2000 FORD WINDSTAR Service Brakes Problems

GOING DOWN THE ROAD TRACTION CONTROL WILL GO OFF AND ON . IT WILL MAKE THE STEERING VERY HARD. THEN WHEN YOU TURN THE ENGINE OFF. IT IS VERY HARD TO START UP . SOME TIMES YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR ABOUT TWO OR THREE HOURS THEN IT WILL START RIGHT UP. THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM IS VERY BAD. SOMETIMES WHEN THE TRACTION CONTROL STARTS TO HAVE A PROBLEM THE VAN IS VERY HARD TO EVEN KEEP IT IN CONTROL I'M DISABLED AND CAN'T AFFORD TO GET A BETTER VAN. I'VE TRIED TO TAKE IT BACK TO FORD BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT. ALL THEY TALE ME IS TO GET ANEW ONE .BUT I CAN'T. THE POWER ON THE DOOR LOCKS ARE BAD THE LOCKS WILL GO LOCKED AND UNLOCK AS YOU DRIVE IT DOWN THE ROAD. BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT. 3 YEARS. OR MORE. HAD IT IN TO FORD MANY TIMES.

Mileage: 129,032

MY FORD WINDSTAR HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. IT TURNS ON AND OFF ON THE DASHBOARD RANDOMLY. WHEN THE ABS LIGHT IS ON, THE ABS IS NOT WORKING. WHEN THE ABS LIGHT IS OFF, THE ABS IS WORKING. I HAD MY MECHANIC FIX THIS FOR $850. THREE WEEKS LATER, THE NEW PART STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. I NEVER KNOW HOW TO BRAKE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION BECAUSE THE ABS IS ON SOME OF THE TIME AND OFF SOME OF THE TIME.

Mileage: 170,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION AND THE ABS SENSOR INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE SERVICE, THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE CONTROL ARM WAS DAMAGED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200,000.

Mileage: 200,000

THE ABS LIGHT COME ON PERIODICALLY. IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM IN THE ABS MODULE WITH A SOLDERING JOINT. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THE ABS WARNING LIGHT WILL STAY ON AND DISAPPEAR WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED AND SWITCHED OFF. THEN THE LIGHT WILL COME ON AGAIN AFTER THE VEHICLE IS MOVED.

Mileage: 144,000

TAKATA RECALL I SMELL GAS OFTENFROM INSIDE THE CAR, BREAK LIGHT COMES ON OFTEN ENGINE LIGHT WONT GO OFF I HAD A TRANSMISSION PUT INY CA\-

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH CAUSING THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE TO HIT THE PAVEMENT. THE BRAKE LINES WERE FRACTURED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE STEERING WHEEL UNDER CONTROL. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP WHEN IT CRASHED INTO THE GUARDRAIL. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUFFERED BRUISES TO THE HIP THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL TOW YARD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

ABS LIGHT TURNED ON WON'T TURN OFF ABS INOPERABLE

A.B.S. LIGHT ON. SUSPENSION BROKEN IN RIGHT FRONT TIRE. DASHBOARD GAUGES NOT WORKING PROPERLY

Mileage: 98,000

ABS LIGHT WILL NOT GO OUT. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

THE ABS AND TRACTION SYSTEM LIGHTS COME ON AND STAY ON. IF I TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART IT SOMETIMES THE WARNING LIGHTS WILL GO OFF BUT THIS IS INCONSISTENT AT BEST. IF I HIT A BUMP THE SYSTEMS WILL GO OFF. IT DOES SEEM WORSE AFTER THE VEHICLE WARMS UP. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS FAILURE OF MY BRAKING SYSTEM. *TR

Mileage: 124,000

SO I FIXED MY DEFECTIVE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER AND GOT A ABS ERROR CODE C1185 WHICH IS A BAD ABS RELAY. THIS RELAY IS DEFECTIVE BY BEING ON THE BACK SIDE OF A HEAT-SINK PLATE THAT MAKES THE BOARD EXPAND AND CONTRACT ALLOWING FOR SOME, IF NOT ALL, OF THE SOLDER JOINTS BREAK. AS IT STANDS NOW I HAVE NO IDEA IF MY VAN IS SAFE TO DRIVE IN ITS CURRENT STATE WITH THE FAILURE OF THAT RELAY NOR WOULD I LIKE TO RISK IT. SO MY VAN SITS DRIVABLE HOWEVER, NOT USED BECAUSE OF FORD'S LACKLUSTER PERFORMANCE ON RECALLS. I WILL NOT PAY FOR THEIR MISTAKES ANYMORE!!! IT"S CRIMINAL!!!!! *TR

Mileage: 183,000

HAVING ABS AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. OVER DRIVE LIGHTS WAS BLINKING SO I HAD A FULL SCAN DONE. ABS SYSTEM SHOWS ABOUT 12 ERROR CODES AND THE ABS LIGHT WASN'T ON. CHECK THE LIGHT AND THE LIGHT WORKS. THE MECHANIC SEEMS TO NOT TO UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY ALARMING TO ME BECAUSE THIS CAN BE REALLY BAD FOR MY FAMILY SAFETY. ALSO ANOTHER CODE PULLED FOR THE ALTERNATOR OVERCHARGING THE BATTERY WHICH NEVER TURNED THE CHECK ENGINE ON. CHECK ENGINE WAS PROVEN TO WORK AND THAT WAS REPAIRED AND WORK TO FIX IT. *TR

