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8.0
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $10
- Average Mileage:
- 118,000 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 4 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (2 reports)
- WD-40 (1 reports)
- wrap 2 rounds of black electrical tape on the hinge part (1 reports)
accessories - interior problem
Helpful websites
- No one has added a helpful site for this 1996 Windstar problem yet. Be the first!
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
This van has been a pain since day one. The interior lights failing to turn off at random is a major pain. Staying on while trying to back out of a parking space at night is dangerous. Dinging bell every time you stop at an intersection with the headlights on.... Arghhh! My web search has only frustrated me all the more since this idiotic problem is SOP for apparently a wide range of model years. The only saving grace in the whole deal is Ford's auto shutoff timer when interior lights are left on. Thankfully that hasn't failed. I firmly believe that some moron Ford engineer devised this as a solution to the issue... rather than fix the problem, time out the lights to prevent battery failure and no one will get too upset. Absolute genius eh?
- Doug B., Jackson, MI, US