Door Latch problems of the 2000 Ford Windstar

Doors will not unlock via the fob or internal electronic controls due to bad lock actuators. Had drivers side door lock actuator replaced about 1 1/2 years ago (under extended warranty), but now both sliding doors have the same issue. The sliding doors to not have a keyed entry system so the doors must be unlocked from the inside by pulling up on the lock knob.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Windstar. The vehicle's door locks automatically unlock without warning. The child safety locks fail to remain locked. The vehicle has not been diagnosed. The failure occurs each time the vehicle is driven. The purchase date was unknown. The current mileage is 98,000 and failure mileage was 90,000.

My rear passenger power sliding door has not been closing and locking. Door will pop open. As of labor day 2006 this door is locked and now will not unlock or open. This is forcing my children to exit the vehicle on the driver's side.

On the rear sliding doors,drivers side, the door will not unlock, when you hit the button to unlock, it keeps sticking and it will not let you pull it by hand and will not work at all with the remote, it does it every time we use the van, which is practically every day making it hard and aggravating to get my 2 year old out of his car seat,if something were to happen we wouldn't be able to get him out in time.

The automatic sliding door on my 2000 Ford winstar pops open when the weather is hot. Someone has to get out and push it shut. This has been happening since we purchased it new from the dealer, and every time I have taken it in for them to look at they tell me they can't find anything wrong with it. Of course there are numerous postings on edmunds forum about this problem, but the dealer doesn't know anything about it.

2000 Windstar sel - sporadic and continuing failure of psds on both sides to close when vehicle stopped, stay open when vehicle placed into gear, and open while vehicle in motion. Paid $2,000+ to sunland Ford to repair, still occuring, going in again. Ford service personnel have been rude, thrown papers at my daughter when she picked the vehicle up (I'm 70). Son in law searched your database for info, don't understand why psds opening while in motion isn't a safety problem.

2000 Windstar van, automatic passenger side door opens without warning or input from keyfob.

Consumer complained about an electrical door problem. When backing out of the driveway, the doors flew open and consumer could not control them because they were electric. The consumer took the vehicle to the dealer repeatedly and they bandaged the problem which only lasted a month or so. Then it happened again. The consumer stated that the problem was on Fords data base.

The power sliding door on passenger's side lock and unlock for no reason while driving. Dealer was notified. Consumer believed this was a safety issue. The door has also opened while the vehicle was motion.

The driver's side rear sliding door will not stay closed unless forced. It opens on it's own regardless of when the van is on or off. Most commonly it occurs as a bounce-back when we've tried to close it with the remote or door-frame button, but it has occurred when I've started the ignition. My concern is that my 2 year old son rides in the captain's chairs in my van-up against that door. He is in a securely latch'ed seat (britax roundabout with latch) but I am not comfortable with the door randomly opening.

Ie04-008/power sliding door: vehicle's power sliding door would inadvertently open while in motion and stopped. The dealer and the manufacturer were notified.

2000 windtar sliding door on passenger side pops open while vehicle in in motion or door won't open at all. Tailgate very difficult to open. Ford company says it can't duplicate failures except once. I was charged because they said the repairs were cosmetic.

While driving at any speed, sliding door was having a problem where the sliding door would reopen after it closed. Dealer advised consumer to trade the vehicle since it could not be fixed.

I would just like you to be aware the the automatic sliding doors on my Windstar tend to open up by themselves while in reverse or driving I find this as a major safety risk since I have 4 small children who ride in the back.

Passenger side sliding power assist door does not always latch correctly.

When my 2000 Ford Windstar had only 43,000 miles on it the driver's side power sliding door began malfunctioning. Initially it would not latch when closing and would pop back open. Since that time it has gotten to the point where it will not even open all the way on its own. It will open about 12 inches then stop, and still will not latch when closing.

Consumer owns 2000, Ford, Windstar van with power rear sliding doors. The passenger side door becomes unlatched while driving, and at one occurrence actually opened. When this incident occurred had grandchildren in vehicle. Took vehicle to dealer, and dealer said could not fix this problem. Stated Ford vehicles have been having this problem. Has been to dealer 4-5 times. Last week this was fixed, but on a trip this happened again. Went back to dealer again and stuck with this problem.

Sliding passenger door will intermittently pop open after closing, just enough for door ajar light to come on. Dealer was contacted. Dealer indicated there was nothing he could do, Ford was working on the problem.

Side passenger door does not close completely, and occasionally pops open. Usually occurs when stopped, closing door, but has popped open while moving. Occurs intermittently.

While traveling 35-mph in a construction zone vehicle struck a large pothole, and front passenger's door came open. Consumer stated that door was securely closed before incident.

Right side sliding door would reopen by itself after closing and remained open, unable to close door. Vehicle taken to dealer, and waiting on repairs. Repairs were performed by the dealer.

2000 Ford Windstar had multiple problems, most severely was the failure of the sliding doors to latch/lock properly. They would pop open while on the roadway putting children at risk sitting next to the doors. Ford dealership said they were unaware of problem and vehicle taken in 6x for repairs. Ford motor said they were also unaware of any other Windstars having this problem. Found on internet that this is wideranging problem. Filed lawsuit again Ford under California lemon law. They are buying car back. Tracy mccrackin.

On the day consumer bought vehicle and drove it home there was some noise coming from steering column. Contacted dealer, and the dealer said that they did not find anything wrong. Consumer states bells go off randomly for no reason, at any given time and when it rains both sliding doors leak inside, passenger side door is loose and shakes and rattles, will open by itself.

After 1 week of purchasing the vehicle rear doors were defective. Also, that brakes felt "spongy". During repairs dealer discovered that master cylinder was defective. Vehicle has been at the dealership since then. Dealer has advised consumer that repair part was on backorder of waiting list of 2000.

Consumer complained about an ongoing concern that both power sliding doors would not close properly or open intermittently while driving. Vehicle was to the dealer on eight separate occasions, but problem recurred.

Passenger's sliding door would not hold in place whenever it was opened, almost closed on person getting in or out of vehicle. Dealer notified.

While driving cargo door comes open by itself without warning. Dealer contacted. Consumer states the same door opened again and contacted the dealer for diagnostics check.

Right sliding door will not unlock. Dealer is aware of the problem, but has not made any repairs.

Vehicle comes equipped with an automatic door locks that engage when vehicle is put into drive. The sliding door unlocks and slides open whether the vehicle is mobile or not. Dealership has replaced door parts and serviced the vehicle several times, but the problem still exists.

The passenger side rear sliding door popped open while driving. Vehicle will be taken to the dealer for repairs. The sliding passenger door intermittently popped open after closing it at times while driving just enough to cause the door ajar light come on. One must manually pull the lock to open the door. Ford worked on the door and said it needed line adjustments but the door continued to experience the problem.

Rear passengers' sliding doors opened while driving for no reason. Consumer claimed that Ford was not attempting to solve problem.

Rear passenger door cannot be opened from inside , cause is unnown. Please provide further information.

Consumer noticed passenger sliding door once closed and without any indication popped back open, causing other doors not to lock.