2003 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHTS ARE ON, BRAKES ARE FINE, FLUID LEVEL IS FINE, BUT LIGHT IS ON. ABS NOW NOT WORKING. SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT GO ABOVE 40 MPH UNTIL DRIVEN AT LEAST 3 MILES, THIS IS ALSO CAUSING THE CRUISE CONTROL TO NOT WORK SMOOTHLY. TRANSMISSION IS NOT SHIFTING INTO OVERDRIVE, TRANSMISSION IS CLEAN AND WORKING. ALL OF THESE ISSUES BEGAN WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. *TR

THE ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. THE BRAKES STILL SEEMED TO WORK OK. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALER, WE WERE ADVISED THAT THE ABS WAS NOT WORKING AND IN THE EVENT OF A QUICK STOP BEING NECESSARY, WE SHOULD PUMP THE BRAKES TO PREVENT THE TIRES FROM SKIDDING. REPAIR OF THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO EXCEED $1200.00. *TR

BOTH MY ABS AND BRAKE "DUMMY" LIGHTS ARE ON. WILL GO OFF FOR SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME AFTER VEHICLE RESTARTED, POP BACK ON AFTER A FEW MINUTES. *TR

THE BRAKE AND ABS LIGHTS KEEP COMING ON. SOMETIMES THEY WILL GO OFF, BUT YOU CAN BE DRIVING AND THEY WILL RANDOMLY COME ON. *TR

ABS AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS ON IP ON - FLUIDS CHECKED AS FULL - LIGHTS ON WITH MOST DRIVING - OCCASIONAL WILL BE ON THEN GO OFF FOR SUBSEQUENT DRIVES. NO LOSS OF BRAKE FEEL OR STOPPING ABILITY. BRAKES CHECKED OKAY AT LAST TIRE ROTATION SERVICE BY CONOCO STATION. *TR

THE INTERIOR LIGHTS IN THIS VEHICLE FLICKER ON AND OFF AT RANDOM WHEN DRIVING. IT DOES IT DURING THE DAY AND AT NIGHT. AT NIGHT IS THE WORST. SOMETIMES IT WON'T DO IT FOR A LONG TIME AND THERE IS TIMES WHERE IT DOES IT CONSTANTLY. SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING CORRECTS IT BUT ONLY SOME OF THE TIME. I HAVE BEEN SEEING COMPLAINTS ON MANY DIFFERENT WEB SITES ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND I HAVE SEEN NO TSB ISSUED FROM FORD ABOUT THIS ISSUE. *TR

ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ON DASH COME ON AFTER THEY WARM UP. THIS USE TO HAPPEN ONLY IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. NOW IT HAPPENS ALL YEAR ROUND.. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW MILES BEFORE THE LIGHTS COME ON. *TR

WHILE DRIVING LOST ALL POWER TO TRANSMISSION. CAR WOULD START BUT NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR. CODE SCANNER SHOWS NO CODES, ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT STAY LIT. MECHANIC'S GUESS IN TORQUE CONVERTER. SEEMS TO BE A TOO COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

ABS LIGHT CAME ON, FOLLOWED BY THE BRAKE LIGHT. THIS PROBLEM BEGAN AS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND HAS PROGRESSED TO A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM. CAR CURRENTLY HAS OVER 170000 MILES. THE DEALER HAS GIVEN MULTIPLE OPINIONS ON THE ISSUE TO INCLUDE: ABS MODULE DEFECT, ABS SENSOR DEFECT. *TR

RPM NEEDLE WENT ALL THE WAY TO RIGHT WHILE DRIVING AND CAN'T GET IT TO GO BACK WONDERING IF THS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS WHILE DRIVING. *JS