2003 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

ANTI SKID SYSTEM FAILED DURING A HEAVY RAIN. ALMOST HIT A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME WHO'S BRAKES STOPPED HIM IN TIME FROM A MAJOR COLLISION. HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM SINCE BECAUSE IT IS THE MAJOR HUB OF THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM THAT FAILED. *TR

ABS LIGHT ALONG WITH BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT IS ON. MULTIPLE DEFECT CODES FOR ABS MODULE SHOWN ON SCANNER. BRAKES NOT FULLY STOPPING VEHICLE WHEN DEPRESSED. BOUGHT VEHICLE IN MAY 2014. CRUISE CONTROL ACTING FUNNY. *TR

THE BRAKE LIGHT AND THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON WHEN NOT ENGAGED. AT THE SAME TIME THE DOORS UNLOCK (WHEN DRIVING) WITH "REAR PASSAGE DOOR UNLOCK" APPEARS. THE DOORS TRY TO LOCK AND UNLOCK. ALSO HAPPENS WHEN STOPPING AND GOING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD. TOOK TO THE MECHANIC AND HE IS UNABLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS HAPPENING. VERY UNSAFE. DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS REPORTING SITE. *TR

ABS (YELLOW LIGHT) AND BRAKE ( RED LIGHT) STAY ON. BRAKES SEEM TO WORK FINE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, ONE OF THE AXLES FRACTURED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V194000 (SUSPENSION). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,000.

THE ABS AND BRAKE WARNING LAMPS ARE INTERMITTENTLY COMING ON. I HAD THE SYSTEM CHECKED BY TWO DIFFERENT CERTIFIED AUTO REPAIR SHOPS AND BOTH RESPONDED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL CODES CREATING THE PROBLEM. THEY ALSO MENTIONED THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO REPLACE THE ABS CONTROL MODULE. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ON MY OWN, I CONCLUDED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE MAJORITY OF 2003 FORD WINDSTAR OWNERS. I BELIEVE THE ABS MODULES ARE NOT MANUFACTURE CORRECTLY CREATING THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO BELIEVE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS ON THE 2003 WINDSTAR. *TR

THE ABS/BRAKE LIGHT INDICATOR CAME ON. IT SOMETIMES WILL GO OFF (USUALLY WHEN THERE IS ROAD SALT ON THE ROAD. IT STAYS ON AND WILL NOT TURN OFF. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER THINKING IT WAS THE BRAKES/OR THE BRAKE SENSORS. THEY SAID IT WAS THE ABS CONTROL MODULE FAILING. IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR ME TO REPLACE. WHEN THE INDICATOR WAS OFF I TOOK THE CAR FOR EMISSIONS INSPECTION AND IT PASSED. NOW THE EMISSIONS INSPECTION IS DUE AND THE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON. I DO NOT WANT TO SPEND $900.00 TO REPLACE THE PART ON AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD CAR ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT IS THE EXACT PROBLEM. *TR

ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT KEEP COMING ON AND STAYING ON UNTIL I TURN MY VAN OFF. THEN IT MIGHT NOT COME ON FOR A FEW DAYS OR IT MIGHT COME ON CONSTANTLY. *TR

I PURCHASED THE CAR USED IN 2006. IT WORKED FINE FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THE BRAKES HAD WORN OUT AND THE ABS LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON. AFTER REPLACING THE BRAKES, THE LIGHTS CAME ON AND OFF RANDOMLY ON DIFFERENT DAYS. THE MECHANICS COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. NOW THE LIGHTS COME ON STEADY AFTER I DRIVE AWHILE AND STAY ON UNTIL I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. I HAVE HAD 4 BRAKE JOBS SINCE, BUT THAT HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS PROBABLY THE ABS MODULE AS THAT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH WINDSTAR'S. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR MORE THAN A HALF MILE AS THE ABS BRAKES DO NOT WORK WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON. *TR

ABS LIGHT AND BRAKES LIGHT ALONG WITH ENGINE LIGHT AND TIRE LIGHT ALL CAME ON OUT OF THE BLUE. *TR