2001 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

ABS WARNING LIGHT AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHT COME ON INTERMITTENTLY, AFTER SEND IN FOR THE RECALL ON SPEED CONTROL SYSTEM MODIFICATION... UNTIL TO ABS BULB BLEW UP... BUT PARKING BRAKE LIGHT REMAINED ON... SEND IT BACK TO DEALER... ASK THE SERVICE ADVISOR "WHY MY BOTH WARNING LIGHT ON WHEN I DRIVE... AND NOW MY ABS LIGHT OFF AND PARKING BRAKE LIGHT REMAIN ON" AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME YOUR ABS LIGHT NEVER LIGHT OUT WHEN TURN ON THE IGNITION SWITCH MEAN THAT "THIS VEHICLE WITHOUT ABS" THANK YOU FOR THE REPLY GIVEN BY FORD DEALER SERVICE ADVISOR OF HE BEST KNOWLEDGE....I WILL NOT SENDING MY VEHICLE FOR ANY RECALL IN THE FUTURE..... *JS *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V030000 (STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS: UNDER BODY SHIELDS) IN 2001. THE CONTACT STATED THAT PER THE RECALL, ATTACHING BRACKETS WERE INSTALLED TO BOTH FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS. MOST RECENTLY, THE SUB FRAME WAS FOUND TO BE FRACTURED NEAR THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL AND WOULD NOT MAKE THE REPAIR A SECOND TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE RECALL DID NOT PERTAIN TO THE SUB FRAME AND THAT THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED THE RECALL DID SO ACCORDINGLY. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,500.

A FEW MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR (MAY 2008) THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT STARTED TO COME ON, INTERMITTENTLY, EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS. IT WOULD COME ON WHEN I WENT AROUND A SHARP CURVE OR HIT A POTHOLE. I TOOK THE CAR TO 3 DIFFERENT MECHANICS, WHEN THE LIGHTS WERE NOT ON (NO ERROR CODES) AND WHEN THE LIGHTS WERE ON (EVERY ABS ERROR CODE CAME UP). I WAS TOLD BY ALL 3 MECHANICS THAT THE ABS SENSOR BOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PART WAS GOING TO COST OVER $300 PLUS LABOR TO REPAIR. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE CAR WAS OK TO DRIVE BUT THAT WHEN THE LIGHTS CAME ON MY ABS WAS NOT WORKING AND THAT I SHOULD BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING IN RAIN OR WHEN ROAD CONDITIONS WERE SLICK BECAUSE I WOULD NEED EXTRA TIME TO PREPARE FOR A FULL STOP. I HAVE RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT THERE WERE MANY OTHERS WHO WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AND HAVE TRIED MANY DIFFERENT FIXES WITH NO RESOLUTION, INCLUDING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ABS SENSOR BOARD. WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO ENSURE THAT MY ABS BRAKES WILL WORK CORRECTLY? *TR

WAS RIDING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR JUST STOPPED AND SEEN TRANSMISSION OIL EVERYWHERE ON THE FLOOR AN NOW VAN WONT MOVE BUT TURN ON. *TR

THE REAR SUSPENSION HAD BEEN MAKING NOISE FOR A FEW DAYS. VISUAL INSPECTION DIDN'T SHOW ANYTHING OBVIOUS. BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THE REAR AXEL SNAPPED IN HALF APPROXIMATELY 18 INCHES FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. *TR

MY '01 WINDSTAR HAD SUBFRAME REPAIR IN SPRING 2011... WAS SAID TO BE " INSPECT SUBFRAME- DID NOT PASS BUT CAN BE REPAIRED". IT WAS REPAIRED AT THAT TIME. LAST WEEK, I HAD IT INTO A MECHANIC FOR AN UNRELATED PROBLEM WHERE HE HAD IT ON THE LIFT. HE TOLD ME THAT THE SUBFRAME IS "COMPLETELY ROTTED". I CURRENTLY PLAN TO RETURN TO FORD DEALER. ..UPDATED 04/16/12 *BF *TR

I CURRENTLY KEEP GETTING GRUNTING/POPPING/MOANING NOISE FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN TURNING -BRAKING-STARTING TO MOVE CAR FORWARD . ALREADY REPLACED THE SWAY BAR LINKS AND BUSHINGS BUT THE NOISE STILL COMES AND GOES. ALSO MY BRAKE-&-ABS LIGHTS COMES ON AND OFF FOR NO REASON. AND THE LOCKS ON THE DOORS WORK WHEN THEY WANT TOO. JUST HAD INSPECTION DONE AGAIN 3 WEEKS AGO BUT THEY CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEMS. TALK WITH FORD ABOUT THE NOISE TO TRY TO FIND OUT IF THERE IS ANY DANGER OF A CRASH BECAUSE OF THIS AND I KEEP GETTING THE RUN AROUND. *JS

2001 FORD WINDSTAR. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FORD RECALL #11S16 INVOLVING THE SUBFRAME LOWER CONTROL ARE DUE TO RUST/CORROSION *TGW THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY HIS MECHANIC, THAT THE STEERING ISSUES HE WAS EXPERIENCING WERE RELATED TO THE SUBFRAME RECALL. SUBFRAME BRACKETS WERE INSTALLED AT THAT TIME. HOWEVER, WHILE DRIVING, THE CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, WHENEVER THERE WAS A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO HIS MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS STILL DUE TO THE SUBFRAME ISSUE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE MECHANIC WAS SURPRISED THAT THE DEALER HAD REPAIRED THE PROBLEM WITH A KIT, INSTEAD OF REPLACING THE SUBFRAME. THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE SWAY BAR, WHICH HAD DISCONNECTED FROM THE SUBFRAME, BUT IT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED UNLESS THE RUSTED SUBFRAME WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $ 2,781.00. THE DEALER SENT FORD PICTURES OF THE SUBFRAME, BUT THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE IT AT THEIR EXPENSE. *JB

I AM WRITING THIS TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN SPEED CONTROL ON WINDSTAR 2001 IS THE IDLING PROBLEM WHEN PUTTING DRIVE THE IDLE GOES UP TO 35 THE 40 MILE AN HOUR RUNNING MAKING IT HARD TO STOP UNTIL IT DROPS IF IT DROPS VEHICLE LIKES TO LUNGE FORWARD WHEN LEAVING A STOPLIGHT OR STOP SIGN OR SITTING STILL IN LINE AT TRAFFIC THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM I HAVE HAD THE SENSORS CHANGED TWICE THIS PROBLEM STILL EXISTS SOON AS YOU TOUCH THE GAS PEDAL THE VEHICLE JUMPS TO 35 TO 40 MILE AN HOUR. IF THERE'S A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM I SURE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT IT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC, THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FRONT SWAY BAR WAS FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACT BUT DENIED ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 121,000.