Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAKES | |||
| 05/01/2012 | |||
| Abs light continues to come on | |||
| 07/10/2010 | 100000 | ||
| 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. kmj | |||
| 06/18/2012 | 1 | ||
| Abs light continues to flash o and off. *tr | |||
| 07/10/2010 | 100000 | ||
| 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. kmj | |||
| 06/18/2012 | 1 | ||
| Abs light continues to flash o and off. *tr | |||
| 07/10/2010 | 100000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2000 ford windstar. the contact sated that the vehicle anti-locks brakes kept coming on and off when the engine is turned on the lights comes on and then when the vehicle is reset by itself goes away. the dealer was not notified. 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. lg | |||
| 06/18/2012 | |||
| Abs light continues to flash o and off. | |||
| 04/26/2002 | 33091 | 1 | |
| 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 | |||
| 04/26/2002 | 33091 | ||
| 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. | |||
| 06/28/2012 | 61780 | ||
| 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. | |||
| 07/02/2012 | 24000 | ||
| I started my van and the abs warning light came on and has stayed on. | |||
| 06/28/2012 | 61780 | ||
| 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. | |||
| 07/02/2012 | 24000 | ||
| I started my van and the abs warning light came on and has stayed on. | |||
| 06/28/2012 | 61780 | ||
| 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. | |||
| 07/02/2012 | 24000 | ||
| I started my van and the abs warning light came on and has stayed on. | |||
| 06/01/2012 | 81000 | ||
| Abs light on, c1185 | |||
| 06/25/2012 | |||
| The (mostly unservicable) 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. | |||
| 06/01/2012 | 81000 | ||
| Abs light on, c1185 | |||
| 06/25/2012 | |||
| The (mostly unservicable) 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. | |||
| 05/30/2012 | 75847 | ||
| Braking distance suddenly increased. it is getting harder to stop the vehicle. | |||
| 05/20/2012 | 110000 | ||
| 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 presistently 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 unreleated, but are apparantly all traceable to a defective/leaking sdcd, that the cruise control on this vehicle has not worked for many months. | |||