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2003 Ford Windstar service brakes, hydraulic problems

282 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes, hydraulic on the 2003 Ford Windstar19% of all complaints for this model year.

282
Service Brakes, Hydraulic complaints
19%
share of all complaints
80,000 mi
median reported mileage
3 / 4
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Tl* the contact owns a 2003 ford windstar. The contact stated that the abs warning light illuminated intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 193,000.

    filed Sep 26, 2014

  • The abs light is on all the time, the brake light is on most of the time. Also the instrument cluster jumps erratically and the right brake light does not work. *tr

    filed Aug 25, 2014

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic problems in other Windstar years

YearReportsShare
2004 Windstar28%
2002 Windstar32424%
2001 Windstar29217%
2000 Windstar20412%
1999 Windstar1309%
1998 Windstar17712%
1997 Windstar2413%
1996 Windstar21816%
1995 Windstar48415%
1994 Windstar29%
Windstar service brakes, hydraulic problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.