1995 FORD WINDSTAR Service Brakes Hydraulicantilocktraction Controlelectronic Limited Slip Problems

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON OUR 1995 FORD WINDSTAR VAN. ALSO, THE ANTI BRAKE LOCK SYSTEM KEPT TRYING TO INCORRECTLY ENGAGE. WHEN TAKEN INTO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER WE WERE TOLD THAT WE HAD 3 BAD SENSORS. TWO BRAKE SENSOR AND 1 CHECK ENGINE SENSOR WERE FAULTY AND WOULD NEED REPLACED. WE WERE TOLD THE WORSE CASE SCENARIO WAS THE BRAKES WOULD WEAR OUT DUE TO THE ANTI LOCK MECHANISM TRYING TO ENGAGE AND THE VAN MY STALL DUE TO THE OTHER FAULTY SENSOR. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THESE SENSOR ARE REPLACED OFTEN. WE FELT THAT 3 FAULTY SENSORS IN ONE 11 YEAR OLD VAN WAS EXCESSIVE, ESPECIALLY AFTER BEING INFORMED THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. THIS WILL COST US A TOTAL OF AROUND $300 TO REPAIR. *NM

DT: WHILE DRIVING ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2005 THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER HAD NOT TAKEN VEHICLE TO BE INSPECTED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE ABS BRAKES. THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS WARNING BEFORE THIS OCCURRED. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES ON HER 1995 FORD WINDSTAR, THERE WAS NHTSA RECALL 01I007000 ON THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THE SPRING ON THE PASSENGER FRONT BROKE WHEN TURNING AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AT THAT TIME TO A MECHANIC, AND THEY INFORMED THE CONSUMER ABOUT THE RECALL. WHEN SHE CALLED FORD, THEY TOLD HER IT WAS TOO LATE, THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY BOUGHT IN 1994 THE WARRANTY RAN OUT. WHEN SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, IN 2003, SHE RECEIVED NO NOTICE THERE WAS A RECALL. FORD DID NOT EVEN HAVE HER AS THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC DID FIND THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE COIL WAS BROKE. THE TIRE WAS DAMAGED, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED SHE HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS SINCE 2003. *JB

NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY 1995 FORD WINDSTAR. IT IS THE WORST CAR I HAVE EVER PURCHASED! AS SOON AS ONE REPAIR IS COMPLETED (TWO TRANSMISSIONS, HEAD GASKET, ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, BRAKES, SUSPENSION), THEN ANOTHER ONE OCCURS. NOW, AS IN EVERY CHRISTMAS, THE "ENGINE LIGHT" IS ON AND THE CAR IS RUNNING SO POORLY THAT YOU CAN'T EVEN PULL THE CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WITHOUT IT CHOKING AND SPITTING, LOTS OF SMOKE, AND THE CAR IS ACTUALLY SHAKING!!! I KNOW IT IS ANOTHER HEAD GASKET AND I JUST CAN'T PAY ANYMORE MONEY INTO THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A NEW CAR AND IT CERTAINLY WILL NOT BE A FORD!

WHILE BRAKING VEHICLE PULSATED AND THERE WOULD BE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING ABS BRAKES FAILED ,CAUSING THE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

THE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM FAILED, WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *JB

1995 FORD WINDSTAR LX HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT AT 100,112 MILES TODAY. WARRANTY THROUGH 100,000 MILES. I'VE HAD TO HAVE THE BRAKES REPAIRED AT LEAST ONCE PER YEAR FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS. *NLM