Mileage: 130,727

IN JUNE OF 2012 THE ABS LIGHT BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY COME ON. REPAIR SHOP REPLACED THE RELAYS AND THE LIGHT STAYED OFF UNTIL OCTOBER 2012. REPAIR SHOP REPLACED THE ABS CONTROL UNIT. AGAIN THIS FIXED THE INTERMITTENT LIGHT, HOWEVER, WITHIN A FEW MONTHS THE LIGHT WAS COMING ON THIS TIME SHORTLY AFTER THE CAR WAS STARTED AND STAYING ON. IT CURRENTLY COMES ON WHEN I START THE CAR AND STAYS ON. I DON'T KNOW IF THE ABS BREAKING SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY WORKING. THE BREAKS DO WORK, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT AS LONG AS I CAN STOP THE CAR I IGNORE THE ABS LIGHT. I NOW WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS. THE CAR ONLY HAS 97500 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN GARAGED KEPT FOR THE LAST 77500 MILES. I GOT THIS AS A COMPANY CAR AT 19000 MILES AND PURCHASED IT FROM MY COMPANY AT 75000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 88,000

I HAVE HAD AN INTERMITTENT ABS LIGHT ON IN MY VAN. I HAD THE CODES READ AT UTOZONE AND THEY ARE C1185 C1198 C1194. I HAVE READ ON SOME FORUMS THAT THIS ERROR IS DUE TO A FAULTY SOLDER JOINT IN THE ABS MODULE. IF THIS IS THE CASE, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL BY FORD. *JS

ABS SYSTEM FAILURE . ABS LIGHT REMAINS ON. *TR

Mileage: 135,121

DURING A TRIP ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 70 MPH THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYS ON AS LONG AS VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN UNTIL ITS RESTARTED AGAIN AND CYCLE CONTINUES. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

FOR SOME REASON MY INSTRUMENT PANEL CUSTARD NEEDLES STARTED,TO BOUNCE UP AND DOWN FOR NO REASON AND SOMETIMES ITS OK.THAN YOU BE DRIVING AND EVERYTHING ITS OK, BUT THAN THERE GOES THE NEEDLES BOUNCING UP AND DOWN AGAIN AND THAN IT STOPS OR IF I STOP AT STORE OR GAS STATION AND START THE IGNITION AGAIN IT DOES IT AGAIN.PROBLEM 2, BEFORE THE FIRES ON THE FORD VEHICLES ON THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH MINE HAD ALREADY BURNED OUT AS I WAS AT THE STORE PARKING LOT I PICKED UP MY HOOD AND THERE WAS THE SMOKE AND SHORT WIRES BELOW THE BRAKE FLUID HOLDER I FIXED IT,ON MY OWN THAN SEE ALL THE PROBLEMS ON THE DAILY NEWS. THIS HAPPEN WHEN I ONLY HADABOUT 85000 MILES.PROBLEM 3, FOR SOME REASON I'M HAVING WITH MY ABS,THE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND MY BRAKES DON'T WORK RIGHT,BUT WHEN THE ABS LIGHT IS OFF MY BRAKES WORK FINE, I TELL YOU FORD CAN REALLY MAKE SORRY VANS LIKE THE WINDSTAR LX MODEL. *TR

Mileage: 186,888

AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH WINDSTARS. THERE IS A SWITCH (CALLED THE BRAKE PRESSURE DEACTIVATION SWITCH) HOOKED TO THE BRAKING SYSTEM THAT DETECTS WHEN THE BRAKE HAS BEEN PUSHED AND STOPS THE CRUISE CONTROL ACCORDINGLY. WELL? THIS SWITCH IS KNOWN TO DEVELOP LEAKS, WHICH ALLOWS BRAKE FLUID TO RUN DOWN INTO THE WIRING AND CAUSE A SHORT. THIS BLOWS THE FUSE WHICH CONTROLS THE SPEEDOMETER, A/C, ODOMETER, ETC. *TR

Mileage: 110,856

ABS LIGHTS CAME ON AND ABS STOPPED WORKING AND SPEEDOMETER RPM STOPPED WORKING. *TR

Mileage: 198,000

BRAKE PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL DEACTIVATION SWITCH IS LEAKING FLUID. *TR

THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON AT DIFFERENT TIMES, DIFFERENT SPEEDS, AND DIFFERENT WEATHER CONDITIONS, ALTHOUGH WET CONDITIONS AND BUMPY ROADS SEEM TO GUARANTEED IT COMES ON. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

