2003 Ford Windstar: airbag warning light

Filed Jul 12, 2016 · Acceleration, Brakes · 140,000 miles · MN

My speedometer will not work at all, go up and down or get stuck, indicating the wrong speed, while in motion, also at a stop, it will pop up, happens on city street and on highway. I have researched this and there are multiple complaints about issue with ford windstar minivans. To me this is an extreme safety issue as I find it distracting, have no idea how fast I'm going. I was driving through a school zone today and while I was not driving fast, I could not say for certain that I was within the speed limit. I'm continuously looking at my speedometer, taking my foot off the gas to see if it will drop, but I can't trust that the speed reading before was correct. I can be driving and it will pop right up to indicated 100mph, when I'm driving in my neighborhood. I get alerts and signal alarms for "low brake fluid", "check advancetrack", my airbag warning light is on intermittently, and my rear back up sensors don't work either. I have also had problems with the drivers side sliding door not staying shut when parked, I have had this feature disabled for safety reasons. It will start to close, reopen, start again, close partially and then reopen again, even if the door is locked it will do this. These are all ongoing problems, I don't know if they are tied together. I have had the vehicle looked at for problems and have been told that codes come up under diagnostics but when the actual parts they are warning about like the ABS, low brake fluid are fine. I have had the car at a ford dealership multiple times for the door issue and were told they could not figure what was causing the issue.

Filed Dec 17, 2014 · Airbags, Brakes · 136,463 miles · CA

Yellow ABS light and red brake light come on daily. Yellow air bag light comes on weekly. Took to ford dealer 10/1/11, found codes c1185, 1198, 1194, 1254, 1246, 1250, 1248, 1214, 1210, b1869, b1470, u1262, b1676, b1246. Internal module failure, recommend replacing ecu (verbally quoted $1,000 over the phone). If red brake light comes on, I think it's the ABS module, but if something is really wrong, this could create an 'unsafe' vehicle on the road.

Filed Apr 17, 2014 · Airbags · 214,016 miles · NY · 1 injury

Leaving for work, I noticed that the ABS and airbag lights were on up on the dashboard. I drove to work which is only 8 miles away; going no faster than 45 MPH. I arrived at work, placed van in park, turned off the van, took key out of ignition, took off my seat belt, opened door, and the airbag blew up in my face. I raised my arm and my right hand got most of the impact. We have been on the phone for 3 days with the dealer and ford motor company. They keep passing us back and forth both denying any responsibility.

Filed Oct 13, 2008 · Airbags, Seat belts · 60,114 miles · PA

When starting car airbag light cont' on. Cont' problem pretention retractor replaced-working. No old parts returned to me.

Filed Sep 10, 2003 · Airbags · 9,800 miles · VA

Air bag warning light activated. Would change from a blinking light to steady on for 20-30 minutes. Vehicle taken in for servicing. Now on day #2 in the service dept. Estimated to be ready in one more day.