ABS LOCKS AND VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. HAVE SPENT OVER $2000 TRYING TO FIX BRAKING ISSUE. TONE RINGS, STRUTS, SUSPENSION, FRONT BRAKES, REAR BRAKES, BEARINGS, CV JOINTS, MASTER CYLINDER, AMONG OTHER REPLACEMENTS. OVER BUMPS, SMALL HILLS, STRAIGHT ROADS, ANYTIME COMING TO A STOP, VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY FAILS TO STOP COMPLETELY. HAVE PUMPED BRAKES AND FOUND THAT BRAKE PEDAL GETS HARD AND LOUD, STILL DOES NOT HELP TO STOP VEHICLE. STEERING WHEEL FEELS LOOSE AT WHEN THIS HAPPENS. BRAKE PEDAL ALSO KICKS BACK, SOMETIMES WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE, MAKES A LOAD GRINDING NOISE. CONTROLLING THE CAR BECOMES DIFFICULT AS LOSS OF BRAKE PRESSURE AND STEERING WHEEL ROCKING (ON DECENT OF SMALL HILL) COMBINED MAKE FOR A DEADLY COMBINATION. I AM BEING FORCED TO PURCHASE A BETTER VEHICLE, NOT EVER FORD AGAIN. *JB

THE BRAKE SYSTEM HAS FAILURES THAT CAN NOT BE FOUND BY EITHER A DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT OR BRAKE SPECIALIST. HAVE SPENT OVER $1500 TRYING TO FIX THE BRAKES. WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT WHEN BRAKES ARE DEPRESSED THEY RUMBLE AND JUMP AND NO BRAKE TO STOP. THEN BRAKES KICK IN AND TIRES SQUEAL FROM THE QUICK STOP. ALL WINDSTARS I HAVE SPOKE TO ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED, THIS IS A CAR THAT FAMILIES ARE TRAVELING IN. CHILDREN CAN AND WILL BE INJURED. DT

THE CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. I STARTED THE CAR AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND LOOKED AROUND THE WHEELS. I SAW OIL LEAKING OUT AROUND THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL AND ON THE SPARE TIRE.*AK

ABS BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON AND BRAKES MADE A LOUD NOISE . THIS COULD CAUSE VEHICLE NOT TO STOP AT A SHORTER DISTANCE. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS ARE LEAKING ANTIFREEZE ONTO ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER ADDS ABS BRAKE SYSTEM DEFECTIVE. VEHICLE REPEATEDLY STALLS AND WILL NOT RESTART. *TT

ABS BRAKING LIGHT AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT APPEAR ON DASH WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY.*AK

BRAKES MAKE A GROWLING NOISE. HAD BRAKES REPAIRED. BRAKES KEEPS WEARING PREMATURELY. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE ABS MOTOR WAS NOISY.*JB

ABS BRAKES GIVE A FALSE SENSE OF STOPPING. DROVER ALMOST HAD SEVERAL REAR END INCCIDENTS DUE TO THE FACT BRAKES DID NOT HOLD WHEN APPLIED.*AK

WHEN CONSUMER TURNED VEHICLE ON ABS BRAKING LIGHT APPEARED ON DASHBOARD. WHILE APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE HAS A NOISE COMING FROM WHEELS, AND VIBRATION INSIDE STEERING COLUMN.*AK

THE 4-WHEEL ABS ON OUR 1995 FORD WINDSTAR MINIVAN IS MALFUNCTIONING.IT CAUSES VIBRATION AND DECREASES THE ABILITY TO STOP THE VEHICLE.THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT ANY SPEED AND ON DRY ROAD SURFACES.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING APPLIED BRAKES, AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR.*AK

VEHICLE HAS HAD SPORADIC BRAKE PARTIAL FAILURES OVER LAST YEAR AND A HALF, BRAKES APPEAR TO PULSE AND BRAKING IS POOR. LETTING UP ON PEDDLE AND PUNCHING BRAKES ALLEVIATES PROBLEM. BRAKE INSPECTIONS SHOW NOTHING AND I HAVE HAD NEW PADS AND ROTORS PUT ON BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. IT IS VERY SPORADIC AND FEELS LIKE ABS IS KICKING IN WHEN IT SHOULDN'T ABS FAILURE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON.*AK

CONSUMER STATES A ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THE ABS LIGHT STAYING ON WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO OCCASION YET THE PROBLEM REOCCURS. NLM

