SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT
BEFORE WE BOUGHT THE VAN WE NOTICED THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DIDN'T WORK WE ASKED THE CAR DEALER ABOUT IT HE WAS VERY VAGUE (SURPRISE) SAID THE BRAKE WAS A SENSOR THING IN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WIGGLE IT AND IT WOULD GO AWAY PLUS THE CC WAS PROBABLE A FUSE THING. SO WE BOUGHT IT ANYWAYS (WE REALLY NEEDED IT) THEN THE ABS LIGHT KEPT COMING IN WE GOT NEW BRAKES TH AT HELPED FOR ABOUT A DAY THEN EVERYTHING STARTED TO LIGHT UP AGAIN WE TOOK IT FOR INSPECTION ASK ABOUT CC FOR AN UPCOMING TRIP MECHANIC SAID IT WAS A LEAKING BRAKE LINE AND WOULD ORDER THE PART. HE PUT ON THE NEW PART AND SAID TO CHECK ABOUT A RECALL SO I GOT ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND INFORMATION ABOUT THE FIRE HAZARD AND THEN WAS LED HERE TO REPORT WHAT HAD HAPPENED WITH OURS. *TR
2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT
I OWN A FORD WINDSTAR '03. STARTING IN MAY 2007, AT ABOUT 45,600 MILES, MY BRAKE LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT ARE ILLUMINATED. THE CODE READ BY THE MECHANIC FROM THE COMPUTER IS C1185. NEARLY EVERY TIME I USE THE CAR SINCE, THE LIGHTS COME ON WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF TURNING ON THE IGNITION. *TR