2000 Ford Windstar Latches, locks and linkages Problems

“I own a 2000 Ford Windstar. I have recently had my ABS brake light go on and stay on, along with my traction control light also staying on and finally, my speedometer no longer works above 40 km per hour. All of these happened exactly the same time. I took it into Ford and they are saying I need a new ABS module but after reading about their ABS recall issues and much written about how this problem is very common, I am inclined to think Ford should fix this problem. Hence my complaint to you guys.”

“My rear passenger power sliding door has not been closing and locking. Door will pop open. As of labor day 2006 this door is locked and now will not unlock or open. This is forcing my children to exit the vehicle on the driver's side.”

“2000 Windstar sel - sporadic and continuing failure of psds on both sides to close when vehicle stopped, stay open when vehicle placed into gear, and open while vehicle in motion. Paid $2,000+ to sunland Ford to repair, still occuring, going in again. Ford service personnel have been rude, thrown papers at my daughter when she picked the vehicle up (I'm 70). Son in law searched your database for info, don't understand why psds opening while in motion isn't a safety problem.”

“I purchased this vehicle about 2 years ago and began having problems right away. The ABS light comes on and goes off quite often. At about 125,000 miles I had problems with the brakes and could not drive the car. My o/d light also began to flash and my speedometer jumped up and down while I was driving. I took it to a shop and had to have a speed sensor replaced. A day later the problem happened again and I had to have the sensor replaced again. The ABS light began to come on again a few days later. Now I have a light on the panel (the master lighting switch). …”

“The driver's side rear sliding door will not stay closed unless forced. It opens on it's own regardless of when the van is on or off. Most commonly it occurs as a bounce-back when we've tried to close it with the remote or door-frame button, but it has occurred when I've started the ignition. My concern is that my 2 year old son rides in the captain's chairs in my van-up against that door. He is in a securely latch'ed seat (britax roundabout with latch) but I am not comfortable with the door randomly opening.”