11-20-98(BOISE) (98M01)(45,636MI.) HEAD GASKET INSPECTION-SENT HEADS TO BE SURFACED & CHECKED REINSTALLED WITH NEW BOLTS 6-28-99 (57,495MI.)ENGINE LOSES POWER, MAKES LOUD KNOCK NOISE, BLOWING SMOKE WHILE ON INTERSTATE 5 HOURS FROM HOME, DRIVE SLOWLY TO NEXT EXIT AND FIND FORD DEALER-DAVIS-TREMONTON UT FIND #1 CYLINDER ROD BEARING WORN OUT, NEEDS CRANK KIT, GASKETS, ETC.7-27-99 PICKED UP VEHICLE DROVE 20 MI. ON INTERSTATE -AGAIN ,ENGINE LOSES POWER HAS LOUD KNOCK AND QUITS 9-21-00 BROUGHT VAN IN(BOISE)(80,867MI.) FOR A HARD SHAKE AT 45-50 MPH ALONG WITH ABS LIGHTS AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON HEAD GASKETS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND 1 HEAD CRACKED 12-28-01 ALEXANDRIA MN VAN QUITS WHENEVER SLOWS DOWN, HEAT WORKING SPORADICALLY MAKE AN APPT. FOR SERVICE AND THAT DAY ENGINE OVERHEATS GET IT IN AND HEAD GASKETS HAVE FAILED AGAIN @110,000. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. HAD AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF MALFUNCTIONED BRAKES IN DECEMBER 2001.*AK

I'VE HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED/REBUILT 3 TIMES, MEANING THIS IS MY FOURTH TRANSMISSION. TWICE IN 1999 ALONE AND BOTH TIMES SERVICED BY COASTAL FORD. I HAD THE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLOW, ALSO IN 1999, AND SERVICED BY COASTAL FORD AND I ALSO HAD TO PAY FOR THAT, WHICH WAS OVER $1,400.00. I JUST REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN IN NOV 2001 (FOR MY 4TH TRANSMISSION IN 6 YEARS). I'VE REPLACED THE BRAKE ABS SYSTEM AND HAD THE BRAKES SERVICED REPEATEDLY FOR NEW ROTORS, AND OTHER COMPONANTS (NOT THE USUAL PAD REPLACEMENT). I'VE WRITTEN FORD AND THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP SEVERAL LETTERS OVER THE YEARS AND THEY HAVE NEVER REPLIED TO ME. I HAVE SPENT WELL OVER $12,000.00 IN REPAIRS ON THIS VAN SEVERAL THOUSAND IN RENTAL CAR CHARGES, EVEN WHEN IT WAS A KNOWN FORD RECALL AND FORD WOULD NOT EVEN COVER THE COST OF THE RENTAL. VAN ALWAYS HESITATES AND...

I'VE HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED/REBUILT 3 TIMES, MEANING THIS IS MY FOURTH TRANSMISSION. TWICE IN 1999 ALONE AND BOTH TIMES SERVICED BY COASTAL FORD. I HAD THE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS BLOW, ALSO IN 1999, AND SERVICED BY COASTAL FORD AND I ALSO HAD TO PAY FOR THAT, WHICH WAS OVER $1,400.00. I JUST REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN IN NOV 2001 (FOR MY 4TH TRANSMISSION IN 6 YEARS). I'VE REPLACED THE BRAKE ABS SYSTEM AND HAD THE BRAKES SERVICED REPEATEDLY FOR NEW ROTORS, AND OTHER COMPONANTS (NOT THE USUAL PAD REPLACEMENT). I'VE WRITTEN FORD AND THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP SEVERAL LETTERS OVER THE YEARS AND THEY HAVE NEVER REPLIED TO ME. I HAVE SPENT WELL OVER $12,000.00 IN REPAIRS ON THIS VAN SEVERAL THOUSAND IN RENTAL CAR CHARGES, EVEN WHEN IT WAS A KNOWN FORD RECALL AND FORD WOULD NOT EVEN COVER THE COST OF THE RENTAL. VAN ALWAYS HESITATES AND...