MY ABS LIGHT NEVER GOES OFF. WE HAVE REPLACED BRAKES ETC AND THE ABS LIGHT CONTINUES TO STAY ON. *TR

Mileage: 102,798

ABS LIGHT IS ON AGAIN. *TR

THE ABS LIGHT STAYS ON AND THE BRAKE LIGHT GOES OFF AND ON. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

ABS LIGHT STAYS ON MAKING THEM INOPERABLE. *TR

Mileage: 133,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS CONSUMING BRAKE FLUID EXCESSIVELY. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V399000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL), BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. AN AUTHORIZED TECHNICIAN INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. UPDATED 11/24/14*LJ UPDATED 5/6/2015 *JS

Mileage: 120,000

I HAD STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN. WHEN IT WAS CLEAR FOR ME TO GO, I ACCELERATED AND WHEN I GOT TO THE NEXT STO SIGN AND SLOWED OWN, MY CAR WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. I PUSHED ON THE BRAKES, HEARD A LOUD VROOM AND THE CAR KEPT GOING. IT'S HAPPEN 3 MORE TIMES. ONE TIME, I WAS AT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT DRIVE THRU. I WAS SLOWING DOWN AS I GOT IN LINE AND WHEN I PUT ON THE BRAKES, THE CAR MADE A LOUD VROOM SOUND AND KEEP GOING. I KEPT PUSHING ON THE BRAKES AND IT FINALLY STOPPED. I CANNOT REMEMBER IF I PUT THE CAR IN PARK OR NOT BUT I THINK I DID THAT TIME. I WOULD HAVE TAPPED THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. I READ ONLINE ABOUT A SON WHOSE MOTHERS WIND STAR HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. IT MAY NEED TO BE RECALLED. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

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

Mileage: 178,237

ABS LIGHT ON. SYSTEM CODE C1185. *TR

Mileage: 134,500

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

Mileage: 144,744

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

Mileage: 44,951

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.

Mileage: 150,000

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

Mileage: 123,000

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

Mileage: 25

ABS LIGHT CAME ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *JS

Mileage: 61,800

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

Mileage: 53,000

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

Mileage: 165,000

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

Mileage: 134,034

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

Mileage: 64,943

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

Mileage: 127,000

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

Mileage: 98,000

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

Mileage: 115,146

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

Mileage: 155,000

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

Mileage: 91,000

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

ABS LIGHT ON THE DASH. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

ABS LIGHT ON. *TR

ABS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

Mileage: 28,000

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

Mileage: 121,000

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

Mileage: 99,505

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

Mileage: 85,448

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

Mileage: 112,000

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

Mileage: 156,000

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

Mileage: 130,000

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

Mileage: 136,291

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

Mileage: 178,000

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

Mileage: 137,000

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

Mileage: 159,872

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

Mileage: 175,000

WE WERE DRIVING ON LOCAL HIGHWAY WHEN ABS AND TRACTION LIGHT CAME ON. WE THEN HEARD A GRINDING NOISE AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS JUMPING FROM 20 TO 50 SPORADICALLY. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED EVERYTHING IS NORMAL, BUT RECURS SHORTLY AFTER DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 605,000

ABS LIGHT ON INTERMITTENTLY. RESEARCHED INTERNET AND FOUND THIS TO BE ALL-TOO COMMON. THIS IS USUALLY CAUSED BY A BAD SOLDER JOINT(S) IN THE ABS ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE LOCATED ON THE ABS MODULE (HYDRAULIC). WORST OF ALL, FORD GETS TO PROFIT FROM OUR MISERY, SINCE THEY CAN SELL YOU A NEW PART TO FIX THEIR OWN INFERIOR PART. *TR

ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. NO PROBLEM DETECTED. LIGHT COMES ON AFTER DRIVING FOR AWHILE AND THE ENGINE GETS UP TO NORMAL OPERATING TEMP. MECHANICS TELL ME THE ABS MODULE IS BAD. I HAVE TWO WINDSTARS AND THIS HAPPENS ON BOTH. FORD DEFINITELY HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS MODULE! *TR

Mileage: 73,000

ABS LIGHT COMES ON RANDOMLY AND THE ABS DOES NOT WORK. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

THE ABS LIGHT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND OFF FOR NO REASON. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY SAID THE ONLY CODE THAT WAS AFFECTING THE LIGHT WAS THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE SPEED SENSOR WHICH WE REPLACED AND THE CODE WENT AWAY. THE CRUISE CONTROL DOSENT WORK AND THE LIGHT COMES ON AND BREAKING IS SOMETIMES MUCH MORE DIFFICULT WHEN SLICK/WET AND LIABLE TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME MY VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE FORD RECALL FROM 6/2012 RELATINGN TO ABS LIGHT AND DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE C1185

Mileage: 139,000

ABS WARNING LIGHT IS ON, MULTIPLE OBD2 CODES. *TR

Mileage: 27,000

FRONT OF VEHICLE STARTED GRABBING. I CHECKED THE CODES AND FOUND C1185. I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ABS MODULES WITH THE WINDSTARS. I WOULD LIKE TO FILE MY COMPLAINT AND HAVE A RECALL FOR FORD TO FIX THE PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS. *JS

Mileage: 180,000

ABS LIGHTS STAY ON CONSTANTLY , REAR BRAKES LOCKS UP. USED A SCANNER TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM ,SAY ABS MODULE IS FAULTY. *JS

