2004 Ford Windstar - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

make sure that you are using the original key to start the vehicle. if you recently had one made, and are trying to use it, the key may need to be reprogrammed. also if the light is on, you can typically use the remote to disarm the Passive Anti-Theft System (PATS). get everyone out of the car, lock the doors with the remote, then unlock with the remote and the system should reset.

Pull the Battery Post off the Battery then the fuse If that don,t work Cut the Horn Wire To It

white smoke is a sign of water in the exhaust , the question is how is it getting there , if only when initial start then goes off then it's only condensation in the exhaust system heating up and turning to steam , if it goes on when driving check coolant level and check engine oil for signs of coolant contamination

Do you have a question If you don't work on vehicles or have professional tools, your off to a dealer or repair shop What OBD Codes do you have? Did you have a scan tool put on it to look at data? Use it like that ,your going to ruin the exhaust converters I would stop using it until fixed

p0401 is egr flow insufficient egr valve or pipe can be blocked or restricted or egr pressure sensor/egr valve fault hope this helps cheers paul

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Probably the best thing to do is have your scanner plug-in checked. Problems like you describe should have made the "check engine" Light come on to diagnose your problems. Sometimes the onboard system is broken. It should be sending alerts for this problem. You can get free scans from most big autoparts chains. They will probably say "if the light is NOT on they can't tell anything." But they can tell if the onboard system can NOT be accessed.

check fuse check if power is reaching the heater check if ground is ok measure the resistance across the heater if its a blown fuse- replace it if no power reaches the heater and fuse is ok - measure if power reaches the fuse.socket then the switch for the heater and so forth if there is poor ground or no ground - wire up a new ground or fix the old one if there is too high of a resistance across the heater - look for broken traces and buy a silver trace pen (one made for repairing heater traces) if there is too low of a resistance - look for a short circuit

how to re set the powertrain control module on 1995 Montero LS

check your cam sensor

Try changing the coil pack

I think you should try to check your O2 sensor, MAF sensor, fuel/air ratio, pyrometer, or exhaust.---------nissan diagnostic software

10/30 motor Oil

check fuses/relays and is it just brake lights that have failed. if so and fuses/relays ok, there is a brake light switch at the top of the peddle that may have moved or wire come off. to test the switch just join the 2 wires together and brake lights should come on. hope this helps

Is the alt charging the battery does it run long dist fine ? If it does you have a drain some where something is corroded inside a eletrical connection cause a drain on battery over night .You need a amp meter disconnect the poss battery cable and connect the meter inline one temp to battery term the other to cable end . reading should be less then 500 millaamp or half a amp it may be 7 or 800 at first but car needs time to go into sleep mode then should drop to 500 if not start to remove fuse until it does then youll know what circuits to check.most of time its a light bulb

heres a good article on power windows,, http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/maintenance/1272371

sounds like an alternator not charging. You should have 12 1/2 volts with engine off and 14 1/2 volts with engine running if alternator is working.

There is a small plastic access cover right above the mechanism on the inside of the hatch. It is about 1.5" by 1.5" square. Pop it off and drown the lock with WD40 to see if you can free it iu.

In similar cases, I open and then removed the inner panel to partially reveal the mechanism. It looked like it was brought up from the Titanic. It was completely rusted.

Seems that this model has a problem with water getting into the lock as it pools in the area where the catch is. sometimes the problem is fixed as long as you continue to spray the hatch out of it with WD40.

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Have an OBII scan done (fault scan) Any good parts store can do it for you FREE. (Autozone, Advance, etc..) Scan will identify codes/faults that triggered light.

You can try this site

www.radio-codes.com