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CRUNCHING NOISE FROM FRONT BRAKE WHEN BRAKING OR PULLING OUT, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ABS WAS INOPERATIVE, ALSO THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES HAD AFTERMARKET PADS, DEALER RECOMMENDED REFACED OR REPLACED.*YD

CRUNCHING NOISE FROM FRONT BRAKE WHEN BRAKING OR PULLING OUT, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE ABS WAS INOPERATIVE, ALSO THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES HAD AFTERMARKET PADS, DEALER RECOMMENDED REFACED OR REPLACED.*YD

THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES WHEN IT IS NOT NECESSARY CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO STOP QUICKLY ENOUGH, THE VEHICLE ALSO JUMPS FORWARD WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE CAUSING REAR END COLLISION. NLM

THE SALES REP, JOHN J. BAKER, OF M&S CHEVROLET DEMANDED $300 CASH TO ALLOW US TO PURCHASE THE USED FORD WINDSTAR. WE TOLD HIM THE ODOMETER NUMBERS DID NOT LINE UP AND HE STATED THAT WAS NORMAL. THE FRONT BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED AT THE CLOSE OF THE SALE ON 11/11/97 AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE SINCE THEN. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND IS BALKY, SO SOMETIMES THE BRAKE ENGAGES WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS. THE BRAKES ACTUALLY FAILED TO PERFORM ON 10/24/01 WITH OUR FAMILY OF FIVE IN THE VEHICLE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, ROUTE 495 IN MA. WE AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT BY MOVING INTO THE BREAK DOWN LANE AND SLOWING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE DEALER OWNER, MR. MICHAEL SYLVESTER ,AND HIS ATTORNEYS, RIZZO &KELLY, STATED THAT THIS PREVIOUSLY LEASED VEHICLE HAD AN ACCURATE ODOMETER READING. THIS VAN WAS PURCHASED AT AUCTION BY A FORMER EMPLOYEE...

BRAKES HAVE VIBRATED AND NOISEY SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE. SERVICE CENTERS STATE NOTHING IS MECHANICALLY WRONG. 08/22/01, COMING BACK FROM FAMILY TRIP WE EXPERIENCED A BRIEF ROUGHNESS OF OPERATION AND OVERDRIVE SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON. 08/26/01, THE VEHICLE SPEW WHITE SMOKE FROM EXHAUST, OVERHEATED AND STALLED. EVERYONE I CALLED AND ALL LITERATURE SHOW THAT TO BE SYMTOMS OF HEAD GASKET FAILURE. THE OIL IS LIKE COFFEE WITH CREAM IN IT, INDICATING THAT BOTH GASKETS HAVE FAILED. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER STATES THE RECALL EXTENSION TO BE EXPIRED. THE ENGINE DATE IS 10/25/94 AND MILES ARE 94516 WITHIN THE EXTENSION GUIDELINES. ONE DEALERSHIP STATES 3 WEEKS BEFORE THEY COULD GET TO IT. I HAVE FOUND MANY SUMMARIES AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP ME TO HAVE FORD REPAIR THEIR MISTAKES.*AK

THE CAR GOT OVERHEATED AND STARTED THROWING LOTS OF SMOKE THROUGH THE EXHAUST SYSTEM THE SMOKE WAS WITH WATER AND SOME OIL,THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, AND THE ABS LIGHT ALSO. *AK

