2000 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

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

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. GOING 20 MPH. HEARD A CLUNK, THEN A BIG BAM. FRONT TIRE WAS BLOWN. PULLED INTO AN EMPTY PARKING LOT. HAD VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO WHERE I WORK (TOYOTA DEALER). SERVICE LOOKED AT IT THE NEXT DAY. THE LEFT FRONT AXLE BROKE. IT ALSO NEEDS A NEW TIRE, SPRING, STRUT AND ABS SENSOR. I'VE HAD ALL THE RECALLS PERFORMED. I'VE ALWAYS DONE THE SERVICE NEEDED. OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT CHECKS IT OUT EVERY YEAR TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE. I'M LUCKY THAT I DIDN'T HIT ANYONE AND WAS ABLE TO KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL. *TR

VEHICLE SIDE DOORS REFUSE TO OPEN. UNABLE TO OPEN MANUALLY AND POSE A SAFETY RISK FOR ESCAPE FROM FIRE/ACCIDENT OR OTHER. *TR

WHILE HAVING NEW TIRES INSTALLED, I WAS MADE AWARE THAT THE SUB FRAME WAS RUSTED AND HAD HOLES IN IT. I HAD GOT A RECALL NOTICE THE DAY AFTER FORD PUT A NEW REAR AXLE IN THE WINDSTAR. (DID THEY NOT KNOW ABOUT THE NEW RECALL?) AFTER HAVING THE SUB FRAME KIT PARTS INSTALLED, THE PASSENGER SIDE SUB FRAME WAS PERFORATED, THE NOISE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE UNDER PASSENGER FEET STARTED. I WENT BACK TO DEALER THAT DID THE REPAIRS (BILL BROWN IN LIVONIA, MI>) THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS TIGHT AND VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE. THE NOISE HAS GOT WORSE AND LOUDER. I CALLED FORD IN DEARBORN AND THEY SAID IF BILL BROWN SAYS ITS SAFE THEN IT IS SAFE? I HAVE TO DRIVE THIS CAR AND THE FACT THAT IS MAKES NOISE HAS ME CONCERNED. RAN IT BY BILL BROWN AFTER 6 MONTHS AND TOOK THE SERVICE GUY FOR A RIDE AND HE SAID HE SHOULD LOOK AT IT. THE CAR STARTED TO PULL TO LEFT AND I WENT TO THE TIRE SHOP. WENT BY FOR A TIRE ROTATION AND ALIGNMENT, WAS INFORMED THE SUB FRAME IS CRACKED AND ONLY HAS 10 PERCENT OF METAL LEFT HOLDING IT TOGETHER. GOING TO DEALER THIS WEEK...................LETS SEE IF IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE STILL! *TR

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

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

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

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

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

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