2000 FORD WINDSTAR Complaints

I WAS DRIVING HOME AND ALL OF SUDDEN MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR MADE A FUNNY NOISE AND THE FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP. I COULD NOT TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. MY WINDSTAR IS NOW SITTING IN MY YARD, BECAUSE THE SUBFRAME RUSTED AWAY FROM THE CONTROL ARM. *TR

BRAKING DISTANCE SUDDENLY INCREASED. IT SEEMS THAT THE BRAKE PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL DEACTIVATION SWITCH (SW-6351) IS LEAKING AND FLUID IS MAKING ITS WAY DOWN TO THE ECM CONTROL MODULE (2C219) DAMAGING IT AND MAKING THE ABS SYSTEM INOPERATIVE. *TR

ABS LIGHT FOLLOWED BY FUSE BLOWING AND LOSS OF DASH LIGHT AND ALL INSTRUMENTS(SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER) POWER WINDOWS AND SLIDING DOOR NOT FUNCTIONING. OCCURRED 6 TIMES - REPLACED FUSE EACH TIME. LAST INCIDENT, FIRE OCCURRED ON THE WIRING JUST BELOW AND ATTACHED TO THE MASTER CYLINDER. WIRING HARNESS COMPLETELY MELTED EXPOSING THE BARE WIRES WHICH WERE MELTED TOGETHER. AT THIS TIME SEPARATED THE WIRES AND TAPED EACH WIRE INDIVIDUALLY. AND SECURED WIRES TO THE SIDE WALL OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE STEERING IMMEDIATELY BECAME EXTREMELY LOOSE AND THE CONTACT PULLED OFF THE ROADWAY AS THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT AN UNUSUAL SQUEAKING SOUND. THE CONTACT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SUB FRAME WHICH HELD THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE IN PLACE HAD FRACTURED IN HALF DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURE WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FAILURE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.

REAR AXLE SNAPPED AT ABOUT 30 MPH. DESTROYED BOTH REAR SHOCKS AND DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL. *TR

I HAVE A YEAR 2000 FORD WINDSTAR WITH 3.8 ENGINE. THE ABS BRAKES WORK FINE IN WINTER MONTHS DURING THE MORNING START UPS. ONCE THE VAN WARMS UP THE ABS LIGHT WILL TURN ON. IN SUMMER MONTHS THE ABS LIGHT IS ON ALL THE TIME EXCEPT THOSE COOL MORNINGS. THE ABS LIGHT WILL EVENTUALLY LIGHT UP ONCE THE ENGINE IS WARM UP. THE OBD CODE IS C1185 GIVEN TO ME BY THE FORD DEALER. THE CODE HAS BEEN ON FOR HE PASSED 5 YEARS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD WINDSTAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, SHE HEARD A CLANKING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER MOVE FORWARD. AFTER INSPECTING IT, SHE NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE WAS POINTING OUTWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A BRACKET THAT HELD THE FRONT AXLE HAD CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT A PIECE OF THE FRAME NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 145,000.

ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AT RANDOM TIMES. MAYBE MORE OFTEN IN HOT WEATHER. WHILE LIGHT IS ON ABS DOES NOT FUNCTION. IF I PULL OVER AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, THE LIGHT USUALLY GOES OFF WHEN I RESTART THE CAR. AUTO SHOP REPORTS THIS IS KNOW ISSUE BUT FORD HASN'T DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT. CONTROL BOX NEEDS TO BE REPLACED APPROX $1000.00 I HAD ONE VERY CLOSE CALL WITH A CHILD ON A BIKE JUST A FEW BLOCK FROM HOME. THE LIGHT WAS ON AT THE TIME, AND BRAKES LOCKED UP INSTEAD OF FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. *TR

I HAVE A FORD 2000 WINDSTAR. IN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY LAST WEEK THE REAR AXLE SNAPPED IN HALF. I SAW THE ARTICLE TODAY ON THE NEWS ABOUT THE RECALL BUT THOUGHT YOU WOULD WANT TO ADD THIS TO THE STATISTICS. I CALLED A FORD DEALER WHO SAID TO BRING IT IN AND IT WOULD BE FIXED. *TR

MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT STARTED IN LATE 2008. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LEVER WAS HARD TOO SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. A FEW MONTHS LATER THE TRANSMISSION STARTED LEAKING. AS THE MONTHS WENT BY THE LEAKING GOT WORSE. IN MAY OF 2009 THERE WAS NOW QUITE A BIT OF TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKING FROM THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING THE NEED FOR FLUID TO BE ADDED IN ORDER FOR THE TRANSMISSION TO WORK. PROBLEM FIXED IN JULY OF 2009. TRANSMISSION OIL SEAL WAS DEFECTIVE ON THE VAN, EVEN THOUGH IT ONLY HAD 75,000 MILES ON IT. HEAD GASKET NEEDED REPLACED AS WELL. TOTAL PRICE: $1700. *TR