ABC LIGHT APPEARED - LOSS OF BRAKE PEDDLE RESET AFTER TURNING OFF THE ENGINE IN JUNE OF 2012 ABS LIGHT CAN ON - GARAGE REPLACED ABS MODULE THEN IN AUGUST ABS LIGHT CAN ON WAITING ON A SECOND USED ABS MODULE. *TR

Mileage: 116,000

ABS LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. NO IMMEDIATE AFFECT ON BRAKING UNTIL USED HARD. THEN REAR BRAKES LOCK-UP IMMEDIATELY. SLIDING DOORS WILL NOT OPEN USING OVERHEAD CONTROL. LOCKS DO NOT 'UN-LOCK' WHEN UNLOCK IS DEPRESSED. CHILD PROTECTIVE DOOR LOCKS ARE OFF, AND STILL THE SLIDING DOORS WILL NOT OPERATE FROM INSIDE HANDLE. THE ONLY AUTOMATIC FUNCTION THAT OPERATE ON THE SLIDING DOORS IS THE 'CLOSE DOOR' BUTTON ON BOTH SIDES. EXTERIOR HANDLES DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR UNTIL THE LOCKS ARE MANUALLY/PHYSICALLY FORCED INTO THE UNLOCK POSITION. DASHBOARD LIGHTS AND GAUGES GO OUT-OF-CONTROL RANDOMLY. IE: SPEEDOMETER GOES FROM 0 - OVERSPEED, TACHOMETER DOES THE SAME AS WELL AS FUEL AND TEMP. *TR

Mileage: 159,300

ABS BRAKES FAILED TO ACTIVATE OR OPERATE AS DESIGNED MINOR INCIDENT REPAIR GARAGE SCANNED VEHICLE DTC CODE 1185 AND ABS LIGHT ON REQUIRES NEW ABS ECU TO REPAIR ABS SYSTEM APPARENTLY A COMMON OCCURRENCE, POORLY SOLDER JOINT IN ECU. *TR

Mileage: 124,413

ABS LIGHT IS ON. *TR

ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING, CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK, SPEEDOMETER AND RMP GUAGE GOES CRAZY AND STOPS WORKING, LEAKING BREAK FLIUD BUT CAN'T SEEM TO LOCATE PROBLEM, INTERIOR LIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF, DOOR LOCKS WILL START GOING UP AND DOWN WHILE DRIVING, REAR PASSENGER DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY AND WILL SOMETIME POP OUT BUT NOT COMPLETELY OPEN WHILE DRIVING, MAKES NOISE WHEN TURING LEFT I HAD THE RACK AND PINION CHANGED BUT THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM THE NOISE JUST GOT WORSE. *TR

ABS LIGHT IS INTERMITTENTLY ON. MECHANIC READS THE CODE C1185. HE SUGGESTED THAT THE ABS MODULE BE REPLACED AND COST $976. *TR

Mileage: 118,000

ABS LIGHT ON INTERMITTENTLY. INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES ERRATIC SOMETIMES. CRUISE CONTROL NOT FUNCTIONAL AT TIMES. *TR

Mileage: 165,000

ABS LIGHTS SHOWED UP ON DISPLAY CLUSTER. 10 AMP FUSE ON 2ND ROW #2 KEEPS BLOWING. AC STOPPED WORKING, ODOMETER WENT TO ALL DASHES, SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING, ELECTRONIC FUEL DISPLAY WENT TO "FUEL ERROR". AFTER UNPLUGGING ABS TO KEEP 10 AMP FUSE FROM BLOWING AND TO GET THE AC TO WORK, BRAKING SYSTEM IS LEAKING. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

YELLOW ABS LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY AND CODE C1185 (ABS POWER RELAY OUTPUT CIRCUIT FAILURE) IS PRESENT. *TR

Mileage: 225,000

THE ABS LIGHT GOES OFF AND STAY ON UNTIL SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE. IT IS VERY INTERMITTENT, ON WINTER TIME RARELY GOES OFF, SUMMER TIME IS ON MOST OF THE TIMES, IT LOOKS LIKE THE PROBLEM IS MORE PERSISTENT WITH THE HEAT. BRAKES WORK WELL I DON'T SEE ANY DIFFERENCE. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF HAD THE CODE READ AT THE AUTO PARTS STORE AND IT SHOWS CODE C1185. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

