Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY/WIPER | |||
| 08/01/2011 | 95000 | 1 | |
| 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 | |||
| 08/01/2011 | 95000 | ||
| 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 winshield 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 wen 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. | |||
| 06/01/2006 | 60000 | ||
| I have had to replace the wiper motor in this vehicle twice so far and now it has malfunctioned again and i will now need to replace it again. that makes four wiper motors in one car. ford disavows any responsibility for this in my windstar, even though it has recalled this motor in other 2000 windstars. i don't understand why they won't be responsible for mine. it does all the things listed in the recall of 2001, loses intermittency, fails to work at all, turns on when i have it is on off, and once, it even caught on fire when it was turned off and not in use. needing 4 new wiper motors in one vehicle is clearly a design or manufacturing problem. this vehicle clearly should have been included in the 2001 recall for this very problem. how can i make ford take responsibility and fix this repeated problem once and for all? thank you. | |||