NHTSA Complaint #10129027 — 2002 FORD WINDSTAR

DOOR LOCKS ARE ACTIVATED AND CONTINUOUSLY ACTIVE THEMSELVES, LOCKS OPEN AND CLOSE AND CHIMES FOR DOOR AJAR APPEARS ON INSTRUMENTATION PANEL. LIGHTS ON THE MIRRORS LUMINATE DUE TO CAR RECONGINIZING SYMTOM OF OPEN DOOR, DRAINING BATTERY. THIS PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED WHILE ON AN 8 HOUR DRIVE HOME FROM CANADA, WAS BROUGHT TO FORD, THEY CHANGED THE FRONT PASSENGENER SENSOR CLAIMING CAR WAS FIXED AFTER 2 DAYS IN THE SHOP. 5 DAYS LATER WHILE ENROUTE TO NC, THE SAME PROBLEM AROSE, LOCKS OPENING AND SHUTTIING AND CAR CHIMMING CONSTANTLY. CAR WAS FLATBEDDED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP IN NORTH CAROLINA. CAR WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED, AGAIN, AFTER 3 DAYS IN THE SHOP. TEN MILES BBEFORE REACHING MY DESTINATION 65 MILES AWAY FROM DEALERSHIP , SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN, AFTER THE REAR SLIDING DOOR SENSOR WAS REPLACED AT THIS FORD. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS AT FIXING, FORD MOTOR CORPORATION, HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN SOLVING THIS PROBLEM. NOW SECURITY ALARM, IS ACTIVATED DUE TO DOOR LOCKS OPENING AND CLOSING.