I PURCHASED A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. N 4/6/13, I WAS GOING 20 MPH AND THE BRAKES WERE FAILING, I PULLED INTO LENTZ. THEY REPAIRED EVERYTHING I COULD THINK OF. AFTER HAVING MY BRAKES COMPLETELY REPAIRED THE BRAKES FAILED AGAIN. BRING IT BACK TO LENTZ, WITH THOUSANDS OF APOLOGIES AND PROMISES TO FIX IT RIGHT. THEY REPAIRED EVEN MORE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM.. THE BRAKES ABS SYSTEM LIGHT STILL COMES ON, BRAKES SEEM TO NOT WORK OK. SO I BRING TO FORD TO HAVE THE RECALLS CHECKED. THEY SAID THAT MY MASTER CYLINDER WAS LEAKING AGAIN AND EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THIS WAS A RECALL FROM BEFORE, AND THAT THEY ALREADY INSTALLED A JUMPER AND FUSE FOR IT SO IT WONT FAIL OR LEAK. BUT APPARENTLY IT'S STILL LEAKING AND FAULTING OUT. SO I ASKED THEM TO FIX IT, THEY WOULD NOT. I CALLED CORPORATE, AND THEY WILL NOT BUDGE. FORD WILL NOT FIX IT BECAUSE THEY CLAIM IT HAS ALREADY BEEN WORKED ON THAT PARTICULAR RECALL AND THEY SAID THEY DON'T "REDO" RECALL WORK. SO THAT BEING SAID THEY TOLD ME, I WOULD BE SAFE DRIVING IT LIKE THIS. THAT IT'S NO BIGGIE AND IT WONT HURT ANYTHING IF BRAKE FLUID IS LEAKING A LITTLE TINY BIT BY THE SWITCH. I AM A SINGLE MOM WITH KIDS. I BOUGHT IT THEN I PUT OVER 2650 DOLLARS SO FAR INTO THIS STUPID VAN. EVERYTHING HAS GONE WRONG. FROM FRONT AXLE TO BRAKES, TO NO HEAT, ELECTRICAL CRAZY STUFF GOING ON. OF COURSE THEY NEVER FIND IT OR IT APPARENTLY DON'T ACT UP WHEN THEY TEST IT ALL. I'M TERRIFIED TO DRIVE THIS VAN. ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED OF IT. THEY EVEN TOLD ME TO "BE CAREFUL, AS IT MAY CATCH ON FIRE BY THE MASTER CYLINDER" AFTER TELLING ME THEY DON'T REDO OLD RECALLS!! I GUESS THEY PUT A BRACKET KIT ON THE FRONT SUBFRAME AS PART OF RECALL BUT NOW IT HAS MORE PLAY IN THE WHEEL, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO REALLY STEER TO KEEP IT IN BETWEEN THE LINES. THEY SHOULD FIX MY CYLINDER ABS PROBLEM NO MATTER WHAT ITS THEIR MANUFACTURING DEFECT.! TONS OF OTHER SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH THIS VAN TOO. *TR

Mileage: 121,000

MY SPEEDOMETER IS ERRACTIC, MY ABS LIGHT STAYS ON. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

ABS LIGHT CAME ON. ABS SYSTEM NOT FUNCTIONING. *TR

Mileage: 86,000

ABS LIGHT COMES ON INDICATING THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING. FORD SERVICE SAYS ABS MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE COST WILL BE $1000 PLUS TAX. *TR

Mileage: 66,000

THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON FOR SOME TIME. IT MAY TURN OFF ON IT'S OWN. IT MAY TURN OFF THE NEXT TIME THE VEHICLE IS STARTED. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. *TR

Mileage: 51,200

THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN I TURN THE VAN OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON THE LIGHT GOES OFF. TOOK VAN TO DEALER AND THEY CHANGED THE BRAKE PADS FRONT AND BACK AND TURNED THE ROTORS. IT CONTINUED. I FINALLY TOOK IT TO MIDAS AND THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS A CODE C1185. NO INFORMATION WAS FOUND FOR ARECALL BUT MIDAS TOLD US TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 134,835

MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR VAN HAS FREQUENT AND INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS LIGHT COMING ON AND EVENTUALLY GOING OFF; THE CRUISE CONTROL NOT WORKING SOMETIMES EVEN AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALER; AND THE GAUGES IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL (INCLUDING THE SPEEDOMETER) ERRATICALLY MALFUNCTIONING. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THESE ARE COMMON PROBLEMS WITH FORD WINDSTAR AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO RECALLS. (EVEN THOUGH THE MILEAGE IS HIGH, I REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE WITH A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION AND A BRAND NEW ENGINE IN 2006 AND 2007, RESPECTIVELY. ONLY LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE SINCE 2006.) *TR

Mileage: 240,000

ABS LIGHT COMES ON AFTER TRAVELING A SHORT DISTANCE, EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

RED BRAKE LIGHT STAYS ON WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE OFF AND THE MASTER CYLINDER FULL OF BRAKE FLUID. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

C1185 DIAGNOSTIC CODE, BRAKE LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. *TR

Mileage: 168,226

MY WINDSTAR BEGAN TO SHIMMY LIKE A SKITTISH HORSE. WHEN I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL SERVICE STATION, THEY SAID THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WERE READING AS IF THE WHEELS WERE GOING DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND TRYING TO COMPENSATE. EVENTUALLY THE SHIMMYING SENSATION STOPPED AND THE ANTI-LOCK BREAK LIGHT CAME ON, AND STAYED ON PERMANENTLY. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE WHEN IT IS RAINING OR SNOWING. FORD HAS INDICATED TO ME THAT THEY CONSIDER THIS TO BE MY PROBLEM, NOT THEIRS. HOW IS THIS NOT A RECALL ISSUE? THIS IS A PROBLEM WHICH CAN ENDANGER LIFE AND SAFETY OF MYSELF AND OTHERS; AND IT IS A PROBLEM WITH FORD'S DESIGN. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS, LET ALONE WHAT IT WILL COST. *TR

