NHTSA Complaint #10345552 — 2002 FORD WINDSTAR

2002 FORD WINDSTAR - HAD RECALL FROM OCT 2009 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) DONE ON VEHICLE. SOMETIME THE CAR WILL START AND NO ISSUES APPEAR IN THE DRIVER INSTRUMENT GAUGES OTHER TIMES THE ISSUE WILL APPEAR AT STARTUP. IF IT IS FINE AT STARTUP, SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING (SOMETIMES OVER BUMPS, SOMETIMES JUST OVER TIME), THE PROBLEM WILL APPEAR. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE "BRAKE", "ABS", AND "TRAC CONTROL" LIGHTS TURN ON, INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR'S BRAKING SYSTEM. CAR STILL BRAKES FINE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE ABS SYSTEM AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS STOP FUNCTIONING RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF THOSE CRITICAL SAFETY SYSTEMS. SHUTTING THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTING RESETS THE SYSTEM AND EVERYTHING IS FINE UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. PROBLEM IS GETTING MORE REGULAR, ALMOST OCCURRING EVERY TIME WE DRIVE THE CAR. *TR