2001 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, A BURNING RUBBER SMELL CAME FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MOVED OFF THE ROADWAY TO EXAMINE THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE WHEEL WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE REAR AXLE WAS BROKEN. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 12V194000 (SUSPENSION) BUT WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED: REAR WINDOWS NOT WORKING,HAD MOTORS REPLACED WORKED FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS THEN INTERMITTENT THEN QUIT WORKING WITHIN 6 MONTHS. ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT ON DASH GOES ON AND OFF. A/C STOPS BLOWING FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS THEN RESUMES BLOWING. KEYLESS ENTRY WORKS SOMETIMES,SOMETIMES IT DON'T. SPEEDOMETER SLOWER THAN IT READS AND MILEAGE MAY NOT BE CORRECT. WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. INTERMITTENT SETTINGS ON WIPERS QUIT WORKING AND WHEN YOU TURN OFF WIPERS THEY STOP IN MIDDLE OF WINDSHIELD. I HAVE AN 88 YEAR OLD FATHER WITH NO LEGS AND THIS IS THE VEHICLE I HAVE TO DRIVE HIM AROUND IN. DO NOT FEEL SAFE!! *TR

ABS LIGHT ON AND BRAKE LIGHT ON, NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE BRAKES THEY WORK FINE. APPARENTLY THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT FORD HASN'T ISSUES A RECALL ON IT. 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. *TR

WHILE SITTING AT THE RED LIGHT MY BRAKE LIGHT, ABS LIGHT, OVER DRIVE LIGHTS ALL CAME ON AND THEN MY SPEEDOMETER WOULD NOT REGISTER WHEN I STARTED TO GO WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. *TR

MY ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT WAS COMING ON AND OFF. I TOOK IT TO BE REPAIRED AND A CODE SHOWED UP FOR AN ABS SENSOR ON THE FRONT LEFT TIRE. IT WAS REPLACED. THE LIGHTS ARE STILL COMING ON AND GOING OFF AND BACK ON ETC...I TOOK THE VAN BACK AND A NEW CODE APPEARED-C1185. THIS CODE DOES NOT SHOW UP IN THE LIST OF CODES FOR MY VEHICLE ON MY MECHANICS COMPUTER. MY MECHANIC BELIEVES IT IS AN ABS RELAY MALFUNCTION. I CALLED A FORD DEALER WHO SAID HIS COMPUTER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND TO CALL BACK ANOTHER TIME. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY RECALLS ON THIS MODEL VAN AND I HAVE HAD MANY PROBLEMS WITH IT FOR MANY YEARS. WHEN IT COMES TO BRAKES, IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

ABS SYSTEM IS INOPERABLE, ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS OF TIME WHEN I AM DRIVING. IT OFTEN HAPPENS WHEN I HIT A BUMP OR AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. IT COMES ON MORE FREQUENTLY IN HOT WEATHER. *TR

FORD=FIX OR REPAIR DAILY!!!!!!!!!!! I AM WRITING TO TRY AND GET FORD TO DO THE RIGHT THING. MY MOTHER'S EX-HUSBAND TOLD ME TO NEVER BUY A FORD AND I DID NOT LISTEN. I BOUGHT A WINDSTAR 2001. I TOOK IT IN FOR THE RECALL ON THE AXLE. THEY INSPECTED AND TOLD ME IT WAS FINE. I WAS UNAWARE THAT THEY DID ANYTHING TO IT. THREE WEEKS AGO, I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE GYM WHEN MY CAR STARTED SOUNDING ODD. I... PULLED OVER AND NOTICED MY TIRES WERE LEANING IN. MY AXLE HAD SNAPPED. I CALLED THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD INDEED FIX IT DUE TO THE RECALL. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN TAYLOR. THAT NEXT MONDAY WAS MEMORIAL DAY SO I DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING FROM THEM UNTIL THEY CALLED ON TUESDAY AND STATED THEY WILL NOT FIX IT BECAUSE THEY HAD PLACED BRACKETS ON IT 2 YEAR AGO. THEY SAID THEY HAD COMPLIED WITH THE RECALL AND THEY WERE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS REPAIR. WHAT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IS HOW THEY BELIEVE THIS IS ACCEPTABLE. IF FORD HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM IN THE FIRST PLACE THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE. I COULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY OR MY KIDS COULD HAVE BEEN IN THE CAR. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND ASKED FOR THEM TO RECONSIDER THIS TO NO AVAIL. THANK YOU. *TR

ABS LIGHT TURNING ON AND STILL KEEP ON FROM SINCE. ONE YEAR BEFORE, THE LIGHT IS TURNING ON IN SUMMER TIME AND IS TURNING OFF (AT DEPEND ON THE DAY OR IRREGULARITIES ON THE ROAD). THE PROBLEM CEASES DURING FALL AND WINTER. I WAS INFORMED THAT EXIST A FORD RECALL FOR THAT, BUT I WILL NEVER RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD. BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIMENTED PROBLEM WITH ABS LIGHT WITH FORD WINDSTAR 2001, I ASSUME IT IS IMPORTANT TO SIGN A COMPLAIN FOR THAT. *TR

MY WINDSTAR SINCE THEY DAY I BOUGHT IT USED HAS HAD THE ABS TRAC OFF AND BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON AT THE SAME TIME WHEN FIRST TAKING OFF AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE AND STAY ON UNTIL THE NEXT DRIVE THEN THEY DO IT AGAIN I'VE HEARD OF A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE I THINK ITS TIME FOR A RECALL!! *TR

THE ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. FROM RESEARCH ON THE WEB, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM STARTING WITH WINDSTARS DATING FROM 1999. *TR