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Ford Windstar Introduced 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.

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Old 08-15-2008, 11:22 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Interiror lights radomly coming on

I have a 2003 windstar where the interior lights randomly flash on and off again. I tried to tie it into a door ajar sensor but there is no indication when the lights are flashing.Any suggestions?
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We call it the Haunted Car syndrome.
Mechanics have been frightened by this when we took the car in for regular maintanence. No relief insight. Wait until you hit a bump and all of the door locks start going up and down. Take someone you dislike for a drive just for laughs.
There is a fuse that gets wet once it is replaced when whatever it was connected to goes out ... everything stops.
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No help at all
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You may already have this figured out, since your log was in August, however the most common reason for your problem is the ignition switch, make sure you do not have too many keys on your key chain (weight) or if it is a used vehicle the person before you had too many keys and it is wearing it out.
it is extremely common on this vehicle.

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Try cleaning the door contacts on the slding doors...there are 4 or so on each door...all in a row ..you will see them.

It worked for us we have a 2002
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Top of the Windstar forum is a STICKY about Windstar door switches that will help you.
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