NHTSA Complaint #10220444 — 2003 FORD WINDSTAR

I HAVE A 2003 FORD WINDSTAR LX AND THE ABS LIGHT AND THE BRAKE LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CONTINUALLY COME ON. I HAVE HAD THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES SERVICED AND THEN AFTER THIS PROBLEM DID NOT GO AWAY I PUT A 2ND SET OF PADS ON THE FRONT. FORD WANT OVER $2000.00 TO FIX WHAT THEY SAY IS THE ABS MODULE. THE BRAKE GAUGE LIGHTS CONTINUE TO COME ON AND OFF AT ALL TIMES AND FORD SAID IT WAS DUE TO THIS SWITCH BUT IT WOULD NOT AFFECT THE BRAKES ALTHOUGH AT TIMES THE BRAKES WILL START SKIDDING LIKE THE ABS IS WORKING ON DRY ROADS AND SOME TIMES THE BRAKES SEEM TO WORK HARD. CHECKING THE INTERNET OUT FOR PARTS I FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM AND EVEN SOME VANS CATCHING FIRE DUE TO THIS ABS MODULE SWITCH CATCHING FIRE. FORD HAS RECALLED SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM WITH THE 03 VANS. I SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO PAY FOR A REPAIR THAT FORD KNOWS IS THERE FAULT. THE MANUFACTURER OF THIS ABS MODULE MADE THEM DEFECTIVE BUT FORD STILL USES THEM. CHECK THIS WEBSIGHT FOR PROOF: HTTP://WWW.2CARPROS.COM/FORUM/1-VT49767.HTML?POSTDAYS=0&POSTORDER=ASC&START=0. I AM NOT ALONE IN THIS PROBLEM. FORD STATES THEY FOUND ABOUT 8 ERROR CODES BUT DID NOT TELL ME WHAT THEY WERE, ALTHOUGH I REMEMBER SEEING ONE THEY WROTE DONE AS I BELIEVE TO BE C1185. I FEEL FORD SHOULD ADMIT THERE AT FAULT AND RECALL THESE VANS. AS OF KNOW I DRIVE MY BACK P TRUCK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BUT THE WHOLE FAMILY DOES NOT FIT IN THE TRUCK SO WE ARE FORCED TO DRIVE AN UNSAFE VAN WHEN THE WHOLE FAMILY IS IN IT. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY RAN OUT AND THAT IS WHEN THE PROBLEMS STARTED. I HAD NO PROBLEMS UNTIL AFTER THE 1ST BRAKE JOB ON THE VAN. *TR