2000 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

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

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 FAMILY WILL LOST LIFE IF NEEDED PICTURES OF THE CORODED ARMS CAN BE SENT AT ANY TIME. CAR WAS IN USE FROM 2000-2011 IN MICHIGAN AND NOW AS WE MOVED IS USED IN NORTH CAROLINA. *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

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.