I have a faulty switch on my brake master cylinder- and my car was not part of the recall ford issued with the same problem to it's other vehicles. This problem is linked to the cruise control and causes the brake fluid to leak possibly causing a fire.
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I have a windstar and this morning I lost the speedometer, AC, cruise control, and the ABS light came on. I found this site linked from several others this morning when searching for solutions to the issue. Most of the sites listed issues caused by a faulty cruise control deactivation switch. I took the van to mechanic and the cruise deactivation switch had been leaking fluid and caused a short and fuse #10 to blow. I have had the switched replaced and the engine cleaned from the brake fluid. The van is now functioning again but would like to report this issue and find out if this is going to be recalled by ford as it is a potential major safety issue with others failures having caused fires.
2000 ford windstar with ABS, odometer, cruise control, and air conditioner failure. Replaced fuse which seemed to correct problem. Failure occurred again one week later. Concerned about possible fire hazard.
We just purchased a 2000 windstar and the ABS light started coming on and wont go off.
Abs light lit check engine light on.
The ABS light came on first, then the odometer went to dashes, then the speedometer went to zero, the air conditioner stopped working and one of the times it went out my brake pedal went to the floor and the brakes were not working.
Ford windstar ABS brake, cruise control, speedometer/odometer electrical problem: failure of brake pressure differential deactivation switch (2b264). I understand this has been on ongoing complaint, reported numerous times to the federal safety agency.
My fuses keep popping under the dash after finding brake fluid leaking on some wiring I googled some things finding out this is a big problem and I caught mine before a serious fire.
We own a 2000 ford windstar van. This van has had intermittent problems with the ABS light coming on and staying on during the duration of driving the van. The van has also had problems with rough idling and problems with valve seals that are around the injectors going bad (twice). Recently when driving the vehicle, the warning err*f came on and then a warning of "fuel computer data error" and "oil life data error" remained on. I also lost A/C power, odometer reading, and speedometer reading. The power steering and braking systems seemed to be out. When restarting the van, the idle was very rough. The van did run with the tachometer operational. I hope the fuel gauge, and temperature gauge were working. After research, we determined the #10 fuse was blown. When I tried to replace it, there was smoke coming from the back of the air filter area. There is a connector under the master cylinder that has corrosion, brake fluid and appears to be burnt on the inside. When I disconnected the connector, and restarted the van, the problems have appeared to be gone. I am afraid that this will only lead to more problems and more costly ones in the future.
Cruise control stopped working, heat went out, odometer stopped working, speedometer stopped working, rear blowers stopped working, rear wiper stopped working, brake light came on. We replaced the brake fluid and changed the pads, this seemed to fix the problem momentarily but then the brakes stopped working again and the gas hand began to move slowly also. The brakes squeal really bad when stopping and turning and they have to be pressed to the floor in order to make the van stop.
Failure of ABS control system. Component replacement costs are unreasonable and prohibitive. New electrical modules are reported to inherit original design flaw and inevitable same stress-related failure.
Abs light is on, # 10 fuse keeps blowing, cruise control, speedometer, and odometer do not work. New fuse in works fine then the fuse blows again.
Abs light comes on intermittently.
I have a 2000 ford windstar. The ABS light on the dash intermittently comes on and stays on until I shut off the ignition. This has been a problem for about a year. I finally had a mechanic hook up a diagnostic scanner and read the error code, which is c1185 (problem with the electronic control module). Doing an internet search I find this is a very common issue for the 1999-2003 windstars. Looks like ford needs to do a recall of this component.
I own 2000 ford windstar lx. I see brake light always on.
Researching problems with my van I ran a search to see if there are any recalls or technical service bulletins for my current problem: a leaking rack and pinion. While searching I ran across a site (http://www.fordwindstarrecall.info/) regarding the brake pressure differential deactivation switch (2b264). I experienced the symptoms (without the fire) of the switch leaking and now have problems with the ABS light staying on and the dealer I took the van to told me the ABS module needs replacement. The electrical connector to the brake switch showed signs of heat like it shorted out. I asked the service rep at the time if there were any tsb's or recalls and I was told no. I replaced the switch and have had no other problems but I need to replace the ABS module. The switch was weeping fluid but failed unexpectedly and the brake master cylinder was nearly pumped out of fluid. Thinking about it had the master cylinder ran out of fluid and the ABS module rendered inactive from the dripping brake fluid the consequences could have been fire.
