2000 Ford Windstar: wrong fuel gauge reading

Filed Sep 8, 2015 · Electrical, Transmission · 157,007 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford windstar. The contact stated that all the gauges on the instrument panel failed to function properly. The contact mentioned that the fuel gauge would display full when the fuel was low. In addition, the vehicle would be in drive and the instrument panel would display that the vehicle was in reverse. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 157,007. The VIN was not available. Ma 10/15/2015

Filed Jan 6, 2013 · Electrical, Lights · 109,000 miles · VA

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

Filed Jul 20, 2012 · Electrical · 123,000 miles · WI

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; ie: 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.

Filed Sep 29, 2009 · Brakes, Electrical · CA

Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford windstar. The cruise control and the ABS light were flashing. The dealer stated that the fuse that controls the ABS light and the cruise control were faulty as well as a leak in the master cylinder. A year after the fuse was replaced, the ABS light began flashing again and the gas gauge was not working properly. The transmission also began to fail. The vehicle is currently at the dealer. The contact is aware of the safety risk since the failure could potentially cause a crash. The current mileage was 124,545 and the failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Apr 23, 2009 · Brakes, Electrical · 93,100 miles · FL

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.

Filed Jul 8, 2005 · Electrical · IN

Contact states: contact says that the vehicle made a crackling noise one time for like one minute and that is when the failure started.. The speed odometer, temperature gauge, gas gauge, and tachometer failed. Use to have a theft light and seat belt light, none of these features on the vehicle come on anymore. This problem took place on sunday may 1st. Consumer's husband went out to start the van and it would not start that is when it made the noise. He got out of the van, shut the door, and opened the vehicle again and then nothing on the dashboard would work. The van started that time.*ak