general problems of the 2000 Ford Windstar - part 1

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Windstar. The contact stated the vehicle failed to start, and the rear glass was out of the frame by about three-quarters of an inch. Additionally, the front driver's and passenger’s side windows failed to go up or roll down and were inoperable. The contact also stated that the instrument panel and anti-theft system were inoperable. The service engine, anti-theft, overdrive, speedometer, abs system, and door ajar warning lights were illuminated. The contact stated that the failure was related to NHTSA campaign number: 00v351000 (electrical system) and 00v020000 (visibility). The contact called the dealer and was referred to the manufacturer for assistance. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer, but the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, and confirmed there were no associated recalls with the VIN and referred the contact to the NHTSA hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 180,000.

The instrument panel goes crazy, doesn't work or works just fine. This happens weather I'm driving on the highway or in the city. .

On Friday, June 23rd, the 2000 Ford Windstar was parked in the lot of meijers at 8650 west grand river Ave, brighton, mi 48116 for approximately a duration of 40 minutes. Upon returning to the vehicle, it was discovered that there was fire from inside my van that appeared. By standards contacted 911 and fire dept and police had responded. The fire was distinguished and reports were made out. The fire inspector indicated that it was an electrical short that was the accelerant ignition point. This is a very serious matter that presented a safety issue for my 9-year-old daughter and me. Ford motor company needs to take full responsibility for this incident. Please advise. Sincerely, scott c.

The radiator and water pump went bad and the transmission went out as I was driving. The electrical locks on the doors locks us in regularly, while driving it often slides on it's own. There's a good bit of things going on with my car that I don't know about to tell you about.

Van stalled while driving, had to be towed. Mechanic could not communicate with computer. Van is having an electrical short which keeps blowing fuse #22 in which van can not be started or driven. Safety hazard, Ford must recall van.

Tl- the contact owns a 2000 Ford Windstar. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer for NHTSA campaign number: 15v608000 (suspension) and the remedy for the repair did not work. The contact stated that the dealer also inspected and serviced the transmission but a failure also happened after the dealers repair. The contact stated that upon leaving the dealer, the suspension was unstable and the vehicle stalled with no warning. The vehicle was unable to be restarted. The vehicle was towed back to the dealer for further inspection and diagnosis. The contact was still waiting on the dealer to provide a permanent remedy for the condition of the vehicle. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the recall repair concern. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 129,405. Dyd.

Tl- the contact owns a 2000 Ford Windstar se. The contact stated that as soon as the vehicle was turned on, all the gauges - gear, fuel gauge, odometer, temperature gauge, e. T. C. Illuminated, darting all over the dashboard. The contact stated that the fuel gauge, for example, showed full even when there was no fuel . Likewise, the gear showed drive while on reverse. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but stated that there was no recall on the failures, therefore offered no help. The failure mileage was 157,007. The VIN was not provided. Fe.

The abs warning light came on. When driving car over 45mph, the speedometer starts jumping all over the meter and the odometer is no longer reading miles. This is the same exact issue as NHTSA campain number 09v399000. Apparently, even though Ford recalled Windstars, our Windstar was somehow not qualified even though we're not experiencing the same exact issue.

My Ford Windstar has had problems with the abs for a couple of years. It turns on and off on the dashboard randomly. When the abs light is on, the abs is not working. When the abs light is off, the abs is working. I had my mechanic fix this for $850. Three weeks later, the new part started doing the same thing. I never know how to brake in an emergency situation because the abs is on some of the time and off some of the time.

For some reason my instrument panel custard needles started,to bounce up and down for no reason and sometimes its ok. Than you be driving and everything its ok, but than there goes the needels bouncing up and down agian and than it stops or if I stop at store or gas station and start the ignition agian it does it again. Problem 2, before the fires on the Ford viechels on the cruise control switch mine had already burned out as I was at the store parking loti picked up my hood and there was the smoke and short wires below the brake fluid holder I fixed it,on my own than see all the problems on the daily news. This happen when I only hadabout 85000 miles. Problem 3, for some reason I'm having with my abs,the light keeps coming on and my brakes don't work right,but when the abs light is off my brakes work fine, I tell you Ford can really make sorry vans like the Windstar lx model.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Windstar. The contact stated the gauges fluctuate and the abs light continuously illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 134,000.

Abs light come on without any specific reason - ecu master relay has a bad soldier joint which fails prematurely and causes the abs light and dtc c1185. It also causes the enhanced abs braking system to become inoperable.

Abs lights came on and abs stopped working and speedometer rpm stopped working.

The brake light comes on. The brake fluid is low. Filled the fluid up. A week later same thing happens. I could not find a leak. Finding a puddle of brake fluid under the van I had to make a better effort to find the leak. The leak is coming from the brake pressure differential deactivation switch. I wen to this site to find out more information about this problem. . Read more...

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Windstar. The contact stated that the abs warning indicator illuminated and the rpm gauge displayed inaccurate readings. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic and the instrument cluster was replaced; however, the failure was not remedied. The manufacturer stated that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 09v399000 (vehicle speed control). The failure mileage was 150,000.

Abs light stays on making them inoperable.

