Door Latch problems of the 2003 Ford Windstar

The contact owns a 2003 Ford Windstar. The contact was driving 45 mph on normal road conditions; the "abs" brake warning light indicators illuminated on the instrument panel intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for diagnostic testing. The technician recommended the replacement of the anti-lock brake system computer module. In addition, there were defective automated power locks on all four doors. An authorized mechanic was unable to duplicate the door lock failure. The vehicle is in the process of being repaired for the abs computer module. The contact had concerns of the safety risk involved. The failure mileage was 80,000. The current mileage was 100,000. Updated 12/30/09 updated 12/30/jb.

Our vehicle has several ongoing problems that the dealer has been unable to repair. The traction control light occaisionally comes on and loud grinding noises are heard and vibrations felt through the floor. This problem began around 9/2004. The interior lights will randomly turn on and off while driving. The dealer completely removed the overhead consoles and headliner to repair a short in the wiring harness; but that didn't fix it. And both power sliding doors have malfunctioned several times. The doors will not open with any of the interior switches or remote, and the power locks on them will hang up. The doors have, on occaision, opened by themselves while the vehicle is parked in the driveway. We found the interior flooded one morning after it rained heavily the night before. We can only assume the door opened on its own. And yesterday, the door right side door opened on it own while driving at about 45mph. The interior lights were flashing on and off and the power lock swith on the door sounded like it was cycling on and off. The vehicle was taken straght to the dealer and they verified that it wasn't working - it wouldn't operate with any of the switches. We have notified Ford under the rules of our state's lemon law and are awaiting their response.

2003 Ford Windstar with automatic power sliding doors. This is the third incident where the doors automatically opened when they were closed and locked. The first 2x I returned to find the doors opened and retracted. The third my 3 year old was seated in her car seat when the door opened while driving. This is a hazard and major safety issue. Ford has ignored my phone calls and Ford service they can find no problem and cleaned the contacts. I will file suit in the next few weeks to address this horrible defect.

The sliding door senor failed, causing a 3 year old child's left arm to be closed in the sliding door way. Consumer had to use a crowbar to open the sliding door. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

I have power sliding doors on my Windstar van. This van has been taken to the shop numerous times because the door will not shut securely. I have actually had to take it to the shop with the door only particularly secure for them to examine the problem. This is unsafe especially since my child was in the van with me. I reported to Ford that I was having problems getting it fixed and they sent a letter for me to take it to the dealer, please note I had been taking it to the dealer for the past 6 months.

2003 Ford winstar wife was leaning on front passinger door, door was lock, but as slowing down for stop sign and a few bumps in the road the front pass door "poped"open enough to sound the door open alarm. The door did not open all the way, the lock button was still in the down position. Ford dealer looked over and said they saw no defect, however what and why did the door come open part way.

The electric sliding door on our 2003 Ford Windstar will not stop if my wife or child is in its intended path. The door will literally pin them against the door frame. I have had to apply force in order to have the door reverse. Also the door mechanism (latch) will not allow the door to open when pulled. The door must be forceibly pulled to ectivate the auto open sequence. My wife has stated that when closing ther door with the key fob that the door does not alway close, she has had two occurences where she has removed my daughter from the van and closed the door, when she came out of the store the door was open.

Passenger automatic sliding door reopens while in the process of closing. This happens about 80% of the time. We have to manually force the door to close some times and try 4-5 times the other times to close. This problem also occurs sometimes while in reverse or drive, when close button is pushed inside. Also, the sliding door does not stop and retract if something is in the way. I, the owner, remotely closed the door and realized I forgot something, I went to grab for it, and the door continued to close and almost shut my shoulder and arm inside. Fortunately, I was able to pull my arm out, but the door continued to close until it finally shut.

Consumer complained about a sliding door problem. The driver side sliding door opened on its own. Vehicle had been at dealer on three separate occasions, but dealer was unable to resolve the problem.

Consumer complained about automatic door problem. The door on the passenger side opened without warning while vehicle was in motion.

When the vehicle was on an incline rear sliding door on the driver's side slammed shut. Door slammed on the head of a 3-year-old child, causing bruises and headaches.