Mileage: 4,900

ABS LIGHT COMES ON SPORADICALLY. SOMETIMES THE ABS LIGHT ON THE DASH WILL ILLUMINATE IMMEDIATELY UPON STARTING THE CAR AND SOMETIMES IT WILL LIGHT AFTER DRIVING 10-15 MINUTES. HAVE REPLACED ALL FOUR WHEEL SPEED SENSORS WITHOUT CORRECTING THE PROBLEM. HAVE NOTICED IN SEVERAL EMERGENCY BRAKING SITUATIONS, WHEN THE ABS LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED, THE ABS SYSTEM IS NOT FUNCTIONING AND THE WHEELS WILL STOP TURNING AND THE CAR WILL SKID TO A STOP. *TR

Mileage: 220,000

ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND IS STAYING ON. HAVE SEEN MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON THIS MODEL AND YEAR. *TR

Mileage: 123,000

PROBLEMS WITH ABS AND BRAKE SYSTEM WITH ENGINE CODE B1185. *TR

ABS BRAKE LIGHT COME ON AFTER A SHORT TIME OF DRIVING AND DOES NOTE GO OFF TILL ENGINE IS OFF, THE WINDSTAR HAS HAD MULTIPLE RECALLS DONE TO IT LIKE THE RUSTY PARTS REPAIR,IM GETTING TIRED OF THIS I EVEN HAD THEN DO SOMETHING SOME WORK TO MY TRANSMISSION,AND I HAD SOME ENGINE ISSUES,I WISHES THEY WOULD BUY IT BACK OR REPAIR THESE CRAZY PROBLEMS BECAUSE ITS COSTING ME MORE TIME AND MONEY. *TR

THE ABS (YELLOW) LIGHT STARTED COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY AND THE CODE C1185 IS DETECTED. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS THE LIGHT STOPPED BEING INTERMITENT AND IS NOW ON CONSTANTLY. THE VAN NOW HAS 185K MILES AND A PERMINATE YELLOW LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

WHILE WE WERE DRIVING TO CHURCH THIS MORNING THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. ON OUR WAY HOME FROM CHURCH, IT CAME ON AGAIN AND SO DID THE TRACK OFF LIGHT. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING CONSIDERING THIS VAN ONLY HAS 151,000! *TR

Mileage: 151,000

ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) LIGHT ON DASHBOARD. AUTOZONE FREE CHECK REPORTED CODE C1185 WHICH ACCORDING TO OTHER REPORTS FOUND ON THE INTERNET RELATES TO A BAD SOLDER JOINT ON THE ABS COMPUTER BOARD. *TR

Mileage: 79,000

ON 8/12/12 AS I WAS DRIVING TO NEW YORK I NOTICE THAT EVERY TIME THERE IS A WEIGHT TRANSFER I HEARD A CLUNKING SOUND ON THE RIGHT FRONT, AFTER RETURNING TO NEW JERSEY I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SEARS AUTO TO HAVE IT CHECK OUT AND WAS TOLD AND SHOWN THE DEFECT WAS WITH THE FRAME WORK WHICH A RECALL WAS DONE FOR IN 2011. THE REPAIR THAT THE DID IN 2011 TO THE FRAME WAS IN MY OPINION A DEATH TRAP AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU SEND A INSPECTOR TO INSPECT THE REPAIR THAT FORD SAID THEY DID TO THESE FRAME WORK, THE STRAP THAT THEY PUT ON THE FRAME IN MY OPINION IS LIKE PUTTING A BAND AID ON A THIRD DEGREE BURN. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO FORD DEALER IN HACKENSACK NJ AND THEY ARE GIVING ME A HARD TIME, MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN THERE FROM FRIDAY AND TODAY IS SATURDAY @ 1430 THEY STILL HAVEN'T LOOK AT IT, MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF MY SKIN THE REALLY DON'T CARE, BUT I DON'T THINK SAFETY SHOULD COME DOWN TO THE COLOR OF A PERSON SKIN. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. *TR

Mileage: 107,000

INTERMITTENT NON OPERATING ABS. TRACED TO ABS ECM DEFECTIVE OPERATION. FROZEN STAINLESS STEEL SCREWS INTO ALUMINUM MOUNT PREVENTED REMOVAL OF ABS ECM FOR PLANNED REBUILD. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE IS A DESIGN AND BUILD DEFECT TYPICAL TO THIS UNIT THAT CAUSES THIS PROBLEM. DESIGN DEFECT -ALUMINUM SHEET HEAT SINK WHICH HAS A GREATER COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION THAN CIRCUIT BOARD CONTRIBUTING TO STRESS ON IMPROPERLY MADE SOLDER JOINTS ON CIRCUIT BOARD(BUILD DEFECT). *TR

Mileage: 110,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS BRAKE WARNING LIGHT CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSE THAT THE ABS SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

