BRAKE FLUID WAS ALREADY FULL. 2DAYS LATER LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND HAS BEEN ON EVER SINCE. CANNOT FIT ANY MORE BRAKE FLUID. *TR

THERE IN NO ACCIDENT YET BUT CAN HAPPENS AT ANY TIME !!! EXTENSIVE COROSION ON FRONT SUBFRAME A SPECIALLY ON FRONT CONTROL ARM LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE. VECHICLE WHEN DRIVING IS IMPOSED TO VIBRATION COMMING FROM FROM LEFT SIDE. ANY BUMP AND HOLE CREATE HAMMERING NOISE FROM FROM SUSPENSION. AFTER VISUAL INSPECTION NOTICED EXTENSIVE CORROSION TO BOTH FRONT CONTROL ARMS. THEY CAN SEPARATE AT ANY TIME. CAR WAS INSPECTED ON JAN 04, 2014 AND ON JAN 24 ,2011 AND NOTICE WAS GIVEN "RECAL COMPLETED" TIME OF THE REACLL COMPLETED IN 0.3 HOURS !!! THERE WAS NO DOCUMENTS GIVEN TO OWNER OR ANY EXPLANATION WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. CURENTLY BOTH FRONT CONTROL ARM ARE ALMOST ARE 95% CORODED SO THE NOTE AS "RECALL COMPLETED" WAS ONLY A JOKE. HOW THE CONTROL ARM CAN BE COMPLETLY CORODED IN 2 YEARS ?? THERE WAS ANOTHER DEALER SERVICE - RECALL VISIT ON JUL 11,2011 WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND THIS TIME THE "RECALL COMPLETED" TAKE ONLY 1.8 HR. NO INFORMATION WAS GIVEN WHAT WAS DONE AND WHAT PARTS WAS REPAIR.. I WAS VISITET LOCAL DEALERSHIP SERVICE IN NEW BERN AND WAS GIVEN INFORMATION THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY VECHICLE EVEN THE NHTSA ISSUE REALL ON THE SAME PROBLEM ON MAY 2012. FORD DO NOT LIKE TO ADMIT THAT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE. HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED TO BE KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT TILL FORD WILL FINALLY ADMIT THAT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND POTENTIAL OF THE DEADLY ACCIDENT THAT CAN HAPPENS AT ANY TIME. I DO NOT LIKE TO HEAR "IM SORRY" FROM ANY FORD CEO WHEN SOMEONE FROM MY FAMIL

ABS LIGHT ON THE DASH. *TR

ABS LIGHT ON. *TR

ABS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

ABS LIGHT ACTIVATES AFTER HITTING THE SMALLEST OF BUMP THEN STAYS ON THE REMAINDER OF TRIP. THIS ALSO CAUSES THE BRAKES AND PEDDLE TO ACT UP. IF THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF THE BACK ON THE LIGHT GOES OUT AND BRAKES WORK PROPERLY UNTIL THE VEHICLE HITS THE NEXT BUMP... *TR

THE ABS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS WENT ON (AGAIN, AFTER I HAD NUMEROUS ITEMS REPAIRED OR REPLACED ON THIS VAN). I WENT BACK TO MY MECHANIC WHO FOUND THAT A PART WAS NEEDED, CALLED THE C1185 AND IS PART OF THE ABS MODULE SYSTEM. I THEN WENT TO FORD DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THIS PART COULD BE REPLACED, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE MANUFACTURER FOR THIS PART HAD GONE OUT OF BUSINESS AND THE PART WAS NO LONGER MADE! I HAVE HAD THESE ITEMS REPAIRED/REPLACED ON THIS 2000 WINDSTAR SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN DECEMBER 2013: 1) FORD DEALERSHIP REPLACED TEN-SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH PER RECALL 2) MY MECHANIC THEN REPAIRED THE ELECTRONIC BRAKING SYSTEM, SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER, WHICH WAS TIED IN WITH THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH (REPAIRS WERE OVER $420) 3) MY MECHANIC REINSTALLED IMPROPERLY INSTALLED REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER 4) MY MECHANIC INSTALLED NEW BATTERY *TR