I am the owner of a 2000 ford windstar. My problem is typical of what has likely already been reported by many other owners. The brake light and ABS light were indicators that the wiring in my car had deteriorated due to a leak in the hose. I know this is an existing problem already reported by many windstar owners.
Random ABS brake system failure. Web search indicates problem related to design defect in computer caused by excessive heat build up in module. My experience seems to confirms this, as failure is much more frequent in warmer weather.
Ford windstar 2000 ABS ECM failure. Abs light comes on. Any recall notice?
To do with on going investigation on the federal safety agency action number : pe08035 the federal safety agency ford / windstar 1995-2003 component : electrical system electrical system:wiring vehicle speed control I have replaced two of these speed control items on my master cylinder and now am having problems with the ABS module, it is faulting out and was told it needs to be replaced. At nearly $1000 to replace has not happened yet...
I have an ABS light that intermittently comes on in my 2000 ford windstar van. When my van was under warranty I tried to get my dealer to check for the codes on the computer but the light wasn't on at the time and they said they would not be able to find the problem. With the light on dec. 8 I was coming home from logan wv in a snow storm and the ABS failed to stop me on the rte. 73 bridge in logan the front tires locked up and I slid narrowly avoiding a collision.
I have had to replace the brake pressure differential deactivation switch. This was leaking brake fluid in the engine compartment. This leak has caused my cruise control to fail, and now I have intermittent problems with the ABS control unit. I believe this is a fire hazard and a design flaw. Please let me know if the federal safety agency is looking into this issue. My car is a 2000 ford windstar.
Abs system goes off and on, intermittently with no warning.
Problem started with an intermittent ABS light, which was more apparent in hot weather. Eventually ABS light was steady on. The consequence is that the ABS system is deactivated in this vehicle, resulting in safety concerns for control and stability in emergency stop situations. This is an extremely common problem as well as an expensive component (ABS computer) to remedy.
Abs light is on and the ABS system is not working properly.
Leaking brake fluid from switch under master cylinder, leak rate is increasing with time. Similar problems found on internet.
My ABS brake light came on, but all of my sensor lights have been malfunctioning. They couldn't find anything wrong; just said it was a bad sensor. Then the cruise control quit working. Last week my brakes locked up on me and I almost hit a school bus. I took the van in and the mechanic said there was a leak in the break line caused by the electrical system that caused everything to fail that had been recalled by ford. We contacted ford and they said there was no recall they said they only recalled this part on f150s. This is a major problem the mechanic said. We had two fuses to blow the horn won't work; the electrical system is going haywire. The thing that concerns me the most is the brake system, but they say it is all related. We are having it repaired now. When I locked up my brakes I balled two brand new tires so now I have to buy two new tires that are less than 4 months old, because ford refuses to fix this problem.
We had our brake pressure differential deactivation switch leaking fluid which has caused other parts on our vehicle to have to be replaced numerous times. I have found out by researching that this part has been involved in several vehicle fires. And I just want to report that I also have the bad or defective part on my vehicle and it scares me to think that my van could have caught on fire at any time.. .the part was recalled on several other ford vehicles but not on mine.. I own a 2000 ford windstar lx sport.
Brake fluid leakage, had to replace o2 sensor on machine. This causes a brake pad failure. There has been no accidents, but causes the brakes to squeal. I have replaced the brake fluid reservoir 2 times.
While driving the ABS and brake light came on, the odometer displayed only dashes. After doing a google search, was able to identify the problem as a leaking brake pressure deactivation switch xw7z 9f924 ba. Switch was replaced along with #10 fuse and all problems resolved. Internet research provide the link to this site for reporting.
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