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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Cars / October 2006

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1995 Windstar- ABS engaging at while trying to stop at slow speed (<10 mph)

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akg - 06 Oct 2006 21:40 GMT
I have a Windstar with114k miles.  Thankfully, it has been a pretty
good van for us. Only recently I have to put some money into it.

When I brake to slow down, these brakes work fine and when I get close
to complete stop, I hear a clink and it feels like that the brakes are
not working. If I take my foot off the brakes and press again, it is
fine.

I just had my rotors, pads etc. changed to fix this problem. But that
was not the problem.  My gut feeling is that the ABS is misbehaving at
that low speed.  I had to change the "gear" in the ABS a few months
back because it was worn out (the mechanic showed me). Not sure if the
same one is causing this.

Questions for experts :) :
1. any other cause?
2. How to turn off ABS to test my theory? If this is the problem, can I
keep ABS off? I don't want to spend too much money on this vehicle.

Thanks,
AKG
Chicago
state tech - 06 Oct 2006 22:16 GMT
by gear do you mean the tone ring on one of the front axles?  if so you will
need to replace an axle assy. ive seen tone ring replacments & they dont work
well. it also could be a wheel speed sensor. & yes you can unplug the abs
motor to test. but do your family a favor and fix it properly.

>I have a Windstar with114k miles.  Thankfully, it has been a pretty
>good van for us. Only recently I have to put some money into it.
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>AKG
>Chicago
 
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