WHILE DEPRESSING BRAKES IT IS DIFFICULT TO STOP. DEALER STATED THAT ABS RING WAS CRACKED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I HAVE HAD A CONTINUING STREAM OF ENDLESS REPAIRS TO THIS FORD WINDSTAR. STARING WITH THE WATER PUMP ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASE; THEN THE LEFT FRONT SPRING AND STRUT COLLASPED; NEXT THE ABS SYSTEM ALMOST COST ME MY LIFE BY FAILING ON A DOWNGRADE INTO AN INTERSECTION; A COMPOENT OF THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM IN THE MAIN COMPUTER FAILED; THE REAR MASTER CYLINDER ON THE BRAKES WAS LEAKING; THE TRANSMISSION HAS NEVER SHIFTED CORRECTLY ALMOST GIVING PASSENGERS WHIPLASH; THE REAR POWER DOOR LOCK ON THE TAILGATE HAS JUST NEVER WORKED FORM DAY ONE; I DID RECEIVE A RECALL FOR THE HOOD AND THAT WAS REPLACED; NOW THE POWER WINDOWS OPERATE WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, BUT THE DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK AND THE VEHICLE IS TOTALLY DIABLED, IT WILL NOT START OR EVEN TRY TO TURN OVER. I AM JUST A NURSE NOT A MILLIONAIRE, I HAVE PAID...

BRAKES AND TRANSMISSIONS ARE A SAFETY FACTOR. PLEASE TAKE ACTION TO MAKE FORD PAY FOR REPAIRS.*AK

BRAKES AND TRANSMISSIONS ARE A SAFETY FACTOR. PLEASE TAKE ACTION TO MAKE FORD PAY FOR REPAIRS.*AK

CONSUMER STATES ABS LIGHT COMES ON, SHE ALSO HEARS NOISES, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY TEST DROVE IT AND ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THE ABS SYSTEM IS WORKING AS DESIGNED, BUT CONSUMER WAS ADVISED BY SOMEONE ELSE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ABS SYSTEM, CONSUMER ALSO STATES DEALERSHIP IS NOT WILLING TO TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE VEHICLE. *JB

ABS LIGHT COMES ON THE DASHBOARD FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

#1 ANIT-LOCK BRAKES WOULD ACTIVATE EVERY TIME THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. #2 THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP VERY BAD THAN ENGAGE VIOLENTLY FROM A STAND STILL , OR THE TRANSMISSION WOULD START OFF IN SECOND GEAR. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIPP AND ENGAGE VIOLENTLY FORM A STAND STILL IN REVERSE. (SIDE NOTE MY NIEGHBOR HAS A 1996 FORD WINDSTAR, HE ALSO HAS THE SAME PROBLEM TWICE. FIRST AT 30000 MILES, AND MOST RECENTLY AT 100000 MILES)

ABS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY AND STAYS ON WHILE DRIVING, LIGHT COMES ON WHEN TURNING CORNERS AND A CLUNK NOISE EMITS FROM LEFT WHEEL AREA, ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM NO LONGER WORKING. *JB

CONSUMER WAS UNDER VEHICLE LOOKING AT ANOTHER PROBLEM AND NOTICED BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED. CONSUMER OWNED ANOTHER FORD, WINDSTAR WITH SAME PROBLEM EXCEPT BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO FLOOR. VEHICLE WASN'T EXPERIENCING ANY DIFFICULTY, BUT DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WOULD BE CONTACTED. *AK

THREE TIMES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS THE ABS SYSTEM HAS FAILED. IN ALL THREE INSTANCES THE ABS ACTIVATED DURING NORMAL BRAKING ON DRY SURFACES, USUALLY AT LOW SPEEDS WHILE COMING TO A STOP. IT TOOK EXTRA DISTANCE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND WAS QUITE DISRUPTIVE AND DISCONCERTING TO THE DRIVER. IF A VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN FRONT OF US, I AM SURE IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A REAR END COLLISION. ALSO, THE ABS FAILURE WAS ERRATIC, THAT IS, IT DID NOT DUPLICATE EVERY TIME THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE FIRST TWO TIMES, SENSORS WERE REPLACED AND ADJUSTED. THE MOST RECENT TIME THE ABS CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT PART #F58Z-2C219-AA INTEGRATED COIL (DEALER SAID IT WAS THE COMPUTER MODULE FOR THE ABS SYSTEM) HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER BEING REPAIRED THE DEALER THEN DISCOVERED AN ADDITIONAL FAILURE CODE INDICATING THAT A...