Mileage: 147,000

I HAVE 2 PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES, PROBLEM 1 THE MASTER CYLINDER IS LEAKING, CAUSING THE BRAKE LIGHT TO COME ON. PROBLEM 2 THE ABS LIGHT WILL COME ON WHEN DRIVING, IT TURNS ITSELF ON AND OFF. POWER TRAIN, THE O/D LIGHT WILL FLASH WHEN STARTING UP, WILL TURN OFF AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES. *TR

Mileage: 231,000

BOTH THE ABS AND BRAKES LIGHTS CAME ON. JUST DURING THIS LAST MONTH, THE BRAKES HAVE GONE FROM BEING FINE TO ALMOST NOT STOPPING THE VAN. I AM NOW SCRAMBLING TO GET THEM FIXED. THIS CAME ON VERY SUDDENLY. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

ABS LIGHT IS ON BEFORE CHANGING BRAKES. AFTER CHANGING, IT WENT OFF FOR A FEW DAYS AND IS NOW BACK ON. *TR

ABS LIGHT CAME ON. SINCE THAT TIME IT COMES ON EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND NOW DAILY AFTER GOING FOR FEW MILES. *TR

Mileage: 105,900

ABS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY, NOT SURE IF THEY WORK AFTER THIS. I HAVE HAD IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP REPEATEDLY TO HAVE THE BRAKES AND SENSORS INSPECTED. THIS VEHICLE ALSO LEAKS FROM THE SPEED CONTROL MODULE, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DIES, AIR CONDITIONING FAILS DUE TO CONTROL MODULE SHORTS, FUSES BLOW, SUSPENSION AND ROT ISSUES. *TR

Mileage: 118,000

ABS LIGHT TURN ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. MOST OF THE TIME WHEN I STARTED THE CAR THE ABS LIGHT IS OFF, BUT AFTER DRIVING MAY BE 10 TO 15 MILES, THE ABS LIGHT WILL TURN ON AND STAY ON UNTIL I TURN OFF THE ENGINE. SOMETIMES ABS LIGHT IS ON AFTER I START THE CAR. WHEN I TOOK IT TO MECHANIC, THE LIGHT IS OFF, AND HE COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. IT IS SO FRUSTRATED. *TR

ABS LIGHT WENT ON AFTER GETTING WET DUE TO RAIN ON THE PAVEMENT. APPARENTLY HAS SHORTED OUT SOMETHING. FROM WHAT I'VE READ, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. ALSO, THE DASH LIGHT REPRESENTING A TURN SIGNAL BURN OUT WENT ON, BUT THE TURN SIGNALS ARE ALL FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. *TR

Mileage: 207,000

THE ABS LIGHT BEGAN COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY FOR NO KNOWN REASON; GRADUALLY IT HAS BEEN ON MORE. IN RECENT WEEKS, HAVE ALSO BEGUN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEED CONTROL WORKING ONLY INTERMITTENTLY, AND LAST WEEK THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING INCORRECTLY; THE HIGHEST SPEED IT REGISTERS IS 28-29 MPH, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW I'M GOING FASTER. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOW SUDDENLY WORK ONLY ON LOW OR, IF TURNED UP TO THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE SETTING, THEY GO HALF SPEED. TWO WEEKS AGO A BRAKE SET UP FOR NO KNOWN REASON, TO THE POINT THAT I SMELLED 'BURNING.' I STOPPED TO INVESTIGATE WHEN TRAFFIC ALLOWED AND COULD SEE NOTHING WRONG. I DROVE TO A HOSPITAL WHERE SON WAS WORKING AND HE INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THE FROZEN-UP BRAKE. HE WAS ABLE TO EVENTUALLY GET IT FREED UP. A VEHICLE THAT ONCE WAS A VERY DEPENDABLE WORKHORSE HAS SUDDENLY BECOME ERRATIC AND DOWNRIGHT SCARY. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

ABS LIGHT CAME ON WENT TO MECHANIC WHO REPLACED A SENSOR DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM, THE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON EVER SINCE. *TR

Mileage: 3,000

THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM IS INTERMITTENT, AND SOMETIMES THE LIGHT WILL COME ON FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON. THIS SOMETIMES HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING. IT WILL DO THIS ON AND OFF, AFTER SHUTTING THE CAR DOWN, AND RESTARTING IT, OR SOMETIMES DURING DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 148,000

THE ABS BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF ALL OF THE TIME. WHEN I HAVE IT SERVICED, THE DEALER SAYS NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT, SO I DON'T. BUT THE LIGHT IS CONTINUOUSLY ON NOW AND DUE FOR INSPECTION. THE MODULE THAT CONTROLS THE ABS SYSTEM COST OVER $900.00 FOR THE PART AND THEN LABOR. ABOUT $1300.00 FOR THE JOB. I HAVE A CHEVY S-10 PICK-UP TRUCK THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM EXCEPT THE DEALER SAYS IT TRASH IN THE SYSTEM. SEEMS THAT THE AMERICAN MADE AUTO MANUFACTURERS WOULD OFFER SOMETHING FOR THESE PROBLEMS WHEN THE L DEFECTIVE ITEMS ARE INSTALLED IN A AUTO. IS THERE ANY ACTIONS I CAN TAKE OR THE DEALERS TO CORRECT THESE DEFECTIVE MANUFACTURER PROBLEMS. *JS

