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Ford WindstarIntroduced in the mid-1990s, the front-wheel-drive Ford Windstar minivan campaigned with an emphasis on, and reputation for, safety. And in the hotly contested family minivan market of the time, that was an especially solid piece of ground to be on. As long as buyers didn't need to haul adults in back on a regular basis, the Windstar served a family's needs just fine.
Mine is a 2001 with cruise control. From what I have read on the various forums the old switch just unscrews from the master cylinder and the new harness connects onto the old connector and to the new switch. Sounds like a quick straight forward repair. You must have a problem somewhere else in the circuitry. Something in the circuit that should be "hot" is finding a path to ground. This type of problem can be very difficult to locate. You will need wiring diagrams to start with.
that switch was causing the master cylinder to leak the fluid got in to the pig tail and caused it to short if you cleaned the pig tail then follow the wire harness to the fuse block and clean as you go i saw another posting where the fluid ran all the way to fus block and the short melted it just cleaning the pigtail fixed mine.
From what I just read on ConsumerAffairs.com , Ford is recalling 12 million vehicles for danger of catching fire due to that leaking switch under the MC. Windstar is maybe the only model not included, thanks to Fuse #10. In addition to the switch, they are putting in a new harness that includes a fuse in the other models.
Regardless, the switch needs to be changed when it begins to leak, if not sooner.
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