Abs light on dash and other warning lights malfunction at different times along with displays that have characters in dash that are un-familiar. Beeps occur that I find no explanation in manual. Have had 2 malfunction in electric door locks and it is impossible to manually unlock passenger side doors from outside doors. Rear door latch cannot be opened except with key in event of certain types of crashes especially if occupants are not conscious.

Abs light on speedometer odometer don't work.

Abs brake, cruise control, and speedometer/odometer electrical problems.

Abs light and traction control lights coming on. Sliding doors not fully locking coming open while driving.

I was driving on the highway and all my instrument panel needles (speedometer,gas, rpm, mileage, temperature) were all jumping around. This went on all the way home. I parked the car but the rpm needle was stuck I was able to move the rpm needle but now its broke . The instrument panel continues to sporadically go from working, to not working at all, to all the needles jumping around.

Rear windshield wiper is not working. Mechanic states the rear wiper motor has water damage and must be replaced.

All of the dashboard needles began flipping back and forth sporadically. They would bottom out below the 0 mark for a while registering no speed or gas tank amount and then start jumping around again. When I attempted to park the vehicle, the speedometer needle was lying across the bottom and kept the car from being able to go into park. At this point, the car was unable to be turned off completely, unable to be re-started, unable to steer and I had to hold my foot on the break in order to keep it from rolling. We were eventually able to start and then drive the vehicle home once the needle jumped back up. Once again in the driveway, it did the same thing and we had to drill a hole in the dash in order to manually move the needle out of the way so the van could be placed in park. We will be having it towed to a repair shop.

Abs light is intermittently on. Mechanic reads the code c1185. He suggested that the abs module be replaced and cost $976.

Abs lights showed up on display cluster. 10 amp fuse on 2nd row #2 keeps blowing. Ac stopped working, odometer went to all dashes, speedometer stopped working, electronic fuel display went to "fuel error". After unplugging abs to keep 10 amp fuse from blowing and to get the ac to work, braking system is leaking.

Going down the road traction control will go off and on . It will make the steering very hard. Then when you turn the engine off. It is very hard to start up . Some times you have to wait for about two or three hours then it will start right up. The electric system is very bad. Sometimes when the traction control starts to have a problem the van is very hard to even keep it in control I'm disabled and can't afford to get a better van. I've tried to take it back to Ford but they don't know what to do with it. All they tale me is to get anew one . But I can't. The power on the door locks are bad the locks will go locked and unlock as you drive it down the road. Been doing this for about. 3 years. Or more. Had it in to Ford many times.

Instrument panel stopped working. Unable to determine speed, gas level temp, etc accurately. Other people on the web have been complaining about this for years. The problem appears to be cracked solder on the instrument panel circuit board. This should not happen and should be recalled and corrected.

Tl-the contact owns a 2002 Ford Windstar. The contact stated that while driving 60 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart. The failure occurred on numerous occasions. The dealer or independent mechanic was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 88,262. Ne.

The speedometer and other dashboard gauges start jumping around from zero to wide open, very erratic and then will settle down normal, then start the process all over again. Unable to tell how fast I am going or how much gas is in the tank. Tachometer is also involved and other gauges.

Every light on the dashboard is lit up, including the abs, brake, check engine, etc. The speedometer doesn't work. The air conditioner doesn't work. The rear axle broke, thankfully I was in the driveway. Also, I had to pay for the rear axle because it was not part of the recall. All this started happening before the vehicle had 100,000 miles on it. The dealer I took it to for the last recall said that Ford should buy all the vans back.

I was just told that the electrical cluster for the speedometer/rpm/gas gauges on my 2000 Ford Windstar van is faulty. I have been experiencing periods of time when the gauges work just fine, won't work at all, or go completely beserk. They act out at various times; just yesterday, I had been driving the van for about 15 min, gauges working fine, when I put it into park all the gauges went crazy, with the rpm needle ending up buried past the highest it could go. There have been times where it hasn't worked/gone beserk upon start up. There have also been times where it is working just fine on start up and within a couple of minutes/miles they all go beserk or stop working completely, and at that point, sometimes it goes back to working fine, and other times it doesn't. My dad just got this van for my kids and I less than a month ago, thinking it would be a safe vehicle for us. It's sad to think that my dad threw money away on a vehicle that his regular mechanic now says to just sell/junk it and get a different vehicle because of the gauge cluster being faulty, the recalls on the van and the mount for the exhaust system being busted.

Vehicle abs light came on, ac stopped blowing cold air & speedometer stopped all at same time. Fuse 10 amp was blown and when replaced continued to blow out.

Gauges go crazy and don't work half the time. Abs light is always on. Steering creeks. There is a recall for my make, model, and year but Ford somehow says it is not part of the recall but may become a recall in the future. This is not acceptable. Does someone have to die before they will listen and act?.

All the gauges started jumping back and forth with the speedometer sticking past 120. It stayed there for several days, went back to normal and then has repeated the problem several times. When the tac gauge acts up it wedges the shift indicator making it stick in park position. This is a safety issue to have a speedometer not work and not knowing the trans gear you are in because the indicator position only stays in park. Ford should make good on this safety issue. Replacing the gauge assembly is costly.

The entire dash board goes "crazy" while driving; the speedometer, tachometer, temperature gauge and gas gauge fluxuate, even at idle.