Mileage: 30,000

ABS LIGHT IS ON INTERMITTENT..../ /OTHER WARNING LIGHTS AND SENSORS ALSO GO ON AND OFF ALOT ! / /ALSO A/C AND SUSPENSION HAVE SIMILAR ISSUES TO PREVIOUS RECALLS..../ /MILEAGE NOW JULY 2012 - IS APPROX 73,400/ *TR

Mileage: 45,000

ABS LIGHT ON DASH INTERMITTENTLY STAYS ON AND DISABLES ABS BRAKES. *TR

ABS LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT SATED THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WOULD CONSTANTLY ACTIVATE. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE ENGINE WAS TURNED ON THE LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 128,000.

Mileage: 100,000

ABS LIGHT CONTINUES TO FLASH O AND OFF. *TR

BEGINNING IN 2002 THE ABS LIGHT APPEARED & AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS TO FORD AND NAPA MECHANICS, DIAGNOSIS WAS NEVER DETERMINED. THEN THE RECALL OF 2009 TO REPLACE THE MALFUNCTIONED PART OCCURRED ON 12/9/2009 - THE VERY NEXT DAY (DEC 10, 2009) THE ABS LIGHT AGAIN APPEARED. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE RECALL WORK WAS DONE AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING THE VAN BACK AND THEY WOULD 'DIAGNOSE' THE PROBLEM FOR $120. MAY 2012 WE REPLACED THE AFFECTED ABS PART WITH OUR OWN FINANCES BECAUSE THE FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD US THAT THE AFFECTED PART WAS NO LONGER UNDER RECALL AND WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM. IT SOLVED THE ABS LIGHT FROM COMING ON FOR ABOUT A WEEK. TO THIS DATE THE LIGHT COMES ON. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE BASED ON THE REPORTS THAT IT WAS AN EXCELLENT FAMILY VEHICLE FOR SAFETY. I WOULD CONSIDER BRAKING AN IMPORTANT FEATURE, TOO. PLEASE HAVE FORD RESOLVE THIS MATTER IMMEDIATELY AND NOT JUST IGNORE THE MATTER. I HAVE LESS THAN 85,000 MILES ON THE VAN SO IT IS NOT DUE TO OVERUSE OR NEGLECT. AND THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN IN SNOWY CONDITIONS, IS PARKED IN A GARAGE WHEN NOT IN USE AND ALL MAINTENANCE IS KEPT CURRENT. PLEASE GET THIS ISSUE RESOLVED CORRECTLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER. *TR

Mileage: 33,091

ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT IT WAS A BAD SENSOR ON THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE AND THAT THE BRAKES OPERATED CORRECTLY. *JS

Mileage: 61,780

I STARTED MY VAN AND THE ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND HAS STAYED ON.

Mileage: 24,000

ABS LIGHT ON, C1185. *TR

Mileage: 81,000

THE (MOSTLY UN-SERVICEABLE) 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. IF YOUR ABS LIGHT IS ON. *JB

BRAKING DISTANCE SUDDENLY INCREASED. IT IS GETTING HARDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 75,847

ON SUNDAY 5/20/12, UPON STARTING OUR 2000 FORD WINDSTAR VAN, I NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT WORKING AND THE ABS (YELLOW) LIGHT WAS PERSISTENTLY ON. (HOWEVER THE RED BRAKE LIGHT THAT HAD BEEN SHINING ON THE DASHBOARD PERSISTENTLY FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS, EVEN AFTER RECALL SERVICING, WAS NOW OFF.) DRIVING FOR A FEW MINUTES, WE REALIZED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS NOT PUTTING OUT COOL AIR, ONLY WARM, AND THAT THE ODOMETER WAS DISPLAYING ONLY DASHES. I SHOULD ALSO MENTION, NOW THAT I HAVE READ UP ON THESE PROBLEMS, WHICH HAD SEEMED UNRELATED, BUT ARE APPARENTLY ALL TRACEABLE TO A DEFECTIVE/LEAKING SDCD, THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL ON THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT WORKED FOR MANY MONTHS. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

AS IS TYPICAL WITH THE WINDSTAR, THE DEACTIVATION SWITCH IS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. THUS, CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS AND CRUISE. UNFORTUNATELY, FORD ALREADY HONORED THE RECALL (09S09) ON THIS VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME THE DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS NOT LEAKING SO THEY INSTALLED A WIRE HARNESS TO AVOID A FIRE WHEN IT DID START LEAKING. (WHY PUT ON A WIRE HARNESS? BECAUSE THEY KNEW THE SWITCH WAS GOING TO FAIL. WHY NOT JUST REPLACE THE SWITCH IN THE FIRST PLACE?) NOW FORD WILL NOT RE-OPEN THE RECALL TO REPLACE THE SWITCH AND FIX THE OTHER RELATED PROBLEMS. *TR

Mileage: 96,000