INTERMITTENT BRAKING PROBLEMS. AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, WITHOUT WARNING, ABS WOULD KICK IN AND THE BRAKE BECOMES HARD AND HARSH. AND THE WHOLE BRAKING SYSTEM MAKES A VERY LOUD GRINDING NOISE. THE REPAIR SHOP COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. I DO BELIEVE THERE IS A BRAKE DESIGN PROBLEM HERE BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER ENCOUNTERED A SIMILAR PROBLEM IN OTHER CARS.

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM IS NON-OPERABLE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES . BRAKES FEEL LIKE AIR INSIDE OF BRAKE LINNING, AND THERE IS NO SUPPORT FROM DEALERSHIP. *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKE LIGHT IGNITED ON TWO OCCASIONS, FILLING WITH BRAKE FLUID FIXED THIS PROBLEM. NOW THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE LIGHT INTERMITTANTLY COMES ON. WHEN LIGHT IS NOT ACTIVATED, THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ARE ACTIVATED WITH EVERY USE OF THE BRAKE, CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. ONCE THE BRAKE GOES BEYOND THIS POINT, THE PEDAL WILL DEPRESS TO THE FLOOR AND PRESSURE WILL PUSH THE PEDAL BACK UP AND PULSATE. WHEN COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP THE BRAKES WILL MAKE A GRINDING SOUND FROM THE RIGHT FRONT. WHEN THE LIGHT IS IGNITED AND THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ARE NOT OPERATIONAL, THE BRAKES WORK NORMAL, BUT STILL GRIND WHEN A COMPLETE STOP IS MADE. THERE IS A WIRE AT THE STARTER CONNECTION THAT WORKS ITSELF LOOSE OCCASSIONALLY CAUSING THE ENGINE NOT TO START. WHEN THIS OCCURS YOU NEED TO JIGGLE THE WIRE AND TIGHTEN TO GET TO START. THIS...

RECALL ON SLIDING DOOR - PROBLEM EVER SINCE REPAIRED. REAR WIPER MOTOR DIED THREE TIMES AND WAS REPLACED. RECALL ON HEAD GASKETS. SINCE FORD DEALER REPLACED THEM, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS BLEW, REPLACED THOSE AT OUR EXPENSE (APPROX. $1000), THEN THE FRONT WATER PUMP GASKET BLEW AND REPLACED THOSE AT OUR EXPENSE (APPROX. ANOTHER $500), THEN THE ENGINE BLEW AND WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE CAUSE WAS WATER AND ANTIFREEZE GOT INTO THE ENGINE AND SPUN THE BEARINGS.... TOLD BY THE PARTS MANAGER THAT IT ALL STARTED BACK WITH THE HEAD GASKETS. FORD IS NOT BACKING THEIR ENGINE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. ALSO, WAS NOT TOLD THE FIRST TIME WE CAME IN THAT THE REPLACEMENT OF THE HEAD GASKET WOULD CAUSE MORE GASKETS TO BREAK UNTIL AFTER OUR SECOND RETURN TO THE SERVICE CENTER. SINCE THEN, WE AUTHORIZED THEM TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. FORD DOES NOT HAVE ANY ON THE...

WHILE TRAVELING AT 20 MPH ABS SYSTEM IS ACTIVING WHILE ON DRY ROADS, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, AND TRANSMISSION SLIPPED WHEN SHE PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR. ALSO, WHEN SHE APPLIED BRAKES PEDALS WENT ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR. *AK

FRONT BRAKES WERE REPLACED, THE CALIPER WAS HANGING UP, BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED, AND THE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED CAUSING THE ABS LIGHT TO COME ON. *SLC

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AT 30MPH IN A PANIC STOP PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING A COLLISION. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK