Braking distance suddenly increased. Abs failed to activate. Abs light comes on intermittently.
2003 Ford Windstar brakes complaints
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The 2003 ford windstar has a 'brake light' and a 'ABS light'. When driving the car the ABS and brake lights will both come on (but the car's brakes are not impacted). After a few minutes the two lights will go out. From what I have read on-line this is a fault in some module. The brakes themselves are not at issue but it provides false warning lights. A web site that tracks ford windstar issues says: "the (mostly unservicable) 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. If your ABS light is on. Report the problem at the federal safety agency - use the category brakes, the more reports the better a chance of continued action." so, I am reporting this flaw.
I was driving to the store and the speedometer needles went crazy and the ABS / brake lights went on. After a couple of minutes the needles went back to normal and the ABS/ brake lights stayed on. We changes the sensors that go to all 4 tires and the lights remain on.
Multiple episodes of the ABS traction control and brake light coming on at the same time..if you shut off engine and restart the warning lights go away. Started last year thru present time. Have had vehicle serviced and they have tried to reset the error codes with out success seems to be worse when its wet.suspect the ABS computer is defective.
Abs and brake lights illuminate and stay illuminated. Investigation shows a failure to the ecu unit causing the ABS on my vehicle to be inoperable. When I have to aggressively brake my ford windstar it produces a skid instead of a controlled stop.
Abs and emergency brake lights come on and off intermittently. Middle seat won't go back up and the door locks don't work half the time.
Multiple episodes of the ABS traction control and brake light coming on at the same time..if you shut off engine and restart the warning lights go away. Started several years ago thru present time. Have had vehicle serviced and they have tried to reset the error codes with out success seems to be worse when its wet.
The red brake light keeps coming on, as well as the yellow ABS light. The lights typically come on after driving the car for a few minutes. This as been an ongoing issue for some time and have had brakes serviced numerous times.
The ABS and brake light began to come on intermittently, followed soon afterwards by the power right passenger window failing to go and down, followed by the transmission o/d off light flashing. These would occur until the engine was shut down, then most of the time the symptoms would go away, always to return. When the o/d off light would come on, the transmission would fail to perform at speed and we would have to reduce our speed to under 50 MPH in order to not rev the engine above 3500 RPM. When this light is on, you cannot get to 60 MPH without redlining the engine. I have had dealers and mechanics look at this a number of times with no resolution.
The anti lock brakes and traction control shut off randomly. We can drive for miles and nothing happens. And other days the car barely starts moving, and the system shuts down.
2003 ford windstar trouble codes c1185, c1198, c1194, c1254, c1246, c1250, c1243, c1212, c1210; ABS and brake light comes on intermittently don't know if my ABS is working when this happens.
Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford windstar. The contact stated that the ABS warning light illuminated intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 193,000.
Brake light & ABS light went on.
I have a 2003 ford windstar... Parking brake and ABS lights on the dashboard will light up after driving it for about 5 minutes or so... These lights are on while I drive... But when I turn the car off and start up again they stay off, until in 5 or so minutes they come on again and stay on while I'm driving till next time I shut the car off. Is at it's worse when the weather is hot. This disengages the ABS brakes I depend on especially with winter weather approaching. My complaint is that ford dealers said this is not a recall item and I believe this should be since there seems to be a lot of folks with this same issue. Thank you.
My ABS and brake lights are on and I have heard this is due to defective parts. Please keep me informed.
Abs light comes on as soon as the vehicle goes in forward motion and stays on through entire driving cycle. The other brake warning lamp also illuminates intermittently while driving. More frequently in damp/wet weather.
Abs light comes on.
Abs brake lights keeps coming on. Mechanic has fixed it once but it continues to happen causing the ABS brakes not to work.
2003 ford windstar driving at speed of 40mph my ABS and brake light indicator light up. Garage did a code reset but the ABS and the brake did not go away, garage unplugged the battery and plugged it back and the ABS and the brake light disappeared.
The ABS light is on all the time, the brake light is on most of the time. Also the instrument cluster jumps erratically and the right brake light does not work.
My ABS lights all come on and off randomly. This has occurred for months. And is not more frequent. I went to my garage and nothing is wrong with the brake lines. I saw other complaint online of this for this vehicle and that there will be a recall on this situation. I am hoping to get this resolved.
Parking brake and ABS lights on the dashboard will light up after driving it for about 5 minutes. Obd ii code reads eec test pulled codes c1185-c1194-c1198-c1210-c1214-c1242-c1246-c1250-c1254. If codes are cleared c1185 now returns immediately.
Abs light keep comming on.
Brake light and ABS lights are on, brakes are fine, fluid level is fine, but light is on. Abs now not working. Speedometer does not go above 40 MPH until driven at least 3 miles, this is also causing the cruise control to not work smoothly. Transmission is not shifting into overdrive, transmission is clean and working. All of these issues began within a few weeks of each other.
The ABS warning light came on. The brakes still seemed to work ok. After taking the vehicle to the ford dealer, we were advised that the ABS was not working and in the event of a quick stop being necessary, we should pump the brakes to prevent the tires from skidding. Repair of the vehicle was going to exceed $1200.00.
Both my ABS and brake "dummy" lights are on. Will go off for small amount of time after vehicle restarted, pop back on after a few minutes.
The brake and ABS lights keep coming on. Sometimes they will go off, but you can be driving and they will randomly come on.
Abs and brake warning lights on ip on - fluids checked as full - lights on with most driving - occasional will be on then go off for subsequent drives. No loss of brake feel or stopping ability. Brakes checked okay at last tire rotation service by conoco station.
Abs and brake lights on dash come on after they warm up. This use to happen only in the summer months. Now it happens all year round.. It only takes a few miles before the lights come on.
Abs light came on, followed by the brake light. This problem began as an intermittent problem and has progressed to a continuous problem. Car currently has over 170000 miles. The dealer has given multiple opinions on the issue to include: ABS module defect, ABS sensor defect.
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