WAS TRAVELING AT 58 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION MADE A LOUD NOISE, THE VAN JUMPED A COUPLE OF TIMES, THEN JUST COMPLETELY STOPPED MOVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. *TR

ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING IN 35 MILES PER HOUR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO RIDE ROUGHLY. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE MOMENTARILY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND INSPECTED, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT BUT INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V385000 (SUSPENSION). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

AS I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND THE FRONT END IS MAKING A VERY LOUD POPPING NOISE ON BOTH SIDES. SINCE THE FRONT END BEGAN POPPING THE STEERING IS UNBELIEVABLY HARD TO CONTROL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 00V351000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

MECHANIC CHECKED OBD AND FOUND CODE C1185, ABS RELAY POWER CIRCUIT. SHOWS RECALL HOWEVER FORD STATES THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS. *TR

ABS LIGHT ON DASH AND OTHER WARNING LIGHTS MALFUNCTION AT DIFFERENT TIMES ALONG WITH DISPLAYS THAT HAVE CHARACTERS IN DASH THAT ARE UN-FAMILIAR. BEEPS OCCUR THAT I FIND NO EXPLANATION IN MANUAL. HAVE HAD 2 MALFUNCTION IN ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MANUALLY UNLOCK PASSENGER SIDE DOORS FROM OUTSIDE DOORS. REAR DOOR LATCH CANNOT BE OPENED EXCEPT WITH KEY IN EVENT OF CERTAIN TYPES OF CRASHES ESPECIALLY IF OCCUPANTS ARE NOT CONSCIOUS. *TR

ABS LIGHT ON SPEEDOMETER ODOMETER DON'T WORK. *TR

ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHILE BRAKING ON SNOW AND ICE, ABS STOPPED WORKING AND VAN SKIDDED OUT OF MY CONTROL, PUMPED BRAKES UNTIL VEHICLE CAME TO STOP, LUCKILY DID NOT OCCUR AT NEXT INTERSECTION,OR WOULD HAVE SLID INTO BUSY INTERSECTION !! BROUGHT TO SHOP AND THEY DID SOME DIAGNOSTICS AND CAME UP WITH VAN NEEDING A NEW ABS/TRACTION CONTROL MODULE. VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. UPWARDS OF $2000.00, IF BOTH ABS MODULE AND ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL PARTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. WENT ONLINE AND HAVE READ MANY MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM ON THIS MODEL OF VAN. FORD KNOWS AND THEY WONT ISSUE OR RECALL A MAJOR SAFETY / BRAKE RECALL......THIS COULD CAUSE SOMEONE SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH !!! BRAKES ARE THERE TO SAFELY STOP A VEHICLES MOTION !!!!! DEALER SAYS VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE WINDSTARS.IF FORD COULD FESS UP AND MAKE PART VERY AFFORDABLE THEN I COULD FIX VAN MYSELF. REAR AXLES,SUBFRAMES BREAKING HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THIS PROBLEM. SINCERELY, [XXX] HERE IS ONE LINK TO A SITE I WAS ON HTTP://WWW.FORDWINDSTARRECALL.INFO/ INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I THOUGHT MY VAN WAS STUCK IN THE SNOW BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT MY RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS NOT MOVING. MY ABS LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL. *TR

ABS LIGHT COMES ON, JUST BEFORE YOU COME TO COMPLETE STOP THE ANTILOCK BRAKES KICK IN, PEDAL SHAKES AND GOES TO FLOOR. *TR

ABS LIGHT STAYS ON! ABS SYSTEM DOES NOT OPERATE! *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, CRUISE CONTROL SET TO 60MPH. MY CRUISE SHUT OFF, MY ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON. IF YOU SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND LET IT COOL DOWN, IT WILL STAY OFF FOR A WHILE, BUT USUALLY COMES ON WITHIN A FEW MOMENTS OF BEGINNING TO DRIVE. AND THE BRAKES WILL WORK, BUT I WILL NOT HAVE ABS OR TRACTION CONTROL AT ALL. *TR