2001 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

ABS, BRAKE LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALL ON AT THE SAME TIME. VEHICLE SHAKES LIKE IT IS GOING TO CUT OFF. DESPITE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS AT REPAIRS, STILL DOES IT AS OF TODAY (2012). *TR

ABS BRAKES ARE ACTIVATING DURING NORMAL BRAKING. MY ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS STARTED COMING ON ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO. MY ABS BRAKES ACTUALLY ACTIVATED WHILE I WAS BRAKING IN NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, NO GRAVEL, RAIN, ETC.. MY SON WAS DRIVING AND I WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. WE WERE COMING TO A STOP AT A HIGHWAY AND THE CAR WOULDN'T STOP WHEN HE BROKE. IT JUST KEPT GOING. IT WAS VERY SCARY. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS BUT JUST ASSUMED IT WAS A ONE TIME DEAL. THE LIGHTS CONTINUED TO COME ON OFF AND ON EVER FEW WEEKS. ABOUT A YEAR LATER THE ABS BRAKES ACTIVATED AGAIN WHILE I WAS DRIVING THROUGH TOWN (30 MPG) AND COMING TO A STOP. WHEN I WAS GOING AROUND 5 MPG AND THERE WAS A CAR STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME MY CAR WOULD NOT STOP. IT KEPT "PULSATING" AND MOVING FORWARD. SCARED THE HECK OUT OF ME. I ALMOST REAR ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. AT THIS POINT I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER. THEY RAN A $100 DIAGNOSTIC AND SAID IT WAS THE ABS MODULE THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED...$980 LATER. THE CLERK TOLD ME THAT THIS MAY NOT FIX THE PROBLEM BUT THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO THIS *FIRST. WE DID NOT HAVE IT REPLACED SINCE THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THE LIGHTS CONTINUED TO COME ON BUT AT CLOSER INTERVALS. LAST WEEK, AUGUST, 2012 IT HAPPENED FOR THE 3RD TIME; THE ABS LIGHT DID NOT COME ON DURING THIS EPISODE. I WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A HIGHWAY ENTRANCE.... MY CAR WOULD NOT STOP AGAIN! IT KEPT PULSATING AND PULLING FORWARD TOWARDS THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. VERY SCARY!! THE BRAKE AND ABS LIGHTS ARE NOW COMING ON 2-5 TIMES WERE DRIVING TRIP. *TR

THE ABS SYSTEM HAVE BEEN INTERMITTENTLY OPERATING FOR A WHILE AND CASED THE ARE TO ALMOST REAR END A VEHICLE. BOTH THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ONE WHEN IF FAILS. THIS FAULT FIRST OCCURRED AROUND 78,000 MILES. *TR REPLACED THE ABS MODULE AND THE SECOND ONE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. FORD INDICATED THAT THEY WANTED ME TO BUY A NEW PART AT >1250$. NOT SURE THAT IT WOULD WORK ANY BETTER THAT THE TWO I HAVE OR FELT THAT IT WOULD NOT LAST.

ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON. GO OFF WHEN VEHICLE IS TURN OFF AND BACK ON. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. LESS SO IN COOLER WEATHER. FRONT AND BACK BRAKES CHECK OUT O.K. NO SIGN OF FLUID LEAK IN BRAKE SYSTEM, HOWEVER ABS SEEMS NONFUNCTIONAL. HAD DEALER CHECK LIGHTS. SAID COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES AND THAT THE ABS MODULE MIGHT BE BAD. READ THAT NUMEROUS OTHER OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THESE CARS WERE ASSEMBLED WITH DEFECTIVE ABS MODULES. *TR

ALL RECALLS COMPLETED. ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON. HAD TECH CHECK CODES FIRST ROUND: C1235,C1185, C1198, C1194, C1254, C1246, C1250, C1242, & C1214 SECOND ROUND: C1185, C1198, C1194, C1254, C1250, C1242, C1214, & C1210 THIRD ROUND: C1198, C1194, C1254, C1246, C1250, C1242 FOURTH ROUND: NO CODES PRESENT FIVE MINUTES DRIVING LIGHTS COME BACK ON. *TR

MY ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON AND GO OFF RANDOMLY. I'VE HAD MY BRAKES AND FLUIDS CHECKED AND EVERYTHING IS FINE. *TR

THE ABS LIGHT AND EXCLAMATION POINT LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. THERE IS ALSO A SCRUBBING, DULL SCREECHING SOUND WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES. I'VE HAD IT CHECKED OUT AND ATTEMPTED TO BE FIXED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT NEITHER MECHANIC HAS BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT. THEY TURN THE LIGHTS OFF, BUT THEY COME RIGHT BACK ON. PLEASE RECALL AND CORRECT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE PEOPLE GET KILLED. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VAN VERY MUCH. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME WHEN I WENT AROUND A CORNER I HEARD A THUMP IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF MY WINDSTAR, THE FOLLOWING MORNING I TOOK IT INTO MY MECHANIC. HE LOOKED THE VEHICLE OVER AND TOLD ME THE SUB FRAME HAS RUSTED OUT WHERE THE STABILIZER BAR CONNECTS. THIS ISSUE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED BY FORD THE PREVIOUS YEAR WHEN THEY HAD IT IN FOR THE REAR AXLE RECALL. I FIND FORD HAD MADE THE DECISION TO PUT SOME USELESS BRACKETS IN AND NOT REPLACE THE SUB-FRAME. I CALLED CUSTOMER CARE CONCERNING THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS ONLY A YEAR WARRANTY ON THE WORK SO THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AS I HAD PICKED UP THE VAN END OF APRIL /BEGINNING OF MAY 2011. A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM AND QUITE EVIDENTLY THEIR FIX WITH SOME LITTLE BRACKETS DID NOT REPAIR THE ISSUE, I AM NOT SURE HOW SOME BRACKETS ARE SUPPOSE TO CORRECT A RUSTING OUT SUB FRAME TO BEGIN WITH. *TR

ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON ALONG WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT. THE LIGHTS STAY ON FOR VARYING PERIODS AND THEN GO OUT ONLY TO RETURN AT IRREGULAR INTERVALS. NO CHANGE IN VEHICLE OPERATION IS NOTICEABLE. *TR

TODAY RETURNING HOME FROM WISCONSIN ME AND MY FAMILY WAS ALMOST KILLED, IT WAS A 4 HR DRIVE OF TOLLWAYS OF SPEEDS OF 65-70, WHEN WE WERE COMING TO A RURAL STOP( THANK GOD) WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD THUD AND SMOKE, LOST CONTROL OF VAN, PULLED VAN TO SHOULDER WHERE UPON EXAMINATION OF VAN SEEN REAR AXLE SPLIT IN HALF...THANK GOD WE JUST GOT OFF TOLLWAY- OF 70 MPH DRIVING, HAD 2 KIDS IN CAR, AND MY BROTHER, STRANDED MILES FROM HOME....ALL THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE TAKING OFF THE ROADS B4 MORE PEOPLE ARE HURT OR KILLED I AM STILL UPSET OVER THE INCIDENT OF CHEATING DEATH, AND HOPE THIS DON'T HAPPEN TO ANY